My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 374 Kidnap Me Quickly

Roland did not immediately agree to the Demon King's request.

Even though this guy has no shame now, like a child crying and rolling on the ground in a shopping mall, begging his parents to buy him a toy, Roland didn't immediately agree.

He felt that the Demon King's mindset was not very stable and he needed to calm down.

As for how Roland made his judgment... anyone with an IQ above the passing grade wouldn't have thought of having a seventh-ring transcendent being, whose injuries hadn't fully healed, watch over the Demon Royal Court's garrison, as well as an unknown number of Royal Court Lords and the defenses of the ninth-ring Great Demons, and try to break into the Demon Alliance Temple and steal the artifact that the Demons had guarded for tens of thousands of years.

To do this kind of work, it would require all of humanity's strongest individuals to even attempt it.

Without saying much, Roland resolutely rejected the Demon King's request.

The consequence of his refusal was that the Demon King's unreasonable and noisy commotion made his ears hurt.

Cellina looked at the tyrant who was throwing a tantrum and acting like a rogue with a complicated expression.

Although all that was left was her gauntlet, Cellina believed that, judging from what she was saying at that moment, if Roland didn't agree to storm the Covenant Temple right now, he would really be rolling on the ground in a rage.

If Roland had ignored him and left, she might have followed him for a while, and then continued rolling on the ground when Roland turned back to check on the situation.

...Why would I imagine such a scene?

So weird.

However, it seems that the destruction of the Demon King's cybernetics in the spatial turbulence was actually a good thing.

Roland didn't say much, but handed the noisy demon king to Cellina and said, "I'll go check the structure of those cubes and see if I can find any clues."

"Keep an eye on this guy, don't let him fly around recklessly. It's best to set up a silencing barrier, otherwise it won't be good if his cries attract the attention of the patrol team or the royal army."

Cellina nodded and grabbed the Demon King, who was trying to fly with Roland, rendering him unable to move.

Clearly, the force she could muster to fly with her gauntlets was no match for Cellina's grip strength.

Cellina looked down helplessly at the Demon King who was trying to break free of her hand and said, "Your Majesty... listen to me. Don't cause Roland any trouble."

"!!!"

The Demon King, who had been steadily increasing his thrust, paused upon hearing this, then, as if struck by a blow, began to complain with a hint of resentment: "Hahaha...you and your ancestors really are the same kind of people..."

"Considering that it's rare to recall such pleasant memories, I won't pursue your slip of the tongue... Although I can't really hold you accountable anyway, since I'm just a gauntlet right now."

For some reason, the Demon King's mood suddenly plummeted, and the sense of dejection in his words reminded Cherinina of Flam.

Does this mean that all immortal beings who live for over a thousand years will turn into this state?

"By the way, Roland mentioned earlier that this place is very close to the Covenant Temple... In other words, you're currently living on the Cangya family's territory?"

“Yes. Is there something you need?” Cherlinina asked, looking down.

"Have you found any of those mysterious-looking stone carvings?"

……

Even after confirming several times that there were no other magical reactions around, Roland still did not reveal himself as a precaution. Instead, he activated his stealth skills and quietly approached the cubes that had been driven into the ground.

At first glance, Roland did not notice anything unusual about these cubes; they looked like ordinary wooden stakes, only made into long, thin, black cubes.

But after Roland switched to magic perception, he discovered that the cubes, which reflected the unique dull luster of wood, were not the structure he had imagined.

It is not a single piece, but is composed of countless modules of different sizes and shapes. The joints between them shimmer with a dark blue magical glow, and the modules are covered with runes.

This is a magical artifact.

Moreover, it is a magical artifact incorporating a large number of runes!

Roland squinted and began to identify the runes, trying to decipher the purpose of these devices from their meanings.

Soon he had his answer.

The runes inside these devices have only two meanings; the rest of the densely packed rune groups are all runes used to amplify strength.

The two rune sets with specific functions mean "expulsion" and "stability," respectively.

Combined with the other rune sets on the device, the effect of this cube-shaped magical artifact, translated into normal language, is—to expel things that do not belong to this world and stabilize the boundaries of the world.

Furthermore, Roland also saw other characters on these devices that did not belong to runes.

It was neither the script of the common language of the mainland nor the script of the elves that Roland had seen.

Could it be the script of the demon race?

Roland took out a notebook from his storage ring, copied the characters he saw onto it, and then planned to return.

Currently, the function of these devices is quite clear, and the true nature of the mist has also been revealed.

Since the purpose of these devices is to expel aliens that do not belong to this world, it means that the mist is not an anomaly originating from this world. In other words, it is the work of those four guys from outside the world.

