Eternal Night

Chapter 121 The Will of the Castlevania
"...Sir, I am the most knowledgeable person in the Demon Castle, no, the most knowledgeable monster!"

The skull kept talking incessantly. It hadn't stopped since it entered the sewer.

Because it is afraid!

Wu Xianxiao was injured, and obviously seriously injured. As for how serious his injury was, Skull couldn't guess.

This is the most terrifying thing!

If this kind of strong and ruthless person behaves well when he is not injured, his life will basically not be in danger. But after he is injured, he will take advantage of you as his food in a moment!

The skull was about to continue talking nonsense, when Wu Xianxiao suddenly asked, "That robot commander just now...was it a mecha from the future or something?"

The skull was stunned, and immediately replied: "No, sir, it is a super ancient life alchemy mecha."

Wu Xianxiao hummed, and the skull immediately said obediently: "This is something that the dark magician fished out from the graveyard after the current Demon King ascended the throne. It is said to have existed in a very long time ago, a time that is completely untraceable. It is a half-life, half-mecha creation made by special rituals. So it is intelligent and can become a demon, but it also has technological characteristics. For example, the self-explosion just now is actually a kind of extraordinary power, so the power is so huge."

"Super ancient?"

Wu Xianxiao had just subconsciously asked about the mecha, but when the skull told him about its origin, he really became interested and asked, "What is the so-called super-ancient time? Doesn't Demon City have extraordinary people from all timelines from ancient times to the present?"

The skull paused for a moment, then continued to float forward. It said, "No, this is actually a misunderstanding. In other words, it is a fact that only the top leaders of various forces and at least divine hero-level extraordinary people know..."

"Our era is already the sixth reincarnation."

Charlotte and Mary were both stunned, and Mary immediately retorted: "Nonsense, the forbidden book clearly said that the singularity technology of the last technological era led to the appearance of Demon City, and the singularity technology of this era and the future led to the appearance of the Apocalypse Titan. How can there be six reincarnations?"

The skull said flatly: "Your forbidden code is incomplete. The complete version of the forbidden code was lost in the third reincarnation. It was also in the third reincarnation that your god no longer responded to any of your prayers and calls. So since then, your forbidden code has been artificially completed generation after generation, but it was lost again at the end of each reincarnation, and then continued to be completed. So the forbidden code you see now is incomplete."

Both Charlotte and Mary wanted to refute, but they didn't know how to refute.

The skull said at this time: "The so-called Demon City contains all the extraordinary things from ancient times to the present. In fact, it refers to the time period from the early days of the Age of Gods to the end of our era. The previous era, the era before that, and the era before that are not there. The past of these eras is buried deep in the graveyard. The earlier the era, the deeper it is buried."

Wu Xianxiao said nothing, but walked forward silently. The skull followed behind him like a lackey, and continued: "The Great Dark Mage is very interested in the creations and knowledge of the ancient times. It is the only one that can go deep into the tomb. It is very terrifying inside. Even the Great Dark Mage has perished several times. It is no longer the original one now."

The skull was afraid that Wu Xianxiao didn't understand, so it quickly said, "The Great Dark Mage replicated his consciousness in the form of an algorithm based on future technology. Every time his body died, his consciousness would occupy the dark body he created and then revive. However, this was no longer his original self, and he never tired of it, constantly digging deeper into the underground tomb area. One was this life mecha, and the other was the bronze minotaur."

Wu Xianxiao, Charlotte and Mary didn't react.

The skull head chuckled and said, “Don’t underestimate this minotaur, everyone. This is not the minotaur of our era, but the bronze-blooded minotaur of the last era. According to the excavation of the Dark Grand Mage, it once told me that the Age of Gods in the last era never ended. From the beginning to the end, it was always in the Age of Gods, and the gods never disappeared. However, there was still a rise and fall of chaos in the last era. When the chaos was at its strongest and the extraordinary was the most powerful, it was called the Golden Age, followed by the Silver Age, and then the Bronze, Black Iron, Gray Tin…”

"The bronze minotaur bleeds bronze blood, which is the blood of the gods. The golden blood belongs only to the main gods, the silver blood belongs only to the noblest gods, and the sons of gods and demigods all have bronze blood. This minotaur is not the minotaur that has become a monster in our time, but the son of gods, the offspring of gods, and a demigod-level transcendent. However, because its era has passed, and it was reborn from the chaos condensed body of the Demon City, it is no longer as powerful as the son of gods."

Wu Xianxiao hummed in agreement.

After all, if it really is a so-called god, demigod, son of God or something like that, his current strength is probably not enough to defeat such a terrifying existence.

But the skull didn't say anything.

