Chapter 18: Castlevania
Because of the Armenians? www.biquge.info The war between Amenia and Orser was in full swing, and they actually came to instigate the rebellion of the nobles in Oasis City. I don't know what their purpose is, even if it is to support them in attacking Osser, in terms of time, when they succeed in the mutiny, it is estimated that the war over there will be over; in terms of space, Torrem and Armenia and Orser are separated by the Acreel Mountains, and even if the army goes to support them, it will almost have to go around a big circle, go around the sea to take a boat to Orsher, or climb the mountain. The Acreel Mountains are so high that ordinary people can't climb them, let alone soldiers in armor. What an inexplicable Armenian, I don't know what the hell they are thinking.
"Here's the thing: the Armenians seem to have found a way to summon demons, so they made a deal with the people of Oasis City, they asked for money and supplies, and the people of Oasis City learned from them how to summon demons. In this way, they not only tested the strength of the demons, but also got what they wanted. ”
"The Armenians are truly abominable. They went around killing people and instigating the inadequacies of the Oasis City to mutiny, and one day I will slaughter the king of Armenia. ”
"It is said that the power of Armenia was not in the hands of the king, and much of the decision-making power was not in the king's hands. The aristocracy there is somewhat similar to Oasis City, holding the lifeblood of the country. The king is supposed to be coerced, so don't be impulsive. But I've heard that you've single-handedly taken the Armenians' lair on Dablin Island, and no one dares to do that again. ”
"I saw that they were not pleasing to the eye, so they were all solved, and by the way, they also gained new strength. "I gave a demo.
The king was a little surprised. He was stunned for a long time before he spoke. "You're not magic. ”
"Huh?"
"Your trick isn't magic at all, because magic requires natural energy, and you're completely dependent on your own body. Could it be the power of the demons?"
"Demonic power? What's that?"
"I don't know, I just know a thing or two about magic. If you want to know, you can go to the temple in the desert. The temple is about how to summon demons, and you might find out something. "The king gave me a map. I opened it and looked at it, and it was probably a map of the temple.
"After going to the temple, go to Oasis City immediately to quell the rebellion. ”
"Good. ”
I handed Alice over to Charlie and set off for the temple. Although I don't really want to leave her, but after all, there will be a fight again, and I don't want Alice to experience that again, so naturally I don't take her with me. Charlie is the king's man, and it should be no problem to hand it over to him.
I took a fast boat and ran straight to the temple. On the boat, there was nothing to do, so I took out the map and looked at it carefully. I found out that the temple was actually very close to the village, but it was not depicted on the map. It's a little weird, but it's okay, maybe you'll come across it on the way there.
The sand boat was really fast, and it arrived the next morning. When I first walked this way, it really felt like I had walked half my life. I got out of the boat and walked straight to the temple. Today's wind and sand were a little strong, and the sand blew into my eyes several times, so I simply turned into a black shadow and jumped a few times directly to the temple.
This temple is somewhat similar to the temple on an uninhabited island, except that it is empty, except for a stone monument. But next to this stone tablet, there is actually a person. I immediately put my hand on the dagger and raised my vigilance.
The man looked back at me, and I never expected it to be a woman. Judging by her dress, she is somewhat similar to me, she is light clothes, and she is probably good at martial arts.
"I didn't expect to meet people here. Who are you?" she asked me first.
"My name is Raphael, and I'm Tollem's general. What about you?"
"My code name is Black Butterfly, and I'm an Armenian. ”
Hearing that she was Armenian, I drew my sword and slashed at her without saying a word. The first time she saw me turn into a black shadow, she immediately took a few steps back and drew her sword. I instantaneously jumped right behind her and slashed her in the back. When she saw the shadow flashing behind her, she immediately turned around, put her left arm against her right arm, and held her sword in her right hand, and blocked my blow alive.
"I have no grievances with you, why do you have to fight when we meet?"
"The Armenians don't have a good thing, they just steal things, and they kill innocents indiscriminately. Not only the villagers of small villages in the desert, but also the people of Dabling Island. I am not with you Armenians. ”
"Are you mistaken, there are no small villages in this desert? Oh, you shouldn't know, this temple is guarded by demons, it was originally underground, and on the ground is a village of demons, and those demons turn into people and trick people who want to find the temple. But we find a way to break the seal on that village, so that the demons will have a chance to deceive you. If you don't believe me, look in this desert and see if there is a village. ”
I didn't believe it, and asked, "What is the matter with the princess of Dablin?"
"The lords there were weak, and fearing that Torem and Orser would attack them, begged us to make an alliance with them, and said that they would marry their daughter to our prince. Although the princess is as beautiful as a flower, our prince also has someone he likes, so it is not Armenia's fault. Later, some people from Dablin Island came to live in Armenia for a period of time in order to seek fame, and when they returned, they claimed to be Armenians, so as to make money. For this reason, our king also suffered, and it has nothing to do with the Armenians. "The face of a businessman in the world, if it is this, I believe three points.
