The highest ruler of the Tuten Dynasty was the city lord. Not only did he manage the city, but he also managed all the towns and villages around it. He was almost equivalent to a king of a small country. He only answered the call of the king of the Tuten Dynasty, and he had the right to be elected as king.
However, those who could compete for the throne were generally the masters of several large city-states. As such, the city lord was a small city-state that had recently risen. Although he had the right to be elected, it was almost impossible for him to become a king. This was especially true since the position of king was almost controlled by the city of Fanse in the north.
After the destruction of the Batko Empire, the city of Fanse had obtained a large amount of wealth and slaves. As a result, it had risen within the Tuten Dynasty. As such, the city of Fanse had become more and more powerful, and it had already had eight consecutive kings.
Meanwhile, in a small fishing village on the border of the city, some strange things had begun to happen recently.
Heckfoss had been dreaming of a strange world recently. The world was extremely dark, without the slightest bit of light. The whole world was chaotic and disorderly, and in the darkness, there were countless monsters. Although Heckfoss could not see them, he could feel the malice of those monsters, as well as their evil gazes and greedy wills.
All of this started when he went to the market in Fanse. On his way back, Heckfoss picked up a piece of paper that had a terrible monster drawn on it. It had a huge hideous head and a large number of tentacles.
The moment Heckfoss saw the monster, the image of the monster was imprinted in his mind. Every time he tried to recall it, he found that the image of the monster became clearer and more real.
Every time Heckfoss fell asleep, he would enter that world. At first, he couldn't see anything clearly, but now, he began to see some hazy shadows. He found that he was walking on a dark continent, and the ground under his feet was as hard as stone.
"Ah!"
Heckfoss woke up from the nightmare, sweating profusely. This time, it was different from the last few days. He saw the shadow in his dream, which was so huge that it seemed to be able to cover the sky.
"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid!
It's just a dream, a strange dream.
"Don't scare yourself. It's just a dream. It's definitely just a dream. It's just an ordinary dream."
Heckfoss was panicking and scared. Every day was getting worse and worse. Every time he fell asleep, he could feel that terrible existence approaching him. It was constantly dragging him into the abyss.
Heckfoss finally saw the outline of the monster. It was a monster so huge that it seemed to cover the sky. It floated more than ten meters in the air. A large number of tentacles were waving behind it. Two pairs of evil eyes looked down at Heckfoss.
"¥%% @ ¥%"
It transmitted its will to Heckfoss. Although Heckfoss couldn't understand the syllables, he somehow knew what it meant. "You can't escape. Accept me."
"No, this is not just a dream."
"It's that blueprint. It's that blueprint."
"Where did you put it? Where did you put it?"
"I have to burn it so that I can get rid of that monster."
Heckfoss searched his house in a panic. Finally, he found the blueprint. He wanted to destroy it. He wanted to destroy the source of his nightmare. Heckfoss burned the paper to ashes, but he found that he couldn't stop it at all.
The monster was still approaching Heckfoss. The villagers began to find that Heckfoss had become manic and strange. Even when walking on the road, he would make some strange sounds and syllables, which were the same as the strange syllables made by the monster in his dream.
Finally, Heckfoss saw the monster's image clearly in his dream. It had a big head that was as hideous as a planet. It had two huge eyes and a mouth that covered its whole face. Countless thick tentacles were waving behind its head.
"¥% *&@"
The monster let out a deafening roar. That was its name. To be more precise, it was the wave signal emitted by its Soul Fire. Replacing it with syllables, it roughly translated as:
"Stikua!"
Heckfoss felt a will directly penetrating into his brain, violently and crazily flipping through his memories. Countless malice surged into his consciousness. Heckfoss stood blankly on the continent at the center of the Abyss World. He looked at the huge monster, then suddenly laughed wildly.
"Praise be to you, my master!
