Chapter 31: Excessive Confidence
Now that the disguise has been pierced, John DiPert simply doesn't even want the human skin on his body.
He gently pulled it on his chest as if he had taken off his clothes, and the staff's gown was cut open along with the flesh, but strangely not a drop of blood flowed.
The incision is neat, revealing the texture of the leather, and there are no internal organs inside, which is empty. The skin comes off with the clothes, and a black body emerges from it.
What kind of monster is that...... Completely out of the skin, it stretched out nearly three meters high, almost touching the ceiling of the basement. His body seemed to be made of pitch-black bones, his head was cone-shaped, he had no facial features, and his whole body was covered with black gas, revealing only two shining eyes.
The sharp claws are thin and long, and they will drag to the ground even if you stand upright.
It looked similar to the pale fangs of Foggy Hollow, but it was far more hideous and evil than that beast.
When the camouflage is removed, the sound from the unknown organ becomes hoarse, like a blunt saw dragging and rubbing back and forth on a dead tree.
"Your Excellency, you are hiding in such a weak mercenary group just to find me, right?"
John slowly moved forward, as if his self-confidence had returned to his body as he had lost his human skin.
He raised his paws, and his twenty-centimeter-long nails were like a dagger, slowly rising against Mu Yan's robe, and finally resting on his chin.
"I know that your strength is definitely more than that of a second-ring mage, so what is the limit of a twenty-year-old young man? Purple robe? Hehe, not everyone is the kind of Lucien Clark who has made good fortune.
"Tsk, I don't know if you're overconfident or scared into peeing your pants, as a mage, you'll be approached by a monster. Or in this chaotic place, full of negativity......"
"There is self-confidence," Mu Yan smiled, "but to say that I am 'excessive' is a bit of a self-exaltation, Mr. Staff, it is probably you who are really excessive...... And I'm going to correct you for both of your mistakes. First, Lucien Clark is now dressed in white, and second, ......"
He clamped the other party's claws with his two fingers, and the elements instantly condensed in his fingertips, and the golden arc of light turned into scissors, and with a little force, the claws were wrenched.
"Second, I'm better than him."
"Sa-"
The cry of pain was like a jagged feather fan brushing against a pitted wall, John lost his demeanor for a moment, and stabbed at Mu Yan with his remaining claws.
Mu Yan was still motionless, and when the claws were about to touch him, it was as if they had hit a wall of air, and he couldn't go any further.
Feeling the claws sluggish, blocked by a wall of air, John suddenly realized that he was being tricked, and his heart panicked. I tried to get out, but I found that I was stuck in a quagmire, deeply embedded in it, and couldn't move a single point.
At this time, Mu Yan spoke.
"I'm curious, Mr. Diperle, why did Your Excellency become the monster you are today since you escaped as a 'geist' a few years ago? Even has the strength of no less than a fourth-level demonic beast? In this case, even Lucien will be a little tricky. What's even more interesting is that you also seem to have mastered a trick of spying on others without being detected...... Although these were not my original goals, they have become the most interesting to me now. ”
"Ho...... You...... You're so calm and calm, don't care about those nobles, don't care about the lives of your teammates? ”
John's two eyes loomed in the black air, glinting with an eerie light.
As a person who has died once, he chose to attack the heart as soon as he understood the disadvantage he was in.
The mage in front of him, young and powerful, has spared no effort in his previous adventures to disguise, disguise, and take care of others as much as possible...... This information was enough for him to deduce the character of the other party.
There is no doubt that this is a genius, the kind of person he hates the most, like Lucien of Jialan, like the rose of the morning star...... These lucky guys were praised to heaven just because of their good fate, but these people have a common shortcoming, or an irreparable weakness, that is, naivety.
Because they are young and because they are extremely talented, most of their energy is in cultivation, and naturally they don't have much effort to accumulate experience, so once they are released for trial, it is naturally easy to establish bonds with others, and they think that they cannot give up......
Vulgar! Bored! Pointless!
