Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"What is that thing?"

All three people noticed the thing in Anto Trezek's words.

"The founder and pioneer of this world." Antoine Trezek.

"You're not talking about God, are you? Stop joking."

"You can call it a god, you can call it a devil." Anto Trezek said: "Only after you have been here for a long time can you understand the horror of that thing."

"How long have you been here?"

"After you were released from prison last time, I came in here." Anto Trezek said: "Every once in a while, a group of people will come in, and then go through layers of screening, and finally one person will be left. , sacrifice to that thing.”

"The sacrifice you are talking about actually means being eaten by that thing, right?"

"That's understandable."

"Then why not leave a few more? Isn't the more food the better?"

"Haha...don't you understand? The one left to the end must be the White Nightmare that has evolved the most. The value of a White Nightmare that has evolved to a high level is more valuable than a hundred ordinary White Nightmares, so Remove the impurities and leave the best quality food. Don’t humans do the same thing? Separate the impurities and leave the essence.”

"So this process will definitely lead to the best candidates? Or should we say food?"

"Of course. The task you are performing now is to hunt the ferocious demons, right? That means me and my kind. The next step is to kill each other. No matter what you do, you can't avoid it. Maybe someone is already killing himself. Let’s kill each other.”

"Speaking of you, what happened to you? You didn't die or turn into food, but you became like this, and you still retain your self-awareness."

"Because I killed my White Nightmare and then devoured it." Anto Trezek said.

Everyone's eyes widened and they turned to look at their white nightmare.

"This...is this why you are like this?"

"Speaking of this process, it is a bit complicated. First of all, these white nightmares are actually part of that thing. They have no self-awareness, and your contract with it is actually to let it become a part of you, so you will also have it. There are many abilities of the exclusive White Nightmare, but this contract is not a complete integration. After all, you have your own thinking, and it is a container without thinking. Its function is to absorb the negative emotions in you and then complete self-evolution. Of course , they can also eat each other to complete evolution."

"By the end of this game, you will slowly come into contact with the truth. Either you are waiting for the fate of being sacrificed, or you are waiting to be killed by other participants. At that time, I was not willing to accept it, and I was not willing to be swallowed up. So a few of us came up with this idea to swallow our own white nightmares and truly merge with them, thus avoiding the fate of being sacrificed."

Anto Trezek said calmly: "But there is a problem with devouring each other, that is, our emotions and thoughts tend to become chaotic. Those who have defeated and devoured other people's white nightmares are devouring their own white nightmares." After a nightmare, you will fall into madness, and I happened to not have the white nightmare that devoured other people at that time, so all I received were my own negative emotions."

"Why can you avoid being sacrificed by swallowing your own White Nightmare?"

"Because that thing itself is made up of countless powerful and chaotic thoughts. It does not have a high IQ, but it possesses boundless power. Its power spreads all over this chaotic world, so anywhere in this world can Corner, neither you nor I can escape its perception, nor can we avoid its final fate. The only way is to deceive that thing, so completely integrate with the White Nightmare and let that thing think that I am a part of it."

"In other words, this is our only choice?"

"The choice is yours, I'm just telling you the truth... Of course, you will know the truth soon, and you will still have to face the same choice."

The three people looked solemn. They could know for themselves whether Anto Trezek's words were true or false.

But what if it's true?

"Any suggestions?"

"Don't die too early." Anto Trezek said.

…

At this moment, Mirror Lake Manor was peaceful, with the moonlight reflected on the lake.

The whole manor is full of tranquility and leisure.

Chen Zhao was sleeping while rubbing Fali, but the vibration of his cell phone still woke them up.

Fali pushed Chen Zhao gently: "Honey, phone."

Chen Zhao picked up the phone with his eyes closed.

"President."

Hailis's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hailis, what time is it now?"

"Two thirty in the morning."

"Tell me what's going on."

"The bottle containing the saliva of the crazy corpse demon that I gave you last time was broken."

"Huh?" Chen Zhao suddenly became more awake: "Do you know what I used the saliva of that crazy corpse demon for?"

"A person you don't like, but someone who needs his help." Hailis was as calm as ever.

Hailis is actually very smart, but she has always been cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

Being taciturn on weekdays doesn't mean she doesn't know how to analyze.

It's different from West's overall view, and also different from Raisa's high IQ.

Hailis has a better grasp of details.

In fact, a person with outstanding magical talent also has excellent abilities in other aspects.

"When did this happen?"

"About fifty minutes, at least that's when I felt the bottle break."

"Why did you just notify me now?"

"I tried to help you find a location."

"Don't bother, I know where the location is." Chen Zhao said.

"Where?"

"Are you going too?"

"May I?"

"Okay, you go to the seventh prison gate and wait for me."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhao gently patted Fali on the shoulder: "Fali, I'm going out to do something."

"Yeah." Fali was still sleepy, and she didn't even want to open her eyes.

Chen Zhao quickly changed his clothes and hurried out.

Not long after, we arrived at the gate of the seventh prison.

Hailis, on the other hand, arrived at the latter step.

"President, I want to learn flying magic. Do you have any suggestions?" Hailis felt that her mobility was too weak, especially the ability to move in medium and long distances.

Originally, she went out before Chen Zhao, but ended up arriving after Chen Zhao.

This made her feel more and more the importance of flying magic.

"Let me go and ask for you. Maybe Lao Zhang has the relevant spells. If so, I will help you get them back."

I won’t let personal matters delay updates anymore.