Lu Ruoya felt fear from the bottom of her heart. This fear wasn't because she was locked up in a dungeon, or because no one had sent food for ten days, or even because she knew she might end up being made into jerky.
But because her god seemed to have abandoned her.
Her belief in the demon king is indeed not very pious at times, and occasionally she feels that faith is something that cannot be explained. Unless she sees a miracle with her own eyes, it is difficult to understand the power of her demon king. exist. But in her heart, she always admitted that she was a believer - if a miracle really happened, she would not be surprised.
However, in these days, when she lost the favor of God, she finally realized what a "miracle" was.
After being separated from the human named Li Bochen, she suddenly felt as if she had lost something in her heart. She became panicked and empty, as if there were extremely ferocious beasts lurking around her all the time, and they would pounce from behind at any time. She also felt as if she was walking in the wilderness at night. Even though she was now in a prison surrounded by solid stone walls, she still felt that there were indescribable terrifying existences surrounding the walls, just waiting to devour her.
She finally understood that the miracle had always existed - it was precisely because of the protection of Demon Lord Qingxia that she could not experience these terrible feelings.
She was so frightened that she tried her best to regain the protection of the devil. She prayed all day and all night, sacrificing her own blood, but the devil never gave her any response, as if she had committed some heinous crime and was not worthy of the devil's attention. When she was most desperate, she thought, Demon Lord, please kill me! This is to make up for the unknown crime I committed!
But the Demon King himself didn't even bother to punish her.
On the eleventh day, fear reached its peak and finally turned into despair. She gave up all efforts and waited for her captors to turn her into dried meat. While waiting to die in prison, she began to think wildly. There was nothing worth remembering and cherishing in her short life, so death did not seem to be an unacceptable thing.
Just like that, she thought of the man named Li Boxen again. Only in the few days she was with him did she experience something different. She thought he was stupid and clumsy at the time, but now she gradually realized that his character seemed to be fundamentally different from "stupid" and "stupid". At least when you stay with him, you don't have to worry that he will suddenly kill you. Although he did not swear an oath to Demon Lord Qingxiao, she had a wonderful intuition that such a stupid person would not break his promise.
Then Lu Ruoya jumped up.
Because she found that when she thought this way, the fear in her heart lessened - like a drowning person who suddenly briefly raised his face out of the water. The sense of security she felt when she was with him in her memory also made her feel at ease now.
She immediately slowed down her breathing and sat up against the wall to recall every moment of her time with him. She found that the fear was finally getting weaker and weaker, and it seemed that another strange power began to protect her. Noya's heart gradually became lighter, and in the blink of an eye she no longer wanted to die. She even felt that her emotions had calmed down and she was no longer as irritable and frantic as before.
At this moment, the cell door was opened. A male Rakshasa wearing an iron breastplate strode in, grabbed her hair and dragged her outward.
Despair came again at this moment, and Noya realized that she was going to be killed - she should never have come to Bai Zuyuan in the first place.
She gave up her resistance and allowed herself to be dragged along the stairs. She didn't know how long it took before she was suddenly thrown to the ground. She opened her eyes and found herself in a wide, dark hall. A dozen old male Rakshasa were sitting on tall stone chairs made of stone and iron, frowning at her.
"You called yourself the Fire Bearer when you came here, didn't you?" asked a Rakshasa sitting in the middle.
He looked very old, probably sixty or seventy years old. Although his body was still strong, his muscles began to shrink, his skin began to sag, and black and brown spots began to appear. He was the only person in the room wearing full armor, with a shining iron crown on his head. Noah guessed that he was the patriarch of this "Black Leaf Family".
She looked around again, but couldn't find the fire bearer. A happy thought occurred to her—perhaps she was dead.
When she came to Baizuyuan a month ago, she was immediately caught by the hunting team of the Black Night Family. Then she learned that because several big families left this place and moved south, this originally small family expanded rapidly and announced that it would take over the entire Baizuyuan. .
She knew that Baizuyuan was very big, even comparable to Hongshanyuan, and the "takeover" claimed by the Black Leaf family was just a formal self-declaration. But it seems that they have indeed become one of the most powerful forces here now. Therefore, Noah realized that he would not survive - the fire bearer is like the queen ant. Although he may not be the "head" or "king" of a family, he must have an important and unique special status.
The current fire bearer of the Black Leaf family will not allow a young outsider like her to threaten his position. And it turned out that she was right - after being taken to see the fire bearer, she was immediately thrown into prison.
But now... Noya realized that he had ignored a voice.
There was a rumbling sound that had been heard occasionally since she was dragged out of the dungeon, as if someone was hitting the stone with an extremely huge hammer. Even though she was in this room with thick stone walls, the sound could not be blocked. Whenever this kind of sound sounds, people in the room will frown and look outside unconsciously.
--war! There is a war here! Maybe the original fire bearer died in this war that didn't know when it started or how long it lasted! The devil is above!
Noah immediately said: "I am the fire bearer."
The people in the room looked at each other and seemed relieved. The patriarch said: "So now you are the fire bearer of the Black Leaf family. Except for me, you can kill anyone who disrespects you, and you can also get any meat you want. The fire bearer Lu Ruoya , what do you have to say?”
Noah stood up from the ground, staggered to an empty stone chair next to the patriarch, sat down on it, and said loudly: "I have a wish."
Then he pointed at the Rakshasa guard at the door who dragged her up from the dungeon: "Made him into meat. I want it now."
Except for the guards, everyone in the room laughed happily, thinking that the new Firebringer was a powerful person. This is a good sign.
