Mystery: A Spark

Flora stole the distance between herself and the stairs and returned it to the distance between herself and the golden greatsword.

However, the next second, its body returned to its original position.

The distance it stole from has been restored!

Another thief!? Flora was shocked.

The thief who suddenly appeared was clearly much stronger than it, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to so easily erase the effects of her theft.

Moreover, the other party has already shown hostility, so it's obviously not here to try and build a relationship.

Unable to defeat it, it could only flee... As the golden blade drew ever closer, a wisp of light suddenly appeared within the gray rat's body, before disappearing into the nearby sewage river.

After having just transferred its parasite once, it transferred its parasite again, attempting to escape into the body of a creature in the sewage river.

The continuous relocation of its parasitic host caused it great harm, but ultimately there was still a glimmer of hope for survival.

However, in an instant, a young man with black hair and green eyes suddenly appeared here, his gloved hand firmly grasping that glimmer of light.

Then, as if pulled by some force, the glimmer of light was absorbed into the young man's body.

“Arthur, you may now take her soul,” Palles’ aged voice rang out.

Arthur put away the Salamani in his hand, and the next second, two eerie green flames ignited in his eyes, and eerie green magic patterns appeared on his face and body.

His voice also became low and hoarse, letting out a sigh-like murmur:

"O tragic soul yearning to bloom, I have been waiting here for a long time."

Arthur, whose appearance had drastically changed, reached out his hand towards Leonard. One after another, illusory chains with an eerie luster emerged from his hand like venomous snakes and coiled towards Leonard.

"Ping!"

A sickening metallic sound rang out, and Flora's translucent spirit was tightly bound by several illusory chains.

"No! No!" Flora's spirit showed extreme terror and screamed loudly.

But hidden by the curtain of shadow, the sound could not travel outside at all.

"Why be afraid of me? I don't eat people, I just take in souls."

"Life is suffering, but I am a sweet relief."

"The flower of death blooms often, and pain and wails blend into a beautiful melody that lingers in my ears."

"Jie Jie Jie Jie..."

As Arthur pulled Flora's soul toward him, he continued to rave and let out a strange laugh.

"Teacher, don't you think Arthur looks like a villain right now?" Leonard muttered with a strange expression.

“Hehe, that’s what I was thinking too. Maybe you could try locking him up in the basement of your St. Samuel’s Cathedral,” Pales said with a chuckle.

He had just recovered some of his strength, which, while not much compared to his prime, was enough for him, so he was in a very good mood.

"I'd better not. He looks pretty scary right now. I'm afraid he'll beat me up," Leonard said, shaking his head.

“Yes, it’s quite scary,” Pales agreed wholeheartedly.

Isn't it terrifying that someone dared to put the offspring of the true creator into their body when they were only at Sequence Seven?

Pales was so focused on absorbing the extraordinary properties of that thief demigod that he hadn't noticed it yet.

Only now did He realize that this brat Arthur actually dared to place the true offspring of the Creator inside his body and use it as a source of life force.

Pales had already sensed the true nature of the eerie green flames burning on Arthur's body; they were the outward manifestation of burning life force.

Despite the burning of his life force, Arthur himself did not change much. Combined with his past schemes against the true offspring of the Creator in Tingen, Pales gradually guessed the truth.

However, he did not tell Leonard about it, but kept it to himself and did not intend to tell anyone.

A short while later, Arthur collected Flora's soul into the Skull of Gul'dan.

And his appearance naturally returned to normal.

The ability Arthur just used is actually a variant of the ability he used to seal the true offspring in Tingen.

Those illusory chains were something he had painstakingly created a few days ago while practicing warlock magic in the trial illusion.

Arthur called these chains the "Soul Chains," or simply the "Soul Chains."

There's only one ability: constraint.

Moreover, it works very well for those abstract, nonsensical things like spirits.

Arthur hasn't tried the other targets yet.

Of course, he also developed this skill in some ways, mainly to try to change the style of chain wrapping.

For example, tortoise shell binding or something like that.

Ahem, of course, Arthur is actually a decent person. The main reason he wanted to change the way the chains were wrapped was to make them more secure.

It has absolutely no other meaning.

