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Chapter 674 Advent Day

"Ok?"

Luo Jun glanced at the prisoners in the cell and a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

There were more than a dozen people in the cell, all of them Western faces, wearing tattered clothes, with frightened eyes, pale faces, and chapped lips.

Master is not here?

Luo Jun frowned. Judging from their terrified expressions, it was hard to associate them with elite explorers. But since they could survive in hell, they were definitely not ordinary people. Luo Jun also saw a faint aura from them, which could help them resist the high temperature of hell. And looking at their clothes, they didn't look modern. Some of them even had broken metal armor on them...

"Who are you?"

As soon as Luo Jun spoke, his words were automatically translated into the Xiluo language by the Wanyu headphones, but there were slight differences in the intonation and wording, as if it was some kind of Xiluo dialect.

"We are soldiers of the Glorious Empire. We encountered a turbulent space-time flow and mistakenly entered Hell. We were captured by the demons..." said a fifty-year-old man with a golden beard. "I am Matt, the leader of the First Knights of the Southern Border Guard of the Empire. Brother, you look like you are from the prairie, right? Is there turbulence over there too?"

Glorious Empire?

Luo Jun's eyes widened when he heard this. Isn't that the main political power in the [Empire] world?

The name [Empire] comes from the Glorious Empire, a great empire that occupies the major continents of the world. This world is a typical Western fantasy style. The Glorious Empire rules the richest and most fertile areas in the center and is famous for its knights and magic. It is surrounded by various snow-capped mountains, grasslands, swamps, jungles and other terrains. It hides many ancient ruins and is home to various sub-races and monsters.

In the Empire, all races other than white people are minority races, such as the Orientals, who are nomadic people living on the prairie.

In order to prevent being searched and having his equipment taken off by monsters, Luo Jun took off the Midnight Mask before being moved in by the Horned Demon, and replaced his face with a Pseudo-Human Mask, but it was still an oriental face.

They can be recognized as residents of the prairie. Are these guys from the Empire?
How did people from the Empire appear in Hell? In addition to the main world, can other worlds be connected?
"I don't know... I just came in confused." Luo Jun pretended to be clueless: "Where is this? What happened?"

Matt sighed: "Looking at your age, you probably haven't heard of that legend..." Captain Matt shook his head: "Every 666 years, the continent will usher in the Day of Advent, the gates of hell will open, and countless hell demons will be released, bringing disaster to the world... I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect the Day of Advent to be real!"

As he spoke, a black-haired knight beside him gritted his teeth and said, "According to records, this year is exactly the 666th year since the last time Hell descended. Although most people now don't believe in the legend of the advent day, His Majesty the Emperor still took preparatory measures and ordered us to stabilize the situation around the empire and build defense facilities... But I didn't expect that before the gate of Hell opened, time turbulence appeared and dragged us into Hell..."

Looking at these [Empire] knights who were tortured to death, Luo Jun was confused.

Not only because he learned the news that the [Empire] and [Hell] were connected, he also thought of his master's exploration team. Could they have been captured as humans from the [Empire]?

"How many people are there in your border guards? Where are they held?" Luo Jun asked.

"There are more than 230,000 permanent troops stationed at the southern border of the empire, but the turbulence this time occurred in the Green Valley Fortress where our regiment is located. There are a total of 30,000 soldiers stationed there. I don't know exactly how many were involved, but conservatively estimated to be several thousand." Matt sighed.
"Most of the troops were ordinary soldiers. They soon died because they couldn't withstand the high temperature of hell and became food for the demons. Those of us who were able to hold on with the protection of the inner energy were captured and imprisoned in this demon palace and locked up in the underground prison."

"Are you all here?" Luo Jun asked, "How long have you been captured?"

"It's been three or four days." The black-haired knight sighed. "It's so dark in here that we can't even tell the difference between day and night. We are just estimating... We are getting weaker and weaker now. People are dying and being carried away all the time. We can't hold on any longer."

Three days ago, that should be when Master entered hell...

