Anna was stopped by Ulysses as soon as she walked out of the small building where the devil lived. When facing him, she was more wary than facing the devil.
At least now she has learned some skills in dealing with the devil. All she needs to do is resolutely reject the proposal, but then coax him to appease his emotions. Although she has not raised a spare tire, she should coax the devil and raise a spare tire. Not too bad.
"Anna, I will leave for home tomorrow, and I need you to come home with me to help." Ulysses said.
In fact, he was still doubtful about the "dual personality" theory, but it was a fact that he had lost his memory for a few days, and it was also a fact that what he did was completely inconsistent with his character. He could not leave this hidden danger alone.
Since Anna almost witnessed the whole process during his "amnesia", she is an important witness. If he wants to find out what happened, he must bring her with him. He really had no clue, so he had to go home and ask his elders for help.
Anna looked surprised: "What help?"
"As for the dual personality you mentioned," Ulysses said, "I want to find out the details. You know best my personality when I lose my memory."
"Sorry, I can't help you." Anna refused decisively, "This is my hometown and I don't want to leave."
"I won't let your help go in vain. As long as you are willing to assist me, I can give you ten gold coins. I can give it to you immediately after you agree." Ulysses said.
Anna would have to save ten gold coins without eating or drinking for ten years, and if she went to assist, it would only take less than half a year, including the time on the way back and forth. This was a very cost-effective deal.
I have to say that Anna still covets these ten gold coins.
With these ten gold coins, she can test her elemental affinity and officially start her journey of learning as a mage. Dibian said that her talent is very good. Although she learned a little late, she believes that with such talent and hard work, she can even surpass Ulysses.
It's a pity that she made up the dual personality, and the devil is still there, so how can she get away? Besides, nobles didn't take civilians seriously. If they really followed them, she felt like her life was hanging on the line.
"Master Ulysses, I have my family here, and they still need my care. Please forgive me for not leaving with you." Anna said reluctantly.
Ulysses' expression remained unchanged and he calmly increased the price: "Twenty gold coins. This is money you will never earn in your lifetime."
But "you" have burned more gold coins than this for me...
Anna endured the heartache and still refused: "Master Ulysses, if I don't have a reason to stay, ten gold coins are enough for me to go with you. But there are some reasons that are more important than gold coins, so you can give me one I won’t be tempted by a hundred gold coins.”
What she said was very contrary to her will. If she really had a hundred gold coins, how could she not be moved? It's a pity that she also needs a life flower. Moreover, she really couldn't bear to leave her lovely family. The world was too unkind to civilians, and she wanted to take good care of them.
"Her reason is me."
A voice that seemed to be suppressing anger came from behind. Anna turned around, only to see the devil walking over in an air-conditioned manner, with his long silver hair drawing a dangerous arc in the air.
... Well, this devil is going to ruin her and the Son's reputation again.
Now that the devil's body was no longer at the level where she could faint with just a push, she couldn't stop him from talking nonsense, so she could only make up for it with some anxiety: "I do have to stay and take care of the Holy Son's daily life."
In the eyes of outsiders, of course, she was not responsible for this matter, but she couldn't say that. Once she said it, the devil would definitely say that it had to be her, which would make it darker and darker.
But Anna deliberately did not go in the direction of darkness, but Rotgar did not want to do as she wished.
He looked at Ulysses and said with a cold face: "If you want to take Anna away, you should ask me first."
Ulysses frowned and looked at Rotgar with some surprise. He was not usually interested in gossip and had never heard that someone had actually secretly rumored that the Holy Son had something to do with Anna before he specifically named her.
Therefore, he just said: "She is the maid of the Earl's Palace. As long as she agrees, she can come with me."
Normally he is not willing to conflict with the Son, but because Anna has a great relationship with him, he cannot avoid its edge.
"Very good, she didn't agree, you can get out." Rotgar sneered. When he was possessed before, he actually did not deliberately restore the character of the person involved. Now that he is in a rage, he will not care about Vic. How many times have you spoken like this
But Anna's brows jumped when she heard it.
What she had tried so hard to avoid was going to happen after all! Originally, she didn't have the initiative in this matter. It was really difficult for her to avoid it. The devil with a long tongue could say whatever he wanted outside. How could she stop him
Ulysses was a four-star mage at a young age. He had his own arrogance, and others were polite to him. He was also very unhappy when Lotgar spoke to him like this today.
