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It's time for him to go from "Nightmare Viscount" to "Nightmare Earl".
Volume 3: Chapter 630, Section 116: How about I become the Earl? (4k)
The heroes have probably noticed that although Count Erwin has "self-destructed," there has been no notification yet that he has been killed.
In other words, the other party was not dead at all.
The heroes are currently clueless about how to defeat their opponent.
There's no time to deal with all that.
The heroes' initial goal was to level up, and they have now achieved that goal. Not killing the lord only meant missing out on a level 20 demon weapon.
However, if you waste time escaping in order to kill this lord and end up losing your life, then it would be a complete loss.
Now, the heroes must first survive the siege of [Dawn], and then fight their way out of the city.
The chaos here will undoubtedly reach the Marquis's ears in a very short time, and the heroes will only be in greater danger if they stay here.
After all, in a city of such great value, the Marquis would likely be furious about the destruction of Earl Elwin's mansion.
It's true that the demon race values strength above all else, but a well-governed and reputable earldom under the marquis's command was suddenly thrown into chaos by some upstart kid.
The original "stability" has turned into "turmoil".
This pressure is directly applied to the Marquis.
Of course, the marquis might just laugh it off and tell the newly promoted earl to "do a good job," but that's not something the heroes should be thinking about.
They only needed to assume that the marquis would retaliate and then flee as quickly as possible.
They ran away, and the transfer group [ˉ：∪↑〕≮℃〇＞＋·）『∩〇 The blame for the rest falls entirely on [Dawn].
On the other hand, An Yi is different from the heroes.
He was to be promoted from Viscount to Earl, so there was something he had to give to the Marquis above him.
The body of Count Erwin.
should say……
The "core" of Count Erwin.
That was the opponent's last resort for survival, a method that most demons didn't know, and the heroes knew absolutely nothing about.
The "core" is like the other party's egg. When the other party has exhausted all means and their body has been destroyed, their soul will return to the "core" and begin to hatch again.
The opponent, using the power of a lord, could easily gather all the magic in the city back here and then reabsorb the magic to revive themselves.
To put it bluntly, the other party has no intention of dying and will not allow themselves to die so easily.
If he can be resurrected, he can rebuild an army of White Demons from scratch.
However, once the opponent returns to the "core", they have no ability to resist.
All An Yi needs to do is take the "heart core" to the Marquis and crush it, which would mean that he has completely defeated the Erwin family.
This means that he already has the potential to become an earl.
Once he gains the Marquis's approval, he can be promoted to [Nightmare Earl].
An Yi, stepping on her flying sword, moved deeper into the earth along the large hole that had just been swallowed by the vortex.
He had very little strength left; the sword technique he used to seal the vortex had almost exhausted all of his energy.
That sword technique is called the "Demon-Sealing Sword Formation," which uses swords to form a formation to seal off the internal magic.
This move is usually used to suppress "self-destruction" and is very effective against elemental and semi-elemental creatures.
The extent to which attacks can be blocked depends on An'i's attributes and the quality of the sword.
To be honest, if it weren't for Ireve's sword, it would have been very difficult for Any to seal this vortex for so long.
Even without Ireif's sword, An Yi could still buy time for the three to escape by temporarily sealing off the vortex.
There was no time left to push the vortex underground.
The most crucial aspect of pushing it underground was that he wanted to use this vortex to connect the entire underground area of the Earl's mansion.
In that case, he wouldn't have to waste time searching for the deepest part of the Earl's mansion.
Just fly down, and you'll find it quickly.
Located at the deepest part of the Earl's mansion, it is the place where the "core" is stored.
Before long, An Yi arrived at the last level of the Earl's mansion.
He landed on the ground and looked around.
This is also a pure white space, but the walls are covered with veins that look like blood vessels or plant roots.
What was flowing inside was unknown; An Yi thought it might be a conduit for transmitting magic.
Having these lines is even better; it's like the other person has drawn a bullseye on your forehead. You just need to follow these lines to find the location of the "core" quickly.
He ran his fingers along the slime lines on his hand. Elsa hadn't informed him whether there were any enemies or any approaching heroes.
Logically speaking, there might be surviving White Demons underground, so it wouldn't be right to entrust two dying heroes to Elsa, a hero with weak combat abilities.
