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Chapter 120, No. 998

Pierre's explanation sounded a bit outrageous at first, but after a little thought, Rorschach realized that what this guy said was very likely true.

He had found it strange before. Even if the other party really wanted to plot against him, there was no need for them to do it in the [Prison Court] branch, right?
But if the reason sounded too outrageous, just because she wanted him to die together, it wouldn't seem so outrageous.

In particular, Rorschach also noticed that this guy was practicing a technique called the Lazy Wizardry, which made it difficult for Rorschach not to make associations.

Pierre, seeing that Rorschach was finally willing to stop, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a flattering smile:

"It was indeed my fault today. Brother Luo Xia, if you still feel unsatisfied, I will lie here and let you beat me up. I promise not to fight back."

"Oh? Really?" Rorschach looked at him expressionlessly.

"Of course it's true. I always speak... cough cough cough!" Pierre was halfway through his words when he suddenly choked on his own saliva.

Because even as he was speaking, Rorschach had already pinched the alloy door of the office with one hand, leaving a slap mark on the alloy door produced by the [Intelligent Machinery Group]!

This terrifying physical strength made Pierre dumbfounded.

With his strength, it would not be difficult for him to destroy the alloy door, but it was absolutely impossible for him to directly pinch the alloy door with his hands to make a palm print like this. He could not do it even if his body was ten times stronger.

Although the physical body is just a shell for a formal wizard, it still hurts when it is injured. If Rorschach really pinches it like this...

He couldn't help but shiver!

"You just said, how have you always been?" Luo Xia continued to ask.

"I always like making friends. I have decided to make you my friend, Luo Xia. Don't worry, from now on your affairs will be my affairs. I will protect you in the East Island branch of the [Prison Court]. I don't think anyone dares to not give you face!" Pierre said calmly, as if the previous words were not said by him.

With such a thick skin like a city wall, Rorschach had no choice but to give in.

……

After further understanding each other, Rorschach finally confirmed that it was indeed just a misunderstanding and Pierre really had no ill will towards him.

The reason for doing so was the same as what Pierre had said before, simply because he wanted to be lazy.

As an apprentice jailer, if you want to accumulate [Prison Court] merit, you have to obtain it by accepting missions, and being a guide is one of the most common tasks. Each time you act as a guide, you can get 10 points of merit.

Although there is a big gap between this and the 10,000 merit points needed to participate in the final assessment, but after all, little by little, it adds up to a lot. Wouldn't it be enough to accumulate 10,000 points by being a guide a thousand times?

The single reward is a bit smaller, but there is no risk involved. It is much safer than those high-return but high-risk tasks.

It just takes a little time.

After all, it takes a full year to complete each guide mission. In other words, if you only rely on being a guide to accumulate merit, it will take a thousand years to accumulate enough merit even without any interruption.

Although one thousand years is not particularly long considering the lifespan of a Morning Star wizard, this is especially true for Pierre, who is a three-ring Morning Star.

But most Morning Star wizards would never be willing to spend more than a thousand years on such a boring guide mission.

In comparison, they would rather take on tasks that have certain risks but higher returns.

Only Pierre has been struggling with the guide mission.

"So you're saying that I'm the 998th trainee prison guard you've led?" Rorschach was stunned after listening to Pierre's story.

He simply couldn't imagine why Pierre had been accepting such boring and tedious guide missions for nearly a thousand years. If the other party was just a Morning Star, it would be fine, and he could understand that he was seeking stability.

But Pierre is clearly a three-ringed Morning Star, and he is also an Abyss Wizard known for his combat power. Is it really necessary for him to be so cowardly...

"Yes, after I finish your order, I will take two more orders and then I will have enough merits for the final assessment." Pierre nodded.

"Have you ever considered speeding up the process?" Rorschach asked.

"But why do we have to speed up?" Pierre looked at Rorschach in surprise, as if he didn't understand why he would say such a thing.

Rorschach: "If you take the final assessment sooner, you can become a formal prison guard sooner. Even if you fail, at least you can plan for the next step sooner. Why waste time like this?"

Pierre: "If time is not meant to be wasted, then why would I become a wizard? Ordinary people only live for a hundred years, so they need to rush around. My life span is measured in tens of thousands of years. If I also rush around, then what is the difference between me and ordinary people? Don't you think that's the truth?"

"..."

Rorschach had to admit that what this guy said did make some sense.

If he had not been able to get rid of his identity as a replacer, he might have been persuaded by Pierre to slow down his pace.

To this day, even if his age in his previous life is taken into account, he is no more than fifty years old, which may not be considered young on the Blue Water Planet.

But what is fifty years old to a wizard?
In the wizarding world where time is measured in ten thousand years, fifty years passed in the blink of an eye, which was only enough for Pierre to accumulate five hundred merit points.

In order not to be affected by Pierre's lazy aura, Rorschach decided not to continue discussing this topic with him and directly changed the subject:

"By the way, you don't seem to be a Blood Hell Wizard?"

"You have a pretty good sense. You figured that out." Pierre was a little surprised, but he didn't care about being figured out by Rorschach. He took the initiative to say, "I'm not a Blood Hell Wizard. I'm an Abyss Wizard."

