Chapter 62: The Intruder (Part II)
It was a sacrificial magic circle, and after seeing the terrifying power displayed by the Apostles, Darwin finally made up his mind to embark on the path of true demons. Abandon the last remaining human parts of your body in exchange for greater power.
It was a revelation hidden in his veins, a call he had been resisting.
The sacrifice he chose was not someone else, but himself.
"Hein, Long, Silai, Sabenes, Belina, Ragusia, Berdiera, Mordolai. Aihova, Jah, Agura Domatos, Sadorne, Becias, Agius, Isloth, Avanyuye, Agoura, Alofane Omega...... In the true name of the Demons of the Lords, the first and last Demon Lord, I hereby summon your power, and in the name of the highest will, I have chosen myself as a sacrifice to sacrifice all my human parts. ”
"Ishloth, my ancestor, I answer your call to be your apostle. ”
There seemed to be a light laugh from the demon realm in the huge magic array, and Darwin knew who the owner of this laughter was, which was the origin of his demonic bloodline, the demon god named Ishloth.
"Finally throwing in the towel? "I could tell that the voice coming from the other side of the magic circle was very pleasant.
Although it was not the first time he had heard such a voice, Darwin felt that its owner was too frivolous. However, the demon god named Ishloth is said to have this personality, and it is also a special case among demons.
Unlike the gluttonous and murderous Bellela, Ishloth is interested in the invisible and untouchable of "strategy", and she is not interested in killing, preferring to play with the object of her affection.
"Not because of you, but for other reasons, I chose to sign up. "Even though he has chosen the path of the devil, Darwin is still the same nonchalant look.
In fact, he has many, many choices, and the bloodline of the demon god left behind in the human world is rare in any era to awaken. He could become an apostle of any demon god if he wanted to, and there were more than one or two of them who were stronger than Isloth.
However, he chose her in the end, because what he needed was not "powerful", but "convenient" power.
Observing everything in the world and recording the evolution of life, he is not a warrior or a mage, but an "explorer", a dark priest who explores the truth of life in this world.
"It's still the same, it's not cute at all, but that's what makes you the most interesting. ”
"I, the Great Will born of darkness, the Demon God of Strategy, Ishloth answers your voice. ”
"Hein, Long, Silai, Sabenes, Belina, Ragusia, Berdiera, Mordolai. Aihova, Jah, Agura Domatos, Sadorne, Becias, Agius, Isloth, Avanyuye, Agoura, Alofane Omega...... With the true name of all demons, in the presence of the first and last demon lord, he agreed to this contract. "Thou art my first apostle. ”
"Give you a new real name, my lovely apostle. ”
"Named ......"
Countless demonic symbols eroded into Darwin's body, devouring the remaining human parts of him like demons, and then these symbols became new substances, filling in the voids.
Fusion, evolution, Darwin opened his book and recorded it all.
It is not only the part of flesh that has been devoured that has been changed, but the rest of the parts that have been polluted by the blood of demons are also changing, or awakening.
Because in the end, it was Ishlorus, the origin of his bloodline, that he chose to belong to her, and it was not a talent that specialized in combat, but it was a talent that was very suitable for him.
However, the feeling of a new body always made Darwin feel that there was something strange.
Soon, he found the reason.
This isn't a change that will affect his combat, but it's a subject worth studying from a biological evolutionary perspective.
"What's going on?" Darwin was very calm looking at his new body, but he had some doubts about why he had become the way he was after abandoning all the human parts.
"Of course, it's because your infancy is over, and you don't have to keep that mimicry anymore. From the magic circle, which had not completely disappeared, there was a slightly evil voice from Isloth.
She actually wanted to see what her descendants looked like now, which must have been interesting.
"Does that mean I've been in a mimicry before?" Darwin, a biologist, was well aware of the phenomenon.
"That's right, in order to survive in the human world, children like you will initially simulate the surroundings, and will not dismantle this mimicry until you become an adult and awaken your bloodline. ”
"It's not that you're the way you are, it's that you're the way you are, and as a descendant of what I created, you should be proud of who you are. ”
"Yes? This is who I am. Darwin felt something behind him squirm gently, an unknown agitation that had been hidden in his body, and this was the moment when it was fully awakened.
