Secret: The Witch's House Traitor

Because he is strong enough.

He was powerful enough to convince Azik to volunteer for his services, and he was not stingy with the rewards for doing anything he could.

Of course he can be insidious, shameless, cunning and vicious.

These are all necessary qualities to survive.

It's just not necessary.

"Mother of Heaven" really wanted to know, if any of Mr. Men, Amon, or Antigonus became gods, would Lin Nuo still be able to be as calm and confident as she is now. But everything is fine now, and she has no intention of changing anything.

“Are these different [identities] also your anchors?”

She was sure that Lin Nuo had learned from Azik's life experience.

"Yes, every identity..."

Everyone's view of me

“They are all my anchors.”

Lin Nuo was in a daze for a moment, but his eyes quickly regained their lively look.

Lin Nuo's conversation with "Mother of Heaven" ended.

The father-son game between Azik and Klein also ended at the same time.

"This has troubled me for more than a thousand years, and has troubled me over and over again in my life. I think I should get an answer today."

The Death Archon's tone was gentle but contained a certain firmness that was hard to describe.

Klein wanted to stop him, but after he opened his mouth, he closed it again.

He looked at Lin Nuo and the other person who had been silent since a while ago. His sharp eyes caught a pure and shining ring on the ring finger of the beautiful lady's right hand.

The ring that exuded a sacred and bright aura did not go well with the beautiful lady.

However, the golden light made the other person's hazy, elusive and unique temperament lessened a lot, as if an illusion took a step towards reality.

Chapter 435 Artificial Death

"Just follow me if you want to. What you want is right in front."

Azik pressed the half-high silk hat on his head without turning his head. He knew what the two angels behind him would do.

He just smiled gently at Klein and warned:

"Remember to close your eyes."

After saying this, he walked forward, following the steps, and went into the depths of the dark mausoleum.

The black fog that permeated the place stopped panting and slowly dispersed in all directions. The illusory things lurking at the bottom gradually appeared.

It was a feathered serpent so huge that it seemed to occupy an entire island!

It has huge dark green scales, with yellowish yellow feathers growing in the gaps. There are illusory black tubes extending from each feather.

This exaggerated feathered serpent is both illusory and real. Its more specific shape is difficult to describe and seems to have a composition that humans cannot understand.

In its eye sockets burned a pale fire, and its face was that of a human!

The face had a bronze complexion, soft features, and a tiny black mole under the right ear. He looked like another Azik Eggers!

Lin Nuo naturally noticed the feathered serpent. He held the hand of "Mother of Heaven" and borrowed her secret. Otherwise, he was worried that the feathered serpent would still remember that Lin Nuo had covered its eyes with corrupted black mud during the Backlund Great Smog.

When Azik saw the feathered serpent, and its face that looked exactly like his own, the corner of his forehead twitched, as if someone had driven a wedge into his temple, splitting his head in two.

The memories of the dead began to attack this seemingly gentle angel of death. Like a sledgehammer, they struck Azik's mind again and again, making it impossible for him to endure the pain any longer. He raised his hands to cover his head, his knees gradually weakened, and he collapsed to his knees on the stairs.

The method used by the Hades to split the souls of his descendants into two before his death was actually not very clever.

No...or rather, although there are better options and ways, this is a choice made based on another reason.

The King of Hell can tolerate the delay in his resurrection, but he cannot tolerate that after his death, his son will inherit his empire, his characteristics, everything he has and become the new God of Death.

The Hades inherited everything that belonged to Gray Carrie after the death of the Phoenix Progenitor.

It also destroyed the Phoenix's original plan of resurrection.

The relationship between this father and son seems to be very weak.

Perhaps in the heart of the Hades, his son is also his enemy. Splitting the soul of the Archon of Death, in addition to arranging a high-quality resurrection container for himself, can also prevent Azik from being promoted to become the new God of Death and replacing his position.

Hey, hey, hey!

Azik's hands had left his head at some point and were resting on the stairs below, and a sound that was not human came out of his throat.

Drops of sweat slid down his forehead and hit the stone slab in front of him, staining it with a layer of light yellow oil and giving rise to fine white hairs.

At this moment, He felt an irresistible attraction, and the law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics began to manifest in the two souls that had been separated for thousands of years.

"No..." Azik whispered painfully, not wanting to raise his head and stretch out his right hand.

His neck uncontrollably lifted up a little bit, and dark and cold scales appeared on it.

Klein couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw Azik's painful expression. He turned to look at Lin Nuo and the angel of the church. The two were in a strange state at this time. Klein could catch their sight, but he couldn't sense their presence at all.

"Is it time to take action now?"

Klein looked behind him and spoke with his lips trembling.

