"In the middle of my life, I got lost in a dark forest. How difficult it is to explain the desolation, silence and vastness of that forest!"
"When I think of him, I feel scared, as if death is coming. Before describing my encounter with the rescuer, I will first describe the shocking scene."
"How I walked into this forest, I don't know. I just felt that the moment I fell asleep, I lost the right path."
"Later I walked to the side of the forest, with fear still lingering in my heart. Suddenly I arrived at the foot of a hill. The top of the hill was covered with dazzling sunlight. It was a beacon that illuminated the journey."
"It was really pitiful to be frightened all night. Only then did I calm down a little. People who climb ashore from the sea usually have to look back at the rough waves behind them. So after I was stunned, I looked back where I came from and realized where I was coming from.
The road is dangerous and difficult. It is not for strangers."
"I rested for a while, then stood up and started my journey, climbing up the desolate hillside step by step."
"I hadn't climbed very high when an agile, colorful leopard suddenly jumped out in front of me and blocked my way. I wanted to turn around several times to escape from it."
"It was daybreak, the sun rose from the east, and the surrounding fields became clear. Such a refreshing morning and such a gentle time gave me hope of overcoming the dazzling and terrifying beast."
"But, one wave after another, a lion appeared again. He seemed to rush towards me. He was very hungry. He raised his head high and breathed out. It was really scary.
"
"At the same time, there was also a skinny female wolf. She seemed to be eager to eat, and many people had been hurt by her. Her eyes were fixed on me, which made me tremble all over, so I had to give up crawling.
Plans to get to the top of the mountain!”
——From Hell Travels "Dark Forest, Leopard, Lion, and She-Wolf"
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Seru was captured by the soldiers of King Lucia and secretly taken to his palace.
Without any torture at all, King Lucia easily learned from Seru's mouth the whereabouts of the soldiers he sent out - they died in a deserted forest.
The body was eaten by wild beasts, and the armor and weapons were scattered without a trace.
King Lucia suddenly roared with uncontrollable anger, "Do you know how much money each soldier wastes on me? And their armor! Do you know how much it is worth? Ahhhhh..."
King Lucia roared incompetently in the secret torture chamber of the palace, which made Selu's face turn pale with fright.
His previous courage was given by five people with strange abilities next to him.
But they died in the hands of the Inquisition priests sent by the Holy See in the Holy Light.
So Sailu's courage naturally disappeared.
Especially for people like him who have been through death once, life is even more precious.
King Lucia asked Seru again, who killed them?
As soon as the king asked this question, a hint of deep resentment flashed in Sailu's eyes, so he did not keep William's secret and directly confessed to William.
"A wizard over two meters tall!"
"Easily killed the soldiers with sorcery!"
Sailu thought that after King Lucia heard the news, he would ignore it and unite with the people from the Holy Light Bishop's Court to surround and kill William, the wizard who had saved him.
But unexpectedly, after hearing the news, the anger in King Lucia's eyes disappeared and was replaced by hesitation.
"Would it cost a lot of money to fight a powerful wizard?" King Lucia was like a fussy hawker, considering the gains and losses.
"If you can't defeat him, or you can't defeat him quickly, won't the losses expand a little bit? Then the loss of money will be even more?"
Sailu was stunned when he heard this. He looked at the Lucian king in surprise, as if he had met him for the first time.
After thinking for a while, he decided to give up sending people to hunt down the mysterious wizard who killed his soldiers.
Because the dead soldiers could not be resurrected, the losses were irreparable, and sending people to hunt for wizards would have to pay a high cost. After weighing the balance, King Lucia wisely gave up.
But someone must make up for his losses.
So he looked at Sailu and said, "Okay, Sailu, let's settle the account."
"So far, you have caused me a loss of 135,460 gold Cruzes!"
"Do you have money?"
"...No!" Sailu was silent for a moment and then replied honestly.
He served as a soldier under the king for many years. When he retired (the war with the country was over and he was no longer needed), he was only given three silver Cruze.
And this little money was already spent during the journey.
The money that had been taken from the king before was also taken away by the king again.
It can be said that apart from this life, he could not even take out a copper Cruze.
Of course King Lucia knew about this.
Just seeing Sailu reminded the king of the Kingdom of Lucia that a large part of the wealth that had been restored would never return to his treasure house. This reality made him feel extremely painful. The face of the King of the Kingdom of Lucia
It suddenly became gloomy, like a storm was approaching but had not yet arrived.
Sailu's heart suddenly sank, as if he was being grabbed.
After a while, the king of the Kingdom of Lucia came back to his senses from this painful memory. He glared at Sailu, "Then you have two ways now."
"First, I will push you out and chop off your head in front of everyone, and your sinful soul will belong to me, and the wealth you owe me will be treated as if it never happened."
Beheading? Of course Sailu shook his head desperately.
The king of the Kingdom of Lucia didn't take it seriously either. After all, no one would choose this path unless they were a fool.
"Article 2, after signing the contract, your life and soul belong to me. During your lifetime, you will mine gold for me in my mine, and after your death, you will also serve me!" he said.
"Which one do you choose?"
"Second way!" There was almost no choice. Sailu, who still wanted to survive, said immediately.
The king of the Kingdom of Lucia immediately ordered the waiter next to him and said coldly, "Take him down to sign the contract."
Sailu was asked by the waiter to go down and sign the contract. Before leaving, he asked out of nowhere, "His Royal Highness, will you give the wizard the same choice?"
"No, I won't go to him! I hope he won't come to me either!" the king of Lucia said, waving his hands like shooing away flies.
Uncontrollable anger and unwillingness suddenly flashed in the depths of Sailu's eyes: I am already so miserable, but you, who killed the king's soldiers, do nothing?
