Chapter 164: Christy's Secret

Under the light of the fire, the old village chief's face was full of protruding black veins, which emerged from his skin and stretched out in all directions, and when he looked at it, the old face seemed to have turned into a huge spider web, which made people sick. After seeing this scene, Anne couldn't help but scream, and then took two steps back, protecting the girl behind her. Everyone can see that the appearance of the old man in front of him is definitely not normal. Not to mention the eerie symbol that emerged from his neck, black as a tattoo.

That's the mark of the devil.

“……………”

In the face of Rod's words, the old village chief was silent, he just looked at the man in front of him coldly, and then turned his eyes and looked around.

"I think you know exactly what you're in."

With Rod's words, the long sword slowly slid down and slid over the old village chief's neck, the cold touch made the old man shudder, but he still gritted his teeth and didn't say a word——— because he didn't have anything to say? Or does he think it's useless to say anything?

"Since you don't say it, then I'll come first."

However, Rod didn't seem surprised at all by the old village chief's performance, he just shrugged his shoulders, sighed, and then gave the order very tough and unquestionable.

"Get your men to retreat."

"Hehehe........."

Hearing this, the old man finally burst out laughing, and he looked at Rhodes in front of him with a hint of mockery, as if he had uttered some joke. Soon, the old man shook his head, and then he snorted softly. Although he did not directly answer Rod's words, his answer could be seen in the increasingly fierce attacks of the undead spirits.

"Of course I know what you're thinking."

Despite the utter contempt, Rhodes didn't look angry, instead, the corners of his mouth went up, revealing a slight smile.

"Anyway, it's come to this point, and you don't have any hole cards, so just break the net and want to pull a few more pads. Even if you fail, you don't intend to make me better, or better, and you still expect your men to break through the mercenary defenses and come here to save you...... But I think you're well aware that this is just a pipe dream. If the Shadow Fiend is still around, then I don't think it's impossible, but alas, you've lost your biggest helper, so I think you don't have to do this daydream. ”

Hearing the word "Shadow Demon", the old man was stunned for a moment, and then he put away his mocking smile and carefully looked at the man in front of him with a solemn gaze. However, he still didn't mean to speak, but for Rod, it was not difficult for others to speak.

"But I don't think you are afraid of death, as a person who has sold his soul to the devil, even if you die, your soul will not return to the earth, but go to hell and continue to serve your master. But I'm really curious where you got the guts, you know that the devil has no sympathy for losers, do you think it will be generous to comfort a loser instead of turning him into a petri dish for soul worms? ”

Rod's tone of speech was calm, mixed with a hint of sincerity, but the old man who heard his words opened his eyes wide in surprise at the moment, and for the first time began to look at the young man in front of him with fear and suspicion. Update: He didn't expect this guy who didn't look like he had any hair to know so much about the devil, who was he? Even devil believers don't know all of them. It took me more than 40 years of hard work for my master to learn these secrets about the devil. So where did this young man come from? …,

Could it be that he is also one of the devil's followers? This possibility is not impossible, after all, even in the abyss of hell, the devils don't necessarily look at each other, not to mention that this mission is so important to their own masters, and the other devils can't guarantee that they won't have any ideas. But soon the old man rejected this idea, a devil believer could not have angels as helpers, and this kind of thing should happen, unless the devils' brains are burned, or the angels' IQ is negative.

So, is it ............ Immortal Knight?!

Thinking of this, the old man's face turned pale.

The Immortal Knights are the most powerful military force in the Church, and they do not participate in mortal battles, but only focus on expelling and destroying souls who have broken the way of the law and fallen into evil and darkness. The Knights of the Immortal Spirits are not well-known to ordinary people, as they have little to do with the lives of ordinary people. They will not help people to maintain social order, nor will they help them defend their homes and countries, they will always be hidden in the shadows, secretly and quickly sweeping away everything about depravity and evil. Of course, to ordinary people, they have almost never heard of this profession, but among the depraved and evil believers, the name of the Immortal Knight is more feared than the devil, and unlike the ordinary surface fools, they know much more about the devil than the average person. And it is rumored that these powerful Heroic Spirit Knights will always have the assistance of divine envoys——— they are vampires on the side of the Night Country, and they are naturally angels on the side of the Land of Light.

Thinking about it like this, the old man immediately felt that his guess was very likely to be true, after all, it was impossible for an ordinary mercenary to know so much secret knowledge. Look at the stupid girl next to him, look at her stupid look and tell that she didn't understand what this young man was talking about at all.

It was only then that he finally felt a hint of fear.

Rod was very keenly aware of the change in the old man's expression, which is one of the reasons why he deliberately said this, now that he sees the other party in the set, then he can proceed to the next step in a bright way, in fact, Rod knows more about the devil than the old man himself thinks——— before killing the Void Dragon, he led the team to step on the entire Abyss Nine Hells and replenish all the god costumes before starting, a solid foundation is always the guarantee of victory.

And Rhodes also has enough confidence to face all this, after all, in the game, the most powerful enemy he faces is the Creation Five Dragons, but in fact, the probability of really encountering the Creation Five Dragons in the game is very low——— the Night Country led by the Dark Dragon is powerful, and the Light Dragon was given to the Dark Dragon by the group of idiots in the Council of the Light in the name of "eliminating contradictions", and was swallowed directly by the other party, which not only led to a great increase in the strength of the Dark Dragon, but also completely disappeared the dragon soul shelter that has been shrouding the sky of the Land of Light, In its place, there was boundless darkness, and the kingdom of light, weakened by the dark dragon soul, finally collapsed completely. Rhodes also took the opportunity to take out the Council after that, and then led the team to fight the Night Nation until he lured the Dark Dragon out and killed it by chance.

