Balam, the God-killing Demon King.

His age is unknown, his race is unknown, his life is unknown, and even his gender is unknown. Apart from his name, the only thing that can be determined is that he harbors a deep-seated hatred for all clergy and devout believers.

According to the scattered records I found in the adventurer school library, Balam is a very easy-going person, so easy-going that he can be called weak and bullyable.

Even when he was later surrounded and suppressed by the army and powerful adventurers, Balam usually just chose to escape, rarely hurting anyone, let alone killing anyone.

But if a cleric or a devout believer comes across him, the situation will be completely different.

As long as time permits, Demon King Balam will choose to torture and inflict pain on his victims for as long as possible. It is said that many of the first discoverers were left with serious psychological trauma when they saw the scene, and even caused mental illness that cannot be cured in their lifetime.

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As for the victims, their bodies are generally not left intact, and they are in a state where they cannot even fight to save themselves.

Not only would he kill the clergy he met by chance, Demon King Balam would even single-handedly attack the temple, or wipe out the entire family of the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries who provided funds for the temple. Everyone, from old to young, both male and female, were tortured and killed in the most miserable way.

To be precise, what he hates is not the clergy, but the superior gods. He is not just targeting one or two, but all the gods.

No one knows why he has such a hatred for God. During the era of his activities, the theocratic power of the entire plane expanded extremely rapidly. As a result, by the end of the era of Demon King Balam, the power of all temples shrank sharply.

Some weaker temples were simply removed from the list.

The god-killing demon king Balam is therefore known as the most powerful demon king. At the same time, he is also the demon king who left the most legacies. Most of the relics left by the demon king come from him.

However, The Legacy of the God-Slaying Demon King is not for everyone, even if you are also a Demon King.

——Excerpted from "The Notes of Demon King Atlas"

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A ruins were discovered outside Naspar City. Like the attack on the Adventurer School, this incident immediately became top traffic. But for the common people, it was just a topic of conversation, but for the students, it made them extremely itchy.

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It doesn’t matter if you’re far away. It’s obviously right at your doorstep. Why don’t you go explore it?

Even if everyone knows that exploring an unknown ruins involves all risks that are uncontrollable, they still can't quell their enthusiasm.

So after the news spread, students held their permission to go out and rushed to the teacher's office like a cavalry charge, asking teachers to sign.

In this matter, the teacher probably rejected the majority, but also wanted to nod in agreement, so he seemed very hesitant.

The reason for rejection is that the risk is really high. These students have only been in school for less than two months, and their experience, skills, and basic combat abilities are far from the level of real adventurers.

But if you think about it from another perspective, if the teachers were students, they would definitely want to go there and have a look. A brand new ruin that has not been explored by anyone is very tempting to adventurers.

Even though he is still a student now, adventurers are adventurers. It should be said that those who are not interested do not come to school for the reason of "wanting to be an adventurer" from the beginning.

Therefore, the teachers basically explain the degree of danger in detail, and if the students are determined, they will smoothly sign the permission to go out.

But even if you choose to turn a blind eye, you can't let everyone run out at once. If something happens in the ruins, such as a collapse, there may not be many people alive in the entire school.

Therefore, only one group of people is allowed to go there every day, and no more are allowed to go.

This is also a delaying tactic. Anyway, a large number of professional adventurers will arrive in a few days. At that time, these students still want to go, but they are afraid that they will be laughed at all the way back.

Whether it was Cora or Alton, both of them were quite clever, and they were the first to submit applications for permission to go out. When the teacher looked at the list of members they listed, he almost pulled over all the most suitable people.

Naturally, they knew that they were not just acting on a whim, so whether it was lucky or unlucky, they were the first team to enter the ruins.

Early in the morning, at the agreed time, everyone gathered their bags outside the dormitory and left the school and Naspar.

Yesterday's heavy rain has not subsided even today, but the precipitation has significantly reduced. In any other area, it can still be regarded as a heavy rain level.

The howling wind was mixed with raindrops, and you could almost use the word "smashing" to describe the feeling of falling on your body. This was not a suitable weather for traveling.

However, the ruins are very close to Naspar, so it is impossible to stop them unless there is a knife from the sky.

After leaving the city, they immediately headed north and followed the path. Soon they arrived at the river outside the city.

The upper reaches of this river is the dam that Perrenli once visited. Due to the violent storms, the river water was as surging as if it were boiling.

This also made everyone who stepped on the stone arch bridge across the river somewhat frightened, fearing that the bridge would suddenly collapse halfway through.

After crossing the river and continuing a short distance to the north, you can see a large area of ​​farmland. Due to the heavy rain, it has almost turned into a fish pond.

