Chapter 6: The Pain of Life and Death
If entering the Demon Realm to hunt for treasure is an adventure, then the encounter between Izumi Sakura and Niel is undoubtedly an unexpected adventure.
In the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, he met the Shetters, a group of cute things that looked like raccoons, and accepted their guidance, and shuttled through the ground, drilling in and out of many narrow grottoes, circling deeper and deeper into the ground, not knowing where to go.
When Niel and Izumi first came into contact with them, they just laughed at their cute appearance, after all, the fluffy raccoon appearance, short hands and feet, clumsy movements, and Mimi made noises, it was really funny, however, when they came into contact with each other and understood what kind of life the Sherts had lived for thousands of years, they felt a deep sadness and anger.
In the ancient times of I don't know how long ago, the ancestors of these Shets were taken into slavery by the demons, carried out various constructions in the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons, and were born slaves for generations, dying in exhaustion and sickness, and in many cases became the inevitable objects of living sacrifices.
"These demons are really ...... What a ......."
Nile clenched her fists indignantly, wanting to say something, but because she thought of her demon status, she didn't know how to continue.
"Who are the demons in your mouth? In the eyes of human beings, aren't all the inhabitants of the demon realm demons? Are they all mortal enemies? There is no need for you to show special sympathy for them. β
The person who spoke was the masked mysterious woman Crowpadora, on the way here, she kept silent, and occasionally said a few words, as if she was deliberately sarcastic about Izumi Sakura and Nier, surprisingly cold, however, with the example of Hua Bian Que first, the two women did not feel unhappy because of these words, and some intuition in their hearts felt that this woman had no malicious intentions.
Padora didn't say much, but she still had to speak, because she was the only one who could translate for the two girls, and without her, no one would have understood the Mimi Whispers of the Sheters, let alone the stranger races.
As the leader of the "Harmful Book Club", Pardora kept giving orders to the Sheters to carry out all kinds of cover-up work, erasing all traces of the people who had traveled through this place, and not letting the demons from the upper echelons find out.
I don't know how long it took, but everyone finally came to the very deep underground of the Ten Thousand Demons Temple, the dark space where all the slaves lived, not only was it so dark that they couldn't see the slightest light source, but the smell of rancid and damp, and the strong smell of blood, which made Izumi Sakura and Niel frown when they smelled it.
The creatures that exist in this space are not only the Shet, but also some strange-looking humanoid races. Even though she couldn't see it very clearly in the dark, Izumi Sakura could still vaguely see that most of these races were shackled and restrained from moving, and many even had mutilated limbs, even from a distance, they could still smell the smell of blood on their bodies, and from these scenes, it was easy to deduce what kind of life these slaves lived.
"Mi~~"
Izumi Sakura and Niel came to this dark space, and the shepherds led by them screamed, and some kind of silent fluctuation quickly spread, informing the various beings existing in this space that the long-awaited person had arrived, and then, although they deliberately lowered their voices, the faint cry of joy still spread like fireworks, one after another in this space.
"They seem to welcome us? I don't know why?"
"Ni'er is the Red Star of the Allwind Continent, maybe they are your fans. β
Izumi Sakura jokes with Niel, trying to dilute the tension in front of her, but in her heart she knows that the reason why she is popular seems to be because of a certain prophecy, and as for what the prophecy is, only Padora can translate.
When Izumi Sakura turned her questioning eyes to Padora, the masked beauty did not answer directly, but simply talked about the origin of the existence of underground slave labor.
"The royal family of the Demon Realm itself is not engaged in production, but only practices martial arts diligently, enhances its strength, and then carries out conquest and plundering with reckless force, exterminating the entire weak tribe of the Demon Realm, and collecting both men and women as slaves, working and producing for the enjoyment of the royal family. β
It is not only the Shet people who are treated like this, but also many weak races living in the Demon Realm, all of whom have the same fate.
For thousands of years, the Heavenly Demon Skill passed down from the Deep Blue Demon King was the supreme martial art that ruled the Demon Realm. Although in the vast and boundless demon world, there have been a few masters who have created martial arts that are stronger and more domineering than the Heavenly Demon Gong, but when they are hostile in actual combat, they are still defeated by the hands of the current Demon Realm royal family because of the innate restraint of the Heavenly Demon Skill on the Demon Clan, and together with the powerful Demon Skill they have created, they have become a shining badge that adorns the martial arts of the Great Demon God King of the past dynasties, so that the power of the royal family stands tall and has been inherited for a long time, and it has enjoyed the protection of the Deep Blue Demon King for thousands of years, and trampled on the soles of the other races in the Demon Realm.
