Lardanas has always considered himself a lucky and cunning demon, and thought that he could use this luck and cunning to survive leisurely in the dark Sixth Abyss.
Over the past few hundred years, this idea has been true. As a rare type of demon, the Heart Eater is one of the few demons that can truly plot and prepare for major events. Since his childhood, Lardanas has relied on many times of perfect preparations to survive in the abyss. Survived the melee among the lords, and relied on his outstanding performance to gain the attention of a demon king at that time.
But that's not all. When Lardanas knew from somewhere that the current abyss lord was interested in a material world called 'Mycrof', this man was only in the high-level demon realm at the time, and had always cherished it. The cautious and cunning demon immediately and resolutely divided his soul, creating an incarnation and projecting it into that strange world - in Mycroft, it used its talent to peer into people's hearts to seduce the ignorant hunters and farmers in the mountain village to believe in itself. And obediently offered sacrifices. Gradually, Lardanas's demonic belief began to spread, and its intelligence network also developed rapidly, spreading all over the lower levels of the western mountainous area.
Because of the early investment in this adventure, the Lord of the Abyss, who had obtained a lot of information about Mycroft's world, was happy about this. Demon King Goliath took action and directly promoted Lardan Asp to the great devil and regarded him as confidant. For an ordinary Heart Eater, this is undoubtedly a leap. It skipped the most difficult period of ascension and directly became a lord, and was specifically responsible for the Sixth Abyss' intelligence on Mycroft's world. .
During this period of working for the Lord of the Abyss, Lardanas fully demonstrated his dark wisdom. Under its coordination, most of the scattered demonic cults in the entire western mountainous area were incorporated by its believers, with only a few cults. Except for the cults that really have the support of the Evil God's Familia behind them, they consciously spread to the whole world, and the cult teachings compiled by the big devil are still the core spirit of many cults in Mycroft Continent after two hundred years. At the request of Danas, every demon believer is extremely good at hiding himself. If the Church of the Seven Gods had not had a convenient way to directly tell whether someone has fallen by simply reciting sacred texts, there might be many believers in the church. It won't be discovered at all during the investigation.
Because of its outstanding work performance, Lardanas was exceptionally appreciated by Goliath. It even gained the right to freely enter and exit the Valley of Tears Fortress. The Heart Eater's strength also gradually grew due to the sacrifices offered by believers, and it reached It has reached the level of almost the peak of the great devil. It has only been less than three hundred years since its birth. It can be said to be as fast as taking off. Countless demons are jealous and call it the lucky Lardanas. .
Is this all due to luck? Maybe, in short, the Heart Eater Demon has not stopped. It has ambition in its heart, and it will never be satisfied with its current status.
With years of planning, Lardanas finally broke into the airtight Northern Empire capital. It is preparing to make big news in this noble place known as the Three Mountains Holy City, where a legendary strongman sits. —What better plan than a grand explosion, desperate panic and fear of demons
Of course not. After the plan started, everything went well. The most elite group of followers of Lardanas sneaked into the city and murdered an ordinary businessman family with a baby. They prepared to sacrifice in evil ways to summon Lardanas. The clone of Erdanas completely destroyed the small semi-residential area on the side of the imperial capital, spreading the evil of the devil and the fear of the devil to the whole world.
Everything was perfect. If it is really achieved, then Lardanas's name will spread throughout the Mycroft continent, and its fearful belief will be deeply implanted in the hearts of its believers, which is enough to break the most important relationship for it. Levels allow future advancements to become a cumulative accumulation, making the process of becoming a king smooth for Lardanas. It believes that it will succeed, and this is the 'fact' that it should be.
But whether it was luck or reality, after meeting that man, everything came to an abrupt end, and even took a turn for the worse.
In just a short moment before he could react, first the clone that was originally hiding in the rift in time and space waiting for an opportunity was dragged out by that damn man and killed directly, and then the five-color dragon clan who had originally agreed to attack together attacked in the far south. The Seven Sacred Mountains failed, and the Dragon God was expelled from the Mycroft Continent. Lardanas was even surprised to find that for some reason, the whole world began to clean up cultists on a large scale. The invisible forces that were originally rooted in all parts of the world were everywhere. The official's strong crackdown wiped them out in an instant, leaving only a few seeds left in the mountain village.
Lardanas gritted his teeth and discovered that whether it was the failure of the sacrifice at the beginning, the subsequent Holy War on the Seven Sacred Mountains, or the large-scale purge of cultists in the Northern Empire, they all had nothing to do with the Radcliffe family. It was related to the lord, and it swore that if it had the chance, it would make the other party suffer the most painful torture in the world, and burn his soul and heart in the poisonous fire of the abyss for thousands of years!
