Chapter 398 [0395] The Birth of the Devil

The battle with Nocturne made Lux feel exhausted.

Constant sneak attacks, illusions of truth and falsehood, thoughts that could fall into nightmares at any time... all these factors combined gave Lux a feeling that every punch was missing.

After discarding unnecessary arrogance and burning the demon essence, Nocturne finally behaved like a "demon".

In a trance, Lux even felt that she was fighting with her teacher - the way Nocturne fought now was quite similar to the "essence of fighting" taught by Karya.

Playing to one's strengths and avoiding weaknesses, not confronting the brilliant light, the more familiar Nocturne was with this, the more Lux felt like she was in a quagmire, with no place to use her strength.

Lux didn't know that the price of Nocturne's doing this was to burn the demon essence. Between the truth and the false, she gradually lost the perception of time, and she finally became a little anxious.

She couldn't continue to be restrained and attacked like this!

After estimating her remaining magic power, Lux gritted her teeth in the darkness and began to set up her own field magic.

Recalling the starry sky she gazed at every night when studying magic theory in the Shurima Desert, Lux created translucent singularities and hung them one by one in the fortress filled with shadow fog according to the distribution of stars.

These small light balls have stable structures and high light intensity. Although the light cannot directly penetrate the fog because Nocturne burned the devil's essence, their existence gives Lux a relatively clear elemental perception and position judgment.

Without pursuing explosions and killing, these translucent singularities do not consume much magic power. Lux does not seek to accurately control each light ball or light up every corner, but only seeks to maintain the existence of all light balls and use light elements to help herself judge time and space.

In order not to lose the reference, Lux creates a reference for herself!

The effect of this trick can be said to be immediate.

As the light balls lit up one after another, Lux's perception of the surrounding elements became clearer and clearer. When Nocturne tried to lead her into the nightmare again, Lux easily got rid of its temptation.

Light guides the real and the false!

Sweet words were useless. The angry Nocturne simply took action and began to actively wipe out the light-transmitting singularities created by Lux. However, this action gave Lux the opportunity to catch Nocturne's trace. When he sensed that the light-transmitting singularities had lost control, Lacus infused magic power without hesitation and lit up the ultimate flash, almost hitting Nocturne again!

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Under the protection of the shadow mist, barely avoiding the dangerous ultimate flash, Nocturne hid himself in the darkness again.

Nocturne has actually found the exit to leave the shadow world.

Although demons often do not retain memories of the Azakana period, Nocturne is indeed an exception. It is not a demon born purely naturally, but a product of artificial catalysis, which is completely different from other demons.

It remembered when it was brought into the Shadow Realm by those powerful mages, remembered the various transformation experiments those mages had conducted on it, remembered their wanton and arrogant ambitions, and even more remembered the wonderful taste of falling into nightmares when they saw it again after it was finally freed.

However, although it found the exit, Morteng could not open the sealed door - those annoying Demacians used it as an anchor to bind their souls. As long as it attacked the door, those Demacians in the soul state would quickly revive and then immediately surround it.

Even if Morteng could suppress these Demacians relatively easily in the current state, there was still a light elemental mage staring at it from behind, and the Nightmare Demon still couldn't act rashly.

If it was really dragged down by these mortals and hit by a solid ultimate flash, then I'm afraid I would fall on the eve of victory!

Tsk, what a hassle. I don't know who this little girl who has used up all her magic learned from. How come she seems to know all kinds of magic, even close combat - I have made several sneak attacks, and I have clearly seized the opportunity, but I was parried by the opponent's sharp close combat ability, and it didn't work at all...

No, I can't continue like this.

Mo Teng has clearly felt his weakness. He doesn't know how much magic power Lux has left, and he doesn't know whether the opponent's magic power will be exhausted first, or his own demon essence will be exhausted first.

So, he will bleed heavily next.

Thinking of this, Mo Teng's strange laughter finally resounded throughout the shadow mist.

"Not bad mortal." It seemed to be very serious and sarcastic. "You have a firm mind and amazing magic power, but unfortunately, not every mortal has such a tenacious mind and will - you are setting up a venue, right? It just so happens that I have a few old friends who are coming here, and I plan to talk to you..."

The next moment, the shadow mist began to surge like boiling water.

Mo Teng made up his mind and contributed his most core strength even though he was unwilling to do so.

"Devils are born in suffering, but suffering is man-made... Come on, look at these twisted monsters. They created me a long time ago!" Nocturne's voice contained a hint of subtle distress. , with a bit of flamboyant joy, "They thought they could control me, thought they could absorb my power and achieve immortality! But they were wrong. They were distorted by this world, and eventually fell into a nightmare and became Part of me, now, I am honored to introduce to you, these amazingly talented shadow casters—"

"This is Sukka. He personally formulated a huge plan to catalyze Azakana." Nocturne's voice was filled with bone-chilling chills. "He has studied demons, and he knows that the birth of demons requires a large amount of pure emotions - Therefore, he feeds an ignorant Azakana with mixed emotions, fills it with power, and then absorbs its power. As long as Azakana does not become a real demon, he will never be able to resist. "

In the darkness, a tall and thin figure quietly emerged.

