Chapter 457 Bloody Barrier
The moment he poured the blood on the pyramid, Avis immediately felt that the web of fate had undergone subtle changes.
What he was doing now was obviously detrimental to Landon, the son of destiny, so the web of destiny reacted accordingly and began to punish him.
However, it seemed that due to Vio's previous identity, he did not consume any of the power of fate feedback. Instead, his fate line with Landon became entangled in a special way.
Simply put, he has now become the villain of Landon's story.
After figuring it all out, Avis couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little weird.
I clearly wanted to join the positive camp this time, but I ended up becoming the villain without realizing it.
...Wait, why did I say again?
Thinking back on what he had done and what he was about to do, Avis shook his head, somewhat helplessly.
He asked himself, his style of doing things, it seems that it might be... a little bit not so righteous, but it should still be some distance away from being a villain.
From childhood to adulthood, he had never even killed an enemy with his own hands.
Most of the enemies were dealt with by the guards, and the few enemies that were occasionally encountered were either killed accidentally or committed suicide in internal strife.
I am such a kind-hearted person and I just want to save my life and household registration book, why is it so difficult?
However, this incident also gave him a wake-up call.
Looking at the pendant in his hand, Avis fell into deep thought.
He had previously planned to activate the Infinite Grimoire of Heros after one of the parties obtained it, and to try to break through to the eighth-level prophet by harvesting a series of subsequent fate feedbacks.
But Avis suddenly thought of one thing. If he made this choice, although he would most likely be able to break through to the eighth level, his fate would also likely be deeply involved in the fate of the Federation.
In that case, in the eyes of other prophets, he would be like someone who had lost the cover of the fog, and would have gone from being a player outside the board to a chess piece in the game.
If it happened at the last moment when the war was at its most intense, it would not be a big deal. But the sooner you die, the more disadvantage you will suffer, because if you expose yourself too early, you will be easily targeted by others.
At the same time, due to his identity as the leader of the Ashes, the fate of those children of destiny affected by his actions will also be entangled with his, causing him to suffer certain backlash.
Fate is fair. You can't be a referee and play football at the same time.
Pinching his brows, Avis finally gave up the idea of activating it directly, and instead prepared to ask other suitable people to activate it. Then he could use the secret ritual to distribute some of the negative impact brought to him by this incident.
So he turned his gaze, looked around, and then gradually his eyes stopped on the summer night fireflies beside him.
"Mr. Mirror Man, is there anything I can tell you about?"
Feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by Avis, the player girl scratched her arm and spoke in a low voice.
Although the rewards are good, it is really boring to stay in one place all the time. I can only pass the time by browsing forums and participating in lotteries.
Fortunately, after the recent update, a new fashion roulette was released. The previous roulette would clear all the legendary sets after a few draws, and you could not draw anymore.
As she asked, the girl clicked again casually, and then saw the familiar golden-orange light.
Hmm, it looks like the new roulette wheel won’t last much longer.
“… Never mind. It’s nothing.”
Avis looked away and stopped looking at her.
Although I am somewhat curious about what the consequences will be if the players get involved in this matter, I will forget about the human form of the lucky lady next to me.
He was worried that when he was ready to transfer the negative impact, the Fate Ritual would simply fail to lock onto the target.
At the same time, he also considered the candidate for the target.
Since the effect of activating the pendant is to rapidly increase the progress of the rebels' occupation, the person who activates the necklace should preferably be an important member of the rebel camp.
And this person must have a strong life, otherwise, after being caught up in the trend of fate, he will continue to have bad luck and die, and then he will have to bear the backlash of fate that follows.
Finally, the target’s level cannot be too high, otherwise his ritual will not be effective.
To sum up, Landon, who is helping him find treasure, is a good guy.
Taking out a portable alchemy house, Avis entered it and began to observe the situation near the basin while waiting for further changes to the ruins.
During this waiting, a day or two passed quickly.
During this period, another ninth-level professional, as well as several seventh- and eighth-level professionals whose reason was dominated by greed, chose to enter the ruins to explore.
Finally, in Avis's observation, the changes in the ruins finally appeared. At this time , Landon, Leo and others' team had already gone deep under the pyramid and gradually approached the real core area of the ruins .
In fact, the black pyramid on the surface is only as different from the actual volume of the ruins as the one-tenth volume of an iceberg that is above water and the nine-tenths of the underwater part below.
After entering the ruins, except for some players and several resistance members above level six who relied on their strength and chose to leave the team to explore freely, everyone else still followed Leo.
The Dark Crow, which had previously claimed that it could recall more memories and urged Landon to explore the ruins, suddenly fell silent after actually entering the pyramid. Even when Landon tried to call it, there was no response.
If he had not been able to vaguely sense the other party's presence, he would have almost thought that the Dark Crow had disappeared.
At the same time, he himself always had a strange sense of familiarity with the alien forces around him, as if the power of apoptosis he mastered came from the same source as the power in the ruins.
Although it cannot affect it, it can clearly sense its subtle flow.
Along the way, relying on this feeling, Landon managed to guide everyone to avoid many major crises. Other dangers and strange creatures were also dealt with by Leo.
Some of the spoils obtained during the period were also temporarily kept by Leo, ready to be distributed after leaving the ruins.
Finally, after they dealt with another strange black slime mass blocking their way, the core hall at the bottom of the ruins was finally opened to them.
But after seeing the scene in the core hall, everyone realized that things were not that simple.
A huge spherical force field drenched in a strange dark red aura enveloped the core area of the entire hall, and its interior was blurred.
A corpse wearing a robe and holding a long black-handled staff sat on the ground beside the force field, and a thick magic book fell beside him.
With the magical light from everyone's side, they could vaguely see that on the cover of the book, there was a blood-red eye that was still moving slightly.
"Dark Raven Tower..."
Watching this scene quietly, Landon habitually wanted to ask Dark Crow for his opinion. Then he realized that the other party had lost contact for unknown reasons.
Then, his gaze shifted to his side.
"...Xiao Hei, what do you think?"
A big black dog on the ground next to him shook its head, not ready to express its opinion.
What’s a little strange is that the dog’s four paws have faint light black transparent flames, making it look like a messenger from hell, which is terrifying.
This was something that hatched from the monster egg he obtained from the original ruins, but during hatching, the egg was accidentally affected by his power of apoptosis, causing the creature that broke out of the shell to acquire strange characteristics.
Landon named him Xiao Hei.
(End of this chapter)
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