Chapter 108: Merlin is the same kind of annoying in every world

"Um, Mage Merlin, is the Layer Master lying right there?"

A Knight, who was a tin can—no, wait, who was wearing metal plate armor and even kept his helmet tightly fastened, leaving only a slit for observing the outside world—bravely stood out and spoke.

If it weren't for the fact that no one else dared to step forward, he wouldn't have wanted to talk to Meili, who had inherited the Spirit Status of Merlin.

After all, in the South District, she was known as a Layer Master whose personality was even more malicious than the Halloween Queen's.

If the Halloween Queen was temperamental and capricious to the extreme, she would at least offer some compensation.

Then the woman before him was the purest form of maliciousness; her personality was also extremely lazy—she would avoid doing things herself if she could, and if she could tell other Knights to handle it, she would make others do it.

It was just unclear why she had been able to sit firmly in this Layer Master position all this time without anyone shaking her.

The last person who dared to displease her was now the star attraction at the Big Bird Bar.

"Hmm? A Demon King? A Demon King actually dares to run in front of a Layer Master?"

Meili looked at Su Nian, and for a moment, she became interested.

"Shaking with cold? When will we Demon Kings ever be able to stand up?"

"Can't a Demon King run a business normally and create a Community?"

Su Nian said with a look of defiance; he was determined to found a Community to stir up trouble.

"And I don't even know what my situation is; as soon as I arrived in Little Garden, I became a Demon King."

Su Nian let out a deep sigh, speaking with great world-weariness and confusion, as if questioning the world why it had to treat him this way.

Clearly, everything he did was for the good of humanity, for the evolution of humanity—what did he do wrong?

"That's fine, too. Register here, and then pay enough protection fees."

Meili was very curious; if a Four-digit Demon King wanted to turn over a new leaf, it would be simple, right?

Why would it end up at her place?

Just find any major power; which power isn't currently lacking Four-digit combat strength?

Even Avalon only had a dozen or so resident Four-digit combatants.

Unless the other party was deliberately looking for trouble.

In that case, don't blame Meili for being impolite.

Meili looked at Su Nian with great malice, seemingly pondering how to dig a pit for Su Nian to find some amusement.

After all, being a Layer Master here was boring to death day after day.

The Demon Kings she encountered were either backed by powerful forces and couldn't be touched, or they were too weak and would accidentally get played to death with a little effort.

She had a headache, too.

"Hmm, let me see. Spirit Status origin: because you once created a virus that almost destroyed the world, you were crowned with the name 【All the World's Evils】 Angra Mainyu, and were worshipped as the Mother of Evil Gods for hundreds of years, thus obtaining a Spirit Status and coming to Little Garden?"

Looking at the information Su Nian filled in regarding his own Spirit Status, Meili almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

"Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter!"

"Where is this 'obtaining worship'? This is clearly being hung on a pillar of shame and cursed for hundreds of years, okay?"

Although she wanted to say that she had undergone professional training and usually wouldn't laugh unless she really couldn't help it.

But who could hold back from laughing out loud at this?

The origin of Su Nian's Spirit Status reminded her of another guy who had also been cursed for hundreds of years and even obtained a Divinity.

Qin Gui; he came to Little Garden after obtaining a Spirit Status because he had been cursed for over a thousand years. As for what his current encounter was like?

One could only say that there were as many people who loathed Qin Gui as there were those who revered Yue Fei.

"No wonder no one wanted you, and you were even kicked around like a ball all the way to me."

After all, the title of Mother of Evil Gods was still too loud, even if she had indeed completely died.

But these days, when mixing in Little Garden, background is still very important; which major power or large Community doesn't have a God Group or something behind it?

And Gods and Buddhas have always considered themselves righteous and are irreconcilable with evil. If they really accepted Su Nian, a Demon King with the name of the Head of Evil Gods...

Who knows how others would view them? They still care about their reputation, okay?

This name directly blocked all of Su Nian's paths to defecting to others, not to mention that he had once caused the destruction of a world.

One can only say it's fortunate he is a Four-digit; he might have been casually subjugated by some passing hero.

Even Meili could only say that Su Nian's luck was bad; this was truly a stroke of terrible misfortune.

However, it's hard to say whether it's a stroke of terrible misfortune or a stroke of blind luck.

After all, even Born Gods and Buddhas don't necessarily reach Four-digit status when they arrive in Little Garden, yet Su Nian became a Four-digit Demon King directly based on his Merit of almost destroying the world.

Although he was at the weakest tier, that is.

"So, Miss Meili, is it done?"

Su Nian didn't care about the mocking tone in Meili's words; he had already prepared himself when he fabricated this Fiction Spirit Status for his identity.

