This necromancer is going to seduce the beautiful girls who are already dead.

"Who just reported that there's a spy in the village?" Before the villagers could move, two armored guards, one tall and one short, pushed through the crowd and asked in a slightly high-pitched voice, "Where's the spy? Tie him up right now!"

Chapter 382 The Puppet's Abilities

No one expected the town's guards to arrive so suddenly. No one in the village had reported them yet.

Could it have been reported by that little girl from earlier?

Everyone's attention was drawn to the two guards who had squeezed in, and they didn't look at Leona. When they turned their gaze back to where Leona had been, she was nowhere to be seen.

“Guard, this is the man. He’s been staying in our village for several days, acting all mysterious. I find him very suspicious!”

The landlord, hoping to claim some credit for himself, pointed at the evil god puppet opposite him and said loudly.

"You, come back with us for questioning!" The tall guard stepped forward and said sternly to the evil god puppet.

"Accept the investigation!" the short guard behind him repeated.

"He also has a group of mercenaries. Should we investigate them as well?" the landlord asked again. "I can bring the people from the village to capture them."

“No need. This guy is the most suspicious. Just arrest him. The other mercenaries are just risking their lives. If we push them too far, I'm afraid there will be unnecessary violence.” The tall guard shook his head and said, “Tie him up!”

The evil god puppet was suddenly arrested as a spy, but he didn't panic at all. He simply let the landlord's men tie him up.

Having already had his mind corrupted by the Lord of Delusion, he had lost most of the psychological qualities a normal person should have. Even when wrongly accused of being a spy, he showed no emotional fluctuation.

"Very good, we'll take this spy back. Here, take this bag of money; it's our reward for the informant. It seems the informant has disappeared, so it's yours."

The tall guard looked very satisfied and handed a bag of imperial coins to the landowner.

The landlord happily accepted the money bag, which felt quite heavy. It contained at least a hundred coins in loose imperial currency, a decent sum for him—mainly because it hadn't taken him much effort to earn it.

"Go, take him back!" The tall guard grabbed the evil god puppet's bound hands with one of his gloved hands and roughly carried him away.

"Let's go." The short guard followed behind the tall one, his short legs carrying him away in a flash.

The villagers watched with a sigh as the guards and the strange merchant gradually disappeared from sight, reflecting on the complexity of the international situation.

Only after they had completely disappeared did someone ask, "By the way... are there any guards in town that short?"

"He does seem a bit short...tsk, what kind of fighting ability could a guard that short have? And he speaks with such a sissy tone..."

"Is Xianhu Town now hiring such young children as guards? How desperate is the town for manpower?"

……

Those two guards were not the real guards of Salt Lake Town; they were Rebecca and Agnes.

While Leona took the lead in trying to buy the mercenaries a chance to escape, Rebecca and Agnes were not idle either. They got two sets of guard armor from Salt Lake Town and put them on.

These armors were conjured by Agnes using illusion magic, which can transform certain objects into specific forms. This kind of sophisticated illusion magic is completely undetectable to ordinary people, even inexperienced mages.

The everyday clothes that Rebecca and Agnes wore were transformed into armor, and the gloves that Rebecca wore in order to be able to interact with the evil god's puppet were also transformed into iron gauntlets.

Wearing armor identical to that of the guards of Salt Lake Town, with helmets concealing their appearance, Rebecca and Agnes successfully disguised themselves as guards and led the evil god puppet out of the village. Their voices didn't quite sound masculine, but their deliberately husky voices didn't immediately arouse the villagers' suspicion.

Now, he, who used to lead a group of mercenaries, is all alone and far from the village, so there is less risk in dealing with him later.

After leaving the village, Rebecca and Agnes did not head towards Salt Lake Town, but instead headed in a direction where no one lived.

Leona, who had secretly run away earlier, caught up now. She looked triumphantly at the evil god puppet being escorted by Rebecca and said to Rebecca beside her, "How was it? Did I play the child convincingly?"

“It really does look alike,” Rebecca laughed. “Thanks to you, we’ve successfully brought him out. Now, let’s proceed with Plan Three.”

“Alright!” Leona nodded. “Let’s go, let’s take him away!”

"Who are you?" The evil god puppet finally uttered its first question.

"Who are we?" Leona made a face at the evil god puppet. "We're the ones who rescued you from the Lord of Delusion! You should be grateful to us!"

……

After leaving the village, the three escorted the evil god puppet to a deserted place.

This is a valley surrounded by hills. Even if you fight the evil god puppet here, you won't disturb anyone else. It can be said to be a perfect place for a fight.

"Let me go," the evil god puppet said in a hoarse voice. His body made no struggle, but his eyes were still terrifying.

Rebecca released her grip on the evil god puppet and shook it twice. In that short time, her gloves were soaked with moisture, and with each shake, many water droplets scattered out.

"This evil god puppet's ability is to control water? But there aren't any rivers with large flows around here. Why would the Lord of Delusion arrange for him to be here?" Leona helped Rebecca take off her gloves and wring them out, looking at the water flowing out of the gloves with some confusion.

"It might be the weather."

Agnes added at this point.

"Ah, right, there's also the weather." Leona blinked, looking at the evil god puppet that had just been untied but whose hands were still bound behind its back, standing there looking quite dazed.

This guy seems like an idiot; he doesn't seem like a big threat.

“We need to find a way to remove the curse from him,” Rebecca nodded and said. “This guy’s power is very strange. He’s almost soaked through my clothes. Luckily, I have some kind of illusion on them.”

