Devil's Bible

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As long as the campfire doesn't go out, they can quickly return here and ensure their safety.

“That’s right. As long as we unite, even if the city lord is on the path to ruin, we can kill him. Besides, Nemus isn’t even the city lord.” Another silver hunter with a hooked nose said.

The unique stripping and degradation mechanism of the Path of Despair gives them the greatest confidence.

No matter who it is, as long as they haven't reached the third stage of the Path of Despair, they are still just a card user and haven't advanced to Silver rank.

In this situation, even if the card has a high star rating, its combat power will be limited to a certain range.

That's why they're confident they can kill anyone if they join forces.

The reason they became silver hunters and engaged in such high-risk activities was that they were unwilling to be subordinate to others.

They would never admit that they are inferior to others.

Even if we can't compete with others now, it's due to a difference in resources, not because we are inferior.

It is this understanding that sustains them as they constantly walk on the edge of danger.

"But... do we really have to do this?" The silver hunter who was the first to observe Nems hesitated slightly.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Nemus, but rather that he was hesitant about the matter of the undead.

Most people don't have a concrete understanding of the ghost corpse incident, although the various leaders are actively preparing under the strong orders of the city lord and because they are beneficiaries of the system.

But these silver hunters didn't care.

On the contrary, some silver hunters even had some expectations for the ghost corpse incident.

They believe that the ghost corpse incident was a reshuffling of power.

Let the tall ones stand in front, and it would be best if they all died.

They will be the ones to rule this Silver City then.

However, not everyone is so short-sighted.

Some people can't help but start to wonder deep down, what if?

What if the zombie incident really is a disaster that will kill everyone and destroy the Silver City?

What if it's precisely because they didn't help, and even secretly hindered things, that the zombie incident didn't get through?

"What are you worried about?" The hook-nosed man sneered. "If Silver City were so easy to destroy, it would have been destroyed long ago."

"I think the so-called 'ghost corpse' incident is most likely a ploy to reshuffle the upper echelons. They exaggerated the dangers so that we would be promoted."

Hooknose was naturally worried about the worst-case scenario, but his worst-case scenario was that the city lord and the five leaders all died in the incident involving the corpses of the underworld, and they benefited from it.

A sense of侥幸 (a feeling of getting lucky) easily outweighed any worries about the future.

"Besides, isn't the person who gave us the opportunity to make our move the key to the Corpse Incident?" the hook-nosed man said sarcastically.

He looked down on Moro, believing him to be nothing more than a good-for-nothing who had luckily awakened a special ability.

but……

But the grain owner voted.

They wouldn't be afraid of others, but the grain owners were different.

The grain owner was a professional silver hunter by training and was very familiar with the methods of silver hunters.

For example, others might not be able to find the campfire, but the grain owner would know perfectly well.

Even the construction of this bonfire was closely related to the grain owner.

Strength is the foundation of everything.

They relied on the desperate path to enter the city without fear of the city lord, but they could not ignore the grain merchant.

Moreover, and most importantly, even if they use the crystallization technique, they can only stay in the Path of Despair for a maximum of one month.

A month later, no matter how much they delay, they will return to the city gate.

Even if he took out his accumulated silver cards and upgraded on the spot to become a silver-level expert, it would be useless at that time.

A Silver-ranked individual's strength is not yet sufficient to suppress everything with absolute power.

Even the city lord is still lacking.

Therefore, although they said they were not afraid of the city lord, they could not disobey even the orders given by the grain lord, let alone the city lord.

Otherwise, the grain owner could easily send people to destroy the campfire, forcing them to leave the desperate road.

The more they cared about it, the more unwilling these silver hunters became.

Despite being able to 'control everything' on the road to despair, once they leave, they remain at the bottom.

That's right, in their eyes, they are from the bottom class.

As for ordinary people and even slaves, they are not considered human beings in their eyes.

Below me, no one is human; I am the lowest of the low.

I am the one being oppressed.

Above oneself, one is not even human.

They are oppressors, monsters, and the sins of the Silver City.

Only silver hunters like them are human.

As he thought this, the surrounding space rippled slightly.

Then the silver hunter carrying a human head walked into the area, greeted the people who were still having various thoughts in their minds, and sat down by the campfire.

While taking out a small crystal and throwing it into the campfire, he held the human head and sucked out the remaining blood and brain fluid.

