Chapter 20: There Is Only Enough Left Before the Demons Come... 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds
Jingle bells... Jingle bells...
As the bell rang, Professor Jeno put away his lecture notes, wiped the blackboard full of ancient history, and then ignored the students who were still asleep on their desks even after class, and prepared to leave the classroom.
But then the sound of hurried footsteps from behind him made Jeno stop.
"Professor! Professor! β
Chasing out of the classroom was the little girl with freckles.
Jeno lifted his glasses and recognized the student, who was the only one in the class.
The girl asked Professor Jeno for some knowledge.
It's all about ancient history, about... Demons.
Professor Jeno patiently answered them one by one, very detailed and clear, and it could be seen that he was very thorough in ancient history, especially in the study of demons.
Because of this...
"Professor Jeno, do you think... Is the demon really as written in the textbook, low-level and inferior? I've read a lot of history books, and there are very few records of the war between humans and demons thousands of years ago, and even if there is, almost all of them end in the great victory of mankind, as if the demons are really vulnerable, this, this seems to be the same as what the professor taught us... It's not quite the same. β
Hearing the freckled schoolgirl say this, Professor Jeno lifted his glasses.
He shook his head and said with a smile: "Child, history books will only be written by the victors. β
"Professor Jeno, I... I don't really understand, so do you think, Professor, the demons have really been... Extinct? β
"Child, it depends on how you interpret it, it's like for a person who hides his ears and steals the bell, the bell doesn't exist."
The comprehension of the freckled schoolgirl is obviously not keeping up.
Completely confused.
"I'm sorry, it's time for me to go home, if you still don't understand anything, you can come to the office tomorrow to find me."
"Orβ" Professor Jeno paused.
Later, he gave a card with a simple magic spell to the freckled girl.
"Take this, kid."
"Professor, what is this...?"
"It's an invitation to a rally."
"It's a gathering created by someone who doesn't cover their ears and can hear the bell, and after activating the card with your spell, you can get the location and time of the next meeting, maybe... There you can learn more about the knowledge you want, about ancient science, about demons, about... The truth. β
Professor Jeno left.
He was hobbled and emaciated, and in the hallways, both students and other teachers avoided the "freak" professor, who was usually taciturn and never participated in any on-campus activities.
And the freckles girl stayed in place.
The invitation to the assembly, which the professor had given her with strange purple and black patterns, was carefully received and clipped in a notebook.
Leave the Royal Academy in the Intramural City.
In a carriage, Jean returned to his residence in the civilian area.
After entering the house, his virtuous wife and two lovely daughters had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Honey, dinner is ready."
"Daddy! I want to hear stories! The story of Commander Anna you told me last time! "The youngest daughter, who is seven or eight years old, is making a fuss about Jeno.
The other eldest daughter, who was already slim, was more sensible, and immediately said: "Nana! Father is tired for a day, let him have a good rest! β
"No, no, no! Nana just wants to hear it! Father! β
A smile appeared on Professor Jeno's wrinkled face.
He picked up his little daughter, sat down at the dining table, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, where did Dad tell you last time?" β
"Speaking of Commander Anna being lured by a traitor, the lone army was deeply surrounded by the demons, dad tell me quickly, what happened to Commander Anna later, he must have successfully broken through from the demons!"
"It's a pity, kid, Commander Anna and her soldiers held out for three days and three nights surrounded by the demon army, and in the end they couldn't wait for reinforcements and died at the hands of the demon army."
"Ahh How can this be..."The little girl heard the aftermath of the story, looking depressed and lost.
She quickly became angry, waving her little fists.
"Damn! If it weren't for that human traitor, how could Commander Anna be under siege! Woooooo Dad, I like Anna, and I want to be like Commander Anna in the future, a hero like that, fighting against demons! Protect humanity! β
"Alright, alright! Let's eat, quite a hero should also eat well! β
Jeno's wife rubbed her indignant little daughter.
I felt a little helpless in my heart.
In fact, she wants to guide her daughter to become a mage, a doctor, or a civil servant like her, who serves the empire.
And not what commanders.
Defeat some demons that don't exist at all.
But after all, this is the husband's profession.
No matter how unpopular the ancient history is, they are also professors at the Royal Academy, which is why they can afford to live in the civilian area today.
Fortunately, the eldest daughter is more competitive.
Thinking of this, Yeno's wife threw a look of encouragement at Hela.
Hela hesitated, but still plucked up her courage at the dinner table and said to Yeno: "Father, tomorrow is my coming-of-age ceremony at the Sword Academy, you... Can you take the time to come to the ceremony? β
Jeno is a non-social person.
Hela was reluctant to force her father, but her mother felt that it would be better for her parents to bless herself for such a major ceremony.
