The sky overhead was always overcast, as if the otherwise clear river was mixed with a large amount of sediment.

Looking up, the gray drizzle came like bundles of silk threads, clinging to his cheeks, making the hair on Cecil's face sticky and sticky.

Its emerald green eyes flickered for a moment, then it looked down at a golden rattlesnake that followed beside it.

"Even if there is the strength to sustain it, this kind of continuous rain for many days is a very amazing thing in the desert. Besides, I didn't find Claude's divine power attached to the environment. ”

It just watched quietly, but the voice was transmitted to the other person's heart in some way, and when its words fell, a hoarse and gloomy voice responded in the same way.

"I'm not Augustus, Cecil, you don't need to persuade me."

"I'm just sighing," said the black cat, "and the presence behind Claude seems to be beyond my knowledge." ”

"The stronger he is, the better it will be for us."

"If we become his servants......"

As they talked, the two animals continued to walk through the tribe.

Surrounded by flat-roofed rock buildings, they stand in an oasis in the desert, and the streets are not paved with any masonry or gravel, so they have become muddy with the continuous rain.

However, Cecil and the golden rattlesnake next to him were unaffected, and when they visited the tribe slowly, they seemed to be standing outside the guardrail and watching the sight.

"That kind of contract is just a nominal servant's contract, it doesn't have many restrictive clauses."

Rattlesnake said in a hoarse tone, "Morning Star doesn't need to restrain us at all, he just needs us to rise again, and he will naturally clash with the Covenant Church." ”

"You think his purpose is to keep the church at bay?" The black cat asked meaningfully.

"What other purpose could there be?" Rattlesnake asked rhetorically.

The black cat thought for a moment and shook his head, "I can't think of it, but I think it's better to focus on other forces than to use us." We have been weakened to such an extent that the value of laborious cultivation is not high. ”

"Maybe he's already using other forces, maybe he might have other plans for us, but what does it matter? As long as his enemy is the Covenant Church, then even if he throws at a slave contract, I will not hesitate to sign it. ”

"Hatred has blinded you, Derian."

"No, hatred has become in my heart, it is the only motivator of my existence."

Hearing this, the black cat couldn't help but look sideways at the rattlesnake next to it, and the emotions contained in the other party's triangular eyes seemed to be very firm, which surprised it.

"Don't you have any scruples about being a servant of a Hell Demon King?"

"How could it not be." Rattlesnake replied calmly, "It's just relatively unimportant." ”

"What's your scruples?"

"What does it matter, the choices I make will not change because of this."

"Maybe I'll be able to refer to it." The black cat said: "This matter involves our future destiny and must be carefully considered. ”

The rattlesnake was silent for a moment, and then spoke, "Claude's mind has become abnormal. ”

Unlike the black cat when it speaks, the snake is constantly confiding.

"It's so out-of-the-box, it's completely different from the previous deepness, and a lot of the behavior and words have become very childish."

"With its current physical age, this performance is not surprising." Black Cat said.

"But you and I both know what it's supposed to look like."

"Perhaps in the process of reincarnation, the soul also returns to its juvenile state."

"That means it has washed away all the burdens of the past."

Rattlesnake said sarcastically, "What was held on to in the past will no longer matter, and what should have been remembered now seems to be just an ordinary memory." Active, jumpy, reluctant to use their brains, and even begin to follow their physical instincts to like things that only female creatures would like...... Is Claude still Claude? ”

"Maybe that's a good thing in a sense."

"I don't think so, the burden of losing our hearts and minds only makes us mistakenly think that this world is full of good."

Rattlesnake said, glancing at a few little boys running naked on a rainy day in the tribal streets, and at some adults busy in the house through the walls of a house.

"Just like these modified humans, if Claude is still the same as Claude before, then he will so easily instill the power of the Demon King into his people?"

"I didn't find any defects in these people." The black cat replied sensibly, its eyes also looking at the humans living in the buildings.

Unlike in the past, at this time, between the toes and fingers of these people, some webbed-like membranes have grown, which are absolutely invisible to normal people.

"At least not yet."

"But don't forget what the power this demon lord wields." Rattlesnake said bluntly.

This made the black cat think, but then it changed to a different point.

"Looks like you don't want us to sign that contract."

"Don't want to? Forget it, Cecil, do you really think you have a choice? ”

Rattlesnake looked at the black cat next to him mockingly, "Obviously, we have all gathered here a long time ago, but the demon king has never appeared. Do you think this attitude is just pure arrogance? ”

"I think he wants us to get a better sense of what's going on with Claude and his tribe."

"Yes, feel everything here, and then let us know that soon Claude and his tribe will quickly rise to become the strongest force in the desert, and all those who oppose this force will be completely crushed to pieces."

The truth is always cruel, the black cat did not respond for a long time when he heard this, and finally looked gloomily at the gloomy sky overhead.

"The strong live, the weak die, this is really an eternal truth."

"So can you expect a Hell Demon King to have any good intentions?" Rattlesnake asked sarcastically.

"I'm not that simple." The black cat shook his head, "But I always felt that Morningstar was not like the other demon kings, even his predecessors. ”

"What's the difference?"

"Some ...... in detail"

The black cat said, suddenly sighing, "Forget it, it's useless to say this, maybe it's just some luck on my part." ”

"The demise of the royal family of Priestley is one of the most tragic events in human history, and it was the work of the Pain Demon King of your name."

Rattlesnake sneered and said, "I have to say, the object of your luck is really unique. ”

“…… It seems that if it weren't for the hateful influence, you would have turned into a staunch opponent, Derian. ”

"Without this possibility, if it weren't for hatred, I would have self-destructed long ago."

These words left the black cat speechless.

After a long silence, it suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something unusual about the snake next to it.

Turning his head to look, he found that the other party was looking sideways at the northeast of the desert at the moment, and the emotion in his triangular eyes was extremely strong, as if he was staring at a certain existence that made it unforgettable through countless distances.

"What's wrong with you?" The black cat asked.

"You know, Cecil," Rattlesnake said, spitting out letters, "the wound on my chest flare up the other day. ”

Seizure?

The black cat thought when he heard this, "You mean ......"

"You guessed it right," Rattlesnake replied with a cold eye, "Ingersoll has reappeared in this world. ”

……

"And this time, I will kill him with my own hands without hesitation!"