The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Ming Fuluo met those calm sea-blue eyes. After a brief pause, she asked in shock: "Ansel, how...how...?"

How could... I recover so quickly!

Ming Furo felt it. She felt that Anser's originally exhausted ether was growing at an incredible speed. Even if there was a pile of ether magic crystals for Anser to absorb, it might not be so horribly efficient - the process of absorbing ether requires a method. Anser was just like throwing the materialized ether directly into his mouth, swallowing it, and then digesting it instantly!

But even if... even if Ansher can devour ether like this crazily, where on earth does such a huge amount of ether come from, as vast as the ocean... for him to devour?

The corners of Hydra's mouth slowly lifted up, and on his handsome face appeared that malicious and cruel smile that had not been seen for a long time, which was not concealed at all.

Ming Fuluo saw that Anser at this moment made her feel strange, yet strangely... familiar. She was not even frightened by the malice Anser showed at this moment, but just felt dazed.

This kind of Anser seems... to be Anser as well.

Such a thought emerged in her mind.

Then, Ming Furo felt the call from Ansher and the endless ether that was as surging as the sea.

"A Luo, I told you."

The devil whispered in Ming Fuluo's ear:

“I want to win.”

At the same time, Hitana on the ground looked at the extraordinary people who broke out of the defense line and fought with the dragons, her mouth wide open and she still hasn't closed it.

She never expected Ansher to do this, and she didn't know how Ansher, who was running out of energy, could fight against the monster in the distance.

But now Anser was gone, and no matter how distressed she was, it was useless. Miss Wolf, who had originally planned to attract all the dragons away by herself to buy time for Anser, looked very discouraged.

In the end... I still couldn't help Anser at all.

Thinking of this, even though she was almost exhausted, Hitana still dragged her exhausted body and rushed towards the chaotic defense line.

Anyway, the most dangerous dragon species has been annihilated by Anther in one blow, and the remaining ones can't threaten me. If I can't help Anther... then at least I have to carry out my actions to the end!

Even so, considering that Anser must not worry too much, Hitana did not fight alone anymore, but acted together with the extraordinary people, ensuring her own safety to the greatest extent while continuing to resist the dragon disaster.

"Lord Hydra... you are so terrifying. No one in the empire could have taken that blow just now, right?"

"Idiot, humans are not mad dragons. Even if you were an idiot, you would have turned and run away after seeing the scene of Lord Hydra."

“That being said… it’s pretty terrifying, isn’t it? It directly evaporated seven or eight fifth-level dragons. It’s simply… Tsk tsk tsk tsk.”

While exhaustingly slaughtering the dragon, Hitana also heard the idle chatter of the extraordinary people. Their current discussion basically revolved around Anser's devastating blow and... the harvest.

"That's a shame. If there were a few more bodies left, we might be able to get a piece of the pie."

"Speaking of getting a piece of the pie...what's going on with the city of Sodom? It seems to be in complete chaos now. That bastard Susilun doesn't care about anything at all. The whole city is full of extraordinary people running around."

"Who knows? After we finish this job, we can just go back to Donggang and sell it. There are a lot of rich people there."

"But the price of Sodom's dragon materials is really much higher..."

"Nonsense, if the prices weren't so high, why would so many people be crowded in that small town?"

As she listened, Sitana's movements suddenly became slower and slower.

Sodom, a small town filled with extraordinary people...

The next moment, she suddenly shifted her gaze towards the sky. Even though it was very far away, with her eyesight, she could still see the dark steel demon that appeared in front of the bloody crack from which the ferocious monster crawled out!

Not only her, many other extraordinary people also discovered the reappearance of the Deus Ex Machina.

"Shit...So what the hell is that rift? I just saw something crawling out of it!"

"You might as well say that after launching that attack just now, Master Hydra still had the energy to summon the Deus Ex Machina... Is it possible that this monster's ether can't be used up completely?"

Inexhaustible Ether...

Fragmented memories suddenly flashed through Hitana's mind, some very subtle and seemingly unrelated memories.

Refining life, resisting burning, ether, a city full of extraordinary beings...

At this moment, Xitana felt a chill running down her spine and piercing her skull.

She turned around almost instantly and ran towards the legendary formation behind the line.

Sitana, whose pupils had shrunk to the extreme, couldn't believe what she was thinking, but... but if, if that was true...

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Sodom is still prosperous... Although it is now in chaos to the point where order has almost collapsed, it is still "prosperous".

Even if there are fights among extraordinary people every day, even if there is competition every day... so what? As long as the market is still there, there will be endless stream of extraordinary people coming.

