At this moment in Heglais Town, although the sky had already brightened, the bonfire in the center of the town was still burning fiercely.
The main road of the town was littered with grotesque corpses lying in disarray. The chaos and commotion from the previous night had long since ended. Luo Wei walked up to the bonfire, yawning and surveying the surroundings with tired eyes.
Heglais Town had returned to the eerie silence it had when they first arrived. Every household had their doors tightly shut and curtains drawn.
The townsfolk who had survived were hiding in their homes, peeking through cracks in their doors or behind curtains, staring at Luo Wei and his two companions with indescribable fear.
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Luo Wei glanced around, and when he saw the various nervous and frightened gazes, he couldn’t help but laugh.
Last night, the three of them had single-handedly fought off all the townsfolk. The state they had been in at the time made them seem more like terrifying monsters than the townsfolk themselves.
Evelyn’s eyes showed disdain. “After hearing those legends, I thought the town would be much scarier. But this is it?”
The blood-red scythe in her hand slowly vanished into the air, and then she turned to Luo Wei.
Evelyn asked with a smile, “How was my performance last night?”
Luo Wei nodded silently. “Teacher, you were amazing... You even scared me...”
Last night, Evelyn had been like a god of slaughter, her bloodthirsty gaze casting a crimson terror over the entire town...
The power she had displayed far exceeded Luo Wei’s expectations.
And the reason was...
【Evelyn】
【Race: Vampire (Rank: Vampire Viscount↑)】
【Favorability: 82↑】
【Corruption Level: 20↓】
Evelyn had suddenly advanced last night, rising from a Vampire Baron to a Vampire Viscount. This had also elevated her mastery of Vampire Magic to a new level.
“Ever since that time I went with you to the lower district, I’ve felt like I was on the verge of a breakthrough...” Evelyn looked at Luo Wei curiously.
“Xiao Wei, what kind of magical aura do you have? Whether it’s that witch you mentioned or me, why do we advance so quickly...”
She couldn’t help but ponder. Her last advancement had been twenty years ago. Although she was the most talented in her family, based on the cultivation speeds of those old monsters in her family, she had conservatively estimated that it would take her at least another ten years to become a Vampire Viscount...
Yet after meeting Luo Wei, in such a short time, she had touched upon a higher level of Vampire Magic.
Luo Wei shook his head, not explaining why.
The reason was actually quite simple. Their team had been tackling dungeons far above their level. When he had played through the first and second chapters of the game before, at most they had dealt with a serial killer or a ghoul. But this time...
Things like minions of evil gods, and even the evil gods themselves, had appeared. It would have been strange if their leveling speed hadn’t been fast...
After her advancement, Evelyn became both proud and smug. She instinctively glanced at Helena, her gaze challenging.
After the battle at the manor, Evelyn had never forgotten the scene of Helena’s massive tentacle instantly defeating her. She had always been dissatisfied and wanted another chance to settle the score.
Feeling Evelyn’s challenging gaze, Helena curled her lips and ignored her.
In her normal state, she definitely couldn’t defeat this vampire. Her victory last time had been due to corruption and backlash, which had transformed her into that hideous and terrifying creature. But she never wanted to turn into such a monstrous form in front of her brother again...
“You like fighting, huh...” Helena said softly. “If you like fighting so much, go find the witch! If you can beat her, then I’ll admit you’re strong!”
“Uh...” Evelyn paused, then instinctively looked at Luo Wei.
Luo Wei laughed and said directly, “Teacher, don’t even think about it. You can’t beat her.”
“Do you have to be so blunt...” Evelyn gave him a resentful look. “Couldn’t you at least hesitate a little? Give your teacher some face...”
So Luo Wei lowered his head, furrowed his brows, and pretended to think deeply. Then he scrutinized Evelyn for a long time, giving her the courtesy of a thorough analysis.
“Hmm... Well, based on extensive data analysis, Teacher, you probably... really can’t beat her?”
“Oh...”
Evelyn hung her head in disappointment, finally dropping the subject.
But her curiosity only grew. She really wanted to know just how powerful that witch was...
While chatting, the three of them had already checked their surroundings and confirmed there were no more threats.
Luo Wei crouched by the bonfire, poking at it with his cane. He noticed many charred human bones among the ashes.
He looked up and asked the innkeeper, who was tied up and hanging from a pole.
“Did you burn all these outsiders to death? Why do you hate outsiders so much?”
The innkeeper’s bulging eyes, bloodshot and filled with hatred, glared at him.
“Damn witches! Demons! I curse you! You...”
As he began to curse loudly, a black tentacle wrapped around his neck, choking him tightly.
“My brother is asking you a question!” Helena said coldly. “Answer honestly if you want to live!”
After releasing the tentacle, the innkeeper gasped for breath, sweat pouring down his face. But when he looked at Luo Wei again, the venom in his eyes remained undiminished.
“Blasphemous black witches! You demons! You’ve done those things, and you’ll die cursed and go to hell!!”
Hearing this, Evelyn frowned slightly, her gaze thoughtful as she looked at Luo Wei.
Helena didn’t think much of it, assuming he was just cursing her brother. She immediately prepared to throw the innkeeper into the bonfire with her tentacles, letting him experience the same fate as those outsiders.
“Wait a moment...” Luo Wei suddenly sensed something unusual.
“Blasphemy? You’re quite devout... Which god do you worship?”
He walked over, pressed his cane against the innkeeper’s neck, and carefully examined him.
The main reason the townsfolk looked so grotesque was that they no longer resembled humans, having developed many aquatic-like features. The folds on the sides of their necks concealed gill-like organs, similar to those of fish.
The deity they worshipped must have been something from the sea, given how they had transformed.
“Of course, the great Sea God!” the innkeeper snorted.
“Which Sea God do you worship?” Evelyn immediately pressed.
The innkeeper sneered at them. “The Sea God is the Sea God, the great ruler of the ocean! Who else could it be?”
Luo Wei and Evelyn exchanged glances, both showing a hint of confusion.
Both of them had studied a great deal of history and occult literature and knew that coastal peoples around the world had legends of sea gods.
But the image of the “Sea God” was not consistent—they were essentially different entities. And based on Luo Wei’s knowledge, there was no true “Sea God” in this world.
However, no matter how they pressed, neither the innkeeper nor the captured townsfolk could provide any more information. They seemed to truly worship the “Sea God,” the sole ruler of the ocean, with no name or title...
Luo Wei stopped fixating on this, as these ignorant townsfolk probably didn’t even know what they were worshipping. He then asked another question:
“Why do you call us witches?”
“We’re not witches. From what you’re saying, did a group of witches come here and do something terrible?”
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
