Chapter 119: The Will of the Demon Castle

"...My lord, I can be considered the most knowledgeable person, no, monster, in the Demon Castle!"

The skull talked endlessly. Ever since entering the sewer, its words hadn't stopped.

Because it was afraid!

Wu Pifu was injured, and it was clearly a serious injury. As for how serious, the skull couldn't guess.

This was the most terrifying thing!

This kind of strong, ruthless person, when not injured, behaves a bit obediently, and basically won't have life-threatening worries. But after the other party is injured, they really might treat you as a side dish for wine!

The skull wanted to continue saying some useful nonsense, but Wu Pifu suddenly asked: "That robot commander just now... was it a mecha from the future or something?"

The skull was stunned and immediately answered: "No, my lord, that is an ultra-ancient life alchemy mecha."

Wu Pifu gave an "en," and the skull immediately said obediently: "This is something the Dark Archmage dug out from the Graveyard District after the current Demon King ascended the throne. It is said to be an existence from a very long time ago, completely untraceable. It is a semi-life, semi-mecha creation manufactured by a special ritual method, so it has sentience and can become a monster, but it also possesses technological characteristics. For example, the self-destruction just now actually belongs to a kind of extraordinary power, which is why the power was so huge."

"Ultra-ancient?"

Wu Pifu had just asked about the mecha subconsciously, but when the skull mentioned its origin, he really became interested and asked: "What is the so-called ultra-ancient? Doesn't the Demon Castle have extraordinaries from all timelines throughout history?"

The skull paused for a whole, then continued to float forward, saying: "No, actually this is a misunderstanding, or rather, only the top existences of various factions and extraordinaries at least at the God-Vein Hero level know the truth..."

"Our era is already the sixth cycle."

Xia Luote and Mary were both stunned. Mary immediately retorted: "Nonsense, the Forbidden Canon clearly states that the singularity technology of the previous technological era led to the appearance of the Demon Castle, and the singularity technology of the future in this era led to the Giant of the End. How could there be six cycles?"

The skull said decisively: "Your Forbidden Canon is incomplete. The complete version of the Forbidden Canon was lost as early as the third cycle. It was also in the third cycle that your God no longer responded to any of your prayers and calls. So since then, your Forbidden Canon has been artificially supplemented generation by generation, but it continues to be lost at the end of every cycle, and then continues to be supplemented. So the Forbidden Canon you see now is incomplete."

Xia Luote and Mary both wanted to retort, but didn't know how to retort.

The skull said at this time: "The so-called Demon Castle having all extraordinaries throughout history actually refers to the time period of our era from the early Age of Gods to the end of the end. But the previous era, the era before that, and earlier eras do not have them. The past of these eras is buried deep in the Graveyard District. The earlier the era, the deeper it is buried."

Wu Pifu didn't speak, just walked forward silently. The skull followed behind him like a sycophant, while continuing to say: "The Dark Archmage is very interested in the artifacts and knowledge of these pre-ancient eras. It is the only one that will go deep into the interior of the graveyard. It is very terrifying inside. Even the Dark Archmage has perished several times. The current one is actually not the original one long ago."

The skull was afraid Wu Pifu wouldn't understand, so it hurriedly said: "The Dark Archmage copies its consciousness in the form of future technological algorithms. Every time its main body dies, its consciousness will occupy the dark body it has manufactured, and then resurrect. But this is no longer the original self, yet it enjoys it, constantly going deep to excavate the underground Graveyard District. One is this life mecha, and one is the bronze Minotaur."

Wu Pifu, Xia Luote, and Mary had no reaction.

The skull laughed "hehe" and said: "You shouldn't underestimate this Minotaur. This is not a Minotaur of our era, but a bronze bloodline Minotaur of the previous era. According to the Dark Archmage's excavation, it once told me that the Age of Gods in the previous era never ended. From the beginning to the end, it was always in the Age of Gods. The gods never faded. However, there were still ups and downs of Chaos in the previous era. Chaos was the most prosperous, and it was also when extraordinary power was the most powerful. It was called the Golden Age, followed by the Silver Age, then Bronze, Black Iron, Gray Tin..."

"The bronze Minotaur flows with bronze blood. That is the blood of gods. The Golden blood is unique to the Main God, the Silver blood is unique to the most noble gods, and the sons of gods and demigods all have bronze blood. This Minotaur is not the Minotaur of our era that has become a monster, but a son of a god, a demigod-level extraordinary. However, because its era has passed, and it was reborn by the Chaos of the Demon Castle, it no longer has the strength of its god-son status."

Wu Pifu nodded in agreement.

After all, if it were really a so-called god, demigod, or god-son, he estimated he wouldn't be able to win against such a terrifying existence with his current strength.

But the skull had one thing it didn't say.

