Guild Boss's Ambition

At least as half-blood demons, they and their descendants can obtain the status of good citizens.

If I have the chance in the future, I really want to sit down with the old Pope and have a good discussion about these certificates of good conduct stained with the blood of monsters, and listen to what absurd excuses he will use to explain his own contradictory justice.

If we must find a reason for the existence of demons, it must be because of the existence of angels, right?

Thinking about these boring things silently, I got off the carriage, cast stealth magic on myself, and then slowly walked into the cemetery.

Through the map stone wall placed at the entrance, I quickly had a preliminary understanding of the geographical environment of the entire cemetery. According to the signal sent by the tracking magic on the stupid dog, it should now be near a fountain in the cemetery square area. However, at the moment it received the distress signal, it should have been in the forest area.

After being attacked, Xiaoban did move.

"Did I escape the attack?"

"Shall we go to the wooded area first to observe the traces of the battle?"

I stood in front of the map and thought for half a second, and finally decided to go directly to the square area to look for the whereabouts of the modified dog. My goal is to ensure the safety of Xiaoban. If he is really attacked, then buying time to reunite with him will be the most practical approach. Today, I am very confident in my own strength. Even if the devil himself comes, I am confident that I can escape unscathed.

Using the techniques of levitation and stealth, I blended my figure into the night and arrived above the fountain in the square.

There were quite a few people gathered at the fountain, most of them were purebred monsters.

As for the little spot...

The fool was being held in the arms of a bald old man with a curious expression on his face. He wagged his tail and looked around at the monsters, completely unaware that he was in danger.

"You stupid dog! Are you so happy about a stranger's chest?"

“I really don’t want to save it…”

"But if it's gone, there will be one less toy for the kids at home."

With an extremely delicate mood, I slowly descended from the air to the ground, and then set up a simple teleportation array on the periphery of the square area. The target location for teleportation is the Windmill Arena. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. In order to deal with possible troubles that may arise in the future, I had already set up some teleportation marks in various places in the city, just in case.

After setting up the teleportation magic, I cast a disguise magic on myself, changing my appearance into that of an ordinary woman, and then covered myself with a quilt with a hat.

"Well, let's go get the children's pets back."

I was prepared, holding an umbrella, and walked slowly towards the square in the plum rain. There were many suspicious monsters near the fountain in the square. The monsters did not seem to be familiar with each other. There was no sound of conversation in the square. The most eye-catching thing was a little boy standing on top of the griffin sculpture of the fountain.

The boy was wearing a T-shirt and shorts, common in the slums, and holding a wooden sign that read: Everyone! Let’s play games!

In addition, the fountain below the boy had been dyed red with blood, and the pool was filled with human limbs.

At this moment, I couldn't help but feel fortunate for my foresight. Before entering this cemetery, I carried a sachet that could emit the scent of monsters, allowing myself to temporarily become the same kind as monsters.

When I stepped into the square, many scrutinizing eyes immediately looked over at me──

Among the many looks was the teasing gaze of the little boy: "Are you here to play games too?"

I looked around, shook my head and said with a smile, "I haven't made a formal decision yet. I have friends waiting over there. I will come back to answer your question after I consult their opinions."

"This beautiful lady—"

The little boy looked at me deeply and said grimly, "This is not a place for sightseeing!"

I smiled and replied, "Boy, I like to study all kinds of creatures, such as chameleons and other reptiles. I can't remember how many hundreds I have dissected!"

After hearing what I said, the little boy, whose real identity was a "petrified lizard", suddenly widened his pupils, but he was not stupid enough to attack a stranger whose background was unknown to me. He immediately restrained his violent killing intent and said with a sinister smile: "You can slowly discuss it with your friends, but don't say I didn't warn you, the game is about to begin."

"hehe."

I didn't respond to the monster boy. I just chuckled twice and turned away. The so-called monsters are mostly savages who think with their muscles. Even these monsters that have naturalized and hidden in the city cannot change their habits of bullying the good and fearing the evil, and the law of the jungle. Here I must put on a proud attitude appropriately, otherwise it will only attract the attention of more coveters.

With a mischievous look on my face, I walked straight towards the green willows.

