How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"You seem anxious?"

"Because I was afraid that my aunts would hear the noise."

"Don't you want them to know that you secretly play games in the middle of the night?"

"If I knew, I would definitely be scolded to death."

"Is that so? Then shall I prepare a midnight snack for you?"

"Yes, thank you for your help, aunt."

I was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted. I turned around and saw my aunt's smiling face, but it looked a little scary in the darkness and with my nervousness. "Little... aunt... when did you come in?"

"When you just started it." The aunt blinked, got up and turned on the light on the bedside table.

"Aunt, I was wrong."

I immediately sat obediently on the edge of the bed, like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for judgment. Although it wasn’t just an illusion, it was actually the case.

However, after waiting for a long time, I didn't get any reprimand or lecture from my aunt, which made me raise my head curiously. I saw my aunt came over and handed me some hot milk. "Drink the milk before playing. It shouldn't take a little while."

"Eh……"

I took the cup of milk in a daze, unable to react.

"Don't just stand there, drink it up quickly, or it will get cold." My aunt tapped my forehead. "I used to stay up late playing games too, so I understand. But in my impression, Xiaotong is a good kid. She must have something important to deal with, right?"

My aunt-in-law’s words made me feel a little shy, and I could only drink milk in small sips to ease the embarrassment.

"So don't hide important things from me and Youyou in the future. We are not the kind of people who can't communicate." The aunt paused and changed her tone to a serious one. "But this doesn't mean you can stay up late at will in the future. Remember?"

"I understand. Thank you, aunt."

I nodded, feeling even more guilty for hiding it from the two of them.

"Don't play too late."

My aunt smiled slightly, touched my head, and walked to the door to leave, but I called out to her.

"Well, how did my aunt know that?"

"You were so weird during dinner, so Youyou and I were on guard. We didn't expect you to be so smart and wait until this time to show your true colors. Well, I won't say any more. I'm going to rest now." My aunt blinked at me.

In other words, my aunt has been waiting until now just for me.

I pursed my lips.

But before I could feel even more touched, my aunt's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Sister An Rou, the takeaway has arrived. Which movie should we watch?"

"..."

"..."

"Well, well, today I want to relax for a while..."

Facing the scrutiny of a certain loli, the girl's eyes wandered away.

……

Hill, who was sitting at the desk, heard the whimpering sound coming from behind him, so he closed the book in his hand and put it on the bookshelf next to him.

"Your Highness is a little late."

"Something."

I stretched, stuck out my tongue, climbed out of bed, and just changed my clothes. I was wrapped in a thin but warm shawl.

"Hold on to me, Your Highness." Hill picked me up horizontally like a princess and pushed open the window of the room.

As it approached midnight, the night outside the window seemed particularly dark, and the moon was hidden in the thick clouds, as if foreshadowing that something unspeakable was about to happen tonight.

We avoided the patrol's search all the way, and soon Hill brought me to the tower on the south side of the monastery.

This is also the venue for tonight's ceremony.

As we expected, although the ceremony was held around the early morning, many people had already gathered here. A faint light was also lit inside the tower, and it was obvious that some preparations were being made.

"There are so many people, Hill." I looked at the tower entrance not far away. There were groups of monastic members hiding their bodies under black robes. "And they are so mysterious."

"The number should be between one hundred and two hundred, which is close to one twentieth of the monastery." Hill glanced over.

"So many?" I was a little surprised. After all, they were able to form a fairly large organization in the Holy Light Monastery, and have not been discovered by other members until now. This shows how strict the discipline in this organization is.

Avoiding many sights, Hill took me secretly into the tower and hid in the shadow of a high window sill, the width of which was more than enough to accommodate Hill and me.

While being difficult to be discovered, it also has the advantage of a wide field of vision, allowing one to clearly see the distribution of the crowd below.

But that was all there was to it. After all, the hall only maintained minimal lighting, and since everyone was wearing black robes, it was very difficult to see the general activities.

