Chapter 998 [Observation] It's either death in silence or madness in silence.
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Gaius could not find anyone who could make the beads react.
Asa silently took the beads back and played with them in his hand.
"This is incredibly boring..."
Asa's expression was indifferent. He held the bead in his palm, but when he opened his palm again, the bead was gone.
"Let's go, let's get out of here."
Asa gave the order without much emotion.
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A very long time has passed.
When there was nothing to do, Asa would spend his time sleeping, and later he became so dazed that he lost track of how much time had passed.
Awakening once again from her slumber, the alluring beauty with a head of dazzling red hair leaned back in her chair, lazily stroking the scales of the Blizzard Corn Snake in her arms.
So much time has passed, and the snake that accompanied him has been replaced time and time again.
“Master, someone wants to see you.” Gaius’s voice drifted over.
Asa slightly lifted his eyelids and replied casually, "Bring it over."
Soon, Gaius brought over a middle-aged human male.
He was dressed in luxurious and extravagant clothes, looking like a noble duke from the British Empire.
Asa yawned, shifted her position, and looked down at him. "What do you want from me? And what can you give me?"
Perhaps realizing the rumors were true, the man's fearful expression was tinged with excitement and exhilaration. "My lord, I beg you to grant me the ability to live forever, and I can give you countless treasures!"
"Hmm? Countless treasures?"
Asa raised an eyebrow slightly, lazily shifting the position of her crossed legs, and nonchalantly rubbing her nails. "You need to understand one thing: all those who come to me seeking immortality are humans with immeasurable wealth. How could you possibly think... the same offer could tempt me?"
He spent so much of that time in such a frivolous way, and when he was bored, he would have the snakes spread some rumors, so that they would come to him and make a wish or something...
Of course, it's not free.
Because he wasn't that kind-hearted.
Thinking of this, Asa thought of the high priest, and his expression immediately became serious.
The man noticed the change in his attitude and was slightly taken aback, but in order to obtain the immortality he dreamed of, he continued to add all sorts of chips.
For example, status, power, beautiful women, etc...
Unfortunately, Asa remained uninterested.
Seeing that he remained unmoved, the man hardened his heart and had no choice but to change his mind...
Without giving Asa a second glance, she suddenly became interested and turned to look at him. "Want to switch bodies with someone else? Interesting."
The man's face lit up slightly, and then he heard the alluring red-haired beauty say with a soft laugh:
"Bring the other person over here."
"Great! He's right outside!" The man's joy was palpable.
Asa watched his suppressed excitement with a half-smile.
Soon, the man brought in another boy who looked like a teenager, but the boy was unconscious and had obviously been forced to come.
It seems that the man had long been prepared for his request for immortality to be rejected, and had already thought of another compromise.
Asa glanced at the boy and then looked away.
Hmm... just as he expected.
Before setting off, the man had made instructions to his subordinates: if he returned, the family he controlled would still be his; if he did not return, the family would be handed over to the young man. In reality, by that time, the young man had already become his.
Asa smiled slightly, finding the scheming and intrigue among humans equally fascinating.
He waved to Gaius.
Gaius held two small glass bottles in his hand. He handed one to the man and watched as he drank the liquid inside. He then poured the other bottle directly into the boy's mouth.
After casually laying them down, Asa half-lay on the sofa and waved to the two lying on the ground.
Suddenly, two transparent, ethereal human figures floated out of their bodies, switched places, and disappeared back into the two bodies.
To make matters simple, Asa stared at the two humans with his deep eyes, his emotions as dry as a parched well.
After a long pause, his indifferent voice rang out, instructing his snakes: "Go and capture an angel from the Angel Clan. I want to conduct an experiment."
The snakes agreed and spontaneously prepared to set off for the angel race.
Asa left Gaius behind.
Once the man who had swapped bodies with the boy woke up, Asa didn't intend to give him time to get excited. He said calmly, "Give all the bargaining chips you mentioned to Gaius."
"By the way... let me remind you, there are those who try to be clever, but in the end they all die, and everything they have becomes mine."
As he spoke, Asa's lips curled into a smile, seemingly affectionate but actually sinister.
The man trembled, half of his excitement instantly dissipating. "I understand, I understand, please rest assured, sir!"
Asa yawned, watching them drag the boy, whose body had been swapped, away, and lost interest in what happened next.
He cast a cleaning spell and then slept in the same spot for a few more days.
He only woke up when the serpents brought back an angel. He opened his sleepy eyes, yawned, and looked at the four-winged angel being held captive by the serpents.
After sizing the other person up for a few moments, he slowly asked, "Which high priest are you now?"
The unfortunate four-winged angel: "..."
He suspected that the demons wanted to gather intelligence about their race, so he kept quiet.
However, Asa raised an eyebrow slightly and involuntarily answered his question, "The current High Priest has been in office for a hundred years and is the 199th."
The unlucky angel's pupils contracted slightly as he tried to control himself, but his mouth seemed to have a mind of its own, and he blurted out every single word.
He looked aggrieved, his beautiful face flushed red. "It is said that the first high priest was killed by the demons after reigning for exactly two hundred years, so every high priest after that only reigned for two hundred years."
Asa tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, his face revealing no emotion.
After a moment, he spoke again, his voice tinged with amusement, "Really? I don't believe it."
The unlucky angel fell silent.
Asa gave a soft hum, placed his hand on his forehead, and after a moment, a ball of light floated out from his forehead.
He gently grasped the tiny ball of light, smaller than his little fingernail, and gestured to the snake beside him.
The snake understood, took out a glass bottle, stepped forward to the unfortunate angel, and expressionlessly pinched his cheek before pouring the water from the bottle into his mouth.
Unlucky Angel: "..."
