Chapter 36: The Scales of Truth
Killed the Red Blood Bat King, not only Fan Zhong knew, but Hogg, who had returned to the magic tower at this time, suddenly saw the flickering light of the map on the side, took it curiously, and after a brief look, he found that there was a black mark missing on the map
"Hey, Fan Chong, this kid is good, he actually served that bat swarm in one pot? No, he shouldn't have used that scroll! In that case, it seems that the most important level I arranged next will not be so easy!"
Just when Hogg was about to see what Fan Chong should do next, the door of the magic room suddenly opened, and I saw an attendant walk in, "Lord Hogg, Wox and Lord Federi are already waiting for you in the research institute, the blood of the 'blood corpse' has been refined, according to our research, nothing special has been found, and you still need to analyze it next!"
"Have you already done a blood analysis, how is your status, and what is your behavior?"
"At present, what can be determined is that the 'blood corpse' was born through the parasitic mode, and the swordsmen have died after being parasitized, but their strength has been greatly improved, and the parasitic creature is a red light that exudes blood red, we suspect that it is blood-transmitted, so the blood analysis was carried out first, but nothing abnormal was found in the blood, so all the adults hope that Lord Hogg can discover the mystery, after all, except for the inscription master, who is most familiar with the blood of all classes. ”
"I was nearby when the blood corpse appeared, but I didn't expect it to spread so quickly, I heard that a similar existence appeared in this imperial capital?" When he said this, Hogg's eyes were already able to become extremely sharp, and under the direct gaze of this gaze, the servant became more and more respectful, but did not directly answer Hogg's question
Seeing that the servant in front of him didn't say a word, Hogg also guessed the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't continue to ask, "Lead the way, I hope to discover what kind of existence this so-called 'blood corpse' is as soon as possible, it is really interesting to be able to make people gain strength and break through so much, maybe I can also learn from it and develop a new scroll."
Hogg muttered to himself and walked out of the magic room........................
At this time, the Rock Forest has lost its former tranquility, the original dense jungle, overgrown with weeds, almost as tall as a person, but now, there are large and small mercenary groups stationed in various places in the Rock Forest, and there are fighting sounds and strange roars in various places in the forest
And, every once in a while, people would return to the garrison from the forest, some in groups, with joy on their faces after victory, and some were seriously wounded, and without saying a word, they found a remote corner and stayed quietly, but from the conversation of the mercenaries on the side, it can be known that those who come back alone like this, without exception, his mercenaries have been destroyed
This situation is not strange for everyone to see in the forest, and then this kind of person will either withdraw to the nearest mercenary guild and return to the federation with the large army, or they will fight again, temporarily join a new mercenary group, accept the extremely unfair division of interests, and return to the rocky forest again
While everyone was resting together at the station, a group of mercenaries got together to talk about their recent gains, as well as the recent events on the Apocalypse Continent, and the most eye-catching thing recently was the bounty mission that caused the mercenaries to attack the Rock Forest on a large scale, and the mission jointly issued by the Mercenary Guild, the Holy Alliance, and the Church
"Did you hear that the price of blood corpses has risen again?"
"What? It's gone up again, what's the market now, brother, tell me, our mercenary group hasn't been to the mercenary guild for a while!"
"Then I'll tell you, I believe you came here after seeing the bounty task issued by the Mercenary Guild, and now in the orc tribe of the Red Flame Mountain Range not far from here, the Mercenary Guild has established a branch there, and my news is also from there."
"Red Flame Mountain Range, I remember that there is an orc tribe there, but I remember that the leader tribe there is the Extreme Wolf Tribe, they seem to be quite repulsive to the human race, why did they suddenly agree to us to establish a mercenary guild in the Red Flame Mountain Range?"
The mercenary, who was telling the other mercenaries what he had learned, did not get angry at him for interrupting his speech when he heard the sudden question, but was happy to explain it to him
"This old man, you learned the information too late, now the leader tribe of the Red Flame Mountain Range is no longer the Extreme Wolf Tribe, but the Tiger Xiao Tribe, this time, it was also the Dawning Mercenary Regiment and the warriors of the Tiger Xiao tribe who defeated the leader of the Extreme Wolf Tribe-Lang Tu in the duel, which allowed the tribes in the Red Flame Mountain Range to reach an agreement with the Terran Federation to establish a small transit war, and also established a mercenary branch!"
"And after the establishment of the guild is completed, the previous bounty task has also been updated, this time the goal of the bounty task has not changed, it is still those crimson monsters and 'blood corpses', but if you can capture it alive, then the rewards you get after that will be doubled, and even catch high-level monsters, in addition to the spiritual source reward, you can also get a chance to exchange any materials of the same level at the mercenary guild, and this time the task is also called the 'Crimson Mission'!"
