Chen Heng could not help but look at Ali.
From the looks of it, it seemed that just like him, Ali had also noticed that Jacdo was different.
However, that was true.
After all, even with Chen Heng's faith energy, he could sense that Jacdo was not ordinary and could faintly sense the existence of negative emotions.
Ali's faith energy was even greater than Chen Heng's, so what Chen Heng could sense, he naturally could as well.
However, he did not have Chen Heng's Fortune Mark, so he could not deduce Jacdo's identity from it. He most likely did not know Jacdo's true identity.
Otherwise, with Jacdo's personality, he most likely would not have spoken politely and would have directly drawn his sword.
"Nice to meet you."
Jacdo looked at Ali and a look of surprise appeared on his face, but he quickly smiled as he said, "It seems that you're also a very powerful warrior."
I'm just an ordinary mortal; I don't dare to call myself powerful. "
Looking at Jacdo, Ali had a slight smile on his face, but his body was incredibly stiff, maintaining a unique posture.
This was the posture where he was about to attack; he could draw his sword at any moment and fight with others.
Evidently, he had noticed that there was something off about Jacdo and felt wary.
"Such powerful negative energy, this fellow …"
Looking at Jacdo, he had a slight smile on his face, but his heart was incredibly serious, "I can't let him get close to Mister Ed."
To be able to condense faith energy and become a vessel for faith energy, Ali naturally had his own unique abilities.
As this era's Person of Destiny, the best candidate to become a hero, Ali could naturally sense faith energy from others.
This was the case right now.
He could sense that the negative faith energy in Jacdo's body was bottomless, and the power was terrifying. Even he could not help but frown.
Just what kind of evil things had he done, and how many people hated and cursed him for him to accumulate such a massive amount of negative faith energy?
Ali felt incredibly wary as he thought to himself.
In actuality, ever since Jacdo had awakened, he had not done anything at all.
Even though he had a group of evil cultists behind him saying that they were going to conquer the world and destroy everything in it, Jacdo had not done anything at all.
Ever since he had awakened, he had been traveling around. Not only did he not fulfill his duties as a Demon King, but he also restrained the followers of the Demon King so that they could not go out and cause trouble.
However, this did not affect the Demon King being cursed by countless people, and a mountain of negative faith energy was piled up on his body.
The reason was simple.
The Demon Disaster.
The reason why the monsters would leave the forest and attack the human towns was because the Demon King had awakened from his slumber and was the source of the world's darkness.
The countless people who had died at the hands of the demon beasts, their homes destroyed by the demon beasts, their hatred towards the demon beasts fell on the Demon King Jacdo.
As a demon king, this was a sin that Jacdo could not avoid.
This was also the reason why he had accumulated such a terrifying amount of negative faith energy even though he had not done anything yet.
However, Jacdo did not care too much about this.
He was the Demon King, so he naturally represented the negative beliefs of this world. It didn't matter if he was cursed or hated by others.
In any case, after a few years, these people would all enter the earth and become nourishment for the world.
While the Demon King did not mind, Ali, the hero candidate, could not.
He stood by Chen Heng's side and calmly walked over, preparing to draw his sword and fight at any moment.
"I wonder where Mr. Jacko is from?"
He forced a smile and looked at Jacdo as he asked.
As he spoke, he looked behind Jacdo.
Behind Jacdo, his followers were still waiting.
From an ordinary person's perspective, Jacdo's followers did not look like good people, and they all gave off strange auras.
This was not surprising.
After all, compared to the Demon King who had yet to do anything, these people in front of him were 100% the Demon King's believers. Each and every one of them was an extremely vicious and evil person.
To put it bluntly, there were no normal people in this world who could become a follower of the Demon King. Not many of them were good either.
Would a normal person want to destroy the world all day long?
As a hero candidate, looking at the demon king followers behind Jacdo, Ali could not help but frown.
A dense evil aura spread out, and the faint negative faith energy caused his heart to jump, and he almost wanted to draw his sword.
Ahead, as if sensing the killing intent in Ali's heart, the group of Demon King's believers raised their heads, revealing ferocious expressions as they stared at Ali with killing intent.
Everything in the world was relative.
When Ali sensed the resentment and curse on them, the followers of the Demon King also sensed the burden on Ali's shoulders.
This was the hope and expectation of countless people, and all of these positive emotions formed a wave of energy around Ali's body.
