What were you doing before the end of the world? Are you going to be an assassin?

The artifact disappeared, and was replaced by the light emitted by the golden apple. A projection condensed in the place where the artifact disappeared, that is, in the palm of Connor's hand.

In a world full of fire and brimstone, there is a castle of a completely different style that is being protected by a magic barrier. Demons keep pouring in from all directions, but none of them can break through the barrier. Instead, most of them are destroyed by the magic on the barrier.

The castle has three floors. The top floor is two round black balls; the middle floor is a much larger black ball; and the bottom floor is a red hemisphere upside down on the ground, with a yellow gate tower extending out like a boot.

It's like trying to challenge the most powerful legal department on the planet.

This thing is so different in style that it's obvious that it's not something that the natives of this world can make. It's either a reincarnated hero, or...

"Is there something related to the qualified in hell?"

The scene that was first revealed by the [Precursor Apple of Eden] must be related to the goddess who created the prism and the qualified person.

"Then... we have to go to hell." Connor said. He was really curious about what the previous qualified person had done, and whether the one in hell was the previous qualified person.

What is the attitude of the qualified people towards the goddess? What is the truth of the world?

After passing the novice level of the giant and the equipment level of killing the girl, Connor felt that he had finally embarked on the main mission.

The light of the golden apple dimmed.

The lord lying on the ground also reacted and trembled continuously. It seemed that the time limit for the body exchange brought by the artifact was about to expire.

Before, because he had to hold the artifact and the golden apple in both hands, Connor had to hold down the toad carrying the lord's soul with his feet. As a result, the light of the golden apple caused him to relax a little, and the toad had already crawled out a distance of a stone brick.

"Want to run?"

Connor threw a flying knife, which pierced through the toad's head nerve and nailed it to the ground.

There is a time limit for exchanging bodies through artifacts, but if one party dies, the change will be permanent.

"You...can't...kill..."

The artifact is worthy of being an artifact. Under the magical resonance of the artifact, the toad made a vague sound, and only if you listen carefully can you hear the general meaning.

"I... am a noble... alive..."

"It's more useful than dying..."

Connor held the throwing knife and activated [Flame Attack].

The pure sacred fire instantly spread over the flying knife and penetrated the toad's body.

The toad, which was like a candle in the wind, was instantly burned to ashes, and it was unknown whether its soul could be reincarnated.

"Lord Alderp, what I want to say is - sometimes being dead is more useful than being alive."

Lord Aldap could no longer hear Connor's words. This lord, who had a morbid possessiveness towards Darkness and showed the ugly face of a noble to the fullest, died on the toad's body.

Pulling out the throwing knife, Connor held the silk clothing of Lord Aldap, which had now been replaced by a toad, and wiped the blade with disdain. This was a throwing knife he made from the teeth of a dangerous species. It was a waste of talent to use it to kill a toad. At the very least, the toad with a bounty of 10,000 Eris would have to be used.

"Hey! We found a lot of evidence!"

Connor stayed there to watch over the Toad Lord for a while. When his magic power was restored, Kazuma and Aqua poked their heads out of the lord's bedroom.

After a while, Barda also came out with a dark face. Seeing the lord lying like a toad in the courtyard, he was even more ashamed and angry.

"Can you still speak? I will hand you over to the kingdom's court. No, I will put you on trial and let everyone know your crimes!"

Kazuma held an iron-clad cane he found in the lord's bedroom and tapped Lord Alderp's body gently. "Is he a human or a toad now?"

"Unfortunately."

Connor said, without any regret in his tone: "The toad that was supposed to be hibernating couldn't stand the harsh winter outside and has died."

"That's really..."

"that's too regretful."

135. The dead are more useful than the living

Alderp's soul as a human being is dead, and the only thing alive now is a toad that looks like Alderp.

The toad's strength is not enough to drive this huge body. Before long, it will exhaust the energy of its soul and die silently. Even its last words will be a monotonous "quack".

When the group put the former lord Alexei Banes Aldap, whose behavior was no different from that of a toad, in front of the high priest of the Eris Church, the Adventurer's Guild, and the officials of the kingdom, all the newcomers were shocked.

After Barda informed several supervisors of everything about Alderp and Maxwell, the Duke of Hell, and mentioned the possibility that everyone's cognition might be distorted by the Duke of Hell, the High Priest of the Church of Eris immediately released Advanced Purification on his officials and the heads of the Adventurer's Guild.