"How much do you know about the legend of the Deep Blue Lord?"
Padora's question, Izumi Sakura and Nier found it difficult to answer, in the journey into the Demon Realm, they were only in a hurry, and had no chance to communicate with the aborigines of the Demon Realm, although the Lancelot brothers and sisters are all practicing Heavenly Demon Skills, but they don't know anything about the traditions of the Demon Race, and now listening to Padora's question, Nier is speechless.
"All the inhabitants of the Demon Realm know that the Deep Blue Demon King is the demon of demons, the demon god above the demon god, and the ancestor of the current royal family. β
There are countless dark gods in the entire demon world, and the dark blue demon king is located above the gods, looking down on the world as a king, so no matter which tribe, the dark blue demon king is the common main god, and the royal family that has been protected by the dark blue demon king and reigns in the demon world also uses this as a legal basis to sit firmly on the supreme throne and enslave all the tribes in the demon world.
When the tribes want to raise the banner of rebellion against the royal family, it is like a rebellion against the dark blue demon king, even if they don't consider the invincible power of the Heavenly Demon Gong, there is also a fear of incurring heavenly punishment psychologically, so there has always been only the Aixin Jueluo royal family itself coaxing, and it is very rare that there are masters who dare to challenge the hegemony of the royal family.
"The Deep Blue Demon King is so amazing, what did he do before he was born, is there anything else terrifying besides the Demon Realm Imperial Family that created the Heavenly Demon Skill and was born?"
In fact, just creating the Heavenly Demon Skill is quite amazing, but Padora still gave Niel a surprise answer.
"The Deep Blue Demon King is the first king to unify the Demon Realm, and he is also the creator of the Demon Realm culture, and more importantly, he once gave the inhabitants of the Demon Realm a dream. β
The Demon Realm is a world with an extremely harsh living environment, and the sun, wind, water, and earth, which are natural resources in the human realm, are presented in the worst form in the Demon Realm. In order to survive, all the inhabitants of the Demon Realm must constantly fight to snatch all kinds of resources to sustain life, and to this day, this terrible situation has not changed.
But in ancient times, this changed. When the entire Demon Realm was still a wilderness and all the tribes attacked and killed each other, the Deep Blue Demon King rose up, defeated the leaders of the major tribes at that time one by one with his invincible Heavenly Demon Skills, and took them under his command, after hundreds of years, finally unified the major tribes of the Demon Realm and laid the scale of today's Demon Realm regime.
"At that time, the Deep Blue Demon King made a promise to stop the infighting in the Demon Realm, so that everyone would not have to live in fear all day, and that everyone would be brought to a beautiful ideal world, with sufficient supplies and bright sunlight, so that all tribes would be free from the darkness from now on. β
As far as Nier sounds, this promise is undoubtedly an attack on the human realm, promising to lead the inhabitants of the demon realm to attack the ambition of the human realm, however, for the tribes that are eager to live in other worlds, there is nothing more tempting than this promise, so everyone embraces the dark blue demon king, hoping that after he unifies the demon world, he can gather the strength of all the inhabitants of the demon realm and realize his dream.
However, this dream died halfway, and the Deep Blue Demon King died soon after the unification of the Demon Realm due to the recurrence of old injuries, although he became a demon god after his death and guarded the Demon Realm forever, but the descendants who inherited his power did not treat the tribes equally, and instead adopted class rule, reducing the weak races to slavery, and turning the Demon Realm into a world of the jungle...... It's not much different from before, but it's more institutionalized. β
Pardora spoke simply in human, and Izumi Sakura wasn't sure if the other races in the vicinity could understand, but as Pardora spoke, there were intermittent screams around her, as if echoing the desolation of her words.
"There is only one point, the Aixin Jueluo royal family still abides by the ancestors' teachings, that is, they continue to attack the human world, seize a world with richer materials, and then ...... Not for the time being, maybe when they really conquer the human realm, they will also govern it like a stinky pit like the demon realm. β
Padora's tone was full of sarcasm, but Niel couldn't help but ask, wondering what these things had to do with her?
