This time, I won't be the devil.

The only question at the moment is how Ivan, who is level 15, learned the A-level skill.

In the Aiden continent, the level of skills a person can learn is limited by his level.

Under normal circumstances, if you want to learn a B-level skill, you need to reach level 30. When you obtain a special job, you will automatically learn a B-level skill exclusive to the profession.

If you want to learn A-level skills, you need to reach level 50.

However, judging from Jacob's example, if one relies on the power of God, one can obtain A-level skills even if one's level does not meet the requirements.

The duration of the Law of Silence skill depends on the level difference between the two parties, and can be up to 3 days. However, since Ivan's level is lower than Frey's, the silence he imposes can only last for 1 day.

Since it requires the consumption of souls, the greater the level gap between the two sides, the more souls are consumed. Therefore, the CD of the skill is very long and it can usually only be released once a day.

Under the influence of the skill, Frey did lose the ability to chant magic.

But Ivan didn't seem to know that there was something called chantless magic in this world.

After thinking he had deprived Frey of his fighting power, Ivan finally explained the details of the plan in order to gain his trust for future cooperation.

On the 20th, Ivan will first conduct a ceremony to activate the [Law of Silence] for the entire city, which will last for three days.

Then, they would offer sacrifices to summon the power of the God of Pleasure, rendering the already weakened Wall of Wind ineffective.

The influence of the God of Joy lasts only a short time, but under the influence of the Law of Silence, the people of Bondolium cannot pray to the God of Wind through music for three days.

And before the Wall of Wind can be repaired, the storm will destroy the city.

Frey understood that Ivan's story still concealed something. For example, with his current strength, even with the help of the ritual, he theoretically could not activate a skill that could cover the entire city. And how could he be sure that the storm would hit Bondolim at the same time as the ritual was held.

And this is probably related to the masked demon he mentioned.

It is not difficult to eliminate the 20 cultists in this space, but they are only one-fifth of the total number.

In order to expand the influence of the ceremony, there should be four more such altars distributed in other locations.

Before taking action, Frey wanted to make sure what Ivan's trump card was, so he gave Stella a look.

"Mmm...Mmm...Mmm!" Stella struggled.

Seeing this, the cultist next to her helped tear off the tape on her mouth, and Stella quickly took a few deep breaths.

But before she could speak, Ivan suddenly said coldly:

"Kill this woman."

The cultists were all very surprised to hear this order, while Ivan looked at Frey who was tied to the wall and explained:

"Since kidnapping this woman was your token of loyalty, she's now useless. Keeping her around will only create more hidden dangers. Am I right?"

At this point, Ivan had basically believed Frey, but to be on the safe side, he still had to conduct a final test.

Killing Stella in front of him, if Frey remains indifferent, it proves that he and the girl are not in the same group.

In response to Ivan's suggestion, Frey simply nodded indifferently to show his understanding.

At this moment, the cultist who had just helped Stella remove the tape spoke tremblingly:

"Master... please think twice..."

After racking their brains, the cultists came up with a set of rhetoric:

"This woman is a popular idol. If we use her as a hostage, we can get a large ransom from her agency."

"It's too risky to do that."

Ivan rejected the proposal and signaled three of his more powerful confidants to take action.

Upon seeing this, the cultist knelt down and begged:

“Master, actually… I’m a fan of Miss Stella.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present, including Frey, fell silent.

If I weren't my buddy, where would I find someone like you who is a fan and also involved in a cult?

But if you think about it carefully, star chasing and cults do seem to have something in common.

"When my parents passed away, I thought about committing suicide. It was Stella's singing that gave me the courage to live until I met you."

"Master... please have mercy... spare her life."

Looking at the cultists kneeling on the ground and begging desperately, Ivan shouted angrily:

"What a shame!"

"Is this the childish awareness you held when you joined our Demon King Cult?"

At this point, Ivan suddenly thought of a wonderful entertainment program.

"Come here."

The cultist walked to Ivan in panic, and Ivan touched his head affectionately and said:

"A spineless guy like you has no right to stay in the organization."

"But since you have confessed it, I will now give you a chance to reform and prove your loyalty to the Demon Lord again."

"What you need to do is cut off ties with your past weak self."

After that, Ivan handed a dagger to the cultist.

"You will be the one to kill this woman."

After understanding Ivan's order, the cultist quickly took a half step back and said in horror:

“I… I can’t do this…”

"If you can't even handle such a small matter, how can you resurrect the Demon King?"

Seeing that the cultist was still hesitating, Ivan threatened:

"If you can't do that, then you are an apostate. You should know what the fate of an apostate is."

Under the threat of torture that was countless times more terrifying than death, the cultists finally picked up the dagger.

"You don't need to feel any psychological burden. All of this is for the sake of saving humanity..."

Under Ivan's instigation, the cultists finally took a step forward.

Looking at the cultist approaching her with a knife, Stella did not show any fear, but instead smiled at him.

Her behavior made Ivan very confused.

"Before I die, I want to ask you a question."

Ivan looked at the girl on the ground and said with a contemptuous tone:

"Go ahead."

Stella then stood up, stared into Ivan's eyes, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"Who is the human being you want to save?"

"What did you say?"

"The one you want to save is at least not me who is about to be killed, nor the people you force to pick up the dagger, nor the residents of this city whose homes are about to be destroyed by the storm."

"So who exactly are the 'humans' you want to save?"

Facing Stella's question, Ivan said condescendingly:

"What I want to save is the human race itself."

"But what you're doing is just hurting innocent people. These people are also part of the human race. Why don't you help them?"

Looking at Stella in front of him, Ivan seemed to see the little boy who questioned his father on the cruise ship.

"Dad, why don't you go help them?"

This time, he became the answerer of the question:

"So what? Even if we help ten, a hundred, or even a million people, as long as the essence of humanity remains unchanged, the tragedy will continue to repeat itself, whether it's a thousand years or ten thousand years. In the end, it's meaningless."

"Only the Demon King can lead humanity into the future. To do so, some sacrifices are necessary!"

Hearing Ivan's words, Stella questioned in a sullen tone:

"Could you please not decide the meaning of my life for me?"

"I don't really understand grand things like the future of humanity thousands or tens of thousands of years from now."

"But just now, my fans said that my singing gave him the motivation to live, and I was really happy."

"For me, songs and smiles, sunshine and breeze, love and dreams... everything I cherish is the meaning of life."

"The people in this city must also have people and things they care about. What right do you have to deprive them of them?"

"What do you know? Even if we do these things, the world and humanity will not change at all!"

"Then can the Demon King do it?"

Stella's words hit Ivan's soft spot.

In fact, he was not absolutely sure whether the Demon King could save mankind. After all, he did not know the Demon King well enough.

But he knew enough about humanity that his faith remained unshaken.

"No matter what, the hopeless human race must be changed."

"The Demon King will definitely do what he says. He must be able to do it. As his believer, I have the courage to believe it!"

However, Stella fundamentally denied Ivan's idea.

"That's not courage, that's arrogance."

"In my opinion, you just want to destroy everything because you can't find the answer to the problem. This behavior is just an escape."

Speaking of this, Stella said with some nostalgia:

"Only those who, after witnessing the wickedness of human nature, are still willing to stand up for humanity can be called heroes."

"Someone once said that to me."

"And you, who have despaired of humanity and wished to bring disaster to this city, are nothing but a self-righteous coward!"

Faced with Stella's questioning, Ivan seemed to be under the law of silence and could not answer for a long time.

After a long while, he finally spoke: