Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 100 Deep Hell Purgatory
In fact, this painting is not very big, and it is only A4 size when fully unfolded.

But the vivid images inside caught Brian's attention immediately.

The background of the oil painting is a rocky wilderness full of blood and fire. A huge monster with dark red wings and a whip-like tail is suspended in mid-air.

Careful observation can also reveal that the whole body of this monster with two horns is covered with armor-like scales, and dirty green venom is dripping from its mouth full of fangs.

Brian instantly recognized the identity on the oil painting.

This is a pit fiend.

A high-level devil whose strength is comparable to that of Balor from the bottomless abyss.

They are the unquestionable overlords of most demons, and these powerful demons are also the capable generals of the demon lords, often following around.

The strength is at least the fifth-order legendary start.

Looking at the fiend in deep hell alive on the oil painting, for a moment, Brian seemed to be in a blood-red battlefield full of demons and their corpses.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the blood-red eyes of the abyssal fiend blinking at him strangely, and depraved blasphemous words began to chatter in his ears:
Fallen!
I smell the bitter smell of decay and death in this war-torn world.

Your future will perish one after another through starvation and strife, and finally be silent in perfect immortality.

Don't you aspire to be a great leader who can lead everyone out of trouble?

tell me!
Who wants to be the real master of this world!

Believe in yourself, you can be this person.

Stand up bravely!
I will give you everything your heart desires!
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Brian, who had been prepared for a long time, sneered. How could a little thing that had lost its strength and could only hide in the oil painting threaten him.

He unhurriedly mobilized his god-like power, and with an unwilling roar, all the illusions and corrupt words disappeared without a trace.

Afterwards, Brian put away the oil painting and tied it up, but he didn't mean to give it to Wizard Morele.

Because he had guessed the culprit who made Princess Kearney fall into a deep sleep.

It can be seen from this that, for some reason, the deep hell refining demon in the oil painting has caused its own strength to drop significantly, and has degenerated into a little devil with low strength.

Then he had to hide in the oil painting, relying on tempting mortals to degenerate, so as to absorb the power to grow.

Thinking of this, his mind couldn't help becoming active.

"Haven't you guys ever thought about burning this oil painting?" Brian looked at the oil painting, pondered for a long time, and asked puzzledly.

He has discovered that the carrier of the little devil is this oil painting, that is to say, as long as the oil painting is burned, this arrogant little guy will naturally disappear completely.

"It's useless." Morele smiled wryly, "We have tried many methods, and we even went to the kingdom of Karnas to invite a priest, but we couldn't purify this oil painting. Even if we throw it far away , will also appear in the palace strangely."

Brian nodded thoughtfully, and asked all the questions in his heart:

"I heard you mention that whenever you try to save the princess, this little devil will come out to make trouble. What is the reason? That little devil appears at the end of every month, and why?"

He had roughly guessed the specific reason, and the reason why he asked this question was just to confirm whether the idea in his heart was correct.

"I once tried to transfer the princess's body to the temple of the Kingdom of Karnas, where the sacred energy is abundant, and it is the best way to get rid of the evil devil's entanglement. Just when I was about to take action, the projection of the little devil will appear Appeared from the oil painting, warned me of the consequences of doing so, and assured me that as long as we cooperate with him honestly, the princess will definitely wake up from her deep sleep."

Under the signal of the old king, wizard Morelle told Brian, "That is to say, as long as we don't transfer the princess' body, the little devil won't stop her. Moreover, we need to promise him one thing."

"What's the matter?" Brian suddenly became interested.

On the surface, maybe the little devil really won't stop them from saving the princess, but if the bottom line is really touched, this cunning little guy will definitely be impatient.

For the character of the devil, he can be said to be very familiar with it.

From Wizard Morelle's narration, it can be seen that the little devil said that the princess would wake up, so he probably didn't lie to them, but it was definitely not as simple as they imagined.

After all, this is a deep-hell refiner who has grown to a fifth-level legend. If he believes his nonsense, he may not even know how he died.

"At the end of every month, an evil prisoner must be sacrificed to him. This is not a difficult task for us, because there are countless such people in the dungeons of Golden Feather City." Wizard Morelle continued:
"We also temporarily agreed to the little devil's request in order to find a way to rescue us, so as to delay the time. Therefore, the matter of the sleeping princess has been delayed until now."

"I see." After Brian heard this, a look of surprise appeared in his expression.

As for the little devil asking the king to sacrifice the evil prisoner to him, it is obvious that he wants to claim the soul of the prisoner and use it to restore his own strength.

As for why he clings to the princess, Brian can also guess the reason.