At this time, Anna's stay or leave didn't seem that important anymore. This had become a problem between him and Rotgar.
"Holy Son, what exactly happened that night?" Ulysses looked at Lotgar coldly and asked. He had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but because the Holy Son had been bedridden, he could not come to ask. But at this moment, since the two of them were not talking about each other, there was no need for him to worry about etiquette issues.
What happened that night was too weird. He didn't believe what the Holy Son had said before. He wanted the truth.
"I've already told you, if you don't believe it, then tell me what happened." Rotgar's tone was sharp and unyielding.
No one in this place is a threat to him, and he doesn't bother to pretend too much. Only in front of Anna, who is related to the bet, will he control it a little.
Even if they discovered his abnormality, what could they do to him
Ulysses slowly expressed his guess: "I have no enemies. Those people came for you, but you brought me into the situation to help you deal with them."
Rotgar sneered: "Even if the truth is what you guessed, so what?"
The situation was indeed exactly as Ulysses guessed, but comparing the past with the present, the two parties involved had different people in their bodies.
"No, I just need an answer." Ulysses said, "Besides, since I helped you, please don't hinder me now."
It had been a long time since anyone had dared to speak to Lotgar like this. He almost left the body of the Holy Son to make Ulysses feel the terror of facing the Duke of the Abyss.
But he looked at Anna, whose eyes were wide open and her face was nervous, and he held it back.
It was almost as if he didn't want to do it again. Anna, a human woman, was too ambitious. It would be difficult to find someone who could move her heart as much as the Holy Son and fit her plans. He didn't want to waste any more time.
He sneered: "Am I hindering you now? It's obvious that Anna doesn't want to go with you."
He turned to look at Anna with a wanton smile: "Really, Anna?"
Anna originally didn't want to go with Ulysses, so she nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Holy Son."
"Did you hear that?" Rotgar looked at Ulysses again, with a mocking smile on his lips.
Ulysses looked at Anna with a heavy look. He felt very relaxed before coming, but he was unable to achieve his goal, which made him very unhappy.
"Anna, I think my amnesia during that period has something to do with you. You are not willing to take gold coins to go back with me to help, so I have to take you back by force." Ulysses said, waving his hand slightly, and there was a wind in his palm. Suddenly it rose out of thin air and attacked Anna.
This is the wind element that once gently sent Anna away, and now it is taking her to Ulysses. When being "caught" by the wind element, Anna, who was just a mage apprentice, could not resist at all.
The wind is still gentle, but it doesn't allow you to break away.
Rotgar snorted coldly, grabbed Anna with one hand, a white light glowed in the palm of the other hand, and slapped the almost invisible wind with one palm.
The gathering and dissipation of wind elements were accelerated, and finally turned into a wisp of breeze, no longer having the power to "capture" Anna.
Anna was still in shock, but Rotgar snorted coldly: "Robbing someone in front of me is good!"
He let go of Anna, pulled off the pendant hanging around his neck and held it in his palm, obviously intending to use the body and power of the Holy Son to play with Ulysses seriously.
After two days of rest, Rotgar has recovered some mental power, but Ulysses's mental power has not returned to its peak level. If the battle is won quickly, his current mental power can sustain it.
But so what if I can't hold on
He could come out of the Son's body at any time.
Anna saw that the devil and Ulysses were about to fight, but there was nothing she could do. Although it was because of her that they had a dispute at first, she felt that their fight now had little to do with her.
The devil was angry at Ulysses for snatching her soul from him, and Ulysses must have been deeply disgusted by the devil's tone and obstruction.
Anna stepped back very consciously, not wanting to be affected.
This was the first time she saw two mages fighting. Although she was worried, she couldn't help but be curious.
But in fact, when things got to this point, it was useless for her to worry.
The devil acts recklessly and doesn't care about her situation at all. Maybe he thinks that making her situation more difficult will make it easier for him to get her soul. It's not like he has never done similar things before.
This battle is unavoidable. What she has to do is how to deal with the aftermath and how to extract herself.
If it didn't work out, she could just follow Ulysses and let him chase the devil if he came after her. With the devil making such a fuss, it would be difficult for her to gain a foothold in the Earl's Mansion, so she might as well leave some gold coins for her family. Moreover, if she follows Ulysses, nothing will necessarily happen to her.
She just couldn't bear to continue studying with Dibian.
Anna stayed far away, just waiting for the outcome of the battle between Ulysses and the devil.
