Black and White

Inger experienced this for the first time in his dream.

He seemed to be floating in warm, clear water.

The warm liquid filled with vitality enveloped every inch of his body and seeped into his body through his skin.

The coldness in his body was replaced by warmth, which flowed through his blood to every corner of his body.

He would not be out of breath, and a faint fragrance lingered in his lungs.

He slept soundly that night.

When Inger opened his eyes, he mistakenly thought he was still in bed in the palace.

However, his memory instantly sobered him up.

He was shaken by a cold sweat and a shiver.

He held Alex's hand. Alex in front of him had not woken up yet. What reassured Inger was his regular breathing.

Even though he was unconscious, his hands were still clenched tightly. Inger could not break free and could only get up carefully.

He saw the back of a person sitting cross-legged beside him, bathed in the darkness.

"Elena…………?"

"Awake? Can you stand up?" Elena stood up and stretched. "By the way, Bixi and Milia have gone to support the others. You two were unconscious for a short time. Wake up the one next to you!"

Inger: "…………Elena, what happened to your hair?"

He could still remember everything before he closed his eyes, but he lost consciousness after being hit in the chest.

Elena, who used to have long black hair, now has white hair.

"Ah, this." Elena said nonchalantly, took out the sword and cut her long hair again. She stretched out her hand, and the pure silver-white hair in her hand flew away with the wind.

She shook her head and brushed off the debris. "I was poisoned by that guy when I saved you. I was cured, but I'm left with this sequelae. But it's not a big problem."

Inger breathed a sigh of relief.

Elena turned her head and stared at the two of them carefully for a while.

Wizard Milia is the most experienced and talented of the remaining elves.

Unlike Inger or Bixi, she is not gifted with all-round magic. She is only focused on the path of life.

It is said that the elves were given blood essence by the immortal bird, which gave them an unchanging appearance and a long life.

This is what Milia found out later when she looked through the information.

After learning new spells, Milia devoted herself to researching her profession.

She wants to study the magic of life so that she can make further progress in healing.

She finally developed magic that could save dying people.

"…I'm wondering whether I should ban this magic?" When Millia found her to discuss this matter, Elena felt strange at her hesitant look.

"Why do you say that? Isn't it a good thing to develop new magic?"

"Look, this is my blood. All it takes is the blood of an immortal elf as a primer, plus certain specific conditions, and it can save the seriously injured and dying."

"I guess you're going to say 'but'..."

"Well, yes... the condition is..."

"No buts! Help!"

"You want to use that magic of life?! My blood is the trigger, I can't exchange my life for him!"

"What nonsense! Of course it's mine!"

Milia was shocked: "You are! What bullshit! That's 50 years of life! You are a human being!"

Elena smiled: "This is the first time I've heard you swear... And so what? Fifty years of aging in exchange for a life, don't you think it's worth it?"

Miria shook her head frantically: "No, no! You can't!" The last trace of blood on her lips disappeared, "And if he's left alone, he will come back to life!"

Elena used both her hands to force her to turn over and looked at her seriously: "First of all, I owe him a life. He has died for me once, so there is no reason why I can't. Secondly, even if he can be resurrected, I must save him. I already know that death, which is only once for everyone, is different for him."

Before leaving for the battle, Alex had told her privately about Inger and the curse of the phoenix.

But even if he didn't tell her about this, she would definitely choose to save him.

"People are destined to die. Even if your life is as long as yours, you will die eventually. People are afraid of death. But they also know the preciousness of life. Otherwise, why would the immortal bird ask your ancestors to help her get rid of the curse?"

Milia couldn't bear to look at Inger any longer.

Elena's smile was as carefree as ever: "This is my choice. Even if I only have one day left to live, I will choose to do this. This does not conflict with my cherishing my own life. On the contrary, I will always do what I want to do. This is how I live."

"Besides, I don't like being in debt at all. Now that we're all clear, I can feel free and at ease. I couldn't ask for more!"

Miria closed her eyes tightly.

"It's only fifty years, don't hesitate! If you hesitate any longer, you will die!!!"

Elena began to shake her roughly and yell in her ear.

Milia slapped her hand away and said in the same loud voice: "Stop shaking! If something falls out and breaks, it will be all over!"

Elena quickly withdrew her hand.

Milia took out the potion made with her own blood and began to draw a magic circle.

