Man on the ark, forced to become king

However, this woman who calls herself a doctor may indeed have the ability to call herself a 'free person'. If you want to be unrestrained, you must have the strength to break the shackles. On this land, only the fist is the eternal truth.

"So, Theresa's fans?"

A free agent... well, you can only describe them as a fan or an admirer, right?

Lin Lu couldn't think of any other words.

"……You can say that."

In fact, Shining didn't know where she was now. She had betrayed her people and her organization, wanting to pursue that sun, but she remained standing in the distance.

The term "fans" isn't too far off.

"Alright, I'll take it seriously for now."

Lin Lu didn't bother to investigate how much of what she said was true or false. Whether it was fans or anything else, they couldn't cause any trouble under his and Lani's noses.

Keep the real ones, and eliminate the fake ones.

Once you reach the Golden Tree, everything will be exposed.

"You want to go see Theresa?"

"Um……"

Shining hugged her slender longsword and nodded almost imperceptibly. It was clear that she wasn't very good at communicating with people.

"Alright, follow along if you can keep up."

Torret took Theresa to Lani's place. Without a means of transportation, Lin Lu could only sling his greatsword behind his back, intending to empower himself with the power of a storm and run there on foot. Then he saw the girl nod and jog to the back of the hill. Suddenly, the roar of an engine rang out, and a shiny black sidecar motorcycle drove out from behind.

"Drip~"

The motorcycle honked its horn twice and its headlights flashed.

Lin Lu found this scene strange no matter how she looked at it, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with it...

It's kind of like... a mix-up?

"Want to ride in my car?"

Shining was wearing sunglasses and sitting on a motorcycle, looking somewhat like a bizarrely dressed biker, which made his whole style a bit strange.

However, having a motorcycle to take is definitely better than running back on foot, since the distance is not short.

"Ahem, thank you."

With a somewhat complicated mindset, Lin Lu hesitated for a moment. He really wanted to sit behind Shining, but then he thought it would be impolite to do so on their first meeting, so he ended up sitting in the sidecar of the motorcycle.

Fortunately, he wasn't a pure muscleman like Holly Lou, nor did he have demigod blood, so he didn't feel too cramped sitting inside.

"Hold on tight, which way?"

Lin Lu wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Shining seemed excited after getting on the motorcycle.

He pointed in a direction, and Shining nodded steadily, but his hand movements were anything but hesitant.

hum! ! !

With an explosive roar, the three-wheeled motorcycle accelerated instantly, transforming into a streak of black light as it sped away.

Sizzle~ Sizzle~ Sizzle~

The motorcycle carrying the two men disappeared into the distance. Suddenly, the bodies of the demon swordsman and sorcerer, who were already dead, began to tremble. Subtle chewing and cutting sounds came from the corpses, and crimson tentacles wriggled out of the flesh...

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"A nice trick, but not very valuable."

A humanoid ice sculpture, its surface covered in icy blue, knelt on the ground. Lani casually tossed a black and red crystal floating in her palm. A gentle breeze swept by, and the crystal, along with the ice sculpture on the ground, annihilated into fine dust.

Once frozen in the eternal night, its fate has been severed, and it has no future.

The sound of hooves grew louder as the horse galloped closer. Torret, running at full speed, was like a golden streak of light across the land, arriving in the blink of an eye. The large, irregular crystals bound to the horse's back by the flower petal whip swayed precariously, and a head with cherry-pink hair emerged from the top, trembling as if it were a little dizzy from the violent shaking and had not yet recovered.

"This is... um... some kind of rare local specialty?"

The bizarre shape startled Lani. If it weren't for the faint life force she could still sense and the continuous golden power attached to its interior, she would have almost thought it was some kind of Kazdel artwork, a human head statue or something...

"Toret, what's this?"

Lani walked over, looked left and right, and gently touched Torret's horse face, asking softly.

"Hmph~"

Torret snorted and rubbed his hand against Lani's palm.

