Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

This makes sense.

But if that's the case, things might be easier to resolve - the Royal Government faction might not shield him for having ties with the demons, but the prerequisite is that the Queen's faction does have sufficient evidence. In other words, once all the evidence is destroyed, the Royal Government faction will definitely protect him.

"At this point, do you have anything to say?"

Aisha asked.

Salisbury nodded hesitantly and looked at his two sons who were standing beside him in confusion.

"This matter has nothing to do with my family... Can I say goodbye to them?"

"of course."

"come over."

Salisbury waved to his two sons, and they walked aside, even to a corner of the restaurant to say goodbye. On the surface, that was the case, but in fact, Salisbury was whispering to his two sons, "Now only you can save Dad..."

Salisbury said this, turning his back to Aisha and the others and taking out an inverted cross with a serious expression.

"Take this thing and have the butler take you to find its owner. Then tell him what happened here and ask him to rescue me. Also, be sure to tell him to 'destroy the evidence'... Leaving here to the Imperial City will pass through the Grand Canyon. Have him rescue me there... I'll be waiting for your good news..."

What they didn't know was that Aisha heard every whisper of theirs clearly.

Finally, Salisbury pretended to say goodbye to his two sons and hugged each of them. The two young men stayed there with complicated expressions, while Salisbury stood in front of Elsa with a calm expression.

"I will go with you—and I will prepare the carriage."

Salisbury pretended to be distraught.

"Carriage?" Elsa suddenly smiled. "No need to go through so much trouble."

"Ok?"

Salisbury's expression suddenly turned grim. Could it be that these people were so powerful that they could directly request the use of the teleportation array? If so, wouldn't his plan be unfeasible?

But... this shouldn't be possible - if you want to use the teleportation array to go to the imperial capital, you will inevitably pass through the territory of the Royal Government. Don't these people understand?

Or is it that someone within the Wang Zheng faction actually wants to take action against him?

Salisbury looked confused and shocked. Elsa was too lazy to explain and gave Charlie a look - Elsa couldn't contact him directly, otherwise he would probably die on the spot. After all, his soul occupied this body through magic. Once the magic was destroyed, it would be difficult for Tricia to save him without any preparation.

Charlie walked right up behind him and gave him a shove.

"Don't worry, no one will die."

"dead??"

Salisbury was becoming increasingly restless.

"Oh, by the way, who is the 'owner' of that inverted cross you mentioned earlier? And where is it?"

Salisbury was stunned.

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330: Silver Demons

Usually, higher-specification military fortresses would be equipped with formations to prevent magical snooping, just like Dammas. The city area of ​​Dammas was protected by layers of formations, making it difficult for interference magic and space magic to take effect in the city area. There were also multiple alarm devices, so the demons would use despicable means to infiltrate from the inside. But even so, a head-on battle was still unavoidable if they wanted to break through Dammas. Otherwise, Alman would not have led people to storm the castle.

Obviously, the Earl's mansion did not have such a high-standard magic barrier. At least in Tricia's opinion, all the magic here was very simple, and the entire Earl's mansion was visible to Tricia.

Including the faint demonic aura here - but Tricia did not expect that such aura was not emitted by the demons, but by Earl Salisbury Leonard himself.

Salisbury stuffed his aging soul into the skin of a middle-aged man, thereby obtaining a body in the prime of his life.

This magic is called "Soul Stealing", one of the most hated evil spells of the Silver Demon Generals. It is also a forbidden magic that the "Silver Demons" have been prohibited from practicing since the end of the war by the "Treaty".

Although this magic has many drawbacks, it still caused great trouble to the human coalition during the Demon King War. After the war, it was officially lost.

The Silver Demon General is particularly skilled in mental and soul magic, and is a very difficult opponent among many demon generals. Its difficulty lies in its varied mental manipulation methods. For people with weak mental strength, soul magic and mental magic are both a kind of terrifying technique that is difficult to defend against. It is impossible to defeat such an enemy by relying solely on human wave tactics.

A small number of its fellow Silver Demons still remain within the Demon King's territory, holding a high position among the demons. Succubi, also skilled in mind control magic, are among their followers. Considering the master-servant relationship between Silver Demons and Succubi, it's not difficult to infer a few things: the succubus named Naya might be a subordinate of a Silver Demon, who in turn has direct dealings with the Earl.

"...That's my guess. So, am I right, Count?"

Facing Tricia's smiling gaze, Salisbury's face turned pale.

Elsa also looked at the Earl and said, "Then, you take us to find that guy, or let us find it ourselves? It's your choice."

As she spoke, Elsa gently kicked the straight sword away from the ground. The Earl stared at the straight sword in a daze, and his shoulders trembled.

There is no choice at all.