In the eyes of these demon king followers, Ali was incredibly eye-catching and detestable.
They could not help but want to attack and kill him.
This was a classic case of not getting along.
The demon king and hero candidate were natural enemies, and as a hero candidate, Ali was naturally natural enemies with these demon king followers.
If they saw each other, they would definitely fight to the death.
Fortunately, they were not the only ones here.
Chen Heng patted Ali's shoulder, coming back to his senses, and he smiled at him.
"What is it?"
Looking at Chen Heng and sensing his concern, Ali came back to his senses and forced a smile as he said, "Sir, I'm fine."
"That's good."
Chen Heng smiled and looked at Jacdo, "Mr. Jacdo."
"These servants of yours don't seem to be very friendly."
He looked at the demon king followers behind Jacdo and said softly.
Behind Jacdo, the demon king followers all looked incredibly ferocious, and they did not look like good people.
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Jacdo smiled and said, "No, there's no such thing.
It's just that their expressions are quite fierce; after all, they often fight with criminals.
In actuality, they're not bad people. "
"Is that so?"
Ali suddenly interjected, his gaze continuously moving between Jacdo and the demon king followers, "Are you sure that they usually fight with criminals and not innocent people?"
"I'm not sure."
Jacdo smiled and casually waved his hand, "I just paid them to do things for me.
As for their past, is that important?
If they can act against innocent people in the past, they might betray us in the future … "
Ali's expression gradually became cold as he looked at Jacdo.
As his words fell, the group of Demon King believers immediately raised their heads and glared at him.
If it wasn't for the fact that Jacdo's power was still there, they would have spoken up and retorted.
However, Jacdo evidently did not have any intentions of letting them speak.
Standing where he was, he turned around to look at the group of people with a smile on his face.
With a cold glare, the pure power of the Demon King surged, causing this group of Demon King believers to shiver and immediately fall silent.
"Alright."
Chen Heng smiled as he looked at Jacdo, "No matter what, since you're here, you're considered guests.
Please come in, "Chen Heng said softly.
He opened his mouth and said casually, "Hot water and comfortable rooms have been prepared. They are just waiting for you to enter and stay."
"Then I'll be looking forward to it."
Jacdo nodded, and led the demon king worshippers in.
Chen Heng and Ali also followed behind them.
Ali followed by Chen Heng's side, seeming quite silent. However, his gaze was incredibly sharp, and he kept his guard up at all times as he looked at Jacdo's people.
It seemed that Ali had not let down his guard against Jacdo's people and was on high alert at all times.
However, this was not surprising.
The demon king and the hero were natural enemies, and once they saw each other, they would fight to the death.
Even though Ali was not a true hero and did not know Jacdo's true identity, the faith energy that he gave made him feel wary and hostile towards Jacdo.
Jacdo did not think much of Ali's attitude and instead felt that it was quite interesting.
In the past, whenever he met the hero, he would directly fight them, and they rarely interacted peacefully.
After all, the demon king and hero did not like each other, and whenever they met, they would fight to the death.
Of course, this was also related to this world's laws.
A situation like this where the Hero and the Demon King were in the same place but did not immediately start fighting was a rare sight.
This was especially so when he saw Ali looking like he wanted to draw his sword and fight him to the death but was wary of Chen Heng, making Jacdo feel that it was quite interesting.
As expected, he had made the right decision to come here today.
If he had not come here, how could he have seen such an interesting scene?
However, looking at Chen Heng and Ali, he could not help but think of something else.
In the past, even though there were outsiders who came to this world, they did not have much of an impact.
At most, they could only be variables and be part of the background of the demon king's story. Apart from that, they could not do anything.
However, Chen Heng was an exception.
As an outsider, he could gather this world's faith energy, and he had potential that even the demon king would sigh in admiration.
With this kind of potential, he already had the right to participate in the hero's trial.
In this trial, there might be a situation where an outsider would defeat a native Hero and become a Hero.
When that time came, the situation would become quite interesting.
At that moment, many thoughts flashed through Jacdo's mind, and he could not help but smile.
Chen Heng continued onwards and only stopped after sending this group of people to their residences.
After Jacdo and the others entered their residences, it was just Chen Heng and Ali.
"Ali."
Chen Heng turned and looked at Ali, who seemed to want to say something, and he smiled as he asked, "Do you have something to say?"
"Yes."
— — —
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Ali hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Those people … I'm afraid they are not good people …"
He deliberated over his words for a while, then made a decision and spoke.