But calling Elsa over was precisely because of this consideration.
An Yi has run out of magic, and the other heroes need to fight. Is there a hero who can use reconnaissance skills without needing magic and whose departure won't affect the other heroes' battles?
Skillful!
Really!
Elsa's [Killing Aura] domain is a passive skill that requires no magic or stamina whatsoever.
When she came down, she didn't sense any enemies around her at all, which means there weren't any.
If there is an enemy, An Yi will prioritize killing them before venturing deep underground.
at the same time;
Elsa remained in the shallower underground layer.
Not long after An Yi left, the battle upstairs continued.
Although Elsa really wanted to join the battle, she was only hanging on by her last bit of magic power. It was only because some other heroes had shared a small bite of food with her that she wasn't starving and had to eat whatever she could find.
Fearing that heroes and demons might suddenly appear, she sensed her surroundings while hiding deeper into the interlayer.
Her agility isn't particularly high, so she needs to guard against sudden "zero-frame start".
She didn't know why An Yi had asked her to stay here, nor did she know why she needed to notify An Yi when a hero arrived.
In short, she did whatever the other person told her to do.
The pure white underground building was also illuminated by a faint, pure white light. It was estimated that the three [White Demons] would not be able to detect these lights, but these higher purity ores would indeed emit a faint light after absorbing magic power.
In the dim light, Elsa saw that Mila's clothes were completely soaked in blood.
It's no exaggeration to say that she was completely covered in blood.
"It's better to clean it up..."
The two had been fighting side by side until just now, and in Elsa's opinion, Milai's disheveled appearance was indeed not very attractive.
Ignoring the hero next to her who was completely naked except for dragon scales covering his private parts, Elsa wrapped Milai up with her slime sword.
Then, driven by the will to "not know how but want to do it," he began to use the slime sword to break down the dirt on his clothes.
Soon, the clothes on the unconscious Milai were restored to their original white color, and the slime sword was retrieved.
"Hmm." Elsa nodded in satisfaction.
It looks much better!
However, Elsa only cleaned the surface of the clothes; the clothes underneath were not cleaned at all.
Because Mila was carrying something on her body, Elsa was a little afraid that it would be disintegrated by the slime sword when she cleaned Mila's clothes, so she didn't dare to clean the clothes inside.
Thinking this, Elsa unbuttoned Mila's clothes and pulled them open to see her inner garment, which was also soaked in blood, and two unusually clean notebooks.
Elsa didn't realize that the cleanliness of the two notebooks indicated that even during the most intense part of the battle, the other party still retained a sliver of attention to protect them.
The notebook was neither stained with blood nor damaged.
The blood on the parts that are in direct contact with the clothes has completely dried and hardened, so at most it's just dried blood clots stuck on it, which can be easily patted off.
Even Elsa could guess the importance of personal items, so she put the notebook in her pocket to prevent it from getting dirty, and continued to clean the clothes inside Miley's coat.
……
As you follow the lines on the wall deeper, the more vein-like lines appear, and they even pulsate slightly, as if you've entered the interior of some creature.
If An Yi is not mistaken, the location where the other party stored the "heart core" must be a trap, and the "heart core" itself may even be fake.
We must be wary of this group of highly intelligent demons, like a layered cake.
"Om-"
"boom--"
As if stepping on some kind of trigger trap, a spell suddenly blasted down from the ceiling, hitting An Yi directly.
However, it was as if there was an invisible barrier around An Yi. The magic that was bombarding him collapsed and disintegrated half a meter above his head, and was dissipated along the invisible barrier.
An Yi was not afraid of these magical traps.
With Ireve's sword hanging at his waist, he didn't even glance at attacks from level 20 demons.
Before this, when Iref was covered in curses and even low-level demons had difficulty fighting her, the demons were not foolish enough to let high-level demons capture her.
Those who came to capture her were all physically powerful demons, because magical attacks were basically ineffective against her.
She could even dispel the magical attacks of the Demon King's servants with this sword, let alone the magic of these mid-level demons.
"boom!"
"boom!!"
"boom!!!"
Despite the relentless bombardment of magic, An'i's pace didn't slow in the slightest, as she rapidly moved deeper into the increasingly dense patterns.
Until, I saw a door completely covered by vein-like patterns, like a huge piece of flesh and blood.