The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 119 The Mind Eater, a Creation of the Mind Flayer
The green dragon lowered its body, bringing its ugly, ferocious head close to the wild elf boy, wisps of pungent poison emanating from between its teeth:
"Wow, little one! Do you see that beautiful elf lady over there?"

"She is the eldest daughter of Larklas, the Sun Elf King, the princess and crown princess of the Sun Elf race, and the future Elf King."

"But this lady doesn't seem too keen on being one of us. Could you try to persuade her?"

"If you succeed in persuading me, I will grant you your freedom."

The wild elf boy, gazing at Leah who was bound by psychic shackles and unable to move, temporarily stopped crying. His tear-filled eyes held a mixture of excitement and confusion.

"You...you are the legendary Sun Elf Princess, Her Highness Lia?"

"In my village, I've only heard legends about Your Highness. I know you're an exceptionally powerful and legendary mage!"

Leah nodded solemnly, certain that this boy was different from the other wild elves; he seemed to have not been "modified," and his thinking and personality were normal.

"Not long ago, I heard from the elders in the village that Your Highness led the Sun Elf army to attack the human kingdom of Eldoron and won a great victory!"

The wild elf boy's tone was full of admiration and envy.

Well, there's no need to go into that... Leah's lips twitched slightly, a little embarrassed.

The next moment, the wild elf boy, as if grasping at a last straw, desperately roared in Leah's direction:

"Your Highness, can you save me? Can you get me and the others out of here?"

"My parents and my neighbors have all started acting strangely since they were captured and brought here by the soldiers under the Green Dragon Lord!"

"You are the crown prince and hero of the Sun Elf race, you can definitely save us all..."

Leah bit her lip, unsure how to answer.

She was still struggling to break free from the psychic shackles that bound her, repeatedly trying to activate the spell models in her mind and fight against the psychic energy that suppressed her magic in the ocean of her thoughts.

It will probably take a few more minutes for them to regain their fighting ability...

Just a few more minutes, just a few more minutes...

The ancient dragon, Emerald, is likely at the peak of the early legendary level. Even if I'm no match for it, if I simply flee, it shouldn't be able to stop me...

"Oh dear, little one,"

Seeing the wild elf boy only crying and howling, pleading for help from Princess Leah, the green dragon lord Emerald deliberately feigned helplessness and said:
"You're so disobedient. Why don't you try to persuade Princess Leah for me?"

"But it's okay, you'll become obedient soon..."

Then, Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, stretched out a dragon claw and waved to the back.

Several expressionless wild elves walked up to the boy who was tied up, one of them holding a strange object in his hand.

That is?

brain!?
Princess Leah's eyes widened.

In the wild elf's hand was a brain with the claws of a wild beast, which was still wriggling in the human's hand, while the beast's claws were still flapping in the air.

"What is this? Is it a walking brain?"

"Blabulation! The existence of such a monster is blasphemy!"

(Brain Eater)
Then, the wild elves placed the brain-shaped monster on the head of the boy who was bound hand and foot.

"Ahhh, help me, help me! Move this monster away!"

The boy screamed, tears streaming down his face from intense panic, but he couldn't stop the monster's claws from opening and grabbing his entire head.

Gurgling.

The next instant, amidst gurgling sounds, the brain-shaped alien monster miraculously merged directly into the boy's head without causing any damage to his appearance.

"Ah, ah, ahhh..."

The boy's eyes instantly became confused and empty.

However, the next moment, the boy's lips curled up again, forming the same arc as the other wild elves.

"Your Highness, I'm so happy..."

The boy who had been struggling violently just moments before stopped crying and was no longer sad; instead, he looked pleased and enjoying himself.

“Your Highness, I feel that all the selfishness, darkness, and pain in my mind have disappeared.”

“I can feel that I am with my parents, with all the wild elf villagers, and with the great God.”

Our hearts are linked together!

When Leah saw this, she gritted her teeth, her back went slightly numb, and a chill ran down her spine.

The boy smiled brightly at Leah:

"Your Highness, you don't need to save me."

"Come on, join us!"

Leah could no longer bear it. She raised her head and roared at the green dragon as it soared through the air:

"Did that monster possess the wild elf boy?"

"So this is how you turned all the wild elves here into your servants?" The dragon lord Emerald chuckled.
"Your Highness, what are you saying?"

"The brain-eating monster simply merged with his original brain, giving him a new life."

"This child has retained all his original memories and knowledge. If he were a spellcaster, he would also retain all his spells. He is still completely himself."

