"!"
In front of him, a large group of people appeared. Dozens of little heads gathered together, staring at him curiously as if he were a rare animal.
This is a group of green-skinned lolita, mixed with a group of girls with wings...
"...Goblin, little gremlin?"
Although his appearance had changed drastically from the original, Equio still managed to recognize him. How could he be surrounded by such a bunch of trash?
He wanted to chase them away immediately, but when he moved his arms, he found that he could not move at all.
He quickly lowered his head to look, and found that except for his head and chest, his limbs, hands, feet, and most of his torso were all sealed in strange crystals.
Seeing that he was unable to move, the little demons and goblins became bolder. They came up to him with a smile, poked his face, pulled his ears and hair, as if they were very curious about what was so special about this so-called "Demon King".
"Asshole, how dare you tease me like this? As soon as I regain my strength I will immediately..."
"Then you probably don't have any chance."
Equio heard Livi's voice. He looked up and saw Livi coming towards him, followed by a sleazy otaku girl with shining eyes who was wiping her saliva while looking at the mark on his chest.
"?"
The expression of that dank housegirl was extremely dangerous, as if she was ready to skin him alive at any time.
"Your Highness Livi, is this okay? He's awake, so we can observe his reaction. Can I take action now? I can't bear it any longer."
"...Please pay attention to your speech."
Livi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She knew that Star was itching all over when he saw the Demon King's mark right in front of him, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He wanted to come up quickly to "cut it into small pieces and make the sauce" and study it thoroughly from beginning to end.
Livi stopped her from using overly radical experimental methods. There was only one experimental subject, and if she killed him directly, the experiment would be useless.
After all, this concerns the holy marks on his body. This is probably the only integrated observation and testing object. He cannot waste it like this.
We must rely on him to thoroughly study the effects of the stigmata.
"Yes, Your Highness Livi..."
Since Livi said that, Star could only take two steps back obediently.
"Well, this is the 'Sealing Special Costume' that is specially used to deal with the Demon King... Of course it is not the original, but this replica should have about 30% to 50% of the original's effect..."
After all, the materials on hand are limited, and it is not easy to achieve this. Fortunately, Equio's Demon Seal has been sealed, so even if he is such a shrunken guy, he can be controlled.
"You, what do you want to do?"
Seeing Livi calmly stepping forward, the white-haired loli succubus showed a warm smile on her face.
"No, nothing. I am very interested in the body structure of the Demon King, so please let me study it carefully. Sorry, the conditions are limited, so the anesthesia can only be simple. Please bear with me for a moment. Come on, knife~"
Chapter 65: The Secret of the Demon King's Seal
"Someone, get the knife!"
Livi waved her hand generously, and Mava beside her immediately offered the bone blade in both hands. Livi took it with one hand, then raised her hand without changing her expression and slapped the bone blade back to Mava's face.
"...Go away and don't make trouble."
As he spoke, Aenekos on the other side picked up a small palm-sized scalpel and handed it to Livi.
…It’s called a scalpel, but it’s actually made of polished crystal. As I said before, the resources in the Demon Realm are so scarce that people can only make do with various natural materials.
"What are you going to do?!"
Equio realized that the people in front of him seemed to want to slice him up, and he was sweating profusely for a moment, but he still refused to give in.
"Let me tell you, this demon king holds a grudge. Stop it now. I won't bear grudges against you!"
"What nonsense is this, Marva, just shut him up!"
"okay!"
Mawa casually pulled out a piece of tattered animal skin from somewhere and stuffed it into the other's chattering mouth. Immediately, Equio rolled his eyes and fainted.
"What is that? It seems to look familiar..."
Livi looked at the tattered animal skin in Equio's mouth and suddenly seemed to understand something, "...Hey, isn't this your hand towel?!"
As an ogre, Mava's usual eating style was unrestrained and generous. She herself didn't care, but Livi was indifferent to the dirt on her body after eating.
Livi has a passive ability that allows her to naturally cleanse the dirt on her body, so she can always stay fresh and clean, but Mava does not have this useful passive ability.
Li Wei was used to her eating habits, and she probably couldn't change her habits after all these years, so she didn't bother to worry about it, but there was one thing...
