For the first time, Talos hoped that the growth of the soul fire could be slower, so that the day of [Silver Jade's] counterattack would come as late as possible, but this was obviously impossible.

When [Gluttony] first manifested in Talos, there were only two ways for him to grow his soul fire, eating and fame, and for this reason, he really allowed himself to overeat.

With the appearance of [Jealousy], [Laziness], and [Silver Jade] one by one, the situation gradually improved, and there were more and more ways for Talos to grow the soul fire, plus the belief that the three planes came down and inherited from the Bruce soul fire together, a total of five planes converged, even considering the fact that the soul fire became more difficult to advance in the later stages, in fact, the growth speed did not slow down much, and even had a tendency to be flat.

"Extraordinary Strength, Pain and Joy......"

Talos doesn't have the idea of experimenting with transcendent power for the time being, but the latter, although it seems to be quite undisciplined, in the eyes of a qualified bloodline knight, a sufficiently practical attack is a good one.

Whoever discovers that a wound on his body in battle, instead of any pain, brings both physical and mental pleasure, will inevitably reveal a flaw because of the sudden pleasure, and the flaw can best create a fatal opportunity for Talos.

"Maybe I can experiment a little. ”

With this thought, Talos flicked his tail on the central lake, and the three-eyed octopus, who had long wanted to lean over, immediately scrambled to rise from the bottom of the lake when they got the signal, and the black pressure surrounded Talos.

The number of creatures contaminated by [Gluttony] has not increased much compared to the beginning, and it is still at forty, but its strength has improved rapidly, and now the largest three-eyed octopus has officially been promoted to the third order and has become a high-level demonic beast.

The spikes on the three-eyed octopus's head, which had evolved from eating the branches and fruits of the undead mother tree, had completely transformed into two rows of sharp blades the size of daggers on the left and right, and looked very hideous and vicious, with eight tentacles all more than 20 feet long, flapping rhythmically on the surface of the lake, splashing one after another.

Talos beckoned to the largest three-eyed octopus, grabbed one of its tentacles, and cut a wound on it with his froststeel scimitar: "Bear with me, it shouldn't hurt." ”

The three-eyed octopus did not struggle, not only did it not struggle, but it also made a pleasant cry when the wound appeared.

The wound had already appeared, and the next thing was to observe, and the result was beyond Talos's expectations, and the wound caused by the influence of [Silver Jade] was even more evil than he had imagined.

With "omnipotent" perception, Talos can clearly see that once the three-eyed octopus finds that the wound on the tentacle is about to heal in the next half day, it will tear the wound open through the mouth of the other tentacle, causing uninterrupted blood loss.

The logic of the leader of the three-eyed octopus is very simple, the wound can bring happiness, and the happiness makes it addicted to it, unable to extricate itself, so it must not let the wound heal, and in the end, it is Talos who forced the use of a magic scroll as the master of the watch world to heal the wound, otherwise it may really die of excessive blood loss.

In order to reward the leader of the Three-Eyed Octopus for his dedication to the experiment, Talos continues to think while petting the octopus, who floats quietly on the surface of the lake, squinting his three red eyes and showing a humane expression of enjoyment.

"The three-eyed octopus is reluctant to heal because it has a limited IQ and is easily dominated by pleasure, and it doesn't know if intelligent beings can resist the pleasure brought by [Silver Jade]. ”

Talos looked at the froststeel scimitar and then at his arm, but he didn't have the courage to "defy the law" after all.

"It should be possible, when you are assassinated when you are blaspheming, of course, you will face it first, and put the refreshment aside. ”

Unless you really encounter an opponent with extremely weak willpower, the wound caused by [Yinyu] can only bring trouble, and cannot completely paralyze the spirit.

"God, why do I feel a little sorry!?"

Talos quickly shook his head, flicked the terrible thought out of his mind, and forcibly turned his attention to his tail.

The Naga tail is shaped like a giant python, covered in scales, which can obtain the same effect as a piece of chain mail when the Naga Bloodline Knights are about adulthood, which is their natural defense mechanism, and it is also the second specialty that can be automatically obtained in addition to "Speed Travel", natural armor.

