There were still 15 minutes before the banquet started.
The four of them temporarily gathered in the room for a short discussion, sharing the hidden clues they had seen since entering the city and some of their own inferences.
The "Art Festival" must be a conspiracy, but what was the real purpose of the conspiracy?
The Hybrid Demons would not be stupid enough to receive humans because of their own interests and even take the initiative to retreat in the siege battle. After all, a "medium-sized land deed" was not a small thing. It symbolized the lord's identity and the trust and gift of the "old king".
On the surface, the lord may want to find out the secrets of the expeditionary army through Han Dong and the others, and then use "mind control" to let the four return to the army and create internal chaos.
However, all of this was based on the premise of "control."
If Han Dong and the others were not controlled, what else would the lord do? Would he reveal his nature and directly attack the four of them to forcibly control them?
Or his initial purpose was not to control the four of them to obtain military intelligence.
But something that involved deeper things, something that could not be inferred from the existing information.
There were only so many "inferences" in general.
If you want to understand, you must go deep into the palace and the core of the Hybrid Demon City.
At the end of the discussion, Knight Charlie added:
"This city seems to be trying to 'disguise' something as much as possible. Just like the puppets I make, no matter how close they are to real people, there are still subtle differences and more or less inconsistencies.
The "siege battle" can't mobilize the entire army.
The battle must be based on the [World Rules], which means that the forces mobilized cannot exceed the size of the city.
If we can't find what is buried deep in the city, even if the siege battle can be won, our army will suffer great casualties, which will seriously affect the next expedition.
Three days.
Try to find out the secrets of this city as much as possible while ensuring that the mind is not invaded. "
"Okay."
…
[Banquet Hall]
Chandeliers composed of 108 small Holy Images illuminated the large hall. At the bottom of the hall, there was a marble table of more than ten meters long.
Twenty-one sets of tableware were placed.
The chef wearing a white pig mask was slowly putting the appetizers on the table.
Artists who passed the art assessment or were directly invited would enjoy the banquet of the highest level in [Perugia] and have the honor of eating at the same table with the lord.
Han Dong and the others found a seat that was further away from the host's table.
Wino's mask had been specially modified by Han Dong. It was covered with a layer of tentacles … It could further disguise her and completely block her vision, preventing visual pollution.
As for the rest of the guests, more than half of them were not from Perugia.
Instead, they were members of tribes, villages, or organizations.
They were all inclined towards the spirit type. They had heard that Lord Perugia was an atavistic mantis demon and had unique attainments in the spirit. They had come here to find a way to improve their spirit ability, or to look at the art to understand the concept of atavism in advance.
Most of the people sitting here were Hybrid Demons, and most of them were Newborn Demons.
There were also two demonic creatures with outstanding talent in the field of art who passed the benchmark assessment and obtained the opportunity to participate in the banquet.
It was time for the banquet.
The candlelight instantly turned grayish-white.
Before they could see the Lord's figure, his voice was the first to reach them.
It was as if the voice from the deep space of the universe was paired with the hissing from the bottom of the abyss. The two overlapped and produced an ethereal sound.
The language used was also a kind of [Esperanto] that could be understood by any kind of mantis demon. In addition, it was a kind of [Italian] that was learned from the local area so that the four special humans could understand it.
"Thank you, distinguished guests with outstanding artistic attainments, for coming to my residence."
Listening to the strange overlapping words,
The distinguished guests looked at the top of the stairs of the banquet hall,
The heavy door engraved with the "Sun Emblem" and the "Moon Emblem" was pushed open by two strong servants.
The Lord of Perugia City with a medium title deed,
A high-level existence that could leave a psychological shadow on Scarlet Count,
The atavistic body that Han Dong had never seen before,
It was slowly appearing in a suspended manner,
The first thing that caught his eye was the 'five-colored holy robe' draped on the Lord's body … his face and most of his body were covered in it, and it was impossible to directly see the original form of this atavistic body.
'Four arms and four legs' and 'Caged Bird' were the core characteristics of this Lord.
Four arms:
Two of his arms were crossed in front of his chest,
The other two arms were in the posture of the lobby painting, [Understanding the Truth]. They stretched to the left and right respectively, as if they were holding the sun and the moon in their palms.
Four legs:
Two of his legs stretched out from the middle of the holy robe, showing a 'sitting posture',
The other two legs stretched out naturally from the bottom of the holy robe, showing a 'floating posture'.
Caged Bird:
There were two curved horns on the top of his head covered by the hood.
A thin wire was connected between the horns, used to suspend a special metal birdcage … A live sparrow was living in the birdcage.
…
Although the five-colored holy robe covered the Lord's figure.
However, such a posture was shocking enough. The 'Caged Bird' tied between his long horns was also thought-provoking. It revealed the Lord's desire to control.
At the same time, there was one more point.
As the Lord's two legs stretched out from the holy robe in a sitting posture, the holy robe was slightly stretched by these two legs, and the original structure of his body could be faintly seen.
However.
Even the Mantis Demons who attended the banquet had an indecent attitude. No one dared to look directly at the Lord's' true body '.
Only Han Dong, who was sitting at the back, was secretly using the spying ability of the Demon Eye to try to spy on the secret under the holy robe.
Through the darkness, unraveling the essence …
Squeak squeak squeak ~ ~
He was obviously spying with his eyes, but what came was a burst of crisp mouse sounds.
Han Dong had to use his palm to cover his mouth and use [Crazy Laughter], but he didn't laugh.
After dispersing the mice in his head, a terrifying scene was successfully spied on.
The result of this spying caused a drop of blood to flow down from between his eyebrows … The low-level Demon Eye suffered serious visual damage after spying on high-level existences.
"Is this the posture of the Atavistic Body?"
Mut-shaped stars,
Inscriptions made of mouse eyes,
Abyss piled up with corpses,
Just as Han Dong recalled this scene and felt that it was inappropriate, a soft finger quietly fell on his back.
"Massage and Massage"
The discomfort in his body and mind dissipated.
At this time, Demps, who was wearing a mask, was looking at him, and his voice immediately came into his mind.
"You really dare, Nicholas … You dare to directly spy on the original state of the Atavistic Body."
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