I'm a villain, not a devil

Sean had never seen such a large screen. Combined with the dark environment in the bedroom, the screen was almost like a wall rising from top to bottom, blocking all vision.

The gray-black screen frame was made of wood he had never seen before, and the panel should be some kind of hand-carved relief. It was obviously the imperial emblem that he had seen many times, but it looked eerie in this place.

The sides and bottom of the entire screen were decorated with intricate and exquisite carvings. Sean looked closer and found that the carvings that seemed ordinary from a distance were actually composed of countless densely packed small particles. If he got closer, he could see that the so-called small particles were actually miniaturized skulls.

Human, crazy beast, mutant, and even prosthetic skulls, plus countless skulls that Sean had never seen before, piled together to form intricate carvings on both sides and the bottom.

There is a gap between the bronze base and the main body of the screen. Looking closely, the base and the main body are not in contact at all. It seems that some mysterious power is escaping from the base, dragging the strange screen above.

"Some kind of ritual prop? From the perspective of decoration, it is too unlucky... Could it be related to the lack of light inside?" Sean frowned and walked around the screen.

Walking to the back, it is completely different from the front of the screen. The back is like a miniature jungle scene. Countless buds and flowers emerge from every corner of the back of the screen, which looks vibrant and green.

At the same time, Xiao Ci's voice unconsciously brought some urgency.

"Brother, I feel it, it's there!"

After taking a last look at the completely different screen, Sean turned his eyes to the emperor's bed.

Unlike the gloomy palace, the emperor's bed is extremely luxurious. The main body of the bed is made of expensive wood that is both decorative and can help people concentrate. The price of this wood on the black market is 1,300 liras per gram. The bed in front of you needs at least two tons.

The natural texture and color bring dignity and elegance. The Gothic bed frame design adds a solemnity to it. The towering bedposts and complex carvings complement each other, like a miniature palace, showing the emperor's supremacy.

The high bed curtain is woven with unknown expensive silk threads, with gold and silver interlaced. Through the bed curtain, you can see that there is something vaguely showing some shadows next to the huge bedside.

For the first time, Xiao Ci's voice showed desire: "Brother, that's it!"

The hand reaching for the bed curtain paused, and Xiao En turned to the other side of the bed. He was not going to reach out and take it out directly.

And on the other side, you can clearly see the whole picture of the thing. It is a... potted plant?

In the potted plant, a 'huge' tree is lush and green. Even in a completely dark environment, it still radiates amazing vitality to the surroundings.

The reason why it is called 'huge' is that it is not so much a potted plant as a natural giant tree that has been shrunk countless times.

It seems that there is a great and mysterious power that directly shrinks the huge trees on a plateau, and then 'grabs' the plateau into the flowerpot.

"World Tree?" A trace of shock flashed in Sean's eyes.

He has seen the phantom of the World Tree many times, and except for the size, it is almost exactly the same as the potted plant in front of him.

However, Sean immediately overturned his guess. If the World Tree can be kept by the emperor in this way, then this tree is too shameless.

So from this point of view...

A malicious smile flashed in Sean's eyes.

It is very similar to the World Tree, and has many characteristics of the World Tree, but it has been staying in the emperor's bedroom 'honestly'.

I'm afraid... this is the real body of my cheap little Nanliang son: Wen Na Ke, right?

According to the information Wen Na Ke revealed before, the current emperor is basically the skin of the skinning messenger. This parasite that is enough to corrode the World Tree has no self-awareness, so the emperor is likely to have integrated the skinning messenger and the royal bloodline, and is doing something with the special nature of Wen Na Ke's body...    There must be many secrets that Sean doesn't know, but now is obviously not the time to explore the secrets. The emperor may return to the palace at any time.

Looking around, Sean made a decision directly.

He didn't know how the defense measures of this place worked, but as long as he didn't let them work, it would be fine.

And the defense measures in front of him were most likely the high bed curtains or the entire bed.

Slightly hooking his fingers, Sean's eyes showed a hint of joy. Sure enough, the entire bed could be deceived, and according to the feedback from the fraudulent heart, the price to be paid was not small.

It's not a big problem. Just run to the city wall and there will be countless despair and death waiting for you to absorb, and then offset the cost.

The heart of fraud is activated.

The specific cost also appeared in Sean's mind.

A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. This is a cost he has never seen before.

Consciousness out of touch?

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Sean felt his body lighten, as if a giant grabbed his head and pulled it up to the sky.

Just as he was about to take some defensive measures, Sean found that his body was floating.

He looked down with a feeling, and then he saw that his body was frozen in place with his eyes closed - his consciousness was actually pulled out of his body?

Unlike the summoning ritual that Sean often used before, this was not to summon an etheric body in reality with the spirit as the carrier, but a pure consciousness leaving the body - even, this was not because of anything else, but the price he had to pay to activate his ability.

Sean's consciousness flickered a few times in the air, and he tried to return to his body, but a huge resistance stopped him.

The Heart of Fraud refused Sean's consciousness to return early when the cost was not offset - this is the ability of the conceptual system, and there has never been a second set of standards for the master, but Sean has always been able to effectively control it.

Wait, the price of the Heart of Fraud is this...

Sean's consciousness frowned, thoughts surged, and suddenly raised his head after a moment.

Damn... I fell into a trap...

"Brother? Brother?!" Xiao Ci called out repeatedly but received no response. She carefully poked her head out of the mirror space and took a look. Then she saw Xiao En standing upright with his eyes tightly closed.

One of his hands seemed to reach through the bed curtain to get the potted plant, but the movement stopped strangely.

An old and tired voice sounded in the shadows: "Sure enough... Seven kinds of original superpowers, the most despicable villain, the most arrogant fraud, the most conceited lie... Gather three of them and you will become a person like you who doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."