Judging from the characteristics alone, Roland couldn't determine which evil god these mists originated from. Or perhaps it wasn't the work of a single evil god?
Then...

Roland, who was about to put away his notebook and sneak back to find Cellina, suddenly became alert and immediately moved away from the cube, hiding behind a large tree by the roadside.

Just now, his mental energy detected an unfamiliar life signal approaching.

What a coincidence...

Roland didn't plan to run away immediately, since any stealth or concealment technique is most effective when the body is stationary.

Of course, the most important thing is that when Roland spotted the other person, that life force was already fifty meters away from him.

At such close range, trying to escape while Roland can't use Flash will only expose more weaknesses.

We can only observe for now...

Not long after Roland hid, a humanoid demon with long red hair and a pair of inward-curving horns on its head walked to the edge of the cube.

She stared at the cube for a moment, then sighed, "Has it really deteriorated to this extent? Even the area around the Covenant Temple is starting to be shrouded in mist..."

"And it even takes ten stabilizers to stabilize the situation, and it's only been stable for less than a week before the riots start again?"

"I wonder how well the disaster prevention measures are being implemented in the surrounding demon settlements and city-states..."

Roland overheard the whispers of the demon girl, who was actually a young girl, and also gained a lot of new information.

Before Roland, who was hiding behind the tree, could continue to think, he heard the words from the female demon.

"Hey human, hiding behind the tree, could you come out for a second?"

"Stop hiding. Although your stealth skills are excellent, I can find your hiding place not through ordinary detection methods."

"To be able to sneak into Enwa without making a sound, crossing so many demon territories, and with such an upright and powerful soul... you must be a powerful figure from the Holy See."

"I want to ask you for a favor... Please don't leave! I mean no harm!"

Roland, who had just slipped away a few steps: "..."

So it really is possible to see it.

And is the location determined by an aura such as a soul?

It seems I need to be more thorough in my planning when infiltrating in the future.

If Roland hadn't sensed that this demon wasn't very strong—only at the peak of the sixth ring and not even at the transcendent level—he would have already started planning to run away.

That makes sense... It would be abnormal to encounter powerful individuals like those at the ninth or eighth ring level, who are among the strongest on the entire continent, so easily.

It seems I'm finally getting matched with opponents of the right skill level again.

Even if a demon of this level possesses special abilities, it can easily defeat its opponent by simply standing still and controlling the Holy Sword, with the protection of the World Tree.

Not to mention that the other party did not actually show any hostility or malice.

With that thought, Roland deactivated his external magic concealment and invisibility spells, and at the same time reduced the strength of the Wind King's barrier, keeping Roland's figure in a hazy state.

It's like looking at flowers through the fog; you can make out the shape of a person, but you can't see their face clearly.

After Roland emerged from behind the tree, he looked at the female demon before him and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Roland asked, his voice low and hoarse, deliberately using magic to lower his tone.

"Can you kidnap me? I can provide the entire escape route! All you have to do is take me to the human world!"

Seeing Roland appear instead of leaving, the female demon breathed a sigh of relief. Her exquisite appearance, which was in no way inferior to that of the elves and blood demons, immediately filled her with excitement and joy.

To be honest, she was initially quite afraid that this powerful human who had infiltrated Enwa would turn around and run away.

To my surprise, she actually agreed to stay and listen to what she had to say.

This is already an unexpected surprise!
After all, she couldn't sense any magical aura from the other party, but the powerful aura emanating from their soul made her feel an almost suffocating sense of oppression.

If it weren't for the fact that this powerful being's soul aura was so strong that it would be difficult for her not to notice him, she wouldn't have been able to detect someone with such profound stealth skills through the slightest sensing of the surrounding souls.

Moreover, a powerful individual so skilled in stealth techniques would surely be able to kill you instantly, whether in terms of assassination or speed.

The reason she took the initiative to call out to find the person, without worrying about being killed directly, was because of the location where the other person appeared, and because of what she had said before, that this powerful human's soul contained a kind of integrity that was rare even among humans.

Thinking of the recent phenomenon of the spreading fog, it must have been caused by a powerful figure trying to prevent the disaster from spreading... just like the human hero three hundred years ago who, after the Demon King's army was defeated, risked great danger to venture alone into Enwa and assist the patriarch of the carrion in completing the seal left by His Majesty the Demon King.

But... why didn't the other person move after I finished speaking?

Moreover, although I couldn't see the other person's face and expression through the flowing wind, the emotions they conveyed through their soul seemed somewhat... subtle?
Did I say something wrong?

(End of this chapter)