Overturned Tower

Russell sat on the bed, dazed for a while.

But he suddenly felt a violent nausea——

He subconsciously tilted his head to the side of the bed and vomited it out. Only then did he finally feel much better.

But Russell soon realized... what came out of his mouth was not last night's food.

Instead, it was a blood-red, translucent, struggling liquid.

It fell to the ground and boiled the moment it came into contact with the material, emitting white smoke.

Before Russell could react, they were consumed in the blink of an eye.

Russell's room was immediately filled with gray-white smoke that smelled of sulfur.

"Tsk, that's a pity."

"Morgan" sat on Russell's bedside table and sighed: "You actually brought back all the water from the River of Anger... You should find a bottle or something to preserve it.

"Although I don't know what it is used for, how to store it correctly, or who to sell it to, it always feels like a pity to see it being wasted like this."

God's Vessel said something very close to Russell's thinking.

But before Russell could respond, she thought again and gave a further reply:

"...But it doesn't seem right. If it is really the water of the River of Wrath, it should have melted into your body the moment it came into contact. And you shouldn't be so calm, you should be extremely furious.

"Furthermore, since you chose to vomit immediately, it means that your body judged it to be a harmful foreign body.

"This may be the river water diluted by you. It should be the last impurity remaining in the body..."

"You're starting to talk more now."

Russell glanced at her and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "But it's very abnormal, container.

"It's like after making a mistake, I unconsciously talk more. It seems like I'm hiding something and acting very natural, but in fact it's exposed more clearly."

"Oh, you don't understand," the God's Vessel said with a calm look on his face, "How do you know that this is not the layer cake that I played with you because I predicted your thoughts? What mistake do you think I made? That’s why I talked more, but maybe I did it on purpose?”

"Okay, I'm still being tough. It's my style."

Russell nodded and praised.

He changed the topic: "But just now at Teacher Zhong's side, why didn't you even dare to say a word?"

"Because that monster is so scary!"

The God's Vessel made no secret of the fear in his heart: "It would be terrible if he saw it!"

"……terrible?"

Russell paused and suddenly asked: "In your opinion, what does he look like?"

"I can see your memories. The Zhongxiang I see is completely different from what you see...

"In my opinion, it is a huge pure black demon god whose whole body is burning with eternal red flames. The hammer is soaked with blood that has not yet solidified, and there are many souls imprisoned in the center of the hammer..."

"...Why do you see something completely different from me?"

Russell frowned: "What about strangulation?"

"Strangulation is no different. That's why I was shocked when I saw Zhongo."

The words of God's Vessel still made his heart palpitate: "I have a feeling... if he wants, he can bypass you to hurt me."

"In other words, he has some demonic characteristics?"

Russell confirmed the meaning of the container of God.

As daemons, God Vessels can see through each psyker's body and see the daemon inhabiting them.

This is their racial ability as "psychic symbionts".

Is the mage also a kind of demon? Or will a mage become a demon when his path ends?

Or is it that the essences of high-level mages and demons are close to some extent?

The God Vessel thought for a moment and added: "To be precise, he is like a living demon...a demon that does not rely on a host to exist.

"Of course, I actually feel that I can exist independently in the dream world. After all, the dream world is not a material world, but a world of thoughts. As a body of thoughts, I can also exist directly. If you want to hang up, I can also go there for you. It doesn’t matter if you sleep normally during leveling in the Dream World.”

"In that case, will other demons still see me? Or will they see you directly?"

"Probably not. In my opinion, Zhonggo has always been the flaming demon. It is through your memory correction that I can know its true appearance. Because you and I have a symbiotic relationship. Venom understands Don’t you understand? It’s just that kind of symbiosis, but I won’t sludge, and I don’t really exist in your body. I’m essentially just a 3D projection companion.”

"Morgan" put his hand on his chin, thinking: "But generally speaking, other demons don't seem to enter the dream world. Judging from what Zhonggo means, he doesn't seem to have seen me either... After all, I am nothing Little kitten.”

"That means that Mr. Tsuji is not a devil, but he has some properties of a devil... right?"

Russell concluded: "I remember Teacher Zhong said that he was 'unable to leave the dream world', 'just a mutilated waste' and so on.

"Is it possible that he no longer has a physical body? Or that the physical body has been deformed or died... but his will is too strong to abandon the body and exist alone. That's why it says that it can only survive in the dream world and cannot return to reality. if.

"If humans lost their bodies, they would be no different from demons."

The container of God nodded: "They are also thoughts bodies, but they cannot coexist with humans."

"I mean, is there such a possibility..."

Russell hesitated for a moment: "You demons...could it be that you are actually mages who have died once and lost their memory?"

The vessel of God was startled when he heard this.

The atmosphere between the two was silent for a moment, and the container of God suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "I was shocked, I just really started thinking about the possibility of this matter...

"But I suddenly remembered something... If the devil was once a mage, how should [I] explain it?

"We are not natives of this world, you should remember. Obviously there are no mages with similar abilities to yours in this world. Our abilities are unique. That at least shows that even mages can transform into demons. But this is definitely not the mainstream.”

"However, this at least confirms one thing..."

Russell thought: "I wasn't sure before. But since the 'Wedge of the Soul' can accommodate psychic energy just like the psychic protection chip, it can accommodate spells that are too high-level... It means that this technical elf has already understood it. Now it seems In other words, whether it is spells, psychic powers, or the power of Holy Orders, their power should be essentially the same. It’s just that the way it is expressed and how it is obtained is different.”

"That means," God's Vessel crossed his arms, "Psychic energy is definitely not something that only existed in the past hundred years."

"That's right."

Russell nodded: "The elves are not 'creating' psychic powers, but 'reproducing' psychic powers. Judging from their decision-making when establishing the Sky Island, they should have known about the relationship between psychic powers and demons from the very beginning. exist."

"That means that the 'original demon Mammon' is not the earliest demon at all. The 'Panbai Incident' devoured one-third of the employees of Shenzhi Heavy Industry, and ate the memories and emotions of 5,000 people on Tongshen Island. The whole process was deliberately manipulated!”

The God's Vessel immediately picked up Russell's words.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled.

The god's container, whose memory and position are exactly the same, but whose personality and way of thinking are different, are the detective's best assistants.

"Then, their goals are nothing more than several. Forcibly implement chips, reduce the number of employees in Sanosaki Heavy Industry, artificially create an emotionally indifferent Tongshen Island, and cultivate demon Mammon..."

Russell thought: "I used to feel that the first option was the most likely. But now it seems that they have known the principle of the 'wedge of the soul' for a long time... Then maybe the fourth option is the truth.

"They wanted to cultivate the tenth-level demon 'Mammon', and for this purpose they sacrificed one-third of the residents of Tongshen Island..."

"The final question is," God's Vessel continued, "Where is 'Mammon'?"

"Maybe it's always been with us."

Russell murmured in a low voice: "The Wedge of Pain must be decomposed from the Hammer of Pain.

"As for the psychic protection chip, no one has been able to create a copycat version so far...

"Could it be part of mammon?"