"So what are you stealing for? You are also looking for temples everywhere, and even instigating the people of Oasis City to use demons to rebel. How do you explain that?"
She sighed and said, "Our people were captured by local soldiers in Oasis City, and they said they were going to rob money. We, the Armenians, who had no money, tortured us to extract confessions and asked us about the temple. In desperation, someone revealed the demon's summoning method, which they used to mutiny. And those who understood the summoning of demons, except for me, were killed by them. I believed this for eight minutes, and then I jumped backwards.
"Then why are you looking for a temple?"
"Our country is short of supplies and cannot feed all its people, so we hope to rely on magic or something else to find a way to feed our Armenians. But decades ago, Orser stopped trading with us, and our resources became more and more insufficient, and finally one day, we had to go to war with Orser to seize food. If that were not the case, how would we Armenians leave our homeland and look for a way to survive?"
Seeing her true feelings, tears appeared in the corners of her eyes, and I believed it. But when I think about the blow I just had, so far, she was the first one not to lose her life because of it, and I can't help but admire it a little.
"Then tell me how this demon should be summoned. ”
She wiped away her tears, cleared her throat, and said to me, "These demons are not a good thing, they corrode the human spirit, always want to invade the human body, and those who are not strong in will often lose their lives because of this. However, if you have strong willpower, you can control the summoned demons and make them do what they say. And the summoned demons vary from person to person, and the strength of the summoned demons is also determined according to the mental power of the summoner. The way to summon is to draw a contract somewhere in the body and then call the demon with your spirit. ”
Seeing that she is also a sincere person, I believe it. The symbol of the contract was engraved on the stone tablet, and I was just about to give it a try, when suddenly, time stood still.
"This stele is far from being as simple as it seems. The deep voice said to me.
"Oh, what else can't you see with your eyes?"
"Illuminating this stele with the light of a crystal reveals much more. ”
Time began to pass again, but I was still thinking about it.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Oh, I'm fine. ”
I walked over and shone the stele with the crystal glow on the daggler. Sure enough, the stele showed some characters that were not usually visible.
"Summoning can not only summon demons, but anything can be summoned as long as a contract is made......" she translated. There are several other contracts drawn next to it, but some of them are not marked as summoning or something. ”
I wrote them down so I could study them when I got back.
"What do you know from these seven temples?"
"Seven? Isn't it six? Is there another one? But I'm only in charge of investigating the temple, and that's all I know. If you are interested, you can come to Armenia and ask the others, they are all useless things anyway. For example, this demon summoning technique, ordinary people basically lose their will when they summon a little ghost, which is not useful at all. ”
Since it's so difficult, the people of Oasis City ...... Could it be that they were all devoured by demons?
"Thank you for telling me so much. If you really lack resources, come to Axel, I can give you some, and you can consult the king about trade. But stop killing innocents. ”
"Hey, we've never killed innocents. Eh, don't go. I turned and walked away, but she grabbed my hand for a moment. I'm a little surprised, but she didn't turn into a black shadow, could it be that she reached it so quickly with her body?
"Like I said, if you have something to do with Axel, just go find someone. Also, don't let anyone know about the Demon Summoning Technique. I still have something to do now, so I won't accompany you. I shook off her hand and walked away.
I blinked a few times, got to the side of the boat, got on the boat, and set off at once.
Another day passed, and the ship sailed outside Oasis City. Standing on the boat, you can see that the city is full of black smoke and miasma, the river has been completely dyed red, and there are a lot of corpses outside the city. I clenched my fists, jumped off the boat, and slowly walked into the city.
This place was familiar to me, but now it doesn't seem so familiar. The houses on the street were stained with red blood, and there was a layer of blood on the ground, which was almost dry, but there was still new blood flowing through it. I remembered the slaughter of the so-called Armenians on Dablin Island that day, and it was the same scene, except that the massacre here was protracted. I walked into the widest avenue of Oasis City, and when I turned my head, I saw a monster on the top of the house, which looked like a half-human, but with horns on its head, a tail behind it, claws on its hands, and red and black eyes, like a demon. He jumped high and lunged at me. Although he is very fast, he is still slightly inferior to the sand dragon water dragon. I instantaneously got behind him and dealt him the fatal blow.
He fell to his knees and wailed loudly, deafeningly. I thought something was wrong, and I was about to get out of here, but suddenly there was a big circle of monsters like this. I cut through the air, cut through the waves, quickly cleared them up, and hurried to the castle in the middle of the city. The castle in the city was home to the most powerful nobles in Oasis City, and he probably knew something.
There were many of these half-human, half-demon monsters along the way, and I freed them all. But I don't know where it began, pure demons appeared. These demons are more agile and trickier to deal with than the ones before them, but they are all within their reach.
Suddenly, Kajin appeared in the middle of the street, with a stronger demon standing behind him.
