Lu En and Aniya talked a lot, but the main issue was still limited to how to deal with the empire.

At this moment, he realized how many things the elf, who had always been secretive, had done behind the scenes.

They have been monitoring themselves, seemingly through... Daedalus's observatory? That is the one currently controlled by the Gray Lady.

But there was something deeper that Aniya was unwilling to tell him.

Lu En, on the other hand, couldn't figure out why the Elf used the power of the observatory and the Gray Lady jumped backwards? Impossible! Why? This is completely impossible.

However, everyone has secrets. This is a conversation, not an interrogation, and it is not easy for him to ask too many questions.

Soon, after finalizing the cooperation, Elf Sage Aniya left, leaving Lu En alone.

And Lu En also left quickly.

When he left this time, the place he came to was...the origin of hell.

Where is the origin of hell?

If you ask some scholars, they will answer: "In hell, the whole hell, is the origin of hell, the core of the power of the realm. In hell, the origin is everywhere."

However, for the King of Hell who was born from the original source, although this answer is not wrong, it is certainly not right.

What does it mean to be in hell?

If you are in hell, does that mean you are in hell?

If you are on the top of the mountain of hell, can you see the rocks thousands of meters below in the depths of hell?

If you are at the bottom of hell, can you feel the rolling clouds in the sky above hell?

Anyone can only perceive the tip of the iceberg of hell. What they see, hear, and perceive is only a part of hell. Almost no one can experience the real and complete hell.

Therefore, no one can detect the origin of hell.

But the kings of hell are different, they can really see it.

By gradually dispersing yourself and integrating into this world, you slowly let yourself disappear and spread to the entire world, harmonizing with the original body and mind.

He is a fragment of the origin of hell, so he can naturally re-integrate into it. However, doing so is dangerous, very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will actually integrate into it.

The source fragments are completely integrated into it? What will be the consequences?

He can know the result without even thinking about it. His self-awareness will be completely shattered, destroyed, and crushed to pieces by the majestic will of heaven and earth.

He will not die, but will "integrate" into the origin and return to the state before birth. In other words, he will no longer be separated from the origin of hell.

He has been doing such dangerous things recently.

Just to master this technique and skillfully control the feeling of breaking away immediately after integrating. This is currently the fastest shortcut to improve his strength.

Since it is a fragment of the origin of hell, then... plundering and swallowing other fragments of hell will not allow you to go further on the road and improve the quality, but it can significantly increase the quantity of power.

The war will begin——

We can only use this method to make ends meet. It is a bit dangerous, but the effect is very good.

I just hope it's too late.

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On the edge of the Empire, the town of Wheeler around Arpidou.

It is full of inaccessible swamps, poor villages, and rude country bumpkins.

Probably the only impression people have of this is that swamps and swamps have become a feeding ground for various corpse-eating monsters and other carrion-eating creatures. Except for mercenaries and adventurers looking for work, no one will approach it at all.

Therefore, there is only one lone adventurer here.

With his strong figure, expressionless face, simple leather armor and a well-maintained sword, these are the most valuable things in his body.

Behind him, there were three or four water ghosts lying there. They had been cut into several pieces and their brains had been hollowed out.

"Really, why haven't I been favored by rich people? I live in the upper echelons of the city-state in Apidu, and I kill water ghosts in the cesspit of Weller..." The young adventurer complained, and at the same time he shook his sword.

He opened the small bottle tied to his chest and carefully applied the alchemical oil for maintenance.

In the wild, weapons are the most important, and you can never be too careful.

Then, he found an open space, chopped some firewood, took out the brain he had just taken out of the water ghost, mixed it with other ingredients, and started cooking it.

This is a simple alchemical potion that can create the smell of a water ghost's lair and drive away other dangers in the wild, such as wolves or crawling spider monsters. They will not approach the water ghost's lair. With this potion, you can be safe.

Got some sleep.

The young adventurers are called Gwen, who is only twenty years old. To adventurers, he can be considered a child, but he has been in the industry for three years, so he is no longer a youngster.

It took some time to boil the potion, so he sat cross-legged and waited silently, and then started counting the money.