The bounty update of the 'Crimson Mission' and the extra mercenary guilds in the Red Flame Mountain Range made all the mercenary groups present excited, and soon many mercenary groups came to the mercenaries who spread the news at the beginning, spent a certain amount of spiritual resources to buy a map to the Red Flame Mountain Range, and then set off towards the Red Flame Mountain Range with the harvested resources
Soon, there were not many people in this resting place, and all this happened in various bases of similar size in the Rock Forest, and behind all this promotion was also initiated by the merchant group that came to the Red Flame Mountain Range, sending the mercenaries of their own merchant group to find the scattered mercenary groups in the Rock Forest
Spread the information in the Red Flame Mountain Range to these mercenary groups, let them come to the mountains to trade, although this hunting boom is because of the weird 'blood corpse' incident, but the most in the rock forest is not the blood corpse, but the magic beasts, medicinal materials and ores, the existence of the merchant group is for these, soon the merchant group has come to the Red Flame Mountain Range, and the mercenary group obtains most of the materials to be traded
Therefore, with the help of the spread channels of these large merchant groups, the Red Flame Mountain Range has been known to the vast majority of mercenary groups active in the Rock Forest in a short period of time, since there is a place with merchant groups, mercenary guilds and other facilities, they are of course willing to come to the Red Flame Mountain Range to trade
Blood corpses, red blood monsters did not suffer a devastating blow because of the large-scale hunting of the mercenary group, but became more and more numerous, and even these blood corpses and demonic beasts that survived at the beginning have been improved in each fight, and gradually the strength of the mercenary group that came into the forest at the beginning could not keep up, so some powerful existences also accepted the commission from the mercenary guild and came to the area where the blood corpses broke out
And in the imperial capital, in an extremely secret place, the surroundings are very quiet, in which there is a strangely shaped statue, the whole face of the statue except for a huge mouth open, there is also a pair of strange red eyes, suddenly, the red eyes flashed a strange light, and then the whole statue seems to be revived
I saw that the mouth that was originally open slowly closed, but it didn't take long to open it again, and suddenly there was a staccato sound in this quiet space
"No...... Enough, no...... No...... That's enough......! It's still ...... It's ............ Far! power, I ...... Yes............ Feel it!"
"Lucifer, I'...... Know............ You...... It's ............ Here, help me! No...... Or you............ Can't finish it...... Cheng, help me...... ...... it Give...... Send ...... Get out, I'm ............ Need... Spirit...... Soul!"
The words fell, and I saw that this strange statue had reverted to its original appearance, but in front of the statue, a red, incomparably demonic red light cluster was condensed, and the demonic light seemed to be about to fall into it at a glance, and there seemed to be something in this light cluster
After the statue returned to silence, the entire space returned to its original darkness, as if nothing had happened, everything seemed so normal, except for the flickering of light that had been emitting an eerie red light. Suddenly, a point of light appeared, tearing through the space, and a pair of infinitely white, crystal clear hands emerged from the light
In the dazzling light, except for these two hands, nothing else seemed to be able to see clearly, only to see these hands slowly approaching the strange light cluster, and soon reached into the light cluster, and then with both hands, a golden balance appeared, on which the balance was inlaid with precious stones, there was no carriage under the tray on both sides, and in the middle there was only a bare gold pointer, on both sides of the pointer, a sharp sword was depicted on one side, and countless gold coins were depicted on the other
"Mammon, it seems that you are really in a hurry, and you actually took out the scale of truth directly, aren't you afraid that I will take it for myself?" A magnetic voice came out of the light, like a heavenly sound, although the tone was full of coldness, but the moment it was heard was extremely gentle
Looking at the quiet statue in front of him, the outstretched hands of the light group tightly grasped the 'Scales of Truth', and after a long time, in a sigh, I saw these perfect hands throw the 'Scales of Truth' upward, a crack crossed, and the 'Scales of Truth' was wrapped in a strange red light and left this space
"I don't know if it's the right thing to do, but I do need your strength, if you can cooperate with me well after recovery, then I won't stop you, but if you want to change this world to the way it was, then even if I give everything, I will destroy you all!"
After the words were finished, the hands returned to the light, and then the light disappeared into this space, and slowly the place returned to tranquility, and there was no sign of any living existence, just like that, after a long, long time, the eyes on the statue flashed a strange red light
"New ...... The world needs ...... Want...... Formulate............ New...... Target.................. Order... Preface, while ............ We're ...... Be... Order............ Target... Forger, Lu ...... Road...... West...... Law, both...... But you ...... Are you still ...... In nostalgia...... Go, that...... Just note...... Sure...... Temporary...... Era...... Abandoned, and ...... We...... I will become a god in the end!"
Rock Forest, Level 3 Safety Belt, near the sky above Level 4 Danger Zone
A white light flashed, a crack was cut in the sky, and a demonic light cluster wrapped in the 'Scales of Truth' appeared, and just a moment after the light cluster appeared, a flying demonic beast with a demonic red blood color grabbed the light cluster, and then flew away in the dense forest below the flying demonic beast, and came to an empty meadow with a lake next to it
Here, inhabited by all kinds of magical beasts, large and small, the appearance of flying magical beasts did not disturb any magical beasts, as if they knew that flying magical beasts were coming, the common point of the magical beasts that appeared here is that the level is above the third level, and the third-level magical beasts all have territorial consciousness, so many of them, the phenomenon of the same level of magical beasts gathering together is impossible, all of this reveals a strange atmosphere
After the flying monster came here, its wings began to swing slightly, and slowly put the 'Truth Scale' in its hand on the ground, and the red light cluster wrapped in the 'Truth Scale' began to dissipate, converging towards a place behind the Monster Group
The big mouth with the open mouth and the small eyes were slowly sucking the red light at this time, and a pair of short arms slowly condensed under it, and then the 'greed' floated above the 'scale of truth', and with a big mouth, he swallowed the 'scale of truth', and after squinting his eyes slightly, 'greed' suddenly let out a surprised sound
"This is actually the real 'Balance of Truth', it seems that the main body is already in a hurry, I wasn't sure if I could bewitch the fourth-level demonic beast before, now that the 'Scales of Truth' are in hand, then everything will be much simpler next, let's start!"