How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"It's nothing, maybe I felt wrong."

Hill shook his head and withdrew his gaze.

Although I was a little confused, I didn't pay much attention to it and continued walking down.

Soon, a light appeared below, and when I walked out, I found that it was actually an underground prison.

Several narrow corridors led to the front, with iron cages on both sides of the corridors. Groups of puppet soldiers were patrolling and guarding in these corridors.

In each prison, there are some people imprisoned, with tattered clothes on their bodies, but it can be vaguely seen that before entering the prison, they were either nobles in gorgeous clothes or mercenaries with certain strength.

In addition to these people, you can also see some priests and paladins wearing white robes or armor.

Obviously, they were the ones he was looking for, the missing members of the Church of Light in Roland City.

Cast the all-seeing eye towards those puppets.

Demon Puppet Guard [Elite]: Level 140, HP: 178000/178000

The results I received made me secretly shocked.

There are at least two hundred puppets here, and all of them are elites, level 140 elites at that.

As expected, this was the third stage of the sealing mission in the Glorious Chapter. If we used normal methods, it would probably take at least ten hours to kill these puppets, and even several days if we were slow. There might be some accidents in the middle.

I definitely can't waste a few days here.

We have to find out if there is any other way to rescue these people.

"Hill, you hide and follow me."

I thought about it and let Ahri go back to the pet space temporarily, and then gave an order to Hill.

Hill nodded, and his figure quickly disappeared in front of me, but the connection between us was not interrupted. This was the ability that Hill had demonstrated when he sneaked into Guinness's mansion before.

I jumped lightly from the steps of the exit and entered stealth mode. I roughly observed the patrol routes of these puppet soldiers from a distance, found a suitable opportunity, and quietly came to the prison where a priest was imprisoned.

In the prison, a priestess girl in a white robe was resting against the wall. She heard a strange sound in her ears, which made her curious and she looked in the direction of the sound. She found a petite figure waving at her in the corner outside the prison.

The girl showed a look of surprise, but after seeing the gesture made by the other party, she covered her mouth in time and did not make any sound.

"Is your captain here?"

I asked in a low voice.

The girl nodded and pointed in a direction.

I made a reassuring gesture to her, followed the direction indicated by the priestess girl, avoided the puppet soldiers on the road, and came to a prison where an elderly paladin was imprisoned.

Paladin Pad: Level 140 Elite

He was also surprised by my appearance, but he reacted quickly.

I gave a brief introduction to the situation here.

According to Pad, they were indeed the missing members of the Church of Light in Roland City. They came here to investigate the mysterious disappearances of adventurers and nobles around the Molten Iron Castle, but were ambushed and imprisoned here.

"The ones who attacked us were a group of demons. The rumors that the Iron Castle is occupied by demons are true."

Pad said.

Hill, who was beside me, also confirmed what Pad said, "Your Highness, I also felt the devil's breath before."

I was a little surprised. I didn't expect there were demons here.

Could it be that he was also stranded in the light camp like Rongla and Cuisi?

But business matters now.

"Is there any way to rescue you?"

I inquired.

According to Pad, the prisons holding these church members are made of special materials, which seal their powers and isolate them from any use of magic.

This means that it is useless even if I give them the teleportation scroll.

"The area ahead is where the demons live. There are the keys to the prisons and the mechanism to unlock all the prisons. However, the mechanism is in the core area and is not easy to access. The keys to the prisons are easier to obtain."

"Okay, I'll go check out the situation and I'll definitely rescue you."

After listening to Pad's explanation, I nodded.

"Thank you, respected Demon Hunter."

After his Demon Hunter title was upgraded to a high level, his respect among the forces of light increased a lot.

After leaving the prison where Pad was, a piece of information suddenly occurred to me.

Pad mentioned the rumor that there were demons lurking in the Iron Castle, but I remember that this rumor was spread more than forty years ago.

"Hill, the last great war between light and darkness was probably more than eighty years ago, right?"

"Yes."

After getting a definite answer from Hill, I couldn't help but wonder how these demons that Pad mentioned came to the light camp. "Did anything big happen in the dark camp forty years ago?"

Hill shook his head, but seemed to have thought of something and spoke out.

"Your Highness, during that time, there was a change in the ruling power in Florne."

Flor is the hub city where we fought with Berghead for the Blood Source Ruins. Until now, it is still secretly fighting with Sherlock and has no idea that this city has been occupied by me.

Hill mentioned this because it is related to the Demon King's Castle.

But Flor's affairs have nothing to do with the Molten Iron Castle, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

Groping forward along the aisle, just as Pad said, there was an underground hall at the end of the prison, with different rooms connected on all sides. Some demons with horns on their heads were walking around in the atrium, each of them was a level 140 elite.

Moreover, they are the elites among the indigenous people. If measured by another method of measuring combat power, they are at least at the leader level.

This level of perception requires a distance of at least fifteen yards.

Just as I was about to look around for the prison key, or clues to the prison key, Hill suddenly reminded me.

"Your Highness, look ahead."

