Chapter 625: It Is Better to Arrive at the Right Time than to Arrive Early

I have to say that this did surprise Duanmu Huai.

The so-called God-favored Knights, in the words of the Empire, are psychics who are paid attention to by the Emperor.

The so-called "The Emperor pays attention to everyone, but there are always some people who are more favored by him" is used to refer to this group of guys who have people above them.

Of course, this kind of attention is not random. Basically, God-favored Knights are beings with powerful psychic powers, so they will be paid attention to by the gods.

However, this is not a good thing. If Duanmu Huai encounters a follower of an evil god, he will definitely kill him directly without any hesitation to eliminate future troubles. And God-favored Knights like Emilia will also be targeted by other evil gods or demons, and the probability of either falling or being killed is also higher.

From this point of view, this world can be regarded as a typical example of the success of the "Black Hole Plan".

In fact, there are always psychics born in this world, and you can't prevent them from being born. This is just like there are evil gods in the world, and they don't exist just because you don't admit them. When the Black Hole Plan was first implemented, the issue of these psychics was considered, which was one of the reasons for the second phase of the God-making Plan. If there were no local indigenous gods, then psychics would be easily interfered with by the subspace, and they would definitely become lackeys of the evil gods.

Therefore, it is necessary to create a large number of gods to divert the faith of psychics, so that they can believe in local indigenous gods or other gods. In short, as long as the psychics who will be attracted by the evil gods can be diverted as much as possible, the speed of their recovery can be slowed down to a certain extent.

Like the Novice Village and this world are typical examples. There are many gods like stars, which diverted a lot of psychics, so that when the evil gods came here to hold a job fair, they found that the talents were basically monopolized by local companies...

Hey, this is very comfortable.

Speaking of which, the people of the Knights and the Guards were very respectful when they saw her.

Duanmu Huai only remembered at this time that when Emilia took them to investigate in Neverwinter City before, whether it was the knights in charge of patrols or the soldiers of the Guards, they would greet Emilia. At that time, Duanmu Huai didn't care. He just thought that Emilia was popular because of her good looks. Now, looking back, it might have something to do with Emilia's identity as a knight of the gods.

If that's the case, then the purpose of Eribes sending Emilia to lead the investigation team is very strange.

At the beginning, Duanmu Huai was very disgusted when he saw Emilia and Luo Qixi. In his opinion, they were just two little girls who were still wet behind the ears. It was estimated that Eribes just gave them a task casually so that they would not get in the way, so they were involved with him. In simple terms, he treated himself as a nanny.

But now this idea is obviously not valid. Unless Eribes is an insider, how could he lead his own knight of the gods into the gutter?

Aren't you afraid that Tyr will kill her with a thunder?

Or is this a test for the knight of the gods?

Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway.

But speaking of this...

"You'd better not rush so far."

Duanmu Huai pressed Emilia's shoulder and pulled her back.

"But, but here......"

"The pollution of the Corruption Stain is not so easy to eliminate, and you don't have much power left."

That's right, although as long as Emilia moves forward, the growth creatures where her light shines will retreat, but most of that depends on Emilia's own spiritual power. Although there are only some fragile Corruption Stain believers here, Emilia's approach still has some meaning of the Seven Wounds Fist.

It's okay to fight like this for a short time, but once it becomes a long-term battle, it's another matter.

"Huh...Huh..."

Sure enough, Emilia was also panting and sweating at this moment.

"But, but the evil here has not been completely purified..."

"Purify it, it's a disaster if it stays, just burn it with fire and it's done!"

As Duanmu Huai said this, he raised his war hammer and smashed it down in front of him. The black flames spread and exploded instantly, and in the blink of an eye, everything around was covered in a blazing sea of ​​fire. These black flames seemed to consciously avoid Duanmu Huai and others, just devouring everything they touched.

"These monsters seem to be very afraid of your flames, Mr. Duanmu?"

Amelia also discovered this. The degree of fear of Duanmu Huai's flames by those plague mutants was obviously greater than their own holy light. Although she did not feel any evil power from the black flames, the breath brought by the burning flames really made her uncomfortable.