The great King of Demons, Stikua! "
Lu Zhiyu calculated that the location where the Book of the Devil had fallen should be in the eastern coastal area of the Tuten Dynasty. However, where exactly it had fallen was a bit troublesome. If it had fallen into the sea, it would have flowed with the ocean currents to some corner of Maria's World. Even if Lu Zhiyu used the Divine Kingdom to scan the area, he wouldn't be able to find it all.
Even with the permission of the scroll, it was impossible to perceive all the information in every corner of the world at the same time. However, Lu Zhiyu only needed to investigate whether the Book of the Devil had affected this area. Sure enough, when the Divine Kingdom scanned the area, it immediately found that something strange had happened in the city of Te的, which was located in the eastern part of the Tuten Dynasty.
The Book of the Devil had been dismantled from the sky and scattered around the city. Some had fallen into the wilderness, some had fallen into the farmlands, and some had fallen directly into the city. These pages were just simple papers without any special power. As such, when they fell into the city, it was like a drop of water falling into the sea. They couldn't be found at all!
Even though Lu Zhiyu had scanned the entire area, he could only find about 100 of the 200 pages that had been scattered. The rest of the pages were either damaged or missing. Lu Zhiyu also discovered that many of the people who had read the Devil Illustration Handbook had been eroded by the devil species of the abyss. The power of the abyss had eroded their bodies.
Some people who were strong-willed, optimistic, cheerful, and positive were not easily affected. However, some people who had negative emotions and were extremely mentally unstable would constantly replay the image of the devil in their minds as they read the Book of the Devil.
The devil was a kind of life form that was somewhat close to mythical creatures. It was a life form that was between incorporeal and material. As such, it could travel through space and transmit power and information. As long as one knew the appearance of the devil and knew its real name, one could contact it!
Lu Zhiyu's Book of the Devil had recorded the real names of the devils. Although some of these people didn't understand the Phinks language, when they read the Book of the Devil, they subconsciously recorded it down. The real name of the devil was not a name, but a signal of the fluctuation of their soul fire. The fluctuation of the soul fire of each devil was different. In layman's terms, it was like a phone number!
After knowing the appearance of the devil and the phone number of the devil, some extremely negative people couldn't control themselves at all and called the devil hotline. The person on the other end of the phone was not a delicate customer service, but a devil who was full of evil and desire to devour. They could cross endless distances and telephone lines to catch you!
The devil species that lived in the abyss had discovered the connection from outside the world. It was like a hungry wolf that had found its prey. It would definitely grab these guys tightly and drag their will to itself. Many people were directly devoured by the devil and demonified. They either died or became mindless monsters!
Lu Zhiyu was sitting in the depths of the library of the floating castle, constantly waving his fingers, adjusting the scenes on the scroll, observing and retrieving the Book of the Devil. Many people who had connections with the devil had their memories erased by Lu Zhiyu and taken back the Book of the Devil. However, there were definitely some people who had slipped through the net. At this time, Lu Zhiyu happened to be scanning a fishing village along the coast of the city of Terecius.
"What is this?"
Lu Zhiyu's mouth was wide open. He suddenly saw a strange statue erected on this stupid empty square. It was an ugly and ferocious monster, which was placed on a simple wooden altar.
A young man wrapped in black cloth, who looked like a priest, was standing in front of the altar and preaching to the villagers. A large number of villagers knelt on the ground and accepted the young man's preaching.
"A cult? Do devils also know how to do this? "
Lu Zhiyu was stunned for a moment. Those devils were all full of killing and devouring. Not many of them had the brains to distinguish between friend and foe, let alone have a clear mind. Do devils also know how to preach? Do devils also know how to cast a long line to catch a big fish? This is not a devil at all!
Lu Zhiyu carefully looked at the devil statue. It had a big head and tentacles, so it should be the devil leader of the central continent, the devil species called Stikua. Lu Zhiyu thought it was very interesting, so he decided to observe the behavior of this devil.
At this time, Akkad, who had stayed in the city of Terecius for a while, was also carrying a box and riding an ox cart driven by a farmer towards the fishing village.
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