Welcome to Nightmare Game III

In a certain room deep in the Midsummer Palace.

Ning Zhou took off his luxurious crown robe and military armor. His long hair, which had not been trimmed in the past three years, fell to his waist. He bit his teeth on the black leather gloves, took them off, and skillfully The hair was tied up with a bandage, and the beautiful muscles on the arm were involved in the wound in front of the heart because of this action.

Not just the wound, there are many old wounds under the demon king's attire. There are scars everywhere on his arms, chest, abdominal muscles, and back. These old wounds are on his skin, sometimes tearing and bleeding, sometimes Healing scars, repeated alternately and strangely.

This was by no means normal, but he didn't care.He wrapped the wound with a bandage, and when he reached his chest, he hesitantly placed his hand on the heart, which was once pierced by the bone spear of the power demon king.

The heart is beating steadily. In order to protect this important organ, he has a reverse scale at this position in the dragon form.

The reverse scale is not the most vulnerable part of the dragon as rumored, on the contrary, in order to protect the heart, it must be the hardest.The reverse scale that was pierced through will be harder than before after healing. It becomes stronger in the injury, and so is he.

When Qi Leren's letter came to him, asking for any material on his body to condense the avatar, the first thing he thought of was this reverse scale.

In the Battle of Twilight three years ago, when he was pierced through his heart and sank to the bottom of the sea, it was Qi Le who inherited the land of Twilight and rescued him with the power of rebirth, so his heart beat again. And thus healed.

Can this hard reverse scale help him?Ning Zhou didn't know, but as long as the Qi Le people needed it, he was willing to give him everything he had.

What will Qi Leren look like when he sees this piece of reverse scale?Ning Zhou couldn't help but see the appearance of his lover in his mind.

He longed for him like a thirsty traveler lost in the desert longs for an oasis.

No, he shouldn't miss it, Ning Zhou suddenly woke up and forced himself to stop this passionate thinking.

If he misses, maybe the people of Qi Le will see it.

But now, he couldn't let Qi Leren see him like this.

Ning Zhou looked vigilantly at the mirror in the corner. What was reflected in the mirror was not a calm and sober believer with faith, but a lonely beast with many scars. In the scarlet eyes was a dangerous and crazy abyss of hell.

Demons never know how to control desires.

Countless sinful thoughts were ups and downs. Thirsty, he suddenly saw a golden birdcage in the mirror, and the chains were wrapped around Qi Leren's ankles. He shivered like a captured bird in the cage. Singing softly for the master...

Stop, he has to stop.

With a crisp shattering sound, the mirror shattered in the uncontrollable destructive force.

The visions in the mirror are gone, but the desires are not, they snicker and sink into the shadow of reason, waiting for the next comeback.

Self-loathing boiled in Ning Zhou's chest, tearing apart the tenderness and tranquility in his heart when he missed his lover.

Every minute and every second, he wanted to rush out of this confinement room, flying like a legendary dragon, spraying the dragon's breath of destruction along the way, and destroying the entire fallen demon world.

At least, to destroy himself.

Ning Zhou stood up, he was short of breath, and rushed towards the door of the room.

The moment his fingers touched the barrier by the door, a strong electric current ran through his body, and cold sweat flowed from his tense muscles—it was the barrier he had set up himself.

He stood there blankly for a long time, struggling between rationality and madness on his handsome face. Finally, he slowly returned to the seat, leaned against the back of the chair, and put the back of his hand on his forehead.

He closed his eyes, trying to restrain himself, don't use thoughts to suppress the urge to destroy, don't miss him, don't let him see, don't make him worry.

Wait until the dead of night, when you calm down again, and then think about it.Ning Zhou said to himself silently: You can still persist.

………………

"Le Ren? Le Ren!"

Si Lin's voice brought Qi Leren back to his senses, and he smiled apologetically: "Sorry, I was distracted just now."

The illusionist raised his eyebrows: "It's broad daylight, what are you daydreaming about?"

Qi Leren didn't explain, just now he felt palpitations and lost his mind for a moment, as if someone was calling him in a low voice, it seemed like an illusion, but he knew that it couldn't be an illusion.

The person who will make him lose his mind may be silently asking him for help.

