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The moment I stepped into the cemetery, a chill began to spread.

The sun shines through the shades of trees, and scattered on the smooth road. In the mist, gray tombstones stand messy on the sidewalks and lawns.

There are flowers and water bottles placed under some tombstones, as if someone has come to visit, but there is no one around, only the monotonous colors found in black and white photos.

Chen Yu soon smelled the salty sea breeze in the cold wind. He looked sideways and saw that just behind a fence on the left was a cliff. Beyond the cliff was the endless blue sea.

"We have left our original world." Rose explained in a low voice as she walked. "Magic and contracts have brought us to the border of fairyland, but this is a road that I have never completely walked. At the beginning, Titania wanted to give up her son. The people found a paradise for permanent residence away from the earth. She reached some kind of agreement with the 'Lord of Chaos', and the 'Lord of Chaos' gave her a world. Titania created a fairyland there to accept the aliens who escaped from the earth. . And the border is still in disarray, like an island adrift.”

The scene is indeed changing. In addition to the road underfoot and the surrounding cemeteries, beyond this, the ocean turns into a valley, and then into the ruins of an ancient and dilapidated castle...

"We're here." The fat magician's sudden words brought Chen Yu back to reality, and he was surprised to find that he had slightly deviated from the stone road under his feet and stepped on a lawn full of daffodils.

Wonderland is calling me.

Chen Yu even heard the whispers of the goblins and the murmurs of the witches.

"Be careful, child. Wonderland will tempt you, so don't stray from your own path." Rose warned. "Come on, I see Susanna Wesley's headstone."

Nine magicians stood respectfully on both sides. Chen Yu and Rose stepped forward. Constantine, whose mouth was blocked by black magic liquid, followed gloomily behind.

"John Wesley was the founder of the Wesleyan Church. He greatly admired the great figure Emmanuel Swedenborg. Swedenborg was a spiritual traveler. He predicted his death date, and that moment was when he set out on his journey. At the beginning of the journey to Wonderland." Rose said, "Wesley got his wish and established a deep friendship with Swedenborg in his dream. His journey also subverted his view of the world and faith. In the end, Wesley retired. , and are willing to become the guardian and guide of the 'Road to All Realms' in the fairyland, which is also the origin of the secret police."

"He didn't pass away, right?" Chen Yu watched as the handwriting on the tombstone began to reorganize and change.

"He just no longer belongs to the world. This is the gift of death to Wesley." Rose explained, "Wesley respected his mother Susanna the most, so he used this tombstone as the entrance to the prison. Guidance and redemption, Wesley He has never forgotten his most fundamental beliefs and has always been a loyal defender."

"But everything will change." Chen Yu thought of Leander, "They are now using dirty and despicable methods. I think Celia will change too."

Rose was silent.

The writing on the tombstone eventually turned into Elvish language - guidance and salvation, which is Wesley's way of faith.

As the headstone sank into the soil, a downward hole emerged.

Chen Yu and Rose looked at each other and then walked into the entrance.

The dark and damp tunnel is not wide. Although there is no lighting, there is always light from the abyss. There are no forks here, it goes straight ahead. Chen Yu occasionally felt his vague outline reflected on the rock wall like a mirror, but when he turned his head curiously, he saw nothing.

Rose remained silent now, while Constantine and Chen Yu looked at this weird tunnel with curiosity.

to the ivy-covered end.

Amid the shaking of the leaves, a clay figure emerged, and he stretched out his hand.

The fat magician stepped forward and handed over his coat of arms.

The clay puppet looked at it for a moment, returned the coat of arms, and then shrank back behind Teng Man.

Soon, the space began to rotate.

Chen Yu looked around, but his eyes could not keep up with the speed of the scene changing. Then in a dizzy state, he was already standing in a spacious and bright hall.

More than twenty people surrounded Chen Yu and his group.

Goblins, elves, dwarves, orcs, as well as heavily armed knights, barbarians in ancient costumes...

All kinds of races, colorful magic weaves, and enchanted weapons flashing with cold light were all aimed at Chen Yu and the others.

The "dead soul" began to become restless, and it sensed malice.

Danger!

Under the influence of the terminal point, the "Book of Magic" has almost blurred and dissipated, issuing the strongest warning.

And Chen Yu caught a glimpse of the devil's manager Rodney who was gloating and laughing behind the group of people.

Okay, miscalculation.

"Celia!" Rose gasped.

"Woo!!" Constantine whimpered angrily with his eyes wide open.

The group of people in front of Chen Yu opened a gap, and a middle-aged woman in formal clothes straightened her back and walked slowly over with an extremely cold and arrogant look. The woman's face was expressionless, her eyes were extremely stern, and her pale face revealed majesty and absolute power.

