I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 659 Between Purchase and Blood Pool

"How could that be? Leila and I both saw it with our own eyes."

Medlin was surprised and looked in the direction of the mist, but dared not go forward.

The superstar raised his hand again: "Could it be that another trial participant took it?"

Rhodes shook his head: "This magical puppet has been enhanced. Apart from your homecoming prophet Mortas, I don't think any other trial participant can do it."

"But Lord Mortas was seriously injured and fled to create space for us after encountering that Moon Shadow clone, so it's unlikely."

Medlin suddenly realized something, her eyes wide with horror.

A thought popped into my head, but it just didn't seem like the truth.

Leila Xingyu had no mental hindrance and readily voiced her guess:
"That was taken by Rhodes's Moonshadow clone!"

"But why?"

Hayley pondered for a moment: "According to what Luca the Eyeball said about the separation of the four organs, the Moon Shadow clone wants to gather the four organs to resurrect the Moon Goddess!"

Rod noticed that the doll under his feet was struggling again, so he pressed down a little harder.

Its neck made a rattling, teeth-grinding sound, and it looked like it was about to break.

During the previous standoff, Luca the Eye had been hoping that Rhodes would become His agent and collect the remaining three organs here.

And at this time.

The Moon Shadow clone is clearly performing the work of an agent.

Rhodes initially thought that the new rules of [Moon Shadow] were due to the influence of the moon goddess Luca.

But now that a clone has appeared and become the agent of a certain organ's consciousness, something feels off.

Think about it carefully.

The four organs were scattered, and having just awakened, they could only move within their own areas.

Do they really have control over a large-scale set of rules that can perfectly replicate physical and magical states?
Rhodes looked at the panel of [Despair Mycelium].

['Mycelium of Despair' was used successfully.]

[Target: Luna Luca (Eye)]

【Additional skill effects:
1. Despairing mind (condition not met);

2. Draw on vitality;

3. Summon the evil spirit;
4. Despair Realm (conditions not met).

[Do you want to start making 'Sclerotia'? ]

[Hydrhizobium: Devours the soul and spiritual power within the target, forming sclerotia, which can be extracted by the caster. Depending on the size and quality of the sclerotia, it can increase the energy level of the user to varying degrees.]

Although both Despair Mind and Despair Realm are unusable.

However, the effects of life drain, summoning the evil god, and the fungal core calmed Rhodes down.

Luca's eyeball is definitely not in good condition right now.

This is why Rod dared not touch it for the time being.

"Should we go back? Mr. Rhodes, please walk quietly."

Madeline glanced at the magical puppet at Rhodes' feet, her face full of heartache.

Not to mention the large amount of money spent on its production.

The doll was sculpted based on her childhood best friend. Although it is not alive, she would talk to it from time to time when she was bored at night, and she had developed feelings for it.

Rod shook his head: "No need, let's go to the next location. Do you know where it is?"

"When we were escaping, we passed by the location of the token 'Blood of Illusion'—'Between the Blood Pools.' I can lead the way, sir. Please step lightly, it really will break."

"Good good."

Rod loosened his foot and tightened the wrapped silver thread.

A chaotic entanglement completely bound the puppet's movements.

At this point, it's hard not to miss Terry's techniques.

The succubus's shadow magic can always suspend a girl in mid-air, without losing its beauty and artistic allure.

Speaking of which, why hasn't that damn abstinence pill worn off yet?
Hayley's relationship with Madeline has improved, and she moves the doll onto the cloud.

"Alright, hurry up and fix your stuff. At least we'll have one more fighter, right?"

"This is so annoying, I'm fixing it."

"Humph."

Hailey came to Rhodes' side.

She looked up at him with her beautiful, deep blue face.

"Want to get a slave-like tattoo? Want to hold hands?" The girl's collar was slightly loose, and from Rhodes' angle, he could just see the high, rounded crack, which always seemed to be swaying.

He glanced at the message in front of him—

[Unknown duration of enslavement and cohabitation: 5 hours and 11 minutes]

[Spiritual Intensity Increase: 5%]

That's pretty weak.

Only 5% in five hours.

"Aren't you afraid your best friend will see this?"

"Pah, who's her best friend? She's ungrateful. Let's not hold hands anymore. Can I just link arms with you and pretend to help you up? I can also help you restore my magic while I'm at it."

"You like it."

Rhodes remained indifferent, maintaining an attitude of neither taking responsibility nor refusing.
"If you don't want to, then forget it."

Hailey looked annoyed; this jerk was taking advantage of her and she seemed unhappy about it.

"If you don't want to restore your magic, then forget it."

"."

Hailey angrily grabbed his arm, pinched it hard, and then pressed it into her chest.

"I'll hug you, are you trying to say I'm holding you back?"

The four continued on their way.

This time, Rhodes and Hayley walked in front, while Madeline and Lyra rode on clouds.

"I was just about to say this, why does your doll look a bit like Miss Hailey?"

Leila Star Language has an exceptional eye for art and the senses.

He was curiously observing Hailey and the doll.

Madeline is performing a magical ritual on the doll.

A flash of fluorescent light crossed his face, and he stubbornly replied, "Really? It was just a coincidence."

Hailey turned around and questioned, "You don't think of her as me, and practice how to argue every day, do you? No wonder she attacks you the moment she sees you."

"You dare to challenge me? Hmph, damn it, the magic ritual on the doll has failed!"

Oh, right, I forgot to tell you.

Rhodes suddenly turned around. "Many of the artifacts over at the Silent Throne have been brought to life, and perhaps your puppet is the same."

Medlin wailed, "Why didn't you say so sooner!"

"Perhaps you could try to persuade her."

"Animated objects will harbor malice and hatred towards their former owners from the very beginning! How can I reform them?! Aaaaaah!!! My doll!"

The famous star Lai glanced at Rod, recalling how he casually killed people in Coral Bay.

He tugged at Medlin's sleeve and whispered, "You'd better be polite to Rhodes; he has a bad temper."

"My dolls are all broken! How can I be polite?! Oh dear—"

Rod stroked his chin: "How about I buy it for you? I'm quite interested in dolls."

Hailey turned her head in horror and looked at him in disbelief.

Leila looked surprised and mumbled words like "doll," "human," and "incestuous love," which were hard to understand.

Medlin's screams stopped abruptly, and she asked doubtfully, "Buy? Do you have money? This thing cost me a lot of money."

"A little bit."

"I must remind you, I've spent many years with this doll. Although she's not alive, I chat with her every night, and we're practically like sisters."

"Just tell me the price, you don't need to tell me this."

Rhodes didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He suddenly paused, then turned to look at the distance not far ahead.

During the "keen sense of smell" of the group hunt, a sweet, rusty smell entered the nostrils.

It tastes like honey mixed with blood, extremely rich.

Clearly, only places with a large amount of blood would produce such a smell.

Beyond the mist, a Moon Shadow clone, wielding a staff and radiating magic power clearly at the ninth level, quietly appeared.

"Between the Blood Pools. The Prophet Returning Home?"

(End of this chapter)