Continuing to walk north through the farmland, you will see a hillside with many stone monuments, looming in the rain.

That's a cemetery.

All people in Naspar are buried there after death, and the most buried ones are actually adventurers from the period of the tyrannical demon king, and most of the tombs are empty, similar to cenotaphs.

Due to the possibility of corpses becoming undead, the cemetery must be guarded 24 hours a day, and several brick and stone huts with lights on can be seen in the distance.

However, where Pei Renli and the others wanted to go, they had to go further north. They quickly left the flickering lights in the watchman's hut behind and continued moving forward around the cemetery.

Once here, there was no road at all. Everyone could only stagger forward on the soft mud, and their speed was greatly slowed down.

After almost twenty minutes, a barren mountain with not much soil and almost completely made of stone appeared in front of us.

One side of it may have been very unstable due to years of rain, and almost a quarter of it collapsed. The falling rubble spread more than a hundred meters away, and an obvious cliff was formed at the place of collapse.

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When everyone gets closer, they will see a simple shack sticking out. The weak light seems to be extinguished at any time, and even the shack itself feels like it is about to be blown away.

Ruins were discovered outside the city. This matter did not have much relevance to ordinary people, but Naspar could not ignore it and do nothing.

In order to prevent anyone from entering by mistake, the town has sent soldiers to guard the area since the day it was discovered. Anyone who wants to enter the ruins must say hello to them.

"Is anyone here? We are students from the Adventurer School and want to enter the ruins."

When negotiating this matter, everyone agreed to leave it to Korra.

The guard huddled in the shack carefully checked the signature on the permission to go out. Although this was not a permission to enter the ruins, as a guard of Naspar, he naturally understood everything.

Of course the permission was genuine. After the guard confirmed it was correct, he reminded him:

"We have heard terrible roars, please be careful."

Everyone looked at each other and Korra asked:

"What kind of monster is it? When did you hear it?"

"We don't know what kind of monster it is. It was probably around seven or eight o'clock last night, when the rain was heaviest and all the shacks were blown away."

It's really miserable to be on duty here.

But having said that, it is indeed expected that there may be monsters in the ruins.

Everyone thanked the guards, left the shack and continued walking forward. Soon they saw a wide entrance on the cracked mountain wall.

The height from the top to the floor is about 10 meters, the width is close to 5 meters, and there are obvious signs of manual repair.

Cora and Alton took the lead, and everyone rushed into the entrance.

There was a strong heat in the air, like walking into the mouth of a giant beast. The manic wind and rain outside only wetted a little bit of the ground near the entrance, as if even the wind and rain were unwilling to come in.

Everyone took off their heavy raincoats and threw them by the wall. Of course, they couldn't carry such heavy things with them, as it would have a serious impact on their actions.

Then he took out a towel from his backpack to wipe the rain off his face, then took out all the weapons, and finally checked to see if he had all the necessary supplies.

The team members were pretty much the same as what was discussed before. Since the ruins were very popular, when Cora and Alton took the list to find people, they all agreed immediately upon hearing it.

The only thing that needs to be changed is the choice of pastor.

Due to the omnipotence of the half-elf ranger Anna, she is also indispensable. However, if there is a half-elf, the dwarf Vondar cannot be used as a wet nurse and assistant.

Because there seems to be a feud between the dwarves and the elves. They are quite disharmonious. Even if they are not very hostile to the half-elves, there is definitely no tacit understanding between them.

If there are dwarves and elves in the team, don't even think about stopping, as they may taunt each other all the way.

So when it came to choosing a priest, Alton and Cora thought about it over and over again and chose another one.

Her name is Michelle, and she is the priest of Lathander, Lord of the Dawn.

Lathander is the sun god, and his priests are very good at fighting undead creatures, and are also good at healing. Compared to the dwarf Vondar who can fight more fiercely than a warrior, Michelle should be closer to the image of a priest.

And her abilities are more suitable for this adventure.

And compared to dwarves, Michelle has another advantage.

Eye-catching.

Her long, silky black hair lay softly on her shoulders because it was wet, and her delicate facial features seemed to have been sculpted. No matter when she saw Michelle, she always had a smile as warm as the rising sun.

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If there are several priests in the school who is more like a "saint", I am afraid everyone will vote for her. Pei Renli even thinks that she should be the priest of Suna, the god of love and beauty.

Everyone took out their weapons one after another, Michelle was no exception.

She tied the shield hanging outside her backpack tightly with straps. Unlike Fondar, her holy symbol hung around her neck like a necklace, and the shield was just a simple steel shield.
Chapter completed!