Because the most common method used by lawful evil devils to obtain mortal souls is: corrupt first, and benefit later.

Princess Korni has the purest celestial bloodline, allowing this cunning little guy to discover the opportunity to improve her strength.

Among demons there is no greater pleasure than to corrupt a celestial being.

This is like the reason why the celestial creatures let the devil join the good camp.

Therefore, this cunning little devil frightened Wizard Morele and the others, and then used his little power to start a long-term corruption plan against the sleeping Princess Kearney.

It can be seen from this that Princess Kearney definitely opened the picture scroll before she fell asleep, and she was successfully seduced by the little devil and fell into the abyss of depravity.

If it wasn't for her sudden awakening of the celestial blood that saved her life, the princess at this time might have died under the influence of the power of corruption long ago.

It is also this pure celestial blood that allows the little devil, who is eager to regain his strength, to find a shortcut to improve quickly.

Devils and demons are very fond of souls, especially the purer ones.

If this kind of soul wants to be tempered stronger, the easiest way is to let it suffer pain and torture, and the quality of the soul will become higher accordingly.

But the soul potential of an ordinary person is very low, and it will collapse after a little torture. For the devil, the use value is not too high.

That's why he asked the king to sacrifice an evil prisoner every month, nothing more than trading quantity for quality.

But the soul of Princess Kearney, who has the blood of the heavens, has a very high potential.

As long as it is tempered successfully under the terrible mental torture of the little devil, Princess Corni's soul will be corrupted or tempered into a high-quality soul crystal.

After using it, the little devil's strength will definitely be greatly restored.

However, from the fact that Princess Kearney has been sleeping for half a year and is still safe and sound, at most she just showed pain on her face. Obviously, this little devil whose strength has been greatly weakened obviously has no good way to deal with the princess.

In other words, for the time being, this cunning little guy can only rely on the defective soul of the evil prisoner to slowly recover his strength.

Only in this way, with the gradual improvement of his strength, he will master an effective method to deal with Princess Corney.

I have to say that the little devil's method is still good.

If there were no accidents during the whole process, Brian believed that within half a year, the soul of the sleeping Princess Kearney would be completely corrupted, or be tempered into the soul crystallization of the little devil's greatly restored strength.

Thinking of this, Brian finally had a clear understanding of the whole incident of the sleeping princess.

He knew that if he wanted to save the princess, the first thing he had to deal with was the oil painting in his hand.

As long as he finds a way to destroy the little devil's carrier oil painting, the threat posed by this cunning little guy will also be eliminated.

At that time, he can prepare for the awakening ceremony with peace of mind, so that the princess will completely awaken the celestial bloodline and the professional ability of the God-blessed Warlock.

"I'll keep this oil painting first." Brian put away the oil painting and said to the old wizard, "Let me deal with this little devil as well."

"Is there anything I need to help?" The old wizard asked in surprise, looking at Brian who opened the oil painting but was safe and sound, and his expression didn't change at all.

"Then I would like to trouble you to find me a quiet room. I need to study the method of saving the princess." Brian pondered for a while, and said some of his requirements: "It is best to have a well-equipped laboratory for wizards."

"It's simple." The old wizard took the initiative to say: "Later, I will take you to the place where I live. All the appliances there are very complete and should be able to meet your requirements."

"Then I will trouble you, Your Excellency the Wizard." Brian nodded slightly, and said to the old king again:
"Your Majesty, I still need a lot of special materials to prepare the magic circle. I will make a list when the time comes. I hope you can prepare it for me as soon as possible. This is related to the time when Princess Kearni wakes up."

"You can just tell Wizard Morele." The old king pondered for a moment, then said slowly, "He will fulfill your request."

"That would be the best thing."

"Bryan..." The old king was silent for a long time, his tone trembling with the unknown, and asked him: "As the father of my child, I can feel that my child is suffering unimaginable pain. Tell me the truth , how sure are you of saving the princess?"

After speaking, he looked at Brian again, his cloudy eyes seemed to be able to penetrate his soul.

"100% sure, Your Majesty." Brian calmly looked into the old king's eyes and said confidently.

He wasn't lying. If he just wanted to revive the princess, he was indeed quite sure. However, if he wanted to revive the princess and at the same time awaken the celestial bloodline and God's Blessing Warlock, he still needed to study carefully before he dared to draw a final conclusion.

"That's all up to you."

The old king ignored the orange cat's dissatisfied eyes, slowly got up from the chair, and his old body bowed deeply to Brian.

"I will do my best!" Brian stood up and said sincerely and firmly.

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(End of this chapter)