"It... is now in my manor..."

Salisbury was devastated.

……

At this time, on the outskirts of Seya City, in the Earl's manor—

This is a manor full of grape vines. Although it is no longer the grape-producing season, the lush vines still make the manor look quite elegant and beautiful.

In the wine cellar of the manor, the silver demon, Dill, was patrolling the underground wine cellar with his sensitive sense of smell. He knocked on the walls of the wine barrels one by one, as if counting, and then let out a satisfied exclamation.

Looking closely, his face had human-like facial features, but silver-white blood vessels were faintly visible under his skin. He had pointed ears and vertical pupils, typical characteristics of the demon clan.

"How enviable... If our demon race also had such fertile land, if Mother Earth hadn't abandoned us, we could also brew such delicious wine—no, our brewing techniques would definitely be more advanced than humans', and the wine we brew would definitely be even more delicious. How could we possibly be the same as humans? We must be better."

Dill turned around and sighed. His satisfied and envious eyes quickly dimmed. He looked at the servants kneeling on the ground with dull eyes, looking uninterested.

"So, why are you guys here?"

"Master, the new sacrifice has arrived."

A servant replied.

Dill patted his head and suddenly realized, "Oh, I almost forgot, it's already morning..."

As he said this, he left the wine cellar and looked at the sun hanging high in the sky, frowning slightly.

"Tsk, isn't it still early? The Earl is really efficient in delivering the sacrifice. I have to say, this Earl is very decisive when it comes to his fellow tribesmen."

He gave a weird laugh.

"However, if he didn't do this, I would have a headache. It's precisely because of idiots like this that humans are so afraid of us, the Silver Demons. We are so weak."

"With your power, sir, wouldn't it be better to control him directly?"

The servant said disapprovingly that it seemed that he admired Dill very much.

Dill snorted.

"That would be great. Even though he looks stupid, he's actually very cautious. He's always carrying a treasure that can suppress mental magic, making it difficult for me to take action."

He turned around and went deeper into the manor. He pushed open a heavy iron plate that weighed a thousand pounds, walked in, and closed it again. There was a narrow staircase below, and under the stairs was a basement, but it was damp and dim. Dill came here with a candlestick in his hand. The stench of rotten blood hit him in the face, and all he saw was the red and black mud on the ground.

It was not a quagmire, but a bloody mire formed by the sticky and rotting flesh and blood tissue.

In the middle of the mire of blood and flesh, several racks stood with people hanging on them. Some had already become corpses, some were dying with their skin torn and flesh exposed, and some had simply suffered a mental breakdown, with dull eyes and no reaction.

This is clearly an execution room, but if you look closely at the ground and the surrounding walls, you can find some complex patterns of magic circles, and the bloody mire is not completely dead, but is slowly wriggling as if it has life.

Rather than an execution ground, this place should perhaps be called a sacrificial altar.

The "sacrifice" delivered today was escorted here by servants. It looked like a young girl. The girl was not very old and was crying and struggling all the way, but after seeing everything in the basement and seeing Dill's typical demon appearance, she was so frightened that she couldn't make a sound.

"Is it you today?" Dill sized up the girl before him and nodded. "Yes, indeed. Young girls are the most capable of inspiring fear and despair—you, Count, are quite understanding. At this rate, the 'Demon God Summoning' will surely be accomplished. With the power of the Demon God, perhaps even the Demon King can be resurrected. So, for the sake of our clan's cause, I ask that you make a sacrifice."

As he spoke, Dill's nails slowly turned into sharp bone knives, and the girl screamed with a pale face.

"Don't worry, I will try my best to make you suffer."

Just as it was about to strike, a dull explosion resonated from all directions. The ground shook in an instant, and a cloud of dust fell in the basement. Dill raised his head in surprise and looked up.

He had an illusion that a meteorite had hit the manor.

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331. Death of Dill

"what happened?"

Just when Dill was puzzled, a sharp sound came from above the stairs in the passage behind him. Dill looked back and was stunned - the connection to the basement was a heavy iron door plate, but with a violent bang, the iron lump bulged inward from the middle, and then cracked under Dill's astonished gaze.

The teeth-grinding sound of metal friction became deafening in the narrow underground passage, and the flashing sparks were so dazzling in the dim basement. As the iron door that sealed the ground and the basement was broken, golden sunlight shone into the basement, and a slender white hand also reached in with it.

Yes, a hand, as if growing out of the iron gate, there is nothing more abrupt and strange than that.

Dill stared blankly as the strange hand clasped the heavy iron plate with its fingers deeply embedded in it, and just like that, it lifted up the only cover of the basement, even lifting up the surrounding stone bricks and wooden beams. The whole basement let out a wailing sound.

