Chapter 2: Soul Coins
The town is not large, and after more than ten minutes, the car stopped in front of the casino.
Alec got out of the car and walked down the alley for a few minutes, when two big men with meaty faces surrounded him. If nothing else, the two men are the watchdogs of the casino, and the status of the thugs means that they will do some dirty work, the difference is only the degree of sin. Alec's footsteps paused, a dark red light flashed in his hand, and an undetectable energy spread out, enveloping the two big men in an instant.
- [Detect Evil]!
This is the magic that every devil loves, and it is also the most direct way to distinguish between good and evil.
The bodies of the two big men lit up red, and they were as thick as blood, which was a sign of human life on their hands. Alec sighed softly, the dagger in his hand sliced through the throats of the two of them like lightning, and then walked past with a blank face and went straight to the casino.
After two seconds, the two big men fell to the ground with a bang.
Two dark red flames erupted, and a moment later, only black ash remained on the snow.
Two vague figures appeared in Alec's hand, he looked down, frowned, and said in a low voice: "Damn, these two people are adults anyway, and their souls are so weak - even this student I possessed has a much stronger soul than them!" ”
The casino is quite large, but it is not very popular, and there are only a dozen or so gamblers in the gambling hall the size of a football field.
A few young ladies with heavy makeup greeted them.
A smile appeared on Alec's face, he took out his wallet, pulled out a dozen or so bills, shook them, and said, "Give me a weight!" ”
The deaths of the two watchdogs did not alarm the casino. Alec is now very weak and very careful, and while he is working on the two watchdogs, he is also doing something to the casino's camera. Successfully got the chips, Alec sat down at the gambling table, he didn't know how to gamble, and he didn't use the devil's magic ability to cheat, and he even lost a few handfuls, but he didn't panic, and he didn't lose the money gamblers are usually angry, but talked and laughed with the dealers and gamblers, and probed everyone's identities without a trace.
In public, he is not good at detecting evil, so he puts the breakthrough on the dealer, hoping to understand the good and bad of several gamblers through him.
It works.
Soon, Alec locked on his goal.
Two middle-aged men with long hair, pierced ears and tattoos, they are members of the local gang, and they have done many hurtful things.
After a few more gambles, Alec's table miraculously increased in chips, mostly from the two gangsters and a small amount from the casino dealer. The two losing gangster men began to get impatient and kept increasing their stacks, and the result was naturally more and more losses. Alec's chips quickly piled up into a small mountain, and although the denomination was not large, it added up to thousands of dollars.
There was a commotion in the casino.
Alec's luck was so good that he barely lost in the back except for the first few handfuls.
The two gangster men turned pale, and after losing all their money, they left the casino with a calm face. They lost a total of $7,000, which is half a year's expense for an average family in a small town like this. They weren't willing to leave like that, but this was a casino, and the two guys wouldn't dare to make trouble here, no matter how bold they were.
Alec played a few more handes, then smiled and threw out a few chips as a tip for the dealer and waiter, after which he exchanged the chips for cash and turned to leave the casino.
The snow on the streets is getting heavier.
At the entrance of the casino, the scorched black marks have long been covered with snowflakes.
Alec took two steps to the side, where there was the casino's camera, covered with a cobweb-like flame. He beckoned, and the flames shrank into a ball, leaping into his palm, and then quickly vanished.
- [Detect Evil]!
The flames condensed into an esoteric rune, followed by a translucent energy that diffused to distinguish between good and evil, but at some times, it could also be used as a detection spell.
A red light representing evil, lit up around the corner of the alley.
Alec walked over and came into sight of two panicked gangster men. This is the blind spot of the camera, so he doesn't have to bother to hide anything, and the flames in his hand converge into a dagger again, and the throats of the two of them are simply slit.
Two more souls in hand.
Alec's face was a little pale, the ice and snow suppressed him too much, and [Flame Imitation] was a more advanced technique, he was very difficult to use, although he only fought for about ten seconds, he still felt a little out of strength.
Forced back to the hut, before he could even deal with his soul, Alec fell asleep.
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Day 2.
Early in the morning, Alec wakes up in a nightmare.
Hell gave him more than just strength...... After ordinary souls enter hell, ninety percent of them end up turning into ashes (or becoming food for the devil), and ninety percent of the remaining ones can only struggle to save their lives at the bottom, and may be trampled to death by powerful beings at any time. Only a very small number of souls with strong hearts and good luck can hope to make their way out of hell......
Alec is one of them.
He threw a few logs into the furnace, and when the fire was big enough, he threw a few souls into it as well.
Four souls struggled in the fire, wailing, cursing, but no sound came from the eerie sense. After all, the soul is only the soul, not everyone has yin and yang eyes and can see ghosts, and in the same way, only a very few people can hear the cry of the soul. The four souls quickly collapsed in the flames, and Alec made a move, and the flames jumped, and they jumped into his hands.
The flame gradually turns lavender, which is the fire peculiar to the devils, the soul fire that burns the soul.
Alec carefully controlled the fire, and soon, the four souls lost their meaning, leaving only pure soul energy. When the soul fire gradually went out, three translucent coins appeared in Alec's hand.
Soul Coins.
It is the hard currency of hell and the devil's favorite food, which contains pure soul energy.
Four souls, only in exchange for three soul coins, Alec was inevitably a little disappointed. Under normal circumstances, one soul is enough to condense a coin, and there are two reasons for the reduction of coin production, one is that the souls of these four people are weaker than ordinary people, and the other is that Alec's strength is low, and a lot of soul energy is wasted in the process of condensation.
Forget it, just use it!
Alec puts a coin in his mouth, and the coin turns into liquid and then gas in the blink of an eye. He held his breath and tried his best to absorb these soul energies, feeling his soul strengthen little by little. The body of the lower devil does not use the soul energy very well, and most of the energy is dissipated, but the soul coin still benefits him a lot - the soul energy strengthens his body and is gradually eliminating the state of the resurrected.
When a coin runs out, Alec's attributes change slightly.
His Constitution has increased from 4.1 to 4.5 and his Charisma has increased from 3.3 to 3.7.
This is a unique way of ascension for the devils, absorbing the soul. For Alec, as long as he has enough souls, it is easy to become a medium devil. At that time, his special ability, the Hell Merchant, will come in handy...... As for the higher devils, it is not so easy to achieve.
You know, even in hell, the number of higher devils is quite limited.