Chapter 18: The Fifth Man Who Didn't Exist
The rituals of black magic are always a bit strange.
Under Bella's guidance, Felik set up the dark magic array, while the other three team members stood far away, watching Felik set up the circle with pity.
Belina: "The head of the regiment fell ill again just now, and it's really pitiful that the dignified demon king has such a serious paranoia. ”
Odelia: "yes, he said that Bella taught him this circle. ”
Afra: "We have to be considerate of him, and we have to pretend that there really is a Bella." ”
The three of them were talking on the side.
Felik never hid Bella's existence from the three of them, but due to Bella's invisible nature, the three of them never saw Bella, and they always believed that Bella was just Felik's delusion.
The ritual of black magic is really troublesome, and it takes a little time to prepare so many strange things, and it takes a little time to collect them, but fortunately, Belina is a high-level magician, and she carries a lot of materials with her, and she happens to have them all, so she can barely complete this magic.
"Okay, Bella, look at this pattern, is there something wrong?"
Felik asked the beautiful evil god behind him.
Bella leaned over and nodded.
"That's right, then put the ingredients away, just add the blood."
"Blood?"
"Yes, anyone's can do it."
Felik listened without hesitation and turned his head to look at Afra and Belina.
When his eyes saw Afra, Afra immediately showed a pitiful posture, and his pitiful eyes were moving, although Felik guessed that this was Afra's acting skills, but he couldn't do it, and turned his gaze to Belina, who looked sluggish and confused: "Belina, come here." ”
"Commander, do you want my blood? I won't go there! ”
Belina, who looks stupid, is very shrewd this time, which surprises Felik a little.
It seems that if they can't be pitted, they can only dedicate themselves.
With a slash of the dagger, Felik slit his wrist open, letting the blood drip onto the circle.
For a moment, the circle emitted a black light, although it was a little strange that the light was black, but this circle gave people the feeling that this was the case.
In the center of the magic array, Alyssa's corpse moved slightly, and seemed to react.
Felik felt in his heart that black magic is practical.
"Seems to have a reaction!" Felik said excitedly.
Belina, a high-level magician, frowned slightly as she watched this scene.
"It seems...... It's a little weird. ”
……
Where am I?
It's dark, and it's cold.
……
By the way, I feel like I've been pushed off a cliff by that demon, so I'm dead?
……
Hey? Although my body is a little stiff, I seem to be able to move, am I still alive?
……
Slowly, she opened her eyes, and there was a blood-red patch in front of her, and the liquid felt very uncomfortable on her eyes.
Raising her stiff hand and wiping it, her vision was finally clearer, and there was scarlet blood on her hand, which made Alyssa tremble.
But fortunately, he didn't die, which is a blessing in misfortune.
Who saved me? Alyssa tried to say this, but opened her mouth but didn't make a sound.
Slowly sitting up from the ground, she looked to her side, a familiar figure squatting on the side, staring at her with puzzled eyes.
This person! Isn't this man a demon king! He's still here!
What exactly do you want to do to me? 】
Still not making any sound, Alyssa seemed to have lost the ability to speak.
Felik looked at the girl who "came back to life" in front of him, quite dissatisfied.
"Hey, Bella, didn't you say you'd come back to life, that's what you call resurrection?"
"Yes, it's easy to retrieve the soul that left the body, but the damage to the body is very difficult to eliminate, especially when she is so completely dead, and if she wants to fully restore the body, she must have more powerful magic, which can only be done to this extent at present.
Let the soul borrow the corpse to remain in the world, probably the so-called zombie. ”
Bella floated in the air, yawning lazily and smiling gloatingly.
Alyssa watched Felik talking to the air in front of her, and her heart was even more puzzled.
Struggling to get up from the ground, she felt something wrong in her abdomen.
When I looked down, I almost passed out again.
I have a big hole in my abdomen that is the thickness of my arm! You can still see the internal organs inside, and the blood in it seems to be a little coagulated, but at this moment, it seems to be turning into liquid again, and the plasma flows out of the breach in her abdomen because she stands up, and accumulates into a pool of blood on the ground, which is shocking!
[I...... What the hell is going on in my body! She wanted to say this, but she didn't make a sound with her lips stirring.
Felik sensed that Alyssa wanted to speak, and raised an eyebrow.
"Princess, now that you are a corpse, you can't breathe anymore, and if you want to speak, you have to try to inhale and exhale gas."
Shocking words!
Now Alyssa realized that she was really not breathing, and she had not been breathing since she woke up just now.
"I ...... I'm already a corpse? ”
Bella looked at Alyssa who was speaking, and showed appreciation: "It's really surprising, this princess is really adaptable." ”
"Yes, you're already a corpse, you're dead, and I used magic to bring you back to life."
Felik said expressionlessly, for some reason, the resurrected Alyssa did not make him feel the same heartbeat as before, and he suddenly lost interest in the princess who fell in love at first sight, which made Felik very disappointed.
Felik stepped forward, stretched out his hand to hold the pair of towering firmness on the other party's chest, felt the touch carefully in his palm, and pinched it.
But there was no trace of turmoil in his heart, and he didn't have the heart-pounding feeling he felt when he first met.
