Perhaps because Ji Xing's sword was too fast, or because his background as a demon king was still there, Cagalli's soul did not leave the body when her head was thrown away. She clearly saw her headless body falling to the ground.
Ji Xing holding a sword.
It's too fast. I'm afraid this man is stronger than I was when I was the Demon King. Now that I have changed into an android body, my strength has barely reached A level. I have no ability to resist at all, and my soul cannot escape.
Why did he come to kill me? Cagalli did not regard Ji Xing as an enemy. Even after learning the details of the Demon King's Feast, she was somewhat grateful for Ji Xing's revelation that Clayman was controlled by the Eastern Empire.
Is it for that slime? Or is it because he has insight into Yuuki's actions? I just got this body, how did he lock me?
All kinds of doubts flashed through her mind, but they were quickly eliminated because they were no longer important.
Apart from the reluctance and guilt towards her four clowns, Cagalli felt relieved at this moment.
It has been a long and tiring life. I always thought I could climb out of the abyss, but always fell down unfortunately. This beautiful body has only recovered for less than a month, which is really a pity.
As if she was convinced of her own mortality, the past flashed through her mind like a lantern.
It's not about her time as Demon King Kazalim, but earlier and earlier, her life as an innocent girl.
Now I can’t remember her original name, but I know that she is a happy princess. Her country was built on the former site of the pure-blood human empire. She used the natural fortresses and ruins of the super-magical empire to build a long-eared princess.
The paradise of the tribe - the Super Magic Kingdom.
People live a happy life and live and work in peace and contentment.
But one day, her father went crazy. The originally gentle and wise man suddenly claimed to be the Sorcerer Emperor 'Jesir' and became extremely cruel, oppressing the people and pursuing pleasure.
Jasir conducted various crazy experiments and created various nightmare products, and Cagalli also became one of its victims.
She was killed and resurrected as a demon dead. Her original beautiful face disappeared and she became Kasalim wrapped in carrion.
From a beautiful girl to the ugliest man in the world, she had been having nightmares during that period, until the stupid Jasir angered the Dragon Queen Milim, and the Super Magic Kingdom was destroyed overnight.
Syl's life and death were unknown, and she finally found relief.
She used the Demonic Death to transform the loyal knights, commoners, and maids who followed her into Demonic Deaths like herself, allowing them to gain strength to protect more people.
Although this made her realize that transforming into a demon dead would not make a person ugly, and that her appearance was just Jasir's deliberate torture of herself, Cagalli, who had a partner, did not fall because of this.
He and the clowns struggled to survive with the people who became the dark long-eared tribe due to the curse of the Chaos Dragon. They met Laplace and became the Demon King, and finally struggled to find a stable home.
She thought she had escaped the nightmare, but it wasn't until the moment she saw Leon, a man more beautiful than a woman, that she realized that the distant nightmare had been hidden in her heart.
Arrogant action leads to defeat and death.
The escaped soul summoned Yuuki, trying to seize the body, but Yuuki counterattacked. Just when she thought she was about to meet an unfortunate end, the summoner boy showed unexpected tenderness.
The soul carrier prepared for her, the artificial body Cagalli, is exactly what she originally looked like!
After a long nightmare, a brief sweet dream came, and I was finally... about to wake up.
She closed her eyes and waited for the end, but at this moment, she felt a majestic power pouring into her soul. She heard some voices wailing, and saw several familiar faces begging for mercy. She only met Qiyao after following Yuuki to this kingdom.
What's going on?
In doubt, the wailing soul was purified, and only a pure ability was injected into her soul. Her soul gained a surging power that even a demon dead who could be reincarnated had never had. !
She heard the voice of the world echo: "Confirmation completed. Obtained the unique skill 'Soul Eater'."
……What's wrong?
She opened her eyes in confusion, spread her hands and looked at her palms. They were solid entities, a hundred times more powerful than before, catching up to or even surpassing her when she was the Demon King!
Next to her, the separated body of 'Cagalli' was still lying there, with blood flowing all over the floor.
Ji Xing, who sheathed his sword in front of him, was looking at her and asked, "How do you feel?"
