A hint of surprise appeared on Malbert's face, and then an embarrassed smile appeared on his face, "How do you see that?" ”

"Because I know what kind of person Malbert is - he has devised many conspiracies, but all of them he hides himself behind the scenes, it is a cautious habit of mind, it is in his nature, and it cannot be changed...... And you, Kavala, are the opposite of you and Malbert, you always like to take risks yourself......"

Leon shook his head and said, "You're in too much of a hurry, Kavala, you didn't even have time to see Malbert's last thoughts. If you hadn't intervened, Malbert might have managed to separate me from Wendy by now......"

"Oh? Do you know what I'm going to do? ”

It was a bizarre scene, with Malbert using Ahlers' body while his soul was controlled by Kavala.

"After discovering that I and Alina are working together to deceive people, you will definitely tell a story of 'saving Alles' - as long as Allers lives, Alina will definitely save him, and Wendy and I will definitely help Alina ......"

Leon turned around slowly, his eyes scanning the people present, and finally stared at Malbert: "I have injuries on my body and I can't move, and since the Abyss Codex is involved, then I can only let Wendy go to Ahuon Town to have a look." As long as Wendy is away from me for a while, there will be no one here who can deal with the spirits...... Right? ”

"That's exactly what I thought...... But why do you see that I am controlling Malbert? ”

Malbert, or rather Kavala, was a little puzzled.

"Because Malbert's target is certainly not me, but Alina—he is not as anxious as you are, and his schemes are never directed at the target, it is his habit of conduct, and his cautious nature...... And he's never going to ramble like you do, because he doesn't have to tell all about his experience. ”

Leon sneered, "But you're not that familiar with Malbert's experience, so you can only recount his memories while 'checking'...... But those memories are just clearing his mind in his mind, and you can see the spirit's thoughts, but it's too verbose to say them all...... Moreover, you couldn't discern Malbert's ultimate intentions at all, and you subconsciously mentioned the Abyss Codex that only you know, and the result was a ......"

In fact, not only that, but what made Leon realize that something was wrong, and Malbert directly said the sentence 'I agreed this time'.

Malbert has been deliberately describing that he 'has never signed a contract with Kavala and will not sell his soul', in order to show a 'cooperative' attitude, which can gain Leon's trust.

So step by step, he was describing how he rejected Kavala's temptation, and he would have probably asked Leon to help him at the end, and also to help Ales - even if Leon was not fooled, Alina would have to be fooled.

Malbert's real goal is actually Alina, he knows Leon and knows that Leon is not easy to fool, he just wants to create the character of 'never cooperated with Kavala, never sold his soul', so that Leon does not doubt his true motives.

As long as you can control Alina, and then use Alina to deal with Leon, the effect will be much better.

But Kavala was probably used to controlling others, and he didn't realize that Malbert was using these seemingly useless experiences to make Leon see him as someone he could work with, and he actually controlled Malbert and said directly, 'I agreed this time'......

Coupled with the fact that Malbert had brought up the Codex in the Ice Cellar - Malbert might have noticed the book on the statue, but he must not have known it was the Abyssal Codex at the time, and there was no need to mention these details.

Only Kavala would care so much about the Codex, and only Kavala would use the Codex to attract Leon......

But then, when Kavala probably saw Malbert's final thoughts, and realized that he didn't intend to use the Codex to attract Leon's attention, but instead to use Ahlers as a person, and at this point he tried to change his words—but it would have been very blunt to change the script at this point.

Malbert let out a wry laugh, then suddenly shuddered and fell limply to the ground.

"What's wrong with him?"

Alina asked in surprise.

"It seems that Kavala is no longer in control of Malbert."

Leon pondered and replied, "However, Kavala didn't accomplish anything this time, and he didn't want to talk to me more...... He no longer seems to have the confidence to overcome everything. ”

With that, he took a few steps back, pushed the bookshelf behind Alina sideways, and sat down in a chair from behind the bookshelf—this bookshelf was actually the door to a dark room, and behind it was a large room.

The great nobles of the Bacchus Empire generally have some traps in their homes, with a secret passage in Levius' bedroom and a secret room in Keros's study......