This was one of his few hobbies, and Gwen especially valued his money, because mercenaries and adventurers were all poor.

"One copper plate, two copper plates, three copper plates... twelve copper plates."

"One, two silver coins... six silver coins."

"One gold coin...ah, only one gold coin."

Total property, twelve copper coins, six silver coins, and one gold coin.

Very rich, very comfortable, and I actually have a gold coin. I have been saving money very quickly recently. When this task is completed, I will go back and buy that small house. Although it is not enough now, but with the reward this time,

enough.

With a house, even if he has established a foothold in Apidu, he can also bring his beloved Ai Li over. Before, there was really no way. After all, the situation here is different from Wanfeng City. He lives in a very small suite.

The rent is more expensive than a spacious house in Wanfeng City, and the rent has to be paid every week without delay for a single day.

As a Level 2 professional and extremely young, he was appreciated by the big boss and was able to save enough money for a house in three years.

Moreover, most of them come from this one task.

The reward for this task is a full ten gold coins!

Not other small gold coins, but thick and heavy imperial gold coins!

For this task, he has lived a sinful life in the wilderness for several weeks, and I am afraid that he will need to rest for half a month afterwards to recover from the disaster and wandering.

But there is no way, this is all for Ellie.

He couldn't help but grin when he thought of the girl wearing an apron, smiling at him on the farmland and making bread for him.

If you work hard, you can gain a foothold in Apidou.

Soon, the potion was brewed, and he spread it around, enduring the stench. Anyway, his nose became numb after a while, and then he couldn't smell it anymore.

Extinguish the fire and plunge the surrounding area into darkness.

He held his sword, sat on the fork of the tree trunk, and fell asleep.

Sleeping on a tree trunk can hide you very well, and the dark swamp itself is a good cover. With the influence of the medicine, you can avoid most predators in the wild. Without fire, you can avoid some with evil intentions.

people.

Besides, he didn't really sleep deeply. If there was any abnormality, he could definitely wake up immediately. This is an essential quality for an adventurer in the wild.

You know - he was born in an elite mercenary group, a mercenary guild profession. The corps he was born in, his immediate boss was famous, he was the daughter of Duke Walder!

Just being born in this corps is enough for him to reach level 2. Although he has left the corps and gone to Abido to work alone, this name coupled with his young age and level 2 make him very important to the current big boss!

He even gave this task to him!

A mission to find the devil!

Recently, someone performed a sacrificial ceremony near Apidou. A former church pastor killed twelve boys and smeared their blood all over the floor. Even one of the twelve boys

Among them, there is his beloved only son.

Even the soldiers stationed at the time were frightened by these ominous rituals.

Sacrifice is a kind of "transaction" between hell and other realms. And the bargaining chip of this transaction is the soul.

Hell needs a large number of souls, which they can transform into lemures or other low-level devils as the lowest soldiers. After a period of time, lemures may evolve into other more powerful demons, some of which are very powerful in their own right.

A powerful demon, he may even have the chance to be promoted to a "big demon" in the end.

Of course, this is not attractive to most mortals, so hell uses other means. Their favorite means is 'trading', using gold, faith, extraordinary power, or other things in exchange. This

Many people would even take the initiative to sell their souls in exchange for help from the devil.

Such a good thing,

But there are still many people who are not willing to sell their own. In order to attract more souls to hell, the demons allow mortals to bargain, so a group of people appear. They like to sell other people's. This group of people trade souls with hell.

And gain strength.

Given the notorious reputation level of Hell...the reputation of this group of people certainly cannot be that high, especially since they use various tricks to defraud other people's souls.

Of course, sometimes it is not cheating, but killing by force. In addition, the greater source of souls, that is, people fighting each other, fighting each other with weapons, duels, and even wars, is the biggest source of souls!

This is why Apidu sent a large number of people to investigate outside the city. They were worried that Hell might be seeking war, and they had to investigate clearly in advance. To this end, they recruited hundreds of skilled adventurers and mercenaries.

Keep a close eye on all nearby places for signs of demons!

The young adventurer Gwen is one of them.
To be continued...