A moment later, one of Lux's light-transmitting singularities was quietly extinguished. Although Lux realized this through elemental perception and took action in time, when the strong light dissipated, it was not Nocturne who was injured, but a twisted , shadow creatures that are not humanoid.

This is the Sukka who presided over the experiment of Nocturne's birth.

"This is Bunita. She is a very thoughtful person, and her method of trying to obtain demonic power is more direct." Nocturne continued, "Cunning Bunita, her excuse for this experiment is' She tried to change the devil's form, but in the process, the stripped devil's body was sewn back to her body one by one."

In the twisted black mist, another light-transmitting singularity was extinguished. This time it was a bloated guy. Although it had completely become a shadow creature, it still had many demonic qualities.

"And this, his name is Ryder, he is a bard." Nocturne chuckled, "Thanks to his proposal of 'feeding demons with false stories and emotions', it was not his proposal, I'm afraid I will never realize that the illusory nightmare is also a kind of power. Come on, let us say it together...Thank you Ryder."

Another light-transmitting singularity extinguished.

"This is Huang. I heard that he comes from an ancient continent and is very knowledgeable about seals..."

Another light-transmitting singularity extinguished.

"This is Theses. She is very smart. She was the first to discover my progress, so she was the first to be swallowed by the shadow..."

Another light-transmitting singularity extinguished.

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In the black mist, one after another old guys who were active in the early stages of Rune War were released by Nocturne.

They are truly dark mages and the creators of the special demon Nocturne.

As the light-transmitting singularities extinguished one after another, Lux finally gradually understood why this demon was born, why this demon was trapped, and why this demon was so different.

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Perhaps they have seen the power of the dark descendants, or perhaps they are looking forward to the power of the world's runes. There is such a group of bold dark mages.

They did anything for power. After discovering the Shadow Realm, which was born on Runeterra, they brought a newborn Azakana here and used it as a laboratory to launch a horrifying experiment.

The content of the experiment was to artificially create a special demon.

If Azakana wants to become a real demon, he must capture enough emotions. In order to prevent Azakana from becoming a real demon, these black magicians will always "feed" Azakana with the most mixed emotions. Kana, like a pig, did not allow this Azakana to gain enough emotions to go further.

During this period, once Azakana shows a tendency to evolve into a demon, these black magicians will use various means to suppress it, including but not limited to stripping off the demon body, elemental confinement, seal strengthening, and emotional input. Reduce etc...

Demons that swallow extreme emotions have become the best experimental subjects in the hands of these crazy mages. They seem to have successfully created a Azakana with almost real demonic power.

The excited black magicians absorbed the power of this demon and regarded this demon as an "emotion-power converter". As long as the demon was given various extreme emotions, the demon would become the source of power for them.

In order to be able to feed this demon, these black magicians do all kinds of evil in Rune Continent, including anger, fear, panic, hatred... They bring victims one after another to the demon, nourishing the demon with their mixed emotions, They believe that as long as they are not infused with the same emotion, Azakana, who lives in the Shadow Realm, will never become a real demon.

However, what they don't know is that extreme emotions are actually far more numerous and complex than they thought - Azakana, whom they regard as the battery in the box, has actually sensed a special emotion early on.

nightmare.

This is the emotion that countless victims least want to think of, most want to escape, and least want to face.

Since then, that Azakana has had a brand new name.

Nocturne.

Nocturne's escape journey was actually not smooth. Under the restrictions of numerous seals, it was unable to bewitch these dark mages, let alone leave its cage.

Fortunately, as the absorption of demonic power became smoother, the expansion of these dark mages gave Mordekaiser a perfect opportunity.

Taking advantage of their suspicion, Mordekaiser finally triggered the nightmare in their hearts - for those who are eager for power, sometimes only a little seemingly insignificant provocation is enough to stir the most fragile and sensitive nerves in their hearts.

Under anxiety, one dark mage after another violated the original agreement and began to absorb the power of demons excessively, and this excessive absorption, in turn, gave the demons the opportunity to control them.

At this time, the Rune War broke out.

Under the chaos of the current situation, many dark mages began to prepare to "do a big business". They reinforced the exit of the Shadow Realm and sealed it tightly, trying to operate this place as their own nest.

Then, the first step of their conquest journey was to encounter Demacia, which had just been born at that time.

These mortals from all over the Valoran continent who left their homes to avoid the war gradually integrated into a powerful force as they fled westward.

Although these dark mages are powerful, they still find it difficult to win against these mortals who are protected by the stars and rely on the forbidden magic stone for defense.

The furious mages captured many warriors who were ready to die, bound their souls with sacrificial rituals, tortured them constantly, and tried to feed the demons with these souls.