Then Dier saw a girl walking down. Even though her back was facing the sun, only the girl's golden eyes were faintly visible.

Dill finally figured out that the hand that had just broken through the iron gate was hers - her cuffs were all torn, revealing her smooth and white arms. Dill thought that if this thing was cut off, it would probably be very beautiful.

But that absurd thought only flashed through his mind. After the surprise, a long-lost anger and a touch of excitement of finally finding fun after being bored for too long filled his chest, making him subconsciously curl the corners of his mouth.

Elsa leaned over and walked down the stairs. She looked at Dier, the so-called "Silver Demon". Her eyes quickly swept across the underground corridor and then went straight to the basement behind Dier.

The layers of flesh and blood made Elsa's eyes turn cold.

"It seems someone has finally set their sights on this place? Let me guess, who is coming this time?"

Dill just glanced at Aisha, then turned his head and squinted at the girl next to him, laughing eerily.

"The last person who dared to peek into my research and followed me here alone has already become nutrients for those things under your feet—oh, to be honest, I feel lucky for him. Being a sacrifice to the demon god is an unparalleled honor."

The girl didn't know what Dill was talking about, but she heard something unusual. She widened her eyes and subconsciously took a step back, but she felt as if she stepped on something soft. She looked down and saw an unknown tentacle made of rotten flesh and blood slowly wriggling. She suddenly turned pale and screamed.

"Help! Please, please save me!"

The girl had been frightened too many times in just one minute. When she saw the light at the entrance, she rushed towards it regardless of anything.

Dill raised the corners of his mouth.

"Who told you to run away?"

He casually snapped his fingers, and the air seemed to turn into water. As his fingers crossed, a magical light curtain surged, and a silver-white ripple spread under his feet, chasing the girl.

Dill didn't even look at the girl, but stared at Aisha provocatively.

Dill would not take the life of a sacrifice seriously. It was a rare opportunity for him to have some fun, and Dill wanted to see the mistake that many humans would make - in order to save their own kind, they ignored the crisis hidden in the dark environment.

It might be relatively safe at the entrance, or in other words, farther away from danger, but once you take a few steps down, you will be under Dill's absolute control. The ground and walls are engraved with curse runes everywhere. This power can faintly obtain a little bit of the breath of the devil. Even if it is just a little bit of breath, it is enough to make all things in the world tremble.

That's a real god.

——The girl ran forward in fear, running towards the light, but the ripples were much faster than her. Just when she was almost in despair, Elsa appeared in front of her and reached out to hold her in her arms.

Her speed was so fast that the girl and even Shi Dier had no time to react. The girl felt that she had fallen into a soft place. Aisha squinted her eyes and looked at the silver ripples. She didn't know what it was, so she hugged the girl and turned her back to block her.

Dill only realized it belatedly at this moment and raised his eyebrows slightly - Elsa's speed was too fast, so fast that even he, a high-level demon who excelled in mental power, could not catch Elsa's movements at all. This also sounded the alarm for Dill.

The woman who came this time was indeed extraordinary. She was strong enough to pierce steel plates with her hands, her speed was so fast that he couldn't even see clearly, and her body had definitely been tempered. Such a woman would have been a strong person who could stand on her own forty years ago, so Dier did not dare to take it lightly.

But at the same time, it also made Dill feel excited.

Not all demons are warlike, but Dier is definitely a very warlike one. His desire for power and blood is influenced by the aura of the demon he studied, making it difficult to suppress - and a powerful opponent must be an extremely high-quality sacrifice.

Dill raised the corners of his mouth sinisterly, and his vertical pupils glowed with an even more eerie silver light.

"Although you look very powerful, I might not be able to defeat you outside. But unfortunately, you have come to my territory. Here, I am unbeatable..."

Just as Dill was about to use magic to awaken the dormant formation with a sneer on his face, the silver ripples swept across Elsa's body. At the same moment, with a bang, Dill's head exploded.

Dill's voice stopped abruptly. The body stood straight in the mud of flesh and blood. Blood and brain matter stuck to the walls on both sides like smashed watermelons. Only a hollow tail sound was still floating in the sticky and smelly air.

Elsa frowned slightly and gently covered the eyes of the girl in her arms.

"Close your eyes and don't look."

The girl was frightened. She choked and trembled, nodding repeatedly. Elsa thought that perhaps the girl didn't hear what she said at all. At the same time, a hollow and shrill roar broke out in the air - it flashed away, and it was not Dill's voice.

"I'll take you out."

Aisha patted the girl's head and said.

She sent the girl to the ground, and then Tricia and Charlie came over with Salisbury. They all looked at the trembling girl in Elsa's arms.

"That demon isn't in the wine cellar. It seems like it's here? - I heard an explosion. What happened?"