The head maid of the Dragon Ant Queen did not leave immediately after completing the escort task. She was ordered to wait for Qi Leren and send him to the Demon Realm after completing his incarnation.

The ceremony of condensing the avatars takes three days. The "monthly exam" is coming soon, and the Qi Le people have made a decision-try to see if they can complete the ceremony in the mandatory task, which can save him a lot of time.

"You don't have to worry too much. We will take care of the house while you are away." Si Lin comforted, pouring him a cup of black coffee, "That's right, I'm implying that someone is working overtime."

The illusionist gave him a squinted look: "It is impossible to work overtime, and it is impossible to work overtime in this life, unless Le Ren brings two full-loaded spaceships over every month, then I may reluctantly help him with a shift."

Qi Leren: "...is it going to be filled with all kinds of fabrics?"

Illusionist: "I appreciate your self-consciousness, and I hope you can give full play to the advantages of being gay in the aesthetics of choosing fabrics."

Seeing that the topic was about to go off track again, Si Lin directly cut to the topic: "Have all the materials been prepared?"

Qi Leren nodded.

The ritual process of condensing the incarnation, the prophet organized and kept it in the underground ice palace.It is said that he got the knowledge from the shepherd on the island of the undead. At that time, Maria made corrections with the knowledge of mysticism passed down by the Holy See, and Aya also sorted out the relevant parts from the materials passed down by the Dragon Ant Queen. , along with books from the Demon Realm.

With detailed reference materials, things are naturally much easier to handle.

The illusionist interrupted suddenly: "There won't be any accidents in this monthly exam, right?"

Qi Leren picked up a biscuit on the side table and gagged his mouth: "Shut up, don't set a flag for me!"

The illusionist chewed the biscuit in wonder: "This biscuit tastes a bit fishy and spicy..."

Si Lin's calm expression changed slightly, and a drop of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

The illusionist held the biscuit and looked left and right, then suddenly turned his head to look at the glass ecological box on the terrace. A red lava lizard was holding a familiar biscuit in its mouth, and quickly hid in the gap between the basalt rocks. When the illusionist ate the same food, he became worried about his food reserves.

Si Lin calmly concealed some key information: "The protein-rich handmade biscuits were given to me by Le Ren."

The Qi Le people smiled and exposed the truth: "Si Lin wants a lava lizard from the devil world. This kind of lizard is very picky about food and likes to eat hot lava worms. In order to prevent it from eating food from the human world, Aya generously donated a year's feed. Don't worry, people can eat it too."

The biscuit dropped from the illusionist's mouth: "Qile people!!!"

Qi Leren: "Oh, I suddenly remembered something urgent. I need to go to the technical support department. Goodbye!"

As he said that, he quickly picked up the notebook on the table and fled. From the meeting room on the top floor, the voice of the illusionist snarled at Si Lin: "Why do you keep the bug biscuits at hand!"

"This is so that I can feed my little one at any time, I can't let it go hungry."

"Are you a pervert?!"

"I guess it's not perverted at least to the point of wanting to have sex with a lizard."

"Your evaluation of perverts is too loose, this is perverted enough!"

Qi Leren thoughtfully closed the door for the pair of seniors, and seriously thought about whether having sex with a lizard was considered perverted.

Well, I don't think it's a big problem. After all, it's not like he hasn't thought about being a "Dragon Knight"—the kind that goes deeper than the literal meaning.

I don't know if it's his illusion, but I always feel that Ning Zhou seems to have grown taller after going to the Demon Realm, and his momentum is more oppressive.But so what?He wasn't worried at all, Ning Zhou was always gentle in front of him.

In this relationship, Qi Leren is very clear that he is favored, he is faintly confident, but he feels guilty about it.

Ning Zhou is a person who seldom gives him a sense of aggression. Even though his strength is enough to crush half of the devil world, but during the short time of living together three years ago, Qi Le people realized that Ning Zhou is used to accommodating him instead of Ask him to accommodate.

Some people will ask their lovers to accommodate their own preferences. This kind of selfishness is written in human nature, and it is also reflected in countless details of life: adjusting the taste of food, arguing about how to allocate housework, and even purchasing daily necessities. The scent you like, not what the other person likes... People always like others to accommodate themselves.

This kind of accommodation has nothing to do with equality in the relationship, or even how deep the love is.A person with extreme ego, even if he loves so much that he is willing to die for his lover, doesn't mean he will respect his lover's ideas in everything.