...I won’t correct your eating manners, but you must clean up after the meal, otherwise you are not allowed to come within ten meters of me!
The latter part of the sentence was absolutely devastating to Mawa, so she got some animal skins to use as hand towels...
...According to her diet, this hand towel that had been used for more than half a month, in a sense, already had the destructive power of a biological weapon. Anyway, Livi had seen with her own eyes a goblin girl who didn't know whether to live or die sniff it curiously, and then was rescued by her companions for an entire afternoon.
Just when Star was about to turn her into a dead spirit, she finally came back to life.
Looking at the unconscious Equio, even the Demon King could not withstand the destructive power of this thing. As for Livi, as a brave warrior, she wisely chose not to touch this thing.
All in all, this is a hand towel that can deter both the hero and the demon king at the same time, it's so terrifying!
Without the other's chattering, Livi and Star can finally get down to business...
…The two of them conducted the first experiment, carefully peeling off the part of the skin with the mark.
First of all, the stigmata and the Demon King's Mark both looked like tattoos directly engraved on the chest, so Livi tried to peel them off directly to see if this would affect the shape of the stigmata or the Demon King's Mark.
However, the moment it was peeled off and separated from Equio's body, the mark engraved on the skin immediately disappeared without a trace.
The wound on Equio's chest healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the mark reappeared on his chest.
“…It’s not that simple after all.”
This is understandable. If it were really that easy to separate the stigmata, it would be too easy.
It’s just that Livi herself is going to try all the methods she can think of first, and then see if they work.
Since we have ready-made experimental samples in front of us, shouldn’t we make good use of them?
"Then, the next step is to try external stimulation..."
Livi tried every method she could think of, including fire, flooding, thunder and burial, trying to observe the changes and reactions of the imprint.
After a series of attempts, the engraving did not change in form and remained in the shape of an inverted cross.
"Well, it turns out that it is not affected by external stimuli. I always feel that it is more like attached to the soul than engraved on the body, but it is just manifested in the body in the form of appearance."
If I have to explain it, it is like some organ diseases will cause some spots to appear on the skin, such as the famous "liver palm", which looks like the skin of the palm is red, but in fact it is a disease in the liver.
The engraving on the surface is most likely just a manifestation of performance.
"Okay, now comes the final key..."
What happened before could only be considered as some observation tests at best, and what was to come was the highlight. Livi wanted to confirm... whether the mark on Equio's body also had the same properties as the stigmata.
As the saying goes, once is new, twice is familiar. With the previous experience of disassembling and studying the stigmata, this time is naturally easy. In addition, after all, the last time was on her own body, Livi had to be more careful.
There is no need to be so cautious this time...
...After repeated observations by Li Wei, she soon determined one thing
Sure enough, the imprints on this guy's body also showed two layers, the outside was covered with a layer of magic shell, which restricted the real imprints inside.
Of course, if this were not the case, Livi's Stigmata Seal·Modified would not have been able to have any effect on him. It can be said that from the moment this sealing technique took effect, it has been preliminarily determined that the Demon King's Seal has the same structure as the Stigmata.
But that's where the problem comes in.
"The divine arts outside my stigmata are of the 'hero' concept. It must be the Empire's doing..."
...Who tampered with the mark on the devil's body?
And if I am not mistaken about the concept that this external divine art has deconstructed, it is the "Demon King"...
"Tsk, if my 'hero' is a lie made up by the Empire, then it can't be that even the 'demon king' is fake, right?"
Although this seems ridiculous, it seems to be true...
"Wait a minute, if the hero and the demon king are both lying, this will be a big deal..."
Because at present, the divine arts outside the stigmata and the divine arts outside the Demon King's Mark are obviously a complete system.
In other words, it is very likely that they were written by the "same person"!
The hero is a lie made up by the empire. Could it be that even the so-called Demon King... is the same lie?
There are too many mysteries surrounding the hero and the Demon King. As for the relationship between the hero and the empire, many things can be deduced through previous speculations.
But the Demon King or the Demon Clan also has many secrets...
...The demons suddenly appeared in the Demon Realm a thousand years ago. Before that, no one knew how the demons came out.
The invasions of demon kings in previous generations were always repelled by the heroes, but after the demons retreated, the empire never sent troops to pursue them in an attempt to wipe them out completely...
