Have You Forgotten Zane?
Western Continent, the Great Demon City.
"Sister Ounuo La, the Fallen Devil Egg is throbbing."
Inside the priest's palace, Ounuo La lay on her side on a mat woven from fragrant branches, her fair skin, so different from the surrounding demons, even more captivating under the sunlight.
She was lost in thought, giving off the air of a naturally naive and approachable older sister next door.
The little boy, Demon King Bloodline whom she was supporting, came running over curiously, holding a green Fallen Devil Egg.
Ounuo La glanced at it, raised her slender eyebrows, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face. In the blink of an eye, her temperament changed from that of a naturally innocent older sister to that of a cunning and scheming one.
"It vibrates because it senses that another of its kind, born in the same batch, is being used, so it gets excited."
"Does it also want to be used?" the little boy asked. "Can I use it?"
"You already possess the blood of the Demon King, so using it again won't improve you much," Ounuo La said, taking the Fallen Devil Egg. "This is meant to be a reward for those who don't have the blood of the Demon King. In other words, it's giving your starting point to someone else."
The little boy nodded, seemingly understanding, "Does that mean I'm much stronger than those people?"
"Yes, you are much better than those people."
Ounuo La smiled and stroked the little boy's head.
"However, this strangely colored Fallen Devil Egg has more than just the power to grant the Demon King his bloodline; it will alter a fact."
"Those who successfully use it will have their strength modified to the point where they were born with the bloodline of a demon king and have honed their skills all the way to the moment they use it. Moreover, the heterochromatic Fallen Devil Egg can grant the user an ability similar to Unique Talent. As for what kind of ability they can gain, even I have no idea."
"So, who knows, some incredibly powerful monsters might be born."
Leyndell, Founding Plaza.
When the projection was cast into the sky and the soldiers stopped fighting and fell into confusion, Iliphis's defeat was already a foregone conclusion.
"These are fabricated illusions! Do you believe the traitorous adventurers, or me, who has saved the kingdom's lands time and again!" Iliphis's voice echoed throughout the square.
Just as the soldiers began to waver again, Sai Li's voice drowned out his.
"This is the truth: the fact that Iliphis colluded with the demons and secretly eroded the entire kingdom!"
Serena was also flying in the air with Matilda in her arms, loudly recounted everything she had seen and heard in the Royal Palace so far, accusing Matilda of her crimes.
She spoke very quickly, almost without pausing, because she was afraid that if she spoke too slowly, she would be turned into a beast by the other party.
That's enough.
"All he has done so far is to control the country, and he has sacrificed millions of lives for his evil experiments!"
"Stop saying it."
"Not only ministers and generals, but I too have been injected with this abhorrent blood and may turn into a beast at any moment. If my death is inevitable, then I at least hope that my people can escape this evil conspiracy, whether you fight back or escape alive, it is my wish!"
"Serena!!!"
With a near-furious roar, Iliphis used the Bracelet Martial Weapon on his body to unleash a near-legendary magic in an instant. The "sun" made of light smashed down at an extremely fast speed, and Serena's voice came to an abrupt halt. She and Matilda fell to the ground like birds that had lost their wings.
However, this action almost confirmed Serena's accusations against him; otherwise, why would she have attacked him?
The soldiers no longer wavered; they immediately changed their stance, raising their weapons, hurling insults, and preparing to attack Iliphis.
Fingel breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Iliphis from afar. With the situation settled, he quickly ran over to catch the falling Matilda.
"These lowly people!"
Iliphis's carefully styled long hair was completely disheveled. He glared at the army that was showing hostility towards him with gritted teeth. Why did such a good day turn out like this?
At that moment, he spotted members of the Holy Light Church in white robes in the crowd, as well as some striking women carrying weapons. He suddenly remembered his good relations with the church's higher-ups and his access to some of the "weapons" trained by the Holy Light Church. Those women would only obey orders; he could command them.
