Chapter 7 The Lord of Darkness

"What's wrong with you guys?" I was talking to Rose when a guy appeared next to me like a ghost and startled me.

What I turned around to see was the same necromancer from before. He appeared again less than 10 seconds after he left. The notification was not that fast, right? Pointing to the entrance to the apse of the temple with one hand, he asked, "Didn't you just go in to inform us? Why did you come out so quickly?"

"I've been in the lobby, and I just saw you guys standing here, so I came here to ask, have we met?" I was about to answer the necromancer who suddenly interrupted me. "Oh! You don't need to explain! I think you must have met my twin brother. But how did you see him? My brother had already entered the demon state 0 years ago, and you can actually see him! If he doesn't take the initiative to reveal himself, even I won't be able to see him."

"I have an artifact that is designed to break invisibility. If even the Lich can't see it, it's not called an artifact." It seems that that guy is more than just a necromancer. Necromancers need to complete the sacrificial ritual with their own bodies to become necromancers, which means that necromancers are all dead, or living dead. Creatures without life energy will no longer grow, so the necromancer's body will not grow. Although they can preserve their physical bodies with the help of magic, over time, this body will wear out or weather. Although this progress is slow, it is happening. When a necromancer's body completely disappears, he becomes a completely spiritual body - a lich. At this time, the Necromancer is more powerful, because the physical attacks that the Mage is most worried about are meaningless to him. No wonder that guy just now was willing to trade excellent guardian knights for my ring. It turns out he no longer needs them. The Lich has no entity and is immune to physical attacks. Whether it has a human shield or not is of little significance.

The necromancer in front of us said very politely: "Since my brother has gone to inform you, I will not disturb you. May the Magic Star be with you." The necromancer quickly turned around and left.

What a strange pair of brothers. This necromancer looks so gentle, like a standard gentleman of the upper class, but the other one looks like a street scoundrel, at least he has absolutely nothing to do with elegance.

"Pa." A loud snap of fingers attracted our attention, and we saw the translucent Mr. Lich leaning inelegantly against the door and hooking his hand to us. "Hey! Come on everyone, the Lord God is very busy."

"Come right away." I replied and prepared to follow, but Rose held me back. "What?"

"You'd better release Xiaochun and Ling, as well as Amynis."

"Why?"

"We are here to negotiate and cooperate, not to meet. After all, your magic pets are some big shots, and we will look more impressive with them. Let the other party know that we are not here to beg them, so that the negotiation can proceed smoothly. "

"It makes sense, but I think we should bring more people."

I asked Fenglong to notify the familiars inside to turn into humans before releasing them. In addition to the three goddesses, Jingjing and the humanized Xiao Longnu, Lucky, Plague, Xiaofeng, Prodigal, and even Bai Lang and Fei Dart appeared in the queue. I walked in front, Rose and the other three followed me, and behind me were the humanoid familiars. Bailang walked beside me as my pet, Feidart rested on my shoulder obediently, and Jingjing held my hand because she was still young and walked beside me.

"Okay, that's enough, let's go."

The lich in front was startled by me, and while leading the way, he said, "Why are there so many people?"

"They are all my pet beasts. Is there any problem?"

The lich carefully put it close to my ear and said: "Why do I seem to see an angel at the level of the Lord God? This is the Dark Temple! And the little girl next to me, she must also be a high-level angel, right? No way. Below the level of team commander.”

"It's okay, Jingjing is still a child. Don't worry about the one in the back, isn't there a big devil next to her?"

"Anyway, be careful and don't let them do anything. I don't want to be implicated."

"Don't worry, I have absolute control over my demon pet." This is actually a lie. Xiaochun is still in a difficult stage of command, and although he will not openly contradict him, he will definitely not do things well.

We were quickly taken to the apse behind the temple, and after passing through the entire garden, a gate appeared in front of us. Sixteen black-armored warriors stood on both sides of the thick black gate, looking very murderous. At the lich's signal, the gate was pushed open by the warriors, and a downward staircase appeared behind the gate. When the door was pushed open, a giant beast behind the door stood up and stared at us alertly.

"Three-headed hellhound?"

After seeing us, the three-headed dog immediately started barking, seemingly dissatisfied with us.

The lich said to us: "This guy is a fool. I'll pull him aside. You guys should be careful and stick to the wall over there. Everything will be fine."

