Volume 3: The Utopia of the Demonic City Chapter 18: Temple of Compassion (Part 2)
"What happened? How did you come out dead?"
"I don't know. Generally speaking, there is no way to place any guardians in this kind of Great Demon Temple because the rules themselves do not allow it."
But what the hell was that just now?
Recalling the moment when he rushed into the alley, Lazarus thought about it but had no clue.
Just as expected, the space inside the alley was folded up. A completely alienated and distorted world appeared inside the alley, but it was completely different from the soft singing that I remembered hearing, as if I had walked into the wrong place.
The moment he rushed in, he could only see endless pipes, various machines as black as the sky, and the celestial sphere placed in the center, floating above the abyss. Before he could observe more, the huge steel structure that looked like a statue around it began to spew out high-temperature steam all over its body, and then a huge steam bomb spewed out from the pipe in his hand, beating him into a ball of minced meat.
With this level of attack power, any mortal would be torn apart and evaporated in the blink of an eye if he took it. However, Lazarus's immortality still played a tenacious role, restoring him to his original appearance. However, the thinking brought by immortality made Lazarus confused about his own knowledge for the first time.
Lazarus had never , but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he felt an indescribable sense of weirdness.
The feeling was very strange. It was not the distortion and alienation brought about by the coming of the great devil, but an even stranger feeling.
It’s as if those things really exist on earth.
…What on earth is this?
Lazarus frowned.
"How's it going? Can you handle this damn thing?"
Looking at the recovered Lazarus, the clown came closer and asked cautiously.
The demon lord with only his head left also looked concerned. After all, this matter concerned life and death and the source of future entertainment, so these two could not help but care.
After thinking carefully about the structure and appearance of the steam engine , Lazarus smeared his fingers on the ground and estimated it, then nodded to the clown and the demon lord, confirming that they could destroy the mysterious temple that seemed to be well defended.
"We can't be bound by common sense, so we don't need to defeat the guardian, just destroy the temple directly."
After explaining the concept of the Great Demon to the two confused heads, Lazarus drew a topographic map of the place that looked like an alley and verbally instructed the two of them on the work they needed to do.
"Clown, you can create things, right? Just make a bow and arrow. Demon Lord, you are responsible for using your soul to correct the direction, because the puppet is likely to reach out to stop the bow and arrow. At that time, you will need your demon manipulation ability to correct it. Although there are many opportunities, we should try to succeed once to avoid complications."
"Wait a minute, you haven't told me what's going on inside yet, are we just going to go straight in?"
"Don't worry about anything else, they are all illusions. The only real thing is that temple. As the land where the great demon descended, it must be consistent with reality, and this is our chance."
So get ready now.
Seeing the shape of a bow and arrow appear in the clown's hand, Lazarus immediately stood up and jumped into the alley.
One by one, they followed Lazarus and jumped down. When they reached a certain height, they felt like they were standing on solid ground even though they had not touched the ground. The world around them changed into another appearance in the blink of an eye.
“Ugh!!!!”
Before they could see clearly, the robot that seemed to have been waiting there let out a roar like a whistle, and swung its arms down, as if to drive them out. Although he didn't understand why the steam giant didn't launch a steam bomb to directly blow it away like it did at the beginning, Lazarus still jumped out responsibly and blocked the fist directly.
Then the next moment he was beaten into a ball of minced meat. The steam giant roared and stepped over the flesh and blood, and pounced on the man and his head hiding behind him. The terrifying extraordinary momentum made the two people subconsciously stay where they were.
And the next moment, the scattered flesh and blood rolled back and returned to the appearance of Lazarus.
He kicked the Steam Giant, who hadn't reacted yet, and knocked him off balance. Then he hugged the Steam Giant's thigh tightly and roared at the two people who were stunned:
"Now!"
The little concubine subconsciously loosened her aiming hand.
The arrow cut through the air and, under the guidance of the Demon Lord, made a sharp whistling sound, knocking down the sphere floating in the air without any interception.
The sphere that was originally balanced above the abyss gradually slid into the abyss. The surrounding world, including the steam giant, all let out unconscious screams and wails, as if some terrible tragedy was re-enacted.
Then, the steam giant that had raised its hand to beat Lazarus into a pulp let out a piercing wail, and in the blink of an eye, its brass body was covered with traces of corrosion that shouldn't have appeared, and then it fell apart, disappearing like dust. And with the disappearance of the guardian, the folded space around the alley also opened up, revealing the scenery inside.
It was completely different from the temples that summoned demons in the impression. The space that was actually displayed did not have anything too complicated or symbolic. There were dozens of scattered corpses and dark red runes, just like an ordinary blood sacrifice scene. To be honest, the people present were not good people, so they would not be scared by these small corpses. What they wanted to find was the symbol of this great demon. Only by finding the symbol of the great demon could they find the information of this great demon.
However, after searching, nothing was found. The only thing that could be confirmed was that the temple was destroyed.
"But, was the first one successful..."
It's a good sign.
Looking at the space around him that was no longer unusual, Lazarus sighed.
But when he recalled the sight of the globe-like city falling and collapsing that day, a vague sense of uneasiness still passed through his heart.
Generally speaking, when a temple is removed, there won't be any symbolic scenes, but a simple and neat replacement of space collapse. And the scene of the celestial sphere being shot down into the abyss, does it have some kind of mystical influence on the great demon who goes by the alias of Sallys?
But it was good enough to succeed. He was ruined anyway. It was useless.
"Hurry up and go to the second place."
We don't have enough time.
Lazarus took a look at the gray mist that was swirling as the folded space collapsed, sighed, called the two people who were in a daze for some reason, and started to locate the outside.
The clown and the demon lord were stunned for a while, and finally came to their senses after hearing Lazarus' voice. They responded quickly and followed the undead. For some reason, they felt that the vague, ethereal singing voices like those of a girl became louder and louder.
It's as if... it's emanating from the depths of their own souls.
