After hearing Roy's request, the watcher could not help but be stunned. She looked Roy up and down before saying in disbelief, "You want me to help you open a spatial channel to the Charred Council?! You … do you know what you want to do?! "
The watcher was Envy in disguise. She had used the unique possession ability of the Seven Deadly Sins to occupy the body of the original watcher to deceive the Charred Council. The reason why she had put in so much effort to disguise and lurk was none other than to take revenge for her imprisonment. It had to be known that this extremely long life as a prisoner often made people go to the extreme of madness. In a certain world, there was a blind man named Egg. After being imprisoned for ten thousand years, he was almost on the verge of madness, and the life of the Seven Deadly Sins in captivity was even longer. It was obvious how deep their hatred for the Charred Council was.
However, most of the other Seven Deadly Sins buried this hatred in their hearts because they knew that their strength was not enough to fight against the Charred Council. Only Envy, who was also on the verge of madness, had put her revenge into action. She knew that there was absolutely no hope of her revenge by herself, so from the beginning, she had planned to seize the power of her brothers and sisters, the other Seven Deadly Sins. She wanted to gather the power of all the Seven Deadly Sins in one body to take revenge on the Charred Council.
Before this, Envy certainly did not have enough confidence. Now, like the other Seven Deadly Sins, she was roughly the strength of a high-rank demon, and she was even weaker than Julia. After all, being imprisoned for a long time had depleted a lot of their strength. With such strength, it was impossible for them to counterattack the Charred Council.
She also admitted that Roy was stronger than her, but only by a little. He could not reach the crushing suppression of a demon lord. No matter what, Roy was still in the realm of high-rank demons. But such a high-rank demon was actually thinking of entering the Charred Council Space?!
That was a publicly recognized forbidden land, and all unauthorized trespassers would be severely punished by the Charred Council … What is this demon thinking? How can he be so bold?
Roy's demon eyes glowed faintly in the darkness. Roy did not answer Envy's surprise and only asked, "Just tell me if you agree or not!"
"… Fine, if you want to die, I won't stop you!" Envy nodded. "I possess the body of a watcher, and the watcher is a species created by the Charred Council. My body naturally carries the key to enter the Charred Council's alternate space. When the time comes, you just need to follow me to enter the alternate space where the Charred Council is!"
With that, Envy stretched out her hand toward Roy. "Now that the deal has been reached, can you give me the Talisman of Sin?"
However, unexpectedly, Roy shook his head. "No, I can't give it to you now!"
"Why!? Do you want to go back on your word? "Envy asked through gritted teeth.
"No, I said that I will give you the Talisman of Sin, but now is not the time!" "Don't forget. I have an agreement with the Horseman of the Apocalypse, Fury. This Talisman of Sin has to be handed to her first!"
"Damn it!" Jealousy floated in the air and said angrily, "You gave her the amulet. How can I get it back? I snuck out to look for you, and you actually gave me such an answer!? "
"Don't worry!" Roy said calmly. "Handing the amulet to Fury means that the deal between me and her has been completed. As long as I get what she promised to give, the rest has nothing to do with me. It's not my problem whose hands the Talisman of Sin ends up in the end, isn't it?"
Hearing this, the three pairs of eyes on Envy's head immediately flickered and emitted a faint light. She said to Roy in a meaningful tone, "You mean, you want me to snatch the Talisman of Sin from Fury?"
"Don't say it as if I'm encouraging you!" Roy stretched out his finger and pointed at Envy. "Didn't you have this idea from the beginning? Otherwise, of all people, why did you have to pretend to be a watcher? Didn't you lurk by Fury's side from the beginning for this last moment? You know that the Seven Deadly Sins have escaped, and the Charred Council will definitely send the Horsemen of the Apocalypse to hunt you down. After all, it was the Horsemen who caught you back then, so only the Horsemen can capture all of you. The other Seven Deadly Sins are wary of you, so for you, the only chance to gather the souls of all the Seven Deadly Sins is when the Horsemen complete the capture … Am I right? "
"…" The strange three pairs of eyes on Envy's head flickered faster and faster. Clearly, Roy's words had directly pierced through her original plans! She was unwilling to admit it, and Roy did not want to force her to admit it.
He continued, "I'll hand the talisman to Fury first. This can't be changed, and I must do it. But it's not like you don't have a chance. Moreover, cooperating with me is beneficial to you. Give me three days to prepare. Three days later, bring Fury to my castle. After completing the transaction, she'll probably rush back to report. At that time, I'll think of a way to create an opportunity for you to seize the talisman. I only want you to promise me that after you get the talisman, come back and bring me in!"
