"Please … be … merciful …" The vampire kneeling on the ground squeezed these words out of his throat with difficulty. His arms that were in contact with the container had long withered beyond recognition. His body and face were covered with strange veins as if there was a living creature wriggling inside. The most frightening thing was that he was aging at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Putting down a certain half-dead man, Fen squatted in front of the vampire and pointed the black muzzle at the dying man. She asked, "I hate trouble, and I hate men who don't know what's good for them. It's okay to live a bad life, but I hate people who think they can cover everything when in fact, they can't. I hate people who overestimate themselves the most. You seem to have all of these. Plus, that lady wanted me to take care of you. Tell me, why should I spare your life? "
"Mercy …"
"I'm the Demon King, so what if I have mercy? Okay, maybe not now, but at least I used to be the Demon King, which is a great profession. Is mercy popular among you vampires? "
The vampire could no longer speak, only grunting sounds were left in his mouth. His lungs seemed to be unable to take in much air. He could only breathe rapidly, and his eyes were full of despair. His dry skin cracked inch by inch, and his white hair fell to the ground strand by strand. Finally, his breathing gradually slowed down and then stopped.
His white eyes had lost focus, and his neck could no longer support his head. He couldn't lower his head any further. At this point, there was no more sound.
The people who witnessed everything thought it was over. Unexpectedly, the container that was tightly attached to the vampire's hands suddenly extended countless tiny tentacles. Small pieces, small pieces, they tore the vampire apart and sucked him into the container.
"This … that thing is still alive?" Lin's eyes widened as he asked in shock.
"He is alive to begin with. As I said, even if it's only a part of him, he is still connected to the original body. When you touch his instincts, there will be a reaction. This is normal. "
"Then what is that switch? Can you tell me? At least let me know what are the taboos that cannot be violated. "
Dorothy, who stood behind and watched everything unfold, was also concerned about this question. So, like everyone else, she pricked up her ears. Fen put away the container and helped the person who was sitting on the ground up. "All existences of that level represent the same thing in the maze. Perhaps it was a natural creation. Sometimes it was a belief or a feeling. What do you think they represent? "
"An unknown that we can't understand."
"Tsk tsk, if you can say something like that, it means that you are not completely ignorant of Them. But no matter what you know, for the current you, the best thing to do is not to mention it or even think about it. You're not qualified. But you're right, it's an incomprehensible unknown. But to be more specific, it is to expand such a concept. The fear of the dark, the worry of the unknown, the arrogance brought about by ignorance, and so on have become the cognition of their existence in the land of confusion. "
Lin could not quite understand such a statement. He asked, "If such a concept was presented, they would not have disappeared from history, right? Be it human or any other species of homo sapiens, it's impossible for all of them to overcome this natural fear. "
"Their disappearance is actually not difficult to understand. It's taboo for everyone to mention it, so it's naturally impossible to pass it down as a legacy. And those who know will wither away one by one. The remaining people will still have such a fear, but they can no longer connect it with Them. At this time, Them will disappear from the concept of cognition. Breaking this layer of connection, Them will no longer appear in the land of confusion. "
"Are there no brainless cultists calling for Them to return?"
"First of all, those people will be played to death by their own greed. Is the power of the ruler something they can use and call for? "Fen said disdainfully. She temporarily let go of a certain man and pushed open the door of the castle. The Nannayue in the sky had just arrived and hung in the sky.
She picked up a certain man who had just caught his breath. Fen looked at the helpless Lin and thought of something. "But maybe there are still some hidden believers, hidden in the shadows of history. You don't know. And I've been dead for so long, of course, it's even more impossible for me to know. After all, this vampire here can collect this part. What does she want to do with this thing? Even if she knows what she's collecting, we have no way of knowing. In the future, pray to the god of science that you believe in. Don't encounter this thing a second time. "
"If science learns to respond to prayers, it won't be called science."
"Okay, okay, I'm just casually saying it. I don't want to argue with you about this kind of thing." Fen shook the item in her hand unhappily, but she didn't even look at the female vampire lord who was still at the door of the castle. But Dorothy didn't dare to be disrespectful. The Devil King lived up to his name. He killed decisively and his strength was unfathomable. These made her not dare to look up to him.
But since he wanted to take over this castle, he was bound to recruit more clan members. And the only two servants who could be messengers, or fiancé candidates, died gloriously in the hands of the Devil King. Fortunately, the Browser Magic Stone could still be used. She could contact her father through the forum and other applications and ask him to send enough people.
And before those people arrived, Dorothy had to strengthen the castle's defense alone. In addition to ensuring that no ordinary people would mistakenly enter, she also had to guard against those who heard the news and claimed to be members of the righteous Church.
