Chapter 154 The Demon King Arrives(1/2)
Pei Renli has always felt that there is definitely something wrong with the Demon King system.
After visiting the ruins left by the god-killing demon king Balam, this feeling was confirmed.
But the question is, who is the person who single-handedly created the Demon King system and selected the Demon King from each plane? Balam did not give a clear answer to this point.
From the few words he left behind, it can be confirmed that this is an extremely powerful existence, so powerful that even speaking or writing his name must be strictly guarded.
Although the process is somewhat inexplicable, Peri Renli is indeed the Demon King. He must face this problem in order to escape from the shackles of the Demon King System. He must also consider this issue in order to gain freedom and not be captured by the Demon King System every now and then and taken into the Demon King Arena to fight.
They are right, Pei Renli needs information very much now, and he also needs time.
His growth rate is very fast. Anyone who knows his learning efficiency will be exclaimed as a genius, but it is still not enough.
In addition to being surrounded and suppressed by many parties after the Demon King's identity is exposed, the Demon King Arena is also a threat that cannot be ignored.
Although judging from the last experience, most demon kings are weak at this stage, but due to the existence of the demon king system, generally demon kings grow by leaps and bounds.
The guy who was a weakling last time may have saved up enough reputation to exchange for some kind of powerful ability, and he will give you a big surprise in the next Demon King Arena.
Pei Renli, on the other hand, does not rely on the Demon King System. The abilities he chooses are the icing on the cake. Even if he suddenly disappears one day, it is not a big problem.
This also causes him to grow quickly, but it is also a smooth curve, which is very different from others. He may fail in a certain Demon King Arena at any time, let alone the God-killing Demon King Balam.
A real enemy that no one can deal with.
The people behind Korra threw an olive branch towards Perrenli, and they had clearly shown their cards, and made it clear that they would be a huge help.
Here comes the problem.
——So, Gul'dan, what's the price?
There is no free lunch in this world. If you want to get it, you must pay something. They have made it clear that they will provide intelligence, magic spells and even taboo knowledge as help. What price does Pei Renli have to pay in exchange for this help?
Even if we put aside the issue of cost, at least it should be possible to negotiate. Everyone is straightforward, but Pei Renli is still pretending to be confused.
This is because, in his opinion, these people are too suspicious.
Their identity, motives and abilities are all questionable, and it is difficult for people to believe that they can cooperate with them.
To sum up, Pei Renli chose to pretend to the end and would not consider cooperating with them for the time being. It is best not to consider doing business with them.
"How is it? Are the results of the divination particularly accurate?"
Seeing Pei Renli lift the door curtain angrily, Korra who was waiting at the door immediately came up to him and said.
"You just know how to say some incomprehensible things, what the hell?"
Korra didn't refute, she just gave Pei Renli a look of 'just pretend to be confused'.
It seemed that she didn't know what Pei Renli was talking about inside, and it was probably as simple as ordering her to bring Pei Renli over.
In short, continue to cover it tightly, it's not time to lift the card yet.
"Pei Renli!"
While talking, the two heard the dwarf's loud voice.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw Fondal holding a wine glass and approaching from the other side of the street.
This guy obviously drank a lot in the drinking contest just now, but he was still drinking while walking.
Pretty cool, iron stomach and iron bladder?
"What are you doing here?"
Although Vondar was not drunk enough, he still walked a little unsteadily.
He looked at the signs next to the two of them and sneered:
"Divination? Do you believe this?"
"It's a lie. I heard a lot of nonsense when I walked in."
"Sure, this kind of divination is just making money through nonsense."
Korra shrugged and didn't bother to refute.
Vondar burped and took off a palm-sized metal disc from his waist.
"If you want to do divination, you might as well come to me. Even though it's not accurate, at least I won't charge you."
Priests can indeed tell fortunes, and they don't just rely on words to deceive people.
There is a kind of magic that can predict good and bad luck in the near future, and the accuracy is even pretty good, at least it is more reliable than relying solely on magic.
Vondar held the disk and shook it. A glass bead embedded in the disk that could slide along the circular track slid quickly like the pointer of a turntable.
Within two seconds, the glass bead stopped. Von Dal took a look and said:
"Not good or bad?"
"What's the meaning?"
"That is to say, in the next thirty minutes, bad things will happen, but there will also be good things."