Elena watched her movements and smiled.

Bixi just watched them quietly.

Milia hesitated for a moment when she was painting her forehead, but after seeing Elena's iron-like eyes, she chose not to ask any more questions.

After the magic ceremony, Inger miraculously recovered, and Elena didn't change much, except that her hair turned completely white.

Milia's spirit quickly waned. She asked listlessly, "When are you going to tell them?"

Elena touched her head and said, "Let's not do it. With their personalities, they will probably remember this for the rest of their lives. It's weird just thinking about it."

Miria pursed her lips and turned her head away.

Elena stretched out her hands to open her face: "Oh, are you feeling sorry for me? Let me kiss your tears!"

"Get lost! Do you still have time for jokes now?"

Milia and Bixi left as soon as the treatment was finished, leaving Elena to look after them.

Elena withdrew her gaze and slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

That's good.

Elena drew her sword and said, "Hey, Ying, can I kick him awake? There's not that much time left for the little beauty to sleep."

Alex nodded first, "Save your energy and kick those who need to be kicked."

Alex helped Inger to his feet.

The three of them inquired about the location through the nameplate, and the teleportation formation swallowed up their figures.

When Inger and his team rushed over, the survivors had already gathered on the warship.

"Alex!! Answer!" Cheryl ran over with a bow.

Wu Rui reported the situation to him: "He has arrived at the center of the Sea of ​​Repetition."

They had the Dragon Rider carry Kate high in the sky to follow his movements.

Inger took the magic stone from the side to replenish the consumed magic power.

Fei Leng walked over and looked at him.

Inger nodded at him imperceptibly.

Alex looked around at the decreasing combat power and made a judgment: "From now on, those below level eight will withdraw from the battle and return to the Western Continent immediately."

Cheryl: “!!!!”

Wu Rui understood, he held Cheryl's hand and said, "Congratulations."

This way they can fight more freely than if they were carrying someone who needed protection.

Alex nodded.

They had no time to hesitate.

All the eighth-level knights and wizards in the team stepped out.

When Elena stood beside Alex, he realized: "You made a breakthrough?"

Elena smiled nonchalantly: "Yeah, you just found out."

Her breakthrough came without any warning or fluctuation, and she kept it very restrained.

However, she is the first person to break through the Goddess's restriction with her own strength, apart from Alex who was interfered by the Goddess, and Lucia who broke through with the forbidden technique.

Alex smiled at her. "It's not too late now."

And one last unexpected person.

Fei Leng also stood up. He looked at Inger and said, "My ability can come in handy in case of emergency."

Everyone's eyes were on him.

Alex said, "You have to tell us what you are capable of first."

Inger crushed the last bit of crystal in his hand.

Fei narrowed her eyes coldly and raised the corners of her mouth: "My ability is possession. Alex, I am the Puppet Demon King you mentioned."

Everyone looking at him was shocked.

Except for one person.

Inger stood quietly beside Fei Leng.

There was no need for any explanation, everyone understood, this attitude was obvious, Inger knew about it.

Alex stared at the two of them. He was calmer than he had imagined. Or maybe he was pretending, but you couldn't see it on his face.

The Puppet Demon King killed many humans in his past, even his relatives and friends.

But in this life, he was the complete opposite, he saved many people and was in a position to assist them.

He and Inger were probably the only ones who knew about this.

And Inger stood beside him.

The past scenes full of doubts and disharmony emerged in my mind, and they all seemed to have corresponding answers.

But he didn't have time to ask about the whole story.

Inger and Fei Leng looked at him, asking him whether he should believe them.

Alex could see the white knuckles of his fingers.

He could sense Inger's trembling and fear.

Alex felt he should be angry.

Because Inger hid the fact that he was colluding with a demon king, a demon king with whom they had a blood feud in their previous life.

But Alex found that he felt no anger.

Not at all.

Because they all survived this life. This is an indisputable fact.

Inger did more than he thought.

And he was more scared than he thought.

All he could think about was the difficulty and thrill of Inger's private negotiation with a demon king.

He couldn't tell anyone about this, not even Alex.

Alex knew this, of course.

Alex looked around, was silent for a while, and said, "Let's go."

Inger stared at him without moving.

When the war came, he finally chose to believe.

Don't believe in the devil, but believe in Inger.

He knew best how difficult it was to gain Inger's trust.