"Of course it doesn't matter if that's all there is, but great men like to leave their last words, and sometimes they turn into prophecies, and this time it's the same. Hundreds of years after the death of the Deep Blue Demon King, someone discovered the last words of the Deep Blue Demon King, and a bunch of strange words mentioned that when the orthodox Demon King with the blood of the alien race returns to the Demon World from the other world, the light of ideals will shine again, and I hope it will return to the inhabitants of the Demon Realm......"
"Wait, the Orthodox Demon King with the blood of an alien race?"
"Yes, and it's from the other world to the demon world. Padora said, "This prophecy refers to you, Siyogelan Ni, the rightful Demon King who succeeded Temujin. β
"This is ridiculous, isn't it?" Nier shouted, "Haven't the Aixin Jueluo clan ever intermarried with other aliens in their history? Yinzhen went to the human world to fight, and he will come back after the fight, isn't that also the demon king who came back from the other world? The demon king who bleeds the blood of the alien race, the demon king who returns to the demon world from the other world, there are too many people who meet these two conditions, right?
"There really is no specifically specified reason. In the long history, there have been many people who have been considered saviors, but they have either been killed or shown hideous faces, and the people here have been disappointed countless times. However, you are different, in addition to the Deep Blue Lord, there is another light shining behind you. β
Padora said: "The name Temujin is a taboo name for the royal family of the Demon Realm, but when he was in power, his attitude towards other ethnic groups has always been very good, and he also liberated the slave labor of the human world, if he is allowed to continue to reform, today's situation will not appear, so for the races living here, Temujin is equivalent to a martyred savior, and you inherit such a bloodline." β
"Wait. Ignoring Yu Nier's confusion, Izumi Sakura, who had been maintaining her calm on the side, spoke, "Although what you said is true, Nier's identity should be classified, how do you know?"
was woken up by Izumi Sakura, and Nier realized that she was the daughter of the former demon king, and it should be a secret in the secret, even in the human world, few people know about it, why does everyone know about it in the demon world?
"Confidential? not anymore. Pardora said: "Just ten days ago, His Majesty the Great Demon God King in the Human Realm issued an announcement informing the entire Demon Realm tribe that the widow of the previous Demon King, Xiyoujielan Ni, had been found and would be crusaded against. β
This news shocked Nier and Izumi Sakura, because it is difficult to imagine what good Yinzhen did this, with his position, he can reprimand Nier for being an ambitious person who pretends to be the widow of the previous demon king, and deal with it with a dismissive attitude, and officially recognize Nier's identity as he is now, and say that he is about to crusade, which will only make all those who are dissatisfied with the current regime all concentrate under Nier's banner.
Could it be that this is Yinzhen's purpose? I want to gather all the enemies in one place and strike and destroy them at one time? But the demon army has been severely damaged, the vitality is greatly damaged, and the battle line of the human world has to be taken into account, it is the most exhausting and eventful autumn, and Yinzhen wants to launch a two-front battle, which is really unwise.
No one thinks Yinzhen is a stupid leader, but the strategy he adopts is really incomprehensible. As a result, although Nier couldn't understand Yinzhen's intentions, her position was already very clear, since she was here to defeat Yinzhen, and these people in front of her were in urgent need of help, then the two sides should be on the same front.
"Mi~~Mimi~~Woo woo~~"
When the cheers rang out again, Niel waved her hand at the ecstatic crowd in the darkness.
"I made a promise with you, I will definitely bring hope to you!"
At first glance, this is an ideal beginning, but neither Niel nor Izumi Sakura could have imagined that the reality that follows the ideal would be surprisingly tricky.
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Niel and Izumi Sakura stay at the bottom of the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, but Lancelot, who broke into the Ten Thousand Demons Hall with them, sets off a bloody storm in the upper space.
Yinzhen is not there, Lancelot is like no one in the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, although there are countless mechanisms and enchantments in the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, and there are strong soldiers and fierce generals to guard it, but he can't stop Lancelot at all, especially after the lack of Izumi Sakura and Nier, Lancelot is even more burdenless, and he turns into a wild leopard in the darkness alone, coming and going without a trace in the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, and he is becoming more and more handy, and later, the soldiers in the Ten Thousand Demons Hall are not to say that they are blocked, and they can't even figure out the enemy's location at all.
