Chapter 2: The Devil's Test

On the spot, he translated into the vernacular demon language: "What others hate may be beneficial to us, and only the development of our nation as a whole can be used as a basis for judging whether it is good or bad. By removing the weak things that only consume resources, and leaving only those that are strong and contributing, and doing so will be able to rule over all other peoples who do not understand this truth. 」

Then the sheep-headed demon said, "There is no absolute goodness or absolute evil in true wisdom, but it depends on the rope and ink. Truly recognize the name that is not the common name, and break the name of the other contrary to the common name, and get its real name. 」

"True wisdom does not say that one thing is always right or that one thing is always wrong, but that it is judged by the standard of measurement. True understanding can see through those things that do not match the name, and can see through those false definitions that are contrary to the original meaning and distort the original meaning, so that we can truly know things as they are. 」

The sheep-headed demon said, "He who forsakes true wisdom and has no true knowledge will also abandon his job. The duty of our generation exists between good and evil, and we strive to overcome all false obstacles. Those who abandon their duties will also help those who are hypocritically disabled!"

He retranslates: "To abandon the pursuit of true wisdom and knowledge is to abandon one's natural duty. Our duty lies between good and evil, real and illusory. Trying to get stronger to break the obstacles created by the 'pseudo'β€”" Rick paused. It's a difficult word to translate. The "pseudo" of the devil's language has a very deep meaning. "Pseudo" is a collection of all the "bad" things in demonic values, and Rick can't easily translate it. Moreover, in the demon's mind, "false" and "virtual" are two completely unrelated things. For them, "pseudo" is something that really exists.

The sheep-headed demon laughed, his expression very different from that of a sheep, "Good performance. You're pretty good for humans. 」

The sheep-headed demon flew close to Syk. Vick took a step back and left the wall, where the sheep-headed demon stopped. When it fell, all the flesh of the lower half of the sheep's head demon drooped downward, and then bounced back into the shape of a round bottle belly.

The sheep-headed demon raised his chin, "Boys, let's see if this human is fit to be our brother!"

Originally, the transparent ceiling directly above the hall let in sunlight and illuminated the interior space. After the sheep-headed demon gave the order, the light suddenly disappeared, and the room became like a night with no lights on. Rick's eyes suddenly couldn't get used to it, and he couldn't see anything. He instinctively tensed his body, focusing on his ears and skin, ready to respond to the attack from the darkness.

Instead, he heard human screams a little farther away. Nick turned his head to the direction of the sound, and at the staircase leading up to the second floor, the darkness parted slightly, revealing an area illuminated by a candle.

There was a man, a woman and a couple, who looked like college students, dressed in trendy casual clothes that young people like without worrying about food and clothing, with hideous ghost faces and devil silhouettes painted on them. The woman is holding the man, who holds a small dish with a candle in one hand and rests the other hand on the woman's buttocks.

The woman screamed, "It's terrible!"

The man shouted, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Rick took a closer look at what scared them. The light of the candle illuminated two faces, surrounding the man and woman: one was the face of a mouse, about the size of a bear's head. The front teeth are long and crooked, and the whiskers are lightning bolt-shaped. One is a large, black, shiny household pest, equally enlarged in size, with long whiskers flicking around.

It stands to reason that the staring of these two creatures that have been enormized should be terrifying, and even if there is no actual threat, there is huge psychological pressure. However, the two faces were rather rough, with a rat's head that looked like a papier-mΓ’chΓ© lantern, eyes with black plastic buttons, teeth of cardboard, and beard of wire. The head of the house pest looks like a newspaper ball, which is then colored with advertising paint, and after drying, a coat of glossy paint is applied, and then two wires are plugged in to act as long whiskers. Although the light source of the candle is not bright enough, Xi Ke can see that these two faces are fake when he stands ten meters away, so it is impossible for the man and woman not to see it.

The woman screamed, "People are most afraid of these two things, protect them!"

The man cried out, "No matter what kind of beast it is, I will definitely protect you!"

Suddenly, there was a feeling of great displeasure.

The young couple in front of them, who were acting in the name of terror in front of the papier-mΓ’chΓ© beasts, were unaware of the demons and the mages staring at them in the dark, and they didn't feel the need to pay attention. In contrast, Rick was immediately alert when he fell into darkness, fearing that something would take advantage of him to attack him.

This kind of unsuspecting and peaceful fool makes Xi Ke want to make them suffer a little bit!

Xi Ke scooped up the air with both hands, made a motion to pick up the water, and then pushed it in the direction of the little couple. An unusually cold air stream passed through their feet. Rick saw their expressions change, so he went further. This time, he carefully painted the appearance of the illusion in his mind, first creating a bouncy magic bubble, putting the illusion outside, and then throwing it at the couple. Finally, the little couple is drawn into a soundproof area.

