2. Eloquent Tongue

The center of the hell dimension, connecting the nodes of each dimension.

The black twilight tower stands in place, surrounded by a blazing fire, and the place looks like a dream in the refraction of light.

But that is a dangerous light.

Those who approach this tower without permission will be burned by flames from all worlds, and those horrible hell flames don't care who comes.

And from the top of the tower, on the open-air platform, you can look further into the distance.

In another group of scorching light surrounded by burning flames, the throne of Satan exists there. It is the throne of the king of hell. It is not luxurious, and even looks a bit desolate.

It was just a seat made of a few pieces of broken wood, without any aesthetic feeling. On the old wooden board that was burning with flames, the abbreviation of the word "i.n.r.i" was written crookedly.

But the handwriting that shows hell mocking heaven is like a child's scribbles.

No majesty.

To tell the truth, if this thing were thrown into the world, not even the most down-and-out bum would look at it.

None of the extant Lords of Hell have a clue as to why the Satanic Throne is shaped the way it is.

There are also many rumors about the birth of the throne in hell, but they are all gossip, not worth listening to.

But even so, even though everyone despises the dirty appearance of Satan's throne, every time the princes of hell hold a meeting in front of the throne, all the respectable guys in hell will still involuntarily approach the wooden throne.

The closer you are to the throne, the higher your status in hell. Any guy who is not qualified but tries to stand closer will be killed by the maharajas.

The power not worthy of ambition is the saddest joke in the world.

Old devil Mephistopheles stood on the edge of the twilight tower, looking out, as ever, at the fiery throne of Satan, watching that ridiculous seat surrounded by the flames of the abyss.

Mephisto had an odd smile on his face.

Like sarcasm.

Ridiculously mocking the seat it had longed for so much, it seemed to be mocking itself.

In a false world, making any effort is ridiculous, because a dream is a dream, so what if you become the king of the world in a dream?

When you wake up, you will still have nothing.

And what is more sad than never getting it is that you got it, but you are forced to give it up, and even yourself is just a part of a dream.

What's the point?

"hum"

A shining light curtain lit up behind Mephisto.

The King of Fallen Angels, Lord of Hell, Lucifer, walking out of the light curtain, leaning on a fallen angel cane.

The most stylish Maharaja in hell, he wears a well-fitting tuxedo, crystal-embellished bow tie, meticulously combed hair, and stacks of tissues in his breast pocket.

Dressed up like you're coming to a prom.

"Everyone is getting impatient with the news of your failures, Brother Mephisto."

Lucifer pulled out his chair and sat behind the empty table.

The stylish King of Fallen Angels leaned back on his chair, looked at the old devil with his back turned, and said:

"So you called everyone to a meeting this time, and naturally no one is willing to come. I heard that Baal and Samael have already started connecting with other people. When the day when the celestial spheres converge, they will rush into the present world. "

"They will enter the nightmare, first kill the nightmare that keeps provoking us, and then send out an army to attack Asgard, destroy that island, and let the big snake that will not eat hard will never recover."

"Ah?"

The old devil adjusted his expression, turned around, and said to Lucifer:

"What brains does Baal have?"

"Are you kidding me? It was pushed out as a target, right? Let me guess. It was you who lured it to come forward with sweet words, and bewitched the mindless guy to charge forward, and then you reaped the benefits of the fisherman."

Mephisto gave a thumbs up and waved to Lucifer, it said:

"Good for you."

"I'm just going with the flow."

The King of Fallen Angels shrugged, and it replied rather helplessly:

"Who wants to make wedding dresses for others? Even if everyone loses in the competition, it doesn't matter, but if the fruits of victory are snatched away by scoundrels, who can bear it?"

"We can lose, we still have countless eternities to continue our competition, but those two guys who don't listen to advice must die!"

"Don't be so troublesome."

Mephisto waved and threw a scroll decorated with white skulls, right in front of Lucifer's eyes.

The latter looked at the scroll in surprise, while the old devil tilted his head and said:

"I've got it done."

"Um?"

Lucifer looked at Mephistopheles suspiciously, and it stretched out its hand to open the scroll, of course carefully avoiding the blade placed on the scroll by the old devil.

These are bad tricks played by hell creatures, and the king of fallen angels will naturally not be fooled.

It omitted the patterns of hidden clauses around the scroll, and ignored the language traps in those words. After a cursory glance, it widened its eyes.

At the bottom of the scroll, there is a signature with dancing purple and black flames.

That's the real-name signature of Kool and Nightmare.