If the scale defense ability is a step on the basis of the innate armor, it is Ramona's combat specialty, metal scale armor.

Another creature covered in scales on the main material plane, the dragon, will swallow metals, minerals, gems and other substances to help dragon scales grow, so they can automatically obtain the specialty arcane dragon scales when they become adults, and the titan giants with their name will also swallow minerals and obtain body protection stone skin when they become adults.

Naga does not have the digestive ability of the dragon's metamorphosis, and if you want to raise your innate armor to the level of metal scale armor, you need to exercise a lot to improve the hardness and strength of your scales, and you need to take special potions to match, so there is no shortcut.

Talos walks the path of a bloodline knight, and the higher the level of tail defense, the better, otherwise he will be laughed at if he hurts his tail when he uses tail-related combat specialties such as tail sweeps, furious tail strikes, and poisonous whiplashes.

His goal is Armor Scales, an upgraded version of a fifth-order specialty, metal scale armor, which can be called a sword that is invulnerable, and the effect is comparable to the legendary-level Earth Elemental Faction spell Stone Skin Technique.

"Ramona's experience in the source blood happens to be about how to get the specialty metal scale armor through training, and so on-" Talos had a flash of inspiration, "Naga really can't devour metals and minerals, but I have [gluttony], do you want to try it?"

Exercising and swallowing minerals were put in front of Talos, and he naturally chose the latter, why should he work hard to solve the problem that can be solved by eating.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it became, and Talos finally decided to do two things: "Metals, minerals, and potions, I still need to talk to my mother." ”

He's not a mage anymore, and even then, potion configuration isn't what he's good at.

After squirting two handfuls of octopus, Talos got up and prepared to leave the watch world to contact Sandra, but just as he entered the secret chamber of the Count of Gorgon, the Ring of the Magic Web received a message.

At first, Talos thought that the news came from the Black Sea, either Emma or Leonhard, but on closer inspection, it was actually an account he didn't know.

"Strange, when can a stranger's message be sent in directly?"

Before Talos could make a move, the message jumped out very forcefully and automatically in such a way that the Ring of the Magic Web would never have happened, and unfolded in Talos's consciousness.

"Hello Talos Nepton. ”

Talos's face froze, firstly, because he had violated the action set by the Demon Net Ring just now, and secondly, his Demon Net account was actually known by outsiders, which was not a good thing.

"You may not know me, but I know that you, Your Royal Highness the Prince and Count Gorgon from the Black Sea, possess and keep a very important secret. ”

Three seconds later, the message continues.

"I know you're still reading the news, trust me, it's not a scam, it's not a joke, I'll prove it all in three minutes. ”

Talos thought for a while, and to be honest, a series of very domineering and shameful lines flashed through his mind just now, but what was really sent through the Ring of the Magic Web was just a simple nonsense: "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, Tár, what matters is what you're going to do with that mysterious flame?"

Mysterious flame, soul fire, the other party knows soul fire, a stranger who appeared inexplicably actually knows soul fire!?

Talos was alert, and even the scales on his tail tended to stand up.

No, Talos forced himself to calm down, and he never revealed the fact that he possessed soul fire to anyone in any way from beginning to end.

In the entire main material plane, there are only four people who know that he has soul fire, one is himself, one is Urban I, one is Bruce, and the last one is the mermaid princess Maeve who also entered the inner space of the Frost Crown and later invaded the dream realm of Talos.

Urban I and Bruce are dead, and it is impossible to continue sending messages to him through the Ring of the Web, and after eliminating all the impossibilities, Maeve becomes the correct answer.

"How did I forget Maeve!"

Talos was a little annoyed, after coming back from Mosanhoek, there were a lot of things that happened, first [laziness] made him sleep more every day, then the establishment of the Black Sea Duchy, and then [laziness] counterattacked, which successfully made him leave Maeve behind.

After guessing the identity of the other party, Talos relaxed slightly, if it wasn't for Maeve wanting to monopolize the benefits and monopolize the Frost Crown and Soul Fire, he wouldn't have been able to avoid the Order and Knight Temple's search of the Space Ring so smoothly.

