Chapter 54: Behind the Scenes

--Back a few days ago, Death Realm--

In ancient texts, human magicians refer to the Dead Realm as the Dead Realm, a mysterious and vast black wasteland that is not bound or balanced by any force, but only obeys the basic laws of the cycle of life and death, and is outside the world. The Dead Realm is the only place in the Third World that is not bound by the law of time and energy decay, because it is the ultimate and inevitable destination of life in the Third World and the place of reincarnation in the space between the Second World and the Third World.

There was no absolute ruler here at first, until the soul began to be infused into the land, and the newborn death power gave birth to thirteen amethyst skeletons, and these thirteen amethyst skeletons gradually absorbed the death power of the dead realm in the long history, and finally formed the ruler of this land, that is, the thirteen immortal kings.

Every Immortal King has a region in his hands, they are the absolute masters of the Dead Realm, no one can bring them to their knees, they only obey the basic laws of life and death.

Immortal kings are so powerful that they can command any necromancer to work for them, and they will be immortal as long as the realm of the dead still exists.

However, even the Immortal King cannot bring the dead back to the physical world, but there is one thing in the Dead that can do it, and that is the top gem of the towering crystal tower standing in the middle of the Dead Domain, which is the gem that the Dead has appeared here since its birth to shock the undead and condense the power of death, that is, the treasure that necromancers have ever dreamed of, the Holy Spirit Stone.

The Stone of the Holy Spirit, with a variety of names, such as the Stone of the Soul, the Stone of Accumulated Death, is undoubtedly the most precious thing in the Dead Domain, and it is also the gem that maintains the energy balance of the entire Dead Domain, and the thousand-year-long war of the thirteen immortal kings is to fight for the ownership of this land in the center, as well as the protection of this gem, in order to prove that they are the masters of the Dead Realm above the other twelve immortal kings.

Legend has it that the Spirit Stone has the ability to bring people back to life, even immortality, and as long as you can get it, you will get most of the dead realm, and have a powerful power that rivals or even surpasses the legendary gods.

This gem has made many wise men and emperors crazy in ancient times, but unfortunately, the dead realm does not exist in the material world, it exists in the space gap between the second world and the third world, and the conditions are very harsh to set foot in this land.

First of all, it needs to have extremely strong strength, and it needs to have a strong understanding of space magic, The composition of the world has enough understanding in order to break through the material space and reach the subspace crack of the antimatter space, and secondly, we must understand the specific coordinates of the dead domain, after all, the dead domain exists in the gap between the second world and the third world, the so-called gap actually refers to the countless subspaces, if you can't find the right direction and rashly want to set foot in this area, then the final end is not a lonely soul that has been reduced to a space crack, being endless, All kinds of time are swallowed up, and they are torn apart by the energy storm between various spaces.

Due to such harsh conditions, the Dead Realm has always been an extremely mysterious existence in the eyes of people, and only necromancers can find out where it is a little, use spiritual power as a bridge to obtain some death power, or summon dead things from the Dead Realm as summon creatures.

Since the birth of this land, no creature has been able to set foot in this black wasteland as a living creature, but Beria has done it......

As a mere human, set foot on this desolate and ancient black wasteland!

His talent shocked the thirteen immortal kings, and his strength made the thirteen immortal kings feel terrified, how could a human being, a mere human being, be so powerful?!

With almost no knowledge of all human beings, an unprecedented war broke out in the mysterious land of the Dead Realm, on one side was the collection of all the undead legions of the thirteen immortal kings, and it was roughly estimated that there were hundreds of thousands, even millions, tens of millions of skeleton armies, this force was enough to destroy the entire empire, and even the entire countless times, and on the other side, there were only nine people......

This is a war of nine men against an army of nearly 10 million undead!

Since the birth of the Dead Domain, there has never been such a grim battle!

Under the caress of the [Blood Moon] in the sky, a thick layer of bone residue accumulated on the black wasteland, but it had only been about three hours since the war began, and most of the nearly 10 million skeleton army was destroyed by those nine people...... Eight legendary demon gods, warriors of the ancient kingdom of Savos, and a human who is as strong as a god!