"I know you don't understand yet."

"It's alright, Your Highness, you too will be reborn in a few minutes!"

Suddenly, the wild elves swarmed forward and pinned the immobile Leah to a chair.

Another brain-eating monster—one of those brain-shaped creatures with beast claws—emerged from the crowd and ran straight toward Leah.

"Hahaha!"

Emerald the Green Dragon laughed wildly and, right in front of Leah, abruptly began to explain his plan:
"Over the past two years, I have had my dragonblood goblins, dragonblood kobolds, and wyverns kidnap hundreds of wild elves."

"This has allowed us to thoroughly understand the brain structure of you elves. It has completed the preliminary preparations for today's plan."

“Alas, there’s nothing I can do. Your Elven Kingdom is the strongest nation on the continent. I can’t directly send troops to important elven cities, but these remote and neglected wild elven villages are the best source of experimental subjects.”

"Now, after enough experimentation, we can finally begin planning the most crucial step."

"We will also make you, a novice legendary mage and the crown prince of the Sun Elves, 'one of us'!"

Why did Green Dragon Jade tell me all this...?

Before Leah could figure it out, she saw the clawed, brain-eating monster pounce on her and climb onto her head.

"Start by abandoning the meaningless things you cling to and becoming one of us!"

Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, stared into Leah's eyes, his gaze radiating a brilliant blue light.

Psychic abilities.

—【Mental crushing】!
Princess Lia felt a surging, tsunami-like spiritual wave rush into her mind, as if it would destroy her personality, her beliefs, and everything she held dear.

Originally, Lia was just a hair's breadth away from breaking free from the [Mind Lock] and activating the spell model in her mind to regain her combat power.

However, as this surging mental energy flowed into her spiritual world, the psionic shackles that had previously bound the magical models in her mind were strengthened once again.

All the previous efforts have been in vain!
Perhaps, from the very beginning, Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, deliberately left Leah with a glimmer of hope to "break free from her constraints."

Then, I'll destroy it with my own hands!

Feeling the terrifying pain as if her head was about to explode, countless thoughts churned in Leah's mind:
"It hurts so much. What a powerful mental shock!"

"Why does Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, possess such powerful mind magic? This doesn't seem to fit the characteristics of dragon magic, does it?"

"That handsome wild elf boy was able to use suggestive techniques on me, deceive me, and abduct me. Was it because the green dragon lord, Emerald, used some method I don't know to remotely cast a spell like 'suggestion' on me, using that boy as a medium?"

"This level of mastery of mind magic is completely beyond what a beginner legend can achieve."

"Definitely a mid-level legend!"

"Moreover, he is a mid-level legend specializing in the realm of the mind!"

"What strange changes has the Green Dragon Emerald undergone in the past two years? Why has it become a mid-level legendary specializing in mental power?"

Countless questions churned in Leah's mind.

In the midst of excruciating pain that tore her mind and soul apart, beyond the limits of human endurance, this sun elf princess became even more lucid, continually connecting the broken beads into a line called "logic":

"No, I absolutely cannot be converted."

"I absolutely cannot become like the wild elves here, someone who retains their original knowledge and memories!"

"I am the crown prince of the Sun Elves, and the king of the entire Elf race for the next half of the time."

"If I become a monster and become the new Elf King, then the Elf Royal Court will be finished!"

"Damn it, Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, must have known this fact, which is why he specifically targeted me."

"Was the dragon's initial target the current overlord of the continent—the Elven Royal Court?"

Realizing she had fallen into a huge trap, a profound sense of despair welled up inside Leah.

The pain in her brain intensified, and Leah felt her soul growing colder and colder. She almost gave up resisting and let the terrifying mental wave overwhelm her mind.

Suddenly, the Sun Elf crown prince noticed something strange:
Wait, that’s not right!
For ordinary wild elf civilians, the Mind Eater can directly devour and merge into their brains.

But for her, the enemy chose to first destroy her will with mental energy.

Almost instantly, Leah understood the reason:
"I understand!"

"No wonder, when the Green Dragon Lord Emerald saw me, he didn't immediately have the Mind Eater possess me, but instead wasted his time letting me see the terrifying sight of that wild elf boy being possessed and transformed into another person..."

"No wonder, this cunning green dragon first gave me hope that I could break free of my restraints and regain my fighting power, and then destroyed that hope..."

"No wonder this green dragon suddenly started explaining its plan to me..."

(End of this chapter)