For now, the various intelligent races still know too little about the special existence of the devil, and as a result, many of their properties are still unknown.

People's inherent perception of the devil is to play with people's hearts, sign contracts, use loopholes and tricks that are difficult to prevent, and use people's greed to accomplish what they want to do.

Some of the major events in history, such as the sudden civil strife in the kingdom, the transformation of a loyal minister into a regal murderer one day, and so on, all of these events have the shadow of the devil looming in hindsight.

But...... Are those major events without the devil really not being manipulated by them?

Is there a possibility that the devil guided the whole thing, but they themselves were hidden in the shadows of the light, smiling as things went in the direction of collapse and "fun", mocking the inability of people to detect their incompetence.

Every devil is a unique existence, the devil "One" that Wang Yu knows exists in Charles Ryder's soul, and the devil "Seven" that he killed alive in the spiritual space created by the "key".

They all have their own special powers, the ability of "one" is to spy into the future, the ability of "seven" is the flame of hell that can enslave souls, and the ability of the unknown devil called "five" is "distortion".

Different from the manifestation of the Void that directly distorts the matter of reality, the ability of the Devil's "Five" goes one step further, it can not only borrow the power of the Void to distort the matter of reality, but it can also directly distort the cognition of those affected by it.

Perhaps, at some point, the concepts and even memories of those affected by the "Five" have nothing to do with their true selves.

The devil's layout has always been like this, and some seemingly flawed plans have become unstoppable under the influence of their strange and bizarre incomprehensible abilities.

Just like the hell gate incident that happened in Alestaler, everything was so good, there were obviously many loopholes, but with the ability to predict the future, these problems were erased.

And the "One" prophecy of a dark future against Alestaler.

If it weren't for Wang Yu, a messy guy, who inexplicably smashed the key and kicked the old monster named Yale into the void.

But if he really got the secret treasure left by Roland, then maybe, that dark future will be the real end of Aleister.

At this moment, what happened in the elven capital of Leahim, the dwarven fortress Ironforge Fort, and the Forest of Origin is also the layout of the devil......

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Outside the Dwarven Fortress Ironforge Fort, the camp where the elves who had come with Gwen and Ziegy were stationed.

"Whoosh!"

A glittering green arrow pierced the air and flew away, slamming into the chest of a crow flying through the sky.

"Quack!"

The crow was mercilessly pierced through its body by the arrow, let out a piercing scream, and then fell down, its fragile life disappearing in an instant.

"The alchemy pendant of the magic eye, the gramophone ring, who is so willing to pay the cost, and as a result, get a crow without any hidden ability to steal information, what is this doing? Didn't you give away these alchemy props for nothing? ”

The elven ranger who shot the arrow walked over to the falling crow and examined the alchemy items on the crow's body, which were undoubtedly good tools for stealing information.

However, it became meaningless to cooperate with this crow that had no ability to hide, and was directly discovered by the elven ranger and killed with one arrow.

"At this time, the dwarves who will come to inquire about our information are really a group of irascible and rude dwarves, and they also have brain problems."

The Elven Ranger frowned, wondering about the origin of the raven he was using to steal the news.

Without touching the raven's belongings, the Elven Ranger grabbed the crow, threw it out of the elven quarters, and walked back to camp with a muttering to himself.

"I hope this crow's corpse will give these bearded dwarfs some warning."

"Poof!"

The body of the "crow" fell on the grass outside the low wall, and the black of the elven ranger's eyes that had been forcibly hit faded from it, revealing the white feathers of the "crow", where is this crow, this is clearly a peregrine falcon, and it can still be regarded as an animal messenger of a small magical beast.

The two alchemy props that the Elven Ranger saw to steal information were actually a metal cylinder filled with stationery and an echo box used to deliver messages......

The letter sent by Wang Yu and Evia to Ziggy and Gwen on their way to the Dwarven realm, recording what they had guessed was the connection between the corruption that had occurred in the Sorensen Mountains and the Tree of Life, had finally been delivered to its destination by animal messengers today.

But the end of this information is that it ends up with the animal messenger that transported them, and it falls into a corner that no one knows......

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Forest of Origin, outskirts, near the side of the Sorensen Mountains.

"Click, click."

Several elven rangers enlisted the help of the forest treants in the secret language of nature, digging through the ground and observing the root network beneath it.

"There's no problem, the root system of the Tree of Life has not extended this way, and the fact that the Tree of Life has been sending life force to the Sorensen Mountains all these years is not possible in the first place."

One of the elves looked at the root network below him, shook his head, and expressed his opinion on what they were going to investigate.

In his opinion, the matter itself was nonsense, and there was no need for investigation, and now it turned out that the root system of the Tree of Life did not go in the direction of the Sorensen Mountains at all.

The network of roots connected to the roots of the Living Tree spread unchecked, but when it was near the edge of the Forest of Origins, it no longer spread outward, but instead bent downward and returned to the Forest of Origins.

As it was, the root system of the Living Tree did not grow indiscriminately, except for the branch that extended into the Dwarven Kingdom, and there was no root system beyond the range of the Forest of Origin.