"Can Abyss Wizards also join the [Prison Court]?" Rorschach asked in surprise.

"Why not?" Pierre smiled when he heard this, "It seems that you, Rorschach, have just arrived at Blood Prison Island not long ago, right?"

“How come you see?”

"Because if you know Blood Prison Island, you should know that this place is different from the Eighteen Blood Prisons. In the Eighteen Blood Prisons, it is almost impossible to meet wizards other than the Blood Prison Wizards, but it is different on Blood Prison Island."

Pierre explained patiently, "Not to mention the Abyss wizards who are also black wizards, there is never a lack of wizards from other world groups in the [Prison Court]. There are even quite a few white wizards. For example, the Western Warden 'Death Star', one of the four wardens, is an Ark wizard."

"The various convenient creations on Blood Prison Island from the Intelligent Machinery Group were custom-made by the West Warden and the Intelligent Machinery Group."

When Rorschach heard this, he did feel like his impression was overturned.

Just as Pierre said, because he had never seen any wizards other than the Blood Hell wizards in the Eighth Blood Hell, he assumed that the six major wizard world groups were generally distinct and rarely overlapped.

But now it seems that it is not that the six major world groups rarely interact with each other, but that the level of communication is relatively high, and he was not qualified to access it before.

Pierre continued to introduce, "There are many special cases here. Let me give you the simplest example... You should know about the Redeemer, right?"

"I know. We were stopped by them as soon as we arrived at Blood Prison Island." Rorschach nodded.

"The leader of the Redeemer is a temple wizard, but no one knows what he did in the Temple World Group. Many forces over there have launched a wanted list for him. In the end, he had no choice but to run to Blood Prison Island and founded the Redeemer here." Pierre gossiped to Rorschach.

"The leader of the Redeemer is actually a Templar wizard?" Rorschach was indeed a little surprised when he heard this explosive news.

This was obviously an inside story that the Dark Bone Wizard didn't know, otherwise he would not have failed to mention it when introducing the Redeemer to Rorschach.

But this is not surprising, because the Black Bone Wizard is only a second-ring Morning Star, and the time he stays on Blood Prison Island is also very limited.

Pierre is different. Although he is not even a Blood Prison Wizard, he is an apprentice jailer of the Blood Prison Island's dominant force, the Prison Court.

Moreover, he is also a three-ring Morning Star-level Abyss Wizard.

Whether in terms of status or strength, the Black Bone Wizard is not worthy to compare with Pierre, so naturally he cannot know more than Pierre.

"But I heard that the Redeemer is one of the top ten wizarding organizations on Blood Prison Island. How could the Prison Court allow a wizarding organization founded by a temple wizard to grow to this extent?" Rorschach was puzzled.

"The relationship between the six wizard worlds is more complicated than you think. Even though we dark wizards are the worst offenders of the Temple, at certain times, they are even more trustworthy than the Gray Tower and the Sea of ​​Stars." Pierre said meaningfully. Although Rorschach could not understand when Pierre meant by "at certain times", he could probably understand what he wanted to express.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between the six major wizarding world groups is very subtle and not as clear-cut as it seems on the surface.

At first glance, it seems that the black wizards and the white wizards are on opposite sides, and the gray wizards belong to the neutral camp who have nothing to do with it, but in fact this is not the case.

Thanks to Pierre's patient explanation, Rorschach learned a lot of new information.

All I can say is that Pierre is worthy of being a veteran who has served as a guide 997 times before. Both his understanding of Blood Prison Island and his own patience are impeccable.

It would have been perfect if he hadn't tried to influence Rorschach with his salty fish aura as soon as they met.

"I have another question. If you're not comfortable answering it, just pretend I didn't ask." After learning more about the situation on Blood Prison Island, Rorschach said again.

"What's the problem? Tell me." Pierre looked like he was ready to go ahead. He probably wanted to make up for his previous mistake.

It would be best if Rorschach didn't find out.

But since he has been discovered by Rorschach, in order not to affect his qualifications to continue to take on the task of guiding passers-by, he must try to please Rorschach.

"Have you seen the Evil God of the Abyss?" Rorschach asked thoughtfully.

"I thought you were going to ask something. Why can't I tell you? Of course I've seen them." Pierre said nonchalantly, "In the abyss, those evil gods are not something that cannot be mentioned... Not only have I seen them, but I also know quite a few of them. People nicknamed them Friends of the Evil Gods!"

Rorschach: “?”

Pierre: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Rorschach: "Isn't it said that the Abyss Wizard and the Abyss Evil God are mortal enemies, and the Abyss Evil God was also severely suppressed by the Abyss Wizard?"

Pierre laughed and said, "You've heard before that black wizards and white wizards are mortal enemies, but is that really the case?"

Ok.

Pierre's example left Rorschach speechless.

Because he had indeed heard that dark wizards and white wizards did not get along best with each other, especially with the temple wizards. It was a good thing if they did not fight when they met.

But through Pierre's previous introduction, he found that this did not seem to be the case and those statements were not very reliable.

