The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 907 The Cursed Demon Empire
There is a clear dividing line between the Natural Federation and the Cursed Demon Empire.

Along this dividing line, the legions from the Natural Federation have turned almost every world into a fortress world.

The war fortresses of the Tree Spirits and the Machine Spirits resembled monsters entrenched on the plains, with vast rivers rushing between them, each teeming with sea beasts raised by the Tide Spirits.

On the other side of the online world lies the world of the Cursed Demon Empire.

The Cursed Demon Empire has long been the aggressor, so their world has almost no fortresses. All that exists are ravenous, bloodthirsty slave legions and relentless slave factories.

Richard crossed the dividing line, but instead of directly contacting the cursed demon, he quietly observed the demon's world in an extremely concealed manner.

His entire impression of the Cursed Demons came from the Natural Federation. However, as a civilization that had fought against the Cursed Demons for a long time, its internal concepts were somewhat biased.

So Richard decided to see this mysterious empire for himself.

In the astral plane, Richard, controlling the Overmind puppet, silently approached the small world.

He was still on the border of the Cursed Demons, but the world he was observing was more normal than the world on the front lines.

The Supreme Being's puppet has many functions, and in addition to its combat function, its stealth function is also outstanding.

This is why, even after being in the hands of the Sage of Elixir for so long, the Sage of Elixir still couldn't discover its secrets.

With this characteristic, the Overlord Puppet can even disguise itself as a meteorite, silently deceiving the world barrier and entering the world's interior.

If it weren't for the extreme scarcity of the core materials for the Overlord Puppet, Richard would have wanted to build an entire Overlord Puppet squad.

This small team doesn't need to be large; a dozen or so people would suffice. With this ability to bypass world barriers, disrupting the worlds devoured by civilization devourers couldn't be easier for them.

Getting back to the main point, under Richard's control, the Overlord Puppet disguised itself as a meteorite and silently entered the world's interior.

This is a world with a water element imbalance, and countless broken islands and boundless oceans are common features of such a world.

However, Richard did not see such a scene in this world.

All he could see in this world was the sea, the boundless sea.

Richard, observing this scene, froze in place. The four elements are the foundation for building a world; a world with only three elements does not exist.

There is only one possibility that he did not see the islands: that some creature deliberately destroyed or moved them.

"interesting."

Richard stroked his chin, then vanished behind the veil, silently touring the world. This tour proved significant; he soon discovered the whereabouts of the missing islands.

At the heart of this world lies a vast, verdant continent.

In a world where the water element is imbalanced, the appearance of such a continent, coupled with the fact that Richard has not found any trace of an island along the way.

Without a doubt, this continent is the product of the Cursed Demon gathering all the small islands together.

Richard observed this artificial continent, which was lush and green, with almost no trace of civilization.

The reason for saying "almost" is that at the center of this man-made continent lies a colossal Aztec pyramid. This pyramid is entirely constructed of stone, with each brick engraved with mysterious symbols.

On the flat top of the pyramid, Richard spotted something that resembled an altar. On this altar, Richard sensed an extremely dense, mysterious power.

Its concentration is comparable to a single page of the Book of Miracles.

It's important to understand that if the Miracle Codex were classified according to the level of magical equipment, it would at least be at the Truth level. The fact that a sacrificial altar in any random world of the Cursed Demon Empire could be compared to fragments of Truth-level magical equipment is truly baffling.

"No, it's definitely not just an altar."

Richard's puppet body twitched slightly, and a faint holy light suddenly shone from its body.

Within the holy light, a pair of fleshy eyes suddenly sprouted from the puppet's body—Richard's soul had not broken through its limits, so his soul could not achieve a unity of spirit and flesh with the puppet's body. To use the abilities of his original body, he still had to rely on his fleshy eyes.

With his naked eyes, Richard's gaze fell upon the pyramid.

……

Tupac felt somewhat uneasy today.

The Cursed Demons are a race with highly sensitive intuition, and the gifted among them may even be able to see fragments of the future with the aid of rituals.

Therefore, restlessness is not a good sign for a cursed demon.

"Yote!"

Tupaca took a small scarecrow from the shelf next to him and shouted at it.

The next moment, a scarecrow dressed in colorful clothes and wearing a wooden mask rushed into the room.

"Lord Tupaca, what are your orders?"

"Prepare five thousand, no, prepare ten thousand clay slaves, one thousand blue stone slaves and ten white stone slaves, I am going to perform a sacrificial divination."