The dim hall was crowded with people. Although the party had not yet started, many people who had not participated in the preparations were discussing in low voices.

Sometimes someone would suddenly raise their voice, but they would still preach to the people around them in a soft voice that was completely inconsistent with the radical tone.

"I can't hear it at all." I tried once and then gave up completely. "Forget it, I'll find out the answer tonight anyway."

"There's still more than half an hour."

Hill looked at the dark night outside the window and reminded, "Your Highness can take a rest for a while."

"How can I sleep?"

I held my cheek and shook my head. It was like a detective novel was about to progress to the exciting part of guessing the murderer. Who would do homework at this time?

But speaking of novels.

I suddenly thought of something and took out the forgotten second volume of "Girl Leah" from my backpack. "Can I read a novel, Hill?"

"I will pay attention to the surrounding situation, please rest assured, Your Highness."

Hill nodded.

With Hill's care, I felt relieved and opened the novel and started reading it attentively.

The content at the beginning of the novel continues from the end of the previous article, telling the story of how Leah, after discovering the deal between the Count, his fiancée and the devil, tried hard to make herself look the same as usual, secretly guarding against their temptations while looking for a way to escape.

During this process, she met a new guard who also discovered the secret hidden in the castle, and they discussed a plan to escape from the castle together.

Unfortunately, their plan was discovered by the count halfway. On the night of their planned escape, the guards were assimilated by the power of the devil in order to protect Leah.

After realizing that she could not escape from the castle, in order to prevent the devil's power from spreading further, Leah decided to return to the basement to sacrifice herself in exchange for the devil's promise.

"It's unimaginable that you have the courage to stand in front of me."

A deep voice sounded in the darkness.

Liya closed her eyes. "You want my body, don't you? I hope you won't attack innocent people again."

"I can agree to your condition, but you have to think carefully. The price of becoming a puppet is not so easy to bear." A pair of giant hands stretched out from the dark gate and grabbed towards Leah.

The penultimate act has come to an end. Anyone who sees this will think that it is going to be a tragic ending. After all, the tone from the beginning to now has been dark, revealing a hint of despair.

However, I don't think so. No matter how free the beliefs of the Holy Light Monastery are, they are inseparable from the foundation of light. If the ending of this book is to promote the power of evil, it will definitely be banned.

This means that since I can still read this novel now, there must have been some unexpected reversal between the penultimate act and the ending.

What kind of reversal could change the ending in just one scene?

Thinking of this, I can't help but look forward to it.

Just as I turned to the last scene and was about to watch it, Hill's voice suddenly rang out beside me.

"Your Highness, there is movement."

Chapter 113: Destroy it quickly

Damn it, at this very moment...

I hesitated for a moment and finally put the novel away. After all, I could read it again later, but if I missed the important things, I would lose them.

Looking down, there was indeed some unusual movement just as Hill had said.

Most of the candles were extinguished, and the black cloth curtains hanging in front of the locked windows were drawn, blocking out the dim moonlight.

Boom——

The heavy door at the tower entrance was closed with a dull sound.

As if they had received instructions for a mission, the crowd stopped discussing and gathered towards the center of the hall. From a distance, it looked like a black tide surging restlessly in a dark river.

Compared to the nothingness before, a strange pattern emitting faint light appeared on the floor in the center of the hall. It looked like a variant of a hexagram, but with many complex lines in the corners and in the middle.

It looks familiar to me, but I can't associate anything with it.

After all, mysticism and magic have been developed for thousands of years in the era. There are dozens of basic magic techniques alone, not to mention so many improvements. Maybe I have just seen similar patterns in my previous life.

But I didn't expect that Hill next to him would recognize it.

"It's a variation of the basic mind technique, which makes it easier for people to express their inner thoughts. Church organizations that are involved in faith usually use it to stabilize the faith of believers and interrogate dissidents." Hilton paused and changed the subject. "However, when it comes to the soul, it has been banned."