Although he had expected that this human being would be difficult to deal with, before the war began, the Immortal King had no idea that this man named Belial would not even be able to deal with them by the thirteen Immortal Monarchs combined!

No, it's not that you can't deal with it, it's that you are almost powerless to parry, and the other party ...... It's so powerful!

Edmen G. Pankherth Bone Emperor looked in horror at the phantom that appeared behind the human, it was a raging dark giant bear, every time it let out a roar, it could see that a large piece of its skeleton army would be shattered in unison, its minions could tear the earth apart, and the dark power in its body could actually devour the power of death.

What terrified the Immortal King even more were Belial's eyes, crimson pupils that were deeper than darkness and more terrifying than death, and the power of the gods he wielded.

It was a terrifying force that could deceive the world, and Edmen G. Pankherth Bone Emperor knew very well, because he had been killed by that force more than thirty times, and the situation of the other Immortal Kings was not much better, if it weren't for the immortal king's immortal existence in this dead realm, they wouldn't even have the courage to fight this human being.

Apostle?

Oh, Edmen G. Pankehurs Bone the Great is not unaware of the existence of the Apostle, in the long years, he has more or less contact with the Apostle, just like Argus, although he was killed by that guy in the material world, but it did not hurt the Immortal King's body at all, in the eyes of the Immortal King, the Apostles are just some poor worms with great power temporarily, but the current human beings have long exceeded the category of Apostles, and they are simply ......

It's the essence of some ancient will!

Damn, ancient life in the Second World, why did it appear in the Third World?!

In the face of this powerful human race, the Immortal King felt powerless like never before, but, as the ruler and administrator of the Dead Domain, they absolutely could not give the other party what maintained the balance of the Dead Domain, and the only thing they could do now was to summon more skeleton armies, no matter what cost, no matter how many times they were destroyed by this human race, they would stop the progress of this guy in front of them.

In order to stop his steps, even if it was just a small step, even if there were more troops in it, the Immortal King would not feel heartache.

"What a fool who doesn't know how to be flexible!" Beria was furious, he was enraged by the ferocity of the Immortal King's onslaught regardless of casualties, and with his strength, the unaware skeleton army could not do him any damage, but his progress was slowed down.

For a full hour, in the sea of skeletons like chao water, Beria could not take a single step, and the skeletons he shattered were enough to fill several lakes of Sgdal.

"You reptiles, get out of here!"

Belia's eyes showed an angry look, angry at the unknown life of those ants, only to see a trace of blood-colored light in his pupils, and then, a huge army of skeletons in front of him disappeared into thin air.

However......

"Stop him, stop him!"

After the crazy roar of the immortal kings, the immeasurable skeleton army surged up again like a flood, and an existence as powerful as Belial had no choice but to be retreated by this torrent, yes, it was Bī retreat, it was the countless skeleton army that pushed Beria back to its original place.

"Get out of here!"

In Belial's angry roar, rows of pentagram magic arrays appeared on the black wasteland, and immediately, a pillar of blue light shot out from the magic array, and the dark blue flames mixed with a little darkness engulfed all the skeleton troops beside Belial in an instant, and burned the ground with their souls.

If the flame of Thus is the [Holy Flame] that can purify the dark power, then the flame of Belial is the [karmic fire] that can burn the soul.

Watching Belia emerge from the strange blue sea of flames with a horrified gaze, Edman G. Pankhes Bones the Great once again looked horrified.

"Just one human being, just one human ......"

As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt an irresistible force coming from his head, so much so that his huge body, which was hundreds of yards high, was completely smashed into the ground by this force, and immediately, he realized that he had been killed by the human in front of him again......

In the horrified gaze of the other twelve Immortal Monarchs, Berial, who appeared in front of the Bone Emperor's head with a flash of magic, actually smashed the Immortal King into the ground with the body of a human being, simply relying on his body.

"Bang!" The Bone Emperor's entire body exploded, and bones burning with dark blue flames splattered all around, hitting many innocent skeletons nearby.

But then, the shattered bones were blown apart and closed again, and Edmen G. Pankerhes Bone King appeared in front of Beria again.

As long as the Dead Realm remains, the Immortal King will be immortal!

