Chapter 401: Chapter 297: The Bound Female Demon
Little Zi carefully burrowed into the ground.
Some might think that since a female demon has no physical body, can she not go anywhere within the earth?
But that’s not the case. A pure energy-form demon can break free from gravity’s hold; however, once gravity’s guidance is lost, they too lose their sense of direction. It doesn’t matter much on the surface, but once they enter the soil layer, the lack of a directional sense quickly becomes a hindrance. Without it, they can quickly become lost and start to aimlessly circle underground.
Therefore, going underground without any assistance is extremely dangerous.
But Little Zi was different. She was continually using the demonic wails to trace her path.
Soon, she found the source of the sounds.
Below ground, in an extremely secretive room, laid thirteen transparent coffins. Inside the coffins were the bodies of thirteen girls. Their bodies had evidently undergone special treatment; they looked no different than when they were alive. Above each coffin floated a female demon. They were expressionless, simply floating silently. Considering the lack of major differences between them and their bodies, these demons were probably all in their complete forms.
So, this is where they were!
These complete form demons were separated from the regular ones! No wonder they couldn’t be found!
In front of the third coffin stood the Black Dragon Emperor, Carnie Black, and Reiz.
Reiz opened the lid of the coffin and the Eye of Pain in his hand immediately emitted a bloody light, enveloping the body in the coffin. Instantly, the female demon floating above let out a painful wail. However, these cries were unheard by human ears.
"They seem to be wailing." Black Dragon Emperor, Carnie Black, commented.
"Yes, female demons let out these cries when they are in fear or pain. These screams can forcibly control nearby undead and attract other demons for help. But unfortunately, there are no undead warrior now, and the other demons dare not help her because they are afraid of me," Reiz replied with a grin.
Carnie nodded approvingly, well aware of Reiz’s capabilities. In the past, he was a backbone of the Black Dragon Empire. Backed by the knowledge he acquired from infiltrating the White Dragon Empire, his research on necromancy stood unmatched. Especially after he was nearly killed by Long Yi, he created the Eye of Pain for revenge. Its illusions were so realistic that even the worst of human nightmares were incomparable.
Soon, the light disappeared, and the wail of the demon ceased.
The coffin lid was shut, and the next demon started trembling with dread.
"Fear. Only fear can make them obey orders." Reiz chuckled darkly as the light of the Eye of Pain shot out again.
"How goes the persuasion of Long Yi?" Carnie asked.
"It’s progressing smoothly, but you should know, if he could be easily convinced, he wouldn’t be Long Yi," Reiz responded.
"If we kill him, how much knowledge can you obtain from his body?" The Emperor seemed to be losing patience.
"If I may, Your Majesty, a living Long Yi would be more useful than a dead one. Of course, if Your Majesty wishes, you can end his life anytime. It doesn’t matter to me, though, I suspect Tilian, who made a great effort to capture Long Yi, might be displeased," Reiz said.
"Tilian is a loyal dog! Rewarding him with a bone occasionally is not out of question. But if I have to consult him even over such trivial matter of feeding bones, what’s the point of being his master? Prepare the lab tomorrow, behead Long Yi and turn him into a zombie Dragon Knight!"
"At your command! Your Majesty!"
Reiz burst out laughing!
Little Zi didn’t dare to make a move, in fear that any slight noise would alert Reiz. It was only after they tormented all thirteen female demons and left the room that Little Zi emerged from the wall.
The moment little Zi appeared, all thirteen female demons’ eyes fixated on her.
One demon to another, the obscurantism was ineffective. In their eyes, Little Zi appeared as her true self. The beautiful and adorable maid has a completely physical body.
"The super complete form..."
One of the demons whispered.
"So powerful..."
"So beautiful..."
The demons commented softly.
Hearing them converse instead of wailing confirmed to Little Zi that these demons maintained their intellect. The voice is the simplest proof of any life’s intelligence.
"Hello, sisters," Little Zi said with a smile as her small shoes made a soft noise against the floor.
"Please... don’t make a noise," one demon pleaded.
"Silence... otherwise, pain."
"Pain..."
"No pain..."
The female demons once again showed horrified expressions on their faces.
"Can anyone tell me what just happened?" Little Zi transformed back into her energy form and gently floated up.
"We are female demons... We are waiting for orders."
"Number one," said a female demon, on whose forehead Little Zi could see a small number one.
"We were... poisoned to death... turned into female demons upon revival... But many of our sisters... didn’t wake up."
