"I have to confirm something first."

Merlin said to Riana in front of her:

"Since you dare to appear here at midnight, it means that Bellakos is not omniscient about what is happening on this land, right?"

"really."

Riana nodded, and she said frankly:

"Although the area of ​​Hell's border is not as small as a complete world, it is definitely not as small as you think. Bellakos was exiled here, and it was accepted by this land just because it stayed here for long enough that it never wanted to stay here."

The girl wrapped in a black cloak said in a sarcastic voice:

"It has always dreamed of gaining new power, and then returned to hell with a glorious light, trampling all the hell kings who had driven it out under their feet."

"It has never liked this land, it just borrows its power purely, so as long as another person who has a relationship with the border of hell takes control of the border of hell from it, this land will begin to resist."

"You are talking about you?"

Meilin stroked the fur in his arms, and he said calmly:

"Are you sure you're going to take its territory from the demon's hand?

"Who will be 100% sure of such a thing?"

Riana said impatiently:

"I have to use the power of Hell's Frontier to compete with Bellakos. I still have a lot to do and you can't help, so let's discuss the part you can help."

This young girl with a slightly irritable personality pointed to her chest, and she said:

"I saw my soul, as you said, the filled chaos left my soul only one step away from being unbalanced. It would be hard for me to calm down and cooperate with the old bastard Bellakos before solving this tricky thing."

She looked at Merlin with an undisguised worry and desire in her eyes, and she said:

"When you left before, you told me that as long as I make up your mind, you will help me, so I'm curious, how should you help me?"

"No rush for this, I still have some things to know."

Meilin stroked the emerald ring on the index finger of his left hand and said:

"To find the right answer, you have to ask the right questions first. Due to the current situation, what I want to know is, do you know now, what method is Bellakos using to connect you with the will of the ancient evil god?"

"It's a ceremony, if I'm not wrong."

Riana frowned and said:

"I was brought here by Bellakos more than ten years ago. At that time, I was just a 6-year-old child. I had just awakened my abilities, but I was weak and could not even adapt to the environment of the border of hell. The old bastard created a manor for me that was very similar to the environment on earth, and taught me like a tutor and taught me to learn black magic."

"It tells me that my potential is strong, but it must be rigorously trained to fully develop this potential. I was constantly learning various magical knowledge for the first five years at the border of Hell, until I adapted to the environment here, and the demon prepared a ceremony."

"It told me that it was a ritual to connect with great beings and to gain knowledge from it. I was young and did record such rituals in magic books, so I didn't doubt it."

Riana sneered:

"Think about it now, that should be the beginning of its pollution of my soul."

"It was that ritual that split your soul?"

Merlin asked:

"How did you feel at that time? Describe the ceremony in detail."

“It’s very uncomfortable, it hurts.”

Riana touched her head and said:

"I just feel like I'm torn apart from my body. A lot of knowledge, the taboo knowledge, poured into my mind, like a water flowing into the bucket, or even overflowing."

"As for that ceremony, it was a very simple ceremony."

Riana stretched out her hand, and a ball of magic quickly gathered in her hands into a strange pattern, which was like an eye, an eye hidden in the darkness like a tentacle waving.

"It draws this pattern with blood, then lights candles around it, and recites it in a difficult language that I can't understand until now. It allows me to stay in the pattern array and empty my mind."

"I did as I did. After waiting for a few minutes, I felt an invisible door opposite my eyes when I opened it. It was a huge, mountain-like consciousness. It was hard for me to describe the feeling of seeing it."

Riana frowned and described to Merlin:

"It's like you look at the sea in front of you. Under the dark stars, a giant beast waving its tentacles suddenly appeared in the quiet sea. You stare at it and it stares at you. It may not be malicious, but you will instinctively feel fear, especially when the two parties are in contact with consciousness, your soul is like standing under a lonely and cold mountain."

"You are so small, so huge that it will make you feel an involuntary urge to worship it."

"But that's just an illusion."

Riana reached out and plucked the bangs in front of her forehead, and she said:

"It doesn't care about you at all. No matter what you do, no matter what you pray for, it will only look so coldly until you really arouse its interest."

Mao Mei sighed and said:

"This is the only time I have come into contact with it, a ridiculous scene, but now I think about it, there may be some things that I have overlooked."

"Your tone is also very abnormal."

Merlin reminded:

"I think a normal person may not be so eager for the attention of unknown spirits. You are influenced by it, Riana, your will has begun to surrender to the ancient evil god. The worst thing is that you don't realize this, you feel that you are normal."

He frowned and said:

"It seems that the problem is even worse than we thought. But there is no good news."

Merlin said:

"Berakos needs you to become the container of the ancient god, but the arrival of the evil god requires the container itself to succeed without any resistance. It stabilizes you in a deceptive way, cuts your soul open, and pollutes you little by little, probably because of this reason."

"This means that as long as you remain vigilant without arousing Bellakos' suspicion, the power of the ancient evil god will slow down the breeding speed of your soul."

"You still have time."

"this."

Merlin took off the emerald ring from his finger and threw it to Riana, he said:

"Hold it, it seals a memory inside it, which should help you."

“How to say it?”

Riana took the ring and she asked:

"What's the principle?"

“I asked a professional and her advice was that if your soul is polluted, then you might as well cut it off.”

Merlin said:

"Because your nature of existence has begun to tend toward demonic creatures, and your soul has been split by that ritual, so this unreliable method should be feasible for you."

"You mean, let me cut off two of my already contaminated souls?"

Riana looked at the ring in her hand and asked with a headache:

“Is there no gentler way?”

"Even if the demon is cut off the soul, it will have various symptoms. What's more, I am not a pure demon. The lack of soul will cause me a lot of trouble, and my will may become unstable. And I have made up my mind to kill Bellakos. Cutting the soul at this time will make me very weak."

“So you have to find a perfect time.”

Merlin said:

"I may be able to help with this, and I may be able to pull Belacos away at the right time and create opportunities for you."

"But if you need my help, you will owe me a favor again. With the method of soul cutting, you owe me two favors. Riana, my favor is not cheap."

His tone became playful, he said:

"How are you going to repay my favor?"

"Make a request!"

Riana put away the ring in her hand, and she looked at Merlin and said frivolously:

"As long as I can do it, even if I serve the bed, it's not impossible."

"you?"

Merlin glanced at Riana and shook his head:

"I'm not interested in a childish girl like you."

His face became more serious, he said:

"I need some magical objects, some items with powerful power, whether it is dark magic or divine power. If you can get enough magic to me, I may consider eliminating some of your 'debts'."

"Of course, if it is knowledge in hell, the black magic used by Bellakos can also be used for exchange, but strange things are necessary."

"You're waiting here!"

Riana said something to Merlin, then walked into the dark red light of the teleportation. After a few minutes, she returned to Merlin with a black bag, and she threw the bag to Merlin.

The latter took it in his hand and found that the bag was filled with more than a dozen items scattered with black magic, mostly some pendants and several things like armor. Among these hell magical objects, there were also several books emitting dark magic.

"Is this enough?"
To be continued...