Today, Sodom is still the most prosperous city in the Western Kingdom. Nearly one-tenth of the empire's permanent population of extraordinary people are gathered in one city. This is probably an unprecedented grand scene.

"You told me this is the magic crystal of Oaken Black Wolf? You bastard... you actually cheated me with a substandard product!"

On a trading street in Sodom, a transcendent from a shop suddenly flew out, grabbed a buyer who had just walked a short distance away, and pinned him to the ground, saying with a ferocious expression: "You traded this kind of trash for a dragon pupil of mine. Have you ever died before?"

None of the passers-by offered help. Instead, most of them watched the show with glee. In Sodom, a city where the vast majority of people are simply pursuing profit, fraud, looting, and even killing have become the norm.

The face of the strangled extraordinary person gradually turned red, and a ball of fire exploded from his palm, blasting the seller away, and then he turned around and fled.

laugh--

However, the next second, a flying steel knife cut off his head directly. The seller who was blown away spat on the ground, patted the scabbard to take the flying knife back, strode to the corpse with an unhappy face, and prepared to start collecting his spoils.

However, as soon as he reached the corpse, he suddenly screamed:

"What the hell is this!"

Passersby subconsciously turned their heads to look, and then their expressions also became extremely shocked.

That corpse... is actually melting!

No, it wasn't melting, but it seemed to be transformed into something, being disassembled and dissolved bit by bit from flesh and blood, and turned into... turned into...

"ether?"

Some passers-by murmured this subconsciously.

For the extraordinary people, this is something they are very familiar with - this is their blood, the source of their power, ether.

But...how could the corpse inexplicably turn into ether?

As if to answer their question, the next second, someone suddenly fell straight to the ground.

His face still had the same puzzled expression as before, but a big hole had been pierced in his chest.

The entire trading street fell into deathly silence.

And in the dead silence, the shadow that shouldn't have moved slowly, slowly moved, and then... began the slaughter.

Not leaving a single person alive, the purest massacre.

And this massacre did not just start on this street. In Sodom, in every corner of this sinful city, the extremely crazy and cruel massacre... officially began!

At the highest point of Sodom, the frail girl sitting in a wheelchair slowly took off her mask.

She stood up and opened her arms, closed her eyes, and breathed slowly, breathing in the madness and blood on the wind.

And...the sweetness of ether.

When you raise your sight to the sky, you can find that an extremely huge...alchemical array has emerged on the land where Sodom is located!

"This is indeed a mission that only I can accomplish."

The enchanting black lines on the woman's left cheek slowly wriggled, like growing thorns.

"Sinners."

She opened her eyes and cast a compassionate gaze towards Sodom, which had become a slaughterhouse and purgatory.

"Give everything to Mr. Anser."

Marina murmured as if she had been inspired by God, kissing the ring on her ring finger.

Chapter 1.5: Heroes and Mortals ()

Shadows turned into living creatures, and sharp blades swept through the shadows, reaping lives in Sodom, which had turned into a Shura purgatory.

It was not just Marina who controlled the shadows who started the massacre. All members of Shadow Swamp had gathered here, using various means to carry out indiscriminate and pure killing in this territory where extraordinary people gathered.

The vast majority of fifth-level extraordinary people do not need the so-called market to collect or sell dragon materials. Most of them slaughter dragons on the defense line, or simply do not come to the Western Country.

And this city without a fifth-level extraordinary person will only become a killing field under the knife of Shadow Marsh.

Some people chopped off the heads of people around them in rage, some killed merchants in secret, stole their wealth and ran away, some wanted to escape from this crazy city immediately, and some were trying to unite with other extraordinary people to fight against the ubiquitous shadows and sharp blades.

But no matter what they did, whether they got into a fight out of suspicion and greed, or tried to escape out of fear and panic, even if they mustered up the courage to face the enemy head-on, the final result would only be to become nourishment, to become... food.

Under the witch's seemingly compassionate but actually ruthless gaze, everything was heading towards the destruction and death she expected.

"Miss Marina...." A mature female voice that sounded a little unnatural sounded behind Marina. "So far, everything is normal with the entire alchemy formation."

"That's not what I want so far, dear Ms. Rhine."

The woman turned her head and looked at the ragdoll cat squatting on the ground obediently. Her dark eyes flashed with a dangerous cold light that made the cat's hair stand on end: "I want it from beginning to end."

"It won't be too late to claim credit after everything is settled, right?"

"……Yes."

