Chapter 30: Dark City [VIP]
Amid a pile of shocking events that were enough to cause a tsunami, Leo barely managed to secure the insignificant screening rights.
I guess even Alec didn't notice that, instead of winning the battle for jurisdiction, Luke wouldn't lose money as long as he tried to tie and get the screening rights.
But his highness may not necessarily accept the challenge.
On second thought, it seemed that Alec had no choice.
Luke shrugged: "Whether I win or lose, I can expand my popularity."
If you want to make a fuss, go for the strongest one. When people start comparing, their subconscious mind has already given the other party a stronger impression.
The only thing he needs to worry about is whether he will be surrounded and attacked in the Dark City. The Demon King cannot interfere with the hunt, but as long as the other party wants, he can always achieve his goal in a roundabout way.
Life safety is no small matter.
While Luke was hesitating to speak, Leo finally waited for him to appear: "You want me to accompany you."
Lujia shook his head: "In fact, you can just invite some big shots to watch the game."
More racial leaders were present at the ceremony. For both face and reputation, the Demon King would not be able to interfere openly with the younger generation.
He just needs a relatively fair battlefield.
It has been snowing for the past few days and the temperature is very low.
The waves that rose not long ago made the air more humid. As Luke spoke, a layer of frost melted on his eyelashes, and his long, damp hair fell down smoothly, giving the illusion of being well-behaved no matter how you looked at him.
Knowing that he was not going to die fearlessly, Leo's tone softened again: "Actually, you don't have to work so hard."
As long as he gives up taking risks, the dragon clan can protect him and let him live a life of wealth and honor.
Luke smiled sheepishly, "I want to be famous."
Whether it is to dominate his own destiny or to have a larger reputation and audience, he needs to move forward step by step with determination.
A weak person can lose a thousand times, but as long as he wins once, he will be remembered by everyone.
At this point, Luke's lips were red and his teeth were white, and his face was bright: "From the first day I knew this world, I knew that being powerful is the original sin."
Leo: “…”
It’s just a small wish, the dragon clan has no reason to refuse it.
Leo and Grover discussed it, and one day later, golden invitation letters flew from Dragon Island to different races in Grover's name.
The invitation letter said something very nice, saying that it had awakened recently and wanted to get together with old friends. If you have nothing to do in the near future, you can all go to the Dark City and see the elegance of the young demons.
The big guys who received the invitation had only one thought: the dragon clan was really crazy about laying eggs, and the children of other clans were also watching.
At the same time, the magazines were performing steadily, and the news that Luke was going to challenge Alec spread quickly.
As the challenged person, Alec still saw the news from the newspaper.
"What nonsense!" He clapped his hands and crushed the armrest next to the seat. "Issue a statement immediately to make it clear that this matter is false."
Alec really didn't take the matter of tying for the screening rights seriously, his eyes were fixed on the ridiculous jurisdiction.
It's ridiculous to get something for nothing and bet your life on the Dark City as a bargaining chip.
Below his seat stood a fierce demon warrior who usually enjoyed skinning and sucking out the bones of prisoners of war.
Not long ago, this demon general was summoned to the outskirts of the holy city to suppress Luke, but when he arrived, he only saw the guild hall shattered into pieces after the explosion, and Luke was nowhere to be seen.
"Your Highness, you can't do that." The demon general reminded, "We are returning from hunting, and if other princes use this as an excuse to say that you are afraid of them, it will damage your reputation."
Alec laughed angrily: "Does that mean I still have to accept the challenge?"
The demon general said something unpleasant: "Who told him to be weak?"
“…”
The anger in his green eyes reached its peak, and finally it was mixed with a stern smile.
Alec thought a lot, mostly about the impact of the bombing in the holy city.
Taking all factors into consideration, it is determined that the possibility of being exposed is very small.
Once Eliad publicly admitted that he was the mastermind behind the bombing, the Holy City would have to give an explanation to the demons and catch the murderer. Furthermore, the bombing of the guild hall damaged the reputation of the demons, and if the people of the demon realm knew about this embarrassing thing, they would be even less likely to vote for Eliad.
Now they must keep this secret together.
The thought of becoming an invisible accomplice made Alec feel even more physically uncomfortable.
