I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

Outer Demons?!

Neil sat on the chair, unable to comprehend what the old priest meant with his words.

He took a deep breath and glanced around.

The flames had vanished.

The four priests from the Redemption Church had also been burned to ashes by the flames.

Neil didn't know exactly what had happened, but he had a gut feeling that the priests had died due to His Serpent...

After all, being quite close, he saw it clearly.

The four priests clearly saw something terrifying; before they self-ignited, the fear and panic on their faces were quite evident.

This couldn't help but make Neil shiver.

The respect and reverence in his heart for His Serpent grew even stronger.

"Could it be... just witnessing His Serpent's true form leads to self-ignition and immediate death?!"

Neil speculated in secret.

Just then, he noticed Priest Jordan struggling to get up from the ground.

Perhaps because the old priest wasn't fully involved in the ceremony, he managed to survive, albeit with an expression of reverence and sigh on his face.

Priest Jordan picked up the Bible, hesitated several times, and finally spoke in a deep voice:

"Child, the presence within you... It is extremely powerful and tremendously dangerous. The Redemption Church of Rainbow Island and perhaps the entire Morris Kingdom cannot suppress it, and I am powerless."

The old priest seemed to have disregarded life and death, bravely stepped forward, and stood before Neil.

He lowered his head, his cloudy yet bright eyes staring directly at Neil.

"Go, leave here, escape far away, so that the blue flame priests of Holy City Klein won't come to track you down..."

Jordan placed the Bible down, resting it beside the dining table.

"This is my farewell gift to you; the content of the last chapter of Volume Five might give you answers... Remember, do not lose yourself, absolutely, do not lose yourself!"

"Priest Jordan?"

Neil listened to the old priest spouting a load of inexplicable words, completely puzzled. He stood up, about to ask.

Yet he only saw Priest Jordan take a step back, then suddenly pulled out a candle and painfully said:

"Lord, I have sinned..."

Roar!!

The old priest lit himself with the candle flame, igniting into a terrifying blaze. He groaned on the ground, rolling in agony, but soon burned into a charred human shape.

Neil stared blankly at this scene, deeply shocked.

The old priest had been silently watching over him from the start, later attempting to shelter him, and now, for his redemption, chose suicide in a failure of guilt and pain.

His Serpent...

Is it really that terrifying?

Is He truly an evil presence?

Could He bring disaster to this world?

But why...

Neil's heart went through a moment of struggle.

In the end, he resolutely chose to adhere to his vow, wholeheartedly believing in His Serpent.

Neil sat back down in the chair and, after a moment of silence, spoke:

"Rolf Butler."

The old butler trembled all over.

He stood up, shaking, and quickly replied.

"Ni... Neil, sir."

"Help me appraise the Black Horn Domain's tax revenue this year and Miller Dutte's private treasury, convert them all into gold and silver."

Neil took a deep breath and spoke casually.

Rolf seemed to have guessed something, a flash of post-crisis relief in his eyes, nodding repeatedly.

"Yes, sir, no problem!"

Having said that, the old butler hurriedly went upstairs.

Neil stared at the Redemption Ring left to him by Priest Jordan, pondering for a moment.

He had originally planned to leave here, and after hearing Priest Jordan's final advice, he was even more determined.

"The answer... is hidden in the Bible?"

Neil opened the hefty book full of doubts.

This Bible looked like it had some years to it; the azure hard cover was somewhat yellowed, one could imagine the old priest holding it every day, perusing, studying the doctrines inside.

He directly turned to the back, finding the last chapter of Volume Five.

"Volume Five: Chapter 10: Threats from Heaven, Wilderness, and Beyond"

Neil, by the light of the torch on the wall, furrowed his brows and read carefully.

"So the world is so vast?!"

His expression grew increasingly shocked.

The Bible records that the Morris Kingdom is just one of the sixteen kingdoms in the Brilliant Empire, with Nine Great Empires stationed across north, south, east, and west of the Britania Continent, in the center, a vast ocean shrouds with perpetually undissipated fog, with unknowns hidden within.

It is said, above the entire continent, there are aerial islands, called "Heaven".

Inhabiting it are not friendly angels or deities.

But extremely malicious "Void Demons"!

Beyond the Nine Great Empires, there are many unexplored regions, called "Wilderness", same as the dreadful "Desolate Demons" akin to "Void Demons".

Of course, there's also another demon, comparable to these two.

That is the "Heavenly Demon".

A terrifying presence originating from beyond the continent.

"So Priest Jordan recognized His Serpent... He is a 'Heavenly Demon'?!"

Neil's eyes widened.

Yet, he didn't know that His Serpent was also observing the Bible's description with him at that moment.

'Heavenly Demon? Heh, interesting... Looks like the transcendent ones from the Outer Continent once also suffered attacks from the high-ranked ones of the Sun Continent?'

Chen Lun pondered with interest.

He once again became interested in the so-called "Sky Island Heaven" and "Unknown Wilderness". What exactly were the so-called "Void Demon" and "Desolate Demon"?

'Perhaps... they are supernatural creatures or Transcendents born from the erosion of some ancient Outer Gods?'

Chen Lun secretly speculated.

Soon after.

Butler Rolf laboriously carried a large box down the stairs.