"It's normal, because this is their natural enemy."

Hearing Emilia's question, Duanmu Huai showed a hideous smile. The Corrupted Stain is the god of life, and the black flame is the destined death, the end of the death of all things in the world. The two can be said to be completely opposite, so the Corrupted Filth instinctively fears Duanmu Huai's black flames. Of course, Duanmu Huai will not let these damned heretic bastards go just because he feels sorry for them.

Compared to Emilia and Duanmu Huai at the front, Ogis and Luo Qixi at the back seem a little leisurely, but Ogis is really leisurely. She even holds a book in one hand and reads while walking, while the fingers of her left hand hang down and tremble slightly, and then the scattered invisible silk threads surround the surroundings, cutting everything that dares to hinder her into fine pieces.

And Luo Qixi had a bitter face, holding the staff tightly and looking around anxiously. The erosion inside the fortress in front of her also brought Luo Qixi a great shock. It was the first time she had seen such a terrifying, disgusting and weird scene in her life. It was simply a hellish scene.

"Crash!"

Just as everyone turned the corner, the wall next to Luo Qixi suddenly collapsed, and then a deformed monster roared and raised a long sword and rushed over.

"Woo wow!!"

Seeing the monster suddenly appearing in front of her, with a green and swollen body and full of twisted and mutated flesh, Luo Qixi was frightened and stunned. However, Ogis just pointed slightly with his left hand, and then the silk thread quickly condensed into a knight's spear, which directly penetrated the chest of the deformed monster and nailed it to the wall behind it. The next moment, black flames flowed down, just like flames met gasoline, and the deformed monster was completely engulfed in the blink of an eye.

"Tsk tsk tsk, look at you."

Duanmu Huai looked at Luo Qixi with disdain.

"A mage will yell and scream in the back, what's the use of you?"

"I, I'm just a mage!"

At this moment, Luo Qixi was about to cry.

As for targeting me all the way?

"I'm not like you and Miss Emilia, I don't have any close combat ability..."

"What are you talking about, I'm also a mage, and I graduated from a formal magic school."

"……………Huh?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, not only Luo Qixi was stunned, but even Emilia turned her head to look at Duanmu Huai in surprise.

"Mr. Duanmu, are you a mage?"

"What? Don't believe it?"

Duanmu Huai snorted lightly, raised his left hand and released an [Ice Spear Stab], and saw several ice spikes suddenly appear out of thin air, and then whizzed past and turned the Nurgling not far away into skewers.

"???"

Seeing this scene, Emilia and Luo Qixi were numb.

"Wait, this isn't the effect of some magic item, is it?"

"Do you think I'm a cheater? I'm telling you, even without the warhammer, I can hammer you to death with magic!"

"No, but you're wearing heavy armor, and the probability of spell failure with heavy armor is... No, so why are you wearing it like this?"

"For a wizard, just click on Flash and max out Whirlwind and go and chop! You're on the wrong path!"

"I'm on the wrong path?"

Luo Qixi was speechless.

She is one of the most outstanding graduates in the history of the magic academy, how can she be called on the wrong path? On the other hand, if you go to the academy and talk nonsense like this in front of the teachers, they... uh, they don't seem to be able to do anything to you.

Recalling Duanmu Huai's fighting style before, Luo Qixi shrank silently.

"As for you... you can't click on Whirlwind, but it's still good to learn the stealth of a thief."

"I'm a wizard, and you want me to learn thief?"

Hearing this, Luo Qixi couldn't accept it immediately.

"What does it matter? After learning stealth and silent casting, you can hide and launch a surprise attack. Isn't this better than being attacked by others?"

What Duanmu Huai said is also a method often used by players in this world. This world is very popular with players. One of the reasons is that the magic here is very diverse. Although the attack spells are basically a little bit weak and players don't like them, other spells are very useful to players.

Just like the mage's mansion, it is basically a must for late-stage players to go to large dungeons, because late-stage large-scale dungeon players mostly fight in the world of evil gods, and fighting in such a place, you can't even rest well. Maybe you will be contaminated by the opponent while sitting and resting.