Although all kinds of mechanism magic arrays are powerful, there is no one to preside over them, and there is no way to exert their actual power; secondly, Lancelot's martial arts are too strong, and there are only a handful of strong people in the history of the demon race, and all kinds of designs in the Ten Thousand Demon Palace cannot stop the Zhaitian martial artists from breaking into the formation, no matter what mechanism kills, they are all broken by Lancelot's blow, as for those labyrinth phantoms, they also lost their effect on Lancelot later, but gave him the opportunity to forge the chain of Tianxin consciousness, and in the blink of an eye, he was guided by Tianxin in the right direction, not confused by the illusion of eyes and ears, and broke through the battleγ
After a few hours of hurried by, Lancelot no longer knew how many floors he had broken through, but he still couldn't find Izumi Sakura and Niel, and although he was safe, he was still a little worried, not knowing if his wife and sister were safe.
"This Ten Thousand Demon Palace is really a ghost place, I originally thought that the Ivory White Tower was not inhabitable enough, but I didn't expect that the palace of the demon clan was even more perverted, and it was simply a lair of ghouls and resentful spirits......"
In the battle, Lancelot had such feelings, and the reason why he was triggered was because of the experience in the harem.
When he first broke into Yinzhen's harem, Lancelot thought that with the strength gap between himself and this group of women, he could easily smash any of their sneak attacks and plots, so he didn't tense his nerves, and he was almost fooled by carelessness, however, it really made Lancelot feel chills on his back, and the hairs on his whole body stood on end, but after leaving the harem.
The attacks of the harems in the harem, though fierce, were not threatening to Lancelot, and that was not a reason for him to be shaken, and the ugliness of the witches when they revealed their true colors frightened Lancelot, but not enough to make him fearful. The reason that really moved Lancelot was that after he killed all the demon girls, he vaguely saw a burst of illusions, which made him understand that this was really the harem of the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, and those demon girls were really Yinzhen's concubines.
...... Until more than a thousand years ago, when Yinzhen was about to leave the demon world, the king who had not come to the harem for a long time, came here for the last time, when he left this gorgeous palace again, the whole palace turned into a dead silence, and there was no life left, and there was no life left.
It's such a ruthless wrist that makes Lancelot feel terrified!
In that suddenly flashing image, Lancelot clearly saw that as soon as Yinzhen entered the harem, he suddenly used his fierce hands to kill all the concubines in the palace, and blood was sprinkled on the surrounding stone walls and pillars, and corpses were everywhere.
In addition to this scene, Lancelot also sensed the reason why Yinzhen did it. That's not a special reason, it's just that like many predecessors who walked on the martial arts, in order to concentrate on martial arts, they destroyed all the things that might hinder their martial arts practice, and there was no need to worry about it, and the methods shown could be to break swords, destroy things, or kill their once-favored concubines.
When Huang Taiji mentioned this allusion to Lancelot back then, he once said that this kind of situation usually happens to people who practice demon skills, because in addition to demon martial arts, there are not many other martial arts that need to rely on this method of extermination. Lancelot, however, saw more information in the image.
Yinzhen, who started to kill, not only had a calm expression like an ancient well, but from beginning to end, his eyes didn't even change, which made Lancelot realize that Yinzhen was not starting with the consciousness of exterminating his love, he was just like pinching a few insects to death, and shot at will to see how far his ruthlessness could go.
(Really, really inhuman...... οΌ
Lancelot has such an idea, but he also knows that this idea is meaningless, because human nature is only binding on human beings, but Yinzhen is a demon, and he is also a man who sits firmly on the throne of the demon king, and it is a very ridiculous thing to ask him for human nature. Thus, Lancelot's thinking shifted.
"It's like. is worthy of Chires's Lao Tzu, the virtues of father and son are like a mold print. β
In those scenes, Lancelot saw that all the concubines in the harem were dead, and the bones were scattered here, with the passage of time, absorbing the magic power of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and demonizing, turning into living corpses, ghouls and other monsters, the brain has long lost the past personality and memory, but it still acts according to instinct, and is still loyal to the lord of the demon race, when a foreign enemy breaks into the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, they are controlled by the Ten Thousand Demons Palace, and come out to trap the enemy.
