Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

"As long as the clown mask, which is smeared with the user's blood, is placed on the other party's cheek, then as long as the user wishes, the other party will become part of the clown."

"This is just the simplest use of a clown mask."

"I remember someone who came later said that the clown mask once caused a great turmoil in the outside world. The clown came here because he was wanted by almost all the demigods in the outside world, so he voluntarily chose to seek refuge here."

Peroz nodded. "I also remember that the ancestor's notes seemed to mention the clown mask, but the record was very vague. It also mentioned that the mask was sealed at a great cost."

At this point, Peroz's gaze suddenly fell on Hesper's face. She asked worriedly, "Hesper, after you were captured, were you put on anything strange?"

If something like this happened, it would be too bad.

Before Hesper could shake his head, Salieri suddenly laughed, "Don't worry, he wasn't wearing that mask."

"How do you know, Mr. Salieri?" Peroz asked curiously.

"Because, the mask is here now." A mask familiar to Peroz suddenly appeared in Salieri's hand.

Beneath the mask were drops of his recent blood.

Then, while Peroz's thoughts were in a mess, strands of silk threads suddenly fixed Hesper.

"Look, now is the time for me to put the mask on him." The mask fell on Hesper's face, and at the same time, Salieri raised a slightly exaggerated smile on his face.

Rumbling--

There was a loud explosion from the room.

Perozzi's eyes and body were stunned. At this moment, she felt that her mind was in a mess and she was completely unable to think.

"That pot of water and teacup just now were the trigger~" A satisfied smile appeared on Salieri's cheek.

"Some explosives under the bed will explode if the teapot and teacups are out of the house for a certain amount of time."

"Although it doesn't sound as loud as the explosives you just made, explosives mixed with toxins are not something an unconscious old man can handle."

"Ms. Perozzi, congratulations, you killed your teacher with your own hands." Salieri said in a calm tone.

The flames slowly burned and spread. Looking at the charcoal flying from his feet and the crimson sky before him, Peroz took a deep breath and asked, "Why?"

Her voice was low, or rather gloomy.

"Of course I want to see your expression now~"

"I never get tired of looking at this expression..."

Salieri's voice was filled with madness.

At the same time, Hesper next to him gradually appeared in a black tuxedo.

"So I was planning to arrange for that old man to play the final game with you."

"But that guy was quite alert and didn't proceed according to the script I set."

"So, I had to give him a chance to choose how he died."

"I think he would be very relieved to know that he died at the hands of you, a disciple that made him proud and satisfied."

Salieri looked at the flames in front of him as if he was admiring some extraordinary beauty.

Peroz clenched his fists.

She was extremely grateful.

She was thankful that the other party's ability hadn't teleported Teacher Hogot over. She was thankful that she hadn't told the other party about Teacher Hogot.

Then she quickly raised her arm and aimed the gun at Salieri.

Although she handed over the treasure bag, her weapon was still there.

"Do not worry."

"There will indeed be a battle between us."

"But the prerequisite is that you can kill one of my puppets."

As he spoke, Salieri clapped his hands, and Hesper's body swayed and appeared in front of Peroz.

"Honestly, you are very lucky."

"Generally speaking, people in this city will be made into puppets by me once they reach adulthood."

"But you just happened to show up in the home of the only child in this city who I haven't made into a puppet."

"Although it's a bit troublesome, I have to say that this kind of coincidence makes the game more interesting."

Peroz gritted his teeth and tried to keep his heart and mind calm.

The more times like this happen, the calmer you should be.

If you let your emotions control your thoughts at this time, then there is really no hope.

"Did you catch Teacher Hogot?" Peroz asked in a low voice.

She wanted to try to delay a little.

The more time there is, the more likely it is that Hogot will wake up earlier.

While she wasn't sure if having him around would be any help in this situation, it was better than nothing.

"Of course." Salieri nodded with a smile. "He is a very troublesome man. He brought me some good entertainment."

"So I gave him a choice."

"A choice between dying in your hands, or choosing to be assimilated by me."

"It happened as I expected. He chose to die at your hands. And you killed him without even knowing it."

Salieri was in no hurry to act.

Although the villain died because he talked too much.

But for him, if the mysteries of many things are not revealed, if the other party is allowed to die in confusion, then wouldn’t the whole drama be in vain?

