Recap
It was very quiet in the forest, and the Husky’s cry was penetrating. Even though it was a bit far away, it was still very clear.
“I can’t find the Golden Retriever! Is he at your place? His mother wants him back for dinner!”
The shouting seemed to be getting louder, and the Husky should be running frantically into the forest.
After a few seconds, there was a sudden silence, and then there was a loud scream of terror.
“Ahhh! The woods are so scary! I don’t want to go in there! I have something else to do, so I’ll come and play with you next time! Bye!!!”
Then the sounds disappeared.
Ji Huaizhe: ……
Chu Shici: …
The dog came and the dog went.
Wait, what did he just say? The Golden Retriever is missing?!
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The Husky is unreliable and he runs very decisively.
As the forest rotated, another group of figures emerged, Ji Huaizhe could no longer hold on.
Chu Shici didn’t dare to help, for fear that if he shows up, the forest would automatically copy a bunch of voodoo doll replicas and throw small fireballs at Ji Huaizhe.
At that time, Zhe-ge will be even more stressed.
Sticking his head out of his pocket, Chu Shici looked around carefully.
The Husky said that the Golden Retriever was missing. He might have been trapped in the woods like them, or he might have been killed by someone somewhere.
Chu Shici couldn’t do anything to help. He was worried about both the Golden Retriever and Zhe-ge.
His mind was racing, trying to find a way out of this predicament.
Chu Shici has traveled through so many worlds, and has yet to encounter a fatal ending.
But he hasn’t been in this world for long, and the clues he has obtained are very limited.
The danger here arrived faster than in every previous world. He was completely passive and he didn’t have much time to explore at all.
Looking at the dense crowd of figures in front of them, the scattered clues gradually connected into a line in Chu Shici’s mind. He has some guesses.
Husky told them that he once eavesdropped on the conversation between the two principals of the Sorcerer Academy.
Chu Shici didn’t remember the words he had said exactly but he does remember the key points.
Their conversation can be divided into two parts.
There are a few good prospects in the Sorcerer Academy; it’s a pity for them to die, but they can be turned into puppets after being resurrected.
This part contains an important piece of information.
The two principals target not only Ji Huaizhe, but also all the young sorcerers in the entire Academy. To them, these sorcerers are nothing more than stepping stones for them to achieve their goal.
They want the corpses of more than a thousand apprentices in the academy to pave the way to their goal.
The Sorcerer Academy has lied, its sole purpose was not to provide shelter for sorcerers.
Chu Shici now also has doubts about the origin of the century-old witch hunt.
With the virtue of these old sorcerers, there is nothing immoral they will not do. He guessed that the sorcerers were the first to stir up trouble which pissed off the royal family of Saint-Cherry Continent, so he ordered the sorcerer to be killed.
Chu Shici’s guess is well-founded.
According to the Golden Retriever, before the century-old witch hunt began, two sorcerers had come to the Erya Mountains to find the beastmen tribe.
In the Goblin Cave, the Gate of Hell carved with ten human heads was summoned.
No one was targeting sorcerers at that time.
Another part of the conversation between the two principals was related to the Child of God.
Since coming to this world, the word Chu Shici heard the most was ‘Child of God’.
But Zhe-ge seems to not be the only Child of God, or in other words, there used to be other Children of God in the Sorcerer Academy before him.
Such as Lilith.
Before she died, Lilith was drifting in and out of consciousness and said that she did not want to be the Child of God and did not want to kill her parents.
It would seem, judging from her last words, Lilith was also chosen to be the Child of God, at least she thought she was.
Following the rite of passage for her to attend the Sorcerer Academy, the old sorcerer killed her parents, stewed them into soup for her to drink, and forced her to become a sorcerer apprentice. Since the witch hunt began hundreds of years ago, Lilith had no choice but to come to the Sorcerer Academy with them if she wanted to survive.
According to the original novel, Lilith was just a flower girl before, and there was nothing special about her.
But when the Golden Retriever talked about the past of the beastmen tribe, he said that the beastman leader asked the female beastmen in the tribe to give birth to children as fast as they could in order to bring the Child of God into the tribe.
The order from the leader shows that the Child of God is not a person who descended from the heavens. Rather, the moment a newborn baby arrives, they will be determined to possess the characteristics of the Child of God.
Lilith was mediocre for the past ten years, so she couldn’t be the Child of God.
