As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 825 The All-Black Fourth Era

The black market merchant who suddenly appeared was not Schwarz, but an ordinary black market merchant.

These World Tree staff are like a bunch of Uchiha Obito, able to open spatial rifts at will. Strictly speaking, they're a lot like the 22nd-century time guards from Doraemon, except they don't follow the law.

The black marketeer located his target customer's location and appeared beside Miaham the moment he took a step.

"oops!"

He covered his face.

"You woman, aren't you ashamed to go naked!"

Miaham frowned slightly. Faced with the uninvited guest, she did not make a move, but instead used her racial characteristics.

"You want to do it?"

"No, I don't have that function."

The black marketeer turned his back and reached into his sleeve to search.

"An old friend asked me to bring you something."

The black marketeer seemed to have a lot of goods; he kept looking and talking.

"About a few hundred years ago, I had a colleague with the same name as me, hahaha, actually we were both called Black Merchant~~~ Okay, I know it's boring, but here's the thing, I got my period that day. Don't be suspicious, we genderless beings can simulate various genders, and at that time I was simulating a woman."

"So you were just rejecting me?" Miaham asked.

“Don’t change the subject,” the smuggler said. “Where were we… Oh, right, I had my period the other day, and the pain was so bad. A colleague of mine offered to cover my shift, but he needs me to do him a favor later, which is…”

The black marketeer pulled out a timer; it turned out he had been looking for this very thing. The timer displayed a time range, which was locked onto the world of "Elden".

"It means handing this over to the great demon Miaham when 'he needs my help'."

The black marketeer took a pill out of his mask.

"That guy said that a terrible king once came to your world, and if you accidentally bring that guy out, use this."

Miaham took the pill; she knew where it came from.

"Ah~ a drug that temporarily restores all strength, but consumes life force, similar to adrenaline in the human world."

Miaham held the pill in his hand, smiling and nodding.

"Received. So, what about your colleague?"

"That guy resigned not long ago."

"..."

"Alright, I've delivered the goods. Well then, let's hope we have the opportunity to cooperate in the future." A round hole appeared beneath the black merchant's feet, and he fell into it with a whoosh and disappeared.

Hundreds of years ago.

Miaham encountered a black merchant with a complete soul who was inquiring about the "Golden Tree Shadow".

But the black marketeer left disappointed. Miaham didn't know what he had seen. When he left, he even registered as a "friend".

"If you're in danger, I might be able to help you then," the smuggler said as he left.

Today it is today.

Miaham understood.

When Li Nuo fought with Pu Zang, the things that were forcibly controlled by her came from the black market merchant. This method of control was also an "alarm clock," which sent another black market merchant to find her with pills.

All of this can only be for two reasons.

The computer in the Shadowlands.

And, to kill Li Nuo and others.

Considering that Li Nuo's enemy was Schwarz, then the black marketeer at the time was the infamous judge, Schwarz.

"I will come to your aid if you are in danger."

Miaham reread the words that Shooferel had spoken when he left that year.

"You didn't mention the price, but I have to do you an even bigger favor. What a wonderful unequal exchange."

She crushed the pill.

“But I don’t accept it.”

"..."

"..."

Schwarel stood by the window, with the streets of Basel behind him and the computer in front of him locking the script. Even the administrators could not view the "Border Prison Script" involving all the corridors without the World Tree's permission.

Because the black marketeer appeared in front of Miaham, he was able to briefly see the world within the script by sharing a visual connection with the black marketeer.

"The pride of the great demon..."

"If you don't want to accept it, then at least give me back the medicine... that stuff is very expensive."

[I have already watched all the free content]

Miaham's heart rate increased.

The feeling of being watched has returned.

She didn't know if it was from the spying of Schwarzel, the influence of Marger's STEAM, or the gaze of her old enemy, the Demon God. Little did she know that being noticed by three managers (although one of them was an intern) was a testament to her... awesomeness.

Miaham turned around.

A man stood in front of the incubation chamber containing Li Nuo.

"I clearly used invisibility."

The Blood Emperor's brow twitched.

"I am a succubus, and I have a special ability to lock onto the opposite sex."

"That's it..."