Almost at the same time the thought popped into his head, one of the brown-haired women among the "weapons" trained by the Holy Light Church stepped forward. Iliphis remembered her; her name seemed to be Beacon. Could it be that she was here to help him?
"Sisters, the day of awakening has come! Let's knock that stinking man down from heaven, and we'll achieve great merit and become high-ranking officials. We'll no longer be defined by the church; we are free!"
With a shout from the Beacon, a crowd gathered in response!
Iliphis a second or two, and his emotions were interrupted.
Looking around, he saw no one he recognized. Even his loyal mercenaries from the Light Eagle Legion were surrounded and guarded by nearby soldiers, unable to move.
Years of planning suddenly crumbled today. Building a career is difficult, but it can be destroyed in an instant. A thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole.
Of course, if a thousand-mile dike is built on false trust, then it doesn't need an anthill; a slightly larger wave could destroy it.
"Surrender, Iliphis!"
Iliphis's eyes immediately filled with bloodshot veins, and he abruptly pulled out the Fallen Devil Egg from his robes.
"That's it! He really is colluding with the demons!" A sharp-eyed person recognized it.
"Awooo—" Several wolf howls echoed through the sky. When the words "Demon Race" appeared, the Farron Guard rushed over like sharks that had smelled blood.
Hehehe
Looking at the distorted face of the Fallen Devil Egg in his hand, Iliphis murmured to himself:
"Dorian, I understand what you mean now."
Indeed, only strength can bring the greatest power.
Despair and rage permeated his body, and now he felt he could completely control this Fallen Devil Egg.
"Then, let's do it this way!"
Iliphis raised the Fallen Devil Egg Fallen Devil Egg high, and blood tears flowed from its eyes.
He changed his target; even a demon king is still a king!
He wants all those who bared their fangs at him today to die here!
"What is he trying to do? Something's wrong, stop him!"
However, the Fallen Devil Egg suddenly emitted a loud bang that made everyone cover their ears.
Suddenly, the sky darkened.
It was only noon, but suddenly it became as dark as the darkest night. There was not a single star in the sky, and people could not see each other's faces even when they were face to face.
The next moment, a beam of light pierced the night and enveloped Iliphis was holding the Fallen Devil Egg aloft.
The Fallen Devil Egg swelled and burst, suddenly spewing out a large amount of blackish-red liquid. The stench instantly swept through the entire Leyndell. The liquid transformed into a huge sphere that enveloped it, and then began to beat violently like a heart, as if it were giving birth to a new life.
"That's a very bad thing." Da Er, riding on the back of the giant wolf, gripped his weapon tightly, his body trembling slightly, as if from excitement.
Adventurers with extensive experience in challenging monsters at different stages were already preparing to attack, when colorful attacks shot towards the liquid sphere enveloping Iliphis.
The night suddenly thinned, and a purple nebula flickered in the darkness for a moment, as if someone had cast a brief glance at it. The adventurer's attack vanished in mid-air in an instant.
Suddenly, a dazzling purple starlight pierced through the darkness of night and struck Iliphis directly.
The liquid sphere paused for a moment, then expanded and contracted even more violently, as if the starlight had catalyzed its incubation process and added some other elements.
An unknown entity from beyond the heavens has actually gotten involved!
"Everyone, let's join forces and attack! We absolutely cannot let what's inside descend into the world!"
People nodded in agreement. Not only the adventurers, but even groups like the Holy Light Church and the Mage's Association, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, reacted quickly and gathered their energy to bombard the liquid sphere.
"Protect the commander!"
Someone in the Light Eagle Legion shouted, and roars echoed everywhere. They all transformed into beasts, and a large number of mixed monsters suddenly appeared in the crowd, engaging in battle with the people almost immediately.
In addition to providing concrete evidence of Iliphis's crimes, they also successfully thwarted the attacks against Iliphis.
Those scattered attacks either disappeared halfway or vanished without a trace once they entered the liquid sphere.
