Chapter 153 The Only Way to Overcome the Chaos Curse

The light that shone from the dome shocked not only the four demon generals, but also the residents and adventurers active in the Misty Town.

Looking at the dome that suddenly lit up, many human mercenaries who were patrolling with muskets showed expressions of obvious surprise on their faces.

"What is that?!"

"Why is it suddenly daybreak?"

"Could it be Chaos..."

"It shouldn't be that serious, right?!"

The mercenary industry is highly mobile, and many people have only been in the business for a few months, and have never seen the people of Misty Town before. Everyone exchanged surprised glances and whispered to each other.

Hearing these rookies talking more and more outrageously, an older mercenary curled his lips and finally couldn't help but say a few words.

"What's the big deal? This place was like this a year ago. It just suddenly went dark last year."

A young mercenary asked curiously.

"Is it because the Demon King has gone to the surface?"

“Who knows why,” the older mercenary shook his head and squinted at the silver-glowing dome, “but my intuition tells me that this is not a good thing.”

Another mercenary standing nearby grinned and spoke in a chatty tone.

"Whether it's a good thing or not is none of our business. Let those nobles worry about it. We just need to stand guard."

A powerful maze is never a good thing for the local human lords, especially when it is heard that Grand Duke Campbell has been in poor health recently and the principality may be about to usher in a change of power.

If the devil representing the forces of hell were to gather his strength first at this time, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the Principality of Campbell.

However, for a mercenary, it seemed too far-fetched to consider these things, and the good or bad of the Principality of Campbell seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Can Grand Duke Campbell definitely represent the interests of mankind?

He used to believe it without a doubt, but after dealing with those princes and nobles for a long time, he found that those people were actually not much nobler than the devil.

Saint Sith and the devil were just two sides of the same coin. It was precisely because he thought so in his heart that he did not feel any guilt for working for the devil.

It may also be because the Demon King has not yet revealed his evil side. At least now he thinks this employer is not bad.

He believed that the respected Captain Alex thought so too.

That gentleman is a true nobleman. Even he is not worried about the rise of the maze. It is too ridiculous for a mercenary like me to worry about these things.

The strange phenomenon in the dome caused quite a stir in the foggy town.

However, as time went on, when people discovered that the silvery-white light had no effect on them, they all calmed down.

At the same time, not far outside the Misty Town, the night elves who were looking up at the dome were so shocked by the vision that they could not get over it for a long time.

Looking at the moonlight that filled the forest, Helen's lips trembled slightly and her eyes were wide open like ripe almonds.

"God of Devil..."

"This, this, this... is the crystal in the dome repaired?!"

Shirley, who was sitting next to her, exclaimed, her eyes also widened, her face full of surprise and disbelief.

Praise the Demon King!

He really kept his promise!

Although she had never doubted it, she had never thought that this day would come so soon.

At this moment, the sound of a horn suddenly came from the forest.

Hearing the long horn sound, the two people who were still immersed in surprise a second ago instantly restrained the smiles on their faces and stood up from the tree branch vigilantly.

That was the rally horn! Helen and Shirley looked at each other, immediately understood each other's expressions, and then jumped down from the tree, their figures quickly disappearing into the misty forest.

The melodious sound of the horn spread farther and farther, and the hunters in the entire forest moved and gathered in the direction of the horn! The same scene was not only happening on the fourth floor of the maze.

Grak returned to the war palace and summoned his men. Nearly five thousand orc warriors picked up their weapons and gathered under the clan's flag.

From the sixth to the ninth floor of the War Corridor, to the tenth floor of the City of Despair, and even to the lower Ice Sanctuary and the Demon King's Palace... the mighty teams were all gathering in the same direction! They were the assets that Reggie Dragun had not yet squandered.

It is also the last power of the entire maze!

They were once scattered but now they have come together again.

This time it's not for anyone's ambitions—

But for themselves!

…

Flags fluttered, drums roared! On the fifth floor of the maze, green heads gathered in the barren wilderness, with bloodthirsty gleams in their cloudy pupils.

Unlike an ogre with a belly full of intestines.

Their bones are more upright and their muscles are stronger!

Apart from their dark green skin and fangs sticking out of their mouths, they looked almost the same as humans on the surface! Looking at the orc army gathering in the wilderness, the players who were killing monsters showed surprised expressions on their faces.

“Is there any new activity here?”

"Fuck! There are so many people!"

The murderous troops gathered in the wilderness, and even the Chaos Gate that exuded an ominous aura in the distance dimmed its light.