Lancelot killed them once, but under the influence of the evil power of the Ten Thousand Demon Palace, the corpses that fell to the ground were demonized again and slowly moved, but due to the lack of magic accumulation, these living corpses in rotten costumes did not attack Lancelot, but only made the simplest movements according to instinct.
Ordinary living corpses, if they follow their instincts, are thirsty for blood and raw flesh. Jealousy of the living and thirst for flesh and blood are the strongest instincts of the undead, but this group of living corpses is slowly using rotten clothes as rags and bones as brooms, sweeping the dilapidated and deserted harem, waiting for the male master who will never return.
Witnessing this scene, Lancelot felt a creepy shake in his heart, driven by his intuitive reaction, he desperately struck hard, and the thunder and thunder red emperor rushed with ten percent of his strength, hitting in all directions, causing thunderbolts to sweep through the entire harem, destroying the group of living corpses to pieces, leaving no residue behind.
"Rest in peace, that man won't come back! Wait for him for a thousand years, that's enough, please sleep well!"
Lancelot himself had never established a harem, and he couldn't imagine the psychology of the harem concubines, but what he came into contact with this time really shocked him. He didn't know if he was doing the right thing, and it seemed best to destroy the living creatures and let them sleep in peace, but Lancelot remembered a conversation he had with his wife.
It was the night before Lancelot was leaving for Alcatraz, and he had dinner with his wife, Grass, and when he apologized for not being able to spend a few more days with his wife before leaving, Grass showed that he didn't mind.
"If you're not by my side, I won't necessarily feel lonely...... Just sitting here thinking about you, thinking about your taste, thinking about your smiling face, I feel very happy. β
At that time, Xiaocao stroked her husband's face and spoke with a smile, and Lancelot fell silent when she thought of the seriousness and affection in her eyes. Perhaps the necromancers would rather remain in the palace of the dead than sleep forever, waiting for their master to return one day, especially since Lancelot felt no resentment in the necromancers and living corpses...... Until they died, they never hated the man who took their lives.
"The Demon Realm is really a ridiculous world, how can there be such a thing......"
Troubled by this for a long time, when Lancelot calmed down, a huge stone wall appeared in front of him.
Originally, there were countless labyrinths and illusions arranged in the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, and for the martial arts powerhouse, these eye-blocking techniques were more difficult to deal with than powerful mechanisms, because fists could smash the mechanisms, but they could not point out the right path, and even Lancelot was extremely troubled by these mazes at first, and he made a random detour, and finally found that he was still in the same place, wasting a lot of time, and was even mistakenly confused by the illusions, and was absorbed by the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons to absorb his own power.
However, Lentian's strength is not trivial after all, especially Lancelo, who was originally born in the mountains and forests, and is good at fighting a solitary guerrilla warfare, when he shakes off all the burdens and lurks himself back into the darkness, becoming an elusive existence that no one else can grasp, his wild instincts trained since childhood guide him in the direction.
It wasn't just a personal intuition, but this wild sixth sense complemented the Heavenly Consciousness, allowing Lancelot to be unaffected by all kinds of false illusions, sensing the source of the magic, and finding that it was as if some kind of silent message was calling to him.
Once you have your intuition, the next step is to trust your instincts. Although the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons tried to snipe at Lancelot several times, it had no real effect, and only slowed Lancelot slightly, as a result, the eighteenth hour after he entered the Temple of Ten Thousand Demons, Lancelot came to the stone wall, found a hint from the star and moon totem on the stone wall, and punched on the solid stone door.
The portal that can only be opened by the Great Demon God King is now being opened by the power that the Great Demon God King can have, and the Heavenly Demon Gong cultivation of the Zhai Heavenly Position and the breath from the Heavenly Demon Sutra have opened the door to the secret cave for Lancelot.
"This is ......"
In the secret cave, the stone walls are carved with dense words and graphics, which are not very attractive to Lancelot, although he can't read the demon characters, but looking at the graphics one after another, they are all things that Temujin has already passed on to him, and now it seems meaningless.
Turning his head, there seemed to be two statues at the end of the cave, and Lancelot frowned and walked towards the statues.