The life force quickly drained from Balor's body, but it was as if Balor felt that he could not die fast enough. He urged his will and asked the shadow clone to insert the sword as hard as he could, directly into the soft soil, and even the hilt of the sword penetrated his body.
The originally dark hands of the shadow clone were dyed crimson by Balor's blood. He twisted the wound violently, making the originally ruptured heart become bloody. Balor's shadow clone put his hand in and crushed his heart to pieces.
Splashes of blood splashed onto Alex's face, and he looked at Balor's broken body expressionlessly. The shadow clone also lost control due to the death of its master. It melted like a pool of viscous liquid and mixed with Balor's blood.
The long sword was still stuck on Balor's body. Alex sighed, he pulled out the long sword, and then cut off Balor's head with his eyes closed. Alex pulled Balor's hair and lifted the head up. He and the skull looked at each other, and then unexpectedly found that Balor's eyes were unexpectedly calm at this moment. There was no paranoia and hatred in the past, only calmness, and even a little yearning...
"..." Alex was speechless. He felt that Balor seemed to understand something before he died. But it's a pity that he died just as he understood it...
He carefully put Balor's head away and left.
Not long after Alex left, the pool of shadow material that was originally as sticky as mud gradually began to move again. They first emitted a few bubbles, and then gradually condensed together, slowly forming a human shape, a human shape like Balor.
This dark creature looked at the direction Alex left, and then showed a self-deprecating smile: "A shadow creature? Hehe..."
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"You turned into a shadow creature?" Kordak couldn't help but stood up in shock when he heard this. He never expected that although Regnar let Balor go, he would end up like this in the end. end.
"That's right." Balor admitted frankly: "The ability of my shadow clone is somewhat similar to the mage's cloning technique. It can also carry the soul, but if it becomes like this, I think I can no longer claim it. Human. Moreover, when my physical body dies, my shadow clone must be in physical contact with my physical body to transfer the soul. It cannot directly transfer the soul like the mage's clone."
"Why did it become like this?" Kordak sighed. He now sympathized with Balor. After all, this guy was his brother-in-law. And although he was a bit crazy and ruthless at first, at least this time it seems that Balor still has good intentions towards him.
"That's good. At least in the past two years, I feel that I am truly alive, rather than a puppet controlled by Villes or a madman driven mad by revenge." Balor said calmly.
He had never agreed to return to the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild. On the one hand, he was unwilling to be overpowered by Regnar, and the most important reason was that he no longer wanted to be manipulated by Villes.
Since that death, Balor has become a very illusory existence. Even the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild couldn't find any information about him. In fact, this is actually the first time he has met a human without reservation after turning into a shadow creature. Normally, Balor could only move around if he was wrapped up tightly during the day.
"How have you spent the past two years?" Kordak's voice was a little bitter. As Balor's brother-in-law, he felt that he should be more concerned about his brother-in-law's current situation.
"As a shadow creature, I don't have to worry about food or drink, and I can even make my own clothes." Balor shrugged: "Except for the inconvenience of moving during the day, I am living a good life."
"I'm afraid it's not just as simple as being inconvenient, right?" Kordak has rich experience, so he also understands that shadow creatures can hardly survive during the day, and Balor will probably have a very difficult life during the day.
"Okay, this is not important at all." Balor waved his hand, indicating that he did not want to get too entangled in this issue. He sat on the guest seat of Kordak's tent. The kerosene lamp in the tent made him feel a little dazzling.
Kordak must have guessed Balor's discomfort. He dimmed the light of the kerosene lamp a little, and then said, "Tell me, why do you come to me this time?"
"Since the battle with Regnar, I have understood some things." Balor stopped talking and went straight to the point: "So I changed my original mind. Now I just want to protect my sister. Can you do this? Do you accept it? If not, then there is no need for us to continue talking."
"There's nothing hard to accept. You are her brother, and everything is as it should be." Kordak leaned his strong body on the chair, assumed a very relaxed posture, and then acted as if nothing had happened. answer.