"Whew, whew......" was as strong as Beria, and he gradually felt a little tired, he stood in place and took a few deep breaths.

The skeletons in front of him did not rush up, Beria knew very well that as long as he didn't choose to move forward, those skeletons would not rush up, but they had already reached this point, how could they give up?

Beria's power began to decline, because the skeleton army consumed too much of his strength, because he, the [outsider], was not recognized by the laws of this world, so he could not be restored in the slightest, especially because he frequently used the power of the gods [obliterate existence], which made his power decline especially obvious.

With every penny, his head becomes gray, and his soul is weakened......

Even if you take the power of Sloth from Soth, you can't withstand such a huge amount of consumption!

“......”

Glancing at the crystal tower that was bright and radiant with brilliant blue light, Beria took a long breath, reached out and held the blue crystal pendant hanging in front of Xiong, put it to his mouth gently, and muttered, "It's still a little close...... I was close to seeing your familiar smile...... I haven't given up yet, so you can't give up either......" As he spoke, he solemnly placed the blue crystal charm on the inside of his underwear, and then the momentum on his body increased dramatically.

"Boom ......"

Suddenly, the black wasteland shook violently, as if even this ancient land was shocked by the power of Belial.

The ground began to crack, cracks opened one after another, like a huge mouth, devouring countless groups of skeletons, the bones on the ground kept rolling and shaking, accompanied by a crackling sound, the nearby space was actually cracked because of this powerful force, and one black vortex after another appeared, that was the black dong, that was the devourer in the space, that was a place darker than the darkness.

"How...... What's going on?" Hanpa, who had been hiding behind several other demon gods, sensed that something was wrong and looked around in panic.

"What's the name of Xiao!" beside Hanpa, the Lord of Thunder and Tyrant Baal turned his head to look in Belial's direction and muttered, "Awesome...... This is too powerful, just the momentum can shatter the spatial barrier here......" As he spoke, he took a deep breath and yelled viciously at the skeletons around him, "Come up again to send you to death? I don't know if it's alive or dead!" As soon as the words fell, I saw him with one hand, and a layer of strange electric light appeared on his body, and then, a pillar of electric light fell in the sky, and the scattered arcs of electricity were bounced back and forth among the skeletons, and in just the blink of an eye, all the skeletons in front of him were shattered by lightning and turned into ashes.

The other demon gods also seemed to notice that Belial's momentum was increasing dramatically, and in just a few moments, it reached a level that even their demon gods could not look up to.

"Belie-sama!"

However, the eyes of Kane, the king's puppet, showed a mixed look of pain, self-blame, worry, and sighing.

He knew very well that his master had become more powerful than ever after absorbing the darkness that [himself] possessed in this world, but this strength was only on the surface, and the master's soul continued to weaken, and once the soul fire was extinguished, even if he had the most powerful power, what was the use?

Looking at the increasingly materialized Slos phantom behind Belia, Kane sighed gloomily.

Finally, the trembling of the earth stopped......

Belial, who reappeared from the dark blue flames, his head had completely turned almost silver gray, no longer the silver-gray that was full of luster at the beginning, and it could be seen from his expression that he seemed to be very tired, but the Immortal King was not happy at all, because the momentum of this human in front of him had become incredibly strong, and they couldn't help but tremble slightly, and they were shocked until the depths of their souls......

Especially, it was the pressure on them from the completely materialized being behind Belial, a being that was larger and older than the Immortal King......

Ancient Will......

[Evasive power, laziness, Sloth!]

As Kane had anticipated, Beria forcibly summoned Sloth here as a fully materialized being.

Under the breathless gaze of the Immortal Monarchs, Beria, whose whole body was shrouded in dark blue flames, glanced faintly at the skeletons who were blocking his progress, and snorted contemptuously.

With his snort, the phantom behind him ...... No, it was the Ancient Will Sloth stretched its body, the pure black scales faintly glowed with a few traces of red light under the illumination of the blood moon, and the three giant horns of its head flashed with threatening black light, only to see one of its front paws supporting its body, and the other was facing the thirteen immortal kings from afar, looking blankly at the enemy in front of it with indifferent eyes that were not mixed with any emotion, and the huge tail rolled up a gust of wind from time to time, and slapped heavily on the ground from time to time, leaving a deep trace.