But unfortunately, these souls were too tough and they could not squeeze out much emotion.

While the two sides were entangled, Morteng, who had been strictly disciplined, seized the opportunity and provoked the internal fighting among these black mages.

In the internal fighting, the black mages absorbed too much demon power, and eventually fell into nightmares one after another, becoming the source of Morteng's power. Since then, another real demon has been officially born in Runeland, that is, Eternal Night Dream Morteng.

Morteng, who regained his freedom, rushed out of the Shadow Realm through a space rift, but was seriously injured because his demon body was transformed into a shadow body and could not adapt to the rules of Runeland, so he had to flee back to the Shadow Realm in embarrassment.

Then, just when it finally found the "main gate" of the Shadow Realm reinforced by a special seal and was about to leave through here, it happened to meet the Demacians who came for revenge.

These damn Demacians, although they were easily crushed by Morteng, those souls who had experienced torture, held Morteng's footsteps tightly - after discovering that souls could stop demons, Demacia, which had lost the protection of the Protoss at that time, resolutely chose to restart the sacrifice ceremony.

Although it was unknown why this demon would only try to leave from here, Demacia still consumed a lot of manpower and material resources to build this fortress stuck at the exit of the Shadow Realm, and transformed a group of the most elite warriors into soul form and lived here permanently.

Before entering the Shadow Realm, these warriors swore that they would stay here forever in the form of souls, devote themselves to endless wars, and until the demons were destroyed!

Nocturne was very patient. When facing these tenacious souls, he did not use his precious demon essence. Coming from Azakana, he cherished the demon essence more than anyone else. This was the only way for demons to advance. Although these mortals were difficult to deal with, he just routinely started a war to wear down their will.

In the shadows, Nocturne observed the countless people in Runeland with his own unique perspective. Although he could not leave this cage, he could explore many unknown secrets through the shadows. He believed that short-lived mortals would always forget those things that seemed unimportant. When this soul warrior army had no successors, he would be able to escape safely...

Until another demon found him, until Lux and Ino appeared.

Realizing the danger, Nocturne used the demon essence and even summoned those souls that had long been devoured by him. He finally made up his mind to burn his boats and open a passage to leave here, because in Lux and Ino, he had clearly sensed a danger and an opportunity for change.

Lux created one translucent singularity after another, lighting up her elemental vision.

Nocturne summoned one twisted dark wizard after another, extinguishing these lights and blocking Lux's perception again.

Nocturne's body was still hidden in the darkness. It seemed to be distressed, but it seemed to be happy to watch those twisted souls and bodies, watching them extinguish the translucent singularity, watching Lux running around.

Haha, mortals.

This is mortals - if it weren't for your greed and cruelty, how could we demons be born?

The foolish Evelynn, the greedy and cunning Tam, they are all untrustworthy!

Sure enough, everything depends on yourself!

Up to now, Nocturne has thought it through. Times have changed, and a drastic change like the Rune War is imminent. In this case, if he gave up the power of the demon origin and left the Shadow Realm, then the sky is high and the sea is vast, and there is a lot to do!

Therefore, even though these twisted black magicians were his favorite demon minions, at this moment, Nocturne still sacrificed them without hesitation.

Lux's steps were gradually weakening.

If she continued to consume, she would definitely not be his opponent!

While grinning in the darkness and making a weird laugh, Nocturne summoned another twisted figure.

However, this time, when this guy was about to extinguish the translucent singularity again, a translucent figure suddenly rushed out from the side and fought with this twisted shadow monster.

"Don't panic, little Lux!" Jeka appeared from nowhere, waving a rapier, and stopped the shadow monster who was trying to extinguish the translucent singularity, "Uncle... uncles are still here!"

And just as Jeka spoke, one after another soul warriors filed out from the place where they anchored their souls, tacitly dispersed, and ran towards the remaining translucent singularities.

From the commander to the ordinary soldiers, the figures of these soul warriors were all dimmed without exception.

But this was not because they lost confidence - corresponding to this, they held a broadsword and spear in their hands that they had never had before.

After Morteng burned his demonic origin, these soul warriors also consumed part of their souls, used them as weapons, and guarded this little bit of light without hesitation.

In the thick black fog, the translucent singularities are like stars in the night sky, guiding the travelers to break through the darkness.

And these soul warriors, fully armed, guarded in front of these stars, helping Lux to face those twisted shadow creatures.

Maybe Mordecai's idea is right, the devil is indeed born from the evil of human heart.

But don't forget, the human heart is never just stormy and evil.

Even in the endless night, there are still people willing to protect the insignificant light.

Kalya's small class·Mordecai's shadow vision:

Through the shadow, even if he is in the shadow world, Mordecai is not completely ignorant of the outside world-it's just that after the Rune War, few people use shadow spells, so Mordecai doesn't get much information through the shadow.

PS. The big chapters are constantly coming, I'm such a good person!

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