"Hill knows so much..." I was stunned as I listened.

"It's just some insignificant insights." Hill didn't want to continue on this topic and looked towards the center of the hall. "Your Highness, Claire is out."

It was only after Hill reminded me that I saw five people walking out of the crowd below, led by Claire. Although she was too far away to make out their specific figures, the familiar voices that sounded in the quiet hall were still easily recognizable.

"Are all members present?"

"Yes, Master Claire."

Claire, who was completely covered in a black monastic robe with only his face exposed, nodded and said in a deep voice, "Where are the new members? Bring them up."

"As ordered."

The person behind Claire disappeared into the crowd. Not long after, five figures wearing black robes were brought into the center of the hall and stood on the circle of strange magic circle that was emitting faint light.

"It looks like he's joined a pyramid scheme." I couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic when I saw it.

After all, compared to me, the five people below can feel this weird atmosphere more intuitively.

They all watched in private with some nervousness, but the surrounding environment was dim, and even from the bright place they could only see the people in black robes. It was like a surging wave swallowed up all the light and sound, sweeping them into a bottomless dark river, exacerbating the uneasiness in their hearts.

"I can feel that you are afraid, terrified, and hesitant. What makes you, the warriors who are protected by the Holy Light and should be fearless, look like cowards?"

Claire's voice was cold and low as she slowly walked towards the group.

Faced with the leader's questions, some people could not stand the pressure and timidly took a few steps back, while others hesitated for a moment and then mustered up the courage to raise their own doubts, "Because this place doesn't look like the Holy Light Hermitage, it looks more like..."

Not only everyone in the hall, but even Hill and I were very clear about the unfinished words, or rather, we saw them more clearly.

After all, no matter from which point of view, this is like a gathering of some kind of cult organization, like FFF or SOX.

Claire was also very clear about this. She walked up to the questioner and stared at him with an indifferent but sharp gaze. After the latter avoided eye contact, she slowly said, "Only when you are in darkness can you know the brightness of the Holy Light."

"You are able to step into this hall because you have been fully observed and tested by our monastic order. I believe that each of you has the potential to understand the true meaning of Holy Light."

Claire reached out and flipped down her hood, letting her long black hair fall on her shoulders. She looked deeply at the faces of each new member in front of her, like a qualified general selecting his soldiers. "Now tell me, what do you think the Holy Light is."

Under Claire's gaze, the few people inexplicably calmed down and began to think about the best answer.

However, the definition of holy light is very vague, and even the Church of Light has never given a definite answer. After all, such a conceptual mysterious thing is more conducive to winning the faith of believers if it has no definition.

Therefore, it was a bit difficult for the five people in the center of the hall.

Someone gave a boundless definition, "Holy Light is a philosophy of existence and what we love in our hearts."

"Holy Light represents absolute justice and punishes any injustice." Someone else said affirmatively with a righteous look.

Others quoted a famous quote from the Bible: "The Holy Light is the collection of human truth and goodness. As long as we unswervingly pursue and implement this will and belief, we will receive its response."

"Holy Light is the most beautiful thing." Where there are formulaic answers, there will naturally be tricky answers.

"Very good, at least you didn't tell me that Holy Light can kill demons." Claire nodded and stopped the others who were getting excited. "You are all right, so answer me the most important part."

Faced with the continuous questions, several people looked at each other and hesitantly gave answers such as "love", "peace" and "freedom".

Claire, who was not satisfied with the answer, shook her head and waved to the back. Everyone in the hall who received the signal gathered around and shouted at the five people in the center.

"Look into our eyes, face your own soul, respond to the call of the Holy Light with us, and shout out the answer from the bottom of your heart!"

It’s finally here, let me see your true faces.

I held my breath and waited quietly for this crucial moment. Hill next to me also showed a rare serious look.

However, the uniform and repeated shouts that followed in the hall not only frightened the new members in the middle of the hall, but also made the two of us freeze in place.