MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1734 1734: The Thirteen Demon Kings

"Mechanism?"

Upon hearing Fearless's words, everyone fell silent.

In a place that looked strikingly similar to a forging workshop, it wouldn't be surprising to find some mechanisms.

So everyone quickly spread out to thoroughly search the area for any abnormalities.

The Lost Paradise was a spacious hall, making it relatively easy to find something here. However, after three or four rounds of searching, they found no functioning mechanisms.

"Something's not right..."

Seeing that everyone was empty-handed, Fearless frowned and said, "Could it be that we've missed something?"

"Damn it!" Ming Du exclaimed. "You saw it too; we've been searching this damn place for so long. Do you expect us to look on the ceiling?"

"Huh? The ceiling!"

At Ming Du's words, Fearless's eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly looked up, only to see a pitch-black expanse above.

Fearless raised his staff and threw a Holy Light Sphere at the ceiling, and the brilliant light instantly illuminated the ceiling above them.

Following the light of the Holy Light Sphere, everyone's gazes shifted upward.

"What the hell!"

Everyone was taken aback.

To their surprise, there were indeed vague shapes on the ceiling. However, since the Holy Light Sphere was just a small skill, its duration was short, and they couldn't see clearly what was on the ceiling.

Seeing this, Fearless cautiously cast a Holy Light Shield around himself, then sprouted two wings from his back and floated up.

In comparison to the Holy Light Sphere, Fearless, with his Holy Light Shield and wings activated, was much brighter, illuminating the ceiling like a fluorescent lamp.

At that moment, everyone, aided by Fearless's light, could see what was on the ceiling.

On the ceiling of the Lost Paradise stood several black statues; the faces of these statues were hideously terrifying, their bodies exposed, and their postures were extremely bizarre.

"One, two, three... Thirteen."

Fearless extended his staff to count them. There were a total of thirteen statues arranged in a large circle, and in the center of the circle stood an altar, on which was a purple-black box covered in magical runes.

"This... this is the Thirteen Demon Kings!"

Being from Holy Light City, Dawn's First Ray was well-versed in the game's lore regarding faith and immediately recognized the statues on the ceiling.

The Light faction had thirteen saints, and correspondingly, the Dark faction had thirteen demon kings. These eerie statues represented the Thirteen Demon Kings.

"Thirteen Demon Kings? It seems that this Lost Paradise is indeed a place of filth. Just look at how ugly these guys are; they even have the nerve to make statues of themselves for others to admire. Maybe they think they're too ugly to be seen, so they hid themselves on the ceiling."

Fearless sneered, a look of disdain on his face.

Damn it, the game designers are getting more ridiculous; their hiding techniques are becoming more bizarre. If it weren't for Ming Du's complaints, who would have thought to check the dark ceiling for anything?

Disdain aside, Fearless wasn't idle; he reached out to grab the box on the altar.

However, when Fearless's hand touched the box, it went right through...

Fearless was stunned and exclaimed, "This box is an illusion."

"An illusion?"

The others looked puzzled. "What about the statues? Are they also illusions?"

"Let me take a look..."

Fearless turned around, flew below the statues, and poked his staff upward.

As expected, the staff passed effortlessly through the statue. It was clear that these statues were also illusions.

"Damn!"

Seeing this, everyone was utterly discouraged.

After all that searching, they finally found a mechanism, only to discover it was an illusion. Were they playing with them?

"Wait!" Fearless frowned even more. "There can't be illusions here for no reason; there must be something we've overlooked. Otherwise, how would these illusions come about?"

"Well..." Spring Halo stroked his chin and said, "From a scientific perspective, it should be a projection!"

"Bah!"

Before Spring Halo could finish, Vainglory sneered, "In a magical game, you bring up science? Tell me, can science summon fireballs?"

"Have you never seen a lighter?" Spring Halo shot Vainglory a glare. "From a scientific standpoint, as long as you can master elemental arrangements, summoning forbidden spells isn't impossible. It's just that today's kids aren't studying properly and think ignorance is a personality trait."

"I swear you..."

The two, an elder and a youth, began bickering again without finishing their sentences.

However, the saying had no intent, but the listener took it to heart.

Influenced by Spring Halo's words, Fearless instinctively looked down to see if there was a projector or something similar. As he looked down, his eyes suddenly brightened again.

Of course, it wasn't a projector.

It would indeed be excessive to have such a device in a magical world, but right in the center of the Lost Paradise, there were several square platforms on the iron floor. These platforms weren't large and were shaped exactly like the bases of the statues on the ceiling.

Since the ground of the Lost Paradise was divided into blocks by small holes, everyone had failed to notice these slightly larger platforms. If it weren't for Fearless's elevated view, it would have been quite difficult to discover them.

...

After glancing at the angles of the platforms and the ceiling statues, combined with what Spring Halo had said earlier about projections, Fearless seemed to understand something. He retracted his wings and landed in front of Dawn's First Ray, asking, "Which thirteen are the Thirteen Demon Kings?"

"Well..." Dawn's First Ray thought for a moment and said, "Cunning, lewd, ugly, humble, childish, snobbish, greedy, stubborn..."

"Haha..." Just as Dawn's First Ray was speaking, Wang Yu suddenly laughed and said, "Chen Xiang, who are you targeting?"

"Uh..."

Dawn's First Ray was taken aback when he noticed the entire Quan Zhen sect glaring at him with dark expressions.

By heaven's conscience, Dawn's First Ray had absolutely no intention of targeting anyone. However, his words seemed to hit the nail on the head for this group of rogues.

Cunning Fearless, lewd Spring Halo... These were the adjectives they often used when teasing each other.

The accuracy and precision of Dawn's First Ray's words were so high that if he hadn't turned pale from fright, the Quan Zhen group might have suspected he was deliberately pointing fingers.

"Hey, everyone", under the intense glare from the Quan Zhen group, Dawn's First Ray panicked and quickly waved his hands. "I wasn't targeting anyone; these are all recorded in the library!"

"Don't listen to the Old Bull's nonsense!" Fearless said calmly. "We are all upright people. By the way, is there anyone among the Thirteen Demon Kings who is like the Old Bull?"

"Hot-tempered... does that count?" Dawn's First Ray asked cautiously.

"Damn! I think you want to die!" Wang Yu glared at Dawn's First Ray, scaring him nearly to tears.