Among the Light Eagle Legion, the most eye-catching were probably the captains, who revealed their strange behavior in public for the first time.
The lance captain's lower body transformed into a four-legged beast, and his arms turned into spears, while the archer captain grew several arms and a face full of eyes.
The Assault Captain transformed into an earth dragon covered in hard crystals, spewing raging flames towards the sky and launching the dragon chariot towards the crowd.
"So they were the ones who attacked me back then!" Lu Lu Wo immediately realized, and she was ready to settle both old and new scores. If she didn't kill a few mercenaries today, she wouldn't be Luluwo!
The scene resembled a battle against demons invading the city. Some people in the crowd, far from the center of the battlefield, had already taken out their photo crystals to record this moment that was destined to be recorded in history.
"How long have we been living with these monsters in human skin?"
"I don't know, maybe they're the ones who did my cat's disappearance. I'm going to kill them!"
A fierce battle was about to break out, and the Light Eagle Legion, having completely dropped their pretense, displayed remarkable combat power, far exceeding their previous strength.
However, they are now facing an almost all-star lineup.
The howls of wolves rang out, and dozens of giant gray wolves charged out of the crowd. As the Farron Guard brandished their Greatsword, mercenaries fell in droves!
"Swift Slash, Swift Slash, Swift Slash!"
Leon, wielding his Backhand Sword, weaved through the monster horde. Any mercenary caught in the sword's aura experienced momentary lapses in movement, while those directly struck by the Swift Slash were cleaved into pieces.
Fingel drew his Night and Flame Sword, and orange-yellow flames burst forth amidst the monster horde.
"No way, Captain, these guys are too strong!"
"Commander, what are you doing, Commander!"
"Help us!"
Just as they were in defeat, a mercenary suddenly raised his head.
"I think I hear the commander calling me."
"What? What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Really, I really heard it—"
The mercenary's body suddenly rotted, and his blood and energy were drawn into the air and merged into the liquid sphere.
More and more mercenaries heard their leader's call, and in an instant, dozens of them had merged into the liquid sphere, and the number was still growing.
Outside the boundaries of the Leyndell, there is a farm.
The man, a former member of the Light Eagle Legion's Assault Team and now a farmer, wiped his sweat and remarked that this year was sure to be a bumper harvest.
However, the next moment, the commemorative badge he had been given when he left the group emitted a red light, and his body instantly disintegrated, turning into flesh and blood that flew towards the Leyndell.
Such things happen all over the country, and no one can escape them!
The mercenaries of the Light Eagle Legion were in a bizarre state. They stared at the liquid sphere like cultists, their deformed bodies embracing each other, waiting to be called upon to merge into their leader.
People took this opportunity to kill the mercenaries, but even after they died, their bodies would fly into the sky.
The more people who join Iliphis's embrace, the stronger he becomes! This is the power granted to him by the Fallen Devil Egg!
A tremendous heartbeat suddenly resounded through the sky, and a warning of danger echoed in everyone's minds. They unleashed all their attacks on the liquid sphere without reservation.
However, the liquid sphere shattered.
The scattered liquid transformed into a scarlet cloud in the blink of an eye, and the night sky suddenly turned crimson. The thick fog revealed the shapes of blurry human faces, whose appearances were somewhat similar to those of the mercenaries of the Light Eagle Legion!
A strange, piercing cry rang out across the sky, seemingly the cry of an eagle!
The overwhelming demonic energy instantly spread throughout the city, and those with weaker constitutions fainted the moment they felt it!
This feeling is like the awakening of something akin to a demon king!
"Look, what's that!"
People looked up at the sky, where stood a figure in pure black.
Iliphis? But the difference from before is too great.
His body was flowing like unsolidified asphalt, gathered together by an invisible force. These viscous liquids that made up his body transformed into a humanoid black eagle, just like the Wing of Darkness Femto!
He seemed to be imitating Griffith, but his amorphous body caused Black Hawk's body to collapse and then reassemble again and again, making it look very bizarre.
