Don't call me evil god

Chapter 501 It’s more fun to be a bad guy
Stone fort.

In the hotel room where Pete and others were hiding.

There is nothing wrong with using the word "hiding" to describe it.

After all, what they are tinkering with here is not normal power, but devilish magic that will be condemned by almost everyone once discovered!
It really took five people a lot of effort to clean up the scene.

That unique pigment is extremely difficult to clean.

Don't even think about cleaning it up with water.

Brandon had to stick his butt out on the ground and try to scrape it down little by little with a knife, but it didn't work!
It's easy to scrape off a little bit of debris and powder, which is what Reina did in the secret room.

But what about wanting to scrape it all off?
Unfortunately, this thing is like a natural pattern on the rock floor, growing in the veins of the stone.

At the end of the scraping, a thin layer of obvious black and red magic circle pattern can still be left on the ground.

The knife in Brandon's hand was almost scratching sparks!
This is a unique feature of the devil's spell after it is drawn into a magic circle.

In order to prevent the effect of the magic circle from being affected, the paint used to draw it is difficult to erase or clean by ordinary means.

I really had no choice.

Everyone had to work together to create a miracle.

A lot of clanging and banging!

The floor where the magic circle was located in the entire room was knocked open and smashed into pieces!
If the paint can't be wiped off, then remove the floor that carries the paint!

Just compensate the hotel owner for the money to repair the floor afterwards.

After solving the problem of the magic circle, the pungent smell of sulfur in the air gave everyone a headache.

Conventional devil spells, with the exception of Soul Extraction, most of the time do not produce such an obvious smell of hellish sulfur.

This time it was mainly because the shadow of Raphi Gunasius stayed in the room for a long time, and the sulfur smell brought by the devil was so mellow and authentic.

Standard hell flavor, just like being in the Nine Hells.

The ventilation of the dwarf hotel rooms is very poor. Except for a very few luxurious rooms "near the street" that have a small hole in the mountain wall that serves as a window, the other rooms inside the mountain basically rely on a shared "pipe" on the ceiling for ventilation.

If this smell of sulfur spreads, everyone will know that there is a sorcerer in the inn.

In order to cast more spells and provide for their devil masters, the devil's contractors need to frequently use [Soul Extraction] to extract some fresh souls and make [Soul Fragments].

This process will emit a very strong smell of sulfur.

So much so that this has basically become the iconic feature of identifying warlocks.

If your next-door neighbor emits a pungent smell of sulfur from his basement every now and then, you'd better be careful when you sleep, or you might be refined into [soul fragments] by him in your sleep.

In order to eliminate the impact of the sulfur smell as much as possible, Pete and his team finally had to take ruthless measures.

Anyway, the floor is broken, so it’s better to compensate for one or a bunch of them!

Just pile some flammable materials in the room and set it on fire!
The easiest way to cover up a problem is to cover it up with a more obvious and serious problem.

Create a fire artificially!
Wait until the thick smoke is choking, then use the prepared water to put out the fire.

The smell of sulfur was successfully masked.

……

On the way to the Hope Blanket again.

Reina had been in stealth mode since she left the hotel, and had not been with Pete and the others.

She needed to create the impression that the two parties had nothing to do with each other and did not know each other.

Otherwise, what if there were other people in black robes hiding along the way and happened to meet and remember her? Wasn't that how the dwarf who had revealed his identity was discovered by Reina by chance?
If he had not just happened to have an argument with Pete and the two sides had not passed each other, Pete and the others might have missed this extremely important clue.

The same is true in reverse.

If the dwarf had been more cautious and not done anything that might cause someone to be targeted or hated, he would not have unknowingly led the "enemy" into his home.

Reina has always done a good job of being cautious.

She would try to eliminate any loopholes that might be left.

As they walked down the street, Brandon suddenly sighed inexplicably.

"It's more fun to be a bad guy!"

"Huh?" Pete and Gail both looked at Brandon with some confusion.

They didn't understand what this guy was talking about.

Brandon explained as a matter of course: "Just think about it!"

“Before this, we were very hesitant to do anything.”

"We don't dare to kill those black-robed men directly. We won't get any clues that way."

"Knocking him out, kidnapping him, imprisoning him, and other methods that don't endanger his life are not effective either. Not only will they alert the other party, but they may also cause him to explode and commit suicide. Moreover, we don't seem to have any clear evidence to prove that those black-robed men are not good people. We may even be slandered and framed by them, right?"

"In the eyes of others, we seem to be the ones doing evil."

"These dangerous guys are much better at hiding than the thugs of the Blood Fang Gang. We can't catch them openly!"

“Good people are subject to various restrictions.”

"Bad guys don't have to worry so much!"

"Now we can just rush in and put that dwarf in the sack. If he's sensible, he'll tell us the clues we want to know."

"If he doesn't know how to behave, Reina can also use [Soul Extraction] to torture his soul. There's no need to worry about him committing suicide."

"Most importantly! We have a legitimate reason!"

“We can pretend that we have no idea about the black-robed man and that Reina killed him simply to fulfill the devil’s mission.”

"As long as you put the blame on the warlocks and demons who already have a bad reputation, it will seem so reasonable!"

Miranda couldn't help laughing when she heard this, even though she tried hard to keep a serious expression.

After laughing, Miranda cleared her throat and reminded very seriously:
"I have to warn you, your views are beginning to become dangerous, Brandon Roberts."

"Although we can use extraordinary measures in extraordinary times, we must be more evil than the evildoer."

"But this does not mean that we can disregard the rules, act recklessly, or even ignore taboos."

"Both the result and the process are important. If you pursue the result at all costs, you may be deceived, polluted, and transformed by the evil gods of the void."

"Praying to the evil god for power is undoubtedly the fastest way, but... are you willing to do that?"

Brandon shrank his neck: "Ahem!"

"I know, I know, don't worry, I'm not unscrupulous to that extent, I'm just saying that sometimes being less righteous seems to achieve more."

"Of course," Miranda affirmed, "but you have to grasp the right balance. Otherwise, it's best not to try it lightly!"

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There's more to come in the evening! There's more!

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(End of this chapter)