Although the original intention of trying to stop Marisa from taking the sheep with all her might was good, Feng Longde didn't think it was cost-effective to blow up half of the headquarters fort in order to prevent Marisa from taking away a few small things--isn't this the same as Pache blasting the entire library at a fixed point in order to prevent Marisa from stealing a few magic trees?

However, with the words of complaining coming out of his mouth, Von Rond was still sincerely grateful for what Caroline had done with the Lich Mages: you must know that at least two-thirds of the many tasks in the Teutonic camp require their assistance, such as transforming modern machinery into a power supply that can accept elemental energy, The daily maintenance of the Elemental Towers and the commanders of the undead labor force in the major construction sites, and in the protection of the Teutonic camp, they often play a greater role than the Guard Knights, such as encountering the unrepentant and stealing black and white thief in front of them, a team of Lich Mages or a Nether Queen is far more intimidating than an entire team of Guard Knights.

"I have a lot of modern items, but they are basically indispensable for daily life, and there are very few that can be exchanged. Feng Longde crossed his arms and carefully recalled what was in the mess of all kinds of modern items he brought back, "If you are really interested in this, you can sometimes come to the Teutonic camp to find me in the future, but there is one thing: say hello to the knights of the guard, that is, those who wear heavy armor, so that I can know that it is you who is coming, and naturally send someone to greet you, but if you still try to 'go along' unknowingly, I don't think Caroline and the Lich Mages will let you swagger back." ”

"Cut~ I borrowed it, not stole it, Da☆Ze~" Marisa tilted her head and waved her hand in a helpless gesture, "I'm an ordinary human, but you're all all kinds of youkai." Anyway, you're going to live a much longer life than I do!When I'm dead, you can go to my house and take it back yourself, won't you become Da☆Ze?"

Both Feng Longde and Reimu jumped in the same eyelids: everyone knew that the lifespan of human beings was like a moment compared to these different kinds of supernatural creatures in Gensokyo, especially for some near-immortal races, but who would have thought that this concept would completely become Marisa's most famous excellent reason to "borrow" things and not exchange them

"Damn, if you're really human from start to finish. You can still be a little dramatic with this," Feng Longde didn't say anything, and once again picked up the teacup and drank the tea, but his soul complained wildly, "But the question is that you, the yellow-haired girl, have not always dreamed of becoming a real magician?!

Although Feng Longde sometimes said what he thought without thinking when he was more emotional, after all, it was not the situation when he confronted Reimu at that time, and he would not stimulate Reimu from a personal point of view to start wondering whether his good friend would become a magic monster and entangle endlessly: "After talking for so long, it seems that there are just a few people talking, right? By the way, I remember, I seem to have seen you at the last Red Devil Pavilion, your name should be Alice, right?

"Alice Margot Royd. It's my name, I'm a magician, and a demon. Alice, who was sitting close to the corner of everyone's sight, nodded slightly and said, while she continued to be busy with the work at hand: sewing dolls, "Originally, I still stayed at home today to sew and practice manipulating dolls, but I heard Marisa say that there is a celebration in the village in a few days, so I came to see the excitement and relax by the way." ”

"Alice, puppeteer? It seems to be famous for being able to manipulate dolls, right?" Before Feng Longde could speak, Zhu Henghong, who had just recovered from the state of mental critical attack, opened his big mouth again: "I heard that your puppet is easy to play self-destructing, right? I heard that the way you manipulate dolls is a bit similar to manipulating the dead."

"Ugh. These are also things I occasionally tell Zhu Henghong, and it's not surprising that he can know this. Facing the suspicious gazes of Reimu, Marisa and Alice, Feng Longde was searching for a rut to explain, and at the same time yelled at Zhu Henghong in the soul connection: "Zhu Henghong, I solemnly warn you now, don't always want to show off your understanding of these non-human girls! What kind of weird scene would it be if any guy you hadn't seen before was telling you so much about your own situation? So I order you not to try to get their attention with the same stupid characters as the idiot protagonists in the Internet Pulp Fiction, and don't blame me for not hearing you clearly when you are treated as a suspicious character by them, and besides, if you give me this kind of trouble like this. Do you want to die again?"

"Boss, I was wrong" Zhu Henghong cried with a sad face, and while smiling apologetically at Lingmeng and them, he apologized to his top boss in the soul connection: After being sprayed with saliva by Feng Longde, he was not a fool in the first place, and he immediately understood how brainless his behavior just now, and he could only say that it was easy to provoke himself with too much fanaticism about the East, so that he had to admit that he was indeed inconsiderate.

"It seems that he is really your friend as Reimu told us, otherwise he would have never been in contact with us, how could he know so much about us. After glancing at Zhu Henghong, Alice turned her gaze back to Feng Longde and Caroline, and the action of sewing the puppet in her hand was not disturbed by them in the slightest, "But then again, I am personally interested in the two of you as well: you are a powerful knight who is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, and your sister is a magician who is obsessed with the mysteries of magic, but they are both good at 'manipulating' this is the unique ability that you, uh, the deceased have in common?"