Faced with Marina's indifference, Rhine, who had been giving orders to Marina as a superior not long ago, now lowered his proud head deeply, and his gem-like cat eyes concealed a strong...confusion.

I don't understand how this woman who is entangled in the abyss can do it.

How on earth did she manage to become Ansir's vessel, and how did she not be abandoned by Ansir? More importantly...how on earth did she take advantage of this opportunity to get the ring?

How did she know that Anser would face this dilemma and prepare such a perfect response in advance?

Is this reasonable? No matter how absurd the dream is, it is impossible for it to develop into this situation.

But that was the fact. The woman before him, looking down at the killing field in purgatory as if she was looking at her own masterpiece, with her madness... turned the impossible into possible.

——The madness of sacrificing one-tenth of the empire's extraordinary people and countless magic crystal coefficients.

Ether magic crystals and gold coins are the two major hard currencies of the empire. As the largest dragon material trading market, the amount of ether magic crystals circulating in Sodom is so huge that it cannot be increased. In addition, the population of the entire territory has reached nearly one-tenth of the extraordinary people in the empire... and everything is regarded as food.

He transcended his frail body and soul, transcended his ordinary talents and qualifications, and with pure madness, he created this purgatory that was beyond everyone's imagination.

Therefore, Rhine only felt puzzled but not unwilling.

It knew very well that it would never be able to match this madness and insanity with its determination. If the price of becoming the Devourer's Leader was to be entangled in madness and abyss like Marina, then Rhine would rather give up this opportunity.

"I will continue to maintain the operation of the refining array, and everything will be as you and Lord Anser wish."

——In fact, until now, Rhine still feels confused and even dazed that the fight between it and the crow has come to an end.

The crow is an ultimate masterpiece born from the biological alchemy spell transformed by Flamel himself, and it is an extremely rare, self-awakened monster on this land... They have been fighting openly and secretly under Anther for more than three years, fighting for that position and that ring. They have made countless contributions and achievements for Anther, but now... they have been defeated by a country girl from the countryside?

More importantly, Marina Lancemalos... this woman is totally worthless compared to her sister! She has no talent, no ability, no qualifications, and is laughably weak in the path of transcendence. The last Shadow Crow in Shadow Swamp only allowed her to reach the third level.

But such a... mediocre person eventually became Hydra's right-hand man and an indispensable [beast] among the many heads of the abyss monsters.

Apart from that shocking madness, how did this woman achieve a victory that is unattainable by anyone in the world and comparable to the extraordinary talents of those two young ladies?

“…Has it already started?”

Suddenly, Marina whispered as if she sensed something, and then glanced at Rhine who was sitting obediently.

"Go collect the cores, Ms. Rhine. And... Lord Raven, please speed up and bring all the magic crystals that have been collected."

The shadow that was raging wildly in the territory city temporarily stopped its sharp blade of harvesting. The storage props of the dead extraordinary people and the large amount of inventory locked in the safe... were stored in various places. They seemed to be perfectly hidden, but in fact they had been locked in the magic crystal storage. At this moment, they were plundered at a high speed and sent to the deepest part of this city of killing and sin.

In the long copper-colored passage, a woman in an elegant black dress walked forward slowly and steadily. The dim light shone on her profile which was covered with enchanting black lines, giving people the illusion that the lines were twisting and growing.

At the end of the passage is a huge open area. In the center of the area stands a huge round transparent vessel. This vessel is made by special means and can hold all the condensed ether. The ether contained is so dense that it is almost liquefied, and it is gathering and growing at a speed visible to the naked eye every minute and every second.

Shadow Swamp's killing efficiency is commendable, which is also closely related to the strategy set by Marina.

It's not just about swinging the butcher knife, using magic to stimulate the extraordinary people into a frenzy of slaughter, planting traitors among the extraordinary people to incite emotions, and burying highly lethal alchemical tools throughout the city...

Dangerous alchemical explosives, horrific lethal poison gas, various etheric firearms, cruel spells that are considered taboo... As long as it can kill, as long as it can destroy, as long as these lives that are insignificant in her eyes can be transformed into ether that can support Anser in the shortest time, Marina will do it.

And the dangerous department of Shadow Marsh has a considerable stock of these things.

When this woman who, in a moment of thought, indifferently sent one-tenth of the empire's extraordinary people into the Shura Field came to the vessel, a shadow appeared from the side and turned into a crow as black as ink.

Hua Hua Hua——

The crow did not speak, it just gently flapped a wing, and countless magic crystals poured out from the shadows and piled up into a mountain in just a few seconds!

"We have collected nearly one-third of the magic crystals in the city."