Ling came up and said, "No need." She waved her hand at the three-headed dog, which immediately whined and squatted in the corner, trembling all over.

The Lich looked at Ling: "It is indeed a top-notch creature from hell, and even three hounds are no match for it!"

Ling said disdainfully: "They are just gatekeepers. I have raised many of them before."

The Lich said nothing more to lead us through the gate. We are really heading towards hell now. If such a long staircase goes all the way down, it must lead to hell. When the long stairs reached the end, I was almost bored. Such long stairs were really troublesome!

After exiting the stair passage, there is a huge underground cavity, and a river of lava with bubbles in front of it is slowly flowing forward. There is a wide bridge over the river, so crossing is not a problem. On the opposite bank is a magnificent palace. The temple on the ground is a small building compared with this one. It seems that this is the real residence of the Lord of Darkness. Keep moving forward. You can't see it from a distance, but when you get closer, you realize that the grandeur of this palace is not inferior to the buildings in Essinger. Fortunately, we have become accustomed to it after being in Essinger for so long.

The palace was heavily guarded, but this lich seemed to be something special. With him, he actually passed without accepting any questioning. Directly entering the central area of ​​the palace, we stopped in front of a large door. The Lich pointed to the door: "This is the room under the main temple. Please come in with me."

The door opened slowly in front of us, and a red carpet was spread from the door to the depths of the room. This is a huge study room, not much smaller than a gymnasium, with piles of books and some weapons on both sides. Compared with the God of Light, the God of Darkness pays more attention to practicality, so the palaces of the dark forces are generally not very luxurious, and most use books and weapons instead of handicrafts. This room perfectly reflects this design style. The large number of books and a few weapon racks fully demonstrate the solemnity and authority. It is much more comfortable than the rooms of those vain gods of light.

At the other end of the carpet is a desk carved from black stone. The desktop of this desk is not rectangular, it is like three sides of a hexagon, at a certain angle to each other. This way the person behind the desk can use three desktop widths at the same time without being unable to reach things in the corners because the desk is too long. The unique shape and exquisite patterns make this table look very heavy, fully embodying the beauty while once again emphasizing the concept of authority. In particular, there is a large badge embedded in the middle panel of the front bezel of the table. This gold and gemstone badge is the only luxurious decoration in the room, but this independent design highlights the authority of the user behind the table.

At this time, there was a person sitting on the chair behind the table, a god to be precise. Wearing beautiful dark black clothes, shining purple pupils, long black flowing hair, a handsome face, and an expression that seems to be smiling but not smiling, could this be the Lord of Darkness? This guy is more like a high-ranking military officer who was a guest star from an idol star in his teens or 20s. His black clothes look like military uniforms, and they are quite beautiful.

"I heard that a very distinguished guest wants to talk to me about something. I wonder what you want to talk to me about?" This handsome master walked from behind the table to the front of the table. Only now did he realize that this guy even has a good body proportion. So perfect. Fortunately for us men, this guy's eyes can definitely shock anyone with just a blink of an eye.

not good! When I turned around, I found that both Bingbing and Catalina had stars twinkling in their eyes. They were obviously confused, but Rose showed no reaction. The demon pets behind me were basically normal, except Xiao Chun who looked very disdainful, as if the handsome guy in front of me was something disgusting. Maybe this is the difference between light and darkness! But Rose's reaction made me very happy, at least it fully satisfied my male self-esteem. It speaks volumes that your wife can remain indifferent in front of a super handsome guy.

"Emenis, add illusions to the two of them. Don't let them see the things around them. Just make them all black."

"piece of cake."

Emenes clapped her chin, and then the two girls, who had been completely stunned by the handsome guy opposite, screamed at the same time: "Who turned off the lights?"

"Don't move, both of you, and be quiet for a while." I walked forward with Rose and the others, walking on the red carpet until we were near the table and standing less than two meters in front of him. "Hello, I am the president of the guild organization from the far east. My name is Ziri."

"I am the dark god who dominates the dark world, Ditans Walkerma. You can call me Ditans. First of all, what you brought today seems to have a good background? Let me see." He asked around He passed me and glanced behind me. "A god of darkness who splits the temple, a god of light who splits the temple, a goddess of illusion, and there are descendants of the dragon clan, and they are actually royal family. These two are phoenixes, right? Well, there are even dragons from the east, which is really good. No What news can you bring me, knowing that you can lead so many big shots?" His words were always unhurried, and the listeners were very stressed.