However, the terrifying aura he exuded, which brought immense pressure to people, was genuine!
At this very moment, Iliphis completed his transformation!
"Demon, Demon King!" The Priest of the Holy Light Church knelt on the ground and cried out in terror!
Everyone looked serious. At this moment, Iliphis gave them the feeling of being the leader of the Zane Dungeon!
But they couldn't say exactly what kind of leader he was!
In short, we must be extremely vigilant!
"Sisters, your chance to make a difference has arrived!"
With a shout from the Beacon, the experts trained by the Holy Light Church simultaneously launched an attack on Iliphis in the sky, their pure Holy Light flashing with cunning.
However, Iliphis disappeared.
People only felt their vision blur for a moment before the experts who had rushed into the sky fell like moths drawn to a flame, their fate unknown.
What kind of power is this?!
Iliphis suddenly appeared in the center of the crowd, his wriggling slime lunging at them like predators, swallowing hundreds of people in the blink of an eye and creating an open space around them.
The soldiers fled in panic, pursued relentlessly by the slime until they crashed into a shield that resembled a wall.
"General, this gives me a good reason to kill you."
"Giant Gate" Ba La blocked Iliphis's slaughter, and Ai Li beside him launched an attack together. Then, Fingel flashed behind Iliphis!
The three surrounded the enemy and launched an attack without holding back!
Iliphis's eyes, which were already filled with mucus, trembled.
"Thump—"
Like a drop of water falling into a calm lake, the three Gold-Rank Adventurer had just surrounded him suddenly vanished.
Just as people were wondering, the slime covering the earth rippled violently, as if something was struggling within it, revealing the shapes of three people!
They... they were actually swallowed into the slime!?
Iliphis seemed to be processing this, but the people wouldn't let him do such a thing and launched an attack.
But as the sound of dripping water rang out, another large group of people fell into the slime out of thin air, and one struggling human-shaped figure after another bulged up!
"It's probably spatial magic." The magicians from the Magic Association looked like they knew things were getting complicated.
We have to find a way to save them!
"But without knowing the effective range of the magic, rushing in will only increase casualties!"
Just then, a figure rushed out of the crowd, his sword and shield sparking as he struck the slime on the ground.
It's Leon; he's brought the ring!
The slime seemed not to have expected such a thing to exist. Suddenly attacked, even Iliphis's body stiffened.
"Clap clap clap!"
A sound like firecrackers rang out, and the people trapped in the slime broke free one after another, fleeing into the distance the moment they emerged.
But Iliphis broke free of his paralysis in the blink of an eye and swallowed up those who hadn't managed to escape, as well as Fingel hadn't run away because he was trying to save people!
Leon was also unable to use his next Ring Slash on Iliphis, because the slime dodged his attack at an extremely fast speed, and he couldn't catch up!
At the same time, Iliphis, and purple starlight, mixed with black light, formed a strange color. They turned into meteors that covered nearly half of the Leyndell and crashed to the ground.
In an instant, countless lives were lost!
The meteors that crashed to the ground transformed into ferocious monsters, baring their fangs at the people. Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, countless monster armies descended upon the Leyndell!
Screams filled the entire city in an instant!
People will not only have to face Iliphis, but also his massive army!
After summoning the army, Iliphis slowly raised his hands, and the people who were still fighting the monsters suddenly felt dizzy and their bodies flashed around at extremely fast speeds, unable to stop!
Let alone fighting, it's already difficult enough to stay conscious under these circumstances!
"Damn it, is there no way to stop this bizarre Space Magic?!" someone shouted.
"Does anyone have Topus Force Field? Hurry up and take it out!"
Unfortunately, no one can escape being rapidly teleported here, regardless of their strength.
The monsters, using spatial teleportation, launched an attack on the people, each move drawing blood and killing them. Even Leon and his men had to defend themselves with all their might!
Simultaneously controlling thousands of people in space—what level of power and ability does that require?
At this moment, Iliphis could be said to have dominated the battlefield!