The ability of the high priest was almost the same as Aqua's instant purification technique. With a divine weapon that was being devoured in his arms, Connor stood silently in the corner with his back against the wall.

Relying on his profession of [Assassin], he is not far away from a group of adventurers with the profession of [Thief].

This way, even if someone looked over, they would just think he had the occupational disease of the "thief" profession and would not be suspicious. Thieves and assassins always like to hide in dark corners.

The high priest took two steps at a time and came to Alderp.

"Goddess Eris! What an evil curse!"

The white-haired and bearded high priest of the Eris Cult looked at Alderp, who was jumping and hopping. His fat body kept rubbing against the rough ground, and his silk clothes were soon mixed with mud and water.

What a blasphemous sight!

Turning people into toads? Still retaining the human body?

Only the demons from hell can do such a cruel thing!

"Everyone!"

The high priest cleared his throat and cast a blessing on himself to make his voice louder. He stood on the box and said loudly:

"Ever since the goddess Eris brought down her miracle and protected mankind, Axel has been attacked countless times!"

"They are all monsters, undead, the demon king's army, and demons from hell!"

"But what did we see in Axel today? A great demon at the level of the Duke of Hell!"

"It's not a cabbage, a toad, or a one-shot rabbit. It's a real big demon that has descended into the main world!"

The Eris Cult is the state religion of the kingdom where Axel is located and has a profound influence in Axel.

Not to mention that Barda did not officially inherit the title of the Alexei family, even when Lord Aldap was in power, he did not dare to let the devil distort the people in the Eris Church.

However, before Lord Alderp used the devil's thunder to explode, the Eris Church always gave face to the kingdom.

"Today, with the help of several adventurers, Eris and Acusia believers, we were able to defeat the demon after overcoming numerous difficulties. They are all our heroes!"

The benefits of early communication are now evident.

After confirming that the Duke of Hell had indeed descended and was indeed exiled, and seeing Alderp's current miserable state, the High Priest of the Church of Eris endorsed today's action without hesitation, confirming the sanctity of forming a team to defeat the Duke of Hell.

No matter what conflicts there are between the Eris Cult and the Axis Cult, when facing the Demon King's army and the devils, the two are comrades standing on the same front and working together.

After saying this, the high priest cast the same type of magic on Barda, making him stand in his position, and the high priest himself returned to the team of Eris believers.

"Demons must be conquered at all times! There is no other way but to conquer them!"

Barda shouted with gritted teeth, on the one hand out of the torture of his conscience, on the other hand also benefited from the aristocratic education he received over the years.

After being enlightened by Connor in the bathhouse lounge, he knew what he should show to everyone now - an aristocratic heir who has returned to the right path, endured humiliation, and sacrificed his relatives for the sake of justice, and stood with the vast majority of the people in Axel.

If we want to properly implement the Duke of Hell incident, it will not be enough to rely on Teacher Eris alone.

"Think about it. You were living in Axel, working and completing missions, but suddenly one day you were cursed by a demon! You thought it was natural to send your daughter to the demon, and you didn't even want to make a fuss after losing your life! And the adventurers and soldiers who were injured and sacrificed for Axel didn't even get any compensation! Don't you think it's strange?!"

"So, the days without demons are good days!"

Barda's accusation was effective, and coupled with his excellent reputation, compared to the former lord Alderp who had turned into a toad, the onlookers immediately believed that he was also a victim.

While Barda was still speaking, a female knight in gorgeous heavy armor hurried to the scene.

"Please lend me the pass..."

"Make way, make way, thank you..."

“Listen, I am Crusader Darkness! Any evil will eventually…”

Everyone's eyes immediately shifted away from Barda, and they all made way for the late knight.

“Hey! Darkness! Are you finally willing to come out? It’s over now!”

Kazuma quickly ran over, grabbed Darkness's hand and was about to move closer to the team. Although he hadn't seen Darkness for a few days, now was obviously not the time to ask Darkness why she was staying at home.

"It's over? What happened?"

Darkness was confused. When she found out that a flood had broken out in the city, her first reaction was that a great magician from the Demon King's army was attacking. She quickly put on her armor and ran to the core area of the magic explosion.

