Chapter 317: Extracting Markers
"You're here......" Black Abyss San Mario had a calm face, he had been waiting for this day for a long time. ๏ฟกโ๏ผ
Since that defeat a hundred years ago, he has never had a chance to trouble Arthur, but those powerhouses in the main world come to watch him from time to time, so that his restless and violent heart has also calmed down.
"Well, should I call you grandpa? Or the Demon King of the East? Arthur felt that this generation was really twisted.
He is also an old man in his 100s, although he still has the appearance of a little fresh meat, but he is called this grandfather who looks just a middle-aged man? I'm really not used to it.
However, he is indeed the biological father of his own cheap old fallen, Adam San Mario, and he is the grandson of this one in blood.
For Adam San Mario, Arthur still has some memories, after all, he followed Adam after the crossing and spent a few years.
But for Hei Yuan, his only memory is that this manic grandfather was ready to slash his grandson, but he was forked before pretending to be forced and was driven back by many masters under Arthur.
Of course, at this time, the attitudes of the two parties also changed, Arthur ignored this grandfather, and Hei Yuan, without his previous arrogance, deliberately wanted to take the power of the devil and seize Arthur's position as the demon king.
But Arthur's growth speed is too fast, the magician, the archmage, the legendary level, and when the black abyss strikes again, he is no longer Arthur's opponent, and he has lost his temper by the mixed energy.
Arthur didn't directly ask for his grandfather's life, not because of blood relationship, if you want to be close, the uncle and aunt of Peter Ryder's family are far more important to Arthur than this grandfather.
The key reason why Hei Yuan was not moved was that he wanted to delay the end of the Demon King Tryout.
As long as the black abyss does not die, there are two of the biggest East Demon Kings. Then according to the rules set by the abyss, this selection competition will not end until the real demon king is decided.
This rule seems reasonable, but a closer look reveals the problem.
If the Demon King never comes out, and even someone deliberately separates the two Demon King candidates in the same region, isn't the Abyss Invasion never going to begin?
This is actually a loophole left by San Mario back then, deliberately designed this rule to meet the needs of the abyss, and at the same time allow future generations to control the time when the abyss opens.
And it did Arthur a favor, giving him time to develop his scientific magic and make the entire Overworld more potential. Deal with the war that follows.
"What kind of demon king am I...... I'm not your grandfather, I'm the Black Abyss, a warlock! Kurobuchi knew what was going to happen next, and he was surprisingly calm.
The demon king in the abyss had already given up on him, there was no way, no matter what tricks there were, it was just a joke in the face of absolute power.
Arthur was able to appear here alone, so he was not afraid of anyone interfering at all, and he didn't dare to say that he was really the best in the world in the main world. But it was impossible to find a being who could threaten him.
"Don't say that, it's just meant to happen, just rest assured. It won't be too painful. Arthur looked at this 'grandfather' who regarded death as home, and did not want to comfort him more.
If it is judged as a crime, this Eastern Demon King, who has killed many people of the same race and intelligent beings, is not unjust at all to be sentenced to death and immediately executed.
But who told Arthur to be 'kind-hearted'. After pondering and pondering, he still decided that he did not intend to complete the final step of this selection competition with the abyss method.
"Elemental Stripping!"
Arthur reached out and pointed. The magic in the entire space was like hot oil that had been ignited, and the calm expression of Kurobuchi who was in it couldn't help but waver.
The magic in his body, everything, seemed to be withdrawn, and he found that he could no longer control everything about himself, his body, his magic, even his soul and mind were pulled and twisted and deformed.
Pain? He didn't feel any pain anymore, and his whole soul was twisted into a ball.
If there was anything he could perceive, it was the seemingly ordinary finger that Arthur pointed at him at the last moment.
The black abyss is gone, but it is not absolute, Arthur holds a condensed black ball in his hand, this is the black abyss, but it is no longer the original black abyss.
This is the black abyss completely compressed by chaos, which exists but does not exist.
Kurobyss's consciousness and body were completely sealed in it, and even time was no longer there for him.
Arthur didn't kill the black abyss, and even the magic of the black abyss was sealed in the black ball as it was.
This is a choice for Arthur, a choice that does not need to be stained with blood, of course, this does not mean that Arthur is afraid of killing, but unnecessary killing, Arthur feels that he can piggyback a little bit.
The seal may last for a long time, maybe hundreds of years, maybe thousands of years, and after the black abyss is unsealed, how many memories can be left, Arthur doesn't know, he only yearns for the black abyss at that time, to be able to be a new man, and don't become the demon king who killed again.
The abyss was sealed, but one thing was pulled out.
Like a pitch-black flame, suspended in the air, Arthur had seen such marks many times in the eyes of others, and he could have simulated them on his body.
But compared to the real mark, these simulated things are always missing a breath, a breath from the abyss, from the origin of destruction and chaos.
The Demon King Mark, and the complete Demon King Mark, Arthur didn't have it in the past, not because he was the Demon King, but as the final boss.
No matter who gets the qualification of the Demon King of the East, the most important thing to face is Arthur, and only by seizing the Demon Summoning Book in Arthur's hand can he become the real Demon King.
And now Arthur sees the true mark that belongs to the Demon King of the East, the mark of the inheritance in the bloodline of San Marioga.
"I really want to destroy it like this, but unfortunately I can't do it." Arthur sighed and shook his head, although this mark represented the abyss, with his current chaos, it would not be difficult to destroy it.
But without him, the contract signed between San Mario and the abyss would have been invalidated, and the final outcome would not be that the world was rescued, but that according to the original script, the abyss had accumulated too much energy, and then engulfed the entire world like a tsunami avalanche towards destruction.
The power of the whole world to run wild is far from being something that Arthur or some lives can stop together, it can only be unblocked, otherwise it will be the end of everyone playing together. (To be continued......)