Vivi could no longer see the people around her, only their vague silhouettes, terrifying and strange in the darkness.

Who are these people?

While struggling with the pain of her body and the weakness of her heart in horror, she called out tentatively and with difficulty:

"Ikalem? Bel? Gaca? ”

No one answered her.

All she could hear was heavy breathing in the darkness, like a hungry beast ready to attack.

Vivi didn't know what was wrong with Ikalem, whether they were sticking to their own will, or simply degenerating into a demon.

What to do?

She thought of her father and feared for his safety, so she continued to crawl forward in the dark.

Vivi heard someone shouting, as if it was the "redhead".

"Don't give up! We...... We are ourselves, not slaves to a tree! ”

"This is not an abyssal hell! Definitely get out of here! ”

There was a trilling tone in the tone, indicating that Shanks himself was also struggling with despair.

But he still tried to awaken the courage in everyone's hearts.

No one responded to him, perhaps they did, but they were drowned out by the gasps and roars of the horrible demons.

Vivi crawled in the direction she remembered her father had fallen.

She first felt the cold wheelchair, and then finally found her father, who was lying on the ground.

"Father's ......"

Kobra flicked, then pushed Vivi's outstretched hand away.

"Don't touch me!"

My father's voice became unfamiliar.

"Parent ......"

"Vivi...... Don't come near me...... Get out of here...... Get out of here......"

His voice seemed to be mixed with other people's voices, which was quite strange.

"Father, I won't leave you."

However, Vivi had neither the strength to leave, nor the strength to pick up Cobra.

She also lay on the ground, like a fish lying in a shallow puddle of water, staring blankly.

Will my father and I become that kind of thing?

Is it all over?

Vivi trembled in fear.

"Poof", "Poof", "Poof"......

Suddenly, she heard something approaching her.

The heavy footsteps echoed through the darkness until they stopped in front of her.

Vivi was grabbed by a slender waist by a rough palm with four claws, lifted up, and her feet hung limply in the air.

Now she is like a rag doll that has been pinched.

"Who's ......"

She opened her hazy eyes, and the hideous face of a ferocious beast was visible, causing her breath to stop for a moment.

"Sure enough, it looks like Lily." Demon Dragon Im looked at Vivi carefully, "Is it some kind of atavistic phenomenon?" ”

"Forget it, it doesn't matter......"

"Lily, though she has a weak body, she has the strongest mind, and she refuses to be one of us until the end."

"It's a shame."

"Obviously, as long as you give up the shackles of being a human being, you can gain power and lifespan far beyond imagination, and surpass all living beings......

"Completely incomprehensible to her ......"

"What about you? Vivi? ”

The words of the demon dragon Im are full of temptation and malice.

"You people have added 'D' to their names without permission, but the hope of 'D', that Nika has fallen."

"The Demon Tree also has the last piece of the puzzle, and the resurrection of the gods is just around the corner."

"Vivi, you have the same strong mind as Lily, in other words, when you become a demon, you will be different."

"You won't be the lowest level of demons, it's more likely that you're the kind of 'Five Old Stars', and maybe, you can go further, for example, like me, and become the 'Hand of God'."

"Abandon worldly ideas and shackles, and abandon your father, who is too weak to protect you...... You want to make Alabastan strong, right? You know in your heart that the real shortcut ......"

Vivi listened quietly to the whispers of the demon dragon Imu, and heard what seemed to be her father's whisper beneath her feet, and heard Shanks shouting in the distance faintly dim.

They are all ......

When I opened my eyes thoroughly, I was surrounded by the silhouette of a shaking demon.

It was as if she had been placed in the abdomen of a human being, surrounded by agitated internal organs, and it was as if she had fallen straight into the abyss.

At this moment, she unexpectedly calmed down and truly looked directly at the demon dragon Imu.

"I don't have ...... Father's big heart...... Nor ...... Shanks and dragons are as powerful as they are...... I'm supposed to be in this hell...... The most inconspicuous existence, right? ”

Vivi smiled miserably at Im.

For a moment, Im was reminded of Lily's last days.

"What can I do...... Only gambling with prayers ......"

"I'm betting...... Just stick to it...... There's still hope......"

"I'm praying...... There are gods who will answer me......"

Imu narrowed his dragon eyes, and his tone became calm:

"Meaning, are you going to reject me too?"

Vivi shuddered, trying to overcome the innate human instinct for fear.

She raised an arm and pointed a finger to the sky.

"Whatever that god is...... As long as it stops you...... I'm willing to give up everything I have...... Pray to Him! ”

What is she talking about?

Imu was wondering when he felt a drop of water drip from his scales.

And, that's just the beginning.

"Bang Bang" ......

In the darkness, there was the sound of bean-sized droplets falling mercilessly, and their sense of rhythm actually tore apart the suffocation in the darkness.

The wind howled like a ghost crying wolf, and the torrential rain was like a rapid drumbeat.

Imu looked up at the sky and muttered incredulously:

"It's impossible...... The Holy Land of Mary Joya is under the protection of the Devil's Tree...... The wind and rain from the outside world can't get in at all. ”

"Something, breaking the rules here...... It's coming. ”

First there was a dull thunder like a quilt, and then a thunderbolt that burst an eardrum.

Lightning flickered, shining at intervals of seconds.

Those who still possessed their own sanity raised their heads one after another, and were photographed by the changes in the heavens and the earth.

In the strange whistling sound, a "meteorite" turned into a raging green fireball and fell from the sky.

It shook violently from side to side, and plank after plank shattered and fell off, turning into scattered meteors that shot in all directions of the Holy Land of Mary Joy.

And the "meteorite" itself, in the air, turned an outrageous arc, forcefully deflected in the direction of the Demon Tree, and then fell straight down.

Im's dragon eyes saw clearly.

That's not a "meteorite" at all, but a ship with green ghost fire all over it!

"That bastard......"

Im threw Vivi to the ground, spun around like lightning, and rushed towards the Demon Tree.

He ran wildly, and when he saw that he was still some way away from the Demon Tree, all four legs and feet were hugged one after another.

He looked down and saw Shanks, Dragon, Beckman, and Ivankov.

They wrapped their hands tightly around Imu's legs and feet, weighing down what little strength they had left and the weight of their entire bodies.

Desperately speechless, the four of them just showed Im a look full of evil thoughts.

It's like saying that as long as I can hold you back, I'm willing to die.

"Boom-"

The black ship slammed into the trunk of the Demon Tree, shattering the remaining remnants of the ancient city.

The green flames burst into flames, engulfing the branches, looking like the luxuriant leaves covering the Demon Tree.

Imu finally broke free from the bondage of the four of them, and then headed towards the Demon Tree and the Black Ship in a menacing manner.

(End of chapter)