Chapter 33: The Unknown Shadow
In the middle of April, in the year 4386 of the ephemeris, a week had passed since Riyong went to Kakarik Village, and during this time, he took the time to teach his eldest disciple, Changfeng, while investigating the information of the brave in the southern region.
It's just that while Rion is busy with these affairs, a dark force is gradually showing its fangs and causing great trouble for some people from the far west.
As the saying goes, "the southern boundary of the sea, the northern frontier of silver, the west of the ancient capital, the east of the nine merchants", long before the establishment of the "holy capital Versailles" in the center of the human region, most of the world was dominated by these four "royal capitals".
And each of these four royal capitals has a "Polar Realm" in their spheres of influence, with the south close to the "Endless Sea", the north close to the "Extreme Cold Land", the west close to the "Grull Desert", and the east close to the "Dead Volcano".
Generally speaking, normal humans and even adventurers would not easily set foot in these four extreme realms, unless they wanted to obtain some of these hard-to-obtain materials, or if they wanted to try their skills.
But at this time, not far from the border of the royal capital of the western kingdom "Sharo Ancient Capital", near the "Gruhr Desert", in a desert, there was an extremely luxurious private courtyard built here.
It's less than five miles from the Grull Desert, and it's a dangerous area registered with the Adventurers' Guild, but the people of the courtyard seem to have no idea about this dangerous desert and still don't care about expanding their territory here.
One afternoon in mid-April, under a row of palm olive trees in the courtyard, a middle-aged man was sitting alone on a gold-rimmed chair, silently sipping a silver cup of spirits.
With a high nose, sunken eyes and a subtle beard, this man has entered the middle age of life, but he still looks dignified, and has a different kind of mature charm than the young man.
In terms of appearance, this man is like some desert nobles commonly found in the "Ancient Capital of Sharo", sincere, generous, and has a convincing temperament, even the scimitar pinned to his waist looks so unpretentious.
But in reality, the man's inside and his appearance are completely polar, at least those who died at his hands must think so......
"Why are you so leisurely and elegant today, and you actually drink here alone. ”
Just as the man, Galdridge, had finished drinking a glass of wine in his hand, a somewhat eerie-sounding voice suddenly sounded from the side.
As a pitch-black ghost flashed, a "dark knight" wrapped in pitch-black armor and revealing only a pair of blue glowing eyes appeared beside Galdridge.
"Archon of Shadows, Dukai. If anyone who is familiar with the high-level of the Evil Cube is here, he will definitely recognize this famous "Ten Demon Temple".
Phew, but Gal Ridge spat without looking back after seeing Du Kai, and said without looking back: "Of course, a person here is drinking alcohol, there is no progress in research, and there is a fart leisure and elegance." ”
To be able to talk to Du Kai, the famous "Wang Sha", this man named Gaildridge is certainly not an ordinary person.
In fact, this man is indeed not an ordinary person, he is an adventurer who has the same status as the "Shadow Archon", but is far from the Devil's Cube, and is also the top "knighted adventurer" among the human race.
"Desert Storm" Gal Dridge, born in the thousand-year-old family "Dark Feather Clan" in the "Ancient Capital of Sharo", from the moment he was born, this man was believed to be a strong man who stood at the pinnacle of mankind.
In fact, Gal Dridge did reach this peak very quickly, and he had the strength of a "knighted adventurer" that was enough to compete with "Wang Sha".
Is it a good thing that at the age of less than half a hundred, he has the power of human limits? Gildridge did not think so, but expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the situation.
"Have you run out of research samples last time?" said Du Kai, who didn't care, instead sat down in another chair and poured himself a full glass of wine.
"Hmph, more than a thousand mid-level demons have all been wasted, and almost no "test subject" can withstand the rejection that occurs when these two forces are combined, and the longest one will only survive for less than a day. ”
Gelldridge handed him a piece of paper detailing the time of death of more than a thousand "test subjects".
And the so-called "test subject" in his mouth is actually ...... It's a living human being.
Although the area around the "Ancient Capital of Salor" is like summer all year round, and every day seems to be in the scorching heat of June, the words that come out of Gaildridge's mouth at this time make people feel like falling into an ice cellar.
Yes, these two mortal enemies, who are in the ordinary sense of the world, have come together precisely because they share a common goal and are trying to achieve it by all sorts of experimental means.