As for the twin dragons of judgment and sanction, he is not worried, these two creation dragon souls have always guarded the one-third of an acre of land in their own law country, and they seem to have nothing to do with whether others are dead or alive. Rod never found a reason to clean them up, so he went with them. After that, a new information chapter opens, and the Void Dragon leads its legions to destroy the entire continent, which is the only time in the entire game that the Genesis Dragon Soul has voluntarily declared war on the player.

According to the classification in the game, the most powerful in the entire Dragon Soul Continent is the successor of the five dragon souls of creation, and then there are the second-level existences of each class, which are the three archangels, the five elemental lords, the four demon generals and the six pillar demon gods. Among them, the three archangels belong to the dragon soul of light, the five elemental lords take a neutral position, the four demon generals are the four legion leaders who lead the dark dragon legion, and the six pillar demon gods are the guardians responsible for guarding hell and the surface and blocking the path. This is also the top-level existence that players can often encounter on weekdays. ..., and in these existences, Rhodes once stabbed an archangel, the five elemental lords were killed by him, and the four demon generals were even killed by Rhodes with his subordinates, although the six-pillar demon god has never clashed with Rhodes, but in order to play equipment, he has also led his team to rush through the blockade of the demon god several times in a row, and go straight to hell to loot——— if you really talk about greed and **, the player has thrown the devil several streets. They can only watch the glamorous and rich of the surface drool or toss and turn through a few little tricks. If the player's birthplace and allegiance were changed to Hell, I'm afraid the surface would be bleeding by now...... It is estimated that the long-cherished wish of the devil archduke for several lifetimes has already been fulfilled.

Rod shook his head, throwing these strange and inexplicable thoughts to the back of his mind, he still looked at the old man in front of him with a funny expression, slowly admiring his face that had been blackened by the power of the devil was now full of red, then turned white, and then brought a little turquoise——— it was the first time that Rod had seen that so many colors could really appear on human faces.

"As much as I think you wish you could go to hell, it seems to me that it is a good choice to keep you, and as a believer in the devil, you can't have heard the song of pacification."

"No !!!"

And until this time, the old man, who had been silent, suddenly screamed, because what Rhodes said was the most terrible punishment for all devil believers.

In the World Realm of the Dragon Soul Continent, whether it is a human being, an angel or any other race, after their death, their souls will return to the earth, fall into a deep sleep, and then slowly merge with the entire World Realm, just like ice turning into water again, and eventually disappear without a trace. And this is also the most fearful point of devil believers, in fact, many of them choose to accept the devil's outstretched hand in order to escape this worst outcome——— if they become devil believers, even if they die, their souls will not dissipate, but will go to hell. Although in many legends it is the source of suffering, these devil believers do not think so, and it is an end that only foolish people who have been deceived by the devil can have. But they are different, they have people behind them! As long as he goes to hell and continues to serve his master, maybe one day he can become one of those powerful devils, and become one of those chess players who manipulate others behind his back? There have been devil believers who have been so successful before, so they also have this opportunity, don't they?

This is also considered immortality for devil believers, and it is also their most important hope. But the angels have a way to destroy this hope once and for all——— and that is to forcibly seal the souls of the other through the Song of Pacification, and then merge into the earth.

This is intolerable to almost any devil believer, because it represents the collapse of all their efforts——— and what is it for them to give up human dignity, human feelings, and everything? Isn't it for eternal life? Now that I've been working hard for so many years, do you want my efforts to be completely wasted?

This kind of blow is unbearable for anyone.

After understanding that no one was strong now, the old man finally relented, and he lowered his head and looked at the ground.

“……… Whatever you want to ask, just say it, boy........."

"Now you can get your men to retreat, to be honest, they're not strong enough, but they're annoying."

Rod glanced around, and his subordinates were almost at their limit. Although Marlene and Celia and Lijie returned to the fight after the Shadow Fiend were eliminated, most of the mercenaries were starting to get a little tired, and they were already tired of killing the undead for so long. …,

This time the old man didn't hold out any longer, he opened his mouth and let out a strange and rapid cry, and the undead quickly retreated into the darkness after hearing his whisper, and then disappeared without a trace.

"Good, it looks like we're happy to work together."

Although the old man behaved very obediently, Rhodes put away the smile on the corner of his mouth and looked much more serious. But despite this, Christie, who had been hiding behind Anne, quietly let out a sigh and relaxed her hands holding Anne's clothes——— although Rod's smile just now was very beautiful, but the girl felt very scared. It was as if a very, very terrible person was about to raise his fist and beat herself, which made her very frightened and uneasy. And now, although Rod made a straight face, the girl felt so kind......

"Then I want you to answer every one of my questions carefully."

Rod put down his sword.

"First of all, I want you to tell me why you want to capture Christie."

Hearing this, Christi's eyes widened in surprise and she looked at the old man in disbelief. Before, Rhodes only told himself that he was afraid that she would be in danger at night, so he brought her here. Now she realized that the target of these terrible monsters was actually her?

“……………”

This time, the old man's face completely collapsed, and he knew that he had completely failed. Before, the old man thought that Rod didn't know what he planned to do, but from his previous words, the old man could hear that Rod already knew what he wanted to do......... Thinking of this, the old man gritted his teeth, and then he sighed helplessly.

"This is the master's order, if it weren't for his order, do you think I would want to raise this girl?"

Hearing this, Rod raised his eyebrows.

He suddenly had a very bad premonition. When he had heard about Christy's life story before, he had heard that no one wanted to raise the girl when she was a baby, and that it was the old village chief who raised her and brought her up. At the time, he thought that this was just the duty of the head of a village, but now it sounds like things are not so simple at all.

"Was it your master who asked you to raise Christie?"

Could it be that the devil behind the old village chief has anything to do with Christy?

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