The conversation between the two principals also reveals that Ji Huaizhe is the Child of God.
Chu Shici remembered what the principal said.
‘The formation is set up, all that’s missing is a container. Have you found the Child of God?’
Then the vice-principal said that she had summoned Ji Huaizhe.
So Lilith is not the Child of God.
Then there are only two possibilities for her to say such words.
First, before they thought of summoning the Child of God from another world, the old sorcerers couldn’t find the Child of the Goddess of Death and decided to create one themselves.
So they established a Sorcerer Academy in the Erya Mountains and caught people with natural gifts from outside. They killed their entire family and forced them to become a believer of the Goddess of Death and then forcibly kidnapped them and became an apprentice.
They release the shadows from the Gate of Hell and incites the shadows to enter the body of the apprentice.
It may be that the more shadows that willingly enter the body, the greater the chance of becoming the Child of God, or it may be that there are some other criteria.
In short, the experiment was done slowly. Everyone, including the teachers, are a candidate for the Child of God.
If the first conjecture is true, it can clearly explain why all the sorcerers the canine beastmen encounters have the scent of several people.
Because everyone’s body was once filled with shadows.
The second is what they did to Lilith to make Lilith mistakenly think that she was the Child of God.
The reasoning to back up this hypothesis was too little, so Chu Shici was a little hesitant.
However, it didn’t take long for Chu Shici to realize that his first conjecture was flawed.
The shadows came out of the Gate of Hell and there was a Gate of Hell in the closet in Ji Huaizhe’s dormitory. The Gate of Hell also appeared in his dreams.
Looking at it this way, it seems that the person who did these things seemed to want to stuff the entire gate of hell inside Ji Huaizhe’s body.
Ji Huaizhe not only had the Eye of Disaster, he was also verbally acknowledged by the two principals. The fact that he is the Child of God is almost certain.
He is the Child of God and therefore they felt that he did not need to be cultivated in the same way.
Therefore, the reason why the shadows were inserted into his body could not be to turn him into the Child of God.
Chu Shici thought for a long time and suddenly found that his two hypotheses could be combined.
The two principals tricked the sorcerers into believing that if they stuffed the shadows into their bodies, they would have the chance to become the Child of God.
But now it seems that the shadows are just parasites in the human body.
Not only will it not turn people into the Child of God, it will also have a certain probability of making the person go insane. Just like Lilith, she suddenly went insane and killed any and everyone ruthlessly.
Grandpa Golden Retriever mentioned that the two young sorcerers who summoned the Gate of Hell eighty or ninety years ago are probably the current principal and vice-principal.
At that time, they also let a shadow parasitize their bodies.
Thinking of this, Chu Shici vaguely guessed why the old witch died silently.
There is also a shadow in her. That shadow that parasitized her might have controlled her that night like Lilith. Afterwards, she lost the ability to resist and the shadow ate her.
As for what the canine beastmen said about the freshness of the scents, it may be related to the time the shadow got in.
The more shadows in the body, the more chaotic the scent will be, and the earlier it enters the body, the lighter the scent will get. Maybe one day, the shadow will completely fuse with the host.
Chu Shici felt a little worried.
He couldn’t figure out what had triggered the shadow to attack the host.
Lilith and the old witch were successively attacked by the shadow dormant in their bodies.
It has been verified by the canine beastmen that Zhe-Ge has the most smell in his body. Chu Shici was worried that one day the shadows residing in Ji Huaizhe’s body would go berserk and tear Zhe-ge into pieces like they had to the old witch.
Following Ji Huaizhe’s movements, Chu Shici swayed back and forth in his pocket.
Ji Huaizhe had been fighting with so many figures for so long, while he huddled in Zhe-ge’s pocket and did not suffer any harm.
Although he couldn’t see the scene outside, he knew that Zhe-ge must have been deliberately protecting the little doll in his breast pocket.
Chu Shici clung to Ji Huaizhe’s chest, and through his clothes, he could hear the man’s rapid and powerful heartbeat.
The only good news now is probably that Ji Huaizhe is the Child of God. He is a very important vessel, and the people behind the scenes will not kill him easily.
Even if they lose today, they will not die.
At most, he would be knocked unconscious, tied up, and imprisoned somewhere, completely losing his freedom in order to turn him into a human-shaped vessel.
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Chu Shici’s eyes turned red and it became difficult to breathe.
