The Path of the Master's Development

——Orlando and Lucius which is "that thing"? Do you still have to guess? !

Isaac yelled inwardly.

Since there is a gold medal in the Book of Omniscient Certification, Lucius should be the real Orlando the Demon King—the Orlando in the Demon King City of Hell...

"...So Orlando is the devil's horn?" Isaac muttered to himself.

——In this way, it makes sense why Lucius doesn't have the devil's horn on his head.

Just thinking of squatting in the city of the devil and chatting with the opposite angle on Orlando's head for so long and testing each other, Isaac felt a little bad, as if he had been tricked by the opposite angle.

But Margaret's next words immediately pulled him back from his personal world of broken thoughts.

Isaac looked at Margaret, just now a term that made him feel a little bad came out of this woman's mouth.

"...What did you just say?"

"Devil's sacrifice."

Margaret repeated it indifferently, Dragon King Silviathan was the most valuable research subject in her heart, which made her very tolerant of Isaac.

"Tomorrow is the start of the Demon Race's sacrifice. If the Demon King is not the real Demon King, I don't know if he can support the entire Demon Race's sacrifice."

After the demon alchemist finished speaking on his own, he lowered his head and began to make some records and calculations that no one else could understand.

As she said, in the entire sacrifice, the high priest of the Demon Race is the most burdened, followed by the Demon King as the center. If there is a problem with the Demon King, the entire sacrifice will fail.

But what Isaac thought of was not whether the "Devil King's Horn" could withstand the pressure of the sacrifice, but the scene when his parents joined forces to keep Lein behind.

He felt like he was going to explode.

Although Isaac has never seen a demon priest with his own eyes, as the only heir of Christophe and the son of the high priest of the demon, he has a good understanding of the process and dangers of the demon priest.

Now the situation in Hell is unstable. Except for Christofa, who is behind the Hilfis family, the other families are "wait and see", and they will never make a move unless it is absolutely necessary-not to mention the ability of other families. Even if you want to make a move in the demon sacrifice, you may not be able to spare.

Leaving aside why his mother wanted him to come to the human world before the sacrifice, just the act of leaving Rein behind—his parents definitely wanted Rein to do something.

And I also want to know that even if he gave Rein a thousand warnings before leaving, this good baby will still jump into the hole his mother dug!

——Now Isaac just wants to rush back to the past and slap the self who left Rein in hell to the sky!

The black-haired demon turned around and wanted to leave, but was left in place by Margaret's words: "When the demon sacrifices, the passage cannot be opened as usual."

Isaac looked back at Margaret Sylphis with "good chance, good chance, good chance, good chance" written in his eyes, and the appointee bit the bullet and asked the "research madman" for advice on how to go back to hell.

He had a hunch that bloodletting was going to happen this time.

It is a real "bloodletting".

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On the other hand, the demon sacrifice was held as scheduled, and Duke Christopher went to the Demon King City in stealth early in the morning, while Rein followed Isabella to the edge of the abyss.

It was a land that was a bit barren even for hell.The air was full of black mist—Line quickly perceived that those were not real mist, but a kind of magic power so thick that it was almost tangible.

Because of the high concentration of magic power, no plants can survive in this area, and the six elements are also pitifully scarce.

And any creature with a little mobility left this land early.

With such a huge magical power, you can feel the invisible repulsion and tremendous pressure just by looking at it from a distance, let alone walking in it.

--but……

Rein tilted his head in doubt. He always felt that he seemed to have felt the same power somewhere. Although it was very, very powerful, he didn't feel fear. Instead... he felt a sense of security.

Just when he was puzzled, the demon priestess said to Rein: "The Dragon King comes from the abyss, and the magic power here is the same as that of the Dragon King. If you feel familiar, you should feel it from the Dragon King's scales."

Holding the ceremony crystal in both hands, Isabella stood in front of the blond youth.

She is wearing an orthodox priest's robe today. Except that the clothes are purple and black, they are somewhat similar to the uniforms of the archbishops of the Light God Sect.

While they hadn't set foot on that ground yet, it was clear that just standing off the sidelines would not allow the ceremony to take place.

Along the way, Rein no longer wanted to get to the bottom of why Mrs. Isabella knew what he was thinking even if she didn't look back. Does the High Priest of the Demon Race need to learn additional mind reading skills?

"The High Priest of the Demon Race doesn't know how to read minds, you can rest assured."