That's a real war machine.

Steel forged by blood and fire! Their equipment was not sophisticated, and could only be considered rough, but no one dared to doubt their fighting power! Standing in front of this bloodthirsty army, the heavy armored troops that had previously fought in the wilderness looked like well-made toys! Although they didn't know what happened, their intuition told the players that it seemed to be one of the Demon Lord's trump cards.

After all, they all have green names on their heads.

And the enemy they are facing is the mortal enemy of the cemetery!

Looking at the orc army forming their battle formations on the battlefield, the khals active near the Chaos Gate were also affected by the momentum, and bloodthirsty expressions appeared on their dry and ugly faces.

They are like evil spirits crawling out of the abyss.

Far from being frightened by the powerful opponent, they were excited by the bloodthirsty enemy! A knight on a tall warhorse walked to the front of the battle.

The dark armor covered every inch of his skin, and he stood on the battlefield like a towering black tower.

An obscure spell floated out from under the armor, and he raised the sword in his hand, pointing it towards the dome.

As the obscure spell was recited, the long sword suddenly burst into a hot flame like a lit match!

The flame crawled along the sword's spine to his wrist, then passed over his forearm to cover his armor, and then enveloped the warhorse beneath him!

Amid the neighing of a warhorse, he was like a burning coal, completely bathed in the boiling flames.

A surprising scene took place. The fire that destroyed everything did not burn him, but instead gave him infinite power!

"Kao——!"

A low roar came out of his mouth, and thousands of servants around him also shouted and moved towards him.

As if he was a flag! "Kao!!!"

In just a few moments, a huge army had assembled in the wilderness. Standing at the forefront of this army were the ogres under the command of Kasen Skullbreaker!

However, at this moment, they no longer fight for Hell, but like their leader, they completely stand on the side of Chaos! They believe!

"The Flame of Destruction" Kalmandes is "The Big Stomach King" Burdada! They are the same god!

Standing at the front of the orc army, Grak, holding a battle axe, narrowed his eyes slightly, and a trace of solemnity appeared between his brows.

Without a doubt!

That was the Chosen One of Chaos! He could not judge the strength of that guy from afar. He could only judge by intuition that the burning flame came from another dimension! Most of the power possessed by the Chosen One of Chaos came from another world, so it could not be measured by the standards of the Aos Continent.

Just as Grak was on full alert, the players standing nearby watching the game discovered something new from the edge of the battlefield! Dust was flying on the distant horizon, and as the roar got closer, a giant insect as majestic as a mountain appeared.

The dark blue shell was like a moving fortress. The entire earth seemed to tremble under his trampling, emitting a mournful cry as if it could not bear the heavy burden.

He wasn't the only one here.

There were also thousands of descendants following closely behind him! The dense swarm of insects was like an avalanche, forming a deep blue torrent on the gray-yellow wilderness, turning everything into frost wherever it passed!

"Oh shit! What a huge beetle!"

Knowledge Study's eyes were wide open, his gaze completely glued to this thing, and the soul fire in its skull was shaking with a terrifying light.

The little devil Ayanami, who was floating nearby with his wings fluttering, swallowed.

"What the hell is this..."

"I don't know... but it seems like he is in the same group with us." Gou Shi's face was full of surprise.

He always felt that he had missed several gigabytes of plot.

When did their demon king, who was like a commander without any troops, become so powerful? !

The first person to come to his senses was "drunk in the chemical pool".

How could one person enjoy such an exciting thing alone? He immediately logged off and went to the official website to post a message to attract people.

"Brothers, hurry up and log in!!! Something big happened on the fifth floor of the maze!"

Soon after the post was published, a long list of replies quickly appeared below the post.

"???"

“Is this true?!”

"Shit! I'm still with Chaos!"

"Tell me what's going on!"

“…”

With the exaggerated description by Chemistry Guy, the whole forum became as lively as a boiling oil pan, and players active on other floors all headed towards the fifth floor.

Even some advanced players who were killing monsters on "Planet Kao" were attracted by the situation on the fifth floor of the maze and gathered here spontaneously.

Looking at the giant frost beetle that appeared on the battlefield, the Black Knight standing at the forefront of the Chaos army showed obvious surprise in his eyes.

But it was just surprise.

Unlike the chosen ones of other Chaos forces, the servants of Kalmandus have never known what fear is. Powerful opponents only make them more excited!

Not only that—

The stronger the opponent, the more powerful they are!

And this is exactly what makes Calmandes' servants the most difficult to deal with! ...

