The Death List Novel - Chapter 79

Chapter 79 New Beginning (2 in 1)
The black dot on the surface of the lake was a canoe. It was made from a giant tree in the Moonlight Forest. There was enough space for more than a dozen people. The canoe did not have any deliberate carving or decoration. Its simple shape and pure natural wood texture reflected the innate artistic sense of the Fairy race.

Soon, the canoe brought a dozen people to the island in the middle of the lake. This island did not have any artificial buildings, it was like a naturally formed flower garden. The dense lawn was decorated with beautiful wildflowers, and even the prisoners felt a sense of freedom.

Moonlight Forest was indeed a wonderful home without the dangers of survival hanging overhead at all times.

At this time, there weren’t many people on the island in the middle of the lake. Apart from them, most of the preparatory apostles in Moonshine Town had seen the starry sky gate. The elven guard who had sent them over quickly left in a canoe. He still had to pick up the remaining people.

“Lin Feng, Great Devil King Qin Lun, do you think I’m pretty?” Little Lotus ran over from the side shouting loudly. There was a small yellow flower stuck in her hair, which set off her big round face that was a little bit baby fat. She looked very lively and cute with a flush on her face.

“Don’t pick flowers on the island!” Qin Lun frowned slightly and looked at Xiaolian expressionlessly.

“Oh!” Xiao Lian seemed to have realized something, so she lowered her head dejectedly and turned around to leave.

“The world always calls us murderers, but we don’t know that in the eyes of all living beings, humans themselves are devils!” A faint voice sounded from behind Qin Lun. “We are just different from the majority of devils!”

Qin Lun’s heart skipped a beat as he turned to look at the person behind him.

“Hello, Qin Lun, I’m Hill!” The smiling “Shepherd” with a big back bowed slightly in respect.

Amongst the five great murderers, Hill was the oldest, a white man in his fifties. It was hard to imagine that the original Catholic priest would be a perverted murderer who ate human flesh from his calm face and gentlemanly demeanor.

When Hill was arrested, he did not defend himself. Instead, he said a famous saying that was widely circulated among the prisoners.

“Humans are the lambs of God, and shepherds always secretly steal!”

Qin Lun nodded at Hill, and the corner of his eyes swept across the back of the shepherd’s hand. There was a small mysterious pattern on the back of the priest’s hand. It was a black double-headed snake spitting out snake letters and wrapped around a silver cross.

There were more than thirty people on the island in the middle of the lake after the canoe sent over the group of preparatory apostles. The elven guards no longer sailed off the island. It seemed that only these people were watching as the starry sky gate opened.

As time passed, the people on the island in the middle of the lake suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet tremble slightly. A hallucinatory ribbon of colored light appeared outside the crystal shield above the moonlight forest. It was a bit like the aurora of the north and south poles of the earth, and it was also like a transparent brocade that covered the sky and earth.

Everyone on the island in the middle of the lake quietly looked at the gorgeous scenery. The colorful ribbons of light constantly twisted and distorted in front of the floating city, like a gurgling river of stars.

The colorful ribbons of light extended to both sides of the sky, gradually turning into a magnificent stargate that stood above the heavens and earth. Unlike the teleportation gate, this star door was not a whirlpool. Instead, it continued to flutter with colorful ribbons of light that occasionally emitted specks of starlight.

The huge floating city was like a hobbling snail under the star gate, slowly moving towards the star gate and eventually being swallowed by the star gate.

Everyone on the island in the middle of the lake felt as if a breeze had flashed past their bodies as they passed through the star door. Compared to teleportation, everyone’s consciousness was much clearer, and they didn’t feel anything strange on their bodies.

After a brief shock, the revived apostles finally noticed that outside the moonlight forest, the floating continent was completely different from the environment of the scarlet Gobi, and had undergone tremendous changes.

“What kind of place is this? How terrifying!” Little Goblin nervously pulled at the corner of Qin Lun’s clothes and stared out at the moonlight forest.

If one were to say that the scarlet Gobi, where the Moonlight Forest was originally located, was an insignificant and barren land. Then the floating continent that it had reached through the Gate of the Universe could be called “hell.”