He replied, "Maeve Coppola." ”

Through a magic web and countless spatial limitations, Talos could still sense the sense of smugness and mystery that had almost escaped from the interface just now and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Maeve, go on, don't hide on the other side of the web and be silent, I know it's you. ”

"You're so smart, Tár, you found out in less than a minute. ”

"You can call me Prince Talos of the Black Sea, or Count Gorgon, our relationship is not close enough to use nicknames for each other. ”

"I thought that as the only person in the main material plane who knew your identity, well, the person who was naturally the closest person, since you didn't think it was suitable, then forget it, but I'm very curious if the Grand Duke of the Black Sea knows about you?"

Talos's brows furrowed little by little, he was not good at being false and wrong, and he didn't like to be blackmailed: "Tell me straight, Maeve, what do you want to do?"

"Calculate the time, the package I sent you should have arrived, and inside is a two-way mirror, and I will contact you later. ”

With a low curse, Talos left the chamber, and sure enough, the butler of the Earl's Court informed him that he had received a package.

Maeve didn't lie to him, there was only a two-way mirror in the package, a communication tool before the magic net was popular, it had many disadvantages, it could only be one-on-one, and the advantages were equally outstanding, even the gods could not monitor the two-way mirror like the magic web.

Two double-sided mirrors, one in the central Black Sea and one in the Western Ocean, were soon connected, and through the mirrors, Talos saw the mermaid princess Maeve lying in the waves, as charming as before.

This time, Maeve got straight to the point: "I want your soul fire." ”

"What is the illusion that makes you think that I will obediently dedicate my soul fire to you with just one sentence?"

Talos laughed angrily, the soul fire was sublimated and ignited based on his soul, it was his greatest reliance, and it was also the foundation of existence and the world, and the loss of soul fire was the loss of life.

"Soul fire is a very wonderful power, even powerful divine powers like the god of order and knights are coveted, and it is not something you can keep. ”

Without waiting for Talos to refute, Maeve continued: "Once the matter of possessing the soul fire is revealed, the Church of the Gods such as the Temple of Order and Knights, the Temple of War, the Temple of the Moon, and the Temple of Death will not let you go. ”

Talos sneered, "It's as if you have the power to protect the soul fire." ”

"Yes, I do. Maeve on the two-way mirror changed her posture, "As long as you are willing to hand over the soul fire to me, I can guarantee that there will be a throne of gods that belongs to you in the future." ”

Talos knew what it meant to be demagoguery, and Maeve was ashamed to offer conditions to help him become a god, but he wouldn't believe a word.

"If you don't go to be the head of the pyramid scheme, it's really the biggest loss to the main material plane. ”

Maeve still smiled, and didn't seem to mind Talos's taunt at all: "The counterattack of the primordial desire is not comfortable, is it? That's not something that can be persevered with perseverance - I see, are you worried about death after the soul fire is stripped away?"

Talos had a headache, and he didn't want to waste any more time with Maeve: "If you want to understand that, it's fine." ”

"No, Talos. Just because others can't strip the soul fire doesn't mean I can't do it, I'm not a fool like Urban I. ”

Talos let out a loud sneer, even if Urban I died at the hands of an epic knight, it would not change the fact that he was once an evil god, and that level was not something that Maeve could evaluate as a mere magical knight.

"Well, Your Royal Highness the Princess of the United Kingdom, I don't have the time to play such a childish game with you. I'll destroy this two-way mirror later, and you won't have to contact me again. ”

"Wait, Talos, I don't know how you persuaded the Grand Duke of the Black Sea to banish you to a fiefdom, but Avignon's unwritten rule of forgiveness is not enough to protect you. ”

"I know this better than anyone. ”

By the time the Order and Knight Temple learns more about the truth, he will probably have been promoted to the fifth order, and in terms of individual strength, he will have the ability to compete with the cardinal and other fifth-order professionals, unless he ......

Talos stared.

Sure enough, Maeve's smug voice came from the two-way mirror: "I love Adriatic Opera's "The Wedding of the Waves" starting tomorrow afternoon at 24 o'clock, and I promise to keep my mouth shut until I see you." ”

"Damn it!"

Talos smashed the two-way mirror, angrily sank his consciousness into the Magic Web Ring, clicked on Sandra in his friends list, and sent the art of what had just happened.