If Cagalli found out, she raised her hand and touched her ears. They were pointed and narrow, which was different from the artificial body.
She turned her eyes to the window, and in the reflection on the window, she saw a strange yet familiar version of herself - not a demon dead, but a sylph.
If I could continue to grow smoothly as a girl, this would be what I would look like, right?
"What...did you?"
"Unique skill, Heroic Soul Envoy." Ji Xing replied: "I transformed you into a heroic soul that belongs to me. Sensing the desire of your soul, I also helped you restore the Sylph race."
"...heroic soul?" Cagalli faintly felt the connection between herself and Ji Xing's soul. She was silent for a moment and said: "Slavery?"
"No, it's employment." Ji Xing said: "I need to practice the skill of Heroic Soul Maker and get some assistance in combat and life. When my skills reach the ultimate level, the employment agreement will be terminated if you wish. During this period, you will get The strength and the skills I give you are rewards."
"...I don't have the ability to refuse, do I?"
"You want to refuse?"
Cagalli lowered her head again, looked at her body, and said she didn't think much about it.
In fact, if it weren't for the subtle stance, if someone could restore her from the demon dead to the sylph she never dared to dream about, she would have shed tears of gratitude.
This feeling, this relief, even made her want to cry. The first ray of light in her nightmare life was the clowns who accompanied her, and the second ray of light was Yuuki. Could this... be the third ray?
Didn't fate give up on me? It seems that every time I fall into the abyss, I will be saved.
Just... "I will not be an enemy of Yushu, Fordman, Tia and Laplace. They must have their own freedom."
"No problem." Ji Xing said with a smile: "Actually, this is also an advance payment. They are participating in an operation that they should not be participating in.
Hmm... I've caught up, so let's just play this once - Cagalli, you don't want anything to happen to Kagurazaka Yuuki, Tia, and Fordman, right? As long as you accept my heroic soul employment, this
I can let them go once."
"...?"
Cagalli was stunned for a moment. This should be a threat, right? Why...it's weird, it doesn't sound like a threat, but like a joke?
…
On the other side, Yuuki Kagurazaka, who was wearing a clown mask and disguised as Laplace, was acting with Tia and Futterman, and had been secretly following the trio of Domini.
As early as half an hour ago, they entered the Jula Forest and were heading towards the monster town. If it were in the past, they would have been attacked by the monsters in the forest if they went so deep, but now they are completely
different.
"You are so capable, Rimuru-sensei."
Yushu sighed in his mind, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if he had missed something or lost something.
But before he had time to investigate and think, his train of thought was interrupted by the magic element shooting from a distance.
"That's..."
"The Skill Merchant's Flame Dragon?"
The three Dominicans in the distance also stopped.
In a blink of an eye, Shyvana, who was 1.8 meters tall and with long crimson hair, stood in front of them. Domini was nervous for a moment, and then he recognized that she had changed from a year ago.
He called out: "Lady Shyvana?!"
Without thinking about whether it was appropriate for him to call the Demon King this way as a paladin, he said in surprise: "Mr. Ji Xing already knows that I'm coming?"
Shyvana remained silent, her eyes passing over Damrad and Silian behind him.
"Oh, this is Xilian, my deputy." Domini quickly introduced: "This is..."
"Damrad, a weapons dealer." Damrad explained himself: "I have long heard the name of the skill merchant Mr. Ji Xing. Please forgive me for my uninvited visit. Miss Sivana, please take me there if you like.
Would you like to pay a visit to Mr. Ji Xing?"
Shyvana still didn't answer, her eyes fell back on Domini, and said: "My master should have made it clear when he sold you the skills a year ago that the relationship between you and the master was just a business. You were a stranger the moment you said goodbye that day.
Why did you come?"
Domini hesitated and quickly replied: "Sorry, this is a special situation...I joined the Western Holy Church because of some things, and Lord Sakaguchi Hinata helped me a lot.
But I heard that she was bewitched by others and wanted to come here... to eliminate Mr. Ji Xing who helped Demon King Rimuru, so I hurried over. Lady Shyvana, can you take me to Mr. Ji Xing? I will convince you
Hinata-sama’s!”