There is no doubt that this is Chief Inspector Celia Culpepa.

She held a knitting needle in her hand and a small backpack on her left shoulder. There was no doubt that it contained more powerful magic items.

Celia stood three steps away from Chen Yu and stared at him intently, "Long time no see, Rose. I thought our reunion would be the same as before, but you still stood on the opposite side. ."

"No! Celia, it's you who changed!" Rose shouted angrily, "I never thought you would side with the devil! He is using you!"

"I have always been very rational, and I know how to prioritize situations." Celia remained calm and turned a blind eye to Rose. "This kid is extremely dangerous, and his existence has become a big problem for the entire world. I am making a The best judgment is that as long as we capture this kid here, we will not let hell succeed."

Rodney was still laughing. He heard Celia's speech, but he didn't feel angry or afraid.

What was he expecting? Does he still think he can trigger a soul-harvesting war?

Chen Yu suddenly felt relaxed, and Rose released the shackles of the magic rope.

"Damn it! Chen! Do what you can!" Constantine immediately said in a hoarse voice, "And we have to strike first!"

The connection to magic is quickly disappearing.

Leave the coat of arms to us!

Chen Yu issued an order.

The six controlled magicians took the lead in rushing to different directions, and three magicians quickly handed the coat of arms to Chen Yu, Constantine and Rose.

The air became hot.

The moment Chen Yu held the coat of arms, he wanted to sweep away every soul, but to his surprise, he only got into the head of a dwarf that rushed towards him.

"The coat of arms has been tampered with!" Constantine exclaimed.

Celia had long known about the failure of the operation due to Rodney's betrayal. She lured us into the trap because Rose's words would affect my and Constantine's judgment, so we would not believe that Celia was the assassin.

Now, the coat of arms is weakened and the entire prison is full of enemies.

The magical flames and the wanton expansion of light and shadow hit Chen Yu's chest. Rose barely opened the magic barrier, while Constantine threw a ball of flame while staggering to avoid it.

The flatulent shielding amulet blocked the damage, but Chen Yu fell on his back, and the dwarf in front of him threw himself into his arms.

Four or five of the controlled magicians fell instantly, and the rest were struggling to hold on as their magic was weakened.

"Give me one minute!" Chen Yu pushed the dwarf aside and shouted, "If you don't want me to release the 'Dead Soul', just hold on for one minute!"

Rose gritted her teeth and used her remaining magic power to maintain the magic barrier. Constantine hid behind Rose and began to draw something quickly on the ground with his cigarette butt, muttering and cursing, "I knew it would be like this! Damn it! Damn magic!"

However, Chen Yu once again got into the "thinking space" that he had barely constructed without any distractions.

At the moment when the magic is gradually disappearing, the entire process of penetrating into memory is slowing down. The dwarf is resisting. This creature from fairyland is obviously more resistant to magic than humans.

But Chen Yu would not fail. He used all the things of fear to ingrain the memories of the dwarves. He destroyed their minds. He said he would not kill them, but this did not mean that he could not drive these people crazy.

The defense collapsed.

Among the countless fragments of disintegrated memories, Chen Yu jumped quickly until he found the current spatial arrangement and the place where Heidi was held.

Chen Yu stood up. He put two fingers on Rose's temples, and a faint white light penetrated into Rose's fair skin.

Rose resisted slightly.

"Don't resist, Rose!" Chen Yu explained, "I will add the memory to your consciousness!"

Rose nodded.

Soon, Rose's eyes widened and she nodded.

The last controlled magician fell to the ground. He felt no pain under Chen Yu's control, but was knocked unconscious by Celia herself during the struggle.

The chief inspector stepped forward steadily, clutching the knitting needle instrument, "You should give up, Mr. Chen. If you really stand on the side of justice, you should accept the fate of being permanently imprisoned!"

"Hurry up and use your vaunted space magic, Rose!" Constantine took out a whole deck of cards from his coat pocket at this time, and he gasped with sweat on his face, "Damn it! Take us away! "

Rose glanced at the magic circle pattern scrawled on the ground.

A circle, a rectangle, a sun-like outline with a blackened pentagram, and finally the rune "R" on the edge.

"You can't have the energy to activate this magic circle! You can't convert energy!" Rose immediately shouted anxiously, "This will destroy this place! And this is the end point! Everyone will be annihilated! Will be thrown into the destruction of the universe The end!"

Celia frowned slightly.

The rest of the secret police were a little scared and stopped moving forward.

Chen Yu has already reacted.

Constantine had a wicked smile on his face, "I don't care, if I can't escape, guess what will happen? All of them will die!"