Rhine: "..."

—How could he believe that!Isaac your mom is kind of scary!

Isabella in front of her seemed to understand all the thoughts in Rein's mind, she smiled lightly, and said, "Your thoughts are not difficult to guess."

Even if it is answered to Rein.

Rein bit the bullet and stepped up to follow the demon priestess who stepped into the abyss—the black mist began to gather around the priestess intentionally or unintentionally, and surrounded Isabella because of the demon's special physique.

The blond youth frowned.

He had been educated before coming here, and this kind of forced absorption of magic power was not a good thing for the demons, so he quickened his pace and walked to Isabella, trying to find some way to dispel the gathered magic power.

But before he could think of a way, a black light flashed across his chest suddenly, and the magic mist in front of him seemed to be conscious, avoiding the surroundings of Rein, and even reluctantly left the priestess.

A trace of surprise flashed in Isabella's wine-red eyes, but she quickly suppressed that doubt.

"Looks like it was the right thing to bring you here."

The good boy Rein dared not take the credit: "This is Isaac's credit."

The Duchess glanced at Rein, sighed in her heart, and said suddenly: "That child is not mature enough."

"?" Rein didn't understand what Isabella meant.

There was still some distance from the abyss, and the priestess thought of the intricate fate of the "past", "present" and "future" that she occasionally glimpsed in the sea of ​​prophecy. Although her face was still calm, there was a trace of worry in her eyes.

She is a mother after all.

"You also know the identity of the child, how do you feel?" Isabella asked.

"..." Hearing this, Rein lowered his head slightly, and after a long silence, he whispered, "I don't think it's real."

Dragon King Silviatan, if the God of Light and Satan are objects that can be looked up to, the Dragon King is an existence that is hard to even imagine.

"You are very honest." Isabella knew that if she asked her son this question, she would never get such a frank answer.But after all, she is the mother of Isaac Christopher. Since she can read people's hearts, how can she not know the son she raised with her own hands?

"Actually, that kid was the same."

In Isaac's heart, there is actually no real sense of "he is the Dragon King".

The kidnapping of the Faoz family back then made Isaac not have a clear understanding of his own existence, which made the child look "unstable".

——Is your own memory real?Is the world I exist in now real?Who are you?

During that time, Isabella could often see such doubts on Isaac's face.She can't help Isaac, no one can help Isaac, only he figured it out.

But that child escaped, split himself in two, and lived between the real and the fake at the same time.

Now he has another identity that only exists in the oldest legends, and he only has sporadic memories. The recognition of the triple identity further expands the problem that Isaac has never faced squarely.

Rather than saying that he is open-minded and doesn't care, it is better to say that he is avoiding instinctively.

"What a... useless child." Isabella murmured, with a helpless and doting smile on her beautiful lips.

But such a child has found what he wants to hold in his hands, and that is Rein.

However, in Isabella's eyes, for Isaac, the only Rein Felix who can exist as an anchor is a more unstable existence than him.

Although the priestess didn't know what Rein's identity was, she knew from his strong perception that he was not suitable as an anchor. People with too strong perception were also very ethereal—such as her Own.

However, as a mother, Isabella was worried, but never thought of breaking up her son's marriage.

She can only remind appropriately.

Laing responded to Isaac's mother's words: "I know."

Isaac's acceptance of the Dragon King's identity is too natural, too natural is unnatural - the best proof is that he still instinctively rejects hell dragons and crystal dragons.

"I'll face it with him."

——No matter what the secret behind the fall of Dragon King Silviatan is, as long as Isaac needs him, he will be there.

A smile appeared on the corner of Isabella's mouth: "The child will be handed over to you in the future."

As they talked, they walked, and the entrance to the abyss was close at hand.

The earth seemed to disappear into a void of darkness.

A huge gap lay in front of Isabella and Rein. It was not the first time for the priestess to come, but it was the first time for Rein to see the abyss of hell—the birthplace of the Dragon King.

"What's in there?" Rein couldn't help whispering softly.

"No one has ever gone in." Isabella walked to the venue where the ceremony was held and placed the ceremony crystal on the venue.

She looked at Rein, the blond young man was still staring blankly at the bottomless darkness, and even his sapphire-like eyes were covered with a layer of darkness.

——Rein with this appearance reminded her of Rein looking directly at the water of the Sea of ​​Prophecy.