"When is the duel?" he asked coldly.
Demon General: "Please wait a moment. Let me read the newspaper."
“…”
"Found it, at sunrise seven days later."
Alec: Where?
Demon General: "Your Highness, please wait a moment. I'll take a look at the newspaper."
A vein popped out on Alec's forehead.
The demon will continue to search the news given in the newspaper: "Dueling Arena in the City of Darkness."
Seven days, it would take at least four or five days to get here from Dragon Island, maybe the other party is already preparing to set off now.
Alec narrowed his eyes slightly. What was certain was that after Iliad's explosion, he must have been in a weak period, otherwise anyone with a little bit of strength would have risked staying behind to finish him off.
"Well, he has lived for so long. It's time for him to say goodbye to this beautiful world."
I will not make the same mistake as the Holy City twice.
His soles stepped on the broken pieces of chairs, and Alec suddenly asked, "Did father say he wanted to watch the battle?"
The demon general lowered his head, and after a moment shook his head: "Your Highness, it's not written in the newspaper."
“…”
The wind is strong and the sky is high.
There were no monkey cries.
Even if there is, I can't hear it.
Thousands of feet high in the sky, Lujia calculated the time it would take for public opinion to ferment, and set off on a beast cart the next day.
Berlani followed secretly.
Being at the center of the storm, it is naturally better for Go to Demon Realm to be as low-key as possible and not attract too much attention.
As for the other dragons that were familiar with Luke, Grover was going to visit some old friends, and Leo went out to find the dark elves to compose the music for the movie. He dared not even watch the second time for that incredible thing he dared to act in, so he acted like an elder and let Alice and Isa watch him on the spot.
Denton is old, a typical stay-at-home dragon.
However, the Green Crystal Dragon and the One-Horned Blue Dragon were willing to go to the Dark City together, but they were too lazy to fly slowly on the road and planned to set off two days before the duel day.
The beast carriage was assembled by the dragons themselves, the tables were made of top-quality oak, and it was driven by eight winged horses, looking extremely majestic.
Under the invisibility spell, ordinary people would not be able to notice it unless they were a powerful magician.
After traveling for a few days, Luke maintained a regular schedule.
From 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., I write the second part of "Three and a Half Years Old". From 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., I learn spells, from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m., I rest, and from 4:30 p.m. until the early morning, I practice magic.
In order to portray the character of a person from the Holy City, Feather Pen wore a divine servant robe popular among the nobles, a color that was extremely pure, like snow falling from the clouds.
He stared at Luke quietly.
There is no teacher who doesn't like diligent students. Even when he was ridiculed for reciting the spell incorrectly, Luke would accept it humbly.
"You don't need to learn too many spells, just be proficient in them."
With a wave of the quill hand, a notebook appeared in front of Luke.
He opened it curiously, and the ten major combat templates appeared unexpectedly.
Battle type 1: Alec holds the weapon, holding the handle with his backhand, moving his thumb first, and chanting a spell at the same time, indicating that he will use the strongest offensive force to hit you with one blow.
Countermeasures: The candidate's current strength is not enough to interrupt the enemy's power accumulation, so he releases the protective shield first. The power difference is expected to cause him to retreat three to four steps and spit out blood. The whole process takes one second.
That is, if the candidate wants to win, he needs to recite the counterattack spell while spitting blood, and the speaking speed must be controlled at 12 syllables per second.
Recommended spells: distress spell, Shilada spell.
Battle type two: Alec takes the lead in mobilizing the ice or earth element, and has a high probability of casting Dark Cage.
Countermeasures: Use earth escape technique and fire element to buy time. Escape is just a pretense. You should use the ice arrow skill before actually escaping. When the enemy wants to conduct a counter-space blockade on you, take advantage of their unpreparedness and stab them in the back with the ice arrow.
It is recommended to enchant the invisibility spell on the ice arrow.
Battle Type Three: ...
The ten templates can be regarded as a reference answer.
"It's enough to deal with a little demon." Feather Pen glanced outside and saw a sea of forest below and said, "Stop the beast cart. I'll go down and practice with you."
Lujia swallowed and said, "It feels like cheating in the college entrance examination."
This is not a prediction.