Even though he did not know who Jacdo was, from the feeling he had, as well as the group of followers behind him, it was clear that Jacdo was not someone to be trifled with.
Perhaps they were plotting something for coming to this town.
Ali felt that he should warn Mr. Ed so that he would not be caught off guard.
Otherwise, if Jacdo and the others really wanted to do something bad, the harmonious situation in the town would most likely be destroyed.
When that time came, who knew how many people would die and live miserable lives.
Thinking to there, Ali became more and more determined as he looked at Chen Heng and said, "If possible, it's best to be wary of those people."
"Mm, I know."
What Ali did not expect was that hearing his words, Chen Heng smiled and nodded, "Those people are indeed not good people."
Hearing this, Ali felt quite surprised and asked, "Since that's the case, why did you …"
"You want to ask me why I didn't chase them out, right?"
Chen Heng looked at Ali and said softly, "I've thought about that before.
It's just that it's not very suitable. "
"Not very suitable?"
"Mm."
Chen Heng nodded, "After all, they are guests, and they came to help us suppress the demon beasts.
If we chased them out or killed them because of their past, what would others think?
"Those warriors who might have come here to help us suppress the Devil Calamity will probably leave this place because of this."
"But …"
Ali frowned, "Those people are not good people."
"There's no evidence."
Chen Heng patted Ali's shoulder before shaking his head, "You also felt the negative aura from those people.
"Those people are indeed not good people. All of them bear the hatred and curses of others, and they are all evil people.
"But only we know about this matter."
"To others, they are just ordinary mercenaries and do not know what they did in the past.
"If we rashly execute them, it will not be good and will have a negative impact.
"After all …"
Chen Heng looked at him and said softly, "If they can casually execute a group of mercenaries today in the name of punishing evil people, then they might do the same to them tomorrow.
"When something like this happens, it will make people feel very insecure."
"Is that so … so it's like that?"
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Ali sank into his thoughts.
After thinking about it, he felt that what Chen Heng said made sense.
To ordinary people, they did not know that Jacdo and his group were evil.
They only knew that Jacdo and his group were foreign mercenaries who had come to help them.
If they executed them, they would be killing them, which would be unfair to others.
Unjust behavior would definitely cause uneasiness in others and chaos in order.
Looking at Ali sinking into his thoughts, Chen Heng lightly sighed.
"He's a bit too easy to trick."
He looked at Ali and inwardly shook his head, but he did not say anything.
What he didn't tell Ali was that, in all seriousness, none of the reasons mentioned above were important.
If a person wanted to find a reason for something, it was very easy, especially for someone like Chen Heng.
The reason he was trying to dissuade Ali was not because of those reasons but because he felt that Ali would not be able to defeat those people.
As a Hero Candidate, Ali was indeed very powerful. However, it was obvious that he had not reached his peak yet. This was the case in many aspects.
As the Demon King, Jacdo's power was at its peak as the demon disaster descended.
Comparing the two of them, it was evident that Ali was not a match for those people.
If that was not the case, Chen Heng would have Ali try to beat them to the ground.
"In the end, it's still about strength."
Standing there, Chen Heng rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
"You should go and rest."
Looking at Ali, he smiled and said, "Take advantage of these few days to have a good rest."
"In a few days, you'll have to go on an expedition to suppress those monsters in the periphery."
When that time comes, you'll be under great pressure. "
"Alright."
Ali stopped thinking and looked at Chen Heng as he nodded seriously, "Rest early, Mr. Ed."
"I will."
Chen Heng nodded and smiled in response.
Following this, the two of them separated.
On the way, Chen Heng looked at the house that Jacdo was in before turning and leaving.
In the distance, in a somewhat spacious room, Jacdo looked away and gave a slight smile, "Interesting.
This trial seems to be much more interesting than the ones in the past. "
He said softly, a look of interest on his face.
For a Demon King like him who had lived for who knew how many years, being able to experience such a new change was something to be happy about.
It was because of this that he felt great anticipation towards this outsider, Chen Heng, and he wanted to see just how far he could go.
Following this, time passed peacefully.
Under Chen Heng's leadership, the Town slowly expanded and quickly took back the surrounding territory. It even devoured a few nearby Towns and brought them into its territory.
During this period of time, Chen Heng once again gave the order to launch a few counterattacks against the demon creatures.
As for the results of the counterattacks, there was no need to say much.
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