A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 384 Poet of the Main Body Part-Time Department

Chu Zihang, who had originally intended to get to the bottom of things, was completely stunned: "Sequence 1? Mr. Error, you're at Sequence 1?"

"Are you kidding me, Mr. Error?" Fingel's maniacal laughter abruptly stopped, almost causing him to choke. He had to pat his trachea above his heart several times to calm down.

Chen Motong also helped Su Qian closer: "That's right, Mr. Mistake, you can't lie to people."

Xu Lie almost rolled his eyes when he heard Chen Motong's words. You're telling me that wrong methods don't lie? What's the difference between that and letting a puppet master fight without their puppet? Right, Master Luo?
Erii observed that Uesugi Koshi and his two older brothers might need to rest for a while before waking up, so she came over with Asou Makoto.

Faced with the members' questions, Xu Lie did not choose to answer them, but instead expressed his apology: "I need to apologize to everyone. I did deceive you on some matters."

"For example, Erii who just used the Word of Power: Judgment was played by me, not the real Erii."

"I initiated the trial myself. Although I was careful not to actually kill you all, I had to hurt you all in order to gain Herzog's trust and lure this guy out. I am very sorry."

Everyone was astonished. For a moment, Nuwa was in a daze when a small part of her forgotten memories suddenly reappeared. She remembered that Mr. Mistake had stolen Erii's fate in front of her, causing her to temporarily forget the real Erii.

Before Nuwa could say anything, Erii bowed and immediately joined in, saying, "I'm very sorry, I also lied to everyone."

Through Xu Lie and Erii's explanations, everyone finally understood that Xu Lie had not arrived in Tokyo today, but had arrived earlier, and had stolen and grafted Erii's fate, taking Erii's place to be captured by Ince.

During the chaotic battle just now, Xu Lie expressed his concern for everyone. So, while impersonating Erii, he secretly used his extraordinary ability to steal many of Ince's attack ideas from her, who was very close by.

This resulted in Ince rarely using his extraordinary ability to launch proactive attacks.

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized why Ince had been deliberately dodging most of the time and rarely launched an attack during the fight.

They also thought Ince was stalling for time until the disease broke out; or that their attack put immense pressure on Ince, forcing him to retaliate.

It turns out that Xu Lie helped in this whole affair!
Come to think of it, Ince possesses [Crawling Hunger], so how could he lack offensive means?
As for the subsequent parasitism of Erii by the White King's remains, it was actually Xu Lie who parasitized her from beginning to end. Herzog was given Xu Lie's blood, which led to Xu Lie killing her at the last moment using some means.

"Stealing fate and grafting it onto oneself? Is Mr. Error's ability really that outrageous? He can actually accomplish such a thing."

"We were so worried about Erii, we couldn't find her anywhere in Tokyo. It turns out it was all Mr. Mistake's scheme. You two don't need to apologize. It's all thanks to Mr. Mistake, otherwise Erii might have really had an accident. Nobody expected that Herzog could control Erii from a distance."

"Hey, Mr. Error, there's no need to apologize. The trial we're being put through is just to bring out the mastermind, Herzog. It's all understandable. Everyone's back to normal now, so Mr. Error, don't take it to heart."

"That's right, if it weren't for Mr. Error's help along the way, I might have been killed by Ince."

“No wonder. I was wondering why Erii, whom I saw at the last gathering, seemed a bit off. Mr. Fool must have known all along, but he didn’t tell us anything.”

Xu Lie subtly revealed his influence on 'Ince,' successfully dispelling everyone's dissatisfaction with the multiple trials.

Even Susie, who had fallen into a coma due to the trial, and Chu Zihang and Chen Motong, who were worried about Susie, understood Xu Lie's actions as a last resort.

The members knew how difficult Ince was to deal with. If it weren't for Xu Lie's secret help, they might have lost several of their companions and still not been able to keep Ince.

Those who had faced Ince knew that once Ince was released, it would be extremely difficult to catch this apostate again.

If Xu Lie hadn't intervened in this incident, Erii would almost certainly have died. Not to mention that they would have been powerless to stop Herzog from ascending to godhood and would have been brutally killed one by one by Herzog, who had stolen the power of the White King.

