Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

In fact, Audrey and Boley Dellaud had never met before; this was the first time.

However, she was fully aware of Boley Dellau's hidden identity, as this information was essential preliminary work for the assassination. Her reasons for wanting to kill Boley Dellau were twofold: firstly, it was her trial, and secondly, there was already a rift between them.

Both Herwin Lambis and the two demigods who intercepted them on the train to Trier were members of the Psycho-Alchemy Council and were all assigned by Boley Dellow.

Although Audrey never intended to destroy the entire Psycho-Alchemy Society, there were certainly innocent people involved.

But killing Boley Dellaud wouldn't cause Audrey any psychological burden.

So she appeared here with an undisguised purpose.

"Kill me?"

Pauline Dellow chuckled lightly, his tone flat. "Do you think you can take on the entire Psycho-Alchemy Society single-handedly?"

Audrey said calmly:

No, you are my only target.

The Psychological Alchemy Society has a total of eight demigods, excluding Boley Dellau, there are seven demigods corresponding to the Seven Deadly Sins.

Aside from Pauline Dellow, the others joined the Psycho-Alchemist for various reasons, some even harboring ulterior motives. Their reason for joining was simply to find common ground and support.

By now, the Psychological Alchemy Society has fallen apart—Miss Lust and Miss Sloth were on her side from the beginning, 'Pride' Herwin Rambis died on New Year's Eve last year, and Gluttony and Envy had already perished months earlier.

Therefore, the Psychological Alchemy currently has at most three demigods—Bolly Dellow, Wrath, and Greed.

But now only Boley Dellow is in Eden, because he is the only one who truly controls the Mental Alchemy Society. Wrath and Greed also have their own ulterior motives. They may not know what is happening here, and even if they do, they will pretend not to know and deliberately turn a blind eye.

Ultimately, whether Paulie Dellaud lives or dies is of little concern to them. After all, they are demigods, capable of living comfortably anywhere. As for the resources of the Psychological Alchemy Society, they are entirely optional, and perhaps not even necessary to relinquish.

Once Pauline Dellow is dead, Audrey will only have two options: take over the Psycho-Alchemy Society or ignore it.

If it's the former, then they could simply come and join Audrey, which would be no different from working under Pauline Dellowe. If it's the latter, then they might even have the opportunity to infiltrate the Psycho-Alchemy Society and successfully take control of this clandestine organization.

As demigods who act as 'spectators,' they are often the ones who understand the situation best.

The same is true now.

As the parties involved, they understood this principle, as did Audrey and Boley Dellau, so they all knew that today's "assassination" would not be interfered with in any way.

So from the moment Audrey stepped into the Garden of Eden, the assassination had already begun.

They appear to be having a normal conversation, but both are secretly spreading a mental plague in their surroundings, eroding each other's spirits! If either of them falters mentally, the balance of the battle will begin to tip!

They all understood this principle and were secretly guarding against each other's attacks, while trying to launch covert attacks as much as possible.

Extraordinary users who use the "audience" pathway have always been like this; they are not good at visible, large-scale destructive extraordinary abilities, but rather achieve the goal of killing people invisibly through this kind of invisible mental attack.

However, when both sides are demigods who are "spectators," this kind of battle can easily become a stalemate—both sides know what tricks the other has up their sleeve and have ways to deal with them, so they won't fall for it easily.

Just like now, Paulie Dellaud's brows were furrowed, because he had realized that the girl in front of him was far more troublesome than he had imagined!

The mental plague he had just spread not only failed to erode the other party, but was instead erode by the other party's mental plague, putting him in a very unfavorable situation!

call!

Paul Dellaud quickly calmed himself down, and a clear, ethereal light immediately shone in his eyes.

Such light coalesced in front of him into pairs of holy and dreamlike wings, beneath which stood a pure light being kneeling on one knee in devout prayer.

This is an angel.

At the same time, an elderly man with completely white hair and an ordinary appearance appeared to Pauline Dellaud's left, while a priest dressed in a simple white robe and with a light gold beard covering his face stood up to his right.

Hermes, the ancient angel! Adam, the "Dreamer"!

If an ordinary person were to witness this scene, they would likely be utterly astonished and flee on the spot.

But Audrey simply gazed at them calmly.

As a demigod of the same "spectator" pathway, she knew very well that Boley Dellaud could not truly summon angels. He was merely using the extraordinary abilities of the "Dream Weaver" to create several nearly realistic images. Once the enemy believed them to be real, then they were real. Although the damage produced would not have a physical manifestation, it would cause the target to die without their knowledge.

Paulie Dellau has terrified countless targets to death in their nightmares.

However, Audrey was also a "dream weaver," so how could she possibly fall for such a trick?

All she needs to do is realize that it's all fake, and Pauline Dellow's extraordinary abilities will be useless.

boom!

Under the girl's indifferent gaze, the angel of light, Hermes, and the "Dreamer" Adam instantly disintegrated and disappeared, leaving only Paulidrough sitting alone in a black wheelchair.

Upon seeing this, Paul Del Law's eyelids twitched slightly. Without further hesitation, he pushed himself up with both hands and stood up directly from the black wheelchair.

During this process, his body rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant dragon covered in enormous gray-white scales.

Dragon Transformation!

An incomplete mythical creature form!

Compared to the Sequence 4 'Manipulator', the incomplete mythical creature form displayed by Bolidellaw is much larger, and its head has changed to be more like a lizard than a human. Its pale gold vertical eyes and the facial scales that are interwoven with mysterious patterns are cold and twisted.

As this incomplete mythical creature form was revealed, all sorts of thoughts, spirits, desires, and wills swept through the entire magnificent and spacious hall like a storm, half-illusion and half-reality, invading Audrey's island of the mind!

