I never thought that I would meet an interesting mortal like you during my trip to the Prime Material Plane.
Especially that soul that is so wise and dazzling is quite rare and precious even in hell.
Now that things have come to this, I will tell you what you need to do to open the passage to the bottom floor of the tomb.
See the altar behind me? What you need to do now is to offer a sacrifice! It can be a noble paladin, a loyal servant, or a potential betrayer deliberately placed next to you...
Anyway, you just have to dig out the heart of one of them and then follow the instructions in the notebook to complete the whole process."
"Potential betrayer?"
Zuo Si keenly grasped a key word.
The Bone Demon smiled cruelly and nodded: "That's right! With your brain, you should have known the answer a long time ago, right?"
As he spoke, his eyes were staring directly at the half-orc Rhett without any concealment.
The latter pointed at his nose with a bewildered look and asked back: "You said I would betray you? How come I don't know it myself?"
"Hehehehe! You are just a manipulated chess piece, a used tool. What makes you think you are qualified to know the truth?" The Bone Demon sneered unceremoniously.
Obviously, as a mid-to-high-level devil, he looked down on the orcs in front of him.
He didn't even show the slightest interest in its soul.
Rhett's face suddenly turned ugly.
Because the devil's words suddenly gave him a very bad premonition.
After being lost in thought for half a minute, the barbarian warrior finally came to his senses and asked in a slightly angry tone, "What did those bastards from the Langding Chamber of Commerce do to me?"
Although Rhett's intelligence attribute is not high, he is often easily overwhelmed by anger and bloodthirsty desires.
But that doesn't mean he is mentally retarded or an idiot.
After calming down and thinking for a while, he immediately realized that there was a gap in his previously coherent memory not long ago.
"It's simple! They left a seed in your brain."
The devil stretched out his thin, skinny fingers and tapped lightly on his huge, deformed head.
“As long as it is activated at a specific time, you will immediately become another person, the person they want you to be.
Admit it, pathetic mortal, you are just as much a prop prepared for this game as I am.
The only difference is that I know a little more, and my subjective consciousness is not controlled by magical forces.
But you...
Your fate is already determined.
Either become a sacrifice here, or go to the bottom of the tomb and become a despised betrayer, and finally be killed and turned into a lifeless corpse.
The freedom you desire and fantasize about never existed from the beginning to the end."
The bone demon grinned, revealing a row of sharp fangs. His weird expression made it hard to tell whether he was being sarcastic or mocking.
"No!!!! I'm going to kill you!"
Rhett became extremely furious in an instant, and both his body and mind seemed on the verge of going berserk at any moment.
But before he could really go berserk, Zuo Si, who had remained invisible the entire time, finally made his move.
He directly activated the scroll in his hand.
The next second...
The blinding red light hit the orc directly.
The latter stopped all movements immediately before he even had time to react, and his eyes revealed shock and fear that were difficult to conceal.
Because Rhett discovered that his body, mind and will were now completely under Zuo Si's absolute control.
Even if the other party gave an order that was almost suicidal, he would execute it without hesitation.
"Five-ring magic [Control over humans]?"
The bone demon recognized the spell that controlled the orcs almost instantly.
It is different from the low-level charm magic like [Charm Human].
Instead, it is 100% complete control through the mind connection.
Unless the target affected by the spell has a will that is ten or even dozens of times stronger than that of an ordinary person.
Otherwise, it is basically impossible to break free.
And the duration of [Dominate Humanity] is increased by one day for each spellcasting level.
This means that if Rhett remains in a controlled state, the previous people's plan to control him through magic such as suggestion will fail.
After all, a person who has been completely dominated will not have the corresponding execution ability even if he receives strong hints.
"Look, the potential for betrayal has been eliminated."
Zuo Si spread his hands as if he had done something insignificant, and continued to speak to himself: "No matter what the mastermind did to Rhett, he can't betray him now.
At least not until [Domination over Humanity] is lifted.
You think I had no preparations when I realized there might be a spy among my own troops? I was more prepared than you can imagine!
Most of all, I hate playing by rules made by others.
Especially in this situation where sacrifices and trade-offs must be made.
In addition, when you mentioned sacrifice just now, you must have missed one person, and that is you, right?
If Eloline represents holiness, Rhett represents betrayal, and my two men represent loyalty, then you represent deception.
If I kill you and dig out your heart and place it on the altar, it will open the entrance to the deepest tomb."
Using control spells to control teammates who are charmed by the enemy is an inspiration Zuo Si got from playing games in the past.
Although using it in reality may cause negative emotions in the person being controlled, it is still much better than being controlled by the enemy.
What's more, he currently has too few means to dispel magic.
In addition, his own spellcasting level is too low, making it almost impossible for him to gain any advantage in a head-on confrontation with a high-level spellcaster. He can only resort to such "evil ways" to take an unconventional approach.
"You really are an interesting mortal. But are you sure you want to do this? I'm not someone who won't sit still and wait for death!"
The Bone Demon slowly raised the strange weapon in his hand, which was made of some unknown animal bone and exuded an evil and twisted aura, and took a posture ready to fight.
"What gave you the illusion that I would fight a devil head-on? Because there is a young paladin in the team?"
Zuo Si asked back with a sneer as he took out the [Magic Card: Strengthen] and immediately activated the spell effect stored in it.
moment!
The Bone Demon felt that the binding magic circle under his feet suddenly became several times stronger than before.
The huge and skinny body couldn't even stand up! It fell face down on the ground with a thud, and no matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't escape the overwhelming power of the binding magic circle.
On the other side, Zuo Si was not idle either.
He quickly signaled to the soldiers to take out several silver-shining mithril ingots and about two or three hundred equally shining silver coins from their backpacks.
Then, under the control of his hands, these metals were quickly stretched and gradually turned into several short javelins shining with cold light.
Mithril is the main component, while pure silver is the coating covering the outside.
When the javelin was made, Zuo Si directly handed it to the two people with the highest strength attributes in the team, the soldier and the orc Rhett.
After they got it, they aimed at the bone demon that was firmly tied to the ground and threw it out without saying a word.
Puff! Puff! With acid and blood splattering everywhere, the sharp tip of the gun tore through the skin and penetrated deeply into the devil's body, which looked like only skin and bones.
Especially the silver plating on the front end of the javelin, which instantly blocked its powerful regeneration ability and continued to cause secondary damage around the wound.
As creatures from the lower planes, both demons and devils hate and fear the metal silver.
To them, this thing is like a deadly poison.
Realizing that Zuo Si intended to stab him to death with these silver-plated javelins from a distance, the Bone Demon immediately raised one arm with all his strength and used his spell-like ability to create a solid ice wall out of thin air less than half a meter away from him.
(End of this chapter)