The daedric priestess wondered for a second whether it was right to bring this child with such a sensitive perception to the entrance of the abyss.The opponent looked as if he was about to melt into this abyss immediately.

She couldn't help but think of a saying that was circulated among the demons.

——If you look too directly into the abyss, even your soul will fall into that darkness.

But soon, Rein blinked, turned his head and began to look at the ritual crystal that Isabella took out.

"Can I just wait here?"

"Your responsibility is to protect me and not let the ceremony be interrupted."

Rein drew out his long sword. Although the light element on the sword was dimmed a lot due to the magic power of the abyss, it still exuded a faint golden glow.

The priestess opened her hands, and the ritual crystal floated into the air, and the purple light shot straight into the sky from the tip of the crystal—this was the signal for the beginning of the ceremony, and only the Patriarchs and Demon King who participated in the ceremony could see it.

At the same time, the ritual crystals in various places are also in operation.

In the purple light, Isabella's face sank—the Faoz family was really in ruins, and there was nothing to cover it up.

They did not participate in this Demon Race sacrifice at all.

In other words, the number of crystals participating in the ceremony is the minimum configuration, and it will take a very long time.

Sensing the change in Isabella's face keenly, Rein comforted in a low voice beside him: "Believe in Duke Christopher, I will try my best to protect you."

"I'm not old enough to need juniors to worry about."

Isabella paused and recited the sealing mantra. At the same time, under the reminder of the ritual crystal, the Demon King also began to recite the corresponding mantra. Although two points were missing, the six-pointed seal was still formed. That's it - the next thing is to continue to output power and start to seal the entrance of the abyss.

Rein only saw that the crystal suddenly became brighter, and the purple light was projected from the tip of the ritual crystal onto the abyss. The ground under his feet resounded loudly, and gradually began to shrink towards the darkness at the entrance of the abyss.

Although the speed is very slow, as time goes by, the black entrance is gradually getting smaller.

Suddenly, the ritual crystal vibrated, and the priestess frowned—it really came.

Lein held his sword tightly and stood guardedly beside Isabella.

At the same time, Yanoman Faoz opened the door in the ritual room in the Demon King's City, and looked at the Demon King standing in the center performing the ceremony, with nine points of pride and one point of worry on his face.

"Your Yanuoman." While maintaining the output of magic power, the Demon King greeted the guy who came in calmly, "At this time, you are not in the territory to do your part for our Demon Race, but ran to the Demon King City Come...do you feel that you have committed a heinous crime and finally have a bad conscience, so you surrendered yourself?"

The Demon King's City was closed today and no one was allowed to enter, but the private soldiers of the Faoz family entered the Demon King's City without alarming anyone - the Faoz's family really knew the structure of the underground labyrinth of the Demon King City very well .

When it comes to this matter, we have to mention the development history of the Faoz family.

Among the five territories surrounding the Demon King's City, only Faoz does not have a title, because its history is not old enough.

In fact, titles were not awarded by the devil, but before hell and heaven were separated from the original world, these families with ancient histories already had titles.

Faoz is a family that rose up after the Dimos incident, when the demons rebuilt the city in hell that had become barren due to the division of the world.

As for the reasons for their rise, one is that they are indeed quite powerful as the guards at the entrance of the abyss, and the other is that the patriarch of the Faoz family fell in love with a genius of the Hilfes family and created the original abyss. Demon King City, and jointly created the six-pointed seal curse array to ensure the safety of hell.

So it is not surprising that Faoz has several ancient secret paths that have even been lost.

It's just that this ancestor probably didn't expect that his pure and flawless love testimony would be used by his descendants thousands of years later to seek the throne of the Demon King.

"Shut up." Yanoman looked at the red-haired devil, and was so annoyed by the unhurried tone that he jumped his feet, showing a cannon fodder attitude, "You are not His Majesty the devil at all, and even with your magic power, you can't make it to the end of the ceremony. You impostor is the sinner in hell!"

His Majesty the Demon King unhurriedly increased the output, and the magic power around him did not weaken at all.He raised his eyebrows and looked at Yanoman: "Who says I can't make it to the end of the ceremony?"

"Otherwise, shall we make a bet?"

The power of "His Majesty the Demon King" rolling around caused Yanoman's expression to change.

——That is clearly the power of Grand Duke Christopher!