What is the difference with an open-book exam?
Without explaining what the college entrance examination was, Lu Jia sincerely confessed: "Master Feather, if I had known earlier, I would have arranged more plots about the fake young master dominating the world."
Guaranteed to satisfy the audience's complaints.
Quill: “…No need.”
He was fed up with the inexplicable character grievances.
After traveling day and night for a few days, a prosperous and huge city was within reach.
The animal cart began to descend.
Luke stuck his head out to take a look and saw that it was a place without spiritual civilization.
Bones that had not yet fully weathered could be seen everywhere below, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and a group of people were robbing nearby.
After landing, Luke ordered the animal cart to turn back and walked into the city on foot.
Unlike the Stone City, the Dark City has no restrictions on killing, and the cost of entering the city is only one silver coin. Most of those who come here to trade are extremely vicious criminals, and cases of black-eating-black are common.
Luke was wearing a cape and also changed into a gear mask to suit the occasion: "How is it?"
The steampunk design of half skull is weird and cool.
Quill: "Nonsense."
The masks he made were not comparable to the defective ones sold by businesses.
Some robbers noticed new faces entering the city and subconsciously wanted to follow them, but they were all dealt with by Blanchard in the dark.
Another day passed, and more and more visitors came to the Dark City. Many indigenous people near the Demon Realm came here. The number of visitors increased explosively in a short period of time. Obviously, they were attracted by the news in the newspaper and wanted to verify the truth.
"It must be true. Someone saw the Centaur Chieftain and the high-ranking Dark Elves appear in the city at the same time this morning."
The burning, killing and looting in the city had calmed down a bit.
The demon said, "Wouldn't it be clear if we just go over and take a look?"
His companion pouted at him: "Do you think I don't want to? The ticket price for the duel arena has been hyped up to 100 gold per ticket."
Alec had good business sense, and since the duel could not be changed, he might as well take advantage of it to make a fortune.
By the time the finals officially began, the entire Dark City, except for half the sky, was packed with people in every corner.
Before dawn, Luke had already arrived at the duel arena. He usually stayed in a nearby hotel and could hear discussions coming from outside from time to time.
"Alec is really good at making money." Luke straightened his appearance.
He gladly accepted this. Those who could spend over a hundred gold coins to watch a duel were not ordinary people, which meant that the popularity of the duel would be unprecedented.
I looked up at the sky.
"It's about time."
As the sky gradually darkened and the sun rose, Alec, the other party in the duel, officially appeared.
As the crown prince who temporarily rules the Dark City, he appeared in great style, wearing a traditional demon battle robe. His armor was made up of a thousand pieces of special enchanted bodies. His newly grafted left limb was wrapped in special molten gold, and he exuded a strong aura.
The sharpest magic sword, the hardest armor, like the ruler in the flames.
In comparison, Luke, who appeared later, is much simpler.
Today he took off his disguise and dressed appropriately, without any special equipment bonuses.
Before leaving, Leo wanted to give him a powerful weapon, but Luke refused.
The two sides stand face to face, with the referee standing in the center of the field.
The entire duel arena was packed. In fact, there were some demon servants who were ready to make a move, but when they discovered that there were seats for dragons, they chose to restrain themselves.
"So he is Iliad." The demon people had long forgotten that there was such a crown prince. When they saw him, their voices of discussion inevitably got louder.
The discussion was quickly drowned out by the referee, who raised his hand solemnly:
"The sun has risen. With the will of the demon as a witness, the duel is about to officially begin."
Before the referee actually announced the start of the game, Luke suddenly interrupted. Today, he had tied his hair into a high ponytail, and his voice had an air of authority that didn't match his age:
"Alec, as agreed, if you lose, I will take over the entire Dark City. If it's a tie, you can't stop me from showing my work in the city. Of course, if I lose..."
He closed his eyes:
"I will forever give up the name of Iliad, never return to the demon clan, and never again bring shame to the bloodline of the demon king! Even if you have the ability to make me bleed in the duel arena, I will have no complaints!"
He cut his palm to swear an oath, and raised his sonorous and powerful voice to the utmost: "Come on, duel!"
"duel!"
"Duel! Duel!!"
The warlike nature in the demons was aroused, and waves of cheers rose from the stands.