The scarecrow, called Yote, was somewhat taken aback upon hearing Tupac's request.

"My lord, we have plenty of clay slaves, but we don't have many white stone slaves left. If you are going to perform divination, we won't have enough slaves for the grand ceremony two months from now."

"not enough!?"

Upon hearing Yote say that there weren't enough slaves, Tupat's voice suddenly rose.

"How can we not have enough slaves?! Yote, who is stealing my property?!"

Yote's voice sounded somewhat helpless upon hearing this.

"Lord Tupat, no one is stealing your property. Have you forgotten that His Majesty the Emperor recently levied a war tax on us?"
Although our war tax is less than that of those wealthy, blood-soaked people in the interior, it is still a considerable expense.” Listening to Yote’s explanation, Tupat’s unease grew even stronger.

His intuition told him that something was about to happen, something that would directly change his destiny.

"no!"

Tupat made the decision.

"Get the slaves ready. I'm about to perform a divination ceremony. This year's grand ceremony... I can always borrow some slaves from that guy Tupar."

Seeing that Tupat had made a decision, Yote said nothing more.

He was merely a clerk, a steward-like figure. His only duty was to remind his master of any decisions he made.

Now that his master has made his decision, he has no choice but to obey.

"I'll go prepare right away. When would you like to hold the ceremony?"

Tupat stood up, and suddenly several straws sprouted from his body. These straws tangled together, forming a complex knot.

Tupat looked at the knot and immediately said, "The sooner the better! Hurry! Yote, I need to perform the sacrifice right away!"

Sacrifice is a sacred matter for the cursed demon. Regardless of the purpose of the sacrifice, the process must be strictly observed, and there can be no negligence.

As the chief priest, Tupat donned his priestly attire—a set of priestly robes woven and dyed from silkworm silk from the Cursed Demon Mother World.

To adjust his state of mind, Tupat even lit his treasured divination incense.

This incense contains the ashes of the Cursed Demon Lord after his death, as well as the mist matrix produced from the Bewitching Dimension in the Endless Dimensions.

Just by taking a sniff, Tupat felt his intuition become sharper and his inspiration more acute.

In a daze, he seemed to see cursed creatures crawling out of the void around him.

Good stuff is really powerful.

In the mist, the scene before Tupat became increasingly blurry, and strangely shaped cursed creatures filled his field of vision.

Suddenly, a voice rang in his ear.

That was Yote's voice.

"My lord, it is time for you to offer sacrifices."

Yes, sacrificial rites.

Tupat stood up, and suddenly a path appeared before him. He slowly walked forward, but halfway there, he suddenly stopped and shouted to Yot, "Go put out my incense! That stuff is valuable!"

As you proceed along the road, ten thousand earthen slaves and one thousand stone slaves are already standing on the pyramids.

Tupat made his way to the sacrificial altar without any obstacles.

On the high platform, ten white stone slaves stood in a neat row.

The terms "white stone," "blue stone," and "mud" refer to the demon's classification of slaves' strength. Among them, white stone represents a level three creature, blue stone a level two creature, and mud a level one creature.

Tupat looked at them and pulled a black stone sacrificial knife from his pocket.

Immediately afterwards, the sacrificial ceremony began.

Tupat handed the sacrificial knife to the first slave, who then chose to commit suicide without hesitation.

Meanwhile, slaves of other ranks on the pyramids also began to perform sacrifices.

In an instant, blood flowed like a river across the pyramid, but then it was absorbed by the pyramid itself and transformed into the driving force of the sacrifice.

Tupat stood on the high platform, and he could feel a force gathering towards him.

This power was like a key, silently opening a hidden door and revealing a wider and more mysterious world to Tupat.

The next moment, Tupat suddenly looked up at the sky.

His body trembled like a sieve, every straw that made up his body shook, and crimson blood dripped from the straw as he trembled.

On his chest, a bloodshot, yellowish eye stared intently at the sky.

In his vision, the clear sky suddenly turned pitch black, and a great being blocked out the sky and the sun, as if swallowing the whole world.

On that great being, Tupat saw a pair of eyes.

The Lord is watching him.

……

"They've been discovered."

Richard noticed Tupat's gaze and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

This little guy is just a level 5 world lord, but he can sense the existence of his clone through ritual.

While his lack of vigilance played a part, the cursed demon's technique was undoubtedly a crucial element.

The Dominator Puppet emerged from the void, calmly surveying Tupat and asking:
"Little guy, what's your name?"

(End of this chapter)