In his memory, similar things happened many times, but he had never overturned the car.

With the clown mask, he was invincible in this extraordinary and forbidden place. "Have you found a way to leave here?" Peroz asked again.

Salieri smiled and said, "Of course."

"I found the method a long time ago."

"It's just that over the years, some of these conditions have not been met."

"Your luck is really bad..."

"Just a few more years, until this little guy is a little older and has more blood in his body, and I will break the restrictions here and leave."

"When every inch of land here is soaked in blood, when only one life remains, when this life possesses the courage to wield a sword like a god..."

"If you meet these conditions, I can leave here." His expression was extremely arrogant and ferocious.

"I tried it once a long time ago, but I didn't meet all the requirements."

“Because the population is too small.”

"That number of people simply cannot stain the entire land with blood."

“So I waited for countless years.”

"Finally...the moment is coming!"

"But before that, I need to deal with you, little bug, so that I can play this fun game one last time."

crazy...

Peroz could be sure that the person in front of him was completely crazy.

At the same time, some clues about the past of this place began to emerge in her mind, and she roughly understood what had happened here.

Long ago, Salieri came to this place and found something left by Hart Dick.

And tried to perform the ritual according to the words he left behind - he killed everyone except himself.

But because he ignored the relationship with the Holy Gate, his action failed.

Eventually he began to hang on every word Hart Dick said, and ended up misinterpreting what he meant.

The original words the Divine Gate gave Peroz were: "When enough blood has been absorbed by the earth here, when only one living being remains here, when that living being has the resolve to wield the sword like a true god, he will inherit the power here and leave as a victor."

It seems that there are three conditions, but after the description of Hart Dick by the Holy Gate, it was confirmed that the other party had the opportunity to leave here, and the literary style of some poems he left behind was judged.

First sentence: When enough blood is received by the earth here.

This condition is not a necessary condition, but rather his habitual feeling and description of what might happen next.

In order to leave here, you only need to meet two conditions.

This was the choice Hart Dick faced at the beginning.

Either accept that contract as the only life here, lose yourself, become the embodiment of the resentment of the fallen true god, and leave here as an avenger.

Or die here quietly.

Hart Dick chose to stay and die, while Salieri chose to leave.

However, because he neglected to "steal" the power here and immersed himself in hope, Salieri failed to complete the ritual.

At last he became so obsessed with the idea that when Hart Dick said enough blood he meant enough to soak the earth in it.

So he began to use the power of the clown mask to manipulate the city's population and use their blood as material to leave.

A lot of things must have happened during this period, and someone must have stopped him. Otherwise, given the population growth rate, it would not have taken so long to collect enough blood.

After thinking everything through, Peroz sighed as he looked at Salieri with a crazy smile in front of him.

For a moment, I felt a sense of pity for him.

"Your name isn't Salieri, is it?" Perozzi asked.

"Of course my name is not Salieri. My name is Amadeus. There was indeed an avenger named Salieri who came here once."

"However, as the high priest of the Five Gods Church, his weaknesses are too obvious."

"So it was easy for me to kill him."

"You've seen his body, haven't you?"

Peroz nodded. The body he saw before was probably the real body of Salieri.

"Do you have any questions?"

"Or do you have any last words?"

Looking at Peroz with a complicated expression, Salieri...or Amadeus asked with a smile.

Peroz lowered his head with a sad expression. "Is there any chance of resurrection for those infected by the clown mask?"

"Like...really like~ You look a lot like Salieri..."

"But don't you know the answer to the question?"

"The moment the mask was put on, he became me."

"If the other person is a transcendent, there might be hope, but for an ordinary person... he's already completely dead."

Chapter 368: Turning defeat into victory, the doubts of the sacred gate

Is he dead?

That child who cried out that he wanted to be the sun, that child whom he treated like a younger brother even though he had known her for a short time, had died just like that?

Peroz gritted her teeth, anger almost devouring her mind.

But in the end she said nothing.

Turning around slowly, he asked, "Don't you want to watch the final curtain call?"

"As one of the actors, I want to choose my final destination. I think you can fulfill this small request of mine, right?"

Amadeus touched his chin and looked at Peroz's back.

"If it were in the past, as a director, I would never allow such an excessive request."

"But you're lucky."

"As the last act of drama that can bring me pleasure before I leave here, I have decided to fulfill your final request."