Silence, a dead silence as peaceful and lonely as a cemetery. [Full text reading. 】

Lanka floats in the black turbidity current, drifting with the tide like a dead stake.

In this space that is cut off from the world, the feeling of the body is infinitely magnified, and it is as if it is completely closed.

How much time has passed? Is it a second or a century?

In the darkness that made everything nothing, something seemed to have landed, and Lanka's chest was ached like pins and needles.

Raven, it was a raven with red eyes.

In this world dominated by black, those red eyes are particularly dazzling.

"Fly!"

The crow opened its mouth and shouted in a hoarse voice.

“……”

Lanka looked at the crow quietly, although he was surprised that the crow was able to speak, but at the moment he could not make any response, because his body was sinking into the turbid current little by little, and it was swallowed up along with life.

"Fly, if you don't fly, die! Die useless like your father! ”

The raven's fluttering wings continued in a mocking tone.

Father? Yes, Father.

Lanka's mind conjured up his father's serious countenance and the words he often hated as a young man.

Get up, Lanka! Don't be afraid! Brave forward!

"You see, the people you want to protect are all dead, because of your incompetence, they are all dead!"

The raven leaped forward a few steps and stood on Lanka's face, staring at him with those red eyes.

Then Lanka saw a mountain, and it was not made of rocks or dirt, but corpses, a lot of corpses.

Father's corpse, Nina's corpse, Kaeya's corpse, Korod's corpse......

Those he was familiar with, those who were dead or alive in his memory, had become a part of this mountain of corpses at this moment. Their faces looked full of fear and pain, but their eyes were on them.

No, no, no!

Lanka wailed inwardly, and blood erupted from his heart as if pierced by an incomparably sharp blade.

"They are all dead, because of your impotence, so you die too, and then, give me your body!"

The crow flew into the pitch black air, and then the sky was torn open twice, and it was as red as blood, which was as red as the crow's eyes.

"Give me your body!"

A loud sound like thunder echoed, and a huge crow opened its sharp beak towards Lanka.

"Lanka! Wake up! Please, please! ”

Just when Lanka thought he was going to be eaten by a crow, a gentle and sad voice came, although it was as blurry as a membrane, but Lanka still heard the voice, it was Nina's voice.

"Ni...... Na ......"

Lanka let out a weak cry in his throat and slowly opened his eyes.

"Great, Lanka, you're finally awake!"

Nina, who was already in tears, hugged Lanka at once.

"Nina?! How did you end up here? ”

Although there was a tearing pain all over his body, seeing Nina appear in front of him safely and soundly, Lanka's pale cheeks still showed a smile.

"Lanka, how are you feeling?"

Since Lanka's attention was all focused on Nina, it wasn't until Kilgaru made a voice that Lanka noticed that Kilgaru, Aceles, Yareb and other monsters were standing behind Nina, and there was a dwarf he had never seen before.

"Your Majesty, Emperor!"

"Don't salute in your physical condition, do you remember what happened just now?"

Kirgaru asked in a concerned tone.

"What I just said ......"

Lanka thought about it for a moment, and then his face instantly became nervous.

"By the way, I'm fighting an enemy, be careful, he's very powerful!"

"If your enemy is him, don't worry."

Kilgaru held out his hand and pointed to the side, Spartak was lying on the ground with a tired face, and he waved his hand at Lanka, who was looking at him.

Seeing the enemy who had beaten him to the ground and was unable to fight back, Lanka looked at Kilgaru with gratitude and shame: "Was His Majesty the Emperor who saved me?" ”

However, Kilgaru's answer was a big surprise to Lanka.

"No, I'm just the one who saved him, the one who defeated him...... It's you! ”

Kilgaru replied in a somewhat embarrassed tone.

"It's really embarrassing to be saved by monsters, but skeletons, I'll give you back this favor!"

Spartak sighed deeply.

"I beat him? How is this possible! ”

Lanka's eyes widened, what Kilgaru said was clearly beyond his comprehension.

"It seems that you don't remember anything, but I was like this when I first started, thank me, it was I who awakened the demon blood in your body, you are a demon like me, and the demon blood in your body is probably inherited from a very powerful demon."

Spartak sat up with difficulty and explained to Lanka in a somewhat envious tone.

In the western part of the Demon Continent of Odra, in the palace of the Demon Lord Jestarrot, a tall man strode forward, his left face had a scar that ran from top to bottom through his left eye, and his eyes as sharp as a bird of prey exuded the arrogance unique to the strong. The demon in charge of the guard held his breath and knelt down in fear at the sight of the man, and only exhaled as if he had escaped death when the black cloak that fluttered behind him disappeared from view.

In fact, in the strict sense, it should not be called a man, it can only be said to be a demon in the form of a man. You must know that the demons guarding the Demon Lord's palace are all strong men with considerable strength and can destroy a human army alone, and in the entire western part of Osdra that can make them so fearful, the area controlled by the Demon Lord is only this demon in front of him.

The demon's name is Somwood, and he is one of the twenty-four demon generals under the command of the Demon Lord.

"Lord!"

Somwood stood still in front of the Demon Lord, and only nodded slightly to the King he served.

"Welcome back, Somwood, has the location of the seal been found?"

Although Somwood's actions seemed rather rude, none of the other generals present showed any dissatisfaction, not even the Lord himself.

The so-called "Twenty-Four Demon Generals" is the name given by other races to the twenty-four demons under the Demon Lord, in fact, these twenty-four demons are not equal in strength, and they can be roughly divided into three levels.

The twelve demons at the end are the real demon generals, above them are the eight lords, and the four strongest demons are called the "Big Four".

And the demon named Somwood is the strongest of the Big Four, and it can be said that his strength is almost comparable to that of the Demon Lord, which can explain his arrogance and rudeness, after all, in the demon world, power represents everything.

"The second seal is within the Dark Elf Kingdom in the middle of the Jurran Continent."

Somwood said calmly.

"Jurrant? Hmph, let's put them to good use. ”

The Demon Lord remembered a certain skeleton monster in his mind, and let out a sneer.

I wish you all a lover in the new year, a lover will eventually become a family, a dreamer will make his dreams come true, and a heart's heart will come true!

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