Lord Hunter needs a commission

"Yes, three corpse grave demons have already been killed by Charlotte, codenamed Pale Blood, but I don't think he still has the strength to deal with Edmond Dantès' hole card, and the playmaker Jhin is also here."

Finally, the following instructions came from the communication device:

'...Anjie, solve or cover up the signs of traitors, and the rest will be borne by the bureaucrats above. '

"Yes."

Chapter 54 Here I Come, Edmond Dantès

The pillar of fire that soared into the sky, as if heralding the arrival of the final doomsday, connected the sky and the earth, burning the gray clouds all over the sky fiery red, reflecting in the pale golden pupils.

Since the first time she took up a gun and a sword five years ago and chopped down a werewolf with her own hands, it was the first time that Charlotte felt so powerless.

The experience accumulated in fighting different monsters, the flexible use of several spells, the blood transformation through the grass potion, the proficiency and use of guns, the swordsmanship taught by the demigod... These constitute the source of Charlotte's self-confidence. How pale it was when looking at that pillar of fire.

Not only is the fatigue and injuries on her body still unhealed, even if she didn't witness the 'thing' that created this pillar of fire, Charlotte could sense the gap between them.

Coming from a distance, it was filled with a terrifying aura of burning everything and destroying all obstacles, which almost suffocated the weak him. It was not an individual he could deal with in his current weak state.

This sense of oppression and fear, apart from the demigod who taught him swordsmanship but never felt the slightest aura, was only under the shadow of the ancient god hidden in the dream world where Maria existed.

Yes, there is nothing wrong.

It was precisely because she saw it with her own eyes that Charlotte understood how terrifying the existence of that kind of individual who was truly transcendent was.

Just seeing their shadows will cause terrible disasters, and just looking directly at their faces will fall into the abyss and die without a burial.

This is the profound understanding gained after facing the shadow of the ancient god bound by blood and killing.

Although the pillar of fire was not as terrible as the kind of spiritual pollution that Charlotte was familiar with, which would cause people to go crazy and lose their minds, it didn't mean that the individual who created the pillar of fire would be any worse.

In fact, Charlotte could sense that an inexplicable force had descended on the city of Novigrad.

Depravity, evil, darkness, destruction.

The contradictory unknown forces of chaos and order are spreading, bringing heavy pressure on Charlotte, as if she is on the edge of a crater that is about to erupt, and she wants to watch the oncoming natural disaster with her own eyes. Engulfed by oneself, deeply feel the despair and helplessness of the doomsday.

The griffin pendant hanging on the neck seemed to be having a convulsion at the moment, vibrating crazily, reminding the wearer of the fatal danger ahead.

Originally thought that the appearance of the Corpse Tomb Demon was a very serious threat.And Edmond's extraction of the vitality of a city's citizens is the source of the crisis.

It's a pity that Charlotte now understands that the above two points are just a prelude, or a bait to divert attention and energy.

If he had gone directly to the manor, he might have been able to prevent this scene from happening.But he was attracted by the corpse grave demon, thinking that this was Edmond's plan, and then fought desperately with the corpse grave demon, losing the last chance to stop Edmund.

What that pillar of fire was, Charlotte didn't know.

But he could guess that this was definitely something more difficult than the Corpse Grave Demon.

Now, do you want to go there?

Charlotte panted in a low voice, and because she stopped and rested for a while, her physical strength somewhat recovered, but the internal injuries caused by the Sword Emperor Art were not as easy to recover as physical strength.

Fortunately, the negative energy radiation accumulated in the body has been cleaned up, and with more rest, you can recover more fighting power.

But, does it still make sense now?

If you go, you can't fight, if you go, you will die... Or, leave? ? ? ?

At his own speed, he could indeed escape from the city, and he could even take some citizens who hadn't died in the disaster to escape.Although he didn't know what Edmund was planning to do, judging from the fact that he chose to send himself and Heidi out of Novigrad, he obviously didn't intend to really kill himself, that is to say...

Pa~!

He slapped himself vigorously with his backhand, and the throbbing pain on his cheek woke up Charlotte's cranky mind instantly.

"Run, run, run, you're big!"

Gritting her teeth, Charlotte, who felt ashamed and embarrassed by the thought of running away, calmed down, and then clearly sensed the extra 'weird' feeling spreading in the air.

"Aura of fear."

"Damn it, I almost got caught."

Aura of fear, a special kind of supernatural power, in some extraordinary creatures, born with this kind of ability that can make people fear.

This ability cannot affect the material world, but it can interfere with the spiritual world. Once it is affected by this supernatural power, it will cause a sense of fear from the depths of the heart, and even experienced warriors will collapse and lose everything. Courage becomes a coward.