The Blood Emperor raised his chin and smiled slightly.

"It seems that Brother Ma's request is going to fall through."

Blood Emperor pulled a wrench from his lower back.

"Smash Varudo!"

【The World (100% Developed)】

[Type: Active Skills]

[Effect: Stops time and allows free movement during the frozen period. Reduces total magic power by 10% upon use, but can be restored with potions. Range: 500 meters. Unaffected by any time-related abilities.]

[Brief description: Zawarudo!]

Time stops.

The color visible to the naked eye turned pure blue.

The Blood Emperor broke through his level and slowly walked up to Miaham, making a swinging motion with his bat.

"Hoo... Breaking the limit."

"home run!"

The wrench slammed down hard on Miaham's head!
Boom!
Time shattered, and Miaham was thrown out, crashing through the wall behind her and flying off the massive tree trunk.

Miaham's face looked like it had been ripped open in ceramic. She fell from the tree, only to find that there was no way to repair her flesh.

"So that's it."

The Blood Emperor turned his head to the side.

A perfectly healthy Miaham suddenly appeared beside him.

"No physical form... Are you Payne?"

“Ugh, don’t think I don’t know your jokes. I don’t like making others feel pain,” Miaham said with a laugh.

Blood Emperor activates his Eye Skill, [See Through].

A phantom appeared behind Miaham, a strange creature from the "Border Prison" with a deathly pale body.

All the Miahams are illusions inhabiting various border creatures.

Miaham bent over, covered his lips with his index finger, and raised an eyebrow.

"I understand your ability now: attacking the target while also attacking the target's time."

Miaham pointed to his face.

"An attack that completely deprives the target of its ability to repair itself during the time stop is actually an effect imposed outside the normal flow of time. When time resumes, this effect is forcibly inserted into the normal causal chain in the form of an 'effect.' This is equivalent to directly altering the target's state on the timeline, and is an attack on its time trajectory."

Thinking about all this, Miaham looked embarrassed.

“You’re already capable of directly destroying time…” She glanced at the wrench in the Blood Emperor’s hand: “Hmm, plumber.”

Blood Emperor's lips curled into a smirk: "He's a mechanic!"

Not long ago, when Marger was advancing in his cultivation, he entrusted Blood Emperor and Brupp's group to test Miaham's strength whenever they had the chance, and hopefully rescue Li Nuo.

The Miaham before us seems to have no physical form.

Whether from the perspective of time or causality, killing any number of hers is meaningless, but it indirectly confirms another thing.

“Miaham, you have no fighting ability whatsoever.”

"You still have the nerve to say that..." Miaham forced a slightly annoyed smile: "Isn't it because that Steam your boss made scattered all my divine power..."

"That just proves you're not pure!"

"I'm a succubus, how can I be pure?"

"Impure woman, I will make you pure." The Blood Emperor smiled wickedly: "Turn into the purest air (go to hell)."

Just as the Blood Emperor was preparing to continue the fight, Miaham snapped his fingers.

"Don't hurt Li Nuo. I'm going to check out the Gate of God anyway, I'll fight there."

The next second, the Blood Emperor and she disappeared together.

The Blood Emperor's ability can attack time, but it cannot alter space. If his opponent were Cha Bai, he would suffer a crushing defeat.

For a great demon, this kind of thing is immediately obvious; there are very few perfect warriors, if there really are.

"It can only be you."

Another Miaham appeared in the room.

She didn't know that Li Nuo was low on health.

pat.

A crack appeared in the glass of the culture chamber, which suddenly spread rapidly, causing the liquid inside to spill out. The glass shattered on the floor, and Li Nuo fell out of it.

Li Nuo, who was lying on the ground, moved a few times, and then slowly got up.

"Ha...cough! Cough cough!"

He couldn't see anything around him at all.

I can't even open the system panel to view anything, so I have no idea what happened.

Miaham squatted in front of him and gently lifted his chin with his fingers. Li Nuo opened his eyes groggily and looked at Miaham's penis.

"Yours glows too?"

"You little rascal, you finally made it through."

Miaham stood up with a smile and summoned a simple cloth robe for himself to change into.