"I have a question...... Why did Kavala find Malbert again and again? Is there anything different about him? ”

Wendy asked, putting away her sword.

"A person who can become the Grand Master of the Knights of Dusk in his twenties, a person who becomes the Grand Master of the Knights of Dusk but is unknown, and also knows some spells...... Coupled with his father's Cragy Bay and the Lion Knights, such strength is the greatest extraordinary. Kavala found all the most powerful people on the entire continent. ”

Leon shook his head and said, "Maltiss, Clos and Sons, Malbert, and me...... Combined, the strength of these people can easily conquer the Pander Continent. But alas, Kavala always wanted to control these people completely...... Powerful people are powerful because of their own abilities, but if they are controlled by others, what is the difference between them and an ordinary soldier? ”

"So what do we do now? Ahlers and Malbert are still in the same body, and Kavala can control Malbert at any time......"

Alina looked at Ales and asked sadly.

"Let's wait until Malbert wakes up, I don't think Malbert wants to be controlled."

Leon didn't know what to do, he knew that the living couldn't kill spirits.

"Don't you have to go to Ahuon to see it? The ice cellar he was talking about......"

Alina looked a little hesitant.

"Just let Brutus take a look, we'd better not ......"

Leon looked at Brutus.

Alina nodded, and Brutus didn't delay, leaving directly with Alina's guards.

There were only five people left in the room.

Leon, Wendy, Alina, Elena, and Alares, who is tied up and collapsed unconscious.

They waited until dawn until Alles's body reawakened.

But it wasn't Malbert who woke up, it was Ahlers.

After seeing Alina, Ahler's first reaction was to blush, then turn his head to look around, and cover his chest in a panic.

"Luciana, why am I here...... Ah, I'm probably sleepwalking again? Hiss...... I need to get back to ......."

He was wearing only a pair of underwear, probably thinking that he was sleepwalking while sleeping......

It's a bit of sleepwalking.

It seems that Malbert is telling the truth, and Ares is indeed unaware of Malbert's existence, and he will be able to regain control of his body as soon as daylight comes.

But Leon and Alina still felt that something was wrong—according to Cassian, the leader of the secret spy, Ahlers had appeared in Imperial Harbor yesterday afternoon, in broad daylight.

Leon shook his head, threw his clothes over, and pulled up the screen to cover him.

"Thank you...... This Excellency...... Ah, you should be His Majesty Leon, right? Thank you for ......"

Alles began to take notice of Soso's dressing, thanking him as he wore it.

As an intelligence distributor of the Vipers, it was normal for him to recognize Leon.

But halfway through, Ahlers seemed to be fully conscious, and poked his head out a little puzzled, and looked left and right again at the layout of the study.

Then, he looked out of the window at the coast - Kairos's mansion was built on the seashore on the southeast side of the port of Tilin, not far from the pier, and a small stretch of sand and reef could be seen from the window.

"I don't think this is my house...... This is...... Emperor Lingang?! How could I ...... How did I come here!! ”

Alles's voice began to tremble.

"Brother, do you sleepwalk a lot?"

Alina glanced at Leon and saw that Leon shook her head lightly at herself, and she accepted the words very cooperatively.

"yes...... Ever since I participated in the hypnosis training of the vipers, I often find myself waking up somewhere else......"

Ahlers smiled bitterly at Alina: "This is probably the sequelae of hypnosis training, many spies have this condition, but my symptoms are more severe - but I have never run this far!" I remember that I was asleep in Ahuen, how could I have come here overnight! ”

Alina and Leon glanced at each other, both of them with surprise in their eyes.

"When did you go to bed last night?"

Leon asked.

"Ten o'clock...... I've been falling asleep lately at 10 o'clock, probably because I've been practicing self-hypnosis at this time. ”

Ahlers replied sharply.

"So...... What day of the month is today? ”

Leon asked again with a frown.

"It's supposed to be September 5th......

Ahlers also sensed that something was wrong: "What day is today?" ”

"Today is the 7th of September...... Ahles, haven't you been awake for the past two days? ”

Leon sighed, it seemed that Ahlers's consciousness had been suppressed for the past two days.

In other words, Malbert can suppress Ahlers's consciousness at any time, and he can also awaken Ahlers at any time.