Zhe-ge is a proud man, and trampling on his dignity will be more painful for him than killing him.
Ji Huaizhe’s intent to escape has been exposed. If he loses this time, the people behind the scenes will definitely not make it easy for him.
Chu Shici bit his lower lip and thought hard. He promised Ji Huaizhe that he would not let him suffer again.
The memories were played over and over again, and what the Husky had said flickered suddenly into mind.
‘The vice-principal told the leader not to let the little beastmen urinate everywhere in the woods and not to damage the trees.’
Picking at the edge of Ji Huaizhe’s pocket, Chu Shici quietly poked his head out.
The key to this formation is not the mirror images, but the trees?
Will there be problems with the formation if the trees are destroyed?
No, the Husky took a bite out of a tree in order to remember the location of the Beast Airship. Not only did he destroy the trees, but he also likes to secretly pee in the woods.
Chu Shici frowned.
Perhaps it was because the Husky destroyed too few trees and the area he ruined was not large enough.
Or was it that only destroying a specific tree will affect the formation placed in the forest.
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More than an hour had passed, and Ji Huaizhe was still fighting with the figures in the forest.
The robe on his body was torn with several holes, and there were large and small wounds on his exposed body. Blood continuously flowed from the wound, and the originally pale skin was covered in blood.
The hood on his head was torn into rags, Ji Huaizhe’s long dark hair was scattered, and a few strands of hair were soaked with sweat and stuck to his cheeks.
He was in a terrible state, but one hand was still firmly grasping his chest.
When all the figures in front of him were dead and the forest slowly rotated again, Ji Huaizhe had a short rest.
He rested his wand on the ground, his chest rising and falling heavily.
Chu Shici came out to discuss setting fire to the forest with him, but Ji Huaizhe misunderstood what he meant, raised his scarred hand, and held the doll down hard.
“You are my evil spirit servant, you are not allowed to escape.”
Chu Shici opened the fingers in front of his eyes and tried to squeeze his little head out between the gap.
He raised his head and was about to explain, but saw Ji Huaizhe purse his thin lips tightly, and his eyes were filled with mist.
Ji Huaizhe turned his head and avoided the little doll’s sight.
His cheeks were slightly red, his breathing was rapid, and beads of sweat continued to fall from his forehead.
Ji Huaizhe pursed his lips, and his usually cold voice was coated with vulnerability, “Ah Ci, stay with me.”
Chu Shici could see that Ji Huaizhe was tired and scared.
Zhe-ge may not have expected that much, but he also knew what kind of torture he would encounter if he was caught and taken back after his attempts to escape.
Chu Shici turned his head and rubbed against the man’s fingertips, “I don’t want to leave. I said I would stay with you. Stay strong for a while, we won’t be caught.”
Before he finished speaking, a notification popped up.
[The vitality value is increased by 5 points, and the current vitality value is 38/100.]
Ji Huaizhe didn’t say anything more and just held him tighter, as if grasping a life-saving straw.
Time was running out, and Chu Shici had no time to comfort Ji Huaizhe, nor did he have time to celebrate the increase in vitality.
He pushed the fingers above his head away forcefully and shouted in a low voice, “Zhe-ge, Zhe-ge! Set the forest on fire, quickly! Let it go as big as you can!”
Ji Huaizhe responded quickly.
He didn’t ask why, he immediately held the wand and chanted a spell quickly.
The person controlling the formation was obviously monitoring the movements inside the forest.
The moment Ji Huaizhe started chanting the mantra, the forest began to rotate faster.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chu Shici no longer looked around.
Ji Huaizhe held the magic wand in both hands and had no time to catch the doll. He climbed up to Zhe-ge’s shoulder several times, propped up his feet and whispered in his ear.
Not long after he finished speaking, a cold shout suddenly came from his ears.
Immediately, a giant flame serpent rose from the top of Ji Huaizhe’s wand.
This is the most powerful fire magic that a sorcerer apprentice of his level can use.
Ji Huaizhe still had a few words left to recite the incantation, and the fire serpent was still not let loose from the tip of the wand.
But the forest had stopped spinning, and figures exactly like Ji Huaizhe were coming from all directions.
They also held their wands high, with a fiery serpent shining at the top.
Chu Shici narrowed his eyes and looked around warily.
After confirming that the forest no longer produced human figures, he used all his strength to conjure up a water shield frantically.
