Chapter 81

This didn't suit Xiu Er's tastes; he had no patience to continue playing cat and mouse with Aura.

"[Warning] You are given one chance to use 'Magic'. If you 'escape' again, you will be immediately annihilated."

No more pretense, Xiu Er directly revealed his thoughts on the Aura Magic.

"No matter how much you push an enemy with this kind of personality, it's useless," Xiu Er said ruthlessly, looking at the pink-haired Demon who was already terrified.

Along the way, Xiu Er had caught up with Aura's fleeing pace and chased her to the edge of a cliff. As for why Aura was running down a dead end, he probably did so in a panic.

Xiu Er didn't care about any of that; he just wanted it to end quickly.

If the other party still doesn't cooperate, he will directly take their memory.

Because it is Doppelganger, this Xiu Er's Magic is not complete, or even incomplete. For example, the memory extraction Magic, if used by the Doppelganger, will most likely damage the target's brain during the reading process, thus causing the loss of some memories.

If given a choice, this Doppelganger would prefer that Aura be able to use Magic on her own, thus facilitating a more complete analysis.

Although there are many similar control-type Magic in Xiu Er's existing skill tree besides the Gabriel, that doesn't stop him from collecting more, does it?

But Aura didn't care about any of that.

As if ignoring Xiu Er's words, he continued to run away on his own, constantly trying to use Magic to help himself during the escape.

Naturally, Xiu Er had previously disabled Aura's abilities.

"Then you should release the seal for me."

Now that Aura had been driven to the brink of death, she finally stopped. She slowly turned around, as if she had let go of her resentment, and complained to Xiu Er.

"[Negative] To prevent you from having unknown escape methods, sealing your magic power directly is the best solution."

"If you won't let me use Magic, how am I supposed to use Magic?"

"..."

"Xiu Er" fell silent.

It seems that the Doppelganger's intelligence cannot maintain normal thought processes without the human intervention of Xiu Er.

Moreover, as mentioned before, this Doppelganger's Magic inventory is incomplete, especially the barrier Magic, which is completely absent. Otherwise, he could have set up a barrier from the start and trapped the clone.

"[Warning] You are not allowed to move. This will lift the blockade on you."

As he spoke, Xiu Er took out an inconspicuous "key," the tool he had previously used to "seal" Aura.

[Pseudo-Codex — Michael]

This refers to the usage rights "assigned" to this Doppelganger. Regarding Xiu Er's "Spirit Series Armament," the Doppelganger can only use one of them.

However, since they evolved from Zafkiel, each of them can use one of Zafkiel's "Twelve Bullets".

The "costs" of using these Angel are all borne by the main body, namely Xiu Er himself.

The weapons that this Doppelganger from the future was given were the [Michael] and the [Zafkiel - Zayin].

Meanwhile, Aura's terrified expression was momentarily replaced by a knowing smile.

Taking advantage of Xiu Er's momentary lapse in vigilance (as Aura believed), she suddenly jumped backward, knowing that behind her was a thousand-meter cliff, and falling would almost certainly result in certain death.

But who is she?

She's Great Demon's been around for five hundred years!

Demon have stronger bodies than humans, and the bodies of Great Demon are even more durable than those of ordinary Demon.

Aura believed that although he would definitely be injured by falling, he would definitely survive. Moreover, there was a dense jungle below the cliff, and it would take the monster on the other side some time to find him after he fell down in an instant.

It seems she's started to give up entirely, but while her ideas are grand, reality is harsh.

Bang--!

A gunshot rang out, startling the birds in the nearby woods into flight.

A golden-red bullet was fired from Xiu Er's Hand Cannon and hit Aura, who had just jumped up.

After being hit, the expected blood did not splatter. Aura froze in mid-air for a moment, his triumphant expression also frozen on his face.

He slowly walked up to Aura, pulled him back to a safe distance, and then casually tossed him to the ground.

Then, Xiu Er placed his hand on Aura's head.

"Pfft!"

A Demon was blasted away, a bloody hole in his chest, before turning into ashes floating in the air before hitting the ground.

Similar situations were occurring throughout the barrier.

The Demon King himself was firmly bound by "Chains" from who-knows-where and forced to kneel before Xiu Er.

At that moment, Xiu Er stood in front of him, conjuring a golden key in his hand, which he then inserted into the Demon King's body.

— [The Codex Opening]— [The Pseudo-Codex]— [The Michael ·Closed]—

The Demon King's eyes widened instantly, for he discovered that the magic power within him had vanished in an instant, meaning that Xiu Er had directly sealed off all of his abilities.

His body was bound by those strange Chains, and his magic was also eliminated.

At this moment, the Demon King was truly like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others.

As for the other Great Demon within the barrier, sorry, they have no time to worry about others, because they are all facing the same enemy.

From the suddenly appearing Golden Gate emerged countless "Xiu Er," all of whom were Doppelganger, with one Doppelganger corresponding to each Demon to deal with the situation.

While arranging all this, Xiu Er also launched a direct attack on the Demon King, which led to the current situation.

