Free Web NovelChapter 311: Ally [2]
"Arrogant human... Do you think that just because you defeated me, I will now listen to your demands and orders? You are a fool, indeed. You will kill me first before you can get anything from me."
Lucas smiled as he watched how the Feathered Serpent still got a hard head on to him. He moved closer to her and said, "Lucas, the name is Lucas. Stop calling me "human." I am not human anymore. I am already an immortal."
"What?" As the Feathered Serpent heard it, she couldn’t hide her surprise.
’Immortal...? Impossible. How could an immortal descend into the Mortal Heaven without restrictions? His cultivation: was it really real? Now that I think about it, it is impossible for a human, especially with an Emperor Stage cultivation base, to defeat a divine beast like me who was already in the Immortal Realm of cultivation. It is just impossible.’
The Feathered Serpent thought of it more, and as soon as she realized something, she lowered her gaze and sighed.
"I am Fiona, Lucas," she timidly said. "But is it really true that you are an immortal?"
Lucas nodded. "Yes, I am an immortal, but not from the Immortal Heaven. You might not know this, but there are other Heavens as well, aside from the Four Heavens that the Divine Emperor rules. And I am from a world that was not part of the Four Heavens."
Of course, it was absurd. Lucas had already discovered that the world and universe in which the Four Heavens existed were distinct from Encanta. Lucas was from a different universe, but since the Universal Bridge that existed was connected to Encanta, Lucas made it look like it was also another Heaven where cultivation existed. It was the only way to make himself being immortal reasonable.
Fiona gave Lucas a deadly stare. She was still serious, and her mind was still processing everything. Even though she had been defeated, she wouldn’t let Lucas have the best of her. It was not part of her principles, as, after the Great World War, she stamped it on her heart that she wouldn’t listen to any humans anymore who would ask for her help.
"I see..." Fiona mumbled, and then disconnected her gaze from Lucas and closed her eyes. "Kill me. There is nothing to gain from living if I let myself be used by some human. Kill me."
Lucas scoffed. He could only look at Fiona with amusement, but even though she was acting like that, he was still fixated on his plan on how he would make her his ally.
"Do you think that the only way to make you my ally was to make you follow me? Absurdity or stupidity. You are naive, Fiona. I guess being a divine beast doesn’t mean that you will be that great."
Fiona hissed and darted glaring eyes at Lucas. "Don’t you dare underestimate me anymore. Even if you had won the fight, I won’t let my existence be trampled by someone like you."
Lucas nodded and swayed his hands, dismissing Fiona’s thought. He looked at the red sky and sighed as it was still the same as earlier. Although Lucas might not have known it, the Northern Continent was looking at the red sky as well. However, what Lucas wanted with the red sky was different. He wanted it to disappear as it had been bothering him since he came here.
"Remove that red sky."
"Kill me. That is the only way to remove it. And in that case, you won’t be able to use me. I would be very happy."
"Hey, hey, hey... I forgot to tell you that the way to make you my ally was not by defeating you. We haven’t made a deal, right?"
"What do you mean? Even if you have any means to make me your ally, I won’t listen to you. I am confident that I won’t listen to you."
"Yeah, yeah... You won’t listen to me, but what could a dead divine beast do when she was already dead? How about you, Fiona, will you be able to stop with what I will do with your body?"
Lucas knew that the pride that Fiona was holding was from her existence. Being a divine beast meant being above humans, and with that, Fiona’s pride was in hiding. However, she didn’t know how much Lucas could do with his powers. And just staring at his mysterious smile, she couldn’t help but feel chills in her human form. She was creeped out that the next word she could only mutter was from her agitation. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"What are you planning?"
"Do you have any ideas about puppetry? Is even a dead human body compatible with puppetry? And it turned out that I have that ability."
Fiona blinked in an uncomfortable manner as Lucas continued to grin widely. She looked away from him and scoffed. "Do you think that I will budge with what you said? There is no way that you can do that."
"Heh... You are ending your words as if you are sure of what is happening. I can control humans, if I want to but only to a small number. It is an overpowered ability and beyond logic."
"See...? You are the one who is taking back your words. You are saying that you can control humans, even if they are dead and in small numbers, but the question is, can you control me, who is a divine beast?"
’Look at her, satisfied with the response she made in our mind game... Cute... but you are underestimating the things that I can do, Fiona. Let’s see how you react to this.’
"Oh... Are you sure about that?"
Lucas cast a spell, creating a shadow ball with the tips of his fingers. And as it formed into a ball, he then proceeded with making its threads. He pointed his fingers at Fiona with an anticipating smile, then launched them. It entered Fiona and, in a matter of a few seconds, just after her confusion while she watched Lucas, her hand moved.
She was discombobulated. Her eyes widened in horror as she watched her hands move on their own. She didn’t know what was happening, and as she looked at her hands more, she became terrified of the idea that her whole body was to be controlled by Lucas.
She shifted her gaze at him and, afterward, her whole body. Furthermore, she kowtowed at him with teary eyes and shouted with the pure force of her throat.
"Please... stop this!"
She was kowtowing to Lucas while her hands were swinging by her sides. They were still out of her control and the thought of it just ate her mind.
"Stop! I will listen to you! Just stop violating my body! I will listen to you and I will be your ally!"
Lucas smiled with satisfaction as he watched Fiona be eaten by the horror of being controlled. Her pride was coming from her existence and there was no absolute way that she would let Lucas control her. She heard that he could control bodies even if they were dead, and a divine beast was no exception to it, just from what she witnessed. And just as she thought of it more, she could see Lucas joyfully controlling her body to fight against the enemies he had.
’He doesn’t care if I am dead or alive. What he wanted was the body. It could be advantageous for him if he could order me without being disturbed by controlling me like a puppet. But even so, I don’t want to be his puppet. If I choose, I will endure being his ally instead of a puppet.’
"Good choice... Then, today, we are now allies. Don’t worry, I won’t ’violate’ your body by controlling it against your will. That is just an example, so don’t worry. Furthermore, I want you to be my real ally. No betrayal, equal rights, and a healthy relationship. Even though I am the authority on the legacy I am part of, and you are my ally in that, you will still listen to me to finish this immediately. That is because we are allies, and I am in charge. After that, after all of this, you can enjoy your life. And the hatred you have for humans, I hope you forget about it."
Fiona’s tears fell as she was still thinking of Lucas controlling him, but after seeing Lucas’s sincere gaze at her, she could only lower her head. The sky, as well, turned clear. Its previous red color had vanished as if death had forgiven the land already.
"I am happy that we can understand each other."
"Fuck you, Lucas."
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At the same time, as the skies cleared, the people of the Southern Continent were baffled by it. They jumped in joy as they cheered with their loved ones, fellow citizens, or even just with the livestock they had on their land. This was good news for them, and another sign of coming grace. The Scholar, on the other hand, smiled with a calm face as he soon discovered that Lucas had succeeded in his plan.
"I was right in believing in you, Senior Master Lucas."