Pierre then continued: "Of course, the two events are actually quite different. The version of the story you heard is not false, but it is not happening in the present tense. Do you understand that?"

Rorschach: "You mean, the Abyss Wizard did once suppress the Abyss Evil God badly, but that was a long time ago?"

Pierre: “Correct answer!”

Rorschach: "So what's going on now?"

Pierre: "We live in peace... It turns out that we fight them because they are asking for it. They always think that they are the real gods and wizards are just mortals. Who else should we fight if not them?"

"indeed."

Rorschach nodded, expressing understanding.

Based on his understanding of the wizarding community, any attempt to show off in front of wizards will become the target of suppression by the wizards.

The evil god of the abyss's attitude of treating wizards as mortals is really asking for trouble.

Pierre: "Later, after a long period of 'friendly' communication, they finally put themselves in the right position and learned what humility is when facing us. Naturally, there is no need to continue fighting. After all, it is very troublesome to completely kill them, and it is a waste of time."

After hearing this, Rorschach had a basic understanding of it.

Although things are certainly not as simple as Pierre summarized, there are probably many confrontations at various levels and unknown calculations involved.

But overall it is definitely true. The Abyss Wizard should not be suppressing the Abyss Evil God anymore. Even if there are conflicts, they are personal grudges.

The war between the two groups should really be over.

Luo Xia also continued to ask: "Since you have seen many evil gods of the abyss, you should know them well, right?"

Pierre said modestly: "I can't say I know you very well, but I'm certainly not unfamiliar with you."

Rorschach: "Then do you know what the differences are among the evil gods of the abyss?"

Pierre: "Of course I know. This is basically common sense in the Abyss. In fact, there are only a few of them - weak divine power, weak divine power, medium divine power, strong divine power, and the creative divine power that they claim to exist."

Rorschach: "When I was in the Eighth Blood Hell, I saw the corpse of an evil god named the God of the Poison Swamp. What kind of divine power does he have?"

"The God of the Poison Swamp? What kind of bird god is this... Wait a minute, let me think about it. I seem to have some impression of it." Pierre pondered for a while, and suddenly clapped his hands and said, "I remember now. I think I have heard of it. It should be a weak god in the Middle Ages, but he died early."

"Weaker divine power? How many rings is it roughly equivalent to?" Rorschach asked.

"In fact, it can't be directly equated. If you are referring to the level of life and strength, weak divine power can be roughly equivalent to the fourth ring of the moon, and weak divine power is roughly equivalent to the fifth ring, and so on... But the actual situation is not like this."

Pierre shook his head and said, "Although they were suppressed badly by us, they are innately high-level life forms and are indeed enviable. Even the weakest of their divine powers are comparable to the great wizard Yueyao. But because of this, their use of power is particularly crude."

“Obviously, their power level is comparable to that of a Moon, but in actual combat, they cannot even defeat many Abyss Wizards at the three-ring Morning Star level. Similarly, their weaker divine powers have a power level comparable to that of a five-ring Moon, but their actual combat power is not as good as that of many four-ring Moons.” Pierre shrugged.

"Is it so lame?" Rorschach was a little confused.

He had personally witnessed the three-ring Morning Star versus the four-ring Moon Star, and the gap was so huge that in his opinion it was probably no less than the gap between a high-level wizard apprentice and a one-ring Morning Star.

With such a huge gap in power levels, how on earth did those evil gods manage to be unable to defeat wizards who were a whole rank lower than them?

"That's how lame it is." Pierre said with certainty, "To be honest, I have fought against several evil gods with weak divine power, but I haven't found one that I can beat yet. Next time, I want to try weak divine power."

"Okay." Rorschach was a little speechless about this answer, but still asked, "One last question, do you know the God of Distortion and Bliss?"

"You'd better not ask other Abyss Wizards this question in the future, unless you have a very good relationship with them, otherwise they will probably think you are trying to slap themselves in the face." Pierre said.

"Huh?" Rorschach didn't understand.

Pierre: "He is the famous God of Fun. Wherever there is fun, you can see him. He even creates a lot of fun. Even the other evil gods of the abyss hate him because the fun in his eyes is often built on the suffering of others. This also makes him very well-known. There are few people in the abyss who don't know this God of Fun."

Rorschach: "So what kind of divine power is He?"

Pierre: "Of course it's the powerful gods. With his style of making enemies everywhere, if he wasn't strong enough, he would have been killed long ago. It is said that many powerful gods are mortal enemies with him, and they will never stop fighting until one of them dies."

Powerful divine power... Wow.

Rorschach was slightly surprised by this answer.

He guessed that this God of Fun would definitely not be weak. After all, among those evil gods that had left traces in the Gray Domain, this God of Fun was also in the first echelon.

Even though the situation in the Abyss World Group is different from that in the Gray Domain, this God of Fun is definitely not a weak or low-level divine power.

But I didn’t expect that the other party was actually a powerful divine being!
As for the situation of the God of Fun in the Abyss World Group, he was not surprised. After all, it was well known... the God of Fun must die!
The God of Fun is naturally no exception.

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