"Bang!" a pair of huge wings extended from behind Darwin, scattering countless snow-white feathers.
"It's so much fun. Darwin looked at the pair of wings behind him, he knew the existence of this thing since he awakened the demon's blood, but no matter how he looked at it, it looked like a ...... "Because I'm in a hurry, when I first went to your side, I quite liked angel-shaped wings, and when I made you, I made a pair by the way, it's very beautiful." ”
"It's not practical, and it's too heavy to be good for flying at all. Darwin gave his wings a pretty low rating.
"Because it's just made from the wings of a swan...... Haha, I didn't say anything, my sweet child, contact me often in the future......" After revealing a certain piece of news that left Darwin speechless, the old demon god broke off contact.
"This kind of body ...... It's boring...... "Although Darwin didn't really care what he had become, after truly awakening his demonic bloodline, he still deeply felt how serious his demonic ancestor's evil taste was.
I heard that when she first came to this world by projection, she seemed to be disguised as a witch of the church, and she climbed to the front of the goddess, singing hymns without changing her face...... Forget it, ignoring this unsane ancestor, his purpose is to infiltrate the team he is tracking. This kind of thing couldn't have been done without Ishlorus's talent, but it's no longer a problem.
The "Shakibis Dream Technique" of the Ishloth system is the most powerful infiltration technique on the continent, inherited from the fantasy talent of the most ancient demonic lineage.
............ That night, Ulysses painstakingly crafted new bodies for the Shahimes in a palace-like carriage.
He'd repeated this several times, so that about a third of Shahime had gained her own body, no longer an ethereal fantasy.
In the process, the combination of treasures "Cutting and Separation" obtained from the workshop in the City of Dolls helped him a lot, and with this set of tools, the puppet production that he was only 70% sure of before became 10%, although many subtle aspects are still lacking, but it is more than enough to make a body that allows the Sha Ji to move freely.
"Yay"
"Hey-ha!"
"Lalala!" several of the Shahee who had obtained the body looked curiously at Ulysses at work.
Because Ulysses gave the order that "you must not make trouble when making dolls", the good boy Shaki just circled around Ulysses, but did not come to pester him.
Innocent and cute, well-behaved and obedient, and full of enthusiasm, this is the first direct monster team of the demon king Ulysses - the Shaji team.
The Shahimes, who had not yet acquired a body, looked at the sisters who already had the body of a doll with envy, passing through their bodies from time to time, and then carefully looking at the body they would also get.
In order to make Alice's practice in the future, the bodies that Ulysses created for the Shahimes were not all identical. The first Sha Ji is black hair, the second is blue hair, and the height of her body and the curves of her body also have their own characteristics.
Of course, this is also because Ulysses is already very experienced with girls' bodies to some extent, and he is no longer the young boy he was when he was in Taji City. I have to say that those fiery things are very helpful for the shaping of his artistic outlook.
Moreover, he also has in his hands the secret weapon given by Master Arrow, who is a mentor and friend of the Radiant Academy, and is a masterpiece in painting the human body-several copies of the Angel series, several copies of the Demon series, several copies of the Fairy series, and several copies of the Princess series...... Regardless of the race's body, Master Arrow seems to know it very well. Ulysses, who was a student of him and determined to create the most perfect doll, also learned a lot from him.
These Vaults of Master Arrow's Vault were forced to accept by the respected master when he knew of Ulysses' talent for making dolls, at the cost of Ulysses helping him make several small art dolls.
"Very well, you are the best student I have ever received, and you will definitely be better than the blue, and inherit all my career!" I remember when Ulysses handed over the small puppet girls to Master Arrow, a master who had gone through an unknown number of eras and claimed to have seen countless art treasures, he was so moved that his whole body was dangling.
