Possession-Type Wicked Spirit

"Boom—!"

In one corner of the forest, deep within a clearing, beneath a rock wall, accompanied by a booming sound, the entire rock wall began to collapse as if it had suddenly exploded.

"Click—click-click—"

Cracks began to spread, causing the rock wall to split.

"Bang—bang bang—"

Rock fragments kept bursting from the rock face, turning into Falling Rock amidst heavy explosions and crashing to the ground.

In an instant, the entire cliff-like rock face began to crumble, gradually turning into ruins, with the Explosive Wind mixed with dust raging and the roar echoing through the forest.

Not long after, within the raging sandstorm, one place suddenly rose up.

From there, a figure tightly embraced a girl, leaping out as if riding the wind and Explosive Wind, escaping through the thick sand and scattered rubble, and landing on the ground not far away.

"Cough... cough cough..."

Emilia 'Fang Li arms, couldn't help but cough.

"How are you?" Fang Li lowered his head and asked the girl in his arms, "Are you alright?"

"N-nothing... it's nothing." Emilia shook her head, though she clearly still felt weak.

It seems that Petelgeuse must have used some kind of magic-disrupting technique to disable Emilia's mobility.

However, Emilia is not a magician, but an elf who uses the magic power of the atmosphere. Even if the flow of magic power is disturbed, she still retains some mobility, unlike ordinary magicians who would have collapsed long ago if their magic power was disturbed.

Under these circumstances, Emilia instinctively wanted to leave Fang Li as soon as she stood on the ground.

However, Fang Li wouldn't Emilia do that.

Since we can't move around freely, we might as well stay put.

Fang Li tightened his grip on Emilia's slender waist and said somewhat forcefully, "I don't want to save you again."

Holding Fang Li tightly around the Fang Li and pressed against his chest, Emilia felt the aura emanating from Fang Li, and her pretty face couldn't help but blush slightly.

"I...I'm really alright now," Emilia said somewhat shyly. "Besides, the Archbishop of Sin is dead and won't be caught again."

Upon hearing this, Fang Li remained silent for a long while before saying something that seemed somewhat ambiguous.

"If only it were that simple."

As he said this, Fang Li suddenly stomped on the ground, his figure transforming into a sharp arrow, and retreated rapidly, far away from his original spot.

"Bang—!"

Almost simultaneously, the place was utterly crushed by an unseen force, triggering a powerful explosion that sent sand and strong winds raging once more.

"Wh...what?" Emilia was taken aback.

"See?" Fang Li smiled wryly and said, "I told you it wasn't that simple."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than dark figures silently appeared in the surrounding forest.

"Witch Cult...!"

Emilia's expression suddenly tightened.

The people who appeared from all around the forest were none other than members of the Witch Cult.

Holding a short sword shaped like a cross.

He was dressed in a black robe like a ghost.

One by one, the Witch Cult members emerged silently from the surrounding forest and surrounded Fang Li.

However, Fang Li did not look at the believers, but turned his gaze to one of them.

Behind that person, Fang Li's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception could see lines of Death Lines moving.

In other words, it is Invisible Hand.

The attack just now was launched by this person.

"Ah ah..."

The man swayed forward, the only one among the Witch Cult present who wasn't wearing a hood. He appeared to be a middle-aged man around forty years old, with an intoxicated expression, sticking out his tongue, and laughing maniacally with a distorted face.

"My brain is trembling..."

Looking at this person, Fang Li of Emilia felt an uncomfortable sense of unease.

It was as if Petelgeuse himself had appeared before him.

However, his appearance was completely different from Petelgeuse's.

That's why Emilia felt something was off.

However, this sense of incongruity was completely dispelled by Fang Li's calm words.

"There's no need to doubt it," Fang Li said bluntly. "This person is Petelgeuse."

"Huh?" Emilia was stunned.

This is a very normal reaction.

This is something that probably very few people in the world know about.

Petelgeuse Romani-Conti, the Archbishop of Sin in the Witch Cult, is not actually human, but an elf.

Moreover, it is a possessing Wicked Spirit.

These Wicked Spirit can forcefully enter into contracts with highly compatible humans based on their own will, and then forcibly take over the body of the contracted party without regard to the other party's will.

In this way, Petelgeuse has constantly changed his body and has lived for over a hundred years. He is also one of the founders of the Witch Cult and remains active to this day.

Among the followers of the Witch Cult she leads, there are always individuals prepared to be named "Fingers" by her, existing as reserve bodies for Petelgeuse.

Petelgeuse usually keeps his Invisible Hand residing on his ten "fingers," ready to transfer his body at any time.

The person standing Fang Li Emilia is one of Petelgeuse's "finger".

In other words, after Petelgeuse died, this person's body was taken over by Petelgeuse's soul and became Petelgeuse himself.

And the other party proved this point in the next second.

"My body has been cleaved in two! My life ended in an instant! But my diligence will not vanish because of this! Yes! As long as I rely on my 'fingers'! I can live diligently forever!"

The Witch Cult, laughing wildly, put all ten fingers into her mouth one after another, biting them hard with her teeth, causing blood to flow continuously.

Maintaining this frenzied state, Petelgeuse had taken over the body of "Finger," gazed at Emilia in a daze, revealing a loving smile.

"Wait for me, witch. Once I, in my diligence, have used the favor you bestowed upon me to slay the bloodstained knight, you will be able to undergo the trial and truly be resurrected in this world, truly, truly, truly, truly, truly—"

A constant, noise-like muttering came from the other person's mouth.

Emilia at the thought.

However, Fang Li suddenly spoke up.

"The first step of the trial you mentioned, it can't be that it's to destroy the Roswaal mansion in Mezas Territory and the surrounding Aram Village, can it?"