"This is the Demon King? Lin Lu wants me to freeze her and then take her back to the Golden Tree to see if there's any hope of saving her?"

Princess Moon pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised her arm, opened her palm, and a crack appeared at her wrist, from which an orange-red light blade shot out.

Dang Dang!

Theresa's entire body below her neck was covered in black crystals, making her look like a large crystal base, albeit with an irregular shape. When the light blade struck it, it felt like hitting iron, indicating its extremely high hardness.

"It's a bit difficult, but we can only give it a try."

Lani thought about it and felt that Lin Lu's method was indeed feasible, but the crystal was so hard that if she acted too quickly, it might freeze and crack, which would be a bit difficult.

dong dong!

She tapped a few more times, retracted the light blade, and brought it close to Theresa's head, her fingernails gleaming with a deep, mysterious blue as she touched her forehead.

"Can you still talk?"

"Uh...okay..."

The icy chill instantly dispelled the drowsiness in her mind, and Theresa regained consciousness, letting out a mournful whimper as she saw a wisp of red hair swaying in the breeze.

"you are?"

"In your terms... Lin Lu is my husband."

Lani was outspoken and didn't feel the need to hide their relationship; the bond between her and Lin Lu was far deeper than that between husband and wife.

"what?"

Theresa was startled, and a strange feeling suddenly welled up inside her.

“Your current condition is very bad. The power of gold won’t last long. I can try to freeze you. Perhaps we can find a way after we return to the Golden Tree.”

"So there was no other way after all..."

Maybe it is, but then it's not?

Hearing Lani's explanation, the little bit of hope that had risen in Theresa's heart dissipated once again.

She should have thought of this sooner: who could save a person infected with Oripathy whose body was almost entirely crystallized?

The method Lin Lu mentioned probably involves creating a doll's body and then using soul transfer technology, right? They did manage to obtain a feasible method during their last visit.

However, she could not accept that method.

According to her plan, after her death, the remaining power of the Demon King would dissipate from her body and then be drawn to a secret laboratory by a spell, where it would be gathered again by a ritual set up there and injected into Amiya's body, transforming it into a 'Chimera'.

She will be the next leader of the Tower of Babel, the new 'Demon King'.

However, the power of the Demon King is not such a simple thing.

It is power, and it is also inheritance.

Amiya does not have the bloodline of the Sarkaz royal family; she only adapts to the power of the Demon King through external modifications. If she lacks the inheritance of the current Demon King, there is a high probability that she will directly lose control.

Therefore, she cannot survive without her body.

"Feel sorry."

Theresa murmured softly, barely managing to lift her head to look at Lani.

"Please tell Lin Lu I'm sorry; I might have to disappoint him."

After saying this, she immediately channeled the last bit of energy she could muster to attack the spells that were active in her body, preparing to die right there.

But Lani was faster. A layer of icy mist covered her, and Torret vanished into the air. The cold dark moon materialized out of thin air, trapping Theresa inside, spinning and floating in mid-air.

“Since my king wants to save you, you can’t just die like this.”

Lani didn't care whether Theresa was alive or not, but Lin Lu sent her over hoping she would come up with a solution. Wouldn't she be very embarrassed if she let someone commit suicide in front of her?

A series of faint ripples spread through the air, and the dark moon, suspended in the air, slowly rotated, becoming more real. The figures that were originally vaguely visible inside were completely obscured.

The seal on the Dark Moon was successful; Theresa is still alive, though she is certainly frozen for now.

Before the Dark Moon dissipates, the power of extreme cold will bring everything within their bodies to a standstill, enough to sustain them until they return to the Golden Tree.

only……

How can I get this giant moon, created by the spell, back?

This thing can be launched directly... and taken away... but I've never actually tried it.

Looking at the dark moon floating in the sky, Lani fell into deep thought.

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Buzz~buzz!

Motorcycles sped across the battlefield, leaving long trails of dust in their wake.