She saw someone in the distance who noticed the conflict between the two men and left in a hurry, presumably to find Earl Wilson. These two men were of high status and they started fighting. Of course Earl Wilson had to act as peacemaker to stop them. .
What she was worried about was that the devil, an uncontrollable and unstable factor, might not go as she wished.
The shadow that had been weighing on Anna's heart since the devil possessed the Holy Son finally showed its ferocious face. What she just thought might be too optimistic.
In the open space in front of Anna, Lotgard and Ulysses had officially faced each other.
The Son's body is a pure light affinity body and can only use light spells. Ulysses is best at using fire spells, but at least there is also wind spells available.
And their battle was not a confrontation like what Anna had seen in various novels, movies and TV series. Perhaps it can be called a "battle mage"? Their physical fitness is not bad, or even pretty good. They can use their body movements to avoid attacks, and their body movements are combined with the release of spells. They dance like a graceful and dazzling person.
After a brief separation, Ulysses condensed the fire element in his palm, and through the bracelet-shaped staff on his wrist, the flamboyant fire dragon appeared behind him.
"Be careful." After he finished speaking, he waved his arm to the right. As if under command, the fire dragon leaped over his head and rushed towards Lotgar.
Rotgar grinned, and the light elements condensed in his palms. When he ran towards the fire dragon without retreating, he kept close to his open slender fingers. When the fire dragon met him, he suddenly lowered his figure and raised his head. With a clap of his hand, the white light hit the fire dragon's body, causing a dent in the fire dragon's body, and the fire dragon's overall body shape also moved slightly.
But the flame was flowing, and the depression was quickly filled up, leaving it seemingly unscathed.
Seeing this, Rotgar's expression did not change. Instead, a hint of arrogant sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. He suddenly sped up his movements and continuously slapped various parts of the fire dragon's body, passing through the dancing figure of the fire dragon like Moses dividing the sea. , appeared in front of Ulysses.
Ulysses frowned slightly and ignored the fire dragon that was riddled with holes for a while. He condensed the wind element in his hand and hit Lotgar after casting it, sending him away.
Rotgar sneered, used the same technique to disperse the wind element on his body, and threw a white light with his hand as he continued to approach Ulysses.
Ulysses ducked sideways, but another white light appeared where he was hiding. He could only raise his hand to build a small fire shield with the fire element. But when the fire escape and the white light canceled each other out, Rotgar had already appeared beside him, and the white light in his palm hit him hard on the shoulder. The moment of burning pain close to his heart made him groan and lost his focus. Control of the Fire Dragon.
But Rotgar's attack was not over yet. Every time the white light in his palm flashed, he penetrated Ulysses' body once. When Ulysses was so painful that he couldn't stop shaking, he pinched Ulysses. Lisese's shoulder slammed him to the ground.
"Before provoking, figure out who your opponent is. You should be lucky that Anna is watching now."
Lotgar said coldly to Ulysses, got up and walked towards Anna.
But just after taking two steps, his figure swayed slightly and his body was a little unstable.
Tsk, the mental power is still not enough.
Rotgar ignored his pale face, walked up to Anna step by step, and raised his eyebrows: "If I don't agree, no one can take you away."
Anna's heart skipped a beat.
What he said did sound handsome, but she was not moved by it.
She was afraid that he was determined to win her soul.
Could it be that no matter how hard she struggled, she could not escape the fate of having her soul harvested
Although Anna once thought that this demon was a minion, she later understood how powerful he was, and now she no longer has any doubts about it.
As a demon, he could use the abilities of different people when possessing them. She saw that he was very proficient in using fire spells, and now he was equally proficient in using light spells, as if he had always been a pure priest.
His power frightened her.
Maybe even if she was lucky enough to become a five-star mage, she wouldn't be able to escape from him.
Ana unconsciously took a small step back.
Lotgar saw her fear, but didn't understand what she was afraid of.
It was Ulysses who wanted to take her away by force, and he was the one who stopped Ulysses. Why was she afraid of him
Of course Lotgar didn't want Anna to be afraid of him, seeing that success was just around the corner.
He took a step closer to her, grabbed her chin and raised it before she stepped away, made her look into his eyes and asked her, "Are you afraid of me?"
Anna was forced to look at the face of the Son and the demon hidden in the Son's body.
Of course she is afraid of him. Who is not afraid of death? Who is not afraid of death? But she couldn't say that.