"Well, that's pretty much what I thought, let's report the news to the elders, we still have a lot of those fake "activated" roots to deal with later, and we don't have time to waste on this unfounded speculation. ”

The elves' companions agreed with him, and none of the elves who came here to investigate took that possibility seriously.

Under the influence of the elves' secret whispers of nature, the dryads swung their branches and backfilled the earth into the pits they had dug.

What the elves didn't know was that the normal network of roots in their eyes was dancing like living tentacles, sweeping away the dirt that had covered their heads.

More and more of these tentacled elves are tearing through the dirt and spreading from the underground beyond the Forest of Origins.

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The Sorensen Mountains, in the cave where Holo is located.

"Mr. Holo, have you passed the message to the elves of Leahim?"

Avia asked Hollow with a thoughtful look.

"That's right, I know very well that I alone will never be able to stop the existence that His Excellency Wang Yu called the "Devourer of the World", even if I pay with my life, it is meaningless. ”

"So, I have to find someone who has the power to stop it, and the only people I can get the message on to the elves of Leahim must be ready to receive it."

Holo explained that he was sober and that he was not blindly making a meaningless sacrifice in order to move himself, and that he had already passed the news to the elves, reminding them of everything that had happened here.

"But...... The elves don't seem to be aware of this, Mr. Holo, how the hell are you getting the word out in your current state? ”

The girl frowned slightly, and asked about Holo, whose lower body had turned into vines and rock walls.

"How so? I've been delivering the word for months, and I've used the power of the druids to animate some of the plants so that they follow the path of the Tree of Life's roots, and the elves with the ability to speak the secret words of nature will read the messages contained in these plants. ”

Holo said incredulously, he couldn't understand why the elves hadn't heard from him, obviously, he had been working hard for a long time.

"Mr. Hollow...... Please also create your activated plant in front of us once, I have some ideas. ”

The girl's expression was serious, she thought of something, and she had to cooperate with her to verify it.

Holo didn't say anything, just nodded, stretched out his right hand, which was still normal, and aimed it at the ground, and with the surge of natural magic, the ground broke a crack, and a piece of vine drilled out.

The state of the vine slowly changed with the power of Holo, and tiny limbs grew on it, wiggling to give it the ability to move.

Then the vine in the front section broke away from the whole and became a single entity, and a cucumber that looked like it had small feet appeared in front of Holo and Siv.

"That's it, they're supposed to be going to Leahim with the message, but didn't the elves find them?"

Holo looked puzzledly at Sif, the only native of Leahim among the three of Wang Yu, Siv.

"No, I've never seen anything like that in Leahim."

Seve shook her head, she had never seen such a cute little creature.

“……”

Wang Yu and Avia didn't speak, looking at the gray-yellow thing created by Holo with tiny tangled limbs like a neural network, listening to Sif's answer to Holo, their expressions were extremely solemn, Seve had seen this thing, and even been parasitized by this thing in the throat.

In other words, what the two of them saw was not at all the same as what Holo and Siv saw, and what Holo created was the fake living roots in the Forest of Origin that caused the forest riots, but in the eyes of Holo and Sif, this was not the case.

"Mr. Hollow, this is what we see, what are you seeing......"

Avia gathered her magic and projected Wang Yu and what she saw into a visual image before the eyes of Holo and Sif.

"This, isn't that the thing? How could it be!"

Seve covered her mouth in surprise, how could she not recognize this parasitic thing that had parasitized herself.

"This shouldn't be something I created......

Horo muttered to himself in confusion and with a hint of unspeakable fear, could it be that everything he had done before was meaningless.

"Buzz."

The girl thought for a moment, snapped her fingers, and the perfect fractal activated, and two magic lenses appeared on the eyes of Sieve and Holo.

The magic lens conveys everything to the user in the form of data after observing and analyzing everything with pure magic, the purest data, there is no falsehood at all, and the most real facts are presented to Holo and Sif.

The distorted cognition and reality clashed, disintegrated and recovered, and the two really saw the twisted and wriggling things on the ground.

"The Devil ......"

Wang Yu gritted his teeth and muttered that these damn guys who are crazy to make things for fun, can distort other people's cognitions unknowingly, and all he knows is the devil.

"Your Excellency Wang Yu, please help me and help me convey the message to the elves of Leahim! If that's the case, they're probably completely unprepared, and in that case, damn it, damn it....... ”

Holo clutched his head in agony, realizing that everything he had done before seemed useless.

"Mr. Wang Yu, Miss Avia."

Sif also set her sights on Wang Yu and Avia, who were not the oldest among the elves, and at this time she was confused, and could only follow Holo to bet her hopes on the two who could see through the devil's twisted things.

"Let's go, get back to Leahim as quickly as possible, Holo, please suppress the awakening of the Devourer of Worlds."

Wang Yu did not hesitate, he immediately made a decision, and acted immediately, he must let the elves know the news!

"Boom!"

However, just before the girl was about to activate the Phase Gate to teleport the three of them out, the ground shook suddenly, and the entire Sorensen Mountains let out a roar, and a strange fluctuation full of vitality but containing a corrupt and depleting aura swept over several people at this moment.

Since Holo's perception has been distorted, is it true that he thinks he can delay for a week......?