Demon God?

Chapter 67 Demon God?

Bangal is a well-known metropolis located at the intersection of Blacksor Tower Wizarding Academy and Ivory Castle Wizarding Academy in District 12 of the Seventh Ring. Merchants, knights, and adventurers flock to the city, which is filled with an atmosphere of compatibility, inclusiveness, and exploration.

This is an open city, whose status and importance are in no way inferior to those famous and renowned seaports.

In the Wizarding Continent, there are often two types of places where dark wizards thrive.

One is a sparsely populated, uninhabited area, and the other is a place located at the intersection of two major powers.

The border areas between powerful factions are a melting pot of all sorts of people, and the nobles there are mostly descendants of wizards from different factions, often accompanied by some historical conflicts, making it a good place for some dark wizards.

Green sat in the tavern at the gate of Bangal, like a statue, watching the endless stream of pedestrians coming and going, occasionally taking a sip of fine wine.

This tavern wasn't one of those cheap taverns frequented by wandering knights; Green was in an elegant standard private room, so no one paid any attention to him.

Suddenly, Green's eyes narrowed.

"Finally out."

Green put down his glass and stood up, his eyes darting towards the familiar faces on the street.

The bear, the iron axe, the iron hammer, and the cobra were all there, along with three new faces. The seven wandering knights walked around a luxurious carriage toward the city gates.

Green had been keeping an eye on this tavern for over twenty days. Three days ago, after the knights and the little girl in the carriage entered the city stealthily, Green only investigated briefly and didn't dare to go too far.

Otherwise, if there really is a gathering place for dark wizards in the city, Green would be like a lamb among wolves.

However, in the past few days, now that it has been confirmed that none of the little girl's attendants are in any danger, Green has come up with a plan.

With a smirk to himself, Green's face contorted slightly before transforming into a different expression. He calmly left the tavern and secretly followed the little girl's carriage. With Green's keen sense of smell, he easily trailed the carriage several hundred meters behind, making it impossible for the knights to detect him.

"Let's see what these guys are up to, going back and forth like this!"

With that in mind, Green was no longer in a hurry to act.

After wandering aimlessly for five days, Green, who was following the caravan, noticed through his sniff that the little girl's carriage ahead had suddenly stopped and hadn't moved forward for a long time.

Green carefully concealed himself and slowly crept over.

"Ah...you bunch of murderous robbers..."

A desperate howl rang out, and then Green emerged from a ditch in a field, just in time to see the cobra mercilessly killing a village woman.

Immediately afterward, the cobra killed the crying baby in the village woman's arms without batting an eye, displaying a ruthless and bloodthirsty demeanor.

Green's pupils contracted.

"What... what happened? Don't dark wizards usually capture large numbers of civilians for their witchcraft experiments? Why did they just kill this guy?"

Years of wizarding life had already made Grimm cold-blooded, but seeing the aimless killing of human civilians with the sole purpose of destruction still stirred a trace of anger in his heart.

Even if it were a dark wizard capturing a large number of civilians for dark magic experiments, Green, from a wizard's perspective, could understand it, though he didn't agree with it. However, such indiscriminate killing of innocent people truly angered Green.

Ultimately, the foundation of the wizarding world lies in these ordinary people. Without them, it won't be long before the wizarding world has no fresh blood left.

In his anger, Green witnessed an unbelievable scene.

After killing the woman and child, the cobra took out a black stone-like object from its clothes. After shaking it gently twice, a subtle energy fluctuation appeared.

"This fluctuation must be a soul fluctuation. Is the cobra absorbing the souls of these humans?"

Green's breathing became rapid; perhaps this time he had truly discovered some incredible secret.

Even a wizarding apprentice like Grimm could only use souls in a simplified way, so there's no reason why a knight could have the ability to collect souls.

"Cobra, how much have you got?"

At this moment, Green finally saw the little girl who had hired them to come to the city of Bangal. However, this little girl, who was just an ordinary human, was now shrouded in a hazy gray aura, an aura of negative energy that black wizards also possessed.

Green could hardly believe his eyes.

"To become a dark wizard apprentice in such a short time? That's impossible! You must know that the reason a wizard is powerful, regardless of the region or the wizard at all, is inseparable from the most fundamental thing: the accumulation of knowledge. This is the foundation of a wizard's power!"

While trying to defend himself, Green was also shocked by the facts presented to him by the little girl.

Suddenly, something occurred to Green: "Could it be that this little girl, like the dark wizard I killed earlier, is some kind of strange thing that relies on negative energy to enhance her physical abilities and simplify the application of energy? She can't even use the most basic leverage power of a wizard. A hundred of these useless guys would be slapped to death by a proper wizard."

Indeed, even considering the magic power controlled by Green's mental energy at this moment, without the application of leverage, an attack of 10 degrees would be the maximum.

These dark wizard-like beings, while possessing some peculiarities in the application of negative energy and having undergone some physical enhancements, can only utilize energy up to around 20 degrees Celsius, and their future growth potential is extremely limited.

At least from the perspective of wizards in the wizarding world, there is indeed little room for growth.

What power creates such a monster in such a short time, a dark wizard?

After analyzing the situation for a moment using his own wisdom, Green slowly shook his head in rejection.

Dark wizards pursue their own dominance at the top of the food chain through slaughter, and they seek the profound meaning of life and death. They wouldn't waste their time on something as short-sighted and boring as the little girl in front of them.