"Actually, I'm not bringing you news, but I want to do business with you." It seems that Rose's idea is very correct. The high-level magic pet has indeed had a deterrent effect on this Ditans. Not only did he directly let us use his name, he even talked to us very politely. According to my estimation, no matter how amiable an absolute superior person is, he will not be so polite to a subordinate, unless the other person's status is as high as his.

"Do you want to discuss business with me?" He turned around, walked to the table, and sat down on the table looking very conceited. "Please tell me what your deal is. I never refuse a reasonable deal."

"Okay, let's talk directly. I have a very detailed understanding of the Dark Temple in the East. I even participated in the battle between the Dark Temple and the Light Temple. Although it is not a battle between gods, at least I am an independent force. The leader participated in this operation as a partner." I looked at Ditans and he made a continue gesture. I continued: "I know that there is a force left in the Death Mountains before the Dark Temple split, and you have no way to pull them out of the mountains. But you really hope to get this army."

"Please continue." Ditans said nothing. He was indeed a master.

"What I want to tell you is that I now control the entrance to Death Mountain."

Ditans finally spoke. "No need to continue, I understand what you mean. Can you tell me your conditions?"

"There are not many conditions. The first one is that your and I have different religious powers. You are not allowed to use any excuse to attack us and hinder our religious expansion. Of course, we will not interfere with the expansion of the Dark Temple. Beliefs are chosen by the believers themselves. We No one is allowed to interfere with each other.”

"This is reasonable and I can accept it. What next?"

"Second, I hope you will allocate the Death Mountain to me in the name of the Dark Temple."

"This condition is a bit excessive. To build a city, you have to pay taxes, and the land must be rented. But you are not my believer, so it is unreasonable to impose religious jurisdiction on you, but it is impossible to give you such a large land for free. So be it! You How about paying for the land? That’s the minimum I’m willing to accept.”

"What about the price...?"

"Don't worry, we won't blackmail you. Generally, the land rental fee for adventurers to build a city is 8 crystal coins per square kilometer per day, but the canyon is too big, so the fee will be very high according to this standard. Besides, considering that this is The reward you give me for helping me cannot make you suffer too much. Otherwise, right? For 100 million crystal coins, the entire internal space of the canyon, including the land rights for the exit, will be completely transferred to you. It will be your business to rent or resell it in the future. Temple I won’t interfere with you anymore, this land will be your territory from now on.”

"Theoretically I agree with your price, but we don't have that much working capital for the time being. 100 million crystal coins is not a small amount. Can I pay in installments?"

When funds flow to the temple, it is equivalent to giving to the system, and the system's money is Long Yuan's money. When I give money to the temple, it is equivalent to giving money to Long Yuan Group, so it doesn't matter if I spend more money, it doesn't flow out anyway. Besides, buying such a large piece of land for 100 million is really expensive. The Death Mountains lead to several countries. After buying it, monsters will not be refreshed. This will be our European base from now on. It would also be nice to have a passage connecting Germany and France. But if you give money, you should give it back, and you must get enough of the benefits. Although the system's money is equal to Long Yuan's money, my blackmailing NPCs does not mean blackmailing Long Yuan, because everything in the game is a set of data. Giving more things does not mean Long Yuan loses anything, but it can bring me something. direct benefit. But the system can give me things, but if it gives me money, I must not use the money to trade with other players, otherwise it will be like really spending Long Yuan's money. It's very complicated to say, but in short, I can't buy things from players with money from NPCs, but I can extort materials and other benefits.

"There is no problem in paying in installments, but what guarantee do you use?"

"Guarantee? You mean guarantee?" I don't seem to have anything to use as collateral! "What do you think can be used as a guarantee? I'll find a way."

"I want her." Ditans pointed his hand directly behind me. "Keep her here, and you can defer paying the 100 million crystal coins for three months. If you still can't pay after three months, I can sell you the land at half the price, but she is mine. . Or are you willing to use her as the 50 million fund now?"

"Don't you think you're going a little too far?"

Ditans still maintained his half-smiling expression. "I'm not threatening you, this is just a proposal. If you are willing to pay 100 million crystal coins immediately, of course I will not have any additional requirements. We are dealing fairly. If you are not willing, I will certainly not force you. Can we still be friends if the business fails?"