The ice fireworks on the pillars released a bright light, illuminating the entire hall...except for the shadow in the right corner.
The ink-like black covered up the corner, making it impossible to see what was hidden there. But in this way, it became much more eye-catching.
Of course, in fact, everyone quickly guessed what was hidden in the shadows. After all, Delphi had already told everyone about her last experience when she came here.
"There is... Herbo."
Including Delphi, everyone who walked in from the entrance of the hall subconsciously glanced over there. Although the only one who could really see through the shadow was Luna with the help of Shabo, because only Shabo had mastered the rules of the shadow, almost everyone secretly muttered this in their hearts.
Naturally, the "Lord of the Living Corpses" sitting high on the throne could see this scene very clearly, but he obviously didn't care.
"Anyway, welcome to Ice City! Since you prepared seats for me during our last meeting, I won't be rude. Please take a seat—"
As he said this, he suddenly raised his hand and waved. The next moment, ice crystals quickly condensed on both sides of the aisle in the middle of the hall. With a crisp sound, two rows of ice seats facing each other rose up from the ground. Under the light of the flames, a beautiful crystal glow is reflected.
It's just that these ice crystal back chairs are beautiful, but they are all filled with cold air, and I'm afraid they won't be very comfortable when sitting on them.
"Oh, sorry!"
The Lord of the Living Corpses probably noticed this, and then he snapped his fingers, and in an instant, gorgeous blankets and cushions appeared on the seats.
"Please!" He spread his hands and said, "If you have any other needs, please feel free to ask - although this is somewhat generosity, but there does seem to be a lot of good things in this palace. For example, the back There is a lot of fine wine stored in that huge wine cellar. Neither I nor the living zombies have any sense of taste, so it seems a pity to just leave it there. If you want to taste it... "
"No need, Mr. Greedy, we...we are obviously not here to steal the inheritance of the Muggle royal family."
It was Delphi who spoke.
I don't know what kind of mood she was in when she said this sentence, but just by listening to her calm tone, I knew that she was trying her best to suppress the fluctuations of her mood.
"Oh, of course." The tall and dark figure on the throne nodded indifferently, "Since you don't like to be polite... well, let's get straight to the topic of today! First of all, whatever else you have in mind There are so many other ideas, but there is only one thing that must be given priority at the moment, and that is - 'Destroy the devil'!"
As for the word "devil", everyone present is naturally no longer unfamiliar with it, and everyone has even fought against many of them one after another.
However, what the "Lord of the Living Corpses" said today still made everyone quickly put aside all the distracting thoughts in their minds and listen carefully.
"... As far as I know, many demons have appeared so far, and I and the living zombie clan under me have encountered them. There are 'wrath's who are huge and focus on the body; there are those who have excellent mental strength and are good at 'Pride', which controls the soul; there is 'Gluttony', which has erratic movements, can move in space, and likes to devour the souls of living things; and there is 'Lust', which is not an entity in itself, but its actual destructive power is second only to anger, and its mental strength is even higher than Pride. '."
When he mentioned "Gluttony", he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the conspicuous shadow in the corner of the hall, just because everyone was listening and thinking about demons, except for a few people such as Delphi and Luna. Noticed his movements.
Probably noticing that everyone under the steps was thinking, he paused for a moment, and then continued:
"Due to some known or unknown reasons, it seems that 'lazy' and 'jealousy' have not actually come - at least neither I nor my massive zombie army have found any relevant traces. Therefore, our goal now is to have discovered These four demons we have experienced... Let's gather our strength, and as long as we don't let each other get together, it may not be that difficult to defeat them. We just need to... "
Perhaps he had thought about this matter many times before, and he said these words very smoothly. But in the middle of the conversation, Delphi and Hermione suddenly looked at each other, and then the former suddenly spoke again, interrupting his words.
"Wait a minute!" Delphi looked up at him at the deepest part of the hall and said, "You just said...'lust'? It seems that we have never encountered this demon here. Can you tell us in detail?"
"Of course, no problem," the Lord of the Living Corpses nodded again, "Besides, it stands to reason that you human wizards should have encountered it earlier... Didn't your teachers mention it to you?"
Hearing what the other party said, Hermione finally couldn't help but take the initiative to speak.
"You mean - the giant sea monster that attacked the Change? Is that also a demon?" She frowned and said with some confusion, "Why? Aren't all demons..."
"Are they all in human form?" The Lord of Living Corpses shook his head and said calmly, "I didn't know there was such a restriction. Although 'evil' does originate more from your human spirit, it also originates from other living beings. And the devil is the embodiment of sin. It is not strange for an inhuman image to appear when the Seven Deadly Sins are summoned."
Having said this, he suddenly waved his hand, and then said with a half-smile:
"It would be better to say that the demons that appear one after another are all in humanoid form... This matter may be worthy of your reflection."
It wasn't until he said these words that Hermione and the others recovered from the surprise that "sea monsters are also demons", and then fell into surprise again.
"You mean, the appearance of demons is related to humans?"
Hermione also suddenly raised her head and looked straight at the Lord of the Living Corpses leaning on the armrest on the throne. The shock and thoughtfulness in her eyes gradually turned into hesitation.
According to what the other party said, demons are essentially human sins, but... is this possible? No, even if this is really the case, as a human being, we are naturally unwilling to admit it.
What's more, she always feels that this statement is very problematic.
"The manifestation of evil into the world is naturally the result of the demon summoning technique, and it is the 'good deed' done by the guy named Haierbo." The black figure said calmly, "But, to say that they are different from humans It’s completely irrelevant, that’s naturally impossible.”
At this point, his back suddenly left the armrest, leaning forward slightly and looking at the people below the steps:
"... Do you think there is such a thing as 'sin' in this world?"