"Did I do anything I shouldn't have done in the past two days?"

Az, already dressed, stepped out from behind the screen, and asked nervously.

"Not really...... Hypnosis training ...... Do all the viper spies have such symptoms? ”

Leon suddenly realized something and interjected.

"Not all, about half of them will be like this, it should be that the self-hypnosis ability is not mature enough...... The instructor from the Shadow Wolves also said that this was normal, but that there were more people with Ahuon who had sleepwalking. ”

Ares nodded at Leon.

He was a gentle and polite aristocrat, resembling Justes in both appearance and personality.

"Alina...... Malbert lied, his affair is not a coincidence, maybe the vipers are equivalent to an unguarded empty shell after self-hypnosis, and Ares is definitely not the only one who is controlled! If Malbert is regarded as the Three Prophets, then the Vipers are the shells he is looking for, but he can't brainwash people like the Three Prophets, so he finds these spies who can train self-hypnosis, and then takes advantage of the situation. ”

Leon turned to Alina and said, "This is probably the way Malbert tried to fool us - the vipers will often pass on information to you, not only can they often get close to you, but they can easily put you in danger with false information. ”

"What? Something related to me? What Malbert? What is controlled? What is in danger? You guys...... What are you talking about? ”

Ahlers was a little flustered, he really didn't know anything.

"Ahles, things are complicated about you......"

Alina quickly and succinctly explained to Alys the fact that Malbert shared a body with him.

“…… That is, instead of sleepwalking, I am constantly being controlled? The entire Viper force is mostly controlled by people? ”

Ahlers' face turned white all at once.

"Perhaps...... Yes. ”

Alina nodded at him.

Malbert was clearly much smarter than Agrim or the Three Prophets, he didn't occupy anyone's body, he was just "coexisting" with Ahlers and the other spies.

He even managed to try not to interfere with people's normal life during the day – like a virus that coexists with people......

But because it's a state of coexistence, it's even more difficult to deal with - you can't kill all the spies along with Ahler, right?

Of course, for now, Malbert is probably still in Ahlers's body, after all, Wendy, the portable forbidden tower, has always been here.

"Ahler, can you hypnotize yourself now?"

Leon thought about it for a moment, intending to put Ahlers into a state of hypnosis to see if Malbert would take over the body—to solve the problem, he had to communicate with Malbert.

"Yes...... But it doesn't work here, I'll have to change somewhere there's no one......"

Alas nodded, but then looked at Alina and shook her head again.

Leon glanced at Alina and probably understood what Allers meant - self-hypnosis needs to keep his mind stable, but it seems that Allers really likes his sister very much, and when Alina is in front of him, he probably can't settle down.

So Leon took him into the secret room behind the bookshelf, and pulled the bookshelf back and covered it up, leaving only a crack in the door for observation.

Anyway, this chamber is an enclosed space, and even if Malbert takes over Ahler's body again, he can't escape.

Alina also understood and took Elena and stood beside Wendy, leaving Leon to stay in front of the bookshelf and star.

After a while, Ahlers did become confused, and then opened his eyes violently.

"Malbert, is that you?"

Leon asked through the crack in the door.

"It's me...... Leon, I can hear everything you say. You're mostly right, I did intend to use the Viper Force to control Alina, but Kavala's idiot interrupted my plans at a critical moment...... It's amazing insight that you can realize that I'm being controlled by Kavala. ”

Malbert didn't talk nonsense, and got straight to the point: "But there's one thing you guessed wrong...... It wasn't me who controlled them while the Viper Force was conducting hypnosis training, it was Kavala. I only share the same body with Allers, but the rest of the Viper Force shares bodies with other Kavala-controlled spirits, all of whom are Serpent priests, and Allers' wife is one of them. ”

"That'...... How to solve this trouble? ”

Leon shook his head: "You don't want to be controlled by him all the time, right?" ”

"Of course I don't want to...... But what can I do? I'm just a puppet now...... I'm just a casting vehicle that Kavala is looking for! I'm going to get caught up with him just because I know some soul spells. ”

Malbert also looked helpless: "Leon, I don't actually want to deal with you, I just want to live." ”

(End of chapter)