…The blood feud accumulated over generations has turned the two sides into mortal enemies, creating a hero called the Brave and a common enemy called the Demon King.
Livi just couldn't be sure before, after all, she hadn't seen the Demon King's Mark yet, but now, she can be sure...
"...If the speculation about the hero is true, then the so-called Demon King... is also something created by the Empire!!!"
Chapter 66 If you can’t resolve the conflict, resolve the person who raised it
After disassembling the Demon King's Seal, the conclusion reached was that... there was indeed a layer of divine art outside the Demon King's Seal...
...And as expected, the concept of the divine art constructed outside the stigmata is "hero", and the concept of the divine art constructed outside the Demon King's seal is naturally "demon king".
The structures of the two sets of seals are exactly the same, and there is no doubt that they must have been created by the same person. So if the previous assumption is true, and the hero is a hero fabricated by the empire, then the so-called Demon King...
...Thinking of this together, the Empire's attitude towards the demons seems to have a new explanation.
The demons invaded the main continent time and time again, but the empire simply chose to cooperate with the heroes to repel them, and did not choose to go further and completely kill them in the demon realm to wipe them out.
The previous idea was that the Demon Realm was too remote. The journey from the main continent to the Demon Realm was thousands of miles long, and supplying troops along the way would become a problem. In addition, the Demon Realm itself was a small continent after all. A long-term battle in such an environment would be too exhausting for the empire.
Therefore, the empire did not choose to fight a decisive battle with the demons.
But think about it this way. If we don't eradicate the demons completely, we will have to endure the constant invasions of the demons again and again. The losses caused by the continuous invasions of the demons, plus the possibility that the demons will succeed in their invasion one day, will exceed the cost of eradicating the demons completely.
Therefore, if one has a little long-term vision, they will definitely make a similar attempt. Whether it will be successful or not is another matter. What about sending out an advance team of death squads to explore the way first?
The fact is that the Empire has never taken the initiative to attack the demons. This doesn't make sense, unless...
...Even the Demon King and the demons were deliberately nurtured by the Empire for its own benefit. After all, for now, the damage caused by the demons has rarely affected the Empire's homeland.
In most cases, the demon invasions only reached the vassal states of the empire, and at most they would only make it to the border of the empire before being pushed back.
The only ones who were truly hurt were the vassal states of the empire and the ordinary people living on the borders of the empire. The real rulers of the empire, those so-called noble lords, had never really been threatened by the demons.
There are contradictions within the empire, and the vassal states are constantly trying to overthrow the empire's rule. The people of the empire itself rely on the empire to suck blood from the vassal states, and their lives are better than those of the residents of the vassal states, but still very limited.
To say that you are satisfied with your life is nonsense. The huge class differences hide huge contradictions.
It is unrealistic to expect the empire to resolve this internal conflict on its own, because the reason why this conflict exists is the inevitable result of the empire's current system.
So if the conflict cannot be resolved, then solve the person who raised the problem, or divert the problem.
The invasion of the demons has become a very useful excuse and reason. In order to deal with the invasion of the demons, all humans need to unite as the first line of defense against the invasion of the demons. The five vassal states have also paid a huge price for this.
It is as if the empire regularly uses demon invasions as a tool to clear out the excess population within the empire and thereby create demand. War requires national mobilization, which will naturally generate huge demand, thereby opening up the market and creating wealth.
By the way, it can also weaken the power of the vassal states to ensure that they will never break away from the control of the empire. In addition, with the addition of the brave man, an artificially created hero, it is equivalent to mastering absolute military force.
In this way, a thousand-year-old empire was formed!
"..."
Livi had not come into contact with the Demon King's Seal before, so this was just a guess, but at this moment, it seems to have been confirmed.
"…Were all of them created by the Empire?"
It is no wonder that the Empire is so dismissive of Livi. After all, the invasion of the current demon clan has been repelled, and as a "hero", Livi has actually completed her "historical mission" for the Empire.
If she obediently serves as a violent tool for the empire to maintain its rule, the empire will certainly not mind giving her benefits and making her a part of the vested interests.
But if she had higher thoughts, there would be only one outcome.
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