"When you were captured, did you see a group of strange people?" Luo Jun continued to ask: "There were people from the East like me... I mean from the grasslands, and some who looked like the Empire, wearing very strange clothes."

"Well..." Matt and the black-haired knight both shook their heads.

"I've seen it." A young female knight with silver eyes raised her hand.

Luo Jun's eyes lit up: "When?"

"About a day ago..." said the silver-eyed knight, "I saw those demons leading a dozen humans to the lower levels."

"Weren't you all imprisoned here a day ago?" Luo Jun looked at the young female knight: "How come you are the only one who saw it?"

"Gloria's eyes have a special ability to see through walls." Matt explained: "Those people should not have passed through this cell, so only she can see it."

The girl called Gloria nodded and said, "There are many demons passing by outside the prison, but most of them are low-level demons such as laborers or ordinary horned demons. But that time, many high-level demons escorted them together. I could sense the strong aura passing by, so I was deeply impressed and took a closer look..."

The Insight School? Luo Jun recalled the introduction he had read. More than 80% of the practitioners of the Empire were from the Elemental School, and the remaining less than 20% were almost all from the Fighting School. Occasionally, some awakened abilities from other factions, so it was normal for them to be regarded as having special abilities.

"Among them, is there an oriental... I mean an old man with prairie-like appearance, about sixty years old." Luo Jun thought about his master's characteristics: "There is no hair in the middle of the head, but the surrounding area is very dense, a Mediterranean hairstyle!"

Gloria nodded. "Yes, I have a deep impression of that old man. He walked at the front of the team. Although he was chained, the demons around him seemed to be very afraid of him and watched him very carefully."

"Which direction did they go?" Luo Jun continued to ask. Gloria pointed in a direction... "About a hundred meters over there, two floors down. I can't see further, but the direction seems to be going down. I don't know how deep they went..."

Luo Jun recalled that this area was full of cells in the Demon Palace, and that direction was the entrance to the cell area. They should have gone directly to the lower level through the entrance.

"Thank you for the information!" Luo Jun nodded, looked at their weak appearance, took out a picnic box from the treasure box, opened it and poured out a lot of food.

Miss Betty's picnic box can produce enough food for ten people every day. These people probably don't have much to eat in [Hell], so their weakness is probably related to the lack of supplements.

Sure enough, as soon as they saw the food, their eyes lit up green. They were originally half-dead, but suddenly became full of energy, rushed over, grabbed the food and put it into their mouths.

Luo Jun had tried Miss Betty's lunch box before. As mentioned in the introduction, Miss Betty loves sweets. The food in it is mainly cakes. Even the meat is mostly marinated with honey syrup. The sugar content is frighteningly high. Luo Jun felt greasy after taking a bite. But it seems that this high-sugar food is just right for these knights who have been hungry for several days.

"Don't worry, there's enough for you to eat."

After pouring out all the food, Luo Jun put away the lunch box and turned to look at the closed iron door.

“You want to escape?” Gloria stuffed her mouth with cake and took a sip of juice. “It’s useless. The cells here are very strong. There is also a magic circle that suppresses fighting spirit. It is difficult for both knights and magicians to break it… Eh heh heh?”

While she was introducing it, Luo Jun raised his hand, scratched the crack of the door, and then easily opened the door.

"Did those workers forget to lock the door just now?" Gloria was so shocked that she even forgot to lick the cream on her lips.

"No..." Matt pointed to the broken bolt with a neat cut: "The lock is broken."

"Take your time to eat and stay alive. If you're lucky, you should have a chance to escape soon." After leaving these words, Luo Jun put on an assassin's cloak, walked out of the cell, and closed the door behind him, pretending that he had never opened it.

Relying on invisibility to reach the door of the prison area, Luo Jun saw a fat one-horned demon sitting in front of a stone table, eating the flesh of some unknown creature. It was bloody and very scary.

This demon looks like a giant red rhino standing upright, with an exaggerated horn on its huge nose. This monster can be seen everywhere in the prison, acting as a prison guard. The one at the door is obviously bigger and stronger than the average one. It should be a mutant, the leader or prison boss.

