Time goes back to earlier times.

Nero moved forward along the underground passage and finally came to a strange laboratory.

This rotunda is more like a dangerous instrument testing room than a laboratory. The decoration is very close to the "collision chamber" in some science fiction movies, and there is a huge observation window directly in front.

Through the observation window, you can see that there is another room on the opposite side. It is more like an ordinary laboratory, except that there is a conspicuous cylindrical container in the center of the room, and inside there is a Japanese-style knife broken in half. Either sink or float.

"...? What is this place?"

Nero stood in the testing room here, very puzzled that there was such a large laboratory under Fortuna Castle.

The man in the room opposite, walking around and taking notes, was indeed wearing the robes of an officer of the Order, and most importantly...

Nero's right hand that was tucked into his sleeve clenched his fist slightly, then released it. Ever since he came to the laboratory here, his right hand has been experiencing severe pain, constantly reminding him of something, or in other words, echoing something.

Nero also quickly found what the devil's hand was calling for: "...is it that knife?"

Although he didn't know what was going on, Nero didn't understand everything in front of him and was eager to get answers. So he shouted:

"Hey! Who are you? What is this place?"

Hearing his shout, the man walking around stopped and looked at Nero through the huge observation window.

"You're here, just as I expected." The man not only stuttered, but also had a strange accent. He also made an exaggerated salute and said: "My name is... Agnus. Because I am engaged in confidential work, very, very, very few people have seen my true face."

Nero was stunned.

He has heard of the name Agnus, not only because he is the director of the Technical Bureau and an important cadre of the Order, but also mainly because he is the designer of the Order's knight weapons.

The Sword in the Stone, Crimson Queen, Credo's Durandal, and the spear of the armored knight that I saw before, and the charging propulsion system that greatly increases the power of these weapons are all the creations of this man.

"...This is strange. How come I haven't heard of the important cadres of the sect hiding in such a ghost place to work?"

"You, you, you, whose research laboratory you said is a place where birds, birds, birds don't poop!" Unexpectedly, after hearing Nero's little joke, Agnus became angry at that time and pointed at Nero. Lu scolded loudly and even spat out a large amount of spit because of his stuttering.

"...Evil, so dirty." Nero twitched his lips as he watched Agnus' saliva spray onto the observation window. And when did he say that there is no more shit here?

"...Ha, you, you are really as unlikable as the rumors say." Agnus quickly regained his composure and continued to walk back and forth holding the writing board.

Seeing that Agnus ignored him, Nero asked again: "Hey! What is this room used for? Is it really a place under the jurisdiction of the religious order?"

After hearing his question, Agnas stopped and turned his attention to Nero, and then, a strange smile appeared on that face.

"...I'm very, very sorry, this is a confidential matter."

"Is that a secret base?" Nero's eyes flashed. "Originally, I was too lazy to delve into it. I'm not interested in what you and the old man Pope are planning, but..."

Nero said, suddenly pulling out the Crimson Queen: "Suddenly a large number of demons appeared in Fortuna City. I saw along the way the black stone monument built within the jurisdiction of the sect, and this weird research facility underground in the castle. …”

"You don't happen to have anything to do with this demonic commotion, right?" Nero said, raising the Crimson Queen and pointing at Agnus from afar!

"Huh, huh, huh!" Agnas showed a weird smile again, "Although they say you are withdrawn, it seems that your brain is quite useful. It's just a pity that you are too mouthy. ,It stinks so much, you have to die, die here!”

Nero raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is this the rule here? Isn't it a bit too strict? You want my life just because of the...square, square, square, way I speak?"

That is to say, Li You is not here, otherwise I would have to give Nero a round of applause when I hear this senior man's strange speech: If you can speak, just say a few more words!

As for Agnus, his whole body became red with anger. He stretched out his hand and pointed at Nero: "You, you, you little brat! You must, must die here today!"

As he spoke, Agnus took out a switch-like box from the pocket of his white robe and pressed the switch button on it.

Immediately, Nero felt a chill pass through his head, and he jumped back in the air without thinking!

The moment he jumped up, a ray of cold light passed over where he had been. Nero took a closer look and saw that it was a strangely shaped broad-blade sword that was stabbing the ground. It had a sword spine that looked like devil's skin. , the lines at the connection are even more sparkling.

"……sword?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, the "sword" pierced into the ground suddenly floated up. The sword split and turned into a weird sword-winged bird. The previous sword hilt was its neck and the sword tail. The decorative weight ball becomes the head.

"Oh, it turns out to be a devil." Nero understood immediately. He had just wondered why the sword was flying.

"This, this, this is a sword wing, my creation! How about it, very, very beautiful?" Agnas said across the observation window, with a bit of abnormal excitement in his expression.

