Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 297 Freeze! Don't move!

As mentioned before, the root of evil in the Ys Origins worldview is the collection of negative human emotions, which is the unique "evil of this world" in this worldview.

As long as people are alive, they will inevitably experience negative emotions. The larger the human population and the greater the scale of social development, the greater the types and intensity of negative emotions will become.

The relationship between the source of evil and humanity is like that between shadow and light; they are interdependent and cannot exist independently.

As long as humanity exists in this world, the source of demons will not truly disappear. This is the real reason why, even though the Twin Goddesses forcibly sealed the Black Pearl and the source of demons by giving up all their power, they were still able to break the seal seven hundred years later, causing the Demon King to revive once again.

From this perspective, if the Demon King Dam really replaced the Twin Goddesses and ruled the Kingdom of Ys and even the whole world, then it would be necessary to actively maintain the existence of humanity. Once humanity is gone, then these demons will one day cease to exist.

However, the emergence of Cheng Tian, ​​this variable, undoubtedly interfered with the underlying logic of the interdependence of light and shadow.

The Eye of Judgment possesses the ability to indiscriminately judge guilty souls, and with the blessing of the Demon Gauntlets, even if a soul is shattered into fragments, it still cannot escape the burning of the sacred flame.

The burned unit will suffer continuous damage from the sacred fire on a soul level, and will endlessly relive the sins it committed against others in its previous life.

However, a logical bug has appeared here.

That is, the Judgment Eye's judgment of evil relies on the soul to exist; it is ineffective against entities without a soul.

This was demonstrated in the original work when facing the soulless unit "Witchheart Demon". No matter how evil the target is, as long as it has no soul, the Eye of Judgment can only burn in vain.

Similarly, the Root of Demons is essentially just a collection of human evil thoughts. No matter how powerful the Eye of Judgment is, it cannot do anything to this collection of evil thoughts... But the problem is that Cainfant, who has a complete soul and has also devoured a large number of demons and three members of the Dark Clan, is in a state of high assimilation with the Root of Demons.

The soul fragments that burst forth from the tentacles, which originated from the Demon King Dam and possessed independent health bars, were all derived from the demonic units it had previously devoured.
The Eye of Judgment, which is indiscriminate in its consumption, doesn't care whether your soul is noble or not; it starts burning it directly, and then it burns along with the soul fragments, as well as the tiny bit of demonic essence within them that is responsible for unifying different souls...

Yes, this matter is also recorded in the original work.

As a soulless unit that is naturally immune to the Eye of Judgment, the Witchheart Demon at the end of the story absorbed a large number of evil spirit units, gaining powerful dark power and an almost unbeatable ability to regenerate infinitely. However, it also added the label of "unit with a soul" to itself, which fits the triggering mechanism of the Eye of Judgment.

There are many who sell their souls for power, but very few who buy their souls for power. One can only say that the Witch Heart Demon deserves it.

The relationship between the Demon King Dam and the Root of Demons in the current state is somewhat similar to that of an evil spirit and a witch's heart demon. The combination of the two does indeed greatly increase his power, but it also adds a terrible weakness that cannot be ignored.

Upon noticing the imperceptible burning of the source of the demon, Demon King Dam realized this, and an unprecedented feeling called "fear" quietly rose in his heart.

Coincidentally, Cheng Tian, ​​who was in charge of burning souls, also observed this phenomenon through the trial replay mechanism.

Click click click click~~
Cheng Tian turned his head to look at the Demon King Dam, his upper and lower jaws clashing loudly.

Faced with Cheng Tian like this, the Demon King Dam's massive body leaned back almost instinctively, and the tentacles that Cheng Tian had previously severed also twisted on their own.

Cheng Tian took a step forward, and the Demon King took a step back. Cheng Tian stepped forward again, and the Demon King retreated again. Suddenly, the pair of demon wings on the Demon King Dam's back swelled in size and flapped powerfully, shooting straight into the sky!

However, just as Cheng Tian, ​​the goddess, and everyone on the ground thought that the Demon King Dam was about to unleash some powerful attack, this strange thing with a rather large rear end suddenly whipped its tail and sped away in the exact opposite direction from the White Tower—

This is the escape route of Demon King Dam!
Even someone as proud as Cain Fact made a decision that, objectively speaking, was very correct at this moment: to run away on the spot and not fight Cheng Tian.

Although it contains the soul and body of the Asura Battle Maniac, giving it melee combat abilities that rival any purely physical boss, the loss of its spellcasting ability has reduced its combat power by more than 70% compared to its perfect state.

The Cain personality within the Demon King Dam was arrogant but not blind. He was well aware that in this state, he was no match for Cheng Tian, ​​who had received two pairs of wings from the Twin Goddesses.

Moreover, Cheng Tian's brief display of skill made him realize that the Root of Demons was not truly invincible, and that there really was a third way to destroy the Root of Demons in this world.

escape! Must escape!
Cain, as the dominant personality, possesses unparalleled forbearance throughout the entire Ys Kingdom.

This level of forbearance was enough for him to make the decision to abandon all dignity in an instant. The opinions of others were meaningless to him. The final boss, the six priests, losing face in front of his useless sons—none of these were within his consideration.

He would do anything to survive this ordeal and find a way to lift the spell ban.

History is written by the victors. As long as they find an opportunity to eliminate everyone who knows about it, everything can be made to look like nothing ever happened.

But if he wants to run away, he has to ask Cheng Tian if he agrees.

As the Demon King Damn's figure rapidly receded into the distance, Cheng Tian's two wings on his right side quickly turned blue, and Rhea's phantom also solidified.

The goddess stretched out her slender hand towards the demon king Dam, and with a single point—

The Goddess's Grace: The Order of the Azure Moon.

As an extension of his free power, the Crimson Moon Ritual allows Cheng Tian to freely use player-side skills.

As an extension of the power of order, the effect of the Order of the Azure Moon is to allow all units to uniformly abide by certain reasonable rules and order that should have existed in the first place.

With a flick of the goddess's finger, the demon king Dam, who was fleeing madly, crashed into an invisible wall that appeared out of nowhere without warning!
Before the Demon King could react, the invisible wall began to shrink rapidly, dragging the Demon King Dam, who had already gone far away, back into the scene of the Twin Towers!

[The Order of the Azure Moon is activated, and the primordial rules reappear—]

When a boss battle is triggered, both allies and enemies will be simultaneously confined to a fixed boss battle scene. Neither side can escape the scene by any means until one side dies.

(End of this chapter)