The atmosphere on the fifth floor of the maze was tense, and both sides were ready for battle, just waiting for an order or a gunshot! To be honest, Luo Yan had never expected that the play performed by Shino Dragun and himself would produce such an amazing effect.

Even considering the remaining influence of the Dragun family name, the speed at which these rebels defected seemed too astonishing.

So much so that he couldn't help but wonder if he had misunderstood them... Are these guys actually very loyal? Of course.

Talking about loyalty in a place where the law of the jungle prevails is as ridiculous as talking about stance with goblins.

Luo Yan had no idea what those demons had imagined without his permission, so he could only try to analyze it based on what he had learned in the Demon King Academy.

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And after some hindsight analysis, he finally came up with a reasonable explanation.

The disintegration of the labyrinth is not so much due to the ambitions of the ambitious people for power, but rather to the fact that the demons who have long been struggling on the edge of life have lost confidence in their rule over hell.

The previous demon king did not bring them any substantial benefits, and every major decision was to choose the lesser of two evils between bad and worse results.

It was as if Hell had never expected that the Labyrinth of Thunder County would be able to gain a territory in the heart of the human world, but Reggie Dragun still launched a full-scale war without hesitation and placed all his hopes on victory in the war.

Even if they achieved the final victory, they would not be able to enjoy the fruits of victory, because they would soon face the attack of the imperial army.

In this desperate atmosphere, it is impossible for most demons to have much affection for the Demon King from the Demon City, and the only motivation to restrain them from doing more irrational behaviors is the belief in the Demon God.

But now it's different.

As order was gradually restored, those who had been dormant in the shadows saw hope again and regained confidence in the future.

On the surface, this was a rebellion launched by local separatist forces, but in essence it was a game between the local and central governments over autonomy.

They don't really intend to get out of Hell's system.

After understanding this, Luo Yan felt a little relieved. He turned around and went to the nest of the Rock and Soil Soul to inspect the development of the magma worms.

These little guys grow at an amazing rate.

After a week of development, their number has grown from the initial tens of thousands of tadpoles to hundreds of millions of "swarms", extending downward along the igneous rock cracks around the magma, and penetrating along the edge of the maze into the "upper mantle asthenosphere" tens of kilometers below.

There are temperatures of thousands of degrees and pressures of thousands of atmospheres, which are basically the limits of the growth of magma worms.

These little guys don't get too close to the magma, but live in the cracks of relatively warm and moderately pressurized magmatic rocks.

They continuously absorb heat from the heat source like the roots of plants and transfer it to the crystals and other minerals that can store magic energy that they come into contact with.

Therefore, Luo Yan simply connected it to the crystals on the dome of the fourth floor of the maze, and those crystals that could store magic power were naturally lit up.

It's as easy as plugging a light bulb into a power source; no spell is even required.

Because they only live in specific temperature and pressure ranges, they will not spread excessively and cause serious ecological crises.

Not only that, they will wrap around the magma veins like pipes, and use their own adhesion to reinforce the rock around the magma, making the path of the magma flow more stable, greatly reducing the probability of magma suddenly erupting from the illegal construction area of ​​the Rock and Soil Soul!

Considering that underground heat energy is almost inexhaustible, the energy produced by these magma worms can not only supply the lighting of the fourth-layer dome of the maze, but also use the excess magic power in other areas of the maze! Currently, Luo Yan has asked the mole people of Iron Fang City and the goblin engineer Oak to study this matter together.

If the situation is optimistic, the facilities that Reggie Dragun created in the maze with the power of faith can be converted to use clean energy in the future! It's a pity that magic power cannot be reversed into the power of faith. The power of faith can only be collected through the prayers of soul individuals.

Otherwise, Luo Yan wouldn't have to worry about the residents of Thunder City. He could just seal the maze and extract magic power from the magma.

Standing next to Luo Yan, the immovable old man, who was as tall as a small mountain, looked at the tribesmen who were scooping out lava with stone buckets not far away, and spoke in a slow voice.

"It's incredible... I thought these little things would anger our fountain of life, but I didn't expect them to make the magma more stable."

That’s not all!

At first he was worried that these strange creatures would affect the health of his people like moss, but he soon discovered that these little guys not only would not affect their health, but could also enhance their digestive ability and improve their "intestinal flora."

By the way, he also learned the term "intestinal flora" from the Demon King in front of him. He had never heard of a similar concept before.

Thinking of this, he admired the technology of Magic City even more.