"Raphael, I've been waiting for you here for a long time. ”
"Are you all right? Tell me, what the hell did you do?"
"Those Armenians are so simple, they will say and do everything when they lie casually. Not only did they help me get rid of a lot of troublesome people in the city, but they also showed me how to get people to summon demons. To be on the safe side, I paid people to do experiments and have them summon demons. But many people have failed, and they have been devoured by demons. Only a few people can summon demons, and some even summon high-level demons. Most of these people who summon high-level demons are slum people. A Jin Traitor laughed.
My anger rushed to my heart, and I killed Jia Jin directly in two instants. But suddenly, two demons behind him ran up to him and helped him block the knife. The knife did little damage to them, and I immediately took a step back.
"Hahaha, you can play with these two little babies first, and I'll see if they have summoned the Demon Lord first. "Jia Jin's eyes were about to slip away, and I turned into a black shadow and prepared to follow, but this demon suddenly blocked my way, so I had to kill these two demons first.
If you look closely, these two demons are much taller than me, with muscular bodies, blue skin covered with knife marks, a pair of demon wings on their backs, fangs and claws that are very scary. I instantaneously stepped in front of a demon and slashed its throat at breakneck speed. But I didn't expect it at all, and it was hit squarely. I was sent flying, and in the air, I saw the demon flying towards me and was about to punch me again. I immediately tightened my body, ready to block the next punch. But another demon flew above me, and I didn't have time to dodge, so I rolled in the air, adjusted my balance, and turned into a black shadow and jumped to the roof. Before I could adjust my posture, the two demons had already rushed in front of me, ready to punch me.
Time stood still again. But if you look closely, time does not stand still, but passes at a very slow pace. I found that I could do everything I normally want, except that I couldn't instant, so I jumped into the air and slashed them in the throat several times. Time suddenly returned to normal levels, and I was still near the demon, and I immediately turned into a black shadow and walked onto the roof. The demons seemed to be moving more slowly than they had just been, and it seemed that they had hurt them, but the method of cutting their throats didn't seem to work, and they should be looked for other weaknesses.
The two demons rushed again, and I stepped behind them, and the moment I turned around, I saw that between the two wings, there was a symbol of theirs, which was exactly the same as the one I had seen in the temple before. If they were to destroy that symbol, perhaps their contract with people would be broken. Before I could lay the knife, the demon immediately turned around again and threw two punches.
Just as the fist was about to touch me, time slowed down again. I jumped onto the roof, immediately went around underneath, jumped up and stabbed the knife into a demon's pact symbol. Time began to flow normally, and the demon immediately struggled and single-handedly knocked me away, but by the time I looked up again, the demon was gone, and the knife stuck in it had fallen on the roof.
Before I could react, another demon rushed over. I instantaneously picked up the knife and, using the power of the crystal, threw it towards its contract symbol. The knife flew like lightning, hitting the bull's-eye. The demon also turned into black smoke and disappeared. I walked over and picked up the dagger. I didn't expect to fight demons in this form.
Suddenly, a half-human, half-demon creature came from the side and bit me on the arm. I immediately shook him off and turned into a black shadow and pressed down on his throat. The guy struggled a few times and then didn't move. I was about to finish him off, and just as I thought of the solution to the two demons, I ripped off his clothes to see if there were any symbols on his back. But this time I was disappointed, not only did he not have his back, but I also didn't have a contract symbol all over my body, so I had no choice but to end his life.
It seems that people with weak willpower should not get involved in demons. I put the pieces of his clothes over his face and went straight to the castle.
There were so many demons and half-demons along the way, I really couldn't kill them, but I was afraid that I would be caught in front and back for a while, so I barely managed to finish them.
When I finally arrived at the gate of the castle, I saw Jia Jin standing at the door, and Bacheng was waiting for me again.
"I didn't expect you to escape so quickly, how about it, isn't it exciting for high-level demons?"
"What kind of high-level demons, not even two houses of flesh and skin, have been slaughtered by me. ”
"Slaughtered?" he froze. "But it's okay, let's witness the arrival of the most powerful demon together!"
A very nasty aura overflowed from the castle, and I took a few steps back, ready for battle, as if a strong demon had been summoned.
Suddenly, the walls of the castle were broken by an outstretched fist, and then the entire wall was blown away. Out of the hole came a very scary-looking demon. The demon had two horns on its head and armor covered in cyan flames that reflected its red skin, making people shudder.
"Demon Lord, kill that person for me!" Jia Jin was very excited, pointed at me, and said to the demon.
The demon walked towards the armor, and suddenly, it opened its mouth and ate the armor in one gulp. "Stupid humans. The demon made a creepy sound.
I'm a little scared, this demon is conscious compared to those dragons. And it's wearing armor, and I suspect I might not be able to beat it. But since I'm in Oasis City, I still have room to mediate.
The demon came up to me and said to me, "Human, seeing that you still have some skills, I'll give you a chance." Face off with my Lord Melphiester Garru. ”