The feeling the mayor gave Han Dong this time, aside from mystery, was an eerie sense of power.
As soon as he set foot in the office, what he saw between the forest, the magic embryo illusion, and the office chair in the woods... Han Dong could almost be sure, the "office chair" was a visual representation of the mayor’s throne.
It was the first time Han Dong had seen such a simple throne.
At the same time, there was also a sense of discord and eeriness,
even though Han Dong was clear about his ’friendly’ relationship with the mayor, he still felt a chill down his spine.
The former sensation of [No Light] remained,
although the light emanating from the wall lamps illuminated the office, the mayor’s position was always dark.
"Nicholas, long time no see... and you actually brought along the Demon from S-01, is there something important you need to discuss with me?"
"Sally and I just handled something in the Black Tower, she had no other place to go, so we came together.
Sally has a high level of control over ’pollution’, it won’t affect the town’s development... This time I’m mainly here to check on the town’s situation and report to the mayor about my experiences in B.B.C. I think this matter needs to be discussed."
Upon hearing these initials, the mayor’s fingers gently tapped the table, seemingly aware of something.
"What did you experience inside? It seems like B.B.C has been completely shut down, and yet you were able to enter."
"I wanted to take a look, so under the special permission of Director Charles, I conducted a visit... "
Han Dong explained the general situation, also mentioning the inevitability of complete loss of control and the timing issues.
The mayor also tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers, adding: "Hmm... I have intelligence on this matter too, it’s anticipated that B.B.C will be completely out of control, and the time won’t exceed ten years, or even shorter.
Didn’t expect you to obtain such direct information.
Indeed, this matter needs serious attention.
Once out of control, this group is unlikely to directly clash with the Black Tower, they may use some ’out of control’ methods unknown to the Black Tower for withdrawal, eroding the myriad worlds associated with the Black Tower.
Derry Town is very likely to become one of the targets."
Seeing that the mayor also had a clear understanding, Han Dong immediately inquired:
"Since Derry Town might be in Danger, have you considered integrating Derry Town into the S-01 world? I can guarantee to find a world area within S-01 that is unaffected by pollution."
But when Han Dong mentioned this, the finger-tapping sound abruptly stopped.
"Nicholas, I have my own plans for this matter.
Moreover, I decided a long time ago the development route and ultimate destination for Derry Town.
For years, I’ve been preparing in this regard... Derry Town will directly merge into the Black Tower world after advancing to the Subsuper world."
"Merge into the Black Tower?"
Han Dong recalled hearing from the director of the World Department before heading to Derry Town that the Black Tower had already designated Derry Town as a ’secret project’.
At this point, Han Dong had some guesses about the mayor’s identity.
It might even be that Derry Town had long established a "connection" with the Black Tower, and the mayor himself had a deep relationship with the Black Tower.
Thinking of this, Han Dong could not suppress his inner curiosity,
"What exactly is your identity, mayor?"
The mayor’s fingers resumed tapping rhythmically,
"It’s okay to tell you directly now, just that before my official ascent, this has to remain a secret between us."
At this point in the conversation.
The bookshelf in the office moved aside, revealing a hidden door that Han Dong was previously unaware of.
"Understood." Sally, although a bit apprehensive about the mayor, maintained her noble goat-like form covered by a black veil throughout.
The black iron door, the unlit staircase.
Following the mayor downwards, it felt like approaching the center of Derry Town’s world... even hearing a series of heartbeats emanating from below.
"World core? It actually looks !"
The world cores Han Dong had seen were all polyhedral crystals, symbolizing the world’s unity and rules.
In the depths of the cavern,
what Han Dong saw was a magic embryo-shaped world core... strands of fleshy sinew extended from the embryo’s surface to the ground, maintaining the integrity of Derry Town.
"Derry Town and I are mutually dependent,
since my birth, the embryo evolved to create a miniature world for me to live in.
This world contains only me, and does not spontaneously generate any life.
Until one day, the Black Tower discovered the existence of this world, specially sending someone to negotiate with me... Considering their good attitude, I also considered my own development and chose to establish a world connection.
From that moment on, I also qualified to recruit beings from lower worlds and officially named this place Derry Town, entering the phase of personnel recruitment and town construction."
"Mutually dependent!"
Han Dong thought he was already quite special, didn’t expect the mayor’s uniqueness to be even more extraordinary.
In Han Dong’s current understanding, only the supreme being born from Chaos, the origin of all Demons, is mutually dependent with a world from birth, an incomprehensibly powerful existence.
The mayor continued speaking:
"The development of the town is inseparable from the residents,
therefore, I need to spend a lot of time every day, browsing worlds of lower rank than Derry Town, discerning ’Potential’, ’Affinity’, and ’Character’ of talents that match Derry Town.
However, initially the requirements were set too high, basically no one could be recruited.
Later, I gradually lowered the standards, adding a filtering mechanism in the town... those who do not meet the standards during life in the town are also eliminated.
As the quality of the residents improved, Derry Town stabilized around the time you, Nicholas, became one of the Ten Devils.
I then pushed the town’s development to the next step, initiating comprehensive magic embryo cultivation and world development.
Except for you, and Togu who was taken away, all the residents have a growth path derived from the magic embryo... this belongs to my ability, and it does not affect their essence, allowing them to fully ensure individuality and independence.
Ensuring they can grow alongside the town."
The mayor reached out to stroke the world core shaped like a magic embryo and continued:
"Since you, Nicholas, are the inheritor of [M], I can also tell you another identity of mine.
Inside the Black Tower, I am known as the ’Appointer’.
Original letter - [D] (Devil) has had no qualified holder for a millennium. Due to its extremely high Danger, the Black Tower has been developing, searching for individuals who might be able to harness ’D’, but there has been no progress.
Shortly after they established a relationship with Derry Town, the high-level personnel found that I matched in various aspects, specifically coming to inform me of this matter.
I went to the Black Tower, and after a series of tests, the matter was completely settled. When Derry Town becomes a Subsuper world, I will formally go to the high-level’s [Original Between] to attempt to acquire the holding rights of [D]."
Upon hearing this, Han Dong was too shocked to speak.
Though he guessed that someone like the mayor would inevitably be utilized by the Black Tower, he didn’t expect it to be directly related to the ’original letters’.
"Once I ascend in rank, I certainly can’t be a lone commander... and I inherently do not trust subordinates or various auxiliary staff assigned directly by the Black Tower.
The establishment of the [Ten Demon Mechanism] is precisely for this purpose.
By then, they will serve as my most loyal, reliable subordinates.
If I were to die someday, the position of managing Derry Town and accepting the letter [D] would fall to one of them."