"You, just play with my babies!"

"Just these little evil...babies?" Nero immediately noticed the details in Agnas' words, listened carefully, and indeed caught more wind-breaking sounds from the sword wings.

"Tsk... Here we go again!"

Since he had noticed it, Nero certainly would not be hit easily. He dodged left and right in the laboratory, avoiding one after another of the sword wings that flew out of the openings on the wall, and shot down a few with the azure rose.

But after those sword wings were dodged and shot down, they immediately turned into flying birds, flew around him, and would pounce on him when they saw the right opportunity. Considering that more and more sword wings were thrown out, it was a bit difficult.

"Hey, it's a pity that it can't stump me!"

At this time, Nero remembered the sparring between Li You and himself during this month.

In the game, Nero needs to get the important item "Ancient Soul" in the second level of the main storyline to unlock the ability to grab the ghost lantern with the devil's hand, and the same applies to other functions.

However, after Li You came here, he felt that since Nero could learn the throwing skills of the devil's hand by himself, it made no sense that he couldn't develop a leaping skill. Moreover, for Nero who has not yet awakened the demon form, the devil's hand is indeed his most powerful weapon, so Li You did a lot of targeted training for Nero.

The result is also very optimistic. Nero easily mastered a series of skills including the long-range throwing skills of the devil's hand and used them freely, without any props at all.

So it was the same at this moment. Seeing those sword wings flying back and forth, Nero knew that it was impossible to keep dodging, so he didn't care that Agnes, the high-ranking member of the cult, was still watching, and directly showed his devil's hand!

"Ha--!!"

The shadow of the demon's hand flew out, directly grabbing two flying bird-shaped sword wings in mid-air, and pulling them back. The two sword wings trembled all over, then turned back into great swords and fell to the ground.

Nero's eyes lit up, and he pulled one of them up without hesitation, treating it as an ordinary great sword, and swung it twice in the air with the demon's hand, and then threw it hard at the observation window in front!

"Clang--!!"

Unexpectedly, the observation window was extremely strong. Nero threw it hard, but only let the sword wing hit it, and he broke a few holes, but the observation window was almost not damaged.

"So hard?" Nero raised his eyebrows, but was not discouraged, "Then give me more!"

As he said, he pulled out the second fallen sword wing, swung it in a circle in his hand this time, and threw it out in a circle!

The flying greatsword hit the other sword wings coming and going all the way, knocking them down, and then collided with the observation window!

"Clang——"

The observation window was shaking, but there was still no sign of breaking. Instead, the sword wing collapsed due to continuous attacks.

Nero was not panicked. He grabbed the sword wing that had not yet recovered on the ground and threw it towards the observation window!

His extraordinary eyesight had already seen that there were actually several small cracks on the glass. His attack was effective!

But Agnus did not notice these and kept chattering: "It's useless. This glass is made based on the arm strength of the Cyclops. You can't destroy it."

"Compared to this, your hand, is it...?"

Agnus focused all his attention on Nero's right hand and stared at it intently.

Nero only felt a little bit of a chill, so in order to divert his attention, he asked: "Why did you create these demons!?"

Agnus answered: "You don't need to know this... Blame K, K, Credo... He asked you to hunt Dante, so, that's why things turned out like this..."

"... Dante?"

Nero thought about it and realized that this must be the name of the man who assassinated the Pope. This is nothing in itself, but the question is, why does Agnes know that guy's name?

Is there a conspiracy behind all this?

Thinking of this, Nero's eyes turned cold.

"Why do you know that guy's name... It seems that there is no point in asking."

Agnus smiled strangely and said: "That, that's natural."

"In that case, then... Don't blame me for being rude!"

Nero waved his hand violently, and Belial had emerged! He held Belial tightly with the devil's hand, activated the high temperature of the sword body, and threw it out violently like throwing the sword wings just now!

"Boom!!"

At this moment, the observation window that Agnas described as extremely solid shattered, and a large number of fragments fell into the opposite room. The impact also knocked Agnas, who was in front of the window, backward!

"Bang!!"

Agnus hit the side wall of the room at the other end, and then rolled to the ground, screaming in pain.

"Ah! Ah ah ah!"

Watching Nero jump out of the window and slowly approach with the Scarlet Queen on his shoulder, Agnas moved back on the ground, pointing at Nero's right hand: "That, that, that is the power of the devil! How is this possible!"

Nero was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and directly used the Scarlet Queen to press in front of him: "How dare you say that to me? Stop talking nonsense and answer my questions!"

Agnus's attention was still on Nero's right hand, almost fascinated.

"It's really great...how powerful, how sacred! Simply supreme..."