In the current environment, negative emotions are rising and condensing in the heart, and they are also affecting the people around them. If you can make the other party fall into self-blame and chagrin, and mess up with yourself, maybe you can clean him up without taking action yourself......
Sure enough, after he said this, Mu Yan was silent.
"Huh...... The mysterious, powerful Mage ...... You're a ruthless character, aren't you...... Now you're guilty, too, and trying to get rid of Rorschach with my hand......
"I don't think you want them to know what happened, especially when they learn that you had the opportunity to save Reg, Eden, Farol and Erin, but you didn't, what would they think of your friendship? Would you think this is a deception? Hehe, I'm afraid not, this is a sharp knife, stabbing them in the heart, far more painful than destroying the flesh......
So, recognize your hypocritical face! You don't deserve to be friends with them! You're playing with their trust in you! ”
"yes, I'm guilty of Regg's death." Mu Yan muttered: "I've also been wondering if I am hypocritical and contrived by doing this, so I am very hesitant along the way, how to face Rorschach and them again...... Saying goodbye or begging for forgiveness, or cheekily saying something like 'If it weren't for me, you might be wiped out'...... But in the end, I can't satisfy everyone, it's a tram issue after all, there are countless positions, there are countless arguments......"
He smiled and looked up: "But what does this have to do with you?" ”
"You ......"
"Don't be sentimental, the reason why I left early is to test my conjecture and see what you are doing behind your back, and secondly, to rescue Farrow and Erin and be a savior. Indeed, you are not wrong, those messy thoughts have affected me a lot, like wasting so much time with you now, but this is human nature, you don't think I'm a machine, right? ”
"Huh...... Immature! Don't hold on, pretend to be calm and calm at this point......"
"Alright, well, quiet, Your Excellency. I know what you're expecting, the confusion circle here is a condensed version of the hall, hidden under the teleportation array, you are very smart, the reason why you draw the teleportation array so lamely, there are a lot of redundant magic patterns, in fact, it is an incredible compound magic pattern, if I were your magic pattern teacher, I would definitely give you a little red flower.
"Right now, all the negative emotions collected by the Confusion Circle have been gathered and fed to this heart, and the force field of this hall is stronger than anywhere else, just because you and Lord Duke have special status, so they will not be affected. You want to wait for my mind to be confused and gradually dominated by negative energy, right? At that time, how can you maintain the spell to trap you...... It stands to reason that I'm on the verge of collapse and chaos right now, right? But why not? Why? ”
Without waiting for him to speak, Mu Yan stared at him seriously, and said word by word: "Because, you can't imagine what I have experienced...... Compared to that experience of being completely defeated, you are really ...... It's too weak to be mentioned. ”
John paused for a moment, then fell into boundless rage.
He hated this kind of contempt, he didn't say a word of swearing, but it was like the most vicious language in the world.
He twisted his body frantically, trying to pull his claws out of the wall of air, making a constant noise like scraping glass, which was disorienting.
Even at this time, he still tried to deepen Mu Yan's confusion.
But then came an even more powerful squeeze and confinement, and the air around him was like a can of herring that had been squeezed hard, and John, who was imprisoned in it, was also deformed and curled up in a ball. Before it had time to retract, it was squeezed and broken, and instead of blood, a cloud of black gas flowed out of the wound, which continued to spread, and then was quickly absorbed by the heart.
"You...... Ho ho ...... You're going to pay ......."
"Okay, okay, stop talking harshly, if we can't sit down and talk calmly at this time, I'm afraid you're really going to die." Mu Yan waved his hand, the chair moved by itself, and the grand duke, who had been quietly watching this scene, hurriedly and carefully grasped the chair, like an old man who was riding a train for the first time.
"Great, my lord, what do you have to ask?"
Mu Yan smiled, before he could speak, this duke was so upright, he couldn't help but wonder if John had transferred his "upper Dao factor" to the Grand Duke of Chablis, and simply said softly: "Can the Duke tell me what is going on?" ”
Without the slightest hesitation, the Grand Duke nodded happily.
"No, no problem!"