Oswell E. Spencer, founder and CEO of the Umbrella Corporation, discoverer of the Progenitor Virus, and the origin and final villain of the Biohazard series of stories.

It was barely qualified to be used as a mask.

And as Humanity's Final Trial 【All the World's Evils】 Angra Mainyu, the confidentiality of his information was quite high.

Especially with Azi Dahaka standing in front, Su Nian was not worried at all about his identity as Humanity's Final Trial being discovered.

It's just that there is one more thing about acquiring Merit: the name cannot be replaced by a fake one, otherwise, the Merit sent over by Human History would be credited to the wrong account, and that wouldn't be your business.

Even for Humanity's Final Trial.

And if Su Nian wants this Humanity's Final Trial to grow, he must make a name for himself with this Spirit Status and have a certain influence in Little Garden.

He also has to release the cause of destruction he represents to complete the growth of Humanity's Final Trial.

Just like Dystopia; the original Dystopia also acted in the name of a Demon King, devouring the Outer Gate one by one, sealing the Outer Gate, and turning each Outer Gate into a Dystopia.

Gradually, through the two-way observation of Human History and Little Garden, while turning Little Garden into a Dystopia, the probability of Dystopia appearing in Human History also gradually increased.

Until finally, the entire West District was turned into a Dystopia, completing its development, only then was it discovered to be Humanity's Final Trial, but by then it was already too late.

Only an anomaly like Azi Dahaka would openly declare themselves to be a Humanity's Final Trial and use a Black Contract that contains nothing.

As for others, at the very least, one must wait until it is confirmed that the killed Gods and Buddhas will not return, and verify it from multiple aspects before it can be determined.

This is the normal growth process for a Humanity's Final Trial.

If the identity of a Humanity's Final Trial were so easily exposed and discovered, then Dystopia and other Humanity's Final Trials would never be able to grow at all.

They would have been nipped in the bud as soon as the catalyst appeared.

Sometimes, a Humanity's Final Trial might not even know they are a Humanity's Final Trial themselves, and Little Garden Central would not tell it its identity and mission.

It only bestows the Spirit Status, and it does not care about anything else.

After all, the identity of a Humanity's Final Trial is given by Human History; what does that have to do with it?

As for what Su Nian wants to do, it is to spread the catalyst of the destruction he symbolizes within Little Garden, and then use the bidirectional observation and convergence mechanism of Human History and Little Garden to reverse-propagate what he has done in Little Garden into Pan-Human History.

For example, the T-Virus, Progenitor Virus, Blacklight Virus, and things like the Umbrella Corporation.

And within Little Garden, the greater the influence he causes in Little Garden, the faster the reverse propagation will be, and the more Merit he will harvest.

Regardless of whether this influence is direct or indirect.

"None."

Meili smiled, then tore the registration form she had just filled out into pieces right in front of Su Nian and scattered them on the ground.

"Sorry, I announce in the name of a Layer Master that you are about to be subjugated, Demon King!"

Meili reached out and grabbed, and a staff a head taller than her appeared in her hand.

She pointed the staff directly at Su Nian, and countless flowers grew from the ground, while the scene also underwent a huge change at this moment.

Before Su Nian and Nyarlathotep could react, the two of them were directly teleported to a playground full of flowers...

But who would wait for someone else to finish casting? Shouldn't one strike first?

Clang!!

I don't know when, but Nyarlathotep appeared behind Meili carrying a crowbar, taking advantage of the moment Meili was deploying her Host Authority to shift the venue.

She fiercely knocked her Physics Holy Sword onto Meili's head.

Then, without a word, she hoisted Meili onto her shoulder.

"Sir, the Layer Master has been captured."

Nyarlathotep saluted Su Nian and shouted with great momentum.

"Well done, Nyarlathotep!"

And the hallucination-like movements in the surroundings caused by Meili preparing to deploy her Host Authority also disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It was as if they had awakened from a hallucination.

Looking at Meili, who had a large bump on her head and whose life or death was unknown, Su Nian could not help but reveal a smile.

No matter which world the Merlin is from, they are always so annoying, even if the other party is a beautiful girl.

And don't think that just because someone looks good, Su Nian will show mercy; at least when facing someone who wantonly mocks him, Su Nian will not show mercy even if they are good-looking.

"Run for it!"

Feeling the powerful auras that had surrounded them from who knows when, Su Nian also knew it was time to retreat.

Any later, and they would be besieged by the Knights of Avalon.

Afterwards, while the other Knights had not yet reacted, Su Nian snatched a griffin, modified it using the virus, and took Nyarlathotep to fly toward a Boundary Gate that had appeared in the distance at some unknown time.

And on the other side of the gate, a blonde girl wearing a mask was waiting for Su Nian's arrival.

(End of this chapter)