Chapter 560: The Summoning and Peace Overture of the Half-Goat

As Luo De began watching the magical footage inside the cell.

The previously vacant-eyed half-goat Einala began trembling violently.

After about ten seconds of convulsions, she regained composure.

Her eyes were clear but cold.

She had forcibly resisted the hallucinogenic drug's control.

After all, she was still a seventh-rank Druid.

It was normal for her to have some tricks.

But the massive chains in her hands were magical artifacts Luo De had retrieved from the dragon's treasury to suppress magical energy.

They might struggle against physically powerful warriors, but against a Druid-type mage who had endured two months of drug control—

They were more than sufficient.

In the magical footage, Einala turned her head toward the source of the magical viewpoint, gazing across the distance at Luo De.

She opened her cracked lips; her bloodshot eyes brimmed with pity and resentment.

Though two months had passed since their last meeting,

this candidate of the Balance Association still spoke the exact same words as before:

"Luo De, no matter how you struggle, you will remain the source of chaos in Dusk Hills, and this land will ultimately be destroyed because of you!"

"The Heroic Prophecy will soon bring punishment upon you! Your arrogance, your cruelty, and all your women will be cast into the abyss because of you!"

"Luo De! You are the primordial sin of world chaos! I, Einala, declare this here! The true hero will surely kill you and end your sinful life!"

Xiao Feisuo explained.

She had seized the brief window when the hallucinogenic drug's effect wore off, always regaining clarity for a short time, and nearly every time she spoke nearly identical words into the magical viewpoint.

Of course.

Not long after,

Einala sank back into vacancy and confusion, slumped against the wall like a puppet.

Luo De chuckled.

He didn't care.

He was already tired of hearing such words.

The dog-people warrior Sharon first learned of this person's existence.

Upon hearing this, she grew displeased, her face darkening.

"Who is this person? I'll kill her for you."

Luo De waved his hand.

He explained to her the 【Hero's Curse】 gained from killing a Hero Candidate.

Sharon sneered: "Since you've already killed one, I'm even more determined to kill her—so the curses don't stack on you."

Luo De felt warmth in his chest and pinched her ear.

"Enough, enough. Xiao Feisuo has already arranged it. Just watch."

Not long after,

the Tooth Fairy fairies began their shift change.

Through deliberate "oversights" and "mistakes," a filthy, disheveled man escaped from his cell.

He precisely exploited the gap in the shift change and slipped undetected into Einala's chamber.

This condemned prisoner had originally been a fifth-rank warrior; the drugs controlling his body were daily mixed into his food.

Due to the oversight, the dosage had been significantly reduced, allowing his original strength to recover considerably.

He had been brainwashed by fabricated threats against his family.

Filled with hatred, he pulled out a sharp, elongated metal shard and drove it deep into Einala's heart.

Once, twice—he repeated the act as before.

Until his body was caked with organs and blood.

Luo De watched this scene coldly.

He felt the 【Infinite Strength】 within the 【Cruel Mark】 grow slightly stronger.

He kept his eyes fixed on the panel's 【Hero's Curse】.

Until Einala died completely, the layer count showed no change.

He exhaled: "Looks like this so-called 【Heroic Prophecy】 isn't unmanipulable."

Before he finished speaking,

Luo De saw the blood and organs in the magical footage begin slowly shifting, forming a ritual array.

Sharon gasped: "A summoning ritual!"

It was too late to stop it.

The ritual formed swiftly; after a flash of spiritual light,

the blood transformed into winding streams that curled around the condemned prisoner, still thrashing with the metal shard.

Then he stiffened—and immediately relaxed.

When he raised his head again to face the magical viewpoint,

his expression, gaze, habits, and aura had all become someone entirely different.

Luo De let out another chuckle.

He pushed open the office door and walked slowly toward the nearby cell.

There, the condemned prisoner was gently and elegantly cleaning the blood from his body and his wounded hand, still gripping the metal shard.

Though his appearance was coarse and filthy, he now looked like a refined lady.

Utterly strange and awkward.

"Who are you, sir?"

Luo De leaned lazily against the doorframe, his left hand casually resting on the gold-and-silver swords at his waist.

The "condemned prisoner" cast him a delicate glance and smiled softly:

"Ohhh~ I wouldn't dare name myself—I who slew two dragons and forcibly repelled the Infernal Duke Asmodeus, the Warden of Dusk Hills, Mr. Luo De—who doesn't know you by now?"

"Impossible. How could a seventh-rank possibly repel a ninth-rank Duke? That's just newspaper exaggeration. If you don't believe me, tell me your name and address—I'll come visit you myself."

Luo De laughed.

At that moment,

the puddle of Einala's corpse began spreading dark, negative spiritual energy.

A vast tide of resentment surged.

A translucent Einala rose up, her face filled with venomous hatred as she stared at Luo De.

She had become an undead.

Luo De's smile widened: "Oh, long time no see, Einala—you've gotten so thin."

Einala trembled with rage, her body surging with negative energy, but as a newly formed undead, she clearly knew she was no match for Luo De.

"Kill him! He is the source of evil and chaos! I—"

"Ohhh, don't say my name, please."

The condemned prisoner interrupted her with a coquettish tone.

The new undead lady frowned at him.

"Don't wait! I offered my body to summon you to kill him—he must be the major obstacle in the Heroic Prophecy. Even as a high eighth-rank, your possession is more than enough. What Duke of Hell? What dragon? No seventh-rank could ever accomplish such things—no need to worry!"

Unexpectedly,

the condemned man shook his head.

"Miss Einala, your love of peace is admirable, but you shouldn't push every potential ally into opposition."

He turned to Luo De.

"Mr. Luo De, I come on behalf of all 【Hero Candidates】 and 【Hero Granters】 to seek peace with you. Please do not interpret Einala's personal actions as our collective will."

"What—"

Einala's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What are you saying?! Idithes!! Kill him!! Kill him now!!!"

But neither of them paid her any attention.

Luo De was intrigued.

"Oh? I thought you were planning to gang up on me, Miss Idithes."

"Ahh—my name's out already. I hope you won't use magic to track me down. How could I? I'm not foolish enough to oppose a powerful figure who repelled the Infernal Duke and has always favored peace without expansion or aggression."

Einala's eyes bulged: "What are you talking about? He loves peace?! He slaughtered every last dark elf in Coral Bay!"

(End of Chapter)