But disaster never comes alone. Not to mention the successive failures encountered in the Mycroft Continent, the Demon King Goliath also expressed his impatience with it. This abyss lord can tolerate his subordinates wanting to betray him and replace him. themselves, but couldn't bear the thought that they were useless. Lardanas, who lost his intelligence channel, was an example of being almost useless, so soon after, the Demon King issued a big ultimatum - Lardanas must personally go to Mycrof Continent to find out about the 'Flame' for him. 'The rekindled truth, faced with the abyss lord who gave him everything, the great devil could only obey.
Then.
Then, it was locked in this red and white sealed crystal ball.
"Why? Why are there two legendary mages in that place?!"
So far, Lardanas has not figured out what is going on in this world. According to its knowledge, there are only less than ten legends in the entire Mycrov continent, and they are scattered among various races and regions, and they are only in remote areas. In the North, it would be good to have a great demon-level being at the extreme level. Where did these two legendary casters come from and just use the detection circle to find it in a hidden state? !
But no matter how much he thought about it, it was useless. Now that Lardanas was in the pocket of the mage named Barnier, he could only forcibly extend his spirit to sense everything around him. In the misty darkness, it suddenly I noticed a familiar aura—that was the aura of Joshua Van Radcliffe, the human warrior who had failed him all the way and led to his current situation!
"Damn it! If I were not locked up here, I would definitely erode your people, destroy your territory, and make everyone you care about live a life worse than death and live an inhuman life!"
The big demon was struggling feebly in the sealing crystal. It could do nothing but curse it at this time. And not long after, with a wave of time and space teleportation, Lardanas felt that it was brought to the lair of the two legendary mages. It felt that the crystal containing itself was taken out by one of them, and it vaguely heard There was a conversation full of excitement and enthusiasm.
"Just leave the issues regarding the Creeping Forest to Stephen. He used to be a businessman and can make good plans in this area."
"Then, let's deal with this big demon now. We are really lucky. You know, most of the demons we could catch in the past were incarnations, and their strength was not at the ultimate level. Now we can actually meet a person in Mike The lord who wanders around in his true form in the Luofu Continent—who dissects and kills?"
"Come on, old man."
The short and direct speech sent chills all over the body of this great demon who was once expected to become a king, but it had no power to resist. Lardanas, who had all the power in his body sealed away, could not even self-destruct. So, under the restraint of huge magic power, it could only watch stiffly as its body was taken out of the sealed ball by two legendary mages, and then placed on an experimental table in a palpitating room filled with palpitations. Then he was bound by iron rings.
"No anesthesia?"
"If you don't fight, the natural reaction of a living body is very important. Let's start with the muscles around the eyes. I heard that the Mind Eater's innate abilities are in the one eye. I have always been curious."
Listening to this evil speech that was comparable to that of a demon, Lardanas opened his eyes in horror. He saw a sharp scalpel being controlled by magic power, falling from the sky towards his huge purple one eye. It couldn't roar, dodge, or twist its body. It could only watch helplessly as the knife, which was so sharp that even the devil's cortex couldn't resist it, was cutting into the depths of its muscles little by little, delicately avoiding every step. Bundle the key magic channels and nerves.
"Damn it—"
In great pain, Lardanas could only roar endlessly in his heart: "I-I must escape!"
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The Balrog Syndicate has never felt that it has any wisdom at all. It despises such weak things and is proud of its own strength.
As a great demon who doesn't know which abyss he was born in, but has pure Balrog blood, the Syndicate has always lived a very nourishing life. Since its birth, it has been at the top of the local food chain, even if it encounters an invincible and powerful one. If it is a demon, then it can escape with its own poison and flames. In short, the memory syndicate of the juvenile and youth bodies can no longer be remembered clearly, and it can't even remember how it advanced to become a great demon. The powerful radioactive energy disrupts the fluctuations of its soul, making it unable to think smoothly, and this is also a problem that almost all Balrogs encounter.
The more powerful you are, the more brainless you are. Unless you can break through that layer of boundaries and become a king.
All in all, I don’t know how many abyss I have swam along the River Styx. Now the Syndicate, who is looking for prey in an abyss without a lord, feels that this kind of life is very comfortable. There is no need to think or worry. They only need to eat and become stronger every day. That's it, everything is as simple as a straight line, and for the Balrogs, living like a single-celled organism will last for hundreds to thousands of years, until they are lucky enough to become kings. will change.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, because of an accident, the Syndicate was forced to learn to think.
To be honest, the Balrog could no longer remember the specific causes and consequences. Its simple mind could only vaguely remember that it was probably captured by a terrifying demon, and then did many painful things that made the demon want to die. However, The strange thing is that since the first extremely painful experience, Syndicate has felt that his head has become much clearer - as if a communication circle with noises and intermittents has suddenly become smooth, even if there are occasional A little noise, but that doesn't matter anymore.
Of course, the Balrog didn't understand why, how could it understand such complicated things. It just felt instinctively. Although the painful behavior made it worse than death, it would not let it die after all, and would give it something that would make it better in the future. It has a stronger foundation, so even if the terrifying demon king insults it, it does not run away, but persists in the opponent's hands until the last moment.
Then, it was thrown away.