Nero was a little annoyed. The Crimson Queen moved forward, trying to intimidate Agnus. Unexpectedly, Agnus, who was weak, raised his hands and pinched the Crimson Queen's sword with his thumb and index finger. body, so that it cannot move forward for a while.

Nero was shocked, he didn't expect Agnus to have such power, and Agnus said: "Okay, in order to show respect to your right hand, I will tell you the truth about the Order."

He let go of the Crimson Queen, took two steps back, and began to explain: "About a few years ago, I began to study demons. My research is not limited to demons themselves, but how to make the powerful power of demons be used by people."

Perhaps it was because he was talking about his professional field, or he had rehearsed secretly for a long time, but Agnus did not stutter at all this time: “The chosen ones who have obtained the power of demons will guide the rest of the fragile and miserable humans... …This is the ideal world that His Majesty the Pope hopes for. The reason why I study day and night is to realize this ideal.

"So, we built the gates to the demon world, used magic weapons to power them, summoned demons, and turned them into my research materials. All of this is for the Pope's ambition!"

Nero: "Huh?"

"Are you mentally ill?"

Nero, this kid, stands out for his sincerity and says whatever comes to mind.

Agnus didn't seem angry, and just smiled: "You can't understand the great grand plan of the Pope at all. I don't, no, no, don't care about you."

Nero sneered and said: "I don't care what grand plans that bad old man has, anyway, he has been shot to death, and all your plans have been ruined!"

But after hearing this, Agnus showed a strange smile: "Don't worry, His Majesty the Pope is still alive... No, it is evolution! He became an angel!"

"……Angel?"

"They are the chosen ones who have gained the power of demons. Although the power comes from demons, His Majesty the Pope cares about the world, so of course he is different from them, so he can only be an angel!"

Nero looked at Agnus raising his hands and shouting with enthusiasm, but just nodded silently.

Well, this guy is indeed mentally ill.

"...Okay, I have decided not to kill you. Follow me back to the headquarters of the Order to see Credo!"

In Nero's view, Credo, who upholds justice and faith, will never allow Agnus to do these outrageous behaviors. It is best to leave this mentally ill researcher to him for judgment.

So, Nero stretched out his hand to grab Agnus.

But at this moment, Agnus suddenly lowered his head and looked at Nero.

"...By the way, I'm an angel too."

At this moment, Agnus suddenly burst out with a strong wave of magic power, heading straight for Nero!

Nero was also shocked, and quickly raised his hand to block it in front of him, and then was hit hard by the magic shock!

His whole body was pushed backwards, and Agnus shouted: "Up!"

From the upper opening of the research room, three silver-white armors suddenly flew out. They were still holding spears, with large shields spread out as wings behind their backs. Accelerated by the propellers, the three silver-white knight demons rushed towards Nero at an extremely exaggerated speed!

Nero was caught off guard by Agnus' sudden attack, and when faced with the sneak attacks of three silver knights, he obviously had no choice but to catch him.

——At least that’s what Agnas thought.

Objectively speaking, his prediction was not wrong. If it were Nero from the original plot, he would definitely fall into the trap here.

Unfortunately, the Nero in front of him is no longer what he used to be.

The moment the three silver knights rushed towards him, light flashed in Nero's hand, and Belial reappeared. Immediately afterwards, a fierce flame suddenly rose from the sword blade to Nero's entire body!

Nero opened his eyes, shouted loudly, and waved Belial and the Crimson Queen with both hands at the same time!

"Boom——!!"

Nero's sudden outburst was completely unexpected by Agnus, and his speed was even more exaggerated than that of the silver knight with double thrust. With two big swords in his hands, he struck first and intercepted the enemy one step ahead. He caught the spears of three silver knights, and further scattered them, turning them into armor parts all over the place!

"Danglanglang——"

Seeing that the silver knights they regarded as trump cards were turned into lifeless armor parts in a moment, the Agnas people were dumbfounded: "This, this, this... how is this possible?"

He didn't realize that he had said similar words for the second time, but he just shouted to himself:

"You shouldn't, you can't have such power! You're just a kid who hasn't ascended to heaven, how can you do such a thing!!"

The flames on Nero's body didn't even go out. He just held two big swords and approached Agnus step by step. He slowly said:

“…A month ago, my arm was injured, and it quickly mutated into this appearance.

“It was hard for me to accept it at first, but with the help of reliable friends, I gradually realized the right thing to do.

"On that day, Ji Liye was also in crisis. Without that person's help, not only me, but even her would have been injured. So from that day on, I hated my lack of strength.

"After my arm mutated, I often had a dream. There was a strange man in the dream, and he always muttered these words...

"'Power, give me more...power!'

“I don’t know that man, but his cry from the soul resonates with me very much.