A burst of flame ignited all the cards, and Constantine threw them into the air.

Everyone started to back away, except Celia who was still doubtful.

There is also the demon Rodney, who now steps forward and cunningly shouts, "He is lying! He is a liar! Kill him! He doesn't have that kind of power at all!"

"You're smart, scum!" Constantine took out a cigarette and stuffed it into his mouth, then showed a bright smile.

At this time, Rose had completed the construction of space magic. She had already seen through Constantine's tricks. She acted in a play with Constantine and bought time.

"You can't escape, Rose!" Celia stepped forward, raised the knitting needle in her hand with a gloomy expression, and thundered down.

But Chen Yu and the three of them have become blurry shadows.

……

Chen Yu watched his body gradually condense into shape, and then Constantine appeared.

Finally there is Rose. .

"Be careful." Rose said, looking at the dim diamond-shaped space in front of her. "This is an inverted corridor. Don't be fooled by the illusion of space."

Only then did Chen Yu realize that they seemed to be standing upside down, but their hair and clothes were not affected by gravity.

"This is really a good way to make people vomit." Constantine said with a cigarette in his mouth. "We have to catch an unlucky guy and get the real coat of arms, otherwise we can only really become prisoners."

"If the unlucky guy you're talking about is the kind of...dead person." Chen Yu suddenly pointed to a man on the left front who was barely noticeable in the darkness and seemed to be embedded in the wall. "I think he should be the prison guard. ?”

Constantine walked over curiously.

"The smell of blood..." Rose frowned.

Yes, the strong smell of blood.

Not just the man on the wall.

"Shit! You should take a look, this guy is terrible. Some bad guy chopped off his limbs and hollowed out part of his upper body. Now he looks more like...a wheel with a head?" Constantine tilted his head suspiciously, "There is also a coat of arms hanging around the neck. Someone seems to be giving us a gift."

"The cell door has been opened." Rose pointed to a metal door that was vaguely visible in the distance to the right. "We have to be careful. This place has never been breached by anyone."

"Uh-huh, honey, we're already in." Constantine joked, "When I get out, I can show off."

Chen Yu remained silent because the "dead soul" was mourning.

This is so strange. What are the "dead souls" afraid of? Could it be that the strong warning in the "Book of Magic" does not refer to Celia and the others?

Under Rose's careful guidance, the three of them walked towards the room where Heidi was being held.

Along the way, more weird and terrifying death scenes emerge one after another. Whether they were guards or imprisoned monsters and prisoners, they all died in horrible ways. Some are relatively complete, but have long swords inserted into them, some even have their upper bodies sewn onto other corpses, like riding horses, and some have hands and feet inserted into their heads, like grotesque children.

Blood flowed down the river, and the dead were transformed.

In the dark, oppressive, and constantly changing chaotic space, Chen Yu gradually felt uncomfortable, and Constantine began to become suspicious. The slightest sound would make him shudder.

Until two rows of dead sculptures appeared, which seemed to be a joke, Chen Yu knew that they had arrived at Heidi's detention place, and no matter who was here, he was waiting for their arrival.

This is the most absurd welcome ceremony.

"Tarot cards." Constantine muttered suddenly.

Rose suddenly realized, "The first one is the Wheel of Fortune...all the dead people were inhumanely turned into the core patterns of the Tarot cards."

Suddenly, at the end of the line of dead men, in front of the Queen and King, a door slowly opened.

Chen Yu looked at the coat of arms picked up from the corpse and saw that the magic power had returned.

The Book of Magic hums, the warning almost breaking through.

Rose clenched her fists and walked over first, followed by Constantine.

Chen Yu entered the room last.

"Ah...it's always tiresome to wait! Fortunately, there are so many cheerful souls for me to create!"

Chen Yu's eyes widened. He saw Heidi, an old woman with tears on her face, sitting behind the interrogation table. The man who gently hugged her had a smile on his face. The man's face was pale, but his lips were as red as blood. His short golden hair was neatly combed back. Only a few strands of hair on his forehead stood up, like the horns of a devil.

The man wore a crisp black suit, but it was unbuttoned, revealing the white shirt underneath. His ears resembled those of an elf, and his eyes were as deep as scarlet whirlpools.

A thin sword lay across the table, with a heart on the tip.

"Lucifer!" Rose became nervous.

Sure enough.

This is also the root of the fear of "dead souls" and "Book of Magic".

"Yes, dear Rose." The man leaned forward, bowed with an elegant smile, and said in a magnetic voice that could make all living things fall in love with him, "I am Lucifer, the only Lucifer in the universe. ·Morning Star!"