Asa slowly rose, walked barefoot to the four-winged angel, and looked him up and down carefully a few more times.
The blizzard-like corn snake in his arms was also looking at the angel.
Generally speaking, corn snakes are relatively gentle, but at this moment, it stared at the angel with a cold and fierce gaze that seemed ready to swallow him whole at any moment.
Asa stretched out his hand and gently waved it in front of the angel.
The angel felt a brief moment of disorientation before his eyes, and then found himself seemingly standing in a third-person perspective, seeing himself and the red-haired demon.
Looking down again: "..."
good.
Thanks.
He understood.
His soul left his body.
Even so, he still couldn't leave this place, and besides, it was very dangerous for a soul without a body to be out there...
Glancing at the body before him, Asa opened his palm and guided the point of light into the angel's body.
He pricked his finger and used his blood to draw a strange, unrecognizable symbol on the four-winged angel's forehead.
Transforming himself into a snake, transforming a snake into a human, and what he is doing now are all forbidden arts.
An ordinary demon may only be able to use forbidden magic once in its lifetime, but Asar uses forbidden magic as if it were ordinary magic.
Um……
That's brilliant.
Seeing the unresponsive body, Asa lowered his eyes slightly, but he was not disappointed, as this was within his expectations.
Asa retrieved the light and gave the snake that was holding the angel a look.
They knowingly drew their swords, now imbued with a forbidden buff, and swiftly chopped off all four of the angel's wings.
Lying back in his chair, Asa pondered for a moment before ordering the snakes, "Go and collect various creatures to conduct an experiment."
The snakes didn't care what their master's purpose was in doing this; they only needed to carry out the orders he gave them.
They responded in unison, "Yes, ma'am," and then divided into groups to do various preparatory work.
For example, building a structure for conducting experiments, etc.
"..."
Judging from the timeline, Asa's experimental base existed a century ago?
I gasped.
"So Asa's main goal was to resurrect the High Priest?"
Bertrand rested his chin on his hands, blinked his big eyes, and guessed, though it wasn't really a guess.
Liu Qingyao shrugged and spread her hands, "After all, in Asa's eyes, the High Priest is just an angel. Little did she know that the High Priest is just one of Mr. [Name]'s many identities."
“Poor Asa,” Behfinger said with pity and a hint of regret, “wouldn’t this be considered a case of the gentleman starting a relationship and then abandoning it?”
"Ah~ So the truth is that the gentleman started things and then abandoned her, which led Asa to do a series of bad things, right!"
Morataya suddenly realized and clapped her hands, becoming more and more certain as she spoke, feeling that this was indeed the case!
Kawasaki Machi coughed, suppressing a smile, and turned to R, asking the person most familiar with the gentleman, "What do you think, Godfather?"
Immediately, many people turned to look at R, either out of curiosity or to watch the spectacle.
R pushed up his glasses, paused for a moment, and after a slight frown, replied with a forced smile, "Yes, that's something you would do, sir."
Kawasaki Machi burst out laughing, "Hahahaha, it seems my image of you has been shattered a little bit, hahahaha..."
"Well, that also tarnishes the gentleman's mysterious image."
Liu Qingyao clicked her tongue and shook her head.
Others: "..."
Ah, now that I hear what they're saying, it suddenly seems like it might indeed be the teacher's fault...
What a sin!
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Several more years have passed.
Asa's men conducted research on various creatures that could become human.
Unfortunately, none of these efforts yielded results that satisfied Asa.
But he wasn't in a hurry.
Anyway, so much time has passed...
For him, time was just a concept...
Asa felt extremely bored, so he wandered around the human world alone.
I must say, some of the places are quite interesting.
Asa appeared at the banquet of the British nobility, sitting in a chair and watching the clinking of glasses in the luxurious hall.
He had just finished a glass of wine when his subordinates sent him a message.
Asa glanced at it.
It was information about the experiment's contents, not particularly important, so he set it aside for now and continued watching the humans' business-like small talk.
After a while, Asa's attitude became more casual.
He just felt bored no matter where he went, so he stayed put. He happened to catch a glimpse of a boy walking in from a side door. He paused slightly and turned to look at him.
But he quickly looked away, a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
At first glance, the boy looked somewhat similar to the high priest, but upon closer inspection, they were not alike at all.
Asa rested his head on his hand listlessly, pressing his fingertips against the rim of his wine glass and gently pushing it back and forth.
After a moment, he paused, put the wine glass back down, and then got up and left the banquet.
He summoned Gaius and asked him to find a way to capture some humans.
Gaius nodded in agreement.
Given his current status, it wouldn't be a problem for him to quietly take away a few ordinary humans.
Asa went to his expanding experimental base and summoned several key personnel.
"Perhaps it would be more effective on human bodies, but we shouldn't neglect the experimental subjects we have now."
"Also... Rada, go and investigate some fetuses that fit my criteria, and make a list."
Asa pointed to one of the men and tossed him a bead.
"Yes, Master." Rada caught the bead, answered respectfully, and then turned to carry out his mission.
After the others left, Asa remained calm, his eyes lowered to conceal a fleeting thought of calculation.
He is no longer the little nightmare demon who wanted nothing and didn't fight for anything back then.
Now, he wants everything he desires.
Whatever it is.
"Um……"
Liu Qingyao hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
"Either die in silence or go mad in silence."
He nodded meaningfully.
“That’s true.” Behfinger nodded in agreement, then cast a pitying glance at Asa.
Asa: "..."
Has this little idiot forgotten that his death was related to him?
Asa looked at Behfinger with an indescribable expression.
Behfinger suddenly felt a chilly gaze behind him, and when he turned around again, he met Asa's eyes.
"..."
Aba aba?
Asa smiled enigmatically, dismissively looked away, and gently stroked Benshan's snake head.
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