This is a combination of 'mental deprivation' and 'mental plague', which can cause every affected and eroded creature to be contaminated and go insane on the spot.

Even for angels, such an attack poses a considerable threat. This is because their mental states are compromised, and they could easily lose control if the balance tilts!

Faced with this sudden attack, Audrey did not hesitate to unleash a large-scale "plague storm" in return, using plague to fight plague, which is exactly what the extraordinary individuals of the "spectator" pathway are best at.

If Boley Dellaut is trying to defeat her in this way, he is simply delusional.

Paulie Dellaud clearly understood this, which is why he never intended to fight Audrey to the death from the beginning!

While the dragon he transformed into unleashed a 'plague storm,' he did not use his terrifying dragon body to directly charge at Audrey. Instead, he immediately withdrew and attempted to escape into the distance!

Yes, he wanted to run away!

While the demigods of the 'Audience' pathway may not be as adept at escaping as those of the 'Fool', 'Gate', and 'Mistake' pathways, their advancement is by no means inferior. Whenever faced with any situation they cannot handle, they will also withdraw immediately without any hesitation.

The act of putting oneself in danger out of spite does not exist among high-sequence extraordinary individuals in the 'spectator' pathway.

Audrey watched the greyish-white dragon fly away into the distance with an indifferent expression, her voice very soft:

"It's no use, this place is sealed off, you can't escape."

Pauline Dellaud certainly knew this.

When Audrey, wearing the mask of 'pride,' entered Eden, her first thought was to leave this spiritual city without hesitation. However, as soon as she left the city, she discovered that there was an endless labyrinth outside!

These labyrinths form an seemingly endless encirclement, completely surrounding the city.

Any living being attempting to leave this place will plunge headlong into the labyrinth, never to emerge again. And the only being capable of creating such a sophisticated labyrinth is an angel of the 'spectator' pathway!

There is no doubt that the other side came prepared, and had an angel as their backer.

In this situation, Pauline Dellaud knew his chances of winning were almost zero. But that's precisely why he stayed in the church waiting for Audrey to arrive, pretending to be calm while negotiating with her, and at the same time attempting a sneak attack with the Plague Storm.

He knew, of course, that this would have little effect; the other party, also a "Dream Weaver," couldn't possibly be unaware of it. But Dellau hadn't expected the Plague Storm to succeed; he was merely stalling for time!

He wasn't waiting here to die, of course; he was waiting for an opportunity!

The labyrinth that sealed off Eden, though vast, was not truly endless!

Pauline Dellau's true form did remain in the church, as this was the only way to restrain the demigod wearing the mask of 'arrogance'. However, he had already separated another 'self' to search for a way out of the labyrinth.

Given enough time, he might find a way to escape the maze. And once he escapes this city and the maze's confinement, where in the world can't he go?

His sudden rush towards the maze wasn't because he had found a way out—a maze constructed by an angel is not so easy to break through. He simply wanted to find another place to stall for time—the other side had come prepared, protected by an 'Insightful One,' but the Psychological Alchemy Society might also have the protection of angels or even the true god!

Although there was no response to his cries for help, it must be because they had other things to attend to. As long as he could stall long enough, he would eventually be rescued—whether that was true or not, that's what Pauline Dellow convinced himself.

While unleashing a plague storm to entangle Audrey, Dellow suddenly plunged into the maze and disappeared. This cunning old gray dragon had no intention of continuing to fight Audrey to the death!

Without hesitation, Audrey followed and entered the maze—in fact, the maze was a bit strange to her, because neither she nor Karula had set up one.

Because they all knew Adam was behind the Psycho-Alchemy, they didn't actually intend to kill Boley Dellaud in one go, since he would definitely ask Adam for help. The only question was whether Adam would respond to that expectation.

So Audrey's purpose was merely to test this point; if Adam responded, she would immediately beg for protection.

Adam did not offer protection; instead, an unknown entity set up a labyrinth outside the Garden of Eden. But this was not part of their plan, and Audrey believed that Carla would not have set up the labyrinth behind her back; Carla had no reason to do so.

However, if the labyrinth was set up by an unknown entity, then while the labyrinth would certainly hinder Pauline Dellow from escaping Eden, it would also limit Audrey's pursuit, because it would be difficult for her to accurately find her target in a labyrinth.

Snapped!

In a daze, she suddenly sat up.

She then looked around and saw the familiar dressing table and the entrance to the bathroom. She realized that she was still in the room, but the red moon and the stars were gone from outside the window, leaving only deep darkness.

This is the Hall family's luxurious villa, but it is now empty, as if Audrey were the only person left in the world.

Audrey surveyed her surroundings, her eyes wary.

She was clearly aware that she was in a maze.

This is not reality, but a dream.

She can leave this dream at any time, but she will not be able to return to reality; she will only return to the Garden of Eden.

To leave, you must find the right path within the maze.

Similarly, Boley Dellaut could only leave if he found the right path.

Audrey walked to the door, grasped the handle, gently turned it, and pulled it back.

A carpeted corridor immediately came into view.

The layout here is completely different from that of the villa; a deep corridor extends to both sides, seemingly without end.

Countless rooms lined both sides of the corridor, including Audrey's room, but most of the rooms had closed doors.

These rooms are all dreams, belonging to different people, or even different creatures.

The exit is hidden behind one of the doors; find the corresponding door to leave.

But more often than not, when they open the door, they don't find an exit, but instead encounter unimaginable dangers!

Because these mental dreams contain not only the dreams of ordinary people, but also the dreams of demigods and even angels. As for the dreams of gods, they are mostly nonexistent, because Audrey doesn't believe that a Sequence 2 angel could collect the dreams of a god.