Chapter 1896: 530 Shadow Demon Army

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After signing the Kunlan Blood Book,

Matthew allowed the infernal merchant Char temporary freedom to move about in Lost Paradise.

However, for demons, who are always skilled at exploiting contracts,

Matthew was not so reassured.

Therefore, he secretly instructed Sener to keep an eye on Char’s movements and to report back immediately if anything abnormal was noted.

Sener’s entire life now depended on Matthew alone.

Even though he hated being ordered around, he could do nothing but silently accept the task for now.

Subsequently,

Matthew had a few words with the God of Travelers, Vampire Moson.

After learning about the recent work of the tree-planting duo,

Moson reported an important piece of news–

Not long ago, Tyraste had returned to Lost Paradise.

He told Moson that he had made a new discovery in the Kunwu Ruins and asked Moson to notify Matthew as soon as possible.

Matthew checked the data records of Lost Paradise.

He found that Tyraste did indeed quietly return to Lost Paradise while Matthew was rushing through purgatory.

Aside from a large amount of Founder Energy,

He had also brought back more than sixty demon corpses!

You should know,

the demons in the Kunwu Ruins are by no means weak; most start off as elite and are Level 5 and above, each more formidable than the last.

To have killed so many elite demons,

it seems Old Tai’s strength is recovering much faster than expected.

As for what exactly was discovered in the Kunwu Ruins by Tyraste,

Matthew had no way of knowing for the time being.

Moson couldn’t clarify; even Tyraste himself might not have figured it out.

So, he immediately sent a message to Tyraste through Lost Paradise–

Matthew’s instructions were quite simple.

He suggested that Tyraste would be better off not acting rashly, to conduct more exploration of the unknown, to share enough information with everyone at Lost Paradise’s headquarters first, and then decide on the next course of action.

Most importantly,

He expressed to Old Tai his current situation of being unable to create doppelgangers.

Should anything major occur in the Kunwu Ruins,

Matthew would not be able to rush over to assist immediately.

It can’t be helped.

This trip to purgatory was about the life of Rheager and the fate of Storluk.

No matter how valuable the Kunwu Ruins may be,

Matthew could only reluctantly put them aside for later with a heavy heart.

After sending the message,

He also took the opportunity to confirm this instruction with Moson, in case Tyraste for some reason did not receive his order, wasn’t it better to have someone to pass it on?

Unlike the outwardly respectful but inwardly reluctant Sener,

The God of Travelers, Vampire Moson, could be said to have adapted the fastest to his current identity.

In fact,

He seemed quite happy to take on the role of acting as the liaison between Matthew and the rest.

Considering Moson’s former divine title,

It was indeed a professional match.

The two chatted idly for a bit more.

Suddenly, Matthew said:

“Once this purgatory trip is over, I will consider releasing you, Sener, Tyraste–and all those who resurrected in Lost Paradise because of circumstances–I will set all of you free.”

“As long as you don’t break the rules of Lost Paradise.”

“In most cases, you will be free.”

Moson was greatly surprised upon hearing this.

Initially,

He might have thought that Matthew was testing him, with almost no change in expression.

But soon,

He sensed something from Matthew’s sincere gaze, and his voice trembled with disbelief,

“Really?”

“You will allow us free movement?”

Matthew smiled faintly, then nodded affirmatively:

“I never intended to imprison you or to treat you as slaves forever.”

“At first, I didn’t let you out because I was worried about exposing the existence of Lost Paradise, but the situation is different now. Many have become aware of its existence, and continuing to hide it is like tying one’s hands.”

“Besides, once this battle to defend the planet is over, I expect my strength to reach a more ideal level, and there’ll be fewer things to worry about.”

“In any case, once the time is right, you can leave here, and, as long as you don’t violate my rules, do whatever you want…”

Moson took a deep breath in excitement, unable to help but ask:

“What are those rules?”

Matthew thought for a moment:

“I haven’t decided yet.”

“It’s probably not to commit any acts of grave injustice, not to tarnish the reputation of Lost Paradise, and so on. It won’t be too many, but there needs to be some general constraints on you all, otherwise, I’m afraid someone will use the name of Lost Paradise to cause me trouble…”

Moson immediately shook his head vigorously:

“At least I won’t do that!”

“Thank you very much!”

“Matthew, I knew all along that you are a benevolent guy!”

As he spoke,

He suddenly remembered something, pausing for a moment, and then asked softly two seconds later:

“If we all leave, then who will plant the trees?”

His question was very cautious and also full of probing.

Matthew smiled again:

“Planting trees was initially just to give you something to do so you wouldn’t get sick from boredom here.”

“I can plant trees myself, or I can use the power of authority to create more unique lifeforms for Lost Paradise to help with the tree planting; don’t worry, this won’t be an obstacle to letting you go.”

This wasn’t untrue.

When Lost Paradise first opened, Matthew didn’t have much Founder Energy and had to graft hard by himself.

Later, after the opening of the Kunwu Ruins, Tyraste brought in Founder Energy for Lost Paradise like crazy, and the trees on the Cosmic Base Rock also slowly began to contribute more energy.