"This is the power of knowledge," Luo Yan smiled, not caring whether this had anything to do with knowledge, and continued, "Do you still doubt my decision now?"

"I dare not."

Budong lowered his head respectfully, without any trace of his previous rebelliousness.

Luo Yan could see that this guy was completely convinced.

certainly.

This has nothing to do with knowledge or not, it is mainly because the Rock and Earth Soul Tribe has gained enough benefits from the cemetery.

Not only did they get enough coal, they also lived a stable life, and all they paid was some "excrement" that they couldn't use.

As for the "stone eggs" contributed to the cemetery, it was not a big problem for Immovable.

In their crude culture, their life begins from the moment they break out of the ground. If they cannot move, they cannot be considered a complete life, and naturally they cannot be considered part of the tribe.

After inspecting the situation of the Rock and Earth Soul Tribe, Luo Yan went to Tieya City for a tour.

If the lair of the Soul of Rock and Earth is the reactor of the maze, then Ironfang City and the surrounding areas are the future energy control hub of the maze.

At present, his overall planning for the maze is basically centered around the general direction of "energy self-sufficiency".

In this way, he can save the precious power of faith and use it in more worthwhile places.

For example, improving the combat effectiveness of yourself, players, and monsters.

Just as Luo Yan was reviewing the various strange props designed by the professional players of the cemetery, Xino Dragun, who had just returned from the lower level of the maze, strode towards him.

"How was it? Did I act like it was supposed to be?"

As he spoke, that bull's face was filled with pride.

Compared to the arrogance when they first met, this guy has completely changed his face and turned into a minion of the devil.

In fact, this guy's indecisive character really doesn't make him suitable to be a demon king. He will be led by the nose if he is not careful.

Xino himself actually noticed something.

And this is one of the reasons why he made up his mind to stay with Luo Yan.

Not only did he want to overcome the curse, he also wanted to know how this human was better than him, besides being a little smarter than him.

Looking at Xino who was showing off, Luo Yan smiled and nodded approvingly.

"You did a great job, even better than I expected."

Looking at the Demon King nodding approvingly, Shino's face suddenly showed an eager expression and said.

"Then my business..."

Luo Yan nodded.

"Of course I will help you, but like I told you at the beginning, if you want to break the curse of chaos, you still have to rely on yourself in the end."

Shino said in a muffled voice.

"I know, and I will certainly help. After all, it's my own business... but you have to tell me what to do."

"I was just going to tell you."

Looking at Xino whose expression was gradually becoming serious, Luo Yan paused for a moment, recalling the knowledge he had seen in the Padrich family library before, and continued speaking based on his own understanding.

"The root of chaos is the lack of faith. When we allow the extraordinary power to act recklessly without restraint, chaos will find an opportunity to spread to us. You should have realized that chaos cannot directly affect your body. The corruption of chaos is more likely to act on the part of your mind that has nowhere to go, such as amplifying the bloodthirsty side of your heart."

"Therefore, there is only one way to resolve the curse of Kalmandus - that is to face the polluted part deep in your spiritual world."

Shino fell into deep thought.

However, Luo Yan did not expect that clumsy wooden head to be able to think of anything, so he shared his own experience.

"Before you came here, the strange fog Novel had set its sights on this place. Many people here were affected by chaos and became 'mad talkers'."

Shino asked immediately.

"And then? How did you overcome the Mad Whisperer's curse?"

Luo Yan continued.

"We used unity to dispel lies, and used alliance to end chaos... Of course, the most important thing is that we defeated Him and forced Him to take the initiative to close the door of chaos."

Xino looked at Luo Yan with confusion.

"But I have already defeated the ogre with the chain on his belly... I chopped off his head with an axe myself!"

"I know, otherwise you wouldn't have become the chosen one of Chaos," Luo Yan looked into his eyes and continued, "You made a mistake in the opponent you need to defeat, or you and the ogre you defeated are both pawns of Kalmandus. It doesn't matter to him who wins... This is the nature of the Flame of Destruction. They burn themselves and others, and winning or losing is not what He cares about."

Don't care about winning or losing? How the hell is this going to win——

wrong.

The moment he started thinking about winning or losing, he seemed to have already lost!

Because the winner will become the new Chosen One, the corruption of chaos will continue to spread until all the fuel is burned out!

A drop of cold sweat ran across Xino's forehead.

"So... who is the opponent I'm supposed to defeat? Don't tell me it's -"

Luo Yan said without hesitation.

"Need I tell you? It's Kalmandes, the Flame of Destruction himself."

(End of this chapter)