"Ahem........."

The rich bloody aura came from the surface, making the faces of Fang Zheng and Nimfu a little ugly, but fortunately, with the complete destruction of the bright ruby shrouded in holy light, this unlucky six-armed snake demon lord seemed to be completely unresponsive, she had completely turned into a pool of blood scattered everywhere, and there seemed to be nothing else unusual except for the stench it emitted.

"It's finally over."

Looking at the ruins of the wreckage that had no movement in front of him, Fang Zheng was also relieved. Before, he thought that this mission must be very difficult, but he didn't expect it to be surprisingly simple, except for the six-armed snake demon who was a little troublesome, there were almost no other problems. Of course, it's all because of .........

"Thanks to you, Nimfu."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng touched Nimfu's head beside him. Feeling Fangzheng's touch, Nimfu smiled reassuringly.

"Nothing, master, this is what I should do."

"But then again........."

Speaking of this, Fang Zheng seemed to have just thought of something.

"Where did you get that ruby?"

"I took it from the splinter when I was scouting before, and I was going to give it to my master, but it turned out that they were .........."

As she spoke, Nimfu glared at the old bishop.

“……… I'm so sorry I accidentally forgot, master. ”

"No need to apologize, you're the biggest contributor this time."

What Fang Zheng said was sincere, he didn't expect that this weak and vulnerable little angel could play such a key role in such a seemingly dangerous task. Not only did she interrupt the resurrection ceremony of the six-armed snake demon lord in advance, but she also destroyed the altar, and even Bella's so-called "third eye" was taken away by her in advance......... Fang Zheng really wanted to click on her character profile to see if the luck of the little angel was EX-level.........

Without Nimfu, Fang Zheng estimated that this mission might have been even more difficult. If the six-armed snake demon regains her true form, or if she uses this altar to open the gates of Hell......... Then Founder had to face the choice of whether to run away or run away or run away.

"You're right, Your Excellency Fangzheng."

At this time, the old man had once again come to Fang Zheng and Nimfu's side, and when he heard Fang Zheng's words, the old man nodded.

"I've already investigated, the magic array hidden under this altar is actually the core of the Gates of Hell, and once it is activated by Bella, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Saying this, the old bishop's face instantly became extremely serious.

"Not to mention, those people actually got the key, this time it's too serious! Although it did not cause too serious consequences, if there was any accident, then the entire Northland would face a crisis! ”

"So you're going to settle accounts with the White Tower of Heaven?"

As soon as Fang Zheng heard the old bishop's tone, he knew that this matter might not be good, although this time it was Fang Zheng and the others who stopped the evil deeds "in time", but the other party's crime of collaborating with the enemy could not be counted because it did not cause too much damage. Not to mention that Charles guy actually gave these cultists the keys to open the seal......... Then again, what about the keys?

"Here."

Perhaps guessing what Fang was thinking, the old man raised his right hand expressionlessly, and there was a purple gem ring lying in the center of his palm, but this ring seemed to have just been dug out of the mud, which looked quite dirty and ugly.

"It has been polluted by the breath of the abyss, this will be the best evidence, this time, the White Tower will definitely not escape punishment again!"

"This time?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then his expression became strange.

How do you listen to the meaning of the old bishop......... This Heavenly White Tower not only has a criminal record, but is it also a habitual offender?

"Hey! Master Karl! Founder! Are you all right? “

At this time, Stone finally hurried over with the members of the Pegasus Knights, and after the altar collapsed, those frightened little demons ran quickly when they saw that the situation was not good, but those cultists looked like they were going to fight to the death. Therefore, Stone and the others had to help the mercenaries deal with the cultists who were desperately resisting before they came to the altar to check the situation.

As for those scattered little demons, in Stone's opinion, these guys have no climate, and after the master dies, they basically lose the ability to stay in this world, and it is only a matter of time before they return to their own world, so there is nothing to worry about.

After this battle, Fang Zheng and the others, who were the core, were fine, but they suffered heavy casualties on the periphery. Only half of the more than 20 Pegasus knights survived in the face of those little demons, and this was because Stone was in the town, otherwise I am afraid that they would only be completely destroyed.

The mercenaries also suffered heavy losses, only the mercenary captain and the two archers and the mage survived, the others were almost all killed, and Fina was slightly injured. Luckily, the injuries weren't serious, as she was put into a coma by the impact of the explosion, so nothing was serious.

But in any case, they finally succeeded in stopping the damned plot of these cultists, and after the old bishop's confirmation, the core of the circle hidden in the altar had indeed been completely destroyed by Nimfu, and it was completely useless.

Although the mission was over, for the sake of caution, the group decided to search the neighborhood to avoid any other nonsense left by the cultists. Of course, before that, Stone also sent a Pegasus Knight to relay the news of the completion of the mission to the Temple. lest they still have sleepless all night......... It's not good for your health.