Yeno's wife struck from the side at this time: "My dear, Hela's sword master came to me yesterday, Hela's grades and talents are the top in the academy, and it is very likely that he can enter the establishment and become a high-level swordsman in the empire in the future." β
Hearing that his daughter was so good, Yeno smiled with satisfaction and touched his eldest daughter's head.
"Of course."
"I'll be there on time."
The wife and eldest daughter were relieved, the ignorant little girl was cooking, as if she was angry for Commander Anna, the warm and well-off family, happy at the dinner table, although not glorious and rich, but at least happy.
But...
All of this was broken with a "pop".
Professor Jeno picked up the bowl and fell to the ground as if he hadn't finished it.
The food inside was spilled on the floor.
The red juice of tomatoes stained the carpet red.
Before he could wait for his wife and children to ask Yeno what was wrong.
The professor seemed to have suffered some great stimulusβan exuberant stimulus.
His usual taciturn, uninhibited smile is now gone.
In its place, there was a father's expression that his wife and daughters had never seen before.
Is that...
A feeding frenzy.
It's like...
What has always been purely in history and legend is really manifested.
Jeno didn't care about anything.
He rudely pushed the chair away, left the table as fast as he could, and ran towards his study.
The wives and daughters who were left behind looked confused and confused.
And the reason is known only to Jeno himself.
When he got into the study in a hurry, he forgot to lock the door, and with his nervous and trembling hand, he pulled it to his chest, where there was an emerald pendant, which had been carried by Professor Jeno at all times.
Most of the time, no, I should say, when you get this emerald pendant from Jeno, it seems like it's just an ornament.
Can...
Right now...
Now, when Professor Jeno put the emerald pendant in the palm of his hand, the brilliant green light on the pendant covered the entire study.
Covered...
Jeno's whole face.
"Lord..."
"Is that you, lord... Host!? β
Jeno shook his head frantically, looking at the walls of the study, the ceiling, or something further afield.
The paleohistory professor's voice trembled as his body.
"When... It's been to..."
From the grim green necklace in Professor Jeno's hand, there was a demonic sound, a voice that only he could hear.
"Lord! Time? When? What are you referring to? Don't... Could it be !! β
"That's right... Prove that when you are... Prove your paleohistoriography... Prove what you've worked so hard to research... Not in the eyes of those who are ignorant and ignorant... When the paper is wasted..."
"The demons will... Back to the world... And you... Will be as a new human... Enjoy... with our new world..."
Gu Luodan's voice was seductive.
The darkness in Yeno's heart and the grievances he has endured all along, have been infinitely magnified, and the professor of ancient history, who is regarded as a "freak", now has a crazy smile on his face.
"Lord, I, we've waited too long for this day... It's been too long... Host! What is needed from us for you, we..."
Jeno's fanatical words were interrupted before he could finish his words.
"Anchor..."
"For our coming... In the human world... Establish Coordinates... Anchors... Next... I will... Empower you... Let's do it together... Get through... tunnels..."
Gu Lodan cultivated such a group of forces in the human world.
Next, he wanted to test the Demon King and verify his guess about Liao Yu in his heart, relying on these human beings.
Therefore, Gu Luodan needs to bring the Demon King to the area where he is in his sphere of influence.
That's why he deliberately sacrificed his spirit to stabilize the portal for the magic demon, so that with the human side, he could control the teleportation position more or less.
So far, everything has gone as planned.
Evil miserable green energy poured into Professor Yeno's body along the emerald pendant.
Until...
Syllable!
There was another bowl shattering.
Nana, the youngest daughter who came to deliver food to her father, stood at the door of the study, as if she was stunned, looking at her father who was absorbing the power of evil in the room.
"Get out!"
"Get out!"
Yeno's eyes were also glowing with a miserable green light at this time, and his hideous and angry expression was like a monster.
He angrily scolded his little daughter to leave, but at this moment, the demon's dissatisfied voice rang out.
"Kill... Got her..."
"Kill...? No! Lord, she is still young and does not understand anything, and it will not affect us..."
"Kill... Got her! β
The demon accentuated his tone a little, with no doubt, and at the same time added a little more power transmission, and the evil desire devoured Professor Jeno.
The struggle and hesitation on his face were fleeting, and Jeno was completely reduced to an evil puppet, and even his skin became miserable green, and Jeno, who was half-human and half-demon, stretched out his claws to the little daughter who was crying at the door.
"Honey, what's wrong, why is Nana in... Yes!! β
Yeno's wife was also attracted to her at this time, but what she saw was a heartbreaking, bloody and terrifying picture.
"Monsters... Monster!! β
"Quick... Run Hela! Fast... Ahh
With a scream, his wife fell in a pool of blood, and when Yeno, who was corrupted by the power of the miserable green demon, turned his bloodthirsty and evil eyes to look for the eldest daughter who was left in the room, he found a trace of teleportation magic.
It was her wife who used her last strength to release Hela before she died.
I actually let one go.