"You'll see the changes in yourself in just ten seconds."

Li Nuo felt like all the bones in his body were about to break.

He only saw his own panel when his vision was fully restored.

[Strength: 416 → 616] [Spiritual Power: 506 → 606]

[Insight: 1046→1146]

The reaction did not change.

Li Nuo: "Huh...?"

Miaham: "See that? That incubation chamber contains 'the succubus's juices,' which can directly boost strength, magic power, and vitality—something many people dream of. However, if it's not compatible, it will backfire. The fact that you're still alive proves..."

The words paused.

Because Li Nuo looked utterly hopeless.

[Medical: 36→436]

【mistake! 】

"Low-health" characters cannot be matched in this way.

[Data Backlash]

[Medical: 36→1]

[Physique: 512→312]

"Medical care has reverted to 1..."

"My physical condition dropped by 200... so it can't handle my strength and reflexes. My bones are shattered... If I move even slightly, my muscles will dissolve..."

Li Nuo looked at Miaham with an expression that said, "What the hell did I do to you?"

"It's like going back to square one... Did I break your pot? Why are you treating me like this?"

"Huh?" Miaham was also taken aback: "No, theoretically, as long as you can get out of there, it means you've succeeded; otherwise, you'll die inside."

But she didn't care about that anymore and pulled out a handful of steel spikes from thin air.

"Never mind all that, get inside me."

"No, I'd rather cut it off."

"What I'm saying is, I'll give you a shot, and you'll be able to break through your strength directly, then you'll die, and then I'll eat your soul, and we can combine together. I can then use your power to regain the ability to return to my peak."

"Then I definitely don't want to! Don't think I don't know, if you put Cha Bai's eyes in my eyes, she'll die too."

"You're so innocent!"

Miaham has even learned to complain. She calmed herself down and gritted her teeth, saying:
"You brat, I chose you because your personality is similar to mine, and your potential is high enough. I could use anyone else too. They can live on vegetables even if they can't eat meat. It's just that the greater the potential of the person I sacrifice, the stronger the power I gain."

Li Nuo was completely numb.

"To put it bluntly, it's still a sacrifice; you're deceiving me into marriage!"

However, it's not actually that incomprehensible; you can't use human thinking to guess the behavior of hellish demons.

To put it bluntly, Miaham wants to use Lino as a sacrifice to his former self, in order to summon his peak self back from the great cycle of time.

The Gate of God is the best medium.

But at this moment.

Miaham suddenly paused.

Something "big" has happened at the Gate of God.

This event caused Miaham to lose control of herself, and she immediately transferred all of her "self" to the body of "God's Gate." Then, her body shattered, and the demon she possessed revealed its true form.

This is a... burly demon with three pairs of wings.

White spiral patterns slowly wriggled on the skin, and there was only a mouth on the face.

"Lord Miaham...why choose such a skinny thing as you?"

This guy is a demon from the borderlands, formerly a subordinate of Miaham. In any ordinary world, he would be a high-dimensional being capable of destroying civilizations.

【Egil the White】

[Danger Level: S+]

"Stay still."

The pure white Egil lowered her head.

"Don't let me kill you before Lord Miaham returns."

He was infatuated with Miaham.

That's why he hates Li Nuo.

"Still not happy."

Even the pristine white Egil still felt uneasy.

Perhaps killing Li Nuo and then becoming a sacrifice for Lord Miaham is a method worth trying.

"To steal what someone loves is a crime punishable by death."

Egil flipped his palm, and a heavy greatsword appeared in his hand.

The sword, shrouded in black mist, slashed towards Li Nuo.

But the promotion ceremony for the [Residual Blood] has already begun.

……

On the desolate, scorched earth, all was silent; even the wind seemed to have died out completely.

At the end stand two "doors".

Two giant rectangular stone blocks, made up of countless pale, twisted, and broken bones, stand facing each other, separated by a distance of several meters. They are like eternal boundary markers symbolizing death and oblivion.

This thing is called the "Gate of God".

But in the system panel, this is how it is described.

The Gate of God

[Quality: Epic]

[This is a prop from the storyline; it's a bit too big to take out.]