After that, among the aristocracy of the North, the fame of a certain mystical master of the art with the initials "YL" began to spread explosively. According to those who have had the privilege of seeing the master's artwork, the puppets made by the master have reached the point where they can tempt the human soul to fall.
But Ulysses naturally didn't know these things at all, he just wanted to create the most perfect puppet, and step by step towards that goal.
This may be a bit rude to artists who have worked hard since childhood, carving turnips tens of thousands of times, but Ulysses has discovered that he really has a special talent for creating dolls.
For some reason, this talent only appears in the creation of dolls. When it comes to carving small animals and trees, this talent is not obvious, and although the work created is beautiful, there is always a feeling that something is missing.
However, in the process of creating the dolls, or more precisely practicing the creation of Alice, Ulysses could feel as if a part of himself had entered into the work he had created.
A part, a joint, and even the most difficult part of the eye were completed one by one in his hands. Sometimes, he even finds it unbelievable that the girl is so cute, small, and all the details are lifelike, and she created it himself.
This should be able to be sold, and Ulysses, who doesn't really have much appreciation for art, thinks that it should be able to be sold as a commodity.
In fact, it was even more terrifying than Ulysses had imagined. Almost everyone who has seen those dolls has been fascinated by the incomparable charm.
These puppet girls, which are collected by the city of Airo, have caused a storm among the upper classes of the entire northern continent.
"This is definitely the most attractive girl I've ever seen in my life!"
"She has a soul, really, I feel like I'm going to be sucked in when I look into her eyes. ”
"Perfect, it's perfect, which master's work this is, please tell me!"
"Master Arrow, please, I'm willing to buy them with half of my assets! No, even one of them, after I see them, I can't even eat, as long as I close my eyes, they will appear. Ah, what art this is!"
"Masterpieces, there is no doubt that they are masterpieces that will leave a name in history, Master Airo, we at the Royal Museum of the Slo Empire are willing to pay a high price for them. Why don't you exchange three counties for it?"
"Ah, my Roland, my Maria, my gods, they are so beautiful, who can create such a beautiful treasure, is it a god?"
As the legends of these mysterious puppet girls spread, their value has risen again and again, but unfortunately there is no market for them at all, and Master Arrow has no intention of selling them at all.
Of course, Ulysses didn't know anything about these things, and he just tried to make the best of the puppet girls he created. Even if they can't move and have no self-awareness, he will do his best every time to prepare for the future production of Alice.
After trimming the nails of the Sahime body using the scissors from "Cutting and Separation", Ulysses wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally completed another one, and one step closer to the goal of all members of Shaji's team gaining bodies. At this rate, he should be able to make all of the Shahime's bodies before reaching the Southern Tribal Regions.
After all, this doesn't require 100% pure gem essence, and the most important core part of the perfect level doll doesn't need him to do it, and the sand hee themselves are the best core.
These cute girls, after signing a contract with the Book of Demon Kings, easily have the power to manipulate these puppet girls. With a simple fusion, the dolls he created could become their real bodies.
His work, and his team of Shahimes, is truly a match made in heaven.
"Alright, come here. Ulysses randomly chose one of the most curious saki about the body and beckoned her to fly.
He doesn't know how the Saki determine the nature of himself and the puppet, but every time he creates a doll girl, there will naturally be a Saki who will happily enter her body, and then become vivid, and no one can tell that she is not a cute girl who is not human.
From this point of view, the Shahimes relied on Ulysses' ability to make up for what they lacked, and they are no longer incomplete fantasy seeds.
The body created this time was a girl with beautiful long green hair, tasseled hair hanging gently down her side, and several golden metal knots tied to it.
The only fly in the ointment is that this curvy girl has no eyes on her face. It's not that Ulysses cut corners, though, but because the Shahimes don't need that part.
As a puppet that moves their bodies, they will embody certain characteristics of them, the most obvious of which is their eyes.
Eyes are the windows to the human mind, and this is true for the Shahimes. Although their appearance in their ontological form gives people a very similar feeling due to the hazy mist, in fact, each Shaji has their own unique personality and characteristics.