"So, I also want stronger power, the power to protect Ji Liye and Credo from you people!

"Even if I become a demon, I won't hesitate!"

At this moment, as if echoing his determination, in the central container of the research room, the two broken blades of the Japanese magic sword trembled, attracted each other, gradually moved closer together, and then... unexpectedly reunited For one, it turned into a complete magic knife!

“Buzz buzz—!!”

The magic sword trembled violently, emitting a blue-purple light, and then broke through the container with a bang, heading straight for Nero!

Nero and Agnus both turned their heads to look in astonishment, but the magic knife had already arrived in front of Nero in an instant, turned into a stream of light, and squeezed it unceremoniously into his hand. The demon sword Belial in his hand seemed to have encountered a natural enemy. It buzzed and hid in Nero's right hand, giving up the position of the main weapon to this demon sword.

And then, as Nero held the knife, a terrifying torrent of magic power suddenly rose up all over his body!

A green-blue half-body shadow of a demon made entirely of magic appeared behind him. Nero's silver hair was flying, and his pupils instantly turned blood red!

Agnus shouted in shock and anger: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!! Even I can't repair the Yama Sword, why do you, kid...!?"

But Nero was in such a state that he couldn't hear what he was saying. He just felt like there was a fly in front of him making a loud noise, so he waved the Yama Demon Sword smoothly!

"boom--!!"

A blue-white crescent-shaped light blade flew out diagonally along the blade, heading straight for Agnas!

Agnus was so frightened that he couldn't care about anything else. He transformed into the "angel" beetle form on the spot. His back armor opened his wings and vibrated. He tried his best to dodge and escaped the fate of being cut in two.

But even so, the light blade wielded by Yan Mo Dao still cut off his left forearm and the left half of his back armor!

The aftermath of the light blade hit the ceiling of the laboratory behind, opening a huge hole.

"Ah! Ahhhhh!!"

Agnus was blown away by the aftermath and fell into the room where Nero had been trapped before, screaming and falling to the ground. He moved his body in the same posture as before, still muttering to himself: "No, no, no, impossible, impossible!!"

But Nero had already arrived at the broken observation window with trembling steps, and raised the Yama Sword in his hand again!

"Bang--!!"

But at this moment, there was a muffled sound in the hall, the alloy door had been knocked open, and Li You and Dante rushed in at the same time.

The robes and coats of the two people were all scorched and damaged, and their faces were stained with dirt, making them look a little embarrassed. But they didn't care about this and looked at Nero immediately.

"Nero!" Li You shouted.

He was a little worried at first, but he was relieved when he saw that Nero's coat was clean and undamaged. Apparently he had not been harmed by a sneak attack during the confrontation with Agnus.

"Li... You...?" Nero, who heard the call, tilted his head slightly and looked at him.

Dante fell behind slightly. He looked at the phantom of the demon behind Nero and the Yama sword in his hand, with a look on his face that said, "Sure enough, it is so."

"But I didn't expect that he could really repair the Yama Sword..."

Li You glanced at the angel Agnus who had been cut into two pieces, so he thought in his mind and said: "Dante! That guy is the head of the technical bureau of the order, catch him, he is the key !”

Nero also heard what he said, and his eyes fell on Dante behind him: "...Dante?"

Dante raised his eyebrows and turned to look: "Is this the fly man? Okay, leave it to me."

With that said, he carried the rebellious sword and walked towards Agnas who was still crawling on the ground.

"You, you...don't, don't, don't come here!!"

Of course Agnus recognized Dante and panicked on the spot, but even though his wings were not injured, he was too frightened for the moment and couldn't fly, making Dante shake his head.

Li You walked towards Nero: "Nero, you are not injured..."

"boom--!!"

A blue-white light blade suddenly whizzed past Li You!

Li You didn't react for a moment, his eyes widened, and the light blade went straight towards Dante!

"Hmm...!?" Dante also noticed that the light blade was heading towards him, and immediately turned around. He raised his hand to block it in front of him, and took the blow, but his whole body was also pushed back. It slid out a few meters and hit the wall directly!

This sudden accident stunned everyone present, and Nero immediately jumped down from the hole in the observation window with the Yama sword in hand, murmuring: "...No matter who it is, don't even think about hurting her... …”

"Is this..." Dante frowned slightly as he thought of something. Agnus, on the other hand, seemed to be waking up from a dream. At this moment, his wings trembled and he flew out of the large hole in the ceiling opened by the Yama Sword, and fled away.

He did choose the right time. Now Li You and Dante no longer have the mind to pay attention to him, but focus on Nero.

Dante observed Nero for a moment and then said, "That guy...we have to take his Yama sword!"

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