The dried and cracked brown earth was filled with yellow sulfur smoke. Active volcanoes that erupted with flames and dust could be vaguely seen at the end of their line of sight. In the eyes of all races, only the name hell could reflect this place.

“Did our teleportation coordinates go wrong?” Lin Feng asked the elven guard beside him in a daze.

“No, that’s right!” Facing Lin Feng’s questioning, the elven guard’s gaze dodged slightly and replied embarrassedly, “We really need to stay here for a while!”

“What kind of place is this?” A prisoner asked with a frown.

“This is the scorching plains of the Abyss Devils, the halfway point to our return to the Fairy Continent!” The elf guard replied awkwardly, “However, please rest assured that we are safe here and will not be attacked by the demons. As for the specific situation, when everyone returns to Moonlight Town, an elf elder will explain it to you!”

The apostles did not shout loudly. They had already experienced a teleportation and had seen more or less unbelievable things. Moreover, the sky was falling and there were still tall men standing on top of them. The elves were not afraid, so what were they afraid of?

In the shattered starry sky, regardless of what intelligent race they encountered, the identity of the preparatory apostles was their best amulet.

After returning to Moonshine Town, an elf elder came to explain to them. The elf elder’s explanation was similar to that of the guards. He gave everyone a guarantee of safety, indicating that this was only a halfway stop for the teleportation of the Star Gate. At the same time, it also suggests that people should not go out as far as possible to avoid unnecessary dangers.

Before Qin Lun could finish listening to the elf elder’s words, he turned around and left with Didi, his eyes glittering with Mo Ming’s light.

Not long after he returned to his room, Edeline came to visit with a few elven guards.

“Put on your cloak and bring something important!” The elven beauty threw two hooded cloaks at Qin Lun and Didi.

“Alright!” Qin Lun smiled and put on his hood. He put on a mask that Adrienne handed him. He glanced at the wooden building he had lived in for half a month before resolutely turning around and bringing Didi with him to follow the elves.

The elves brought Qin Lun and Didi out of Moonshine Town and into the depths of the Moonshine Forest. They only stopped when they reached a clearing in the forest.

There were already more than ten masked apostles waiting in the open space. In the middle of the open space was a complicated teleportation formation, surrounded by a few translucent magic crystals.

A very old elf elder stood in front of the teleportation array. Qin Lun knew this elf elder. He was the dean of the Evelyn Polarlys Academy, Faylen Polarlys, the descendant of the legendary elf Evelyn Polarlys, and the patriarch of the Moonlit Elves.

“Everyone, the Moonlight Forest is both the home of the Moonlight Fairy and your first brigade station after entering the Broken Star Sky. The Moonlight Forest is honored to serve you, and I personally look forward to hearing more about your future legends.” Ferren’s gaze swept across the apostles and he said calmly.

“We follow the principle of equal value exchange. You don’t owe Moonlight Forest anything. In the adventure of the apostles, our services were negligible and we didn’t force any promises on everyone. I just hope that everyone will take advantage of this fate and accept our employment in the event of trouble for the Moonlight Fairies. I’m grateful to you, Ferren!”

The old elf stroked his chest with his right hand, and the masked apostles returned the salute.

Qin Lun looked around with a faint smile on his face. He knew that these apostles were official apostles, and it was possible that Hansen, Hill, and the others were among them.

“Master, are we leaving the Moonlight Forest?” Didi pulled at the corner of the youth’s clothes and asked softly.

“Yes, we are going to a special apostle city, an apostle city jointly run by many intelligent races, including the Abyss Devils and Elves!” Qin Lun touched Little Goblin’s head and said indifferently.

“Ah, I see! The Moonlight Forest did not pass through the scorching plains. It was only for the sake of sending the official apostles into the city of the apostles that it was specially teleported here. Master, was it?” Didi’s big eyes glittered behind the mask.

“Haha, little fellow, you’re smarter than many people!” Qin Lun chuckled, “But you’re only half right!”