After performing the usual soundproofing technique, Xi Ke pulled out the sacrificial knife and added the second layer, then used the advanced skills of modern magic to take the third layer, and finally used the complex magic of the laboratory level to chant the incantation (at this time the little couple could no longer hear his voice), completely isolating the little couple from the outside world.

For the young couple, they couldn't hear the sound of people and cars outside, but they didn't notice it, and it wasn't until their heartbeat slowly amplified in the silence that they began to feel that something was wrong.

The phantom balloon floats slowly. Because the bubble has weight, it falls at a very slow speed, bounces off the ground and repeats the action as if it were moving consciously. When the tension of the young couple is at its highest, the phantom balloon floats into the range of the candlelight. The illusion was created by Xi Ke's various impressions of horror films, not only the bumps of insects swimming on the skin, but also the large amounts of blood that did not cost money, crumbling pieces of flesh and metal punctures.

The little couple screamed together in real horror. It was a high-pitched scream uttered with all the strength of his body, completely unable to take care of the image. The man immediately ran towards the door, and the woman suddenly lost her support, and fell on the ground before she got up and caught up.

When he heard the sound of the woman falling, the man came back to his senses a little and stopped to turn back to help his girlfriend, but saw the face of the sheep-headed demon appear thirty centimeters in front of him, pouting and blowing out the candle in his hand.

A second wave of screams resounded through the room.

Rick smiled in the dark.

The sheep-headed demon watched as the two stumbled out of the house, returning to the sun with bruises. Then the sheep-headed demon flew back to Rick and said to Rick, "You have been admitted. 」

The sunlight lit up the room again, and Rick saw the two fake faces swaying from side to side. The fake face was lifted, and there were two little demons standing on their hind feet with two skinny rats inside. They are about forty centimeters tall and, unlike ordinary mice, have two large, erect triangular ears, a bright red tail, and a particularly long hair, with a bristle growing along their spine on their back.

In fact, Xi Ke felt that these two little guys should not wear masks, and directly pounced on the couple and crawled on them, and the effect was relatively good.

The sheep-headed demon said, "These two little ones are the guards of the Pavilion, dirty and stinky. They are responsible for driving away guests who don't consume. 」

"Hello, I'm Syk. Rick nodded to the two little guards. The little ones grabbed the mask with their chopstick-thin hands and waved it, spinning it around his feet.

The sheep-headed demon flapped his little wings and flew past Xi Ke: "I am the boss Samihot, and I will be your boss in the future. Come with me and I'll show you the ...... in the store."

Tick paid attention to his footing, carefully avoided the little guard, and followed the sheep-headed demon.

The sheep-headed demon led Rick down to the first floor. In the middle of the hall there are four empty statue pedestals. The sheep-headed demon circled around the middle of the pedestal with the Syk. Rick felt himself pass through layer after layer of invisible film of spells. The path and direction of the sheep-headed demon in the pedestal are meaningful, and there is a magical structure similar to the "turning back portal", and only by following this path can you reach your destination.

After a moment's spin, the sheep-headed demon led Syk to the stairs leading to the basement. He stopped at the stairs, tensed his neck, and said in a deep voice, "Don't look back when you go down. His solemn tone was as if Rick would turn into a stone statue once he looked back.

Xi Ke nodded, and then followed the sheep-headed demon down two steps, and immediately looked back.

The monotonous gray interior bursts with countless colors at once. Streamers hanging from the ceiling, brightly colored signs, rows of canvas trellises, shiny metal tables and carts laden with merchandise appear out of thin air, taking up every part of the upstairs and downstairs, leaving only narrow walkways. The dust and garbage on the floor disappeared and a soft, dark brown carpet appeared. On the second floor, the walls are lined with flags with the names of various special events and shops written on them.

All four pedestals now contain things: a full-scale stone statue of a bull-headed human demon, a larger-than-human vase with a drawing of Hell painted on the outside and a rat-eating flower large enough to eat a dog, an arch that appears to be a portal with a demonic "garbage spout" sign on it, and a large globe floating in mid-air with red and blue star symbols.

There were a lot of demons in the middle of those stalls, some were selling and some were purchasing, and there should be hundreds of them upstairs and downstairs. The smell of sulfur and the smell of the Demon Realm are mixed to replace the original smell of dust.

The room, which had been quiet, suddenly became noisy, and it was all demonic talking and shouting. There's a Demon Market hidden here!

When he looked closely, almost every store had a "recruitment notice" posted on it, which is why the sheep-headed demon told him to turn his head.

The sheep-headed demon noticed that Vick was disobedient, and pounced on Vic's feet, pressing his soft and warm belly against his calf, "Nasty! 」

Xi Ke nodded, it seems that his shop is very short of people.