Suddenly, a few rays of light seemed to appear in Sloth's crimson eyes, and a roar like an angry roar erupted, as if the dragon was awakened from a deep sleep, and the sound generated by the roar spread out in circles, like a huge sea of entities, and those skeletons were the Xiao ship in front of the giant 1ang, which could not resist such a strong force, and was smashed to the ground in row after row.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the army of skeletons that stood in front of Beria was destroyed by one-fifth!

"I don't know whether to live or die, watch me clean you up in an instant!"

Beria, full power!

-- On the other hand, Sasson, the Flores family mansion --

Since the day she witnessed what happened to Soth and Lavia, Dia has been living with Lilith, although Dia doesn't want to live in the Flores family house all the time, after all, she is still an unmarried girl, but Lilith doesn't seem to think so, she even arranged a separate courtyard for Dia, and ordered her subordinates not to let anyone trespass into this courtyard, it seems that she wants Dia to live for a long time.

At first, Dia felt disheartened and even wanted to return to her hometown of Jelbat, but it was Lilith who persuaded her and arranged a place for her to live.

After hesitating for a while, she followed Lilith's advice, after all, she was originally a woman with weak self-assertions, and more importantly, she almost had no relatives in her hometown, and she used to have Soth with her, but now she ...... She's just a person.

To tell the truth, Lilith treats Dia very well, if it weren't for Dia's unwillingness to accept it, she could give it to Dia for free of charge, any gorgeous clothes, any precious accessories, maybe just like Lilith said, she faintly pinned her grasp of happiness on this good friend who was very similar to her own family composition.

What makes Lilith feel more regretful is that Dia doesn't seem to be very happy living here......

"Still thinking about him?" asked Lilith with a complicated expression as she noticed Dia standing in front of the window looking up at the sky while touching up her makeup at lunchtime.

Dia shook her head slightly, and muttered in a somewhat melancholy voice, "Actually, we all understand, Soth doesn't love me, maybe it's just a good feeling, not even liking, I used to feel strange about this, but after Soth's sister and Nina's sister appeared, I understood that Soth regarded me as the sister in his memory...... Since then, I have been lying to myself constantly, he needs me, he needs me, but gradually, my lies to deceive myself have become more and more empty, and I can't convince myself at all...... Until that day, I couldn't deceive myself anymore...... He doesn't need me anymore......"

"Dia......" Lilith sighed slightly, put down the makeup case in her hand, got up and walked to Dia's side, hugged her gently, and whispered, "You are a good woman, he doesn't understand you, such a man, there is nothing to regret and pity, I will help you choose a suitable husband!"

Dia couldn't help but smile, then shook her head abruptly and muttered, "Sometimes, I really hate myself, maybe I'm too stupid to do anything...... can't be a mother's pride, can't be a good daughter in the eyes of her father, can't be a qualified sister, and Soth...... The world where Soth is, I really try to touch it, but you know what, Lilith, he, like a cloud in the sky, I can only look up, even if I stretch out my hand, no matter how hard I stretch out my hand, I can't touch it, I wish I could touch it, I want to ......" she said, she reached out to cover her mouth, and couldn't help but cry.

Looking at her friend's sad expression, Lilith's eyes changed slightly, and she didn't have time to think about it, and said with a bit of cruelty, "I'll help you kill them!"

"......" Dia subconsciously turned her head and looked at Lilith in horror, and Lilith seemed to realize her gaffe and giggled, "Just kidding, how could I kill someone?

Dia didn't think too much about it, seeing her friend say this, the frightened expression on her face gradually receded, and she blamed angrily, "Really, it's still a ......joke like this," she said, she paused slightly, looked at the sky and muttered, "Maybe this is the best, Lavia is really suitable for Soth, can help him, unlike me...... Although I have a little regret for Xiaoxiao, I still hope that they can be happy......"

Looking at the expression on Dia's face, a few struggling looks flashed in Lilith's eyes, and she smiled reluctantly, "Is it just Xiaoxiao's regret?"

"Yes!" Dia glared at Lilith, then laughed at herself and whispered, "That's what I told myself......"