At this time, it is very important to have a mage's mansion. Although the space opened by a player is not large, it can completely isolate the influence of the outside world, allowing the team to rest very comfortably.

So when late-stage players go to dungeons, they often see requests on the public screen such as "Come to the psychic who knows the mage's mansion to fight 25 people ++++"

This is why Duanmu Huai asked Luo Qixi for a mage's mansion as soon as he found out that Luo Qixi was a mage.

After all, this thing is basically a must-have for the later stages. If you don't know how to use it, you have to have a teammate who knows how to use it.

So players learn in this world, which is basically a hodgepodge of various professions, such as magic bow and battle dragon. For Luo Qixi, who only chooses mages, and is a magician of the Shaper system, no one wants her in the next stage, and no one cares about her.

Fortunately, Luo Qixi didn't know what Duanmu Huai was thinking, otherwise she would be angry to death.

Although Duanmu Huai's words were not pleasant to hear, Luo Qixi thought about it carefully and it was not unreasonable. After all, because of her own problems, she was often discriminated against outside, and she had been chased by others. Sometimes magic can be used to solve it, but most of the time she relies on her petite body to avoid it. Luo Qixi never thought about learning the skills of a thief before, but after listening to Duanmu Huai's words... it seems quite useful?

Do you want to learn it after you go back?

"Bang!!"

Just when Luo Qixi was thinking, there was a loud noise. She looked up and saw Duanmu Huai knocking open a door. The cultists inside swarmed out. Then she saw the cultists were smashed by Duanmu Huai's hammer like flies and fell to the wall next to them, turning into a bloody meat paste.

"…………………………"

This is definitely not a magician.

"Ah... I didn't expect that there would be an outsider."

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded. Everyone looked up and saw a devil standing in a magic circle not far away. It narrowed its eyes, stared at everyone, and showed a weird smile.

"It's a devil!"

Seeing the devil, Luo Qixi suddenly became nervous, and the devil looked at everyone and laughed.

"Hello, mortals. It seems that these stupid fools can't complete the ritual because of your arrival. How about we make a deal?"

"Deal?"

"Yes, there is a black magic book in the room inside. If you help me complete this ritual, I will also give you some small rewards..."

"They are summoning the devil, but the ritual is not completed."

At this moment, Luo Qixi also hurriedly whispered to everyone. Although she is not a mage of the spell system, signing a contract with the devil is a compulsory course for mages. Luo Qixi is of course very clear.

"Now the ritual is stuck in the last step. Originally, a contract should be signed to make the devil obey their orders. But because Mr. Duanmu killed the executor of the ritual, now this devil is equivalent to no contract."

"What should I do?"

"I can try to take the magic book and banish it from this world."

"… Just do it!"

Hearing Luo Qixi's words, Emilia nodded.

"Bail this evil devil out of the main plane and let it go back to hell!"

"No."

However, at this time, Duanmu Huai suddenly interrupted.

"Can't let it leave."

"Why?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Emilia was shocked and looked at Duanmu Huai.

"Do you want to make a contract with the devil?"

"Of course not... Didn't you pay attention to its body?"

"Body?"

Amelia frowned in confusion, then turned her head and looked at the devil inside carefully, and then found that it seemed to have blisters and signs of decay on its body...

"Wait, you can't say..."

"It has been infected with the plague and can't be let go. If it really returns to hell, this plague will spread. At that time, I don't know how many devils in the whole hell will be infected."

"But this has nothing to do with us."

Luo Qixi frowned. Being able to infect the devil shows that this plague is indeed very powerful, but even if the plague spreads in Batto Hell, what does it have to do with them?

And Duanmu Huai just glanced at her meaningfully.

"Don't you mages like to summon devils? Aren't you afraid of summoning a sick one?"

"Hiss—————!"

Hearing this, Luo Qixi's face turned pale.

Indeed, as Duanmu Huai said, mages often summon some low-level devils as their servants. What if this devil returns to Baator Hell and infects the devils in Baator Hell, and then the mages summon a devil infected with the plague to this world again without knowing it...

