The young man screamed miserably as his puppet body quickly withered and died under the crawling of the snakes. It instantly turned into dust and disappeared completely.
"I've conducted countless experiments for this day, and now it's finally here," Lepnobet said with a satisfied smile. "All my subjects will dedicate their everything to me and become a part of her..."
As soon as Lepnobet finished speaking, his puppet housekeeper and puppet maids appeared at the church door, walking towards the magic circle in uniform steps.
They walked to the center of the magic circle and let the snakes crawl onto their bodies. The housekeeper, named Rosta, looked up at Lepnobet with a loyal expression: "Master, I am willing to serve you."
Lepnobet smiled slightly and said, "Go and bring your wife back."
Rosetta bowed her head deeply: "Yes."
Unlike the young man who struggled in vain, they seemed not to be afraid of the coming of death, as if they were Lepnobert's most loyal servants. The servant puppets led by Rosta allowed the snakes to drown and devour their bodies.
Soon, their bodies changed from human to puppets, and finally disappeared.
Xiao Tangqiu watched all this in a daze. Lepnobet watched the housekeeper Rostar disappear before his eyes. Suddenly, he said, "Many years ago, I also had a housekeeper named Rostar..."
Xiao Tangqiu turned to look at Lepnobet. Could it be that the villain boss was going to start analyzing his mental journey as usual?
"She left later," Lepnobet smiled slightly, "but it doesn't matter. Now Rosta will always be with me... just like my Alice."
The little girl puppet holding an axe and wearing red leather shoes also appeared, and it jumped into the center of the magic circle.
"Alice, you will always be with Dad," Lepnobet said in a low voice, "...Then our family can live happily together forever, just like in a fairy tale."
Alice blinked at Lepnobet, seeming to understand what he was saying, but also not to understand what he was saying.
"Alice is a creation I'm very satisfied with. She's just like any other child. She can sing and dance, but she can't really talk..." Lepnobet smiled at Alice, seemingly talking to Xiao Tangqiu, or perhaps talking to himself. "But it doesn't matter. A father would never dislike his daughter... Goodbye, Alice."
As the snakes swarmed over, the human part of Alice quickly disappeared, revealing her half-doll state.
Before disappearing completely, Alice waved to Lepnobet, and its sound was sweet and clear, like a music box.
"Goodbye, Dad."
Xiao Tangqiu gritted his teeth and finally couldn't help but yelled at Lepnobet, "She's your daughter! How could you have the heart to turn your own daughter into a puppet?"
"Because I am a puppeteer," Lepnobet smiled, "I will always be with my puppets... and of course, my Lili Marlene."
Xiao Tangqiu was speechless. He knew that he could no longer communicate with Lepnobet using human thoughts and logic. This guy was no longer a normal human being.
"Next is..." Lepnobet's eyes darkened and his tone darkened, "Next is my dear mother."
As expected, the long-haired monster appeared. It staggered towards the center of the magic circle, like a real old human being. After the previous battle with Shen Yuan, half of its puppet body had been exposed, and the remaining half of its human body was also in a very bad state, looking extremely eerie and terrifying.
"It's my most unsuccessful work," Lepnobet said coldly. "It can't speak, it doesn't think like a human, and it doesn't have any human emotions. But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, it's just one of my early works. Back then, I wasn't capable of creating something as perfect as I am now."
The group of snakes rushed forward again and soon submerged and swallowed the long-haired monster. The long-haired monster's human state completely disappeared, revealing its puppet body completely. Until it completely disappeared, it kept staring at Lepnobet blankly.
Although Xiao Tangqiu couldn't understand the puppet's eyes, he intuitively felt that the puppet did not seem to be completely devoid of human emotions as Lepnobet said.
Before he could investigate further, the long-haired monster had completely disappeared.
"Next is Effie, which is also an early creation of mine and isn't perfect, but Alice loves playing with it."
At Lepnobet's command, the crude puppet that Xiao Tangqiu had seen in Maria's room also appeared.
"Go, go be with Alice."
It also walked towards the center of the magic circle loyally, loyally offering its body and soul.
As the puppets sacrificed themselves one after another, the magic circle formed by the snakes became larger and more solid. Xiao Tangqiu felt more and more eerie and cold. He seemed to feel that there was a pair of eyes in the center of the magic circle staring at him.
He felt cold all over, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"...Finally, there's the little monster," Lepnobet's voice suddenly softened, as if he was reminiscing about something. "I didn't give it a name. It's my first creation. Although it's imperfect and lacks human thoughts and emotions, and can't think like a human, it's my first playmate and my first friend in life."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dwarf puppet appeared. It walked crookedly to the center of the magic circle, and the small leather drum in its arms bounced up and down.
"Go ahead, little monster."
Lepnobet smiled at the dwarf puppet, and that smile was more sincere than ever before.
"...We will always be together."
The dwarf puppet held the small leather drum obediently and did not move, allowing the snakes to drown and devour it. As its human appearance disappeared bit by bit, Xiao Tangqiu's heart sank bit by bit.
He knew that it was his real turn next.
He might be the last one to be sacrificed.
As expected, the next second, Lepnobet turned around and looked at Xiao Tangqiu. He smiled at Xiao Tangqiu and said, "Dear, it's your turn next..."
Xiao Tangqiu watched the magic circle under his feet change and flow. Although the dwarf puppet had not been completely devoured by the snakes, some of the snakes were already crawling towards him.
He knew that if these snakes got close to him, he would end up like the puppets before him, but his feet were firmly tied in place and he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.
"Come on, come with me..."
Lepnobet's voice was eerie and low, full of evil temptation, like the whisper of a devil, and the group of snakes, controlled by his will, crawled towards him.
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