The two were talking, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Seeing Lilith frown, she walked straight to the door and opened the door, looked at the guards knocking on the door, and said in a deep voice, "Didn't you tell you to come here less if you had nothing to do?

"No, no, my subordinates just have something to tell the young lady that you ......" The guard who knocked on the door shook his head again and again, and lowered his head stubbornly, not daring to look up at Lilith.

"What's the matter?"

The guard secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in a voice, "That's the case, young lady, there is a person outside the door who wants to see Sister Diaxiao, it seems to be called ......"

"Hmm?" Lilith was stunned, as if she realized something, and hurriedly said in a low voice, "Shut up!" After speaking, she subconsciously glanced at Dia, who was still standing by the window and looking up at the sky, and saw that she didn't seem to be paying attention, so she walked to the door quietly, gently closed the door, and whispered, "Whisper, is it called Volmen G. Kleist?"

"You're talking about the great magician Wolmen G. Kleist?" said the guard, relieved of his head, "but he said his name was South, and that he was about the same age as the young lady...... No, no, it's a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy wearing a magic apprentice robe, no matter what we say, he won't leave, it's just Sister Diaxiao, that guy is very weird, more than a dozen of our guards can't pull him, and they can't drive him away, and there are two brothers who just fainted after being lightly patted by that guy, so ......"

"Hmph!" Lilith couldn't help but whisper, and said lightly, "It's that guy, just because you want to get rid ......of him too? When you go back to him, you say, Sister Diaxiao said, I don't want to see him, that's all!"

"This ......," the guard said hesitantly, "No...... Don't you need to tell Sister Diaxiao?"

I saw Lilith's eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked a little threatening, and whispered in a cold voice, "Do I still need you to teach me how to do it?"

"No, no, no, the subordinates don't mean that......"

"Shut up! Just reply to him as I say, if there is one more word, or one less word, hmph, you can do it yourself!

"Yes, yes!" the subordinate understood......

"Get out of here!"

"Yes!" the guard quickly turned, and was stopped by Lilith just as he took a step.

"Wait, besides, you go to the kitchen and ask those guys to prepare some refreshments, and send them to the garden in the courtyard, where in twenty minutes I'm going to have freshly brewed tea, understand?"

"Subordinate understood!" the guard nodded vigorously.

"Get out!"

"Yes!"

"Stupid!" Lilith smiled coldly as she watched the guard crawl away, then let out a deep breath, put on a smile, and walked into the room again, just in time to meet Dia's surprised and worried gaze.

"Lilith, why are you 1uan angry with people again, it's not good ......"

"But those stupidities can sometimes be infuriating!"

"Can't you tell them well?" Shaking her head slightly, Dia asked curiously, "What is the matter?"

"Well," Lilith said after a moment's hesitation, "nothing, just a few trivial things that don't interest you." As she spoke, she diverted the topic and said, "By the way, I asked the servants to prepare refreshments, and we will go to the Hua Garden for a meeting later, shall we?"

"Huh, but I said yesterday that I wanted to go out for a walk......," Dia said with some disappointment, "I don't know much about those hua, although they are beautiful, but they ......"

As if to understand Dia's thoughts, Lilith shook her head helplessly, and said helplessly, "You have to get used to afternoon tea...... How many of the nobles of Sassen really like to watch the fresh, and what they like is the boring and hypocritical flattery of the men. It's boring, but as long as you're in Sassen, you have to cater to them in some things, so that they think they can accept you, noble, sometimes it's such a helpless character......"

"It's really troublesome...... Dia sighed slightly.

Looking at her friend's sullen expression, Lilith hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, let's wait until evening, let's change our coats, and I'll take you to the streets?

"Really?" said Dia in surprise.

"Ahh

Lilith is very calm, because Sassen is her territory, as long as she is in this city, no matter what kind of Xiao happens, she can't escape her ears and eyes.

What? Sassen had an apostle besides her?

Heh, Lilith already knew that Jerry Belfort, the president of the Royal Society of Magic and Wizarding of Sasson, was the second apostle besides her, but so what?

The fact that there were various contradictions between the ancient wills did not mean that their apostles were antagonistic to them, on the contrary, there was some common language between Lilith Tellwitz and Jerry Belfort, for example, Beria, for example, Wolmen G. Kleist......