Even if the bronze Minotaur didn't have the strength of its true status, it wasn't something ordinary bloodline heroes could match. Not to mention anything else, its bronze body could be called perfect, possessing natural powerful defense. Even the chaotic defense enhancements of the Puppeteer couldn't compare to the Minotaur's own defense. The perfect bronze body can be called copper skin and iron bones, which can exempt or reduce almost all damage. The perfect silver body above that can be immune to ordinary objects, and the final perfect golden body is even said to be able to be reborn from a drop of blood.

It's just that the bronze Minotaur was ordered by the Demon King and the Dark Archmage not to go out, so it didn't have a big reputation in the outside world.

The skull knew its true strength well.

The skull estimated their current position and knew that they were actually not far from the Graveyard District. What it feared most was arriving at the Graveyard District or being slashed to pieces by Wu Pifu after leading the way. For someone who cherished life like it, that would be truly unjust.

So it desperately thought about how to save itself and how to live smoothly. Then it said: "My lord, do you know why I say the Demon King is the savior?"

Wu Pifu directly gave a triple: "Don't know, don't care, don't talk."

The skull was choked, but didn't dare not listen. It could only laugh dryly twice and said: "Then what does my lord want to know? I will definitely tell you everything I know."

Wu Pifu asked as he walked: "Are there any commander-level monsters similar to the Minotaur in the Demon Castle? I mean the type that is good at close combat and has unparalleled defense."

The skull immediately said: "Yes, yes, but none are as powerful as the bronze Minotaur. The only one stronger than the bronze Minotaur is the Demon King. However, the Demon King sits in the Demon King Hall and won't come out easily."

Hearing this, Wu Pifu relaxed slightly. He thought for a moment and asked again: "You are the commander of the Library District? Then why don't you attack the safe zone in the library?"

The skull actually said seriously: "Because I don't like fighting and killing. By comparison, I prefer all kinds of novel information, intelligence, decryption, and knowledge. At the beginning, I mainly hunted those extraordinaries to extract information, but this efficiency was too low. Then a team came to the library. The captain of that team told me a new method, which was that he bought a piece of territory in the library, about three rooms, and he had a way to build it into a safe zone that could resist Chaos pollution, and then split the profits 30/70 with me. The money obtained could directly buy all kinds of information."

!

"This person was eloquent and convinced me. I also wanted to try whether this method was feasible. As a result, it was a great success. Now I don't need to hunt extraordinaries anymore. The 30% share of the safe zone is enough for me to buy any information and knowledge I want."

Hearing this, Wu Pifu sighed again that Hao Cheng's captain was truly a talent, actually turning a horror adventure game into a construction and cultivation game. The key is that they succeeded. They could improve the shelter level just by sitting there. This was a shelter construction direction Wu Pifu had never thought of.

Can't help but admire!

Wu Pifu asked again: "I heard that their captain and two teammates disappeared. They were dragged into the Demon World. Do you know about this?"

The skull paused and said: "Hmm, I know, because they committed a taboo... they escaped from the Graveyard District."

Wu Pifu stopped and looked at the skull: "What do you mean? Speak clearly. What do you mean by escaping? Otherwise, can they walk out safely?"

The skull looked at Wu Pifu and said: "Yes, walk out... The Graveyard District is the echo of the Demon Castle in the past, and also the residual shadow of the long-past. It is not just the Demon Castle of our era, but the history buried from the beginning of its birth. All collapsed past Demon Castles can be encountered in it. Its volume is ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times larger than the existing Demon Castle, and even... the Dark Archmage once said that the volume of the past Demon Castle in the graveyard is larger than the entire world."

"Those who enter will encounter different halls according to causal connections or their own nature. Although there are shallow, middle, and deep factors, every entry will inevitably have a special hall waiting for you, or the past Demon King Hall of the shallow layer, or some special commander halls, such as the Reaper of the Demon Castle of our era, or the Dark Archmage Hall."

"Entering the graveyard is your own choice. The step you take has already signed this causal covenant. You must pass the test of that hall, whether by wisdom, by strength, or even by persuasion. Only by passing that hall will you be allowed to leave. Otherwise, the Chaos brand emitted in the Demon World will instantly activate and drag you toward Chaos."

The skull paused and looked toward the Graveyard District in the distance: "And those people who established the safe zone used unknown methods to escape from the Graveyard District. This is taking advantage, but it is also blasphemy. That anger enraged the Demon Castle itself, and they immediately suffered disaster!"

The skull said to Wu Pifu in a very serious tone: "The Demon Castle itself has a will. Although no one knows what the will of the Demon Castle itself is or where it comes from, the Demon King has mentioned more than once that even he cannot twist the will of the Demon Castle itself. So, my lord, even if you know all this, you still want to..."

"Step into that Graveyard District?"