Chapter 9: The Real Adversary

In the underground circus, a blazing flame erupted.

Lorna pushed the faceless ghouls back, panting.

The monsters didn't seem to be in a hurry, their bloodied faces were expressionless, and they surrounded the girl like hunters around their prey, each holding a bloody clown mask in their hands.

In the dark space, ghosts who have lost their faces and disqualifications surround Lorna, trying to turn her into something equal to themselves.

The maiden could even hear the whispers of these monsters:

"You have never looked us ....... the eye"

"We're just clowns for you to have fun with......"

"The self-proclaimed noble lady, you will never see the filth behind the glory......"

"Without your background, you would be like us for nothing, trampled under our feet!"

These words hit Lorna's heart like a hammer, and she turned pale, raised her long sword, and pointed at the surrounding crowd: "Shut up! ”

"Oops," said Jack, standing on the stage, the mask on his face now turning into a maniacal laugh, and he mocked the girl wantonly:

"That's it! Weak, stubborn, headless fly, admit it, you're just a clown trapped in the eyes of others! ”

"Long-winded!"

The girl raised her slender eyebrows, and the blade of the sword was like a fiery red lightning, instantly breaking through the encirclement and taking Jack's head!

The fiery edge pierced through the clown's neck without hindrance, like a quenched sword slicing through a piece of butter cheese.

Jack's head fell to the ground, and he spun around three times like a tumbler and stood upright, and the expression on his face laughed even more wildly: "That's it! The more angry you get, the more you prove that what I say is true! ”

After speaking, he changed his tone again: "Why don't you face your true self?" Human, I can give you power over them, put on this mask, become a demon, and no longer need to care about the eyes of others. ”

The girl gritted her teeth: "I told you to shut up!" ”

She swung her sword and slashed, and flames erupted from the blade again, this time completely burning Jack's body to ashes.

Looking at the flying ash on the ground, Lorna just breathed a sigh of relief and raised her guard again.

Because the faceless ghouls around them have come over again.

The clown's voice came from above his head again: "Don't get excited, you are the heroine tonight...... It's a pity, I want that guy even more, I'm going to have to get rid of you soon. ”

Lorna looked up and saw the clown clown clinging to the wall on all fours like a spider, his neck spinning 360 degrees, looking at her in an extremely strange pose.

Jack's face turned upside down: "Now that you're in the center of the stage, welcome the climax!" ”

The girl was startled and looked at her feet.

It turned out that the middle of the stage where the clown was before had been painted with strange runes and strange magic circles, which were burned on the ground, and as Jack's words fell, they immediately emitted a faint purple light, like a cage trapping her in it.

Jack laughed: "A qualified shell! Now, let the blood, for us, Holy Baptism! ”

The faceless ghouls around them immediately began to wail.

In the circle carved on the ground, countless dry bones stretched out their hands, dragging them into the ground, as if what was under their feet was not the earth, but the gateway to hell.

And those few newborn "demons" lay on all fours and muttered: "Welcome to Lord Baron!" ”

The entire underground paradise lit up with a strange purple light, and a huge magic circle spread like a virus, gradually covering the entire space.

The girl in the middle hugged her head in pain, and countless whispers sounded in her ears.

No matter how much she urged her ability, she couldn't get the slightest feedback, and the power of the magic circle completely suppressed the spiritual energy, and the fire element, which was like an arm on weekdays, was now like a stranger who didn't listen to the call.

Withered hands reached out from the circle, enveloping her in it like a budding flower, but the bright petals were made up of pale bones.

The girl was left with only one face exposed, and her eyes were blank and she whispered, "I'm not a coward......"

"You are," the clown walked up to her, the demons around him bowing to him, the smiling mask on his face twisted, "you might as well forget about that." ”

He began to tear the mask on his face vigorously, and the blood kept oozing from under the skin, and when it fell to the ground, it was absorbed by the circle: "It is your glory to be able to wear it, as me, the great demon baron, the vessel of Skasaha!" ”

"Glory?" Lorna muttered to herself, "I crave glory, but it shouldn't be this way......"

The clown had almost torn off his mask, and he was still babbling: "That's how it should be!" ”

Just as he was about to put the mask on the girl's face, a scythe suddenly appeared from behind him, cutting off his hands.

The demon mask fell to the ground, and the facial features depicted on it began to shout, "Who is it!! ”

Suddenly laughed again: "You think you can kill me like this, it's too naΓ―ve!" ”

A demon kneeling and praying next to him began to convulse, and the mask on his face began to come to life, while the mask on the ground became dull again.

The reborn Skasaha laughed wildly: "My will can be transferred in the mask indefinitely, and as long as there is one more present, I will never die!" And there are hundreds of believers in the shadows! ”

He turned his head and saw Fang Cai's murderer.

A huge black rabbit doll with a giant scythe in his hand and scarlet eyes staring at Jack.

【Mystic Puppet: Killer Humanoid】

"Alright," Skasaha's eyes lit up, "I'd love a few little toys, it seems like you're pretty good at killing, let me see what I can do without tearing you down." ”

The puppet had no extra nonsense, his ruby eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light, and the scythe in his hand slashed straight at the demon's neck.

Skasaha opened his hands, closed his eyes and sighed: "Faithful doll, you are like your master, you will serve the devil from now on!" ”

The surrounding demons swarmed up and drowned the black rabbit.

Skasaha turned his head to continue the sacrificial ceremony, looked at the girl who had lost her mind, and was madly bewitched:

"You're afraid of us, you're afraid of weirdness, why don't you join us?"

"Your self-righteous glory is just an excuse for them to send a fool like you to death, think of your father! He died so miserably, and in the end there was only one grave! ”

"You are just a clown manipulated by the royal family, your loyalty, your glory, your merits, but you are only urging you to die, so that they can continue to indulge in extravagant jokes!"

Lorna's eyes darkened: "It's not like this, it's not...... I want to be a hero. ”

"Heroes are just tools to be manipulated by politics," the demon grinned as she approached her, "and so do you." ”

The light of the circle became more and more intense, and Skarsaha took off the mask on his face and was about to put it on the girl, but Su Ling's voice came from above his head:

"Don't listen to this bastard, you are your own hero, don't be enslaved by other people's words anymore!"

What?!

Skasaha stared overhead, and an incomparable figure pierced through the bottom layer of the concrete like a rainbow and attacked him.

The demon roared at the figure overhead: "You're here too, haha, you're the host I want, a fool looking for death, this is already my home turf!" ”

"It's also my home turf." Another voice rang out from behind him.

Skasaha turned his head stiffly, and Jack stood behind him with a grin, putting his thumb in his mouth and blowing, his fist inflating like a balloon.

The iron fist that had become huge slammed into Skasaha's face, tearing the mask apart.

The demon that flew out upside down hissed and screamed, "It's you!! ”

"No," said Jack the Clown, still dressed in the same funny fashion, and grinning in a funny pose, "it's me, we're the real rivals." ”