Looking back at the castle that stood in the dark night, the initial feeling of excitement passed. Dorothy realized that there were so many things that she had to do that she wanted to escape. She sighed helplessly. Maybe she shouldn't have boasted just now and let those two annoying people court death. Now, she didn't have to do everything by herself.
Seeing that the Devil King's group had disappeared into the night, Dorothy closed the castle's door. There were a lot of things to take care of, but the time at night was limited.
Back in the town, the same lethargy didn't dissipate from the town with the destruction of the vampire forces that occupied the castle. It was late at night, and the road, which was already deserted, was dead silent. Lin and the others returned to the inn. The closed door meant that the people inside didn't seem to think that they could come back alive. Or rather, because the group that went to provoke the vampire lord went out from here, they were worried that they would attract more terrible consequences.
Fen kicked open the door. The two wooden planks that were already on the verge of collapsing immediately fell to the ground with a clang. The owner, who was guarding behind the bar on the first floor, held a short wooden stick in a defensive posture in horror. He took a closer look and found that it wasn't the group of fiends that he imagined. "You … you came back alive?"
"Yes." Lin, who was put down, said. If that big shot was allowed to speak, who knew how bad things would become. Therefore, when dealing with small fry, the master and disciple trio would come forward.
Comforting the owner, Lin said, "Don't worry, we took care of the Twilight Castle. No one will cause trouble for you because of us."
He looked at the people who came in with a suspicious gaze. This group of people didn't look like people who had been defeated and fled back in a sorry state. Instead, they had bags of various sizes and seemed to have gained a lot. The owner couldn't imagine what they had gone through, nor could he imagine what had happened to the castle. The only thing that didn't seem right was that the only man in the group was using his staff as a crutch and slowly walked in front of him.
"Is the room we're going to rest in ready?" Lin tried to put on a kind smile. The reason why he didn't say that all the vampires had been killed was because that kind of statement might not be convincing.
Secondly, another group of vampires would be moving into the castle … so there was no point in discussing whether the old forces had been killed or not. Moreover, Lin didn't know how the people of Dorothy's clan would treat this town. He only knew one thing, and it shouldn't be worse than now. It shouldn't be …
The next morning, the group left the town. A certain man who wanted to laze in bed was picked up and thrown into the back of the carriage, accompanied by a large pile of belongings. Fen sat in the driver's seat with the container containing the indescribable thing. She didn't need a whip to command the horse pulling the carriage. With a shout, the horse obediently left. Two girls were leading the way on horseback, so Fen still focused on her programming.
However, the girls were a little puzzled by her request to leave in a hurry. Halloumi used animal communication magic to easily command the horse to come to the side of the carriage and asked, "Teacher, what we did yesterday was a good thing, right?"
It was difficult to rest on the bumpy back of the carriage, so Lin could only try to make himself comfortable. As for the apprentice's question, as if to pass the time, he answered, "It should be. After all, that group of vampires didn't seem like good people. "
"Then why did we leave so early as if we were running away?"
Actually, it was the Lich's request to leave so early. But Lin could understand. He said, "The atmosphere in that place was too oppressive, and it wasn't comfortable to stay there. So if you want to leave, I don't have any objections. Let's go. "
"But we finally helped them get rid of those evil vampires. Shouldn't we help them more?"
"Why should we help?" Lin asked back. "As the saying goes, the heavens help those who help themselves. To get help, one must first have the intention to ask for help. But they didn't. And the reason we went to get rid of those vampires was actually … well, it was just a magic experiment. Although it was cruel to say that so many lives had been lost for the sake of magic experiments, it was still considered that those people deserved it. But this matter had nothing to do with helping the townspeople. "
"But in terms of results, we helped them, didn't we?"
"Good intentions may not necessarily bring about good results. Remember this sentence, right? If you think your good intentions are good, but others don't need them, then you will definitely get a good return, right? Don't think too highly of human nature. Besides, no one knows what the sudden change will bring to that town. So, the best choice for self-preservation is to leave as soon as possible. "
Halloumi asked suspiciously, "What will happen?"
"Let me give you an example. There's a huge rock in a calm lake. If you don't do anything, the lake will be as calm as usual. But what if you suddenly move the rock away? What will happen? "
"The water will create a whirlpool to fill the missing rock's position." After thinking carefully, Halloumi asked, "Teacher, you mean that the town will fall into chaos?"
"I don't know, but it might happen, right?"
"Is there no way to stop it?"
"Does killing them all count?"
The girl was speechless …
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