Self-interest is a kind of nature, but Ning Zhou is a completely "altruistic" character. People in Qile like to eat Chinese food. When eating together, he will never propose to eat Western food. He doesn't even think it is a kind of accommodating , he would do it instinctively, as if his personal preferences were completely unimportant, as long as Qi Le people were happy, he would get supreme joy from it.

This may be the imprint left on him by the youth he spent in the Holy See of Neverland. The education he received encouraged him to give, to dedicate, to sacrifice.

He doesn't pursue "getting", but seeks inner peace after giving everything, and he doesn't even live for himself.

Being loved by such a person should be a happy thing, but Qi Le people feel distressed.

When Ning Zhou was a teenager, he learned to restrain the selfishness in human nature, and now he is learning to restrain the more terrifying desires in the devil's nature.

Recalling the Ning Zhou he saw in the scent of white coffee, he had long hair, was dressed in a black military uniform, and was so handsome that people couldn't take their eyes off.

In countless silent meetings, the people of Qi Le can always feel restraint from him. Demons don't bother to restrain their desires. They are more like wild beasts, and their unrestrained desires are nakedly written in their On their faces, they crave blood, power, food, sex, they crave everything that pleases them physically and mentally.

Find the source in countless desires, sublimate the untamed animal nature into pure divinity, from then on, no longer be dominated by chaotic desires, but accept the guidance of the only source in countless intricate desires, until you completely convert, To a demon this is detachment.

But Ning Zhou restrained himself.

He doesn't get pleasure from killing, doesn't let power dominate his thoughts, and only eats simple food to keep his body functioning. He even lives an unbelievable abstinence life for demon creatures.

To demons, mating and reproduction are like eating and drinking. Even though some high-ranking demons have the concept of a spouse, that doesn't mean they think that a spouse is the only one.According to the devil's way of thinking, their logic is "How can I tell others that my spouse is great if I don't share my spouse. How will my spouse know that I am the best if I don't try all the people I can try. "?

The marriage system in the demon world is more about the combination of power and interests. The demons who are evenly matched and admire each other form a community of interests. There is no such thing as a powerful demon who would willingly offer everything to the weak just because he coveted the beauty of the weak. This is simply a laughing stock, like If so, just grab it.

Loyalty in human ethics is an extremely weird custom in the eyes of demons. It is like a human being who loves steak and would rather starve to death than eat other foods. Oh, this human also refuses to eat steak with others. Even if it is just a suggestion, it may cause A brawl.

When other people eat in public, human beings will inevitably put on a look of disgust and ask them to close the door to eat one-on-one. If someone steals steak and is found out, human beings will angrily fight with the stealer, and are even willing to pay for it. The price of life - come on, this steak isn't going to disappear just because someone stole it, it might even breed a new steak, wouldn't that be great?

In the eyes of the devil, the human beings who are so angry about this obviously have something wrong with their brains.

Unfortunately, the subordinates of the Demon King of Destruction found sadly that their two majesties followed the eccentric ethics of human beings, forcing them to suffer the baptism of the Three Views.

Qi Leren thought of the picture of the demon world he saw, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Those demons who were tremblingly reciting the "Teaching Canon" in front of Ning Zhou always looked mournful, especially in the lively party where the crowd gathered to eat steak, their Majesty passed by expressionlessly and told the nearby neighbors coldly. Guards, a temporary test on interpretation of doctrine.

There was a panic at the scene, and the demons lost their appetite. Some pulled up their pants and took out the textbook on the spot, some bit off other people’s tableware because they were too panicked, some were so frightened that they cried and said they had an eating disorder, and some Vowed never to party again, he would have dinner with his spouse in the privacy of his room, with a few extra steaks bought, looted, or traded, at most.

Their majesty practiced the virtues of the world in the body of a demon: bravery, temperance, wisdom, and justice.And for the demons, it was a complete nightmare.

The author has something to say:

PS: It is really difficult to write about the Demon Realm after review, but I want everyone to understand what kind of place the Demon Realm is and what kind of creatures the demons are. Then you will know that Ning Zhou is too difficult.

Demons: So why can't a crowd eat steak? !

Ning Zhou: My eyes hurt.