An undetectable water barrier rose from Ji Huaizhe’s feet, it slowly climbed up little by little, and gradually wrapped around his entire leg.
The fire serpent on the top of Ji Huaizhe’s wand was getting bigger and bigger. The person controlling the formation faintly sensed that something was wrong. Several figures around him put down their wands and tried to stop him using their spells.
Before the water shield was conjured, Chu Shici gritted his teeth and shouted, “Zhe-ge! Damn it!”
Hearing the little doll’s voice, Ji Huaizhe did not hesitate. He hit the ground hard with his wand, and the fire serpent rushed into the woods.
At the same time, the fiery serpents on the tip of the figures’ wands rushed in to attack Ji Huaizhe.
Ji Huaizhe had no time to use a water shield, and his whole body was instantly enveloped in flames.
The pain of being burned by fire did not appear. A layer of water shield as thin as a cicada’s wings protected him, barely blocking the fire serpent outside.
Chu Shici was exhausted after rolling out a water shield as high as one person’s height.
Ji Huaizhe rubbed the little doll’s woolen head and put him into his pocket.
The water shield can last for another three or four seconds. Ji Huaizhe chanted a spell quickly, and a faint swirling air current emerged from the tip of his wand.
He wanted to use wind magic to blow the fire serpents around him into the woods.
Chu Shici lay flat in his pocket, too tired to speak.
Ji Huaizhe had been fighting for so long before, and Chu Shici was not idle either. After sorting through the clues, he secretly watched the battle.
He found that when the forest rotated, the figures would not move randomly and could only imitate Zhe-ge’s movements.
When the rotation stops, they will be able to move on their own, and no new figures will appear.
As long as Zhe-ge chants a spell and casts fire magic at the moment the rotation starts. Before the rotation ends, he can cast the spell several times.
When the figures can move freely, it will maintain the same spell-casting movements as Zhe-ge. If Zhe-ge wants to use a fire-type spell, they will use it too.
During the fight, the figures attacked Ji Huaizhe freely, and the movements of each person were not consistent.
Chu Shici couldn’t believe that the caster behind the scenes had the ability to control more than a dozen figures at the same time to perform different actions, and is still doing it so accurately.
He feels that the figures generated in the formation should be similar to the robots in modern society.
If no one changes the order, they will just follow the previous instructions and attack the target with what they have on hand.
Previously, when Ji Huaizhe hit someone with a bare magic wand, the figure hit Ji Huaizhe with their magic wand as well, not utilizing any magic to hit him at all.
Now Ji Huaizhe uses the fire serpent, and the figures also use the fire serpent.
All the spells casted by the figures are low-end versions of Zhe-ge’s. The fire serpents released are also a weakened version. Chu Shici’s water shield can resist it for a few seconds.
But the woods couldn’t resist.
After Ji Huaizhe used wind magic, the strong wind blew the fire serpents around him into the woods.
The fire serpents he released earlier were still wreaking havoc in the forest, and a dozen more fire serpents were blown over.
The fire was burning, and the forest in front of them turned into a sea of fire.
Chu Shici was stunned when he saw the figures. It seemed that the person controlling the formation realized the seriousness of the matter and forgot to issue an attack order for a while.
The figure was stunned, but Ji Huaizhe was not stunned.
Since no one stopped him, he threw fireballs towards the figures around him.
The fireballs hit the figures, smashing them into pieces.
When the last figure disappeared, Chu Shici held his breath nervously.
The forest did not rotate, and no human figures appeared. Only the sea of fire which spread rapidly.
Chu Shici didn’t know if the formation would take effect again when the fire ran out. He only knew that they would be safe temporarily.
The little doll was held up by Ji Huaizhe. He was about to share the joy with Zhe-ge when he raised his head and looked right into those scarlet eyes.
Ji Huaizhe lowered his head and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Blood and dust covered his handsome face, but his bright eyes were exceptionally dazzling.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Ji Huaizhe spoke, with a slight huff in his voice.
“I have never been so happy since I came to this world, probably because I have always been controlled by others and have never done anything I wanted to. Ah Ci, I have a secret that I want to tell you.”
He touched his forehead against the little doll and his tone gradually became softer, “I’m just telling you this, don’t tell anyone else. You… don’t stay away from me because of this.”
Touching Ji Huaizhe’s eyebrows, Chu Shici knew that Zhe-ge was going to share the reason for his sudden drop in vitality with his little doll.
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