Given his current situation, he must be very reluctant to stand with a high-profile figure like me, right?

The monsters would observe him and his companions more carefully. If their disguise was bad and their identities were exposed, they would be attacked by the 157 monsters lurking here. Wait, please allow me to correct that. It's not 157 monsters, but about 140 monsters. There should be more than just Green Willow and the two intelligent humans disguised as monsters.

There will be a big battle in the city of Mopolis tonight.

But I don’t know if the monster I’m chasing is in this damn place. If she meddles in other people’s business and dies for such a boring reason as reviving the devil, then wouldn’t all the time I spent before be wasted?

Seeing me walking towards them, both Lvliu and the bald uncle beside him had solemn expressions. Neither of them spoke to me first, nor did they know how they should talk to me. In their eyes, I was just a monster they had never seen before, and one of the biggest variables in their plan to defeat the Demon King.

"Hello, Mr. Garcia. You have found a new companion after only a few hours of absence?"

Hearing me call him that, Lvliu showed a little surprise, but he quickly adjusted himself and roughly guessed my identity. He used his eyes to signal the uncle next to him to hand over the modified dog: "If you came here for this pet dog, then you can bring it now. I will report the details to you in person later."

Lvliu spoke very politely, and it was almost like begging. Because of my appearance, they had become the target of suspicion of the monsters. Monsters that have lived in the city for a long time will be more or less cautious, especially when it comes to distinguishing between their own kind and different races. They are extremely smart.

If I were not a half-lich, without any trace of human aura, it would have been impossible for a magic scent bag to deceive the monsters at the scene. However, unlike me, Green Willow and the Temple of Light obviously used another more sophisticated technology to disguise the monsters. At least the magic aura on their bodies was so perfect that it could even deceive my true eyes...

However! The way monsters distinguish their own kind is not just to look at the magic energy, they also refer to the words and deeds of the observed object.

The words and deeds of humans and monsters are as different as those of birds and bats.

Even though the bats on the scene are imitating birds, if one of them acts too similarly, the cautious bats will begin to suspect that a bird has sneaked into the bat flock.

Seeing the chaotic scene here, I knew that my stupid dog had also been taken care of by the other party to some extent, so I decided to give a return gift the moment I reached out to take back the modified dog. I used a subtle technique to transform the uncle's right hand into the shadow of a four-fingered frog palm. Although the shadow only lasted about half a second, I believe it was seen by many people.

"What are you doing!"

The bald uncle immediately shouted in a deep voice.

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32. Cold Eyes (White Night)

(white night)

"What are you doing!"

Facing the bald uncle's questioning, I continued to show my acting skills, smiled calmly, and explained: "Why are you angry, stinky uncle? It's just that I forgot to take off the exorcism ring──"

Fortunately, the bald uncle who was acting opposite me was not stupid. He acted very naturally and fluently: "Why is a monster learning to wear a human ring? And why doesn't this ring work on you?"

I looked at him provocatively, sneered and mocked him: "It's been a long time, and you're still insisting on that meaningless monster dignity? If you keep saying these clichés, I'm afraid it won't be long before your identity is exposed and you die at the hands of those bastard exorcists? Don't worry, if you die, I will definitely come to collect your body."

Hearing the word "bastard exorcist", Green Willow next door twitched her eyes subtly.

As the detective's colleague, the bald uncle would not let me speak nonsense alone. He suddenly grabbed my collar with one hand and said indignantly in a loud voice: "What? Who do you think will be killed by those bastards who don't even dare to eat carrots? They are just some despicable betrayers, why are you afraid?"

"So you don't eat carrots..."

I glanced at Lvliu with a playful look, pretending to disagree with him, resisted and pushed the bald uncle away, and scolded him, "If you want to look down on the church, it's your own business. I'm just here to take it away tonight. As for your house games, it has nothing to do with me, and don't expect me to join you!"

After saying this, I turned around and left with Xiaoban in my arms.

At this moment, I'm not sure whether the monster boy on the fountain will let me go safely.

If this was a conspiracy that had to be carried out in secret, they would not have let any witness go easily. The human corpses piled up in the fountain were living examples. On the other hand, this gathering place was too close to the activities of city residents, and hundreds of people crowding into such a square on a rainy day seemed too ostentatious.