The consequences would be far worse than they are now.

So even though they were injured by Erii, played by Heo Lie, the members all felt that this was the best outcome and there was nothing to complain about.

After everyone finished discussing the matter of replacing Erii, Xu Lie began to explain the promotion: "In addition, there was the battle just now. My promotion ceremony required me to take the place of someone else's most important ceremony in their life."

“I could have killed Ince when I was replacing Erii, but I had to keep delaying it in order to hold the ceremony. Once Herzog came out, I secretly took the potion, held the ceremony, and completed the advancement.”

In this way, the doubts in the members' hearts can be completely dispelled. Everyone knows the importance of the ritual and can understand the reason for doing so.

Sometimes, in order to digest the potion or for the sake of a ritual, some compromises have to be made.

For example, Susie had a month of bad luck in order to become a winner, and dared not have a single good day, so she had a hard time completing the promotion ceremony.

Take Chu Zihang for example. The most difficult potion he ever digested was the Schemer. To digest it, when leading the execution department on missions, even though he could have killed the Fallen Half-Blood with a single strike, he still had to stall for time and devise countermeasures.

The members all understood Xu Lie's actions and no one had any objections. The real Erii had already been protected by Xu Lie, and Xu Lie would face all the remaining risks himself. What could others criticize him for?

Everyone congratulated Xu Lie, rejoicing that he had advanced to Sequence 1. When the promotion ceremony was mentioned, Susie, who had just woken up, said that she had hit the jackpot: "My potion digestion and the promotion ceremony were completed at the same time."

Since arriving in Tokyo, Susie has been winning every time, even in the battle against the White King's Red Well, where she was also on the winning side, and the Winner's Potion was digested in the process.

As for the ritual for the winner to advance to Sequence 4, the Doom Mage, it requires the extraordinary individual to face a major calamity without prior preparation, at the lowest point of their luck, and to survive successfully.

Erii was affected by the sound of the clapper and used the Word of Judgment to attack everyone, which was beyond Susie's expectations and she was not prepared in advance.

Moreover, Susie and the other members were all sick at the time, which happened to use up all their luck, allowing Susie to find Lu Mingfei at a glance. She had used up all her winning luck and was at the lowest point of her luck.

Facing judgment, falling into a coma, and then being aided by Herzog's ascension to godhood—a catastrophe in itself—Susie survived, thus completing her ascension ritual. All that remains is a potion of Doom, and Susie will advance to Sequence 4.

Speaking of happy things, Fingel finally realized: "My prophet potion has also been completely digested."

Fingel first predicted the Corpse Guardian Tide of Tokyo Bay, and then predicted the Red Well Disaster, which not only involved the White King's resurgence, but also Xu Lie's long-prepared ascension ceremony. Influenced by Xu Lie, Fingel's potion digestion was extremely fast.

As everyone chatted and laughed about their respective digestion progress, the Time Worm clones around them also gathered together.

These were all clones that closely tracked and monitored Herzog. Herzog was finally replaced by the original body, and they were finally freed from parasitizing the airborne microorganisms around Herzog.

One of the clones adjusted his monocle: "Tsk tsk, the original is lying again. Even though Ince is also the original's clone, the way he puts it, Ince not using too many of his extraordinary abilities has become the original's achievement."

Another clone, parasitizing a sparrow, landed on the shoulder of the first clone and communicated through the souls of the Time Worms: "By the way, where is the original's monocle?"

"You don't know?" The third clone took off his monocle and wiped it: "The main body used the Black King's heart to help Herzog cross the boundary, and then took Herzog's place in the ceremony. That already counts as performing the ascension ceremony."

"Not only did he obtain the Dragon King authority corresponding to the White King, but he also acquired a Black King-level divine body, and through this, he successfully contained the uniqueness of the wrong path."

The little sparrow spread its wings: "Then isn't the original body already the King of Angels? If Sequence 1 wants to accommodate uniqueness, doesn't it need the help of the Ancients?"

This time, it was the clone carrying the sparrow on its shoulder who answered: "There are two known ways to make the acquired Sequence 1 contain uniqueness: either simplify the ritual of becoming a god, or have the ancient help."

"This is no longer a simplified ritual to become a god, but a complete ritual that is indeed performed, so there is no problem with accommodating uniqueness."