Of course, this ability also has flaws, as long as one can resist this kind of fear, no matter whether it is by willpower or by some external force, one will be directly immune to the aura of fear for at least one day.

But now, after realizing the influence on the subconscious, Charlotte dispelled the withdrawal and cowardice in her heart, and successfully resisted the influence.

"That won't dissuade me, Edmond."

Charlotte whispered, and reached into the built-in pocket of her clothes.

From the built-in pocket, Charlotte took out two test tubes filled with liquids of different colors between her fingers.

After biting off the corks on the two test tubes with her mouth, Charlotte poured the liquid in the test tubes into her mouth in one breath.

The cold and bitter liquid mixed together, flowed into the throat, and flowed down the esophagus into the stomach.

Randomly smashing the empty test tube to the ground, Charlotte took a deep breath, stood up straight, and began to endure the severe pain that spread from the stomach to the whole body.

"Well, bah."

After spitting, in the severe pain, the veins on the neck and face bulged, Charlotte grinned hoarsely and endured, waiting for the recovery of physical strength and injuries in the body.

Although this recovery comes at a price, and it will accumulate a certain degree of toxins in the body.

But Charlotte had to admit that the pain was the pain, the stamina recovery effect of the tawny owl, and the healing effect of the white Lafada decoction were indeed very effective.

"Huh, huh, huh, huh."

After taking a few deep breaths, after the pain disappeared from her body, Charlotte moved her muscles and bones, and confirmed that her physical strength was fully recovered by the effect of the tawny owl, and the dark wounds in her body were also squeezed by the white Lafada decoction. After the vitality was healed, Charlotte started to walk towards the Manor of the Count of Monte Cristo.

Although next, it is true that he will face the individual who created the pillar of fire and exudes fear aura, but so what?

If he didn't get back the cheated account, and didn't drag Edmund to beat him up, Charlotte was sure that he would regret it in the future.

"Here I come, Edmond Dantès."

I tried to write something about the protagonist's inner struggle, and the same situation will appear in future chapters. Well, it's a test, and I want to write a protagonist who will grow.

Chapter 55 Tremble, Despair, Mortals

The pain, the endless pain, the flames burned the flesh and bones, and the pain that penetrated deep into the soul almost completely tore Edmond's consciousness to pieces.

But he couldn't die, every time the flame burned a piece of flesh and blood on his body, the life force from the Philosopher's Stone would reshape the burned flesh and blood.Afterwards, destruction and regeneration were staged alternately, making it impossible for him to survive or die.

But this kind of hellish torture, which can torture warriors who were born and died and sages with tough hearts, to the point of collapse, but it can't defeat Edmond himself.

On the contrary, he who was bathed in the flames finally achieved his goal.

A dark and evil will, in his call, began to come to him.

Using itself as the container, and using the weapon called the Heavenly Fire Sacred Order as the introduction, the existence under the magic circle of the reverse pentagram, which had been dusty for countless years, began to wake up.

Soon, the pain disappeared from Edmund's body.

Immediately, that will was poured into his body, squeezing his own soul and consciousness aside, and took the initiative to control this body.

Edmund stared at this scene soberly, seeing the existence that had mastered his body, bathed in the sea of ​​fire, without any serious problems, as if the surrounding fire did not exist at all, holding the Holy Order of Heavenly Fire with his body , step by step towards the outside of the pillar of fire.

Every time he takes a step forward, the lava that has already been burned by the flames will actively cover the body that originally belonged to Edmond, and then solidify, just like this, wrapping up layer by layer. Edmond's body was completely covered in it.

But this did not hinder Edmond's sight, nor did he fall into darkness.On the contrary, at this time, through the 'sight' shared with this will, he can clearly see how this will is solidified into a body and forged into armor with flames and lava.

bump.

The pillar of fire dissipated after a black shadow stepped out of it.

At this moment, the former estate of the Count of Monte Cristo has become a lake of flames and lava, exuding a billowing heat wave, causing the surrounding temperature to rise sharply to the point where ordinary people can be dehydrated to death, just like a real crater.

However, the figure standing here turned a blind eye to the high temperature around him. Not only that, this figure also exuded high temperature, and the ground turned into scorched earth after standing under his feet for a while.

'Mortal, the contract is reached. '

Sharing the 'vision' with Edmond, and controlling the will of his body, he said to Edmond who was driven into the depths of his consciousness, "When I turn this city into scorched earth, your body and soul will Totally mine. '

"Of course, everything is as stated in the contract." Edmond replied, "Although the Nine Hells have been destroyed, the reputation of the devil is stronger than the oracle of the gods."

'You are a good mortal, but unfortunately, if the nine hells are not destroyed, your soul will be able to escape directly from the soul worm and be upgraded to a devil after falling into hell. ' said the will. 'And, I'm not a baatezu, strictly speaking, I'm a tanar'ri. '

"A demon from the lawful camp?"

