8. Body of Shadows

Merlin: "........"

Looking at the 1 word in front of him, the corners of his mouth twitched, a little autistic.

"I'm afraid my 15 points of luck are not fake."

Reaching out to cover his face, Merlin closed his eyes, not wanting to say anything more.

However, in the dark vision of closing his eyes, the embarrassing useless system was very clever this time, and it was very intimate to post recipe options such as "braised dice", "steamed dice" and "stir-fried dice" for him.

Merlin: "......"

Hehe, thank you for the kindness, but no, goodbye.

Anyway, now it's in demon form, if you look at his demonic mouth, will he still be afraid of swallowing one dice alive?

The real man did what he said, Merlin casually threw the dice into the mouth full of sharp teeth, and the sharp teeth closed one by one, and after a crisp snap, the dice turned into points of light and scattered.

Seeing this, the embarrassing system also dispersed those joking recipes and began to judge the results of this dice roll.

[rd=1, the skill stealth is successful, the skill effect is calculated according to the host characteristics, and the calculation is ......]

[For some reason, you want to sneak out of the castle without alerting the servants, but you have never learned stealth skills, you are at a loss for this, at this moment, you suddenly feel the demon heart that has been silent in your body for a long time, a burst of restlessness, with the boiling of demon blood, some knowledge surfaces in your mind, you comprehend this knowledge without a teacher, as if instinctively, your body turns into a shadow and blends into the surrounding darkness. 】

[Host Awakened Demon Talent: Body of Shadow.] 】

On the system panel, a paragraph that seemed to be a narration appeared word by word, and Merlin stared at this passage, and his body began to change synchronously according to this passage.

The demon's heart, which had always been very peaceful in the memory of the original owner, began to beat wildly, and the frequency made Merlin a little worried about whether it would jump out of his chest directly, the heart squeezed the blood and rushed in the body, and the excessive blood pressure made his blood vessels burst out, and the already terrifying demon image became even more hideous at this moment.

"I am the darkness, and the darkness is the ...... me"

Words he had never heard before echoed in Merlin's mind, but he was strangely able to understand and understand the meaning of the words.

Because of the abnormality of his body, he let out a few muffled snorts in pain, and his body lay on the bed and gasped for breath, as if he had asthma.

Fortunately, these discomforts soon disappeared and were replaced by a feeling of lightness and well-being.

Merlin looked down at his hands, the claws of the pair of sharp claws that resembled feline beasts were a little translucent at this time, and there was a little ethereal black mist wafting around the edges of the hands.

In fact, it wasn't just his hands, his whole body was in this translucent state at this time, the tall and mighty demon stood in the room, the smoke composed of pitch-black shadow particles wrapped around his whole body as if it were flames, and only the blood-red eyes faintly shimmered ominously.

"Is this the reward for great success, the Body of Shadows? Yes. Handsome. ”

Merlin wanted to look in the mirror to see what he was like now, but the silver mirror was empty, and he didn't show his figure at all.

"Is it similar to the effect of invisibility?"

Merlin nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at his illusory hands, but his heart suddenly moved.

He reached for a cup and tried to pick it up, but the huge claws passed directly through the cup and he didn't touch anything.

"Sure enough, is this a ghost-like state? Doesn't that mean that things like going through walls can be done easily? ”

Merlin was intrigued, he walked to the edge of the room, and reached for the wall.

His claws unsurprisingly pierced through the wall.

Seeing this, he simply took a step forward, and walked through the wall to the next room.

And then ......

“emmmm... Sorry for the interruption, farewell. ”

He retreated back to his room at a faster pace than before, and then soothed the little heart with his different hands, a little palpitating.

Mom, I forgot that it was her room opposite, and I almost gg directly.

"Forget it, don't make trouble, sneak out first, and then experiment with new abilities outside."

Merlin, who was frightened, didn't dare to stop this time, and with a direct thought, he passed directly through the outer wall on the other side of the window.

The illusory figure appeared in mid-air outside the castle, Merlin, who was already mentally prepared to fall directly, was stunned to find that he was still floating in the air, and under his feet, the thick darkness turned into steps to support him, as if a mother reached out to support her child.

According to the records of myths and legends, the Demon King was originally the child of the night.

Merlin was a little delighted to discover the usefulness of another shadow body, and he cautiously opened his legs in mid-air, and the soles of his feet burned with cyan hellfire hooves stepped forward, and he was relieved by the feeling of grounding under his feet.

Relieved, he didn't stop any longer, and walked slowly down the castle from mid-air like a staircase, leaving only the hoof prints that no one could see in the void.

................

Shortly after Merlin slipped out, there was a knock on the door to his room in the castle, and a figure in a black and white maid's dress walked in.

"Your Highness, do you have anything you want to eat for dinner?"

The bright moonlight shining through the window shone on the faces of the visitors, revealing a face that was delicate to the point of being a little dreamy.

The only pity is that this beautiful face is a bit dull and stiff, lifeless, and looks like a delicate doll in a store.

"Temple ....."

The maid's unwavering voice suddenly froze, and she looked at the empty room, and the whole person froze.

"Everyone assembles, His Highness is missing."

The sound that had not fluctuated finally fluctuated, and with the call of the head maid, the castle that had been quiet and dormant in the darkness suddenly woke up.

"What, Your Highness is gone, impossible, no one goes out at all."

Merlin's room door was open, and a stunned voice came from the door.

"Yes, yes, Lord Maid, you must believe us, Your Highness has never come out of the room."

The candlesticks in the hallway at the door also helped.

"Yes, yes, I don't even feel anyone stepping on me, and if Your Highness walks over me, I will never notice it."

The red carpet in the corridor also had eyes, trembling in response.

"Then tell me where Your Highness is."

The maid looked coldly at the door, the candlestick, and the carpet, and there was suppressed anger in her voice.

"Why are you guys stunned, go and find it, search the castle for me and get His Highness back, if you can't find Your Highness, all of you apologize for your sins."

She clenched her fists and gave the order, and the sound of metal squeezing and rubbing came from her white-gloved hands, which was not the sound of a human clenching a fist.

"Yes, yes, let's go."

In the oil paintings hanging in the castle, the figures who had originally looked like portraits moved out of their frames, and shuttled through the countless frames in the castle, looking for their master's figure and conveying the orders of the chief maid.

And with the announcement of the portrait, there was a burst of chickens and eggs in the huge castle, and almost all the furniture came to life, so it was not lively.

"It's a big deal, Your Highness is missing, look for it quickly, or the maid will take everyone to sacrifice to the sky."

The piano in the hall screamed like this.

"I don't want to be chopped up as firewood."

The guitar on the side also wailed

............

And in Merlin's room, the head maid who was still standing in place set her eyes on the position of the wall, and through this wall was her room, who could kidnap Her Highness under her nose?

Suddenly, she remembered the fleeting peeping gaze she had just felt when she was changing clothes, which she had thought was just an illusion, but now it seemed .......

The cold head maid suddenly became even colder, and the air around her seemed to be frozen.