For now, various intelligent races still know too little about the special existence of devils, so many of their properties are still unknown to people.
People's inherent understanding of the devil is to play with people's hearts, sign contracts, use loopholes and strategies that are difficult to prevent, and use people's greed to accomplish what they want to do.
Some major events in history, such as sudden civil strife in the kingdom, loyal ministers turning into regicides one day, etc., in hindsight, the devil's figure is looming in them.
But...are those major events without demons really without their involvement?
Is there a possibility that the devils guided the whole thing, but they themselves hide in the shadows under the light, watching things develop in a collapse and "interesting" direction with a smile, and mocking people for not being able to discover them? inability.
Every devil is a unique existence. The devil "One" that Wang Yu knows exists in the soul of Charles Ryder, and the devil "Seven" was beaten to death by it in the spiritual space created by the "key". .
They all have their own special powers. The ability of "One" is to peer into the future, the ability of "Seven" is the flames of hell that can enslave the soul, and the ability of the unknown devil named "Five" is " distortion".
Different from the form of void that directly distorts real matter, the ability of Devil "Five" goes one step further. It can not only use the power of void to distort real matter, but it can also directly distort the consciousness of those affected by it. Know.
Perhaps at an unknown moment, the concepts and even memories of those affected by "Five" have nothing to do with their real selves.
The devil's layout has always been like this. Some plans that seemed full of loopholes became unstoppable under the influence of their weird and incomprehensible abilities.
Just like the Hell Gate incident that happened in Aleister, everything was just right. There were obviously many loopholes, but with the ability to predict the future, these problems were wiped away.
And "one" is a prophecy of a dark future for Aleister.
If it weren't for Wang Yu, a messy guy, who inexplicably smashed the key and kicked the old monster named Yale into the void.
But if he really gets the secret treasure left by Roland, then maybe that dark future will be Aleister's true ending.
At this moment, what happened in the elven capital Liaheim, the dwarf fortress Ironforge, and the Forest of Origin was also the devil's plan...
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Outside the dwarf fortress Ironforge, the camp where the elves who came here with Gwen and Sieg were stationed.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow with flashing green light pierced the air, flew away at high speed, and plunged into the chest of a crow flying in the sky.
"Quack!"
The crow was mercilessly pierced by the arrow, and then fell down after letting out a harsh and unpleasant scream. Its fragile life disappeared under the arrow in an instant.
"The Magic Eye Alchemy Pendant, the Voice Stone Ring, who is so willing to spend the money, only to get a crow with no secret ability to steal information? What is this? Aren't you giving away these alchemy items for nothing?"
The elf ranger who shot the arrow walked to the fallen crow and checked the alchemy tools on the crow. There is no doubt that these are good tools for stealing information.
However, it became meaningless to cooperate with this crow that had no concealment ability. It was directly discovered by the elf ranger and killed with an arrow.
"The people who will come to inquire about our information at this time are probably those dwarves. They are really a group of irritable and rude dwarves, and they also have brain problems."
The elf ranger frowned, having a suspicion about the origin of the crow used to steal news.
Without touching the objects on the crow, the elf ranger grabbed the crow, threw it out of the elves' camp, and then walked back to the camp muttering to himself.
"Hopefully this crow's carcass will serve as a warning to these bearded dwarfs."
"puff!"
The body of the "crow" fell on the grass outside the low wall. The black color that was forcibly painted in the eyes of the elf ranger faded away, revealing the white feathers of the "crow". What kind of crow is this? It is clearly a The peregrine falcon can be regarded as an animal messenger of a small magical beast.
The two alchemy tools used by the elf rangers to steal information were actually a metal cylinder filled with letter paper, and the other was an echo box used to deliver messages...
The letters that Wang Yu and Aviya sent to Sieg and Gewen who were traveling to the dwarf country, recording their guesses about the connection between the corruption in the Sorensen Mountains and the Tree of Life, were finally delivered by animal messengers today. its destination.
But these messages ended up being dropped in an unknown corner together with the animal messengers who transported them...
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The Forest of Origin, outside, close to the side of the Sorensen Mountains.
"Kakakaka."
Several elf rangers used the secret language of nature to seek help from the dryads in the forest, dug up the ground, and observed the root network under the ground.
"There is no problem. The roots of the Tree of Life do not extend this way. It is impossible for the Tree of Life to have been transporting life force to the Sorensen Mountains all these years."
One of the elves looked at the root network below, shook his head, and expressed his opinion on what they wanted to investigate.
In his opinion, this matter itself is nonsense, and there is no need for any investigation. Now the facts have proved that the root system of the tree of life does not go in the direction of the Sorensen Mountains at all.
The root network connected to the root system of the Tree of Life below spreads wantonly, but when it is close to the edge of the Forest of Origin forest, it no longer spreads outwards, but bends downwards and returns to the Forest of Origin.
That's how it is originally. The roots of the Tree of Life will not grow randomly. Except for the branches that extend to the dwarf kingdom, there are no roots beyond the Forest of Origin.
"Well, that's what I think. Let's report the news to the elders quickly. We still have a lot of fake "activated" root systems to deal with in the future, and we don't have time to waste on such baseless speculations."