I walked step by step with my back to the square and headed towards the teleportation array map -

If I am chased, I will run away immediately.

As a villain, it is never shameful to run away. What is truly shameful is wanting to run away but being unable to do so.

But in fact, the escape route I had painstakingly prepared was unfortunately not used at this time. The monsters in the square just watched me leave, and the monster boy didn't say anything about my departure. This couldn't help but arouse my curiosity, so I decided not to return to the stone house immediately, but to stay here and wait and see.

After changing my mind, I arrived at the teleportation array and first released the restrictions on Xiaoban, and then let him go home in his own way. The reason why I didn't use the space array was that once the array was activated, it would be difficult to conceal its magic fluctuations. At that time, those hidden forces would increase their suspicion, putting the temple personnel disguised as monsters into an unfavorable situation.

From my point of view, I actually don’t want any of the seven deadly sins to come to the world.

They will disrupt my plans and may not necessarily have a positive impact on the research on immortality.

It felt very strange to be on the same side as the Temple of Light, but based on the principle of self-interest, I cast stealth magic on myself, captured several sparrows in the park, transformed them into undead, and used them to monitor the situation in the square to determine the next course of action.

If the Temple of Light cannot handle this mess on their own, I will assist them to a certain extent.

When we sparrows flew near the fountain in the square, the atmosphere in the square had changed drastically. The monster boy, whose true form was a petrified lizard, stood high on the fountain sculpture and gave an exciting speech with a very emotional face. He skillfully used the ups and downs of his tone to strongly expound the punishment of human society. Every word and every sentence was about the beautiful vision of creating a new world, a new utopia.

However, no matter how hard the monster boy's speech was, most of the monsters in the square were not fools who could be easily used with guns. They were hardly bewitched by the monster boy and just looked at the boy dancing on the sculpture with an idiot look. It wouldn't be long before they lost their patience.

"Little lizard! Did you call us out here just to listen to your nonsense?"

The patience of monsters seemed to be lower than I had imagined. Less than five minutes into the speech, someone stood up and expressed dissatisfaction. He was a burly monster, emitting thick and sticky demonic energy. Although his temper seemed to be not very good, he had the strength to match his violent temper - upper platinum level.

However, facing the might of the monster man, the petrified lizard did not show any fear at all.

"Idiot dream? Dear Mr. Tiger Demon, you have been a minority who has been oppressed and discriminated against in this city for a long time. Don't you think that this society needs to redistribute power from the bottom up? Even if we, the strong, don't rule them according to the law of the jungle, we should at least get the same social status as them, right?"

"Revolution requires bloodshed! Revolution requires strength! Do you have these things?"

At this moment, the monster boy who had been performing a long monologue finally heard the question he wanted to hear the most. He laughed wildly and said loudly with his arms opened: "Yes, you are right. Revolution has never been truly peaceful. So I have prepared absolute power for everyone. As long as you follow their footsteps, this unjust world will definitely change."

As the monster boy's announcement sounded, the monsters in the square immediately burst into an uproar.

I also searched the scene through the sparrows, but still found no relevant clues.

Amid the commotion, the tiger demon shouted again, "Absolute power? What on earth are you talking about, little brat?"

The monster boy showed a twisted smile, shook his head and murmured, "It doesn't matter. The time has come. I told you all so much just to tell you that our sacrifice will not be in vain. That adult will definitely be our salvation. From now on, the tragic love that happened to us will never happen to our descendants again."

"What are you talking about? Explain it clearly!" "Hey! What is your conspiracy?!"

"Weird! This is so weird! Let's get out of here!"

At this time, the monsters in the square all vaguely realized that the situation was not good. Unfortunately, everything was too late. The moonlight that was covered by thick rain clouds suddenly broke through the clouds and fell slowly onto the earth. However, the moon I saw through the sparrow's eyes and the moon I saw myself had two completely different colors.

In the forest area, what I myself saw was pure and flawless moonlight.

In the square area, the four sparrows were staring at the deep purple moonlight.

"That's ridiculous, isn't it? Moon magic from an ancient civilization..."