Good guy, repeated infection, given the popularity of mages in this world, it will be a full-blown outbreak!

"What can I do then?"

"It's very simple, let it stay, and then... I'll kill it!"

"Huh?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's decision, Luo Qixi was shocked.

"This is not a low-level devil, are you sure?"

"Of course, do it."

"………………Okay."

Since Duanmu Huai has made a decision, Emilia did not object—as a paladin, she would certainly not let the devil and demon escape if she could kill them. Then Luo Qixi had no choice but to go to the study room inside, find the black magic book, and then put it on the altar.

"……………Swear by the name of blasphemy………………"

Chanting the spell in a low voice, Luo Qixi raised his hands and drew strange symbols in the air.

"Remove the shackles that block this body and let it regain its freedom!"

As Luo Qixi's voice fell, the next moment, the light column that originally bound the devil disappeared instantly, and the devil suddenly opened its claws at this moment.

"Ah, I didn't expect that you would actually let me go free! It's great, the air of freedom... There is also a paladin inside... I am very grateful to you, so what kind of reward do you want?"

"Ojis!"

Duanmu Huai was too lazy to chat with the devil in front of him. At the moment when the restraints were lifted and the barrier disappeared, he immediately shouted loudly. Then Ojis raised his hands, and the devil only felt his limbs tightened, and was immediately completely bound by invisible shackles. At the same time, Duanmu Huai raised his war hammer and rushed towards the devil!

"Foolish mortals!"

However, facing the sudden attack, the devil was not surprised.

"What you did is meaningless, you can't kill me at all!"

"That's right, the subspace creatures are difficult to kill, but......"

While he was talking, Duanmu Huai had already arrived in front of the devil. He struck down with a hammer, directly breaking the devil's legs and putting him to the ground. Then he raised his hand and grabbed the devil's head with five fingers. It's like an iron rod inserted into the devil's head!

"But it's not absolutely invincible. Go to hell! You bastard from subspace!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Along with Duanmuhuai's roar, the devil let out a shrill scream, and then black flames suddenly burst out from Duanmuhuai's hand, wrapping the devil in it. Then he shook his hand vigorously, and then lifted it up!

"Pfft!!"

The next moment, the devil's head was forcibly pulled out from his neck by Duanmu Huai, and the cervical vertebrae kept shaking underneath. However, the devil's head still maintained the position of screaming in pain, and it stared in horror. Eyes, staring at Duanmuhuai.

"No, who are you? How do you have such power? I can feel that my soul is dying... No, no, no, let me go back, let me go back..."

"boom!!"

The flames burst out instantly, and after a moment, there was nothing in front of him, and the devil disappeared.

"No way……"

Looking blankly at the scene in front of her, Amelia's eyes widened. Of course she knew that Duanmu Huai could definitely defeat the devil, but she didn't expect that the other party could actually kill the devil directly!

Generally speaking, devils cannot be killed at all! Even the Paladin can only use the power of gods to expel the devil from the main plane! However, just now, Amelia did feel the panic in the devil's tone and the complete shattering of its soul!

This is simply a power like a god!

Who is he?

The Tribunal...what kind of organization is it?

"Okay, let's call it a day."

Duanmuhuai didn't care about the surprised looks of Amelia and Luo Qixi. He stood up, clapped his hands and looked around.

"Then, next..."

However, before Duanmu Huai finished speaking, something suddenly happened.

Not far from the other side of the hall, a portal suddenly opened. Everyone turned their heads and saw Deszel and Vanswijk running out of it in a hurry. The former even had a smile on his face. With a proud smile.

"Hey, hey, Aribes, you must not know who you are fighting against! Just lie on the ground and wait for death. I will..."

However, before Deszell finished speaking, he saw Duanmu Huai and others standing in front of him, and his voice suddenly became mute like a duck that had its neck strangled.

"Oh, isn't this Knight Deszel..."

Looking at Deszell in front of him, Duanmuhuai clenched his war hammer, opened his mouth, and showed a fierce and ferocious smile.

"It's better to come early than to come by chance..."