The elves' companions agreed with his opinion, and none of the elves who came here to investigate took that possibility seriously.
Under the influence of these natural secrets of the elves, the dryads waved their branches and filled the holes back with soil.
What those elves couldn't know was that the normal root network in their eyes was dancing like living tentacles, sweeping away the soil covering their heads.
More and more of these "false roots" that the tentacle-like elves are trying to clear away are tearing up the soil and spreading from the ground outside the Forest of Origin.
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Sorensen Mountains, in the cave where Holo is.
"Mr. Holo, have you already passed the message to the elves in Liaheim?"
Aviya asked Hollow with a thoughtful look.
"Yes, I know very well that with my own strength, I will never be able to stop the existence that His Excellency Wang Yu calls the "World Devourer". Even if I give my life, it will be meaningless."
"So, I have to find someone who has the ability to stop it, and the only people I can pass the message to are the elves of Liaheim. They must be ready after receiving the message."
Holo explained that he was sober and did not blindly make meaningless sacrifices just to impress himself. He had already passed the news to the elves to remind them of everything that happened here.
"But... the elves seem to be completely unaware of this matter. Mr. Holo, how on earth did you pass the news on in your current state?"
The girl frowned slightly and asked Hollow, whose lower body turned into a vine and a rock wall.
"How could it be? I was delivering the news a few months ago. I used the power of the druid to activate some plants and let them move in the direction where the roots of the tree of life extend. They possess the secret language of nature. The elves with this ability will read the information contained in these plants."
Holo said in disbelief. He couldn't understand why the elves didn't receive any news from him. It was obvious that he had started working hard very early.
"Mr. Holo...please create your activated plant in front of us once. I have some ideas."
The girl looked serious. She had thought of something and Holo needed to cooperate with her to verify it.
Holo didn't say anything, just nodded, stretched out his normal right hand and pointed it at the ground. With the surge of natural magic power, a crack opened in the ground, and a section of vines came out.
The state of the vine slowly changed with Holo's power, and tiny limbs grew on it, swinging to give it the ability to move.
Then the front part of the vine separated from the whole body and became an individual. A cucumber that looked like a little leg appeared in front of Holo and Sif.
"That's it. They should be carrying information to Liaheim, but didn't the elves discover them?"
Holo looked puzzled at the only native of Liaheim among the three Wang Yu people, Sif, and asked.
"No, I haven't seen this thing in Liaheim."
Sif shook her head. She had never seen such a cute little creature before.
"..."
Wang Yu and Aviya didn't speak. They looked at the gray-yellow thing created by Holo with tiny tangled limbs like a neural network. Listening to Xifu's answer to Holo, their expressions were extremely solemn. Xifu had never seen it before. This thing has even been parasitized in the throat by this thing.
In other words, what the two of them saw was completely different from what Holo and Sif saw. What Holo created was the fake living roots that caused forest riots in the Forest of Origin, but in Holo In the eyes of Luo and Xifu, this was not the case.
"Mr. Holo, this is what we saw, what did you see..."
Aviya gathered her magic power and projected Wang Yu and the things she saw in the form of images, showing them in front of Holo and Xifu.
"Isn't this that thing? How could it be!"
Sif covered her mouth in surprise, how could she not recognize this thing that had parasitized her.
"This shouldn't be something I created..."
Holo was confused and muttered to himself with a hint of unspeakable fear, could it be that everything he had done before was meaningless.
"Buzz."
The girl thought for a moment, snapped her fingers, activated the perfect fractal, and two magic lenses appeared in the eyes of Sif and Holo.
After observing and analyzing everything with pure magic power, the magic lens conveys it to the user in the form of data. The purest data, without any falsehood, shows the truest facts to Holo and Sif.
The distorted cognition and reality collided, collapsed and recovered, and the two of them truly saw the twisted and wriggling things on the ground.
"devil……"
Wang Yu gritted his teeth and talked about the existence of these damn guys who were doing crazy things just for fun. The only ones he knew about the existence of being able to distort other people's cognition without knowing it were the devil.
"Your Excellency Wang Yu, please help me, help me convey the message to the elves in Liaheim! If this is the case, they may not be prepared at all. In this case, damn, damn..."
Holo held his head in pain, and he realized that everything he had done before seemed to be useless.
"Mr. Wang Yu, Miss Aviya."
Xifu also set her sights on Wang Yu and Ivia. She was not considered the elder among the elves. At this time, she was confused and could only follow Holo and place her hope on the two people who could see through the devil's twisted things. On the body.
"Let's go back to Liaheim as quickly as possible. Holo, please suppress the awakening of the World Devourer."
Wang Yu did not hesitate and made an immediate decision to act immediately. The elves must know the news!
"Boom!"
However, just before the girl was about to activate the phase gate to teleport the three of them out, the ground suddenly vibrated, and the entire Sorenson Mountains roared. A strange wave full of vitality but containing the aura of corruption and exhaustion swept across the moment. Passed a few people.
Since Holo's cognition has been distorted, is what he thinks can be delayed for another week true...?