"I… "
"Son!"
Anna's words were interrupted by exclamations.
Rotgar turned his head impatiently, and Anna took the opportunity to break away. He glanced at her and took back his hand without saying anything.
There were many people coming, including Father Louis of Bluestone City Church, Earl Wilson and Parrish.
When he arrived and saw this scene, Father Louis couldn't help but look shocked. He only heard that the Holy Son and Ulysses were fighting, but he didn't know... was it because of a maid
The scene where the Holy Son lowered his head to kiss the maid just now really shocked him!
That is the most outstanding one who is favored by God. He has sworn to the goddess from the moment he entered the temple, to remain loyal and to serve the goddess's holy son throughout his life!
"It's a witch!"
After a brief moment of confusion, the priest came up with what he thought was the most reasonable explanation. The Holy Son is very pious, and His Excellency Victor is one of the best. How could he be tempted by an ordinary civilian? There is only one explanation, that maid is a witch, specially here to lure the Holy Son into corruption!
Although Anna knew that it would be difficult to end today, after hearing the priest's words, she understood that the consequences might be more serious than she had previously expected.
She really became a witch who tempted the Holy Son to fall.
She glanced at the devil, was this the desperate situation the devil wanted her to fall into
Father Louis approached quickly and said to Rotgar: "Your Excellency Victor, you have been tempted. Please wake up before you make a bigger mistake! This witch who seduced you will definitely be affected by the goddess. Punishment!"
He then glared at Anna angrily: "Why don't you kneel down and confess your sins to the goddess! Maybe, the goddess will allow you to enter her kingdom of God!"
"I have no sin, I have never seduced the Son, and I am not a witch!" Of course Anna refused to admit guilt, even though she knew that what she said would not be of any use.
"What a stubborn sinner! If you don't repent, not even the merciful goddess will forgive you!" the priest yelled angrily.
Before Anna could refute, Rotgar frowned: "It's so noisy, get out."
He was really annoyed by this blabbering, especially when he was interrupted when he wanted to ask Anna why she was afraid of him. He was very impatient now.
"Your Excellency Victor!"
Father Louis stared dumbfoundedly at the Holy Son who seemed to be a completely different person, with an unpredictable expression on his face.
Just as Rotgar was about to say something to drive them away, he felt as if his clothes were being pulled. He turned his head, and Anna was looking up at him, with a look of helplessness and vulnerability on her face.
"Lord Holy Son, I don't want to be killed by them as a witch... Can you please save me? I am willing to promise you anything."
Her eye circles were slightly red, tears glistened in her eyes, and her voice was even choked with sobs.
Lotgar was startled for a moment, then realized that the time had come for him to achieve his goal. After more than a month, he knew he would succeed.
"Remember your promise."
He twitched the corners of his mouth, and when he turned to look at Father Louis and others, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"If you are all dead, no one can kill Anna."
There was a panic on the other side, and Rotgar was already striding towards them.
Behind him, Ana slowly backed away. After blinking lightly, the tears in her eyes disappeared.
She saw that Ulysses had slowly stood up, she saw that the body of the demon-possessed Holy Son staggered due to weakness, and she saw that the originally frightened Father Louis regained his fighting spirit after seeing this. , she saw that everyone's attention was on the Holy Son who was possessed by the devil.
Then she turned quickly and ran away.
Anna knew very well that the only way left for her was to escape.
As long as the devil is around, it will be impossible for her to tell her innocence. After Ulysses lost his memory, he was "good" to her first, and the Son was second, plus Parish was earlier, how could she tell clearly? She couldn't even mention what the devil had done, otherwise she might die faster at the hands of the devil.
And it is even more impossible for her to stay and really wait for the devil to start killing people. If the devil wins, can she really fulfill her promise? When she said that, she was just "following" the devil's thoughts. Didn't he successfully put her in a desperate situation? She did what he wanted, clinging to him like anyone in a desperate situation clings to the last straw.
She could see that the Son's body was not healed yet, and the devil was in very bad shape after beating Ulysses. She bet that he would not be released from possession and show up. After all, she "didn't know" that the current Holy Son was a devil. Once he showed up, she, an ordinary civilian, would of course be frightened by him, so she guessed that if he wanted to use the Holy Son as a If I reach a contract with my son's identity, I will never do that.
Now, she wants to take advantage of their novices to peck each other and run away!