Roar!
The demonized Jeno let out a beastly rage, and was about to rush out of the door, and it could be seen that he had lost his mind.
"Back... Come..."
Or from the demonic voice in the emerald pendant, to stop Jeno.
"It's... Random transfer... Spell casting... She... Most of them have been... Spatial turbulence shatters... Don't go... Chased..."
"Coordinate anchors... That's what it is... The most important thing..."
Jeno regained some of his senses, and some things, like Pandora's box, once opened, there was no turning back.
The professor's grim eyes, looking at the dining room that had been warm a few minutes ago, were now blood-red, and he stepped over the bodies of his wife and daughter and returned to his study.
"Yes, my lord..."
With the help of Jeno on the human world, it didn't take long for Gu Luodan to successfully get the anchor he wanted.
"Lord, what else can we do for the Lord?"
Of course.
I saw the pool of blood under Yeno's feet, under the power of the demon, squirm rapidly, and finally formed a portrait of a human in front of the professor.
The portrait of human youth is none other than Liao Yu.
"Find him... And then... Kill himβ" The demon's voice echoed in Jeno's head.
Like a whisper of temptation that plunges into the abyss.
"It's... The task given to you... When you're done... You will... Breaking away from the human shell... Become... One of our people..."
"I will not let the Lord down!"
With Jeno's last promise, the satisfied demons, ended the connection, the grim green glow on the pendant vanished, and Professor Jeno returned to his original form, as if nothing had ever happened - if not for the red-stained carpet and the two corpses in a pool of blood
But...
So what?
Wasn't that "Destiny Child" the same way back then?
That's right.
I am on the right path.
He is not a betrayal of humanity.
This is what he is saving this, which is now corrupt and rotten, saving this hopeless human world!
He...
Jeno Gwen
He will be the new savior of mankind in the present thousand years!
...
...
[Before the advent of the demons, there is still ...
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Chaos Rift.
Although Liao Yu only brought three apostles to come, before leaving, the remaining six demon apostles were still respectfully lined up, as if they were seeing Liao Yu off.
What surprised Liao Yu even more was that not only the Wisdom Demon, but even the Shadow Demon Hill and the Sorcerer Dadaya actually chose together, not as a projection, but as a "real body" and came with him.
The Void Passage is fully ready.
Liao Yu looked at the human world on the other side of the passage, and his heart was full of anticipation at this time.
Although the salvation of the week is just a game, Liao Yu has also invested a lot of feelings.
In the world thousands of years later, human beings should have developed civilization to a higher level by virtue of the inheritance left by their powerful protagonist at the end of the game, right?
Are the descendants of those partners who fought alongside him thousands of years ago still alive? How's it going?
and what Liao Yu misses the most, and the Glorious Holy Sect that is also the closest to him.
With such an impatient mood, Liao Yu finally and the three apostles, accompanied by the deafening roar of the demons, the figure disappeared into the passage, and it also symbolized a new page of the demon race since it was sealed for thousands of years.
...
...
Imperial capital.
Forests in the far suburbs.
Five or six "humans" with pointed ears surround a well, the hazy moonlight sprinkled on the surface of the well, and a line of complex text that was constantly beating appeared on the deep water of the well.
It was elven script.
Translated, it probably is...
[Before the advent of the demons, there is still ...
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As the number of seconds continued to shrink, several "humans" at the well held their breath, their expressions serious and nervous.
Finally.
The moment this number becomes zero.
Airplanes!
I saw a huge ripple on the surface of the well, and in the moon well, a blurred picture was quickly reflected.
That's the demons.
It is the demon race that has been sealed in the Chaos Rift for thousands of years, and has once again opened the Void Passage, and is about to bring disaster and destruction to the world.
"Elder! Prophecy... The prophecy turned out to be true, the demons... Demons..."Several young "humans" fell into a panic.
Only the old lady at the head still looked the same.
"What? Scared? Have you forgotten why we came here? β
"No... There are no elders! We have never forgotten the blood shame of the elves! The home destroyed by the demons is an unforgettable hatred for every elf clansman! β
Revenge triumphed over fear.
And this is also the reason why these elven remnants who fled to this world after their homes were destroyed and did not hesitate to expose themselves and take action.
Their home and world have been destroyed by the demons.
In order to take revenge, but also to avoid such a tragedy from happening again, so they followed the prophecy and went to remind mankind to wake up this human world that once repelled the demons, but now it has completely fallen.
"The princess has already gone to the human academy in the royal city to study first, you go to meet the princess quickly, and tell the princess the news of the prophecy confirmation, the human race has defeated the demon race once, this time with the help of our elves, the demon race must be completely exterminated!" Expelled them, not a single one remains! β
"Yes! Great Elder! Expelled them ... Not a single one to stay! β
Under the moonlight, in the forest, there are elves who swear resolutely, and it is their brave faces.