There are many loyal supporters of Alec among them: "Your Highness! May you win!"
In the VIP seat, the high-ranking dark elf who was invited twitched his pointed ears and looked at Grover nearby: "Old friend, why do I feel like something is wrong?"
Grover still had that gentle smile on his face.
Something is wrong.
It sounds like I gave up a lot, but actually I gave up nothing.
Luke had never used the name Iliad, and his identity as the crown prince had never been truly recognized. Unless under special circumstances, returning to the Demon Realm would be seeking death.
As for the last sentence...
The blood has already been splattered on the duel field, how can you still complain?
In just a few words, the referee has left the field and the duel on the field has begun!
Alec did not underestimate the enemy and did not give Luke any chance to attack. He moved his thumb on the magic sword slightly and used his ultimate move at the beginning.
He wanted to crush and bombard the opponent with powerful magic, disrupt his vision, and then hit him hard. At this time, he only needed to chop it from the middle with a knife to kill this annoying existence.
"puff……"
Consistent with the template teaching, even after using defense, Lujia still retreated 3.8 meters and spat out blood.
In the stands, Quill sat there expressionless, his eyes slightly cold.
Almost at the same time as Luke retreated, he said, "He blocked it. The rumored magic waste actually blocked Alec's full-strength attack."
The tone was extremely inflammatory.
It was clearly Luke who vomited blood, but all the spectators immediately had the same thought: Iliad was so strong! Can resist Alec.
Isn't it said that he is a low-level magician and cannot sense elemental forces? !
In battle, the five senses are infinitely magnified. The sound from the stands reached his ears, and Alec, who was about to draw his sword, looked grim.
The knife was unsheathed, and the magical power injected into it made the illusory blade infinitely longer.
Unfortunately, before Alec could draw his sword, Luke's counterattack arrived first. He actually used attack magic in a very short time!
So fast!
It seemed like there was no time to think at all.
The blade that Alec originally used for chopping suddenly turned into a shield, blocking the powerful shock wave, causing him to be knocked back two steps.
In the stands, Quill said sharply: "It's incredible that Alec was beaten away by Iliad."
Alec: “?”
Which untouchable is talking nonsense?
Iliad was knocked back several steps and was about to go off the stage, but why didn't anyone complain?
Alec's green eyes darkened when he failed to kill with one strike.
His confidence and magic power are much stronger than when he was in the Holy City. Was it the dragon clan that helped him?
The answer doesn't matter.
Originally, he thought that killing Iliad directly would be too easy for him. In this case, he wanted to see if the other party could escape the attacks of the dark cage and the illusion black magic at the same time.
The ice and earth elements are getting stronger.
Luke immediately became highly alert. It was the second question!
It's time for him to escape underground.
Because he escaped so fast, he even got ahead of Alec before he could fully deploy the cage.
There was another round of shock in the stands.
"It's a pity that the Demon King didn't come today, otherwise I would really like to see his expression." The Centaur Chieftain said with a gloating tone.
The demons like to hunt centaurs as mounts, and they have been dissatisfied for a long time.
"Very strong combat awareness," said the high-ranking dark elf, "completely anticipating Alec's prediction."
Could it be that this child really inherited the demon race's innate fighting ability?
Blaney led the applause and said simply, "Good!"
"It's worth it, this 100-gold ticket is worth it!" The reporter from some newspaper (Lillian's) blushed, "No wonder Iliad dared to challenge him to a duel, he already has the strength to fight Alec!"
Alec was extremely frustrated and increased the gathering of elements, and the condensed terrifying cage finally appeared in the world.
Rather than his opponents, he now wants to bombard the stands more.
Iliad vomited blood = took his own attack.
Iliad performs an attack and dodges himself = he is knocked away.
Under the cage, Iliad was forced to escape underground = the opponent has the ability to predict.
All the good and bad words have been said!
So no matter how he fights, he is always inferior to others?
The author has something to say:
Excerpt from Alec's diary:
I want to write a pirated diary and defeat him in the diary.
Luke passed by and left a footprint.
Alex passed by, leaving two stomps.
The dragon passed by and slapped Yan.
…
Alec: Why diaries are a tourist attraction! !
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