Felik shook his head and complained unhappily, "I don't feel it at all, is it really because I became a corpse?" Her Royal Highness, the princess whom I love, is gone. ”
Felik's words were full of deep regret, since it was not the princess he liked who was saved, then why did he save it?
Alyssa, on the other hand, was already shocked by Felik's shameless and lewd behavior.
She bit her lip and said hatefully, "You...... What the hell are you trying to do to me?! ”
How despicable is this man in front of him, he can make such a blasphemous act towards a corpse without changing his face, and sure enough, this guy is a complete demon!
What kind of conspiracy did he make himself like this?
Belina, who was in the distance, saw Her Royal Highness the princess who had turned into a zombie, and showed a suddenly realized expression: "No wonder I felt a little weird just now, it turned out that it was because the body had no signs of recovery, and it became a zombie!" ”
Afra crossed her hands on her hips, stared at the zombie princess in front of her, and said, "So Captain, what are you going to do with this 'princess' next?" ”
Alyssa looked at Afra, who was only eight or nine years old, in surprise, and looked shocked.
These guys are all companions of the Demon King, are they all demons?
Wrong!
Alyssa instantly ruled out this possibility.
She didn't feel any evil aura from these people, and the aura from the elven mage was even quite holy.
Only the breath emanating from the half-cut scarecrow on the ground was a little strange, and although the rusty sword on her back was a little evil, Alyssa could feel that the rusty sword itself was an extremely sacred object, and it should be cursed.
Since they are not demons, why would this group of people follow that demon? Don't they know the true identity of the Demon King?
It's not right, that elven mage already knows, but he still follows the demon king, is his mind controlled or is he caught?
"You guy! I didn't even let go of such a young child! Alyssa glared at Felik with resentment.
Felik, on the other hand, ignored the other party and walked over to Afra.
"There's no way, we have to make her obedient, it seems that the only way to do this is to make the zombie princess a member of our group, and everyone will get along well in the future." Felik touched Afra's head.
Hey, hey! Don't make your own decisions, I have no intention of joining you! Alyssa roared inwardly.
Who are the people in front of them, why can they talk to the demon king normally, are they all crazy?
"Before that, can you help me knit a lower body, it's hard to move."
Odelia, who had only the upper body left, complained.
"Got it, now I'm going to deal with the zombie princess first, can't you be considerate of me?"
"Is it so difficult to assemble a body for a team member?!"
"Be quiet, Odelia, you're annoying! If you quarrel again, I'll throw your sword far away. ”
"Commander, you are a dictatorship......
Before Odelia finished speaking, the rusty sword in her hand was directly snatched away by the other party and thrown ten meters away, and in an instant she turned into a lifeless scarecrow again, completely quiet.
"Alright, let's move on."
Felik clapped his hands, his face calm.
After that, the remaining three people had an unbelievable discussion, presumably about whether Alyssa should join their team or not.
Alyssa on the side quietly looked at the three people who were discussing fiercely, and a chill rose from the bottom of her heart.
"That...... Listen to me, everybody! This guy is a demon king! Alyssa shouted.
The elven mage and the young girl ignored her cries completely, and the blonde young girl even gave her a disgusted look.
"Zombie princess, you're really annoying! We're discussing something important with the head of the group, so don't interject, okay? Afra scolded the other party.
Alyssa staggered back a few steps, and Sha stumbled to the ground with a look of despair.
It's horrible!
The Demon King has been able to envelop human beings, this is simply the most devastating phenomenon, is the empire going to perish?
Felik noticed Alyssa's strange expression, so he turned to the other and patted her lightly on the shoulder.
"Although Your Royal Highness the princess has become like this, I will not dislike you, I will help you become a normal person, before that, you can only act with us."
Syllable!
Shaking her hand and slapping away the other party's hand, Alyssa glared at the other party and said resolutely: "I will not give in!" ”
Felik looked at the beautiful face in front of him with a look of indifference.
The next second, he showed a weird smile and reached out to gently pinch the other party's chin, forcing Alyssa to look at him.
Felik was condescending and said coldly: "Your Highness, you have to find out the situation, if you don't know, then I'll explain it to you."
First, you are dead, a broken key of the gods, you have lost the role of boosting morale for the empire, if you leave me, then I will immediately disclose the truth, this truth will make the morale of the human race plummet, and the morale of the demons will be high.
Second, your current body is very fragile, although zombies are not human, but after all, they are containers for souls, and without our help, your body will rot into a pile of rotten flesh sooner or later. But if you are obedient, then I will make your body as close to ordinary people as possible, you will still show people as a living person, and you will still be the spiritual pillar in people's hearts.
Third, and most importantly, this is the point. That is, although I am a demon king, I am already a predecessor, and I have no hostility towards humans, and my great goal is world peace! ”
Alyssa sat down on the ground, feeling like she had lost all her strength.
The man in front of him is really the demon king, as cunning as a fox, and he is also very perverted.
This threat is cruel but impossible to refuse.
The third point is a complete joke, but the first two reasons are real and serious problems, as the other party said, if she refuses, the empire will be in chaos.
Sure enough, there is no way out.
Alyssa looked up with a wry smile on her face and despair.
"What do you want me to do?"
Felik looked at Alyssa as if he were looking at a plaything in his hand, and the smile made Alyssa shudder: "Act with us, follow my orders, and keep my identity a secret." ”