Even if a dark wizard wanted to collect human souls, the safest way would be to simply find a place similar to Green's hometown, East Coral Island, and wipe out any town with large-scale witchcraft. This would be much more efficient and faster.

Green thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of creature created these strange dark wizards who resembled little girls. In any case, it was definitely not a legitimate dark wizard.

In any case, those who can fall into becoming dark wizards are at least among the elite ranks of wizards whose intelligence is not too bad. Such strange things are absolutely unworthy of the intellectual achievements of dark wizards.

call……

Green breathed a sigh of relief.

In short, whoever created these strange dark wizards, their intelligence and knowledge couldn't be very high.

In the wizarding world, a lack of high intelligence means a lack of great power, and without great power, what does Grimm have to worry about?

Even if Grenlink were to spend a lot of time and effort creating his own minions, although the number would not be large due to time, energy, and resources constraints, it would still be far superior to these second-rate dark wizards.

While Green was lost in thought, the little girl left the village with the bear, cobra, and other wandering knights, leaving behind only cold corpses.

Green, like a ghost walking in the darkness, continued to hang behind these people.

Four days later.

Another village, another massacre. But this time it was different. Green sneaked over quietly, and a fake cobra quickly took his place. The reason he chose the cobra as his replacement was because he was a man of few words, which would make it the least likely for Green to be exposed.

Holding the black stone in his hand, Green, with all his knowledge, had absolutely no idea what it was.

However, judging from the faint soul fluctuations emanating from the stone, Green estimated that there were definitely no fewer than ten people.

Before a wizard apprentice is promoted to a full wizard, his soul is just like that of an ordinary person. In other words, the number of souls contained in this stone is already equal to that of more than a dozen Grimm souls.

"Cobra, how much have you caught here?"

The little girl walked over, her hands still stained with blood, but she looked excited.

Green glanced at the black stone and said in a deep voice, "Thirteen now, Miss."

With both his voice and tone, Green managed to fool everyone; the little girl had no knowledge of cobras whatsoever.

After thinking for a while, the little girl jumped up with joy, looking just like a child who had just received candy.

"Great! With yours, we've finally collected a hundred souls. I'll go to the Demon God and make a wish to get rid of this unpleasant gray aura. And next time, I'll collect another five hundred souls, and I'll become an even more powerful wizard apprentice!"

Green sneered inwardly. This is just what you consider a wizard apprentice. Without applying the rules of leverage, what kind of wizard apprentice are you?

Demon God?

What is this thing? Could it be some ancient wizard from the wizarding world?

but……

The wizarding world is very averse to words like "god" because in the subconscious of wizards, it represents superstition, ignorance, and stupidity. No wizard would want to add the word "god" after their name or nickname, not even an arrogant and ignorant wizarding apprentice!

Moreover, this so-called demon god, since it is called a god, its power level should not be too weak. Why make these guys who are not even wizard apprentices do such a trivial matter as collecting souls?

There's something fishy about this.

Green played the role of the cobra, following the young lady, Bear, Hammer, Axe, and three other unknown wandering knights back to Bangal City. Along the way, the others did not suspect the silent cobra at all.

A grand noble estate in the city of Banjar.

After passing through layers of secret guards, all ordinary knights, until they reached the entrance to this underground hall, Grimm narrowed his eyes and saw two more "dark wizard" guards.

The two dark wizard guards were far stronger than the little girl in front of them; the energy attacks they could unleash were at least around 30 degrees.

Of course, this would also be like the previous "Black Wizard," where no leverage rules were applied.

However, these "dark wizards" do not seem to possess magic, the unique energy of wizards, so they cannot apply magic leverage. The methods they use are nothing more than their powerful bodies and the crude application of negative energy, which is such a crude and unacceptable way of applying energy in the eyes of any wizard.

"Wait! The Demon God is currently meeting with other believers."

A "dark wizard" guard stopped Green and his group. The little girl didn't say anything and waited in place.

A moment later, a young "dark wizard" who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old appeared. The intense negative energy emanating from him was almost as strong as that of the two guards, far exceeding that of the little girl in front of Green.

At this moment, the little boy, "Black Wizard," had eyes full of excitement and madness, like a newly independent, bloodthirsty wolf cub. He led several strong, wandering knights behind him without even glancing at Green and his companions, and left the underground hall.

"Let's go inside."

The little girl sounded a bit annoyed, probably provoked by the little boy's arrogance.

In the grand underground palace, a "mirror" more than ten meters high stands like a vertical water curtain, and a strange and unknown energy fluctuation emanates from the narrow space, making the entire hall feel as if it is in a spatial fragment connected to the wizarding world.

The hall was filled with all sorts of strange and wonderful energy fluctuations, including fluctuations of spatial distortion, fluctuations of negative emotions, fluctuations of the soul, fluctuations of the possible void, and some energy fluctuations that Green had never encountered before.

"Believer, what do you want in return, and what are you willing to give in exchange?"

Suddenly, a solemn, dignified, and majestic voice emanated from the mirror screen, causing Green's pupils to shrink.

An irregular elemental creature, resembling a giant black flame, appeared on the giant mirror. It was speaking to the little girl in a language that was not standard from the wizarding world. Within the black flame were two eyes with azure flames, as if they could see into a soul.

(End of this chapter)