The little sparrow tilted its head: "Then isn't the main body even further? With the blessing of the Source Castle, it also contains uniqueness, basically possessing the status and strength of a true god, making it no different from a true mistake."

"There is." The clone adjusted its monocle: "Blessed by the source essence, it can accommodate uniqueness and temporarily possess a status and strength comparable to a true god. Note that it is temporary, not permanent."

"Hey, you guys are all here." While the clones were chatting, a completely different red-haired clone quietly crept over.

Upon seeing the person, the sparrow quickly took flight and landed on the visitor's finger: "Isn't this our Miss Erii? How does it feel to wear women's clothes?"

Hearing this, the red-haired clone who once grafted Erii's fate onto her fingers, holding a sparrow, rolled her eyes in anger: "Come on, I'm not the only one who cross-dresses. Aren't there many parasitic insects of the same kind who infest girls?"

The other clone, unaware of what was going on, kept wiping his monocle: "What a pity, I was hoping to see Herzog kiss you."

"Holy crap!" The red-haired clone felt a chill run down his spine. "You have such a heavy taste. Not to mention the tense situation at the time, Herzog didn't have the time for that."

"Even if Herzog is as impulsive as a lustful demon, I can steal all of Herzog's thoughts at any time. Can you please stop thinking about such disgusting and rotten things?"

Upon hearing this, the other clones also frowned collectively, finding the topic repulsive: "It's better not to mention that 'slut in the gutter,' anyway, it's been successfully dealt with."

The red-haired clone wholeheartedly agreed: "That's right. In order to replace Herzog's ritual, the original body stored countless Time Worms in me. There are too many to count, at least tens of thousands of them, which were crammed into my body at the time."

"Tsk tsk, tens of thousands of Time Worms, all hidden in my blood. Good heavens, Herzog is undergoing a blood transfusion, and more than ten thousand Time Worms are rushing over at the same time. This is the first time I've seen anyone so eager to welcome us."

"By swapping tens of thousands of Time Worms into his body, no matter what Herzog becomes in the end, he will not escape the fate of being replaced by the original body."

When the topic turned to the main body, the first clone remembered something exciting and leaned in, grinning and raising an eyebrow: "How did it feel to rip out the main body's heart? Was it great?!"

The surrounding clones also focused their attention, wanting to hear the red-haired clone share the fun of taking out the main body.

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, because the mention of tearing out the heart made the red-haired clone furious: "Don't mention this! It makes me angry just thinking about it!"

"Brothers, be the judge! The original body is also a part-time poet! At the crucial moment, I was put into Ince's body, while the original body went into 'Eri's' body. I was heartbroken by the original body, and the pain almost made me unable to continue acting!"

"That piece of shit, and he even said that the most suitable way for Ince to exit is to have his heart ripped out from behind! I'm just wondering, why can't it be a headshot with a revolver?"

"Why am I the one suffering this pain? Why wasn't my physical body ripped out? They could have just picked any Time Worm from either of our bodies, but it had to be me!"

After hearing the main body's instructions, one of the clones put on his monocle askew, and a sparrow almost fell off his finger. The other clones were speechless. No, the main body is really inhuman!

The other clone, who was wiping his monocle, exclaimed, "No wonder! I was wondering why Ince's expression was so surprised when his heart was ripped out. It didn't seem like he was acting at all. It turns out you weren't acting; you really couldn't believe it!"

Most of the clones nodded and joined in the discussion, but the slightly smarter ones quickly changed the subject. Were these fellow clones courting death? The main body was right there! It could hear them!

"Stop, stop, stop. So after you were parasitized by the White King, how was the White King dealt with? Was he really killed by the sound of a clapper?"

The clone that had been grafted onto fate waved its hand dismissively: "That's not the case. I'm not the real Erii. The sound of the clapper has no effect on me, and it has no effect on the White King inside me either."

"I was just acting as if I was being controlled by the sound of the clapper."

"As for the White King? I cooperated with Bao Lie to draw on the power of the Source Castle and directly tricked the White King's consciousness into the gray fog, instantly killing him. We are always the ones who parasitize others; the White King is the only one who dares to offer himself up."

(End of this chapter)