"Let me go! I want to make a name for myself!" The evil god puppet finally began to struggle at this moment.

Just as everyone was still pondering what the evil god puppet meant by "making a name for oneself," Agnes suddenly sensed something, raised her head, and looked at the sky.

"The weather is changing... but he can control it."

Just as Agnes was speaking, several ominous dark clouds appeared in the sky.

Chapter 383 The Troublesome Puppet

"The ability to manipulate the weather?" Rebecca became alert. "How powerful is this ability? Can you reverse it?"

“Okay.” Agnes nodded.

The clouds in the sky are being gathered together by some force other than magic, but Agnes can use her magic to resist this change.

A gust of wind blew by, and the dark clouds that had just gathered in the sky were instantly dispersed.

“It’s alright…” Rebecca nodded, turning her gaze to the evil god puppet that was standing there somewhat blankly.

We need to start with this person's information to see if we can remove the curse of the Lord of Delusions from him.

"What's your name?"

Rebecca wasted no time and went straight to the point.

The evil god puppet glanced at Rebecca but did not respond.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you mute?" Leona said, hands on her hips, somewhat annoyed. "Weren't you going to make a name for yourself? Weren't you going to create some big news? How can you make a name for yourself without even saying your name?"

Leona's words clearly had some effect. The evil god puppet glanced at Leona, then remained silent for a moment before saying, "I don't remember."

Leona clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.

"So what are you planning to do to make a name for yourself?" Rebecca asked again.

The evil god puppet stared blankly at Rebecca, and after a moment of silence, replied, "I don't know."

“Wow, this guy’s brain is completely broken.” Leona shook her head.

Rebecca frowned.

It seems that this evil god puppet is not so easy to deal with. It has been corrupted by the power of the Lord of Delusion, losing most of its thinking ability and even its memories.

The more thoroughly a puppet of an evil god is created, the harder it is to deal with. Because Rebecca cannot obtain this person's personal information through questioning, it is naturally difficult to dispel the curse on this person with mere words.

"What should we do?" Leona looked at Rebecca for help.

Rebecca shook her head: "I don't have any clue yet, but let's observe this person first."

Since the other party is no longer able to answer questions, then we can only try to find clues from them ourselves.

The puppet was dressed in ordinary travel clothes typical of Eastern Empire merchants, and its appearance was that of a typical Southern human, representing the majority ethnic group of the Eastern Empire. If such a person were thrown into a group of Eastern Empire merchants, finding them would be extremely difficult.

His hairstyle, beard, facial features, and even physique were all unremarkable; this person seemed to have been molded from a "standard Eastern Empire appearance".

“Where did the Lord of Delusions find such an unremarkable person? Apart from his red eyes, he has no other distinguishing features that differentiate him from ordinary Eastern Empire people.” Rebecca also felt somewhat troubled.

“Smell?” Agnes said at this moment.

“He smells like an ordinary person, with a certain Abyssal scent of ‘the walking dead’,” Rebecca sighed. “The only thing I can smell is that he ate a piece of bread and a glass of milk this morning, along with a piece of dried meat.”

Now, all the characteristics that can be analyzed from this person are here.

There were no valuable clues at all. The Lord of Delusion must have anticipated these things in advance. The merchant who made the arrangements in advance seemed to have no points to analyze, and the situation was deadlocked for a time.

"Let me go, I want to make a name for myself." The evil god puppet, after being circled and observed by Rebecca, became restless again. The ropes binding his hands began to creak and groan, accompanied by the sound of a pipa breaking.

This guy was indeed quite strong. The ropes that the landlord's men used to bind him were two fingers thick, and most people couldn't break free from ropes of that size.

"You don't even know how you made a name for yourself, what's the rush?" Leona kicked the evil god puppet.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

The evil god puppet began to struggle more fiercely. Although he was still in a daze regarding the current situation, certain mechanisms planted in his heart by the Lord of Delusion made him instinctively want to break free of his restraints.

He stared wide-eyed in the direction of Xianhu Town, his bloodshot eyes bulging.

“He really is targeting Flora to cause trouble…” Leona rubbed her hands together, “Why don’t I beat him up first? Although the body of the evil god puppet is indestructible and will grow back after being destroyed, as long as I keep beating him and smashing him to pieces, he won’t have a chance to grow back and cause trouble.”

When it comes to the picnic, we can just send an alchemical puppet over. After all, the technology for alchemical puppets is quite advanced now, and Leona can experience the delicious food she enjoys there just like she does here.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Just as everyone was still thinking about how to deal with him, the evil god puppet suddenly began to roar loudly.

His already hoarse voice, once it started roaring, was like that of a hungry beast, and he gradually became hysterical, whereas he had previously been relatively calm.

“I can’t control it anymore,” Agnes suddenly said to Rebecca.

"Hmm?" Rebecca quickly looked up at the sky.

Indeed, although Agnes's natural magic had easily dispersed the clouds that had gathered in the sky, those clouds had all returned, and there were even more of them now.

Part of the sky had turned dark and inky, and the sun, which had just risen and was shining brightly, was partially obscured by the dark clouds.

Agnes is now unable to reverse this unusual celestial phenomenon using natural magic. The force manipulating these dark clouds is a highly pure form of divine power.

"Huh? What should we do?" Leona was a little nervous when she heard the news. "Should I beat him up now?"