In the dark night, the towering trees, birch forests and firs that grew around the ruins, which seemed so friendly during the day, now turned into sinister and strange forests.

Is something rustling?

Is it the kobold's movement? Or the fierce-eyed, terrifying-looking gnoll hunter? Or goblin bears thirsting for flesh? Cruel stupid ogre?

No, it's just a half-elf ranger who just walked over.

Thorne stood on the collapsed stone wall, the night wind ruffled his messy hair, brushed his cheeks, stabbed his black eyes, he didn't care, just stared silently at the uncompromising wilderness .

He was very familiar with this place. It used to be a village and town built by a group of destiny protesters, and it was also the place where he camped when he and Andrina went to the town of waterfalls half a year ago.

Looking around, what caught my eye was a vast darkness.

The moon was hiding in the heavy clouds, revealing only a few faint rays of light. There were chirping insects in the overgrown ruins, and there was a desolate wolf howling from the Dajianhen Mountains.

The ranger, who was very accustomed to the night environment in the wild, looked at the familiar scenes, and his mood did not fluctuate at all.

I do not know how long it has been.

Thorne sat casually on the collapsed ruins, with his back against the crumbling wall, letting the weeds drilled out of the cracks caress his hair and cheeks, looking down at the demonic imprint in his palm, with a bitter smile: "Is it Is it really just an experiment?"

Demon Power lv3 (21252500)

Since the duel with the conjuration summoner in the Black Pearl Forest, the progress of the demon power in his palm seems to have absorbed some power, and inexplicably began to grow continuously.

So much so that he has been struggling to resist the invasion of the will of the abyss for the past two days. Finally, when the growth progress suddenly stopped, he got rid of this pain and was fortunate that he saved himself from danger.

Although the continuous improvement of the demon power level allows him to gradually master various powerful spell-like abilities and demonic characteristics.

For example, the fireball technique, the fire wall technique, the summoning of demons, and the improvement of the bloodline and attribute points of the flames he obtained were all due to the power of the demons.

Facts have proved that these powerful abilities have also helped him overcome difficulties again and again.

However, just as the plane insight person he met half a year ago said: all gifts bestowed by fate are secretly marked with a price.

When you gain this power, it means that you need to pay an unknown price at an unknown moment.

This is the essence of life from the 21st floor of the bottomless abyss, the sixth cremation pile, the Lord of Balor.

The former Balor Fire Lord was buried in the deepest part of the Doomsday Volcano in the sixth cremation pile for thousands of years without being successfully killed.

Even now, due to unknown reasons, the strength of this demon lord has been greatly reduced, and he took advantage of it to fuse it and obtained some of the demon lord's abilities.

But Thorne is very clear that this power is not something he can easily control. Perhaps the consciousness hidden in the deepest part of the demon lord is accumulating power and is ready to fight back at any time.

Therefore, the large increase in the power of the devil did not bring him any joy, but added a lot of worry.

Since the last time I raised the level of demonic power in the temple of Tiamat, the evil dragon queen deep underground in the Lost City of Dragonborn. He deeply realized that with his current ability, he could not resist the erosion of the abyss will of the next ascension.

This is why he has been ignoring the progress of Demon Power.

Who would have thought that an unexpected duel almost reached the critical point, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

Staring at the demonic mark that had long since returned to calm in his palm, Thorne remembered the solemn warning the little wizard Pardo had left him just now.

This made him know that this method of fusing the essence of demons came from the arcane empire that had disappeared in the long history.

The former great arcanists have studied how to steal the power of demons without paying any price. Their research always thought about how to pay no price, but unfortunately they paid the heaviest price in the end.

But this is only limited to low-level demons like Cowardice and Quasser. As for middle-level and high-level demons, without exception, they all ended in failure.

However, there are still great arcane masters who are not giving up on this, and have obtained the latest research results on the eve of the destruction of the arcane empire.

However, it is a pity that with the collapse of the Arcane Empire, the research results have not been carried out in the end.

Despite this, this fusion method was found again for some unknown reason, and it was successfully recorded in the wizard tower of Winter City, and he is likely to be one of the test objects.

A research that has not even been tried by middle and high-level demons, but directly trying the life essence of the demon lord on him, makes people terrified to think about it.

"The ability you obtained was also given by the person in Winter City, they are too messy."

Thorne recalled a paragraph of dissatisfaction and blame that the goblin wizard Malvasia said after knowing her situation.

That is to say, if he wants to know the truth of the whole incident, he must return to the waterfall town as soon as possible, and take the initiative to find out the goblin wizard who lives in the high tower.

Thorne touched a space ring obtained from the plane of insight. In addition to a soul spar that can make tower spirits, this ring also has a projection of a high-level artifact.

What is the advanced artifact projection used for? He was too lazy to think about things that had nothing to do with him.

Although he can't use the items of the space ring, he can use the things in his hand to let the goblin wizard tell the details about the insight, the godslayer and the god-building plan.

Only by understanding the ins and outs of the incident can he be prepared to deal with it in the future.

Thinking of this, Thorne subconsciously turned to look in the direction of Waterfall Town.

At this time, he had never had such a strong desire to return there as soon as possible.

He even thought about starting nonstop now, arriving at his destination early the next morning and knowing what he wanted to know, but he finally forcibly endured it.

Because the sound of footsteps stepping on the gravel and grass was coming from far and near, Thorne knew who the person behind him was without thinking.

"Why don't you rest." Thorne put away his worries and regained his composure and calmness.

The half-elf girl didn't answer the ranger's question, but walked forward without a word, sat beside him, breathing the fresh air of the wilderness, and looked up at the cold moon that emerged from the clouds.

Thorne felt a warmth from Lilia's body, and a faint scent of body odor.

"What do you think of when you see the deep wilderness of the Emerald Field." After a moment of silence, Lilia suddenly asked.

"Worry." Thorne replied without hesitation, even he himself didn't know why he answered this question.

As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it a little, but unfortunately the words could not be taken back.

"Why worry, you look calm and calm." Lilia asked curiously, staring at Thorne's face.

"Continuous humanoid invasions, harsh climates, uncompromising wilderness, and ruins without smoke are proof that this peninsula is nothing more than the wild fringe of the entire continent." Thorne pondered, and glanced around him The ruins and broken walls that can be seen everywhere, a little perfunctory reply.

At this moment, he is more worried about himself. As for the town on the waterfall, he is not worried, because he thinks that the town on the waterfall will never usher in such a day.

"Are you worried about our Falls Town?" Lilia watched Thorne, seeing something in his calm look.

"That's right." Thorne met her gaze and nodded slightly.

Then, his tone became serious: "Walking all the way, didn't you realize that someone has been secretly following us?"

After Thorne finished speaking, his eyes turned to the birch forest not far away.