As the clouds finally cleared and the moon appeared, all the monsters in the square were affected by the purple moon in the sky. The weaker monsters fainted on the ground, while the stronger monsters like the tiger monster roared like wild beasts struggling in a trap. As for the rest of the people in the square who were not affected, they were probably all humans disguised as monsters.

Since sparrows don’t have clairvoyance, I had no choice but to move towards the square myself—

Through my own eyes, my speculation was confirmed. The moon magic coming from the clouds was indeed a soul-based spell. Although I was completely unfamiliar with moon magic, as an expert in soul magic, I quickly understood that the function of this magic was to collect and seal the souls of monsters. Within a few minutes, the souls of the monsters would be completely sucked away by the spell.

Faced with this situation, the members of the Church of Light in the square immediately began to discuss in panic.

But I believe that their discussion will not lead to any useful conclusions in a short period of time, because the moon magic before our eyes is not the magic in our civilization history at all. If this battlefield is likened to a chess game, then the moon magic that broke through the clouds in the sky is a chess piece. The emergence of ancient civilization has completely disrupted our original combat rules.

"However, although it may be too late, there may be some solution."

"Let's give it a try. After all, I still need to keep this city for myself..."

Just when I was about to take action to resolve the situation, two men with decisive decisions appeared in the Temple of Light. They were the exorcist Green Willow and the bald man. They lent a helping hand to the struggling monsters, and each dragged a monster to the shadow of a big tree, trying to use this method to get the monsters away from the purple moonlight.

This is a straightforward and feasible idea, but it still underestimates the effectiveness of moon magic.

At the moment of hiding in the tree, the purple moonlight also turned a corner in the air, chasing the monster's body and illuminating the shadow of the tree. This is one of the common routines in the magic world. At the moment of shining on the purple moonlight, these monsters have actually been engraved with magic marks. At this time, no matter how they dodge, the moonlight running at the speed of light will always catch up with their figures.

However, despite the failure, the clergy in the square did not seem to have given up hope.

They immediately began to try other possible solutions.

There were a total of sixteen clergymen who mixed in with the monster pile. They carried the twenty or so surviving monsters on their backs, and then divided the sixteen people into two groups. They probably wanted to move quickly in two different directions, north and south, so as to take the dying monsters away from the range of the purple moon.

Their thinking is correct, or at least it cannot be said to be completely wrong.

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33. Continued. Cold Eyes (White Night)

(white night)

Judging from the fact that the monster boy gathered the sacrifices near the fountain, the moonlight magic in the sky is 99% likely to have a range limit, and this limit was confirmed by me and the sparrows when the ritual was first activated.

Secondly, although the moonlight magic in the sky has a limited range, there is no guarantee that its coverage will not track movement. Therefore, Lvliu and his team divided the team into two groups, moving towards the North and South Poles respectively. Then, even if the moonlight in the world really has a tracking function, it may not be able to track teams in two different directions at the same time.

But unfortunately, all their efforts were in vain.

After the moonlight magic successfully absorbed the souls of some monsters, the influence of the Purple Moon began to expand rapidly outward. Not to mention running, even if Lvliu and the others got on the carriage, they might not be able to outrun the Purple Moon in the sky.

Even more, the Purple Moon that has expanded beyond the recreational park can continue to absorb the souls of other monsters that did not attend the rally, and continuously devour souls to strengthen itself by massacring the city, so that the entire city of Mopolis is illuminated by the Purple Moon's brilliance, and finally all the monsters in the entire city are transformed into fuel for resurrecting the Lord of Original Sin.

Furthermore, Demon King Leia and his side can easily shift the blame for the moon magic onto the Temple of Light. After all, monsters and humans have always been enemies. As long as Demon King Leia spends a little more time on public opinion, I believe that the monsters who have been oppressed for a long time will be bewitched and instigated by them and become pawns of the devil without knowing anything.

However, judging by the way things had turned out, Demon King Leia probably hadn't expected Green Willow and the others to show up, right?

No matter how good he was at foresight, he could not have expected that Uru and the others could help Lvliu investigate to this extent.

If you think about it carefully, Ulu is really a woman with a lot of sins──

It’s scary to think that while he’s being silly and cute, he’s also unconsciously destroying the plans of the big shots.