“Is that half right?” Little Goblin gloomily scratched his sharp ears, his big eyes flashing as he pretended to be a cute baby as he looked at Qin Lun

“You’re so smart, think for yourself!” Qin Lun looked at its appearance and gave it a burst of laughter and anger. He shook his head and did not continue explaining.

Although he didn’t know how much resources it would take for a floating city to cross the void and teleport to another floating continent, it was clear that it wouldn’t be a small amount. For more than a dozen official apostles to teleport to the scorching plains’ apostle cities, they only needed to open a small starry sky gate. There was no need for such a big ruckus.

After listening to Edeline’s explanation yesterday, Qin Lun had a vague understanding of the apostolic city. The apostolic city resembled a membership company in which the apostles were members, while the intelligent races who jointly built the city relied on the election of their members to gain control of the city.

The fact that this apostolic city was now in the scorching plains of the Abyss Devils meant that the Abyss Devils had temporarily won the city’s main authority. The elf elders were right, the apostles would not encounter any danger on the scorching plains. To the apostles, the current Abyss Devils were not Abyss Devils, but Nanny.

Of course, the reason why the Moonlight Forest allowed the preparatory apostles who had never seen the Gate of the Universe to witness the teleportation with their own eyes was to dispel the doubts of the preparatory apostles when they first saw the scorching plains, and at the same time to use this harsh environment to scare the apostles out of the city.

They were not afraid that the preparatory apostles would be in danger, but that they would be abducted to the floating cities of the Abyss Devils.

As for why the Moonlight Forest took so much trouble to teleport to the scorching plains, Qin Lun guessed that it might be related to the trouble the elves had encountered. The serene and peaceful environment of the moonlight made everyone forget the true face of the floating city.

What was the original purpose of the floating city? To find and attract the apostles, of course!

What was the purpose of attracting the apostles? Of course, it was for the sake of gaining an advantage in the wars between the races and the floating continent, and for the sake of the reproduction of the intelligent races themselves.

Floating cities built for this purpose, although they had various functions and types, one thing would not change, and that was that they all possessed armed forces.

No matter how small the floating city was, it was still a stronghold. The so-called stronghold was a military facility with armed forces.

“Looks like the Moonlight Fairy has encountered quite a bit of trouble this time!” Qin Lun curled his lips and muttered in a low voice.

The Scorching Plains was the base of the Abyss Devils. Apart from that apostle city, there would definitely be another Abyss Devils floating city. The Moonlight Fairy teleported an academy-like floating city onto the scorching plains. The meaning behind this was self-evident.

It was to increase the confidence of confrontation, but it was also unwilling to completely tear apart. After all, the Academy City was not a true frontline stronghold for war.

If the elves teleported a floating city into the scorching plains, could the Abyss Devils or other management races of the Apostle City gather another floating city?

The answer was no! Competition is competition. All the apostles in the apostle city will not allow the intelligent race responsible for managing the city to have a real war around them. The elves of the weaker side gathered an academy city to protest, barely within the bottom line of the apostles. If another city teleported over, they would be unable to obtain forgiveness.

This was the political wisdom of the elves! The arrival of the Moonlight Forest could shortly increase the elven’s voice in the apostle city and gain some benefits at the negotiation table.

Otherwise, everyone would tear their faces apart and make a big fuss on the scorching plains. At that time, the elves would definitely lose control of the apostle city, but the Abyss Devils would not be able to live with it. They would naturally be replaced by other races in the next election to govern the apostolic city.

However, it allowed the docile and peace-loving elves to do such a rascal act. Apparently, in this apostle city, the Moonlight Fairy had been oppressed by the Abyss Devils and other race managers to the point that they had no choice but to fight back.

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“Alright, if everyone is ready, then we’ll start the teleportation immediately!” As soon as the introductory remarks were over, Ferren waved his hand to the other elven elders around him, signaling them to activate the teleportation array.

When the apostles entered the center of the magic array, the surrounding magic crystals began to slowly shine. Along with a dazzling white light, the scenery in front of Qin Lun changed drastically.