[Effect: Sacrificing certain things allows one to obtain the power of "Law". Law changes the world order, but only one law can be used. It cannot create new power, but only sets a rule for the world.]

[Law: The code of conduct that changes a world, using the power of blessing to establish rules for the world]

[Method 1: If you have used "Behelit" to summon the Hand of God, just follow this method]

[Usage Method 2: Obtain the blessing entrusted by the previous lawmaker and make a vow before the Gate of God (the effect differs slightly between singles and those in a relationship, with the latter being better; see Ultraman Ace for reference)]

[In short: It's basically just a larger router]

[Note: After use, the Gate of God will remain dormant for a thousand years before it can be opened again.]

Miaham was now just a body in the Gate of God, staring ahead.

The scattered limbs and corpses on the ground are the demons of the "border prison" she left here.

Zaku, Aita, and the Blood Emperor stood before the Gate of God, facing Miaham, protecting the one who stood before the Gate of God.

Jack Wells.

The [Ring of Contract between King and God] obtained by hunting down the Supreme Will are worn on his ring finger, and the thickness of these two rings changes according to the wearer's finger.

[Effect: A ring that can only be used by kings and gods, worn before the gates to godhood]

Gods from other worlds cannot touch these rings.

Therefore, Li Nuo and Cha Bai, Malje and a group of women, Aita and Pippen, none of them are qualified to become the new King of Elden.

Miaham had a bad feeling.

Aita suddenly lunged at her: "I won't let you interfere."

The sounds of fighting could not disturb Wells's mind.

He raised his hands high and responded to the Gate of God: "Lao Tzu and Lao Tzu are God and King!"

At this moment, Wells is a burly, strong man.

The next second, he transformed into a stunningly beautiful female drow.

"I am the king."

"I am God."

"I love me!"

"Grant me the power of the law!"

There's a hidden reason why these rings were chosen from Wells.

The disappearance of the First Age stemmed from the beginning of the Laws of the Stars, which everyone believed was caused by the goddess Lani and her Faded Ones.

Only Li Nuo, who had seen the computer records, knew that the people who actually made the laws were Carl Elimond and Angel.

The king loved his people.

Therefore, this power can only be inherited by the "Endless Corridor".

The Gate of God emitted a crimson light.

Miaham stopped what he was doing and stepped back, his pupils a mixture of darkness and fervor: "I've planned everything, but I never expected this... Haha, hahahahaha, hahahahahahahaha!"

Thousands of meters away, Pippen pierced Goldwin's chest with his sword. The two were locked in a struggle, but their bodies were obscured by the light of the Gate of God.

This beam of light shot out of the clouds, shattering all dreams, and burst forth directly from the depths of Yharnam.

The dark fog was "briefly" dispelled.

All will witness a new ceremony of godhood and the birth of the Fourth Age.

The image of Wells's mixed male and female voices came to mind.

"White women are all whores, I'll die in an Indian whore's bed, blacks will no longer fear the whip, let blacks hold their heads high! This is our Fourth Age!"

Under the influence of the blessing, all the native inhabitants of this world, regardless of age or gender, turned into black people. Only criminals and those involved in the sex industry turned into white people, and an Indian woman would appear by a person's bedside when they died.

The future will usher in an era dominated by Black people; this is the true "Dark Souls".

The root of all this can be traced back to when Lino turned Wells into an intersex person.

Li Nuo is the real culprit behind everything.

He deserves to die.

[5900 players in "Redemption Corridor"]

[Maximum Limit Exceeded]

[This is the World Tree. You must be Li Nuo, right?]

[Abilities beyond attribute values ​​are being calculated]

[Your situation is complex, and the algorithm is quite difficult. Please wait...]

Li Nuo sat on a folding stool.

Beneath his feet, the demon Egil lay supine, his body enveloped in eerie blue flames, his breathing rapid and labored.

Li Nuo held in his hand the greatsword that Egil had once slashed at him; the cold blade pierced deeply into Egil's body, pinning him to the ground.

"Hurry, something big has happened."

He urged him on.

His senses told him that something big was about to happen... something unstoppable was about to begin.

“Miaham…”

(End of this chapter)