Although the battle is over, it is still ......... for Fang Zheng But it doesn't end there.

"Hey........."

Looking at the corpses that had disappeared in the raging flames, Fang Zheng shook his head. Truth be told, he doesn't really like to fight alongside others, whether it's in the Dark World, or in the World of Edge of Tomorrow, Fang Zheng basically acts alone or only with his own summons.

As for the reason.........

"Mr. Founder?"

Hearing the voice of the priest girl beside him, Fang Zheng turned his head to look at her, and then sighed softly.

"I'm so sorry to put you in danger."

"It's nothing."

Hearing Fang Zheng's apology, the priest girl shook her head instead. She also looked quite embarrassed at this moment, not only was her priest's robe tattered, but she also had a roll of bandages wrapped around her head. There was still blood on her cheeks, and she was also extremely tired at this time, but she still stood here.

"Aren't you going to take a break?"

"I'll go later, but it's you, Mr. Fangzheng......... Seems to be in a bad mood? ”

"Not really."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at the bonfire in front of him again.

"To be honest, I don't really like it."

"This ......... Feel? ”

"That's right."

Hearing Fina's inquiry, Fang Zheng nodded.

"Look at that big man, you know? I had a fight with him before, and he didn't think I was worthy to be their leader, so I beat him up and we both had a drink......... Then he confessed to me. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing this, Fina's eyes widened in surprise.

"Why didn't I see it?"

"Oh, that's because I thought it was supposed to happen."

"Uh..............."

"Just kidding."

Looking at Fina's complicated expression, Fang Zheng smiled slightly, but soon, the smile on his face disappeared.

"But to be honest, it's a really bad feeling."

Fang Zheng said what he said in his heart, he was born in a peaceful world, and his weekdays were all heavy work, endless meetings and staying up late to work overtime. Maybe someone leaves, maybe someone joins, maybe someone gets fired. But none of this is life-threatening. He has made many decisions, but those decisions are not fatal.

But here it is different, every decision he makes will endanger the lives of others, and even bring them to death.

Of course, these mercenaries and Fangzheng have been vegetarian in their lives, and those before were also Fangzheng's "brain supplements". But Fina was different from her, she followed Fang Zheng to the Dark Swamp, although they were not able to fight together after this, but Fina also helped him a lot. If it weren't for this priest who was brushing those mercenaries with BUFFs, I'm afraid those mercenaries wouldn't have lasted long.

But even this girl almost died.

If the death of those mercenaries only made Fang Zheng feel a little emotional, then Fina's almost death made him a little afraid. This is not a game, NPCs can be refreshed even when they die. At that time, Fang Zheng's mind was full of his own tasks and how to deal with that damn six-armed snake demon, but now that he calmed down, he suddenly felt a little afraid——— if he heard the news of Fina's death after he had done all this, then Fang Zheng would definitely regret it.

After all, he could have come here without Fina on an adventure, which was his own business, but he had involved unrelated people in the middle of it. As a modern person, he is accustomed to a "self-contained" lifestyle, that is, others do not come to make trouble for themselves, but he will not make trouble for others. If you see someone in trouble, you can go up and help, but you still have to protect yourself first when you encounter danger. Fang Zheng had never tried a decision to send someone to die......... Of course, in his own world, it is impossible for those people to follow his orders to die.

After all, Fang Zheng is not a soldier either.

And that's not all.........

Fang Zheng stretched out his hand, opened the system in front of him, and looked at the information prompt above.

[The Overworld quest "Hell's Gate" has been completed, and the ratio of Overworld Time to Dungeon Time will be adjusted to 1:10]

On the surface, there seemed to be no problem with this mission, just like Fang Zheng had done in the dungeon world. But Founder always had a peculiar premonition.

Because he still clearly remembered that in Star-Moon City, the law resonance that was triggered when he entered the temple for the first time, as well as the prompt information that the system gave him at that time.

[Ordered parallel port detected]

【Port Activation】

As the designer and creator of the Dimensional Codex, Fang Zheng certainly knew what this prompt meant, but because the Dimensional Code didn't say anything after that, he didn't care. But this time, the system suddenly issued an overworld mission to himself, but it made Fang Zheng suddenly recall the original incident.

He always had the feeling that this mission was actually a deal between the system and the world, helping the world to prevent the gates of hell from reopening, and allowing the Dimensional Code to make appropriate adjustments and changes to the flow of time.

This is like the base game and DLC, if you compare the Dimensional Code to the base game, then this world is DLC, you can only accept and complete the exclusive tasks of the DLC if you install and connect to the map of this DLC.

Then the question arises.

And who are the "NPCs" who posted this quest?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng glanced at the badge on his chest.

He already had a vague answer.