And Fei Leng obviously did it.

Alex nodded to Inger.

Fei Leng took a deep breath and walked into the range of the wizard's magic circle.

The other humans, who had worked with his demon subordinates before and were unaware of his past, also chose to accept the commander's decision.

Fei Leng turned to Inger and said, "I will try to possess him, but I don't know how strong his spiritual power is. You must take this opportunity to get rid of him."

Inger's hand loosened instantly.

A heavy stone hanging on my heart fell to the ground.

Lies are deep and torturous.

And Alex always proved over and over again that he would believe him unconditionally.

Inger took a deep breath to clear his distracting thoughts, then raised his hand to deploy the teleportation formation. Although there were only forty or so people left, they were all top masters in the Western Continent, and their only goal now was to protect the Purifier.

A teleport array is not enough.

According to Kate's location information, Inger kept adjusting the coordinates and sending arrays one after another.

They appeared from the air and immediately fell into another teleportation array.

Only Inger could construct a large-scale teleportation array so accurately and quickly.

They finally landed on a large reef.

This place is very close to the west coast of Onerola, which is also the west coast of Chune.

They came in front of Yogdona.

They didn't have to wait long.

Then I saw a figure breaking through the water.

Although he doesn't have the ability to teleport, or the magic to teleport instantly.

But the speed of breaking through the air has exceeded the sound.

He flew close to the surface of the sea.

The target is directly aimed at the Purifiers on the Western Continent.

Fei Leng stood at the front, facing Yugudona.

Yogudona met his eyes.

Yugudona waved his arms.

In an instant.

Fei Leng's head fell from his neck.

His body was torn into pieces.

Attacks from knights and wizards came in droves.

Yugudona accepted it all, but no one could hurt him.

When Inger saw this, his blood froze instantly, but his body reacted subconsciously.

The phoenix condensed from flames pounced on Yugudona.

All the ink drops that came close to him smashed deeply into the ground due to the thousands of times gravity.

Tick.

All movement in the world has been cut off.

Leonardine stopped time, but gave the right to travel in stopped time to another person.

One second.

Alex swung his sword tens of millions of times, leaving countless sword shadows that tore the demon king engulfed in flames into pieces.

That's how it should be.

However, his body melted into black liquid afterwards.

Like drops of ink on hair.

Draw the knife to cut off the water, and the water will flow even more.

He was himself again.

Leonardine Qihu fell down bleeding.

Vito flew down and hugged her.

He looked up.

Everything is changing rapidly.

For the first time, Yugudona stopped moving.

The attacks from the knights and wizards continued to fall on him one after another.

He didn't even try to resist. His body regenerated at an astonishing speed, as if he were a monster that could not be killed at all.

At this critical moment, Alex and Inger stopped.

After a while,

Yugudona raised his head, and a faint blue light flashed in his black eyes.

"It's me."

Alex raised his hands.

"stop!"

Everyone stopped attacking and retreated.

Inger opened his mouth and stared at the new Demon King. At this moment, he still couldn't believe it: "... Fei Leng."

Yugudona nodded and looked at his original body which had been turned into minced meat: "...Yes."

Fei Leng's eyes reflected all kinds of human expressions, and he just said: "One hour."

His mind was like a tangled mess.

It was a kind of chaos and pain that exceeded the limits of biology.

His worries were completely useless.

Yuguduna's physical strength was probably the strongest in the world, but Yuguduna's spirit was as fragile as a newborn baby, and Fei Leng easily took away his position.

The difficult thing is that his body seems to be filled with the residual souls of tens of millions of living beings.

They are going crazy and raging.

They are what drives this body.

However, they are trapped in a cage.

Trapped in the shackles of 'mother' in a place where there is no escape.

This is a feeling that only Fei Leng, who has been devoured and assimilated by her 'mother', can understand.

However, Florence, who was touched by the miracle of Alex's return, is no longer under the control of her mother.

The cause and effect of two lives are linked. He has the ability to possess other bodies, and his spiritual power has reached the point where he can compete with his "mother" without knowing when.

Even though his physical body has completely perished, his spirit still exists in this place.

He embraced it all.

And with the will that once disappeared but still cannot be freed, they fight against the control of "Mother".

Yugudona's body just stood there.

His eyes gradually lost focus.

Before that, he said: "Within one hour, completely destroy 'Mother'."