The further she ran, the more familiar it looked. Wasn't this the lord's mansion that had proposed a blind date to her father?

Darkness didn't want to leave, and even Kazuma couldn't pull her away, so he had to briefly explain the situation to Darkness.

"Well, you're going to fight the devil without me?"

"Ah! What if that big devil distorts my perception and makes me marry a man whose appearance is not too eye-catching and whose body can be too thin or too fat? It would be best if he only likes me but has a weak will, and will become lustful as long as other women show their affection to him. The necessary condition is that he is in heat all year round and looks very lustful. It would be best if he is the kind of loser who despises the hardships of life and just wants to live as easily as possible. It would be even better if he has debts! Moreover, he has to drink all day and not go to work, and complain that my failure is the fault of this society, and then throw an empty bottle at me and say: Hey, Darkness, use your lustful body to make some money!" Such a useless man..."

Darkness, who was caught up in her own bad fantasy, had an even worse blush on her face.

“Hey, hey, hey! The big devil has been defeated! Your cognition is not distorted at all, right? Perverted knight!” Kazuma said in a voice that only he and Darkness could hear. Darkness’ voice was quite loud, and this time he was sure to spread his reputation as a pervert.

"Aqua! There's another one here that's cursed by a demon! Purify her now!"

Never mind, just blame it all on the devil!

Kazuma felt that the words of Connor, the reincarnated hero, were very appropriate. The dead were much more useful than the living.

A dead demon is better than a living one.

136. Artifacts that make your blood boil

Since the Great Demon was exiled, a lot of information about Lord Alderp's illegal deeds and various bad things suddenly emerged in Axel, so much that it was unbelievable.

As the heir of the Alexei family before the kingdom's transfer order was officially issued, Barda successfully cut ties with Aldap and tried his best to restore order in the town together with the officials of Axel based on past experience.

The Kingdom Inspector Sena receives numerous petitions every day and is extremely busy. She has no time to take care of the problems of Kazuma's team.

Thanks to this, after ruining the blind date of the Dustinis family and winning back Darkness, Kazuma's team invited Connor and Youyou to a party at their base one day.

When the invitation letter arrived, Connor was busy with something.

Connor was the only one in the suite, the doors and windows were closed and the light was dim.

The necklace that could exchange bodies was placed in front of him, and Connor was holding the glowing golden apple in his hand.

As the golden apple turned three times in his hand, Connor looked warily at every possible place in the room.

All of a sudden, a smell of sulfur entered his nose, and Connor was greatly encouraged. He had finally succeeded!

A little devil from hell that was only half a person's height appeared!

The fighting power of the Hell Imp is just at the level of a Toad, except that it has more magic to control fire than a Toad. Connor locked it in a very sturdy cage borrowed from the Adventurer's Guild.

He is not the original reincarnated hero, and is no different from the locals when it comes to using the power of the artifact through the Golden Apple. If you want to make the summoned monsters obedient, you must pay a price.

But if you just want to summon the monster, you can do it just by the power of the artifact.

After preparing the imp, Connor confined his body in another cage, facing the cage of the hell imp.

Taking a deep breath, Connor activated another artifact——

Body swap!

Snapped!

When Connor opened his eyes again, he found that his vision had been cut in half. At this time, he had been exchanged by the artifact into the body of the hell devil.

After moving his arms slightly and shaking the tail behind him, Connor tried to establish a connection with the prism after adapting to this body.

Prism: Remote login detected, please confirm whether the connection is secure.

It’s good that it can be connected. After Connor completed the security check, he used the hand of the hell devil to read the golden apple.

Prism: There is a feeling of being contaminated…

"It can't be helped. After all, we have to go to hell once."

Connor was quite helpless. He had collected information about hell and the great devil these days. Because of the precedent of Maxwell, the Duke of Hell, both the church and the Adventurer's Guild opened their doors to him, the first person to discover the traces of the devil.

But Connor searched through almost all the information at hand, and also asked Youyou for news about the Red Demon Clan, but he still couldn't find a suitable way to go to hell.

This world does not allow one to go to hell when one dies; in other words, hell has almost nothing to do with the dead.

The souls of all the dead were led by gods. First it was Aqua, then it was Eris, and for a while the angels took over.

Either you are reincarnated or you enter the heaven described by Aqua. Hell exists completely independently of the world.