Leonard walked over to Arthur, kicked the dead gray rat, and said with some lingering satisfaction:

"This operation felt really simple."

Arthur glanced at Leonard and said, somewhat speechless:

"Otherwise, what do you want? Do you want to have a tense and exciting hunt first, then a thrilling battle, and even sacrifice two teammates in the battle before finally taking it down? Are you satisfied then?"

"Come on, if this still happens after I've arranged everything, wouldn't that make me look like a complete failure? Reality isn't a novel; there aren't that many dramatic and convoluted stories."

He felt that his credentials as a schemer were being questioned.

Actually, today's conspiracy is not complicated and doesn't require much technology. It's just a combination of stirring up trouble and waiting for the enemy to come to them.

The reason they succeeded so easily was mainly because they had the thief angel Pales in charge, plus they were caught off guard.

Arthur knew a great deal about Flora Jacob, but Flora Jacob knew nothing about Arthur.

And then there's Pales, who, though weakened, still holds his position.

With overwhelming intelligence and superior combat power, planning becomes naturally very easy.

"Alright, let's get out of here... wait a minute." Just as Arthur was about to disperse the shadow veil, he saw a figure coming down the stairs leading to the ground ahead.

It was Hazel, dressed in casual clothes.

This girl is really brave. After something went wrong in the sewers, she still dared to run into the sewers at night. How did she dare to do that? Arthur and Leonard looked at each other in disbelief.

"What do we do?" Leonard asked in a low voice.

Although the shadow curtain could cover the sound, he still subconsciously lowered his voice.

"Of course, we should scare her back. What else can we do?" Arthur replied in a low voice.

There was no other way; given the atmosphere, he naturally lowered his voice as well.

“Forget it, I’ll handle this myself. You two can help me, and while you’re at it, take care of Jacob’s little girl’s situation as well,” Pales said.

……

After arriving in the sewers, Hazel walked confidently toward a certain place.

Then she saw an explosion site.

Hazel quickly stepped forward, went to the spot she remembered, and softly called out:

"Teacher, are you alright?"

"I'm fine," a slightly hoarse adult female voice replied.

Hazel breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Teacher, what happened here? I'm worried about you."

"Oh? Are you really worried about me?" the voice rang out again.

Hazel paused for a moment, then nodded.

"Then do me a favor." A gray mouse with slightly messy fur came up to Hazel.

“Teacher, how… how did you get like this?” Hazel was stunned.

"What's the problem? There was a sudden explosion here, so I had to urgently enter the rat's body," the gray rat said calmly.

"I see... So, teacher, what do you want me to help with?" Hazel's face still showed some surprise.

Clearly, the situation she was in had greatly broadened her horizons.

“As I just said, I entered this rat’s body in an emergency, but that’s not a long-term solution, so I need a new body,” the gray rat said, looking at Hazel.

Hazel wasn't stupid; she quickly understood the meaning behind the words and couldn't help but take a step back, saying somewhat fearfully:

“Teacher, you…”

The gray mouse sneered and said:

"Ha, what do you think I trained you to be an extraordinary being for? Did you think I was being kind? I invested so much in training you, now it's time for me to pay you back."

"No, no!" Hazel was terrified.

She couldn't understand why her previously kind and approachable teacher had changed so much.

Hazel turned to run away, now deeply regretting her decision to come here tonight.

But what terrified her even more was that no matter how she tried to escape, the distance between her and the stairs remained unchanged.

Just as Hazel was falling into despair, a handsome young man with dark hair and green eyes, wearing a long black trench coat, appeared.

Chapter 206: Marriage

Leonard was wearing a fitted black trench coat at the time.

The wisps of hair on his forehead obscured his eyes, making his emerald green pupils shimmer faintly among the hair, giving him a rather mysterious and profound look.

He wore a black glove on one hand and a red glove on the other, creating a unique and asymmetrical aesthetic.

When Hazel saw the handsome young man appear, she was initially delighted, but then she exclaimed:

"Run! There's a monster here! Get out and tell my father, Congressman Maht!"

She couldn't explain anything extraordinary to the young man in a short time, and she knew that her former "teacher" was definitely not someone that an ordinary adult man could handle.