"This...seems like nonsense."
"After all, it's just divination, just use it as a reference and have fun."
Even the spell caster Fondar himself didn't quite believe this, so he simply showed it to Pei Renli.
He casually hung the disc on his waist again, and raised the wine glass to Pei Renli's chest:
"Want some? Their wine is pretty good, but it's still a little less strong than our dwarf spirits, hahahaha... gah!"
Before he could say the rejection, Vondar's laughter suddenly stopped as if his throat was being pinched.
His eyes were fixed on the sky, and the pedestrians passing by also stopped and pointed at the sky.
Pei Renli turned around and looked up. A twisted flash of light like lightning lit up in the originally clear sky, and made a harsh hissing sound.
The flash of light twisted and expanded in the next moment, revealing an irregular shape that was hard to tell how wide it was on the ground, which reminded him of a screen projected into the sky.
Most passers-by thought it was the organizer of the garden party who was up to something, but there was no precedent for this, and the whispers of passers-by around him had an atmosphere of slight panic.
Immediately afterwards, the expanded irregular shape flickered twice, as if it was caused by snowflakes that were out of contact, and then the image was clearly revealed.
In the dim and seemingly impenetrable darkness, a man wearing black armor sat on a stone throne, holding his head slightly with one hand.
"Foolish people who are immersed in the garden party, your wantonness ends here."
The sound fell from the sky like thunder, and seemed to be disguised to a certain extent. It sounded more like rough metal rubbing against each other.
"I will be crowned king today. As the Demon King and the King of Kings, I will give you a final warning."
A frightening light flashed under his helmet, as if it were his eyes:
"Submit to me!"
He didn't know whether it was because the sound was too loud or for some other reason. When Pei Renli was still confused about the situation, he felt that his vision was getting darker, his legs were even weak, and he was unable to maintain balance.
Suddenly, his head seemed to be filled with noisy and strange sounds, including screams, weird laughter, whispers, angry shouts, begging for mercy, curses and sarcastic sounds all mixed together, giving him a splitting headache.
But when Pei Renli reluctantly used his staff to support himself from falling, the sound completely disappeared as if it had never appeared.
He didn't notice that Korra next to him looked at him in shock, as if to say, 'You are obviously the Demon King, what's going on with that bastard in the sky?'
He raised his head again, and in the sky, purple cracks quickly opened up, turning into ovals with slightly concave edges, like a hundred-eyed giant opening all his eyes silently.
"The garden party is just the beginning. Witness the death I sow. If you don't accept it, this will be the end!"
The voice in the sky was still roaring, and at the same time, a word popped into Pei Renli's mind.
——Portal!
Just when he realized this, Pei Renli seemed to see something running out of the portal. The panic of the pedestrians around him reached its peak in the next moment, and real screams broke into his ears, as if everyone was running away. Just now
The joyful atmosphere of the garden party was instantly cleared.
"Follow me, it's safe here!"
Vaguely, Pei Renli seemed to hear Korra's voice, but when he was about to turn around, he suddenly felt that his feet had lost support. He seemed to have fallen into a crack, and the light quickly disappeared in front of his eyes.
When the feeling of falling and weightlessness occurred at the same time, Pei Renli saw the creatures running out of the portal crossing the crack above his head. Some had wings, and some were more bizarre.
A smell of sulfur like rotten eggs and a malicious gust of wind hit his face, which also made him realize what kind of creature had just appeared from the portal.
demon.
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The ground seemed unable to withstand the malice brought by the devil and cracked like a cracker. The ruins of this historic ancient city trembled under the powerful malice.
The scene was like an earthquake. Some people fled, some were swallowed up by the cracked ground, and some were thrown to the ground by various demons emerging from the portal.
Korra noticed that Perrenli had fallen, but it was too late to do anything. Besides, she knew that killing a mage was as difficult as breaking a stone with an egg. Instead of going to see Perrenli's condition, Korra
There are more important things.
She rushed into the tent with a quick stride, as if she had entered a space that was isolated from the inside and outside. All the noise outside could not be heard, and it would not affect the inside of the tent.
"I told you to calm down, but you know how to make trouble and don't look at your age and you are not stable at all?"
"Fart! I couldn't help it. This is true temperament, you know Hammer!"
To be continued...