No one around was surprised to see this.

In the city of silver, people always have a few quirks.

Ghouls can become popular cards; it's just a matter of a pica.

Especially since the opponent is a specialist in ghoul cards, hoping to one day replace the Lord of Arazuka.

In this situation, what's wrong with people being a little greedy?

They, the silver hunters, are already walking a dangerous line.

Many of the collected crystals are taken by various factions, who are being oppressed terribly.

As people at the bottom of society, this is all we can do to amuse ourselves.

"How is it?" the pica asked after arriving at the campfire.

He was different from other silver hunters. Some of the other silver hunters were subordinates of the grain owners, while others were related to the grain owners because of the rules of silver hunters, and had to stand on the side of the grain owners when necessary.

Pica, on the other hand, is related to Moro.

Moro's life is quite extraordinary. Before awakening his talent, he was just an ordinary person.

He had a chance to turn things around once before, when he acquired the card "Vitality," a classic card from the Ghoul series.

They traded their appetite and their lives for strength.

Even ordinary people can use it.

After using it, because the strength is different from that of ordinary people, it is much easier to break through the limits.

He will also be a card player then.

At that time, Moro was very poor, so poor that he didn't have enough food, and his body became unhealthy due to long hours of labor.

Using it directly might lead to starvation.

It was under these circumstances that Moro kept looking for opportunities.

Until the cards he valued most were forcibly taken away by a pica sufferer.

Chapter 741 Reasons and Tests

That's right, pica was once Moro's enemy.

And it's the kind of hatred that runs deep.

At that time, pica stole Moro's only card that had entered the extraordinary realm.

Moro made up his mind at that time that he must take revenge.

Later, he awakened his talent, received help from the city lord, and finally emerged from the mire.

So he immediately found the pica and overcame it.

They beat the pica sufferer until he knelt down and surrendered.

Logically speaking, someone like Moro should be extremely jealous of anyone who offends him.

However, when he saw someone with pica kneeling and begging for mercy, he felt he should be more magnanimous.

So he forgave the pica and took him under his wing.

He also learned from the other party why they had taken his cards in the first place.

It turns out it was because of the Lord of Arazuka.

The Lord of the Arazuka was hungry at the time, but he had eaten a lot before, so he needed a [Valiant Appetite] spell to quickly digest the food.

I was out and about that day in a hurry, so I had already used up all the consumable cards I had on me.

At that time, the pica was a subordinate of the Arazuka Master, whose main job was to hunt for crystals for the Arazuka Master as a silver hunter.

He was reporting to Lord Arazuka that day when he heard Lord Arazuka's instructions and immediately took action.

And so Moro was robbed.

If he weren't in the city, Moro would probably have become food for pica.

Knowing this, that's why Moro chose to provoke the Lord of the Desolate Tomb on the day of the banquet.

His provocation was ineffective that day because of Naims.

At this moment, pica represents Moro.

He was also one of the guardians who led Moro down the path to ruin.

That's why, when pica asks what's wrong...

The other silver hunters just smiled and then shared Nems's information.

"Difficult to deal with."

"He follows the small-cycle sword technique route, and within one action time, he can basically cycle through his own cards once."

"Attack, defense, and sustain recovery all seem to be sufficient at the moment."

"A sword technique with an extremely high star rating is impossible to defend against with ordinary defensive cards."

"At the same time, it seems that the opponent's swordsmanship cards include Wind Slash."

Does it possess motion proliferation?

There's a limited amount of time you can spend in one action. Use core cards, draw a card once, and use it.

Or perhaps the card effects keep activating, thus triggering even more cards.

However, it takes time for the card effects to activate.

For example, if Nemus's swordsmanship deck has a dozen or so card draw effects, it can support Nemus to swing his amplified sword a dozen or so times.

However, it is impossible for these dozen or so sword strikes to be condensed into a single action.

Furthermore, the cards also have usage restrictions and requirements, which are key to controlling the time limit.

However, there are also some cards that can increase the number of actions a character can perform within the action time.

For example, Nemus's [Wind Slash] has this effect, making the speed of the next sword strike extremely fast.

This method multiplies the action.

Of course, there are other methods to proliferate the action.

Whether or not an action can be multiplied is what distinguishes a skilled player from an ordinary card user.

“His sword is so fast, I can hardly tell how many times he struck in that instant.” The silver hunter observing Nems shook his head.