This represented that the two Fear Gods let go of their obstinacy and were willing to join in the fierce battle for supremacy that was about to begin fairly.

"Bang, bang"

Two odd-looking hourglasses were also placed on the table by the old devil.

The sand in the two hourglasses was more than the sand in the other Maharaja's bottles, but it still couldn't form the advantage of crushing.

The hourglass that can measure fear is taken out, which means that Orochi and Nightmare have really joined the battle for supremacy.

"how did you do it?"

Lucifer looked at Mephistopheles in amazement, the astonishment in its eyes cannot be faked, it looked at the old devil with a bewildered smile, and said:

"Obviously your persuasion to them failed before, did they suddenly change their temper, or did you use some weird method?"

"You don't need to know that."

Mephisto waved his hand, and said very modestly in the cunning tone that a devil should have:

"As for me, I just did a little work, and it's not surprising at all."

"Okay, now the problem is solved, and the day when the celestial spheres meet is coming, you can break into this world wantonly and spread fear."

"Destroy that world, compete for the king of hell on the ruins of the world, take the admiration of the entire hell dimension, sit on the throne, command the group of demons, and attack heaven."

The old devil pointed at the phantom of the throne behind him in a heroic tone, and it bent over in an exaggerated tone, saying:

"Whoever ascends to the throne, I will offer all my allegiance."

"us?"

Lucifer stared at Mephistopheles, its gray eyes pulsing with light, and it said:

"What does that mean? You're quitting?"

"No, not quitting."

Mephisto turned his head calmly and stared at the hourglass engraved with the raven emblem on the edge of the table. Its eyes shone with hatred, and it said:

"I'm just, going to do another thing, something that's important to me."

It grinned and showed a smile that could scare a crying child, and it said:

"I'm going to kill Merlin!"

"?"

Lucifer's expression will become very strange this time.

It seemed that he wanted to laugh, but held back his smile. For a maharaja who called himself a gentleman, such an expression was very rude.

It slowly tried to put away the scroll in its hand, but it was taken back by the old devil. Lucifer did not stop this action. Instead, it said to Mephisto in a way of persuasion:

"I know that you have always had some grievances with Merlin, but how can there be no conflicts in our business?"

"It's not our style to work so hard for such a small grievance. Mephisto, you are a devil, not a brainless devil."

"Listen to my advice, don't think about those useless things, and fight hard for the king of hell. If you can sit on the throne, even Merlin will bow down to you."

Lucifer increased his tone, and it said to Mephisto:

"This is the rule of hell, and he cannot violate it."

"And now that we've reached this point, why don't we form an alliance? You know, among all the hell lords, there are only a few that I can see. If you can become my ally"

"This time, forget it."

The old devil said calmly:

"I have made up my mind. Either he dies or I die. There is no third choice."

The calmness on Mephisto's face made Lucifer feel a little incomprehensible.

Even creepy.

This kind of expression can appear on Baal, and it can appear on Belial, but it should not appear on Mephisto's face. In Lucifer's memory, Mephisto has never had such an expression.

It's like under the old devil's body, replaced by another more upright and reckless soul.

But the thing is, Mephisto was never reckless

"Why?"

Lucifer frowned and asked:

"You're acting weird today. Did you take the wrong medicine? I remember I told you that mortals' medicines should not be taken indiscriminately. Some of the terrible things are also effective against hell creatures."

"I just see things through, my friend."

The old devil's expression returned to the cunning and cunning of the past in the next moment, it said with a smile:

"I, like you, and all the souls in hell, thought that sitting on that ridiculous wooden throne was the pursuit of a lifetime, but you know what? I suddenly discovered that it is not the case."

"How should a devil spend his life? Ashamed of doing nothing? Or because uh, well, I won't read this passage. In short, I have found something more important than being the king of hell."

Mephisto's eyes widened, and in the burning fire in the eyes, it clasped its claws tightly, and it said:

"As long as I kill Merlin, I can 'really' live!"

"Listen to my advice."

The old devil stretched out his hand and helped Lucifer straighten his bow tie which was slightly off, leaving ugly black scorched marks on Lucifer's white shirt by the way.

Such an expensive dress was ruined.

Made a little joke again, the grinning old devil took a step back, looked at Lucifer who was full of anger, and said in a low tone:

"Lucifer, my old friend, enjoy yourself while you still can."

"bass"

The sharp blade was unsheathed, and the dancing sword light was like a pool of clear moonlight, dancing in front of the fireplace in the mysterious room.

