No matter how much Harvey roared in his mind, no matter how hard he tried to control, the reality would not change according to its wishes. The puppet came to a stop.
Without a soul inside, Harvey couldn’t even make a desperate attempt.
Instead of becoming the next excellent host body, it had become a solid cage for imprisoning an invisible higher-dimensional life form.
Harvey wanted to repeat the old trick, to escape from the physical body quickly, but attachment of the higher-dimensional life form wasn’t omnipotent.
Having just entered this puppet not long ago, coupled with the damage caused by the death of the 【Devouring Serpent】 earlier, forcibly leaving would only result in its complete destruction.
Helplessly, Harvey could only stay put, silently praying that the two women chasing after it wouldn’t notice its presence. At least, there was still no sign of that terrifying bird of light.
The pursuers arrived faster than imagined. Almost as soon as Harvey spotted the figures in the sky, lost control of the puppet, and within the next few seconds, a petite girl with black long hair and a tall girl with golden hair appeared simultaneously at Harvey’s side.
The material body being possessed received their voices.
“Is this Eilush?” one of them asked.
“The Spirit Puppet Tribe all looks alike, but why is she standing still here?”
“Master, could it be a trick?”
“I’m not sure. Wait, do you see that flashing light on her chest? It’s a bit hard to see through the clothes... Hmm, I’m curious. What kind of structure is inside the Spirit Puppet Tribe’s bodies?”
“Master, please stop staring so seriously at the woman’s chest. Even for you, it’s too much.”
“Wow! Xiao Guang, you can even make such sarcastic comments now? Quite an improvement. But I’m really just curious about that flashing red light. It feels like it’s something... you know...”
“What something?”
“Ahem, nothing. Anyway, let’s investigate first. If there’s no problem, we’ll take her back.”
After finishing her words, the white-robed girl with long black hair, who had a close connection to the Light Giant Bird, reached out and placed her hand on the puppet’s shoulder. It seemed as if she was softly muttering a short word or phrase under her breath.
Invisible waves spread like a tide, sweeping over the puppet’s body, naturally including Harvey hidden within.
Although it didn’t seem to cause any harm, Harvey suddenly felt a violent shiver, as if a fledgling bird had stripped away all its shells and disguises, exposing itself completely to some terrifying presence.
Wait, this feeling!? It’s... it’s her!
That terrifying entity that cast its gaze upon him initially, it’s this woman!!!
No, no, no!!! That’s wrong, it’s all wrong!
She’s not a material life form at all, she’s just like...! She is...
“Oh? What’s this?”
But at this moment, the black-haired girl seemed to spot something interesting. With a smirk, she raised her hand and, within Harvey’s view through the puppet’s eyes, directed it to focus on the top of the body.
Then...
【Aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!】
A sensation of tearing, an extreme sensation of tearing, spread throughout every corner of the immaterial body of this higher-dimensional being.
An irresistible and immense force seized it, like the hand of a giant, ruthlessly pulling it outward, seemingly intending to forcibly rip Harvey out from the puppet’s body.
【It hurts!! It hurts so much!! Let me go!!!】
Harvey was on the verge of madness. It didn’t understand. Despite the other possessing a terrifying psychic power that made it tremble, far surpassing any higher-dimensional being it had encountered, why would they intentionally use such a primitive method of separation? Were they trying to torture it!?
This wouldn’t work. If it were that easy to force it out of this body, Harvey would have fled on its own long ago. Its spiritual form was too fragile now. If it forcibly did so, the result would only be...
Crackle... crackle... crackle... crackle...
“Snap.”
In the next moment, Harvey’s spiritual body, finally torn apart by the terrifying brute force, instantly shattered into fragments. Along with its consciousness, it vanished into the vast expanse of this material world.
In the end, it never understood why such a terrifying entity descended upon the material world, nor why it chose to punish and kill it in such a brutal manner.
But, Harvey was dead.
.........................
“Huh?”
Subconsciously, Violet squeezed her fair fingers, which suddenly lost their grip sensation, and she stood frozen in place.
What’s gone?
Wait, let me think it over again...
After conducting a detailed investigation using “Information Detection” on the Spirit Puppet Tribe girl named Eilush, Violet roughly understood the truth about the Spirit Puppet Tribe.
Simply put, the Spirit Puppet Tribe is a type of special magical tool equipped with autonomous consciousness. The magical patterns that bring and circulate magic power are engraved inside their bodies.
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Violet didn’t quite understand the specific materials and principles involved, but most of these bio-organic puppets are constructed similar to real humans.
Besides the magical patterns, their internal physiological functions are completed using alchemical organs and magic power. They’re somewhat akin to robots on Earth, just with a bit more “magic” involved.
Moreover, there is a very important and crucial core within these puppets, serving as the central hub for their magical operations, much like the magic core of monsters or the human heart. It shines with red light in the chest area, and their blood is a special magical active fluid.
The reason why this Eilush suddenly stopped foolishly here is because her magical core, probably what they call the “mental core,” entered a mysterious state, ceasing normal operations. There’s also some strange external energy lurking inside, doing goodness knows what.
But regardless, this strange energy is most likely the reason she suddenly lost control and ended up here. So, Violet plans to extract this thing and take a look.
As for the method, it’s quite simple. Violet can directly use her own soul power, the SP, to penetrate to the corresponding position, just like grabbing something with her hands. After all, this thing seems to be essentially a special kind of soul energy.
However, for some unknown reason, it’s stuck in the core as if glued there and refuses to come out. So, in frustration, Miss Priestess decides to try using a bit more force.
But as soon as she did that, she heard a “snap,” and then the current situation unfolded.
“What in the world is this inexplicable thing...”
After pinching the empty space in front of her and confirming that there was indeed nothing there, including in Eilush’s mental core, Miss Priestess couldn’t help but feel confused.
“Master, what happened to her?”
“I’m not entirely sure... It’s probably some sort of malfunction. I tried to repair it earlier, but it seems like it failed. Maybe we should...”
Just as Violet glanced at the expressionless figure standing still and motionless, resembling Ini and Imeng’s appearance in dress and physique, except with a cool short haircut, intending to figure out how to bring her back and show her to Miss Ini and the others of her kind.
Unexpectedly, the other suddenly emitted a cold but melodious voice, devoid of any intonation or emotion, as if mechanically reporting instructions.
“Beep beep, searching... Searching... Unknown intrusion virus cleared, suspected interference from external antivirus program, scan results found no residue, system status normal, system maintenance completed.”
“Rebooting the mental core, estimated time fifteen seconds, please wait.”
“......?”
“......?”