When Oak awoke from the darkness, he found himself in a dark room, the smell of damp decay penetrated his nostrils, and there was no longer a soft quilt under him, but a layer of straw underneath him, which was clearly not in his own room, and the thought of what had happened before he passed out made Oak tense up instantly.

"Are you awake?" In the darkness, a voice like a worn bellows came, very old.

Oak didn't speak, but moved his hands and feet slightly, and when he realized that he was not restrained, his heart suddenly felt much more relaxed, and he cautiously looked around, and found that the space of this room was very cramped, which made people feel a little depressed.

"You're awake. The voice came again, and the tone of doubt changed to affirmative.

"Are you ......" Oak struggled to remember the conversation between the two before he fell unconscious, only remembering that the man had told him his name, "Snow?"

The faint candlelight lit up, Snow walked slowly from the other side of the room, he put the candlestick on the head of the bed, looked at the tense Oak, he smiled, the wrinkles on his face squeezed together, desperately trying to make his smile kinder: "Please don't be so nervous, child, I have no ill will towards you, I just want to talk to you." ”

Oak doesn't believe Snow's nonsense, is there such a slap to knock people unconscious, and then forcibly take them to a completely unfamiliar place to chat?

Oak looked around, his heart sank, the room was very tightly closed, and there was only one exit, that is, the door behind Snow, but Snow's position just blocked it tightly, if he forced it, Oak didn't think he would be the opponent of this old guy, and even the flame he was most proud of couldn't be ignited in front of him, this old guy's strength was a little terrifying.

What exactly is his intention?

In the dim candlelight, Oak saw Snow's appearance, old and gentle, and the candlelight shining through him, casting his back onto the wall, looking a little restrained.

"What the hell did you bring me here?" Oak was a little nervous.

"Go home. Child, I'm going to take you back to where we really are. Snow pulled up his coat, pulled the part of his chest, pointed to the triangular badge and said, "Do you know this mark?"

"Triangle...... Skull, are you ......" Oak searched his mind for everything about this mark, and suddenly his face turned iron, "You belong to the Dark Council?"

"That's right, you've got a good eye. Seeing that Oak guessed his identity, Snow laughed twice, "I was about to take you to our organization." ”

"No! I'm not going!" Oak said uncharacteristically, a little emotionally, and very dryly refused.

"I know people on the outside misunderstand us and call us visitors to hell, that we slaughter children and steal corpses, but only if you actually join the council will you find out how ridiculous those rumors are. Snow stood up and said, "The council has beliefs that are different from those of the outside world, and has its own technology and power, which are not tolerated by others, just like our demon seeds. ”

"You're a demon seed too?" Oak understood the meaning of the words "we demon seeds" in Snow's words.

"Yes, my ability is, devouring and perceiving!" Snow nodded and said, "Your flame was swallowed by my ability last night. ”

Snow looked at Oak leaning on the bed, and his heart was also a little drumming, the factions of the Dark Council are very different, their organization is divided into two factions, one is composed of bachelors and a small number of docile demon seeds, they just have different concepts from the world, and are not accepted by the world, so they hide in the mountains, like to silently engage in some research and development technology, do not like to quarrel with people, belong to a relatively peaceful faction, they are collectively called the left court, and the other side of the personnel composition is extremely mixed, the executioner who was expelled from the homeland, the knight who lost his honor, the pervert who likes to engage in human experiments, and the extremely mysterious necromancer, are some of the unforgivable bandits and villains who have escaped from the human world and joined the Dark Council to continue their crimes, this group of people is cruel and merciless, and is known as the Right Court.

In recent years, the members of the Right Court have become more and more indulgent, even killing babies and pregnant women to do some unconscionable experiments, and Snow has tried several times to no avail of them, and in order to obtain numerous corpses, the members of the Night Stalkers will often hunt lone pedestrians and attack villages and towns.

And when they got the news that there was another demon seed near the air ferry realm, the members of the right court had revealed their intention to recruit him, and Snow thought that he must find the child before they and let him join his camp.

"Over the years, in the human world, you may not have lived a comfortable life, right?"

"Comfortable?" Oak shook his head, he had been treated as a monster since he had shown his abilities, he had fled his homeland, sometimes had to eat bark and grass roots to feed himself, and even had to open one eye while he slept, for fear that a knife would cut his neck in his sleep.

It was a past that I never wanted to recall.

"Yes, humanity is afraid of us, they reject us, but in parliament we are all equal, and there is no discrimination. Snow was seducing, "You are very strong, I will teach you to make you stronger, no one can bully you anymore." ”

"No one bullies me now, and I'm having a good time. Oak spread out his hand, he stood up and plucked the straw from his clothes, and said, "Lord Rand is very kind to me, I can drink hot milk and ham every day, why do I have to hide in the mountains like a mouse with you?"

"Oak, that's your name, do you think your lord would treat you like this if he didn't get any benefit from you? Don't be stupid, they're all profit-oriented guys! You've been cheated by him!" Snow frowned.

Oak breathed a long sigh of relief, he remembered what Rand had said to him, and suddenly smiled: "Lord Lord has never hidden it from me, what he values is my strength beyond ordinary people, he has told me very clearly from the beginning, this is an equivalent exchange, I can accept it, Lord Lord can accept it, and that is enough." I never had the luxury of expecting more. ”

"Child, you'd better think clearly, he can't shelter you for the rest of your life, the Dark Council is your home. "Snow is still working hard to get Oak to change his mind.

"Even if I have no way out, hanged on the gallows by the Holy See, I will never go to the Dark Council. With a miserable smile on Oak's face, he stared into Snow's eyes and said, "Do you know how my abilities are awakened?"

Snow suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"I saw my parents lying in pools of blood, anger burning in my chest and turning into substance. And the one who killed my parents......" Oak pointed to Snow's chest and said word by word, "He also wears the same badge as you." ”