"Stupid." Shyvana shook her head reproachfully: "What do you think of yourself? Even if the master really wants to conflict with Saint Hinata, what can you do if you can barely reach A level or above with the help of the master's two skills?
?”
Domini was silent for a moment: "I know my words are small, but Mr. Ji Xing and Mr. Hinata are my benefactors. I can't just sit back and ignore their conflicts. Even if I pay for this life, at least... I will do my best."
able!"
"But have you ever thought that this might bring trouble to the master?" Shyvana said.
Domini lowered his head: "I accept all the blame from Mr. Ji Xing. If my parents gave me the first life, Mr. Ji Xing gave me the second life, and Mr. Hinata gave me the second life when my life was about to end.
saved me.
If there must be a difference between life and death between them, please execute me first!"
"The heart of gratitude is sincere." Shyvana felt a little helpless in her heart: "But doing bad things with good intentions is always the most tiring thing."
She looked behind Domini: "Lord Velugelenda, are you still prepared to remain silent? Your magic hiding skills are indeed superb. Even if I stand opposite you, I can't tell the difference between you and ordinary Paladins.
But the master is never wrong."
Velgryndo? Who? Paladin?
Domini looked stunned for a moment and then turned around suddenly: "...Xilian?"
Her long green hair swung freely in the wind, and Velgrendo chuckled: "It's really embarrassing. I've been hiding it for so long, but it was discovered early, and I was acted like a joke.
But the skill merchant Ji Xing doesn’t have the courage to appear in front of me, so I’m just asking you to come? There’s still an ambush, let’s come out together, is it Guy or my sister? Or Veldora?”
As the voice spread, her appearance seemed to be thawed. Her appearance remained unchanged, but she gradually transcended the world and became extremely dazzling.
"You don't need Master Guy and Master Velusada, we are enough."
In the two voices that sounded at the same time, Rein and Missali appeared, surrounding the three of Velgrendo. The two newly promoted demon kings were actually a little confused, and they followed Shyvana in confusion, but they actually saw her.
Burning Flame Dragon?
This is the biggest enemy of Qi Yi and Master Bai Binglong. If it were in the past, they would hardly be able to take a few moves and would never dare to challenge.
But now...it seems to be just a clone without much magic power, so there is no need to shrink back!
"Huh? Blue and green? You two actually...evolved?" Velgrendo was very surprised when she saw their appearance.
Even more stunned was Domini.
No, he was more panicked than surprised. After contacting Shyvana, how could he not realize that he had become someone else's tool to deal with Ji Xing!
The two demon kings who appeared behind him sent terror that made his soul tremble, and the names he revealed one by one only existed in legends in the past.
"Xilian... no, when were you...? Didn't Mr. Hinata want to eliminate Mr. Ji Xing, but you..."
Snap——
A hand on his shoulder stopped him from continuing. Damrad raised his other hand high with an apologetic smile on his face: "It seems that my visit is not at the right time. Can you let it go..."
If we get involved in your battle, the two of us will be killed in an instant, right?"
"Go away." Velgrendo said calmly.
"Yes, yes..." Damrad's face was full of rejoicing, and he dragged Domini out of the way. He jumped away from here in a few jumps and fled further.
The magic power of both sides of the confrontation began to vibrate.
…
This sudden change also shocked Yuuki and others, Velgrendo... That's the name of one of the dragon species, the Burning Flame Dragon, right?
We followed her for a day?
Definitely found out!
While still feeling frightened, Yushu was also a little puzzled. Judging from what happened at the Demon King's feast, he wouldn't let the dragon type personally go out, right?
In any case, the current situation has completely exceeded his expectations. It is estimated that Gulamber never expected it to be like this. Damrad is still alert, so it's okay.
"Let's stay further away."
He whispered, and suddenly felt a powerful fighting spirit erupting in the distance.
No, compared to the Burning Flame Dragon, the movement there is only insignificant, but it is considered a master among humans.
Has the Paladin started taking action?
Total chaos...so what can I do in the midst of this?
4k, just keep going for another day, and return to 7k tomorrow.