"By 'manipulation', do you mean that we manipulate the dead?" Feng Longde asked, and after seeing Alice nod affirmatively, he quickly spoke to Caroline through the soul connection, and after confirming that there was nothing to hide in this regard, he also nodded and replied, "It can't be regarded as a racial talent unique to the deceased, but it is true that only the deceased can manipulate it almost instinctively- Other races can also achieve the same goal by tempering their spirits or souls, such as Alice, who can control dolls with her strong soul. However, it is impossible to make a self-aware puppet, and although the vast majority of the deceased cannot independently produce a soul with self-will and wisdom, it is completely possible to reincarnate the deceased into the deceased, still retaining the original memory, wisdom and self-will, and even through the means of magic, even the appearance of the dead will not change. ”

"You mean that you can manipulate the dead. And the powerful individuals of your own race can raise self-aware dead, not the walking dead?" Alice asked curiously, and it was only in this kind of academic-like discussion that she looked a little more energetic than her usual indifferent state of being like the usual expressions of Von Longde and Caroline, "And you mentioned the spirit and soul, do you say that you deceased can be more than the necromancers, magicians, and messengers of other races. Witches and the like are better at manipulating the dead or inanimate things, precisely because it is the soul that carries the consciousness of the deceased, not the spirit?!"

"It's a magician, to the point. Although there are still some places where it is still not accurate enough. Feng Longde nodded approvingly, it turns out that no matter who the guy who tinkers with magic is, not to mention his temperament for the time being, at least the IQ must be absolutely sufficient, "Spirit and soul are the same thing, but the life race is spirit, only those powerful individuals will be transformed into soul form due to congenital reasons or acquired tempering, and only the intelligent race commonly known as the deceased is born in soul form; Alice, you should control the dolls by virtue of some kind of 'connection' between you and the dolls, right?

"Yes, that's it. Alice replied. Then he pointed to himself, "I can control many puppets at once, but for now, if each one has to be accurately commanded, I can only control about twenty or so at the same time, but if I don't need specific command, then I can control more than fifty at a time." ”

"Soul strength is still equivalent to the level of soul fire. However, her mental strength is far higher than that of ordinary life races, and she should indeed have some kind of talent in this area, so she has formed the unique ability she has now. In Soul Connection, Caroline tells her brother that it's all about Alice's analysis. "This talent of hers is similar to the unique ability of the steel skeleton 'Call of the Dead', and she can summon a large number of skeleton corpse witches on the spot without giving soul fire, and compared to controlling puppets similar to dolls, I didn't expect this talent to be used to manipulate dolls, and even if you think about it by extension, you can control the construct, I didn't expect this chat to have such an inspirational breakthrough"

"Let's wait until our manufacturing capacity can create a Teutonic Empire-era construct or a modern robot, I think that with Alice's ability, if he is a mage, he should be even more powerful - after all, the comprehensive ability of the puppet in Alice's hand is too limited by its size, and if it is replaced by an undead creature equipped with excellent armor and weapons, the combat effectiveness will definitely be significantly improved. Feng Longde also replied in the soul connection, in addition to training his combat skills, equestrian skills and dragon roar abilities during this time, he also made up for the relevant knowledge of the soul out of his own interest, otherwise he would not be able to talk to Alice for so long and still be so calm, "Anyway, being idle is idle, chatting about this kind of technical level is good for both parties, and it will be out of line if you hide it behind closed doors." ”

"If only my brother could think so. After Caroline nodded slightly, even her soul fell silent, if it weren't for the soul contact Feng Longde who knew that she was still paying attention to the conversation, he would have thought that she had started meditating again.

The following conversation was purely a discussion, research and exchange of ideas between Feng Longde and Alice: Feng Longde explained to Alice about the nature of the soul, that is, 'spirit' and 'soul', which made Alice more interested in whether she could make the puppet she made alive, and Alice also introduced her skills in manipulating the puppet, so that Feng Longde could find some common points in the use of the skills and be more comfortable in controlling the undead; Whether the puppet can have a complete life", and Alice called out Penglai and Shanghai, the only puppets with self-will and intelligence, or human form according to the Japanese language, for all those who have the ability to discuss together.

In addition to these two, Caroline and Marisa, the Nether Queen and the quasi-magician, joined the discussion. Zhu Henghong needless to say, this guy is okay with the oriental setting, but if he really talks about technical things, he is not as good as Feng Longde, who is now learning and selling, at least Feng Longde really understands a lot of things in this regard, and he doesn't understand it at all;

"Can you see something?" the two deceased Da☆Ze?" Teasing the two dolls Penglai and Shanghai, Marisa asked Feng Longde and Caroline, who were staring at the two dolls with round eyes, "Feng Longde, you yourself said that you have resurrected many undead creatures, and you have also reincarnated more than a dozen deceased people who hummed Zhu Henghong with the pig, and retained their memories and self-will, and personality like Zhu Henghong?" What do you and your sister think of Penglai and Shanghai, two living dolls that can't replicate the same situation at all?"

"This" Feng Longde and Caroline, you look at me, I look at you, discussed with each other in the soul connection for a long time, and observed the two puppets for a long time, but there was no progress: the Penglai figure looked more gloomy, and shrugged her head, and occasionally made sarcastic remarks to the surrounding guys who watched her;

In order to make it easier to compare, Alice also brought a few other completely ordinary dolls over so that everyone could compare them - although they are all made of the same material, the problem is that only Penglai and Shanghai have self-will and intelligence, while the others are completely dead.

"What is it that we have all overlooked that has led to the fact that only Penglai and Shanghai can have life, while the others are lifeless?" Alice frowned, asking the question that everyone present had in their minds. (To be continued.) )