Under the attack of his Doppelganger, the number of the remaining Great Demon within the barrier was rapidly decreasing. The Demon King could do nothing but watch helplessly as his "citizens" were being "slaughtered" by the enemy.

Xiu Er said nothing; when facing an enemy, there was no need to waste time on idle chatter.

After subduing the Demon King, he immediately placed a hand on the other's head...

Well, because of the height difference, even the kneeling Demon King was much taller than Xiu Er, so Xiu Er had to float up so that he could touch the other's head.

As the small hand slowly approached, the Demon King resignedly closed his eyes.

Ha, I was originally going to put up a fight, but I couldn't even hold on for a moment.

The shouts of his kin all around him reached his ears, and without exception, those voices eventually became the last words of his kin.

Some Demon could fight Xiu Er's Doppelganger for several moves before being defeated, while others, due to the special nature of their Magic, were instantly killed when Xiu Er's Doppelganger appeared and got close to them.

Just one minute later, the space returned to tranquility.

Feeling the tiny hand above my head, and the memories being read.

The Demon King's consciousness gradually subsided.

Episode 58: Puppet

Takuson and Volumen left their current location and headed together towards the direction of the explosion, which was the direction of the Demon King's Castle.

Although neither of them doubted Xiu Er's strength, and they believed that Xiu Er could easily defeat all the enemies.

But that didn't stop them from being "curious" about what was happening over there.

Even though I might not be able to help much, going to take a look shouldn't have much of an impact, right?

"Hey, what's this?"

"What's wrong?"

Suddenly Volumen stopped beside him, causing Takuson to stop as well.

"..."

Volumen did not answer him immediately.

Instead, she was observing her surroundings, occasionally reaching her hand into the air as if touching something. However, she was indeed touching the air, but her eyes seemed to be looking at something.

"Did you find anything?"

Seeing Volumen's expression, Takuson immediately understood the reason behind his incomprehensible behavior.

By this time, they were very close to the Demon King's Castle. The ruins of the Demon King's Castle were conspicuous in the distance, and the surrounding terrain had been blasted into a cratered and desolate place by an unknown attack.

Strangely, we haven't seen any living beings along the way, but so far everything is normal because the corpses of Demon disappear after they die.

The problem is that, if Takuson remembers correctly, they have been walking for quite some time, but the Demon King's Castle in front of them is still the same size, which means that the distance between them and the Demon King's Castle has not changed.

"This is... a barrier."

"So it's Magic, oh, no wonder."

Takuson clicked his tongue. He had absolutely no way to counter this kind of Magic. All the time he had spent traveling had been for nothing. Just thinking about it made him feel a little bad.

Fortunately, his companion Volumen, is a powerful Magic User, so let her handle the Magic matters.

"Hmm, but this barrier is Magic I've never seen before. I only just discovered its existence, so it seems the caster is very powerful."

As he spoke, Volumen analyzed the barrier in front of him.

Regardless, this magic trick contains some unknown element, rendering ordinary countermeasures ineffective.

Volumen must be analyzed on-site.

But before she could even begin, the barrier in front of her suddenly dissipated on its own.

Suddenly, cracks appeared in the scene before them, and then shattered into countless fragments like glass, revealing the scene hidden beneath the barrier in "reality".

"Huh?"

Looking bewildered Volumen subconsciously glanced around, then spotted a calm, bluish-purple figure...

"Um... what am I doing...?"

When she came to her senses, Aura found that instead of falling off the cliff, she had suddenly returned to the same spot, and her head was in the monster's hands.

Before she could even comprehend what was happening, her mind was blank, and her body's instincts compelled her to immediately beg for mercy.

"Don't kill me! Please, I'll do anything. You want Magic, right? You want my 'Obedience Magic,' right?"

Feeling the tiny hand above his head, Aura's will to survive was aroused to its maximum.

"I will do it, I will give it to you. Not only 'Obedience Magic,' I can teach you all Magic, as long as you let me go. Once I do it, you will let me go, right?!"

"..."

It must be said that although she is a man-eating monster, Aura is quite beautiful. After all, she is meant to deceive humans, so being more attractive makes it easier to fool them, right?

After all, in the world today, humans who know of the existence of Demon are extremely rare.

The Demon exists only in stories, and even the authenticity of those stories is questioned.

This is the timeline change caused by Xiu Er's intrusion.

Her delicate face was now covered in tears. In her desperate pleas for survival, Aura's beautiful features were marred by her frantic expression as she pleaded for her life.

But Demon are Demon, and monsters are monsters. These man-eating monsters are destined to be on the opposite side of humanity.

Besides, Xiu Er would never let go of his "target".

Furthermore, the Demon are notorious for their despicable nature; they can tell all sorts of lies to survive and kill those who believe them once they are certain the situation is under control.

The Doppelganger share the same database as Xiu Er, so they are all aware of all the information. Moreover, the Doppelganger do not have an "emotion" system and are unmoved by Aura's emotional pleas.

"[Question] Have you finished speaking?"

"Uh, huh?"

Xiu Er ruthlessly interrupted him, and Aura swallowed back all the words of pleading he had prepared.

Has the other party been persuaded?