After a hearty dinner, Lilith and Dia changed into a nondescript gray travel cloak and walked the bustling streets of Sassen without any guards.

Just kidding, Lilith is here, and you still need guards?

Of course, Lilith is not worried about running into Soth on the street, after all, Soth's spiritual power is too strong, although he can hide it from ordinary people, but in the apostle's perception, it is like the moon in the night, which cannot be concealed.

On the contrary, as long as Lilith shields her spiritual power, then even Soth will not be able to show her, and only the object of the same apostle can show some faint traces.

Just like Lilith felt now......

"Lilith?" Seeing her friend constantly looking behind her with strange eyes, Dia felt a little strange and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

"Huh?" Lilith reacted, glancing apologetically at Dia, and then looked vigilantly at a guy in the crowd behind her who was shrouded in a black cloak, because that guy had been following them since just now, no matter how many streets they walked, which made Lilith a little concerned.

"What the hell is that guy doing?" Lilith muttered, frowning at the guy in the distance, strangely enough, she sensed a deep and pure dark power from the other person......

As far as Lilith knew, this pure dark power could only be found by the apostles who had gained their power from the ancient will......

Suddenly, the cloaked man in the distance seemed to realize that Lilith had appeared, turned around and disappeared into the crowd, and in just a few breaths, the other party's voice seemed to disappear into the crowd.

"......" Lilith frowned, looked deeply in the direction where the man disappeared, and then turned to Dea, who was looking around, and said, "Dia, you wait for me here for a while, I'll be back soon, don't go away, okay?"

"Oh, if you have something to do, go first, I'll be here......" Dia nodded inexplicably, looked at the back of Lilith as she turned and ran away, sighed helplessly, and then looked curiously at the shops on both sides of the street, especially those selling simple accessories.

Just as Dia was picking out those simple accessories, she suddenly felt as if someone had pulled the corners of her clothes, and she subconsciously turned her head, but nothing appeared.

At this moment, a crisp voice came from beside him.

"Big sister, ...... here"

"Huh?" Diya lowered her head in surprise, and then she appeared next to her, and there was a very delicate Xiao girl, wearing a black coat, a rǔ white scarf, earthy yellow leather boots, red belt, and a round face, which made people feel especially cute.

It's very strange, although this xiao girl has her eyes closed, Diya always has the illusion that the other party is looking at her.

Looking at the cute appearance of the xiao girl, Diya couldn't help but squat down, stroked the xiao girl's head, and said with a smile, "Sister Xiao, is there something wrong?"

I saw that the little girl shook her head lightly and asked in a crisp voice, "Big sister, your name is Dia Pallas, right?"

"Huh?" Diya was stunned, nodded and said, "Yes!" As she spoke, she saw that Xiao Girl's eyes had been closed, and asked strangely, "Why do you keep your eyes closed?

"It's okay, I'm used to it, and...... I don't want others to see it!" the xiao girl grinned and slowly opened her eyes, revealing a pair of pale red eyes.

Looking at the pale red eyes that did not look like a human being, Dia felt a dizzy discomfort for a while, as if a roar of a vicious beast sounded in the depths of her soul, making her lose consciousness all of a sudden.

"Poof!" Xiao girl helped the fallen Diya in time, and then glanced around, and without the other people around him noticing, she turned into a dark aura and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, Lilith chased the man in the black cloak into a deep alley.

"Stop, there's no road ahead, you can't run...... Who the hell are you?!"

Under Lilith's solemn gaze, the man in the black cloak stopped, stood motionless, and stood there silently with his back to Lilith.

After waiting for a full minute, Lilith got a little impatient, walked up and grabbed the other man's cloak, and said in a deep voice, "You guy......" At this point, her voice stopped abruptly, because the moment she touched the other man, the guy turned into a pile of black sand.

"......" looked at the black cloak in her hand, and then at the pile of black sand on the ground, Lilith was very shocked and muttered, "Puppet?"

After being stunned for a minute or two, Lilith seemed to suddenly figure out something, her expression changed, and a look of horror appeared in her eyes.

"Oh no, Dia!"