Chapter Twenty-Three: The Soul Eater
In the cramped basement, although she could not feel the strong uneasiness outside, what unfolded in front of her still terrified Alice. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Under the candlelight, the blood-colored mist had enveloped Orlan and the Soul Orb, and some deep but obvious voices sounded, like whispers from hell.
The true body of the devil will not patronize the original plane, and the blood mist is just a sign that the contract is about to end. According to the great astrologer, after this blood mist, all souls, including Orlan, will be sucked away, the blood mist will dissipate, and the contract will be consummated.
So, now is the only chance for Piger to get his hands dirty.
Seeing that the contract was taking effect, the vicious dog rushed up and threw the old duke, who was about to finish the last journey of his life, to the ground, and the dagger in his mouth stabbed him wildly.
"Meowβ"
"Pippi, what are you doing!"
Almost frightened by Pigey's movements, Alice tries to rush up and pull the mad dog away, but Anne grabs her wrist.
Feeling the hot blood splashing on his hair, Pierger felt that he must be very hideous now.
When he was a night mage, even if he wanted to kill someone, he only needed to chant a spell and bombard from a distance, and his every move was full of noble aura, where did he need to kill at close range like now, and in such a brutal way.
No way, the system's request is for Piger to kill the old guy Orlan. According to his understanding, only by stabbing Orlan dozens of times now and ending the contract in a while will the old man's death be counted on his head.
So, there was this bloody scene in the basement: a husky with a dagger in his mouth stabbed the Duke of Oran, who was surrounded by blood mist, into a hornet's nest, and finally threw the knife and pierced the old man's throat with sharp teeth.
Alice trembled with fear, and Anne covered her eyes with her hands.
Betty, who was lying quietly in Alice's arms, didn't react in particular, but watched it with relish. If it weren't for the fact that the location of the leg burned by the poison had not fully recovered, the stupid cat would probably have gone up to make up the knife.
Half a minute later, Duke Oran's eyes were half-open, and the blood had completely covered the retina. A cloud of blue light with a black mist flew out of his body and flew straight into the air.
"Smack!"
The soul orb next to it was also shattered in an instant under the pressure of the blood mist, and the more than 3,000 souls inside filled the entire room in an instant with a black mist that represented the imprint of the devil's contract. All the souls silently collided and churned together, soaring into the sky with the wails of centuries of resentment.
In such a chaotic state, Betty, who was originally a cold bystander, instinctively emitted a purifying light. The soft light spread out in all directions, like the dazzling starlight in the night sky rushing out of the dark night. The wraiths were shrouded in the light, and they all withdrew, and the wails were all gone.
"Whoop......"
Only Piger's voice still echoed throughout the room. Because of the special attributes of the Soul Eater, when he opened his bloody mouth, the surrounding souls were sucked into Piger's mouth one after another, as if they were being pulled by some force, including Orlan's small blue ball of light.
And once these balls of light entered Pije's body, they had already become a part of his power, becoming one. In this case, the forces of order that are differentiated from the source forces can no longer accurately determine which part to extract.
This kind of wandering on the edge of the great wisdom of space was originally a risky tendency, because Piger was likely to put himself in it. However, in practice, the things they feared did not come to pass - since the souls absorbed by Piger could no longer be accurately analyzed, the Origin Force chose to give up, and the Devil's contract showed that it was over.
The black gas and blood mist gradually dissipated.
Covered in blood, Piger squatted next to the shattered corpse of Duke Oran, his chest rising and falling in a fierce manner. Since he became a Soul Eater, this was the first time he had devoured so many souls, and he could barely bear it for a while, and he could only rely on constant breathing to adjust his discomfort.
As for how many souls were devoured this time, Piger himself didn't know. In the chaos, more souls have been scattered elsewhere, and they must have been sent to the devil. But he was sure that the two most important souls had been devoured by him.
Because he was only a bronze-level soul eater, his fusion ability was not so strong, but there were already some traces of the soul that had newly entered his body in his mind.
For example, he is in pain now, and he feels a face that is not very beautiful but definitely charming. Numerous faces, eyes, and postures appeared, and countless fragments of memory were created at the same time, rising and sinking in Piger's mind like a tidal wave.
But in these faces or memories, there is no Oran. At this time, the soul of this Sanctuary-level archmage was sealed by Pi Jie at the other end of the sea of consciousness.
In other words, Orlan can also be counted as one of the masters of this body, but as a soul who entered later, his power is far less powerful than the soul power of the body itself, so he can only be suppressed in a small corner.
The reason for this is to be able to separate the soul from the body intact upon return to Atlantis. In fact, Piger could have taken advantage of this opportunity to absorb Oran's soul as well, but he didn't want to.
Why?
If the devil's contract is destroyed, there must be a person in charge, and if the other party comes to the door, Pijie will put the blame on Orlan, saying that it is all under the coercion and lure of this old man to do this, and maybe let him get through. Otherwise, he would have to carry the matter.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations on completing the quest [Deception and Destroying Ancestors] and successfully obtaining 9843 points, which has reached the criteria for entering the final trial. β
A beep from the system indicates that Pije has the qualifications to enter the Final Trial. If the trial is successful, the planes will be opened and the plane will be given the opportunity to migrate.
You will soon be able to return to Atlantis, to the battlefield you once fanatized!
Before he could get excited about it, a rhythmic vibration from Pigy's feet indicated that a pair of centaurs were approaching this direction.
Sure enough, as soon as the group walked out of the secret room, there was a sound of breaking into the door outside.