Looking in the direction Hill indicated, several tall demons were walking towards them from a distance. The demons in the courtyard all showed great respect to these people, and they seemed to be the leaders among them.

Especially the middle-aged demon man who was in the lead, he exuded a majestic aura and was obviously in a high position for a long time.

I cast my full-time eye.

Great Demon Grantham: Level 140 Elite.

I was shocked, not because of the level, but because of the opponent's rank.

Although he is an elite, he is completely incomparable to the demons he had seen before. If measured in another way, his combat power has reached the level of dominance, and his aura is just slightly weaker than that of Guinness.

"Grantham..."

Hill was thoughtful.

I was curious and just wanted to ask, but I saw the person on the opposite side looking at me as if he had noticed something. I quickly held my breath and hid in the corner.

Chapter 38: Inside Story of Forty Years Ago

Grantham didn't notice anything, so he withdrew his gaze and entered the side hall on the west side with several of his men.

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he secretly complained, "Is this what they call easier to obtain?"

The reason I say this is because I just took a look and found that there was a bunch of silver keys hanging around Grantham's waist. The texture was similar to those of the prison materials, and it was obviously the prison key that Pad mentioned.

You can imagine how difficult it is to get the key from a level 140 ruler.

But no matter what, I can only go and see first.

There are six demon soldiers stationed at the entrance to the west side hall, all of whom are level 140 elites.

I activated the shadow stealth function on Lawrence's leggings and used the 30-second limit of stealth to sneak in under the noses of these demon soldiers without anyone noticing.

The space in the side hall is relatively spacious. The magic light illuminates the entire space. There are rows of bookshelves filled with books around the walls, and a long table in the middle. It seems that this place is used as a meeting room.

I looked around, climbed up from the bookshelf to the arch above the conference room, used the climber's feather to secure myself, and waited for an opportunity.

The sound of Grantham and others talking could be heard in the distance.

“Why do we keep these church members?”

"These people have the Holy Grace Mark left by the Church. Killing them will expose our position. Qien, what is the current situation of the teleportation array?"

"It will take some time to prepare, but I don't know if Andrew can execute it as planned."

"No matter what, this is our only chance to return to the other side of the world, and also our only chance to take everything back from those bastards."

Are they discussing returning to the dark camp?

It turns out that Pad and the others have this mark on their bodies, no wonder Grantham and the others have kept it until now.

While I was thinking about it, Grantham and others finished their discussion and left the meeting room. However, before leaving the meeting room, Grantham put the key ring on his waist into the drawer of the bookshelf.

After waiting for about five minutes, they did not return.

I carefully jumped down from the arch beam and came to the bookshelf, but when I wanted to open the drawer, I found it was locked.

Fortunately, my lock-picking skills, with the help of the gauntlet, are able to meet the requirements for opening the door.

I thought about it, and released an illusion to let it open the shadows and hide in the meeting room, returning to the underground prison. Only then did I use the unlocking skill on the drawer.

A progress bar appears and slowly moves forward. It is estimated that it will take about one or two minutes.

This speed is quite acceptable.

I nodded.

But just as he was waiting for the progress bar to reach around 60%, Hill suddenly issued a reminder.

"Your Highness, someone is coming."

As soon as Hill finished speaking, footsteps were heard outside the meeting room.

I reacted and immediately interrupted the lock picking skill, intending to teleport to the location of the phantom.

However, the person who came over seemed to have guessed my plan. A black blood shadow rushed out from the door and quickly merged into my body.

System: Affected by demonic power, you cannot use skills or items for five minutes.

What the hell is this! ?

I took a look and found that all the skills and items in the backpack were grey and unusable.

Footsteps sounded at the door of the conference room. I looked up and saw Grantham stepping in.

"Someone has sneaked in."

Grantham looked gloomy.

When I heard this, I immediately understood that the other party had been on guard for a long time and probably put down the key in order to lure me out.

As Grantham spoke, several demons behind him quickly approached him.

But before they could get close to him, they were forcibly pushed away several yards by a mysterious force.

Grantham cast a doubtful look at the tall woman who suddenly appeared not far away. Although the other party was dressed like a maid, he did not dare to look down on her. It was one thing for her to appear suddenly without his perception.

What's more, the aura emanating from the other party was equally extraordinary, and he easily forced back his powerful subordinates.

"Who are you, Excellency, and why are you protecting the people of the Light Camp?"

Grantham asked in a deep voice, sensing a similar aura.

The person who appeared in front of me was naturally Hill.

Hill said calmly, "We have no ill intentions. I am just protecting His Highness."

Although I was relieved and thought that it was the right decision to bring Hill here, I was also a little confused. In the past, Hill would have taken me away immediately, but now he started communicating with the other party. Could it be that Hill saw something?

"Your Highness?"

"Yes, Her Highness is the 19th Demon King of Herontis. She can help you."

Hill glanced at me.

I blinked. Although I didn't know what Hill was thinking, I still removed the effect of the magic disguise, revealing the horns unique to the demon clan and the aura of a higher-level demon.