Luo Jun didn't recognize this kind of demon, so he called it the unicorn demon. He walked up to the unicorn demon and used his soul-stealing ability again. Then he controlled the huge monster and walked towards the lower level with heavy steps. Luo Jun himself followed invisibly behind.

According to the information provided by Gloria, they went down two floors, and when they reached the third floor, the unicorn demon was suddenly stopped.

"You are the upper-level jailer, what are you doing here?"

Blocking the way was a huge and majestic demon, similar in shape to a human, but with a pair of huge, bat-like wings on its back. It was over eight meters tall, almost as big as the Rage Mech, and extremely strong. Its upper body was covered with fine, hard red scales, and it held a huge flaming sword in its hand, which was both exaggerated in shape and size. Its lower body was similar to the hind legs of cattle and sheep, with its hooves on the ground, and its legs were covered with thick red and black hair. The monster's head had both human and dragon features, with a curved horn on the top and sides of its head, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. Every time it spoke a word, it would emit a stream of hot air with the smell of sulfur, and even occasionally you could see flames.

It's the Demon Lord!
Even though Luo Jun didn't know much about Hell, he recognized this monster. Whenever there was information about Hell, there would always be a picture of this guy. It was simply the star representative of Hell, a billboard-like existence!

In fact, just like the majestic appearance, the strength of the demon lord is indeed very strong. The demons in hell are divided into seven levels under the seven demon kings. Levels one to three are considered low-level demons, levels four to six are considered high-level demons, and the seventh level is called a great demon.

Even if they were both high-level or low-level demons, there was a huge gap in strength between each level. The weakest demon was not even as strong as an ordinary human, but the strength of a second-level laborer was enough to rival that of a beast like a bear or a tiger. After crossing a large level, the difference in strength was even greater.

The strongest ordinary demons, without evolution, mutation, or blessing from the Demon King, are only level 6.
The original species of the Demon Lord is a sixth-order demon. With just a little bit of strengthening, it can reach the seventh order. It is the strongest existence under the Demon King and can basically correspond to the peak powerhouse of the main world!
Among the seventh-level demons under the command of various demon kings, there are the most variants of demon lords, who usually play the roles of generals and lords, which is also the origin of the name demon lord.

However, the one in front of him should not have advanced yet, otherwise he would not be guarding the cell here.

When it reaches the peak, Luo Jun's soul-stealing ability can no longer be controlled. It is still unknown whether this monster, which is second only to the peak, can be successfully controlled... But Luo Jun has also thought of another way.
"Your Excellency." Luo Jun controlled the unicorn to salute the demon lord respectfully. "I just found that my jailer was fiddling with an interesting thing. It seems to be something that was brought to the lower level by the high-level demons not long ago. It's something from those special tender-skinned creatures. I don't dare to keep it for myself, so I took it down and presented it to you, Your Excellency."

"What is that?" The demon lord thrust the flaming giant sword into the ground and stretched out a big hand.

The unicorn demon took out a square technological component from behind his back, with a fixed strap on it. It was Luo Jun's smart equipment bag.

"What is this?" The backpack-sized smart equipment bag was played with in the Demon Lord's big hand like a chess piece. "It looks like something those weird guys use."

"I don't know either." The unicorn said, "But I heard from those imprisoned tender-skinned creatures that this seems to be some kind of space storage equipment, but they don't know how to use it. Only the owner of the equipment can open it. This is a very high level, and there should be very valuable treasures inside. I dare not keep it for myself, so I present it to the adults."

When the demon lord heard about the treasure, his red eyes lit up: "You did a good job, go up. I will think of you when there are benefits in the future."

The unicorn demon thanked him repeatedly and retreated back upstairs.

Although he couldn't see the effects and functions of the treasure, the demon lord's perception was not low, and he could tell that this equipment package was extraordinary: "Treasures? Those young boys really have some interesting things!"

As it spoke, it took its equipment bag and walked towards the lower level, not noticing that there was an invisible little tender-skinned creature following behind it...

(End of this chapter)