The masks on the apostles’ faces were useless now that they were out of the moonlight. Qin Lun took off his mask and a strong smell of sulfur rushed into his nose. However, he quickly recovered and did not feel any discomfort.

The apostle’s body of Laws was not covered, and the shattering of the starry sky had many geographic environments that could have a fatal effect on intelligent beings, and had no effect on the apostles at all. After all, the Laws Body focused on the most basic Laws of the world in the shattered starry sky. If it was still affected by the local environment, then it would be ridiculous.

This was a gourd-shaped valley with a large belly and a small mouth, surrounded by strange and ferocious peaks. The place where the apostles were standing was also a teleportation formation. However, the guardians of the formation were no longer elven guards. Instead, they were creatures with strange shapes.

Most of these creatures were between two and three meters tall. They wore heavy steel armor, had curved horns on their heads, exposed arm muscles, brown skin, and some had fish-scale nails. What distinguished them from humanoid beasts was their flaming pupils, which seemed to be burning all the time.

“It’s a demon!” The apostles whispered to each other. However, they were basically suppressing the volume of their voices. The enormous bodies of the Abyss Devils were clearly very intimidating.

“Welcome to the Sixth Apostle City’s’ Corner of the Devil ‘!” Amongst the Abyss Devils surrounding the formation, the only “Little Abyss Devil” wearing a long robe walked out.

It was called a “little devil” because the devil leader who led these devil warriors to welcome the apostles was the smallest of them all. It was very close to the human body and did not look as oppressive as the other devil warriors.

Those who could become official apostles were not idiots, and they immediately realized that they should be from the Abyss Devils. They did not want their terrifying appearances to affect the apostles who first entered the Horn of the Abyss. Many of the apostles heaved a sigh of relief, and the fear in their hearts was dispelled.

“Hmph, it’s you again, pretending to be a cunning devil!” Ferren, who had been teleported over with the apostles, snorted coldly and turned his head away with a stern expression.

“Hehe, isn’t this Elder Fei Lun? Please forgive Berylseth for being rude. I didn’t notice that you were the one leading the team!” Berylseth, who was referred to as the Sly Demon by the Elves, laughed strangely, “Since Elder Fei Lun is here, do you want to go to the ‘Horn of the Devil’ as a guest?”

“No need, I’m afraid I won’t be able to return!” Fei Lun glanced at the demon with disdain and said coldly, “However, the Moonlight Elves are still one of the five management races of the ‘Horn of Demons’. Don’t pretend to be the master in front of me!”

“Haha, Elder Fei Lun really misunderstood us!” The flames in Berylseth’s eyes jumped slightly, but he didn’t explain anymore and immediately shut up.

Seeing Beelzebub’s air-conditioned appearance, a trace of disappointment flashed in Ferren’s eyes. However, he did not continue to provoke the Sly Demon and turned around to re-enter the teleportation array.

Qin Lun watched the elf elder and the cunning devil’s words clash. He sighed deeply in his heart. Neither of these two old fellows were fuel-efficient lamps!

Fei Lun’s righteous and indignant appearance just now was simply to stir up Berylseth’s hostility and leave a bad impression on the ten or so apostles present.

Berylseth, on the other hand, acted as if his daughter-in-law was angry. She scolded him and beat him back. She did not explain a single word, but instead attracted the sympathy of the apostles. Even if these official apostles came from the Moonlight Forest, they probably wouldn’t feel bad about the Abyss Devils that they had met for the first time.

Fei Lun was aware of this and immediately stopped attacking. Otherwise, if he continued, it would cause a negative effect.

The elven guards quickly teleported away, leaving behind only one Edeline to accompany the apostles. Clearly, the elven beauty was going to follow the apostles into the “Horn of the Devil”.

‘”Alright, elegant and elegant Lady Elves are gone! Dear apostles, allow me, on behalf of the Abyss Devils and the Governing Council, to welcome you all to the Garden of Adventures for Real Men-the’ Horn of the Abyss Devils’ in the Scorching Plains!” Berylseth raised his hands and grinned.

“You will usher in a new beginning in this apostolic city!”