Even though the Bronze Tauren was no longer as powerful as his true status, he was still not a match for the ordinary bloodline heroes. Apart from anything else, his bronze body could be called perfect, with a naturally strong defense. Even the puppeteer's messy defense amplification stacking was far inferior to the Bronze Tauren's own defense. The perfect bronze body was called copper skin and iron bones, which could exempt or reduce almost all damage. The perfect silver body could be invulnerable to all things, and the final perfect gold body was said to be able to be reborn with a drop of blood.

It’s just that the Bronze Minotaur was ordered by the Demon King and the Dark Mage not to go out, so he is not well-known in the outside world.

The real powerful Skull knows it well.

The skull estimated their current location and knew that they were not far from the cemetery. What it feared most was reaching the cemetery, or being chopped to pieces by Wu Xianxiao after entering the cemetery. This would be a great injustice for it, who cherished its life.

So it desperately thought about how to save itself and how to survive. Then it said, "Sir, do you know why I say the devil is the savior?"

Wu Xianxiao immediately responded with three answers: "I don't know, I don't care, don't say anything."

The skull was choked, but he didn't dare to disobey. He could only laugh dryly and said, "What does the lord want to know? I will tell you everything I know."

Wu Xianxiao asked as he walked, "Are there any commander-level monsters like the Minotaur in Demon City? I mean the kind that are good at close combat and have unparalleled defense."

The skull immediately said, "Yes, there are, but none of them are as strong as the bronze minotaur. The only one stronger than the bronze minotaur is the Demon King. However, the Demon King is in the Demon King's Hall and will not come out easily."

Hearing this, Wu Xianxiao felt a little relieved. He thought for a moment and asked again, "You are the leader of the library area? Then why don't you attack the shelter...safe area in the library?"

The skull said seriously, "Because I don't like fighting and killing. In comparison, I prefer all kinds of novel information, intelligence, decryption, and knowledge. At first, I mainly hunted those extraordinary people to obtain intelligence, but this was too inefficient. Then a team came to the library. The captain of that team told me a new way. That is, he bought a piece of territory in the library, about three rooms, and then he had a way to build it into a safe zone that could resist chaos pollution, and then split the profits with me 30% and 70%. The money I got can be used to directly buy various information."

"This man was very eloquent and convinced me. I also wanted to try this method to see if it was feasible. It turned out to be a great success. Now I don't need to hunt extraordinary people anymore. The 30% share of the safe zone is enough for me to buy any intelligence and knowledge I want."

Hearing this, Wu Xianxiao once again sighed that Hao Cheng's captain was truly a talented person. He had turned a horror adventure game into a construction and development game. The key point was that he had succeeded in it. He could upgrade the level of the shelter just by sitting. This was a direction for shelter construction that Wu Xianxiao had never thought of.

I can't accept it!

Wu Xianxiao asked again: "I heard that their captain and two team members disappeared and were dragged into the demon world. Do you know about this?"

The skull paused and said, "Well, I know, because they broke a taboo... and escaped from the graveyard area."

Wu Xianxiao stopped and looked at the skull and said, "What do you mean? Explain clearly, what does it mean to escape? Otherwise, is it possible to walk out safely?"

The skull looked at Wu Xianxiao and said, "Yes, come out... The graveyard is the echo of the past demon castles, and the afterimage of the distant past. It is not just the demon castle of our era, but the history buried since its birth. All the collapsed demon castles of the past can be encountered in it. Its volume is ten, a hundred, a thousand times larger than the current demon castle. Even... the dark magician once said that the volume of the past demon castles in the graveyard is larger than the entire world."

"Those who enter will encounter different halls based on cause and effect, or their own nature. Although there are shallow, middle, and deep levels, there will always be a special hall waiting for you every time you enter, whether it's the shallow Hall of the Past Demon King, or some special Hall of Commanders, such as the Death God in the Castlevania of our time, or the Hall of the Dark Grand Mage."

"Entering the tomb is your own choice. The moment you step in, you have signed the covenant of cause and effect. You must pass through that hall, no matter if it is through wisdom, strength, or even eloquence. Only after passing through this hall will you be allowed to leave. Otherwise, the mark of chaos emanating from the demon world will instantly activate and drag you into chaos."

The skull paused, then looked towards the graveyard in the distance and said, "Those people who set up the safe zone used unknown methods to escape from the graveyard. This was a trick, but it was also blasphemy. At that moment, it angered the Demon City itself, and they were in immediate trouble!"

The skull said to Wu Xianxiao in a very serious tone: "Devil City itself has its own will. Although no one knows what the will of Demon City is and where it comes from, the Demon King has mentioned more than once that even he cannot change the will of Demon City. So, sir, even if you know all this, you still have to..."

"Step into that graveyard area?"

(End of this chapter)