Raven swung his wrist and placed Judas horizontally in front of him. He stroked the blade of the greatly transformed long sword, then picked up the handkerchief at hand, wiped the blade, and maintained his weapon.

Opposite Merlin, the girl Ruiwen in a black dress moved her fingers, letting the black arrogant flames entwine and burn on her fingers, sometimes shaping a running lion, and sometimes turning into a raven with wings.

This burning flame is her weapon.

"Have you contacted Ganata yet?"

Ruiwen summoned the flame to make the magic power rise, and her long black hair flew behind her head. While practicing in this way, she looked at her brother and asked:

"She hasn't replied yet?"

"It's not that easy."

Merlin sighed, he wiped the humming long sword Judas, he said:

"Ganata was taken away by Tunxing. Although it seems that it was because of the appearance of the giant beast, I doubt that Tunxing took his daughter away at this time, probably because he didn't want Ganata to participate. into what I'm going to do next."

"Tun Xing, he has already arranged a future path for his daughter. Although he doesn't show up very much, out of consideration for his father's responsibility, he probably won't allow Ganata to make his own decisions on such matters."

Raven shrugged and said:

"I can understand, it's a matter of life and death after all."

"But without her help, how are we going to defeat Sannomiya?"

Raven frowned, and she said:

"The 'vanity' and 'arrogance' that have been separated alone will be suppressed when facing the complete seven deadly sins. Without Ganata to help us block the power that devours the Sangong from the outside world, it will be difficult for us Defeat it in a war of attrition."

"Well, I have a solution."

Merlin raised his head, smiled at his sister, and said:

"You just adjust yourself to the best state, and I will figure out the solution."

"Also, spend more time with Lorna and the others in the past few days. Once Sangong is killed and you inherit Sangong Hell, it will be very difficult for you as the Maharaja to return to the present world."

"In the future, we are destined to gather less and leave more, so it's better for them to be mentally prepared."

"Um."

Ruiwen flicked her hair, she nodded obediently.

"Give me your hand."

Merlin said something to Ruiwen.

The well-behaved younger sister didn't know what her brother was going to do, but she still put her left hand in front of Merlin's eyes. Raven picked up the quill, as if joking, and drew on the four fingers of Rui Wen's left hand.

But when Ruiwen withdrew her finger, there was nothing on it.

"This is?"

Miss Raven looked at her brother curiously, Merlin blinked at her, and whispered:

"This is 'care', prudent care, you don't need to worry about it, you will know it when you need it."

"Okay, now go to Lorna and the others, and say hello to the girls for me."

Under Merlin's urging, Rui Wen stood up at a loss, glanced at her brother, and went back to the present world through any door.

After Ruiwen left, Xuanlan quietly walked out of the room on the second floor. She leaned on the railing and looked down at Merlin who was wiping the long sword. She said:

"The seven deadly sins of the Three Palaces are the same as the emotional spectrum of the lantern men. It exists based on the negative emotions of the stars and all things. As long as there is life, the power of the seven deadly sins will continue."

"You gave Ruiwen the strange power you found before, but if you let her recklessly challenge Sangong like this, there is no chance of winning and there is no alternative?"

"have."

Merlin replied quietly:

"Kill all the lives in the stars, obliterate all emotions, and lose the source of power in the third house, and it will be weak like a mouse that can be trampled to death casually"

"This joke is not funny."

Xuanlan said:

"It's even more impossible for you to do this, so, to be more practical, do you have a way?"

"some."

Merlin raised his head and showed a gentle smile to Xuanlan. He put away his long sword and said:

"It's really not possible. You can ask the giant beast or God to come forward. Anyway, the world is going to end, and I don't care about balance or imbalance."

"Be serious!"

Xuan Lan was a little angry, because Mei Lin kept making jokes and didn't answer her directly at all.

"ding dong"

The doorbell rang suddenly, and Merlin looked at the closed door in surprise. He raised his head and said to Xuanlan:

"When did you install the doorbell?"

"No, it was a jerk's joke."

Xuanlan hooked her fingers with a dissatisfied face, and the door suddenly opened.

Leaning against the door, imitating the doorbell with his mobile phone, the dead waiter, who was dressed in fancy clothes and made a lewd laugh, fell to the ground unexpectedly.

He lay on the ground and didn't stand up at all, just raised his head and looked at Merlin standing in front of him.

He continued to laugh twice wretchedly, and said:

"Don't hit me, I'm here to deliver a letter."