"Thank you." Balor is now a shadow creature, so his expression has become limited. This piece of black coal nodded stiffly, and then said: "So, in the past two years, I have checked about the Moon Shadow Thieves Guild. matter."
"What clues did you get?"
"Very few." Balor said solemnly: "The Moon Shadow Thieves Guild is a new guild organization in Lance Continent, but its rise is so fast that it is unimaginable."
"So you're trying to say that Villeless is a terrible person?"
"No, Veles is certainly scary, but I don't think he has the ability to take care of everything and lead a guild by one person to become the leading behemoth in Lance Continent in more than 20 years."
"Then what do you mean?"
"What I mean is that there may be another person behind Villes. This person may not have much power, but he can calculate everything, even Villes."
"Then do you know who that person is?"
"I have no idea."
"Then why do you conclude that such a person exists?"
"Because Verles is an elf."
“…”
"It's shocking, isn't it?" Balor continued: "I was also very shocked when I found out about Velez's race. But I was young at that time and didn't think much about it at all. But in the past few years, I gradually realized Something is wrong.”
"It turned out to be an elf..." Kordak muttered to himself.
"That's right, Elf." Balor repeated, and he continued to analyze: "If it is an Elf, then all his actions will seem a bit suspicious. First of all, no matter how big he makes the guild, he can't come On the surface, it is absolutely impossible for humans to allow a foreign race to become their ruler, so what is his purpose in establishing such a guild? Moreover, most elves are innocent and kind to the point of being almost stupid, Velez Even if he is an alien among them, I don't think he can be so sophisticated and calculating. Finally... people who are not from my race must have different minds. Even if he is an elf, I don't think he has any good ideas when he comes to human society. .”
"Do you have any guesses about his purpose?" Kordak's voice was hoarse.
"No, my ability to collect information alone is too limited. But one thing I'm sure of is that his purpose is definitely related to attribute ability users, or to Regnar!" Balor answered decisively.
"It has something to do with Xiao Lei?" Kordak suddenly became nervous. He stood up suddenly and walked to Balor: "What does it have to do with it?!"
"It's up to you to analyze this yourself. This is all I know." Balor was not moved at all. He shrugged, saying that he knew this much.
"Hell, are you..."
"Hey! If this makes you anxious, then what I say next may make you collapse." Balor made a downward movement with his hands to signal Kordak to calm down.
"..." Kordak also knew that the things that had happened one after another in the past few days had made him a little irritable, so he adjusted his mood and then sat down again: "Tell me, is there anything else?"
"And... my sister was kidnapped." When Balor said this, his voice lowered a bit.
"What?!" Kordak's butt struggled against the chair again, and he yelled.
"Legion Commander, what's the matter with you?" The guards outside the door were finally alerted, and they asked outside.
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it." Kordak hurriedly dismissed the guards. Then he walked up to Balor: "Who is it? What is going on?"
"It's the Luolin family." Balor gritted his teeth and said, "They are people from Alfred's faction."
"Alfred?" Kordak's eyes flashed with hatred: "Why did he suddenly grab Vera?"
"I don't know about this." Balor shrugged: "In the past six months, I have been worried about my sister, so I have been following her secretly. The time you asked her to go out alone was no exception. My sister went to the southwest of the empire first, After discovering that Regna was not there, she rushed to Melinder again. However, on the way there, she encountered a sneak attack by a group of people. My sister was unable to fight alone, so I rushed over to help, but because it was daytime, I simply couldn’t do anything. It doesn’t take much, and in the end I can only watch them run away.”
"Are you sure it's Alfred?" Kordak asked with a gloomy look.
"Make sure. I killed a few sneak attackers and checked their bodies. They all had the Luo Lin family's black fox emblem tattoos on their bodies. Those tattoos are difficult to fake. I think there will be no mistakes." Balor replied in the affirmative.
"It seems that the old fox found out after all..." Kordak sighed, and then showed an extremely bitter smile.