'In my time, since there were succubus paladins, so what if there was another lawful demon? '

'What's more, which one of the real high-ranking demons will be bound by chaos?We will only follow our own desires, not chaotic servants of the will of the abyss. '

……

The flaming eyes slowly opened under the horned helmet, looking at this familiar yet strange world.

Familiar, because this place used to be the 'heaven' where every demon from the outer interface wanted to come here, filled with a lot of cowardly mortals, where they could unleash violence and killing to their heart's content.

To say it is unfamiliar is because the mortal world today is quite different from the past. The dense buildings, towering chimneys, and vast cities make it clear that times have changed.

It learned from Edmund's memory that this city named Novigrad has a population of 40 to [-].In the previous era, this kind of population base could only be achieved by the leading big cities that received the protection of many gods, or the floating cities of the Netheril Empire, and even the total population of some principalities could not match.

However, it learned from its memory that Novigrad was not a big city, and without the various industries in the city, Novigrad could only be regarded as a third-rate city at best.

This is not an era in which gods and demons are superior and control the fate of life and death, but a human era in which mortals forge ahead.

The gods are dead, the demons are gone, the elves are gone, the dwarves are gone, the orcs are gone... Humans, a race that has never been known for being powerful, have never been favored, won the final victory and almost wiped out all intelligent races competitors.

This is a goal that even the great arcanists of the Netheril era could not achieve.

Quietly browsing Edmond's memory, compared with the previous era, it feels that human beings are evil and powerful, so terrifying, and at the same time, they are more curious about the world today.

Demons have always followed their own desires.

However, mortals have always misunderstood that demons who obey their desires are just a group of robbers or lunatics who have no brains and only kill and plunder.

As everyone knows, if there are no rules, how can the Tanar'ri Demon have a promoted form like a devil?How can there be territorial awareness?How could those demon lords intrigue with each other?

The real high-level demons are never inferior to their old opponents in cunning, and to some extent, they have more advantages than demons who are accustomed to political struggles.

After browsing Edmond's memory, it liked this era of order and chaos more and more.

However, before it can get a deeper understanding of this era, it has to complete the contract first. Even if a demon abides by the contract, it was a fantasy in the past, but now, it doesn't mind changing the ancient custom of tearing up the treaty. one.

Anyway, the requirement of the contract is to let it destroy the city.

The scorched skeleton wings spread out behind him, dark red demonic runes flashed on the bone wings made of smoke and flames, fear aura and evil aura spread wantonly, and the raging flames, after its bone wings unfolded, came from It spewed out from the ground, turning the place it stood on into a piece of scorched earth.

"Tremble and despair, mortals. The end of this city has come."

It laughed wildly, roaring to its heart's content for its return to the world.

The terrifying voice of the devil echoed under the sky, and plunged the city into a countdown to destruction.

This is not a description, but a fact.

As it moved forward, the flames and scorched earth began to expand, burning one house after another, turning one street after another into ruins, and devouring one life after another.

Chapter 56 Barlow Balrog (I)

"what is that?"

Miss Black Lizard Star, who was following Jhin's trail, trembled and drenched in cold sweat when she heard the terrifying sound echoing throughout the city.

Her pretty face covered by the mask turned pale, her eyes couldn't hide the look of panic, and when the anti-gravity weakened, she fell to the roof balcony of a building.

But she didn't care about the pain on her body. On the contrary, when she fell to the ground, it was almost a subconscious conditioned reflex, and she rolled and hid in the corner of the balcony, her hands clenched the gun in her hand, panting heavily .

Fear, despair, collapse, all hope is swallowed by endless darkness, life is meaningless, just like the whole world is about to face the end, and I will be swallowed up by the hellfire that brings the end, helpless And weak.

Even though he has undergone anti-interrogation training, Black Lizard Star still has the feeling that his will will be defeated in the next moment, and all his persistence and courage will be drowned.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for her tough psychological quality to get rid of her mental pressure.

Although his heart was still heavy, and a shadow and fear still lingered, but at this time Black Lizard Star had regained control of his body, and stood up with a little difficulty supporting the wall.

"Is this the trump card of Edmund Downers?"

She looked towards the direction where the pillar of fire disappeared.

The Black Lizard Star, which has no extraordinary eyesight and no super long-distance perception, can't know what happened there, but there is no doubt that the thing that brought her despair and fear is in that direction.

Even after a certain distance, she could still lose all resistance in a short period of time and almost collapsed. From this point of view, it was probably a monster beyond her imagination and handling.

Gritting his teeth, Black Lizard Xing resisted the urge to turn around and run as far as he could, deflecting his gaze in that direction.