Lin Nuo shook his head slightly at Klein, signaling him to wait a moment.

During the brief interaction between the two, the spot between Azik's eyebrows suddenly bulged out on its own as if it had life, split open, and a bloody gash appeared.

A golden light then emerged from nothingness and took shape in flesh and blood.

This is an ancient ornament made of gold. It looks like a slender bird with wings made of pale flames. Inside the bronze eyes, layers of light form a mysterious and illusory door.

As soon as it appeared, Azik roared in pain, and two pale flames ignited in his eyes.

The half-illusory and half-real feathered serpent in the depths of the black mist straightened up, and its eyes burning with pale flames stared at Azik from a distance. The two faces, exactly the same but slightly different in size, were staring at each other at the same time.

The atmosphere in the mausoleum became somewhat solemn. Klein held a talisman with some concern, hesitating whether to interrupt the process. However, he did not hesitate for too long, as a familiar figure appeared before him.

"excuse me."

Lin Nuo turned into a ray of starlight, blocking the stare between the artificial god of death and Azik.

"You will soon be one again."

"Believe me."

Lin Nuo smiled at the huge feathered serpent. In his left hand was a dark, sticky "ocean" full of the breath of corruption, as if reminding the "artificial god of death" that the two of us had met before.

hiss~

The unreal yet real mountain feathered serpent seemed to recognize the corrupt aura. It let out a sharp hiss, and its tail suddenly yanked out, sweeping madly towards Lin Nuo, trying to get rid of this annoying guy. It then lowered its head and opened its huge mouth, revealing dark red flesh and fangs stained with light yellow oil, and spat out the jet-black snake core and dark green mucus, actively trying to swallow Azik Eggers.

As the artificial Grim Reaper began to rampage, the entire mausoleum began to shake and its surroundings became transparent, reflecting a world of countless skeletons and shadows.

Unknown influences began to spread.

East Balam, Gurain Castle.

Daly Simone, who was rushing to the next destination, suddenly stopped and raised her hand to support her head.

She looked towards the port in confusion, and towards the raging sea in the distance, and saw only pure darkness there, with no strong winds, no huge waves, no dark clouds, no lightning, no heavy rain, and no sunshine.

It was as calm as a stream flowing quietly in the mountains, but also as if it was a precursor to a landslide.

...

"You don't actually want to hurt me, do you?"

"Good dog..."

Lin Nuo's last three words were almost inaudible. He threw out the "Fallen Ocean" in his hand, and the surface of the feathered serpent was stained with a layer of sticky black liquid. The tail that swept across seemed to have awakened some kind of self-awareness and took the initiative to deviate from the direction of attack, just brushing past Lin Nuo's collar. Klein, who was at the bottom of the stairs, was so scared that he lit two matches in succession to avoid being hit.

Lin Nuo used the "Chaos Sea Pollution" to transform the power of the "Dark Angel" and amazed the "Artificial Death God" with his tail.

The tail swung in vain, and the "artificial Grim Reaper" saw that the damn human was actually reaching out his dirty hands to another of itself. Its pale pupils were stained with a hint of scarlet, and the breath of death cleaned the black mucus on its body surface. It raised its head and bit the most hateful guy in the field.

Lin Nuo reached out his hand without hesitation and pressed it on the bird-shaped gold ornament on Azik's forehead.

He didn't even look back, and before he was bitten, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

The "artificial god of death" was almost about to swallow Lin Nuo into its stomach, but no matter how hard it tried, it did not have any impact on reality. It seemed as if "it" was living in another world!

Klein, who was far away, easily saw the whole process. When Lin Nuo placed his hand on the golden ornament, an classical woman appeared behind him, leaning against him and facing the pale yellow fangs and pitch-black snake tongue of the "artificial god of death". She raised her head and looked at the huge feathered serpent. Her dark eyes reflected the pale snake's shadow, as if she had imprisoned the feathered serpent in another time and space.

Bright starlight shone on the white palm that Lin Nuo stretched out. He grasped the bird-shaped golden ornament, then slowly retracted his arm and pulled the ancient object out of the crack on Azik's forehead.

This process was clearly tearing at the soul, but Azik's expression did not show any pain. Instead, his eyes, which were burning with pale flames, began to gradually become clear due to the intervention of external forces. For a moment, the whole process did not seem like forcibly tearing apart intact flesh and blood and extracting the supporting ribs from it, but rather like scooping out a soup spoon from a mixture of water and oil.

This fully demonstrated Lin Nuo's superb attainments in the realm of spirits and souls, a little trick created by combining the abilities of the three paths of the three schools of trickery.