However, there was one person who was not affected by the space, or rather, Iliphis deliberately left behind.
It is Princess Serena.
Matilda, who was protecting her, was also being moved. At this moment, she stood there helplessly, gritting her teeth Iliphis slowly approach.
This guy, who made her feel pressured and even fearful, transformed into a non-human being and appeared in front of her in a way that she could not resist!
At this time, fear is only natural.
However, for some reason, Serena felt no panic at all. She even felt a sense of relief, a relief that came from finally no longer having to pretend.
Without even guessing, it was clear that the other party was there to torment her.
But so what? She wasn't afraid.
"This inhuman, ghost-like appearance suits you better."
The wriggling speed of the slime on Iliphis's body suddenly increased, and a huge pressure pressed down on Serena, almost crushing her bones!
Forced to fall to the ground, she still managed to force out what she thought was a mocking smile.
"In the end, you can only mingle with this filth, cough cough, and become the king of the trash you created. Doesn't that feel good?"
The next second, her legs shattered!
"Well!"
Serena gritted her teeth, but still managed to cry out in pain, tears welling up in her eyes, unable to speak due to the pain.
But at this point, she no longer needed to pretend to be Princess, as if she had returned to the life she had before becoming Princess.
With trembling arms, she made the most insulting gesture she had learned in the first half of her life toward Iliphis!
First, he slowly raised his middle finger, a gesture of insult.
Then raise your little finger to show disdain!
Double the insult!
The Lion Ring on her middle finger still shimmered with gold against the crimson backdrop, as if echoing her spirit.
Iliphis the first time, a chilling laugh as if watching the resistance of ants.
Death was imminent, Iliphis reached out his hand to him.
The dark, slimy liquid spread over her body and was about to devour her when Serena suddenly closed her eyes.
I'm still scared, as expected! But it would be too embarrassing to show it! I can't lose to this guy!
I must prove myself!
But I still hope someone will come and save me!!!
"Boom—"
The instant Serena closed her eyes, thunder roared in her ears, and scorching electricity was right next to her, as if lightning was striking right in front of her.
The moment the thunder roared, the slime on his body vanished—or rather, it was wiped out!
She suddenly felt incredibly relaxed, enveloped in an indescribable sense of security.
The people being teleported suddenly stopped, and some collapsed to the ground vomiting violently, completely baffled as to why the teleportation had abruptly halted.
"Tsk!"
People heard suppressed groans, which sounded like Iliphis groaning!
What hurt him?!
Serena slowly opened her eyes, and as she saw what was in front of her, her eyes widened further, and she couldn't close her mouth, involuntarily uttering a sound:
"Wow"
The thunder crackled and popped.
The lightning gradually dissipated, and what stood between her and Iliphis was a long spear wrapped in lightning.
Her memory seemed to travel back in time to when she was climbing to the Archdragon Peak, about to fall from the mountaintop, but was stopped by a long spear.
The two spears are perfectly aligned.
That's it.
Ornstein's Dragonslaying Spear!!!
With tears welling in her eyes, Serena suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Iliphis was immobilized by the lightning, she rushed over and shouted:
"[Chaotic Magic]!"
The Chaotic Magic struck Iliphis squarely, and in the blink of an eye, he hastily used something that could be considered magic—
The Road Home!
The world spun around him, and when Iliphis regained his senses, he saw blue skies, white clouds, and dilapidated ancient buildings, with magical runes appearing before his eyes:
[Firelink Shrine]
Incredibly, he was teleported to the Zane Dungeon at this crucial moment!
Once he gets out, he'll tear those people to pieces!
However, fog suddenly filled the Firelink Shrine, and in the blink of an eye, the entire site vanished without a trace, replaced by endless clouds and mist.
The roar of the Storm Dragon echoed through the clouds, followed by thunder that dispelled the darkness!
The Lord's Room in the Zane Dungeon.
[Should I upgrade my city lord privileges to level four?]
"Certainly."