Chapter 1: Prelude

The forest was even more gloomy at night, the lights were out in the liveliest Red Demon tavern in the town, the sky was silent, and the wind was still. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Dressed in a black cloak and hooded over his rose-colored hair, Neil stood by the side of the road like a thorny tree, blending in with the forest.

At the end of the road, black smoke suddenly filled the air, as if it was slow and urgent, and a carriage rushed out, and the horse's hooves fell to the ground and splashed silent blue flames, burning out the aftermath, and the silence remained, a pantomime.

The carriage came to a halt in front of Neil and picked him up on his journey, and Neil did not pull down his hood, even though there was still one person in the carriage.

In the middle of the carriage, Master Green glanced at Neil, but still closed his eyes.

The night was deeper, and the forest was silent but moving.

Looking down from the sky, you can find several strange silent carriages driving in the same direction along different forest paths, around the carriage, between the branches and leaves of the tall black pine forest, a few red phantoms flash from time to time, it is the red demon, the guardian of this forest demon realm, the legend of the town, the waiter of this banquet tonight.

Following the rules of this magical realm, the outsiders carefully gathered everything they had, and soon, unhindered, they arrived at their destination, the mysterious castle.

The carriages gathered together to hiss for the first time of the night, and while the pantomime was at a curtain, the scenery changed, the trees twisted and shrunk, the glass-like colors spread, arranged, combined, and the guests of the banquet were still outside the castle, but when everything was normal, they were all holding goblets of red wine, scattered in the wide dining room.

Neil's hood also disappeared, turning into a gown embroidered with black flowers.

In the candlelight, Neil, with his rose-colored broken hair, looked even younger, and his black pupils shimmered with a strange light.

"Dear sir, great mages, the trade begins. ”

A calm, magnetic bass reverberates through the hall, the initiator of this feast, the current owner of the mysterious castle, the imprisoned Grand Devil Senmat.

The routine opening remarks began.

"The heavenly realm is full of light, the astral realm is mysterious, the abyss is chaotic, and the kingdom of God is in order"

"Whether life is humble or not, it all depends on strength, knowledge is power, wisdom is the sword, and blood is the currency that passes between countless powers, which can inherit the knowledge accumulated in the times and buy the sharpest sword. ”

"The Semimat Bloodline Fair has officially begun. ”

"Remember, the only thing you can trade tonight is blood. ”

The sound echoed through the hall and disappeared into the marble dome.

The candles on the dining table suddenly lit up, the hall was as bright as day, and the fair officially began.

The surroundings began to get noisy.

There were not many carriages coming, but there were many people. The buyers and sellers of the trade fair always arrive separately, and this transaction is limited to the fact that the owner Senmat is still in confinement, and it will end at dawn, and the time is limited, and everyone goes straight to the goal.

Neil quickly found Green through the mana connection, but Green was already waiting for him with several people.

Although none of these people wore badges, their standing posture and expensive trinkets already indicated their noble status, and Neil quickly judged that they were all nobles above the viscount, and whether they were agents of higher nobles was an answer that only Green could know.

The two-hundred-year-old Master Green was very impatient, his time was limited, his level was too low, and he was emitting mana radiation all the time in the Demon Realm to counteract Senmat's innate force field, which made him consume a lot, but he had to put on the most amiable attitude when facing Neil.

Green really needed this deal to be successful, with enough money for him to be able to remake and extend his life, and with enough time, he could hope to meet the minimum criteria for becoming a lich.

Neil is his hope. The money that walks in his eyes.

Master Grimm turned to the leader of the group and said, "It's him, my perfect test subject, I have successfully transplanted four bloodlines in him, each of which can stimulate special abilities, and it does not affect the host's intelligence or lifespan at all!"

The ringleader, a thin middle-aged blonde man, asked Neil with interest, "How old are you?"

Neil replied, "Twelve, level seven." ”

The middle-aged man then looked at the group, and a veiled woman nodded to him.

Green and Neil knew in their hearts that this woman must have the talent or skill to be a lie detector or to see through the truth.

The middle-aged man didn't talk nonsense anymore, and the fairs of Semimatt were always guaranteed by the devil, and he said directly: "Then let's start, please call me Connan Byrne." ”

One of the rules of the trade fair: reveal your real name in front of Semimatt, and the transaction officially begins.

As the words fell, the environment changed again, and there was a devil bound in chains on the throne at the end of the torch-lit council hall. The disastrous skin, the black corners born on the side of the ears, and the body hidden in the darkness, it was Senmat, the great devil who was imprisoned here after being defeated by the ancient legendary mage.

"Let's get started," the Great Devil spoke.

Connan Byrne nodded, and a man from the group behind him stepped out and walked towards the Devil, his clothes falling apart, revealing the roaring mammoth totem on his back.

The voice of the Great Devil sounded, and it was clearly interested.

"The beast soul warrior of the barbarian race, or the high-level totem warrior who has been blessed by sacrifice, is very good, very good, I approve your transaction. ”

In the darkness, the chains sounded, and the great devil stretched out a four-fingered palm, and everyone's eyes were attracted to it, and before the palm retreated into the darkness, a looming totem of a roaring mammoth flashed.

The barbarian warrior had disappeared silently.

Neil suddenly felt a darkness in front of him, and a wave of weakness hit him, he knew that his ability bloodline had been stripped of it, and it was impossible to regenerate it in the short term.

Four points of light lit up in the darkness, and four gems flew in, Conan Byrne was overjoyed to reach out and catch them, and after a little investigation, he knew that these four gems were the mountain giant, the burst dwarf, the demon of the mirror lake and the blood essence of the centaur, although they were not high-level bloodlines, and even inferior ones were barely enough, but it was rare to be able to perfectly integrate in a person and also stimulate special abilities without affecting the host, these four gems were the guarantee of creating a genius, and the appearance of a genius was of great significance to the nobles.

The special ability of the great devil Semimat, perfectly replicated - if a miracle can appear the first time, Semimat can make it appear a second time.

Connieburne immediately saluted the Great Devil, and with a wave of his hand, the Great Devil ended the transaction, and everyone was teleported back to the hall, except for Neil.

Green was not surprised, an important rule of the Semimatt Trade Fair was that sellers could only be mages, and those who were not mages must be subordinate to a mage to enter the Demon Realm. Neil simply found his intermediary to make a temporary deal at the price of the full remuneration of the buyer of the transaction. As for why Neil did this, Green also had a guess in his heart, are there still few people who want to make secret deals with the devil?

Green thought to himself, "A fool blinded by greed. "The four perfectly compatible ability bloodlines, it is not a problem to become a sanctuary one day, it is not a problem to be sold because of immediate interests, it is foolish, it is good to have a few more such fools.

Green happily paid Connie Byrne, but as for the other party, he knew that Byrne was just an agent of a great nobleman, and it was impossible to make a single transaction this time, let alone waste time guessing the whereabouts of a powerless waste.

It's still the same chamber.

Senmatt looked at Neil, who was weakened by the drain of his bloodline, and in this castle, his twelve doppelgangers were trading in different places. Only the one in front of him is his real body.

He could feel that the child's body was being filled with another strange energy, this energy was not magic, not vindictive, nor spiritual, it seemed to be a pure physical power, in addition, between Neil's breath and breath, the natural elements were also rhythmizing according to the strange frequency.

"Funny little guys. "Senmatt is very happy, I don't know how long I have been trapped here, so long that the enemies are dead, and there is no motivation for revenge, and it is a pleasure to see interesting guys.

Senmatt said to Neil, who had finished pranayama, "Little one, this is your second time here." ”