Ignoring the destructive ground-hugging battle that occurred in the center of the Sixth Abyss in the distance, and the abyss lords and god clones that followed, the flames all over his body had transformed from black and red at the beginning to pure white, and the Balrog could no longer sense it. Those chaotic and noisy energy fluctuations in its body, its thinking has never been clearer - so in the final burst of falling rapidly from mid-air, Syndicate immediately used a talent that it had never used in the past - it used its liquid The body stretched and elongated, turning into a parachute-like form, and landed safely in a hilly and abyss jungle.
"I really want to thank that Great Lord for supporting me... Is the race human? It's a type of demon I've never heard of, but it must be a very evil and powerful one."
In the multiverse, each race calls itself different, and even demons do not call themselves demons, so the Syndicate did not understand that the bipedal ferocious ape is not a type of demon, but this is a trivial matter. It knelt down devoutly in the direction of the warrior, expressing admiration and gratitude: "So this is the way to advance to the Flame Demon clan, I finally understand!"
At this time, the Syndicate can sense that all kinds of chaotic radioactive energy in its body has been burned away, and what is left is a relatively stable light green substance. They also have the power to supply their own flame heat energy, but the radiation The impact on itself has been ignored. It knows that as long as it can continue to maintain its purity and wisdom, then even it can hope to be worthy of the king. But the only drawback is that because most of its body was burned, its power has been greatly reduced. The high level of the devil has been reduced to the point where he is about to fall into the realm of the great devil.
In the abyss, future potential is sometimes unimportant. Only the power to survive is the only truth.
The Syndicate, which was immersed in the illusion that it had a promising future, suddenly discovered after a chill that the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the surrounding hills and abyss jungle. It looked around vigilantly, and then He was shocked to find that he had been completely surrounded by large groups of wandering demons and abyssal monsters.
"Gahwuwu—" Accompanied by the eerie roar of beasts and the greedy gaze of wandering demons, the Syndicate immediately realized that it was the result of the movement they made when they landed—a figure suddenly appeared in the dark sky of the abyss. A strange creature with white burning flames. This is strange no matter how you think about it. And for some reason, the white flame creature seems to be in a weak state now. If you can eat it...
Thinking of this, the originally greedy eyes suddenly became more ferocious. For these monsters and demons who are struggling in the abyss without the protection of their lords, this may be their only chance to advance in their lives.
Standing alone in the mountains and surrounded by demons and monsters, Syndicate took a deep breath, and then exhaled a mouthful of pure high-radiation flames. At this time, it thought a lot about its former fighting skills, as a Balrog. Innate instincts, a lofty future and self-destruction after unexpected death in battle, but in the end, what remains in the hearts of the Syndicate is wisdom.
"I!"
Roaring angrily, the pure white Balrog unleashed the ability it had just realized without any hesitation. It immediately formed itself into a sphere burning with ultra-high temperature flames, and then headed towards it with an aura that regarded life and death as nothing. Spin and run away in the weakest direction of the encirclement -
"I will definitely survive!"
And a few days later, as if there was a delay, Joshua, who had just finished lamenting the contribution of the products in the Creeping Forest to future technology, suddenly had a scene of Balrog fleeing in his mind.
"this-"
Blinking his eyes, Joshua didn't understand what was going on for a moment. The scene just now flashed directly in his mind as if the system had appeared, and for some reason, the warrior also sensed the connection between himself and the distant place. There was some subtle connection with the Balrog.
"This guy, does it believe in me? No, it should just be that the power of steel I left in its body resonates."
For a moment, Joshua thought it was a divine reaction and became alert. After he did not feel the divine bones in his body being active, he temporarily relaxed a little. Then he realized that this was him using Syndicate as a weapon. When the weapon is swung, the very small amount of steel power poured into it causes a strange resonance reaction. This reaction does not last long. The syndicate must be in an extremely excited state to connect. Joshua can unilaterally block this connection. But Balrog could not refuse the influence exerted by Joshua.
"Are you being chased by a group of wandering demons?" Joshua already knew that the Syndicate was under siege. He pondered for a while. He found this kind of resonance reaction very interesting and rare, so he didn't expect this one to be willing to do so. The demon who helped him died like this: "Forget it, I will teach it some skills in using power, so as not to die so simply and lose my people."
Following the wonderful resonance between the power of steel, Joshua transmitted some techniques on using the high temperature of flames and using explosive acceleration to the Syndicate, which simply used its own shape to roll. He felt that the other party might be able to become him. An eye in the Sixth Abyss, but just after the transmission was completed, Joshua suddenly frowned, and inspiration flashed in his mind.
"Wait a minute... Isn't this the same situation as some demons cross-border to confuse people's hearts and conduct soul transactions?"
Standing up from the chair, the warrior walked in the hall of the Lord's Mansion. An inexplicable feeling that came from nowhere stirred in his heart: "And..."
"Very similar to the system."
Yesterday’s 5,300 words, I’m really sorry for the late update…
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