"Aren't you afraid that I won't fulfill the agreement and will directly go to the Charred Council to take revenge after getting the talisman?" Envy asked after floating in place and circling twice.
"I believe you're not stupid. With my people going in with you and helping you disrupt the line of sight, won't your chances of completing your revenge be much greater?" Roy said with a sinister smile.
Hearing this, Envy sighed, and her shoulders drooped. She spread her hands and said, "Alright, I knew it. Making a deal with a devil is terrifying, because the devil is too good at bewitching people …"
Roy could not be bothered to correct Envy's way of addressing him. "So, the deal is reached?"
"Yes!" Envy nodded.
"Okay, you go first! I still want to sleep! "Roy turned over and lay back on the bed.
Envy did not say anything and floated away from the window. After she left for a long time, Julia pushed Roy, who was pretending to be asleep. "Are you really planning to enter the world of the Charred Council?"
"That's right, but I won't go in so foolishly!" Roy straightened up and sat by the bed. "Didn't Lilith say that Fury has been investigating the situation of the 'Depravity' power during this period of time and has also come into contact with Death. During this period of time, Fury had been investigating the 'Depravity' power and had also come into contact with Death. She definitely knew about the situation of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse being used as pawns by the Charred Council … And Envy had always been by Fury's side as a watcher, representing the Charred Council. So once the watcher betrayed her at the last moment, Fury's trust in the Charred Council would immediately fall to the lowest point. Even if she did not immediately betray the Charred Council and lose the Talisman of Sin and be unable to complete the mission, she would probably not be able to explain herself to the Charred Council. If the Charred Council punished her, then her outcome might be the same as War! This way, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the biggest card of the Charred Council, won't be able to play. Envy might really cause a ruckus in the Charred Council, and at that time, it will be our best chance to find the Red Sea Egg! "
"Understood!" Julia nodded. "However, if we go in with Envy, I'm afraid we'll directly face the three councilors of the Charred Council. Moreover, in addition to the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the council also has an enormous army. This can't be ignored."
"So we need to confuse them!" Roy smiled and clapped his hands.
A moment later, more than a dozen black figures suddenly appeared in the darkness. These black figures were wearing long robes, and after appearing, they bowed to Roy.
"Gather the army!" Roy did not say much and only gave this order. The dozen black figures nodded slightly and retreated.
A breeze blew, causing not only the torches in the corridor to sway but also the corners of the robes of these black figures. If one had sharp eyes, one could see … bones under their black robes!
That's right. These dozen black figures were the thirteen liches that Roy had awakened with his demon blood over the past three years!
In the past three years, Roy had been thinking about how to complete the mission Lilith had given him. Such a long time was enough for him to plan everything, including an undead army!
In the beginning, Roy wanted to summon Cassandra from the Pirates of the Caribbean world. He had Cassandra's soul, and he only needed to use this soul to accurately summon her. But after thinking about it, Roy did not do so. He had only left not long ago, and he did not know how Cassandra's strength had evolved, so there was no need to waste a lot of magic power to summon her.
So in the end, he used the local materials and his demon blood to create thirteen liches in this world.
They were called liches, but in fact, these thirteen liches were different from Cassandra. The blood of frost demons was an indispensable thing in the ritual of transforming into liches, but just the blood of frost demons was not enough. Cassandra's situation was special. She had sacrificed her soul to Roy when she was about to die, so Roy had used his blood to create a lich with intelligence like Cassandra. And these thirteen liches in front of him were defective products. Not only did they not have souls, but they also did not have intelligence.
Why was this so? It was because the liches Roy created this time were all made from corpses that had been dead for a long time.
The souls of these corpses had long dissipated or been plundered, so even if they accepted the frost demon blood and moved again, they would not have much intelligence left. Moreover, the longer they had been dead, the worse the effects after waking up. In the past three years, Roy had continuously sent out a lot of demon blood and created many liches, but only these thirteen were truly stronger.
Through long-term observation, Roy found that it was impossible for such liches to evolve like Cassandra. They could not even absorb souls and could only rely on the thin magic power in Roy's demon blood to exist. They did not even have phylacteries, and once their bodies were destroyed, they would be finished. They could not be called true liches at all.
Fortunately, Roy did not have too much hope for them. As long as they had a certain amount of magic power, it was enough. Below these thirteen liches, there were some weaker liches, and there were about a hundred of them in total. These one hundred liches could use their undead magic to create low-level undead like skeleton soldiers or zombies. Roy could use them to quickly gather an undead army of tens of thousands of them …
At that time, the first to follow Envy into the Charred Council Space would be this undead army …
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