Or rather, it's not "like", they're actually doing an experiment, and they're still doing an experiment that defies the world.
The name of this experiment is called ...... "Path to Heaven", which is to introduce the blood and "power of evil" into the human body, and finally achieve the ultimate creature with the strengths of both adventurers and demons!
Adventurers, with the "power of bloodline", become stronger by awakening the power contained in the bloodline of the ancestors, and the bloodline in the body of the adventurer who has been inherited for a longer time will be more refined.
The Demon has the power of "Demonic Power", which strengthens itself by constantly devouring the flesh and blood of living beings, and the more it devours, the more powerful it becomes.
Since ancient times, adventurers and demons have been two levels of each other, and they are incompatible, but at this time, there are people who want to merge the forces of both sides, and I have to say what a bold experiment this is, so bold that even Wang Sha and the knighted demon hunter cannot carry it out alone.
After all, this kind of thing, if any party is discovered, it will be a consequence of ruining one's reputation at the lone and death on the spot, even the strongest individual has to weigh it.
Therefore, even with the strength of Galdridge and Dukai, they can only secretly hide on the edge of the "Grull Desert" for experiments, with Gaildridge providing human test subjects and Dukai providing demon test subjects, and conducting fusion research between the two under the operation of a team.
But even then, it was a bit difficult for Galdridge and Dukai to provide thousands of demons and humans as test subjects, and to do so without hiding everyone.
But they have a reason why they have to do this, and the fundamental reason why this Wang Sha and the knighted adventurer will come together comes from being unwilling to their own limits.
That's right, the limit, whether it is a human or a demon, there is an inherently achievable "boundary wall", which limits their power to the level of "Wang Sha" and "Knighted Adventurer", and no matter how hard they try after reaching this level, they will not make any progress.
This situation was unacceptable to Galdridge, who was extremely proud from the bottom of his bones, especially after knowing that there were two "people" who could easily break through this boundary and enter the legendary "Sanctuary Level".
These two "people" are the contemporary "demon kings" and "brave men", and no one can break through the "wall of boundaries" except them.
However, this is the core goal of the "Path to the Gods", which is to find a way to break down this "wall of boundaries".
Knowing that the best method that Galdridge and Dukai have found so far is to fuse the "power of bloodline" and the "power of discoloration", and want to see if they can achieve the effect that one plus one is greater than two through the fusion of these two powers......
"By the way, I'm here today to tell you good news. After a glass of wine, Du Kai looked at the somewhat dull Galdridge and suddenly laughed gloomily.
Good news? What's the good news for your tin can? Gelldridge snorted coldly and said impatiently: "If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go, grinding and chirping like a big girl." ”
"The good news is that the brave men of our time have appeared, and they ...... There are still as many as a hundred. Dukai's eyes carefully watched Gelldridge's expression, wanting to see if there would be any changes in the face of the iceberg that had not melted for ten thousand years.
"What...... There is no mistake about it, as we all know, the heroes of the past generations have appeared as a single individual, how can a hundred come out at once?"
Sure enough, when he heard this somewhat outrageous news, even a person like Gildridge, who had collapsed in front of him and did not change his face, was stunned for a moment, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.
"How could it be mistaken, this was personally confirmed by our beloved Demon King, His Highness. ”
Du Kai seemed to be very satisfied with the man's expression, and continued to smile and said: "So now His Royal Highness the Demon King is very busy, he wants to solve these brave men through various means before they grow up, otherwise he will not have a good life in the future." ”
After hearing this, Gelldridge's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said, "You mean, these hundred brave people are still just ordinary people with the potential of brave men, and they have not grown up enough to threaten the crowd?"
"That's right, isn't this a godsend? Originally, we had been conducting various experiments with ordinary humans and demons, but now that there are so many brave men in the world...... Well, why don't you catch a few brave men and try them out? Maybe you can dig up the secret of breaking through the "wall of boundaries". ”
As soon as he thought of that scene, Du Kai couldn't help but feel a strong sense of excitement in his heart, and that excitement even almost broke through the "armor" on his body, and he was almost about to explode.
"Here is a map that records the locations of a hundred brave men, so let's study where to start first. ”
In the bright afternoon, the wind was blowing gently, and just where no one was noticing, a great conspiracy was revealing its outline......