A female demon started to cry softly.
"We were... forced to become servants... bound to follow orders, unable to leave this place."
"We’re tortured every day."
"We’re in pain."
"We want freedom."
Little Zi’s brow furrowed. As a female demon herself, she was simply too fortunate. Long Yi had always treated her like a beloved little sister, always discussing with her about anything she was supposed to do, there was never a strict command. Moreover, leveraging the giant strength of Long Yi, Little Zi had evolved from an ordinary female demon into a super-complete form.
This was an unimaginably good fortune!
As a female demon herself, Little Zi could not help but recall the moment she had just become a female demon. Fear, loneliness, isolation, and a belief in revenge were constantly circling around her heart.
Yes, she had once had that belief in revenge to support her. But looking at them now? Although they were complete form female demons, they could only be restricted here, their faces always displaying pain.
"Tell me how I can help you!" Little Zi quickly said.
"No, I think what you mean is, you want to join them, don’t you?" An annoying voice rang out. It was Reiz, he had returned!
All of a sudden, all the female demons recoiled and stopped speaking. They didn’t even dare to look at Little Zi.
After seeing off the emperor, Reiz had returned immediately. For some reason, he wanted to torture these female demons once more. However, what he had not expected was that there was one more female demon here, and a complete form one at that!
Little Zi was still wearing her deception magic at this moment. In Reiz’s eyes, she was just a stranger, nothing more than an unfamiliar female demon.
"Tsk, tsk, it seems that little girl’s scream was quite effective, it drew another female demon here," Reiz said, slowly moving closer.
"Let them go," said Little Zi resolutely as a powerful psi suggestion was emitted. However, Reiz’s eyes radiated red light, counteracting the psi suggestion.
"Look, I get to meet these girls every day. If I can’t resist even such psi suggestions, wouldn’t I have been played to death by these little girls?" Reiz laughed triumphantly.
"Humph!"
Little Zi raised her hand and giant ice hammer shot towards Reiz at high speed. Reiz sneered and raised his hand at the same time, spell missiles shot out, smashing the ice hammer into shards in the air. The shattered ice scattered everywhere.
"Haha, do struggle, little female demon. The more you struggle, the more intense the torture that awaits you will be!" Reiz continued to approach Little Zi.
The source of Reiz’s confidence was his deep understanding of female demons.
Female demons are powerful energy creatures, natural-born mages. They are born with powerful psychic capabilities which make them formidable in battles. However, if psychic magic is put aside, their own spell strength is extremely low. Ordinary female demons, although born with an excellent magic talent, can only instinctively apply some simple frost magic. Without systematic learning and training, they don’t have the engaging magic battle skills. While Reiz was a dragon mage who was nearly eighty years old! Even though his rank was not high, his understanding of magic was much deeper than any of these wild female demons!
Moreover, for a long period in the past, Reiz had witnessed these female demons being born, growing up. He knew their strengths and weaknesses like the back of his hand. Win against him? It was a joke!
While Reiz’s thinking was not wrong, he did not know that Little Zi was not just an ordinary female demon. Having been with Long Yi for so long, Long Yi had never treated Little Zi with any caution. Whether in classes, at the library, or even during debates with the Four Heavenly Kings of the magic research institute. Originally mysteriously possessing rich magic experience, Little Zi had a wealth of knowledge of magic, completely on par with Reiz!
But at this moment, Little Zi dared not reveal too much of her strength because she was just an ordinary female demon in their eyes. She could not expose Long Yi because of this.
Little Zi started to evade and attack Reiz through conventional means used by female demons. Facing such level of attacks, Reiz just smiled.
"Hehe, if I was as dumb as those dragon warriors, I bet I would have fallen into your trap. It’s a pity, I’m a real smart one and not like those idiots."
Hearing Reiz’s boast, Little Zi anxiously appealed to the other female demons for help.
"Sisters! You are not restrained from acts! Attack together! Kill him, and you will be free!"
However, all the female demons’ eyes were filled with even greater fear.
"Do you think they haven’t attacked me together before? Here, I’ll give you some time; ask them about the outcome of the last time they tried to ambush me. Especially No.13, the most exciting part was there!"
Having said that, Reiz stopped attacking and stood aside with a smile. This cat-and-mouse game was too enjoyable to give up. Giving the mice a glimmer of hope, then watching them slowly despair. It was indeed very satisfying. (To be continued. If you enjoy this novel, please support me at qidian.com with your recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)