Azik's expression was calm, and he even looked dazed for a moment after the golden bird ornament was stripped away. A little spirit seeped out of every drop of his blood and every muscle, interweaving into a transparent soul.

This soul body seems to be complete and intact, but it is full of inharmonious contradictions because half of it is golden, from the eyebrows and eyes to the torso and limbs, with a simple beauty.

After Klein saw the golden spirit, he felt dizzy and even his eyes felt stinging, as if something invisible was burning his spirit. He subconsciously closed his eyes, and the last scene in his sight was Lin Nuo lowering his head and playing with the phoenix ornament in his hand.

"You had three choices."

"One is to keep moving forward, to seek wholeness, to allow Salinger to be reborn from within you."

"Second, I will extract that half of your soul and let you take it away. You can then find a way to sew it together yourself. This will allow you to return to your original form and no longer experience repeated death and resurrection. However, this does not mean that you will be the same now. All the lives you have experienced in the past will truly degenerate into dreams."

"The third is to give up everything and leave directly. You will stay at your current level forever and will not be able to advance any further. You will continue to become a dead person again and again, and wake up again and again after losing all your memories, repeating the experience of searching for the past."

The "Mother of Heaven" suppressed the "Artificial God of Death" and left Azik with an "inhuman" back.

Although her voice was gentle, it also contained a hint of condescension.

When Lin Nuo heard the standard three-choice option of the Goddess of Night, he curled up the corners of his mouth in amusement.

She knows how to best sell favors.

Klein, who was unable to open his eyes, was stunned by what he heard because of the special spirit that resembled a mythical creature and had divinity.

He never expected that the beautiful lady would propose three different options after agreeing to help Mr. Azik repair his soul. The first option must be ruled out. He instinctively did not want to accept the second option, which was almost equivalent to "suicide" for Mr. Azik now. The third option seemed to be no different from Mr. Azik's previous state.

Wait... He said there were originally three options? What about now? Klein found the problem.

"You are lucky that one of the students you taught provided an alternative solution."

"He can help you repair your soul. He can use the soul that represents your past as material to complete the present half of your soul."

The voice of "Mother Heaven" reached everyone's ears clearly and unmistakably.

Heiye and Lin Nuo are a little different. Lin Nuo doesn't care about some things, and he won't actively publicize his attempts and thoughts in order to gain the favor of Azik or Klein.

Amanisis is more realistic. He will not do things that "contribute silently" behind the scenes. His investment and help always give investors a chance to discover and be grateful. He is willing to say this now, which, to some extent, also puts Lin Nuo into his own camp.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Lino Nord Abraham."

Upon hearing this, Azik gave Lin Nuo a peaceful smile.

Even though he had recognized that Lin Nuo was the "Dark Angel" who stabbed him during the Backlund smog incident.

"Mr. Azik, you don't need to thank me for anything. This is what you deserve."

Lin Nuo shook his head slightly. These were all what Azik deserved. Without him leading the way, it would have been a bit troublesome to find the Tomb of the God of Death. He and Heiye had already gained enough. Why would he be stingy in providing the other party with some help?

"I also want to thank you for showing mercy before."

Azik couldn't help but make a joke when he saw the angel student's casual attitude.

"Um... Actually, my main target at that time was the Archbishop of the Steam Church, the alchemy puppet that replaced the original body."

Lin Nuo was a little embarrassed. He tapped the surface of the gold ornaments with his fingers, and the extraordinary ability of "regeneration" took effect. The gold ornaments that were not living things possessed spiritual threads. These spiritual threads were derived from Azik's spirit, marking the golden half of the spirit, the special spirituality belonging to the golden bird ornaments.

At the same time, "Mother of Heaven" reached out her hand and grabbed the giant feathered serpent's human face that was exactly like Azik's. A thin black belt surrounded Her, and She stretched out her hand and pulled, very roughly, out half of Azik's soul from the artificial god of death.

Chapter 436 The Question of Death's Authority

Along with the extremely rough movements of the "Mother of Sky", half of Azik's soul and the uniqueness of the God of Death began to be forcibly separated. Tiny cracks appeared and drops of golden blood appeared. The half of the soul belonging to the "Archon of Death" began to split from the middle, inch by inch, as if someone was peeling its skin alive with a knife.

The giant feathered serpent once again emitted an unhuman-like hoarse sound from its throat. Klein, who was far away, felt dizzy and tingling, as if steel needles were stirring madly in his brain.

He really wanted to open his eyes to see what was happening, but his spirit was madly warning him not to commit suicide.

He was very curious about why the angel from the Church of Darkness called "Lin Nuo" "He". Could it be that Lin Nuo had become a real angel with the help of the church's power and Abraham's background?