He came to the dining table and put the box down.

With a clatter.

The lid was lifted, revealing the shiny gold and silver coins inside.

"Master Neil, this is Miller Dutte's private treasury, containing a total of forty-five Fire Pattern Gold coins, two thousand one hundred and twenty-four Fire Pattern Silver coins... the rest of the taxes have not been paid yet, it will take another two months."

The old butler looked distressed.

Neil waved his hand.

"Go to Fork's room, pack a few sets of clothes into a bundle, I need to travel... Oh, and prepare a horse, five days' worth of dry food and water for me."

"Yes, Master Neil."

Upon hearing this, Rolf was relieved, as it confirmed his suspicions.

Looking at the box of coins, Neil sighed.

Such a heavy thing, it's not convenient to carry it away.

So he only packed the gold coins into a leather bag, and grabbed several handfuls of silver coins.

Fortunately, the Fire Pattern Silver coins were only the size of a fingernail, making them quite portable.

Once everything was ready, Neil went to the armory, put on a set of leather armor, donned a black cloak on top, and carrying his uncle's English Lion Sword, rode away from Black Horn Fortress...

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Time flew by, and two months passed.

Neil traveled through twists and turns, following a map he bought from a traveling merchant. Bumping along the coastline heading north, he arrived at the border region of the Morris Kingdom, Green Shade Harbor.

War was raging here.

Port Master Ivar responded to the Empire's call and attacked the border of the Faz Kingdom, which was part of the Mela Empire's territory.

The two sides had been at war for over a month, in the midst of intense conflict.

Neil encountered highway robbers on the way several times, but those unfortunate fellows all became Lost Souls under his sword, which also increased his battle experience and Mystical Accumulation.

Upon reaching Green Shade Harbor, he had already reached the peak of the [Dancer], just a step away from [Commander].

Taking this opportune moment, he simply used the alias Nils and, as a wandering mercenary, joined the mercenary corps at Green Shade Harbor, participating in the war.

This was the suggestion given to him by His Snake Excellency.

The battlefield battles could not only quickly accumulate Mystical Accumulation but also improve his combat experience, beneficial for the upcoming promotion.

As a Transcendent with high-level swordsmanship, Neil, though young, quickly made a name for himself on the battlefield.

Many mercenaries who initially belittled him were dumbstruck in the end.

Because this kid, wielding a Lion Head Cross Sword, was unstoppable on the battlefield, even creating the shocking record of slaying a hundred people in a day.

The name "Hundred Slayer" Nils resounded throughout Green Shade Harbor within just one month.

In the ensuing months.

The Green Shade Harbor camp advanced unstoppably, directly attacking a strategic bridgehead of the Faz Kingdom, Mantovani.

Here, already promoted to Sequence Eight [Commander] and serving as a mercenary squad leader, Neil, on horseback, led a squad of over twenty men, like a sharp knife piercing into the heart of the enemy's forces.

Leaving a bloody path, they charged straight to the front of the enemy general.

That bearded general was burly, but seeing the golden-haired youth on horseback coming at him with the English Lion Sword stained with blood, he showed a look of fear.

The reputation of "Hundred Slayer" had already spread here.

The general turned to flee, leaving his dozen guards to cover his retreat.

However, a memorable scene unfolded.

The youth raised his left hand, gloved in leather, and made several bizarre gestures in the air, finally keeping his fist clenched.

The guards appeared to be puppets controlled by strings, not raising their weapons but running forward dumbly, only to be beheaded by the Cross Sword!

"A Transcendent?! It's a Missionary hidden in the army by the Redemption Church... Despicable! Shameless! Breaking the rules!"

The bearded general's face changed drastically, cursing quietly as he tried to flee on horseback.

Yet, Neil soon caught up to him.

The originally panicked face suddenly froze.

His eyes filled with unspeakable terror, his body suddenly uncontrollable, leaping off his horse and crashing to the ground.

Then, he watched as the youth galloped past him on horseback.

The sword edge swept across his neck.

The last thing he saw was the silver lion-headed ornament on the sword's hilt.

"Nivis!"

"Hundred Slayer!"

"The enemy general is dead!!"

Seeing this scene, the mercenary squad and surrounding allies all shouted enthusiastically, while Neil stopped his horse, holding up the blood-stained Cross Sword, with a smile on his face.

But soon, the smile disappeared.

"Cough! Cough!!"

He suddenly started coughing, more and more violently, foul-smelling dark red blood spilling from his mouth.

Amidst countless gasps of astonishment, he fell from his horse, collapsed on the ground.

In his blurred vision, Neil saw the body of the bearded general he killed had grotesquely swollen pustules rising on its surface!

Recalling the rumors he had heard, he suddenly realized, he had been sabotaged...

Undone by a Transcendent unique to the Mela Empire!

Chen Lun, hidden within Neil's body, witnessed all of this, feeling a sense of alarm because this supernatural ability seemed familiar to him.

'Isn't this exactly a branch of the Path of Nature, the Sequence Seven [Plague Doctor] Sequence Ability?'

Yet, on second thought, Chen Lun wasn't quite sure.

'No... to be precise, this should be the power of the "God of Plague" worshiped by the Mela Empire, a complete path radiated from His Original Sin!'