Sailu's thoughts were racing in his mind, and he remembered the wounds he had had on his body. With a thought in his mind, he said, "My respected King, I have one more thing to tell you. I guess you will be very interested!
"
"Oh, is it about money?" The king of the Lucia Kingdom raised his head and asked after hearing this.
"no!"
The king suddenly lost interest and lowered his head wondering what he was planning!
When Sailu saw it, he quickly shouted, "There is a magical potion in the wizard's hand. It healed all the wounds on my body, including the wounds that exposed the bones!"
The king's waiters wanted to take Sailu down, but the king of the Lucia Kingdom quickly stopped them, "Stop!"
The waiter stopped.
Sailu breathed a sigh of relief.
The king asked Seru seriously, "You mean, that wizard, the potion in his hand healed all the wounds on your body?"
"Yes." Sailu nodded.
"Is it just a moment?" the king asked again.
"Yes." In fact, Sailu was in a coma at that time. How could he know how long it would take for the medicine to take effect, but this did not prevent him from answering the king's question in a positive tone.
"What do you feel?" the king asked again.
"I feel like my body is full of vitality." This question made Sailu stunned. He immediately thought about the situation at that time carefully, and then said in a very firm tone.
"Could it be the water of life?" the king of Lucia murmured to himself.
"What is the water of life?" Sailu was a little curious.
"A magical thing that can heal all injuries, restore energy, and extend life!" the king murmured to himself.
Sailu was surprised when he heard this answer, and then he heard the king continue, "If it is really the water of life, then it must be very valuable! It can be sold for a very high price!"
Sailu was speechless after hearing this. This king is so greedy. Does he only care about money?
Then the eyes of the king of the Kingdom of Lucia became brighter and brighter, and he said excitedly, "I want to find him!"
"I want to get the water of life in his hand!"
The corners of Sailu's mouth curled up slightly, this was his purpose.
He kindly suggested, "Of course, Your Majesty, this is your right that no one can question!"
"But this wizard has some cunning abilities. Maybe you should use the power of the Holy See!"
Just like how you used the power of the Holy See to massacre my five companions.
Of course, Sailu did not say this.
Who would have thought that after hearing this, the king of the Kingdom of Lucia shook his head and said, "Don't bother!"
"All I need is you!" the king said mysteriously.
"Your Majesty the King, I don't know the whereabouts of that evil wizard!" Sailu felt a deep sense of uneasiness in his heart for no reason!
The king smiled and said nothing, instructed the waiter to take Sailu to his treasury, and then let the waiter leave.
The overwhelming amount of gold, silver and jewelry in the vault made Sai Luliang blind.
Deep regret flashed in his eyes, it turned out that all of this belonged to him!
If I had known earlier, I should have let the five companions find an opportunity to kill the king, so that what happened later would not have happened!
Unfortunately, regret is of no use.
King Lucia, who had his back to Sailu, suddenly said, "Selu, you said that your life and soul belong to me, right?"
"...Yes, Your Majesty the King." Sailu hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Very good, then now is the time for you to give it back to me!" I don't know when, the king's voice changed inexplicably, which made Sailu feel scared.
"Haha..." Sailu smiled like he was crying, desperately searching for the meaning of his existence, and he said, "His Royal Highness, aren't you going to find the wizard who has the... water of life?"
"I can help you! I know where he last left..."
"No! Sailu, you have already helped me!" The king of the Kingdom of Lucia suddenly turned around, and his drastically changed image made Sailu lose his voice.
The king was no longer human, his body was as black as charcoal, his hands were like bat claws, and there was another sarcoma-like head growing out from the side of his neck. The eyes on this head were shining with treacherous light.
"This... the devil..." Sailu turned around and wanted to run away.
Who knew that as soon as he turned around, the king's voice appeared in his mind, "Come back, come back..."
Sailu couldn't help but walk in front of this devil-like king.
"Selu, you promised, your life and soul are mine!" The king's voice came from the sarcoma-like head.
Sailu was already heartbroken and just shook his head desperately.
"I will dedicate you to the great King Mammon and use your soul and lifespan in exchange for the whereabouts of that wizard!" the king said again.
"No, Your Highness the King!" Sailu begged for mercy.
But it’s no longer useful!
Ever since the king chose to reveal his true identity in front of Sailu, Sailu was destined to be a dead man.
The king was half-kneeling on the gold coins on the ground, chanting incantations in the language of hell.
The entire vault seemed to have had its lights turned off and plunged into darkness.
But the floor of the vault lit up.
A dark magic array of five-pointed stars lit up, with various complex spells written on it in the language of hell.
The king's chant became louder and louder, and the gold coins in the treasury also emitted purple mist.
"Great Lord of Wealth, the Most High Mammon, please come!"
As the king finished reciting the last incantation, the entire vault suddenly lit up again, but in front of him, there was a hazy shadow made of purple mist.
Endless evil light bloomed on this purple shadow, seeming to pollute this area into a place of sin.
But there seems to be something restraining the outside of the vault.
After all, the evil breath was not revealed.
The king was secretly relieved, and quickly spoke his request to the projection of the summoned hell demon Mamon, and at the same time sacrificed Sailu and part of the gold coins in the treasury to him!
Mammon is a relatively gentle one among the kings of hell. Wealth and souls are his favorite things.
Of course, in hell, the soul is also a kind of wealth.
Sailu was extremely compressed and turned into a ball of flesh and blood the size of a marble.
After He took away the ball of flesh and blood and some of the gold coins in the treasury, the entire purple shadow disintegrated, leaving only a purple shadow that shot towards a corner of the room.
"Oh, so you plan to use this method to find me?" William's figure walked out of the mirror space and said calmly, "Let me see, a demon apostle!"
"A demonic apostle of a greedy king!"
"This is the second demon apostle I have encountered!"