"Ahhh
Then, the puppet's small hand, which was slightly stiff, trembled slightly.
With this movement as a starting point, the entire girl's body began to tremble slightly, from hands to feet, from chest to waist.
Since it was a freshly created body, she didn't have any clothes on her body. It's not that Ulysses shamelessly wants to expose her body, but because it's best not to have anything extra when the newborn body is synchronized.
Soon, Sha Ji, who had obtained her own body, opened her eyes, which were a pair of pale golden eyes that Ulysses felt a little surprised, but the first time she opened her eyes, this doll gave Ulysses a special feeling.
It was an extraordinary charm, not because of the body, but because of the charm of the girl with long green hair. This wasn't obvious when she was still acting together in Shahime, but after getting her own body, the feeling became extremely clear.
It's a special kind of magic, and if there is any way to describe it, it's the mysterious charm that women hold. Just being looked at by those pale golden eyes, Ulysses had the feeling that he was being captured.
Ulysses always felt that this Shaji was very different from the others, but he couldn't tell what the difference was.
And the expression of this Sha Ji getting a new body is also completely different from the previous Sha Ji.
She looked at her body with a little confusion, then slowly lifted one of her hands.
From the index finger to the middle finger, from the palm to the wrist, she continued to use her hand as if she were adapting to her body, until she could make complex gestures, and then she gently lowered it.
She did the same thing with her other hand, in half the time it took before.
This is the fastest Shaki Ulysses has seen to adapt to his body. When the other Shahimes get their bodies, they are mostly noisy, cheering for their new bodies, and then falling into a mess.
After all, before this, they were all moving with their atomized bodies, and they could walk freely in defiance of the general laws of physics. Suddenly changed into a physical body, it is a matter of course that you will not be able to adapt.
However, this Sha Ji is different, she has been consciously accustomed to her body since she woke up, whether it is the dexterity of her fingers or the ability to adapt to her new body, she is much more than the other Sha Ji.
However, she is clearly not the leader of Shaji. Although he was a little unclear about the individual characteristics of the Shahime, Ulysses remembered the aura of the leader of the Shahime's team, the one who had performed the best before.
"Hmm...... Huh?"
"Where...... Lala!"
"Whoa...... Yay......"
The surrounding Shahime don't seem to be much different from usual, and they are all happy that they have got a new body.
However, Ulysses discovered and discovered some of these details that were not easy to understand.
For this Sha Ji, who adapts to the new body as quickly as possible, they seem to have a special "longing", or "envy". Although they were all onlookers, they all tacitly moved a little away from the sand her, as if they were surrounding the queen's subordinates.
"Uh-huh......" The Shahime, who was surrounded by the other Shahimes like this, seemed to take this for granted, and after controlling her body at a speed faster than all the previous Shahimes had recorded, she reached out and straightened her long green hair, and then looked at Ulysses with a strange gaze.
It was not the simple love and happy gaze of ordinary Sha Ji, but a look mixed with more complex feelings, and even a sense of scrutiny.
It was the first time Ulysses had seen such a look in Shaki's eyes. Sha Ji, who has a simple intelligence and doesn't speak much, doesn't seem to have looked at him with such eyes.
If it weren't for the confirmation that the green-haired girl in front of him was created by himself, and that Sha Ji, who was the core of her soul, had indeed just entered, Ulysses would have thought that this was a mysterious girl who didn't know where she came from, and that she was the kind of beauty with an aristocratic temperament.
In the face of Ulysses' skeptical gaze, the green-haired Shaki smiled softly, then closed her eyes, as if thinking about something.
This is the first time Ulysses has seen Sha Ji "think", and in the past, the Sha Ji who had a generous personality, gentle and lovely, had never done such a complicated thing.
After the Sha Ji gain their bodies, will not only their mobility, but also their wisdom increase?
In Ulysses' thoughts, the green-haired Shaki opened her eyes again.
In those pale golden eyes, Ulysses saw some faint reds. These reds come together to form a special pattern in her eyes.
That's a pattern of something spreading its wings.
(To be continued)