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Lein didn't expect that a familiar face would appear in front of him—Dark Elf Auriel.

In an instant, many pictures flashed through his mind, and finally he stopped in front of the door that seemed to have appeared in a dream.

Something in his heart opened with a "click", like a ray of light breaking through the haze.

A door that must never be opened, a black anger that is so deep that it shakes the foundation of the world...

The thing behind that door was sealed by the sage of one, the seventh power.

"...The darkness of Timos."

Only Isabella heard Rein's whisper.

The dark elf obviously didn't expect to see an acquaintance here.

He originally went to hell to win the bottle of holy silver disguised in the horn of the devil. It stands to reason that he should be in the city of the devil at this moment and attack the "incarnation of the horn of the devil". own purpose.

——The magic circle invented by Raven Faoz to absorb the magic power of others, if the target is not the magic power of humans but the magic power of the abyss, what kind of effect will it have?

Yes, Auriel deliberately chose this day when the demons sacrificed, and when all the masters of hell were restrained, he came to the abyss to try his plan, but he didn't expect that besides the immobile high priest, there would be An acquaintance was present.

But that didn't hinder his plan at all.

And just to repay the last enmity.

Oriel flipped his left wrist, and a short bow appeared in his hand. He fiddled with the bowstring with his right hand, and a magic arrow shot towards the ritual crystal.

- The bastard!

Rein made a horizontal sword move, and his blue eyes suddenly ignited with anger.

"Do you know what you are doing?! You want to destroy the world?!"

"What does it matter?" Oriel shrugged, not hiding his dark thoughts, "If I'm not good, it doesn't matter to me whether the world is good or not, it's better to say that I would rather the world be bad, so that I can be happier .”

As he said that, there was another attack in his hand.

Lein didn't dare to leave Isabella too far, but Oriel's long-range attack was really annoying.

"Don't worry about me." The demon priestess said lightly, and at some point around her body, three purple diamond-shaped cones floated around her.

"I can still handle this level of attack."

Rein noticed that the string of exquisite and bright decorations hanging on Isabella's priest robe was now only a gorgeous gold chain, and all the pendants on the chain were floating around her.

——That should be the artifact used by the high priests of the demon race in the past to protect themselves in the ceremony.

He nodded cautiously to the priest who was performing the ceremony, and light spots appeared beside him in the black haze—even in hell, his dominance over light elements was still based on his absolute status.

But the power of these lights is obviously incomparable to that in the human world.

Oriel sneered, and kept holding Rein in the distance.

But as time went by, Rein's power became stronger and stronger-it wasn't that the power of the light element increased. In this place, the light element was so thin that it couldn't even support a light wing.

It's a feeling that the surrounding forces that belong to the abyss are also being used by Rein.

Originally, Rein would be distracted because he was concerned about Isabella, but later he found that even if the occasional dark elves' attacks fell near the demon priestess, they would be completely blocked by the demon's artifact.

As a result, the horsepower was fully activated, suppressing the dark elves at a disadvantage.

Isabella knew in her heart that the scales of the Dragon King were blessing the blond young man, which was exactly what she estimated. With the scales of the Dragon King on Rein, he was invincible in this abyssal domain.

The expression on Oriel's face became more and more gloomy, and he pulled away and pushed away during the confrontation with Lein.

"I didn't expect to use this thing."

The dark elf took out something from his arms, and suddenly threw it forcefully into the abyss behind Rein.

As if boiling oil was dripping from the water, the darkness at the entrance of the abyss, which had gradually calmed down under the suppression of the sealing ceremony, suddenly exploded, and that powerful force even caused the earth to cry.

What was even more frightening was that after the local chimes rang again and again, the ritual crystal began to crack, and something violently churned in the originally narrowed gap in the abyss, and the black haze quickly covered the world.

Rein immediately felt the looseness of the ground under his feet. He didn't even look back, he quickly turned around, jumped to the priestess's side in three steps in two steps, grabbed Isabella, turned around and went forward Throw hard.

The demon priestess adjusted her figure in the air, away from the fallen earth, but saw the blond child quickly sinking into the dark and raging abyss due to the reaction force.

"Line!"

With a call, Isaac, who flew from the sky, rushed into the abyss following the touch of gold.

At the same time, in the Demon King City and the other three domains, all the ritual crystals were shattered, and the faces of the high-ranking people of the Demon Race changed.