He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

"Is that so?"

Atoris looked at Ivy with some suspicion.

After thinking for a moment, she did not pursue the matter further.

"Let's not discuss that for now. My lord says he wants to personally go to the Southern Continent to see if he can intervene in this plague."

"Judging from her tone, it seems like this sudden plague is some kind of good thing."

Ivy blinked as she listened to Atoris's explanation.

"Is this actually considered a good thing?"

"In that case, should we tell the truth?"

After hesitating for a moment, Ivy shook her head again.

"Forget it, I have a feeling something bad will happen if I say it out loud."

With that thought, she leaped down from the high pillar and landed in front of Atoris.

"By the way, let's make this clear beforehand: we can't start fighting so easily this time, and we can't provoke anyone."

Seeing Ivy's serious expression, Atoris smiled gently.

"Then let's see if you have the ability."

……

Western Continent.

The far west, outside the alliance.

It is also the stronghold of the demon race in the western continent.

Driven away by the domes of successive dynasties, the demon race, which once covered the entire continent, gradually declined and could only submit to this last pure land.

In a sense, this also led to the unexpectedly low presence of the demon race in modern times, to the point that they were almost ignored.

Furthermore, the current demon leader's extremely indifferent attitude has further contributed to the demon race's presence being reduced to an appalling level.

Even the westernmost border of the Alliance lacks an accurate understanding of the demon race currently alive, always having the illusion that they only exist in storybooks.

Originally, none of this would have been a big deal. If humans stopped persecuting the demons and the demons stopped thinking about reviving their great cause, they could have just continued farming without interfering with each other.

This morning, when Lilith, the current leader of the demon race, was getting up to check on the crops, she opened the window and saw...

A tree, uh...

When a magnificent tree, a thousand meters tall, with a trunk large enough to cover a small city, came into view, her mind went completely blank.

Especially since there are more than one such giant tree.

"what?"

"The elves...have attacked?"

If it can still be called farmland...

"Bang--!!!"

After landing safely, Lilith immediately went to the radish field she had planted earlier.

[Demon King Level - Giant Earth Demon Girl Lv.102]

A purple, round-headed radish, as large as a small mountain, used the grass leaves on its head to grab other small earth demons and stuff them one by one into the crack in the center of its head.

From a distance, it looks like they are devouring their own kind.

"No, this is more like cannibalism!"

"How did such a bizarre thing get into my land?!"

Lilith nearly went berserk for a moment, then turned her gaze to the other fields.

[Demon King Level - Giant Sky Cabbage lv.101]

[Demon King Level - Bloodroot Beetroot Mother Lv.103]

[Demon King Level - Giant Gourd (lv.102)]

"No, my cabbage, beets, and melon..."

Lilith wiped her eyes.

These are not the most important things to her.

The key issue is that she had finally managed to grow grapes that had survived a while ago.

[Demon King Level - Amethyst Waterfall Floating Whale lv.104]

She stared blankly at the giant whale floating in the sky and pulled her bangs back.

"How on earth did this mutation happen?! Even the species has changed!!"

……

Southern Continent.

Xie Bai looked at the markings on the player map and then turned to ask Atoris.

"I remember there's a Church of Life guarding the border around here, isn't there? How come I haven't seen it after searching for so long?"

Faced with Xie Bai's sudden questioning, Atoris, who had been leading the way, trembled.

"Oh, this..."

She turned her head in a daze.

"Yeah, that's strange. I remember seeing a group of people from the Church of Life when I came to scout ahead not long ago, but I can't see them anymore. Could it be because of that plague? How scary..."

As he spoke, Atoris secretly glanced at Ivy, who had a malicious look on her face, and frantically gave her a meaningful look.

At this moment, Ivy felt that this scene was somewhat familiar. Just as she was thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity, a sound suddenly came from the tree branch next to her.

"Whoosh..."

Suddenly, Ivy and Atoris drew their weapons and appeared in front of Xie Bai, shielding her behind them.

"Who?!"

"Come out! Or I'll just take action!"

At this moment, Xie Bai reluctantly pulled the two apart.

"Alright, I don't need your protection."

As he spoke, Xie Bai walked forward and pushed aside the branch that was making the strange noise.

A thin, pointed-eared elf lay in the grass behind, his lips pale and almost bloodless.

[Life Cultist lv.46]

[Plague Infection - Life Aversion lv.6]

She was an elf infected by the plague, and her identity was that of a Life Cultist whom Xie Bai had previously sought out.

"What a coincidence! We were just saying we couldn't find it, and now it's been delivered right to our door?"

Is this the effect of Lucky 4?

Xie Bai glanced at the opponent's health bar and, finding that the opponent still had a considerable amount of health, stood up from the ground.

"Let me think... If nothing unexpected happens, this plague should be the power of the white horse knight Thanatos mentioned. If that's the case..."

Xie Bai mobilized a wisp of void power and tried to attach it to the elf.

"Sizzle..."

With a sizzling sound like roasting meat, Xie Bai clearly saw black smoke rising from the elf's body.

She could faintly smell a roasted meat aroma.

At the same time, the plague on the elf's status bar was rapidly receding, and the normal color returned to its face.

"Cough cough..."

In no time, the elf awoke.

"Goddess above, am I still alive...?"

He opened his eyes and was startled when he saw Xie Bai's excessively delicate face.

Those clear, jewel-like crimson pupils with their pure white eyelashes were far beyond his understanding of beauty; they were a sight rarely seen in the ordinary human world.

"Oh no, have I ascended to the realm of gods? Why are there such adorable little girls in this world...?"

"Hmm? That's not right..."

The elf reacted instantly, immediately kneeling on the ground and kowtowing repeatedly to Xie Bai.

"My benefactor, have mercy! As a member of the Church of Life with the purest faith, I absolutely did not have such filthy thoughts. I was merely expressing my heartfelt admiration for beauty. Please, please do not complain about me to the Church of Life. I am truly sorry!!!"

The elf spoke at lightning speed, delivering a long string of apologies in just a second or two.

Just as he was about to look up and apologize further, he suddenly felt a terrifying aura emanating from Xie Bai, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

【Curse of Pride: 1. Starts reputation with all factions at -1000】

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