Chapter 349: Unknown Existence Beyond Heaven
"Meteor shower, I haven't seen it for a long time."
The palace was still dark today and there was no need to light any lights because the only person living here did not need them.
The current king, Ainz III, stood at the window, looking at the gradually setting sun. After the sun sets, night will fall, and the night will bring shooting stars.
And meteors bring sounds from outer space.
He stroked his messy hairy hands, and just the touch caused large clumps of hair to fall off, but that was not a good thing because the hair would grow back again after his next madness.
At this moment, Ainz III's face was full of vicissitudes. He was obviously only a middle-aged man, but he looked as old as if he was in his sixties or seventies.
Regret suddenly appeared in his eyes. He covered his head tightly and choked with sobs, "What have I done these days? My country, my people."
Ainz III recently felt that his mind was clearer more often than before, but this made him even more miserable because it made him see what stupid things he had been doing these days.
That day, he heard a voice from outer space. He couldn't understand the mumbling, but his mind became clear.
At first he thought it was God helping him, but he soon found out that he was wrong.
Because he found his blood, or something in his blood that was related to animalization.
It is contagious.
When Ainz III saw the little mouse that bit his ankle and drank his blood turn into a crazy demon rat and run away, he became terrified.
But then, the voice from outer space appeared again, and he lost consciousness instantly. When he woke up again, the memories that appeared in his mind made him even more devastated.
Controlled by an unknown entity, he spread his blood to the servants.
People who come into contact with his blood will become contagious, and these new sources of infection will give rise to new sources of infection after coming into contact with the outside world.
So far, how many people have been infected in the royal city? They haven't gotten sick yet, but what kind of hell will it lead to if they get sick?
Ainz III was devastated. It seemed as if the unknown existence from outer space wanted to torture him deliberately and sent a piece of information into his mind out of thin air. That was the cause of everything.
It turned out that the unknown entity had long been eyeing him and his country, but had not figured out how to deal with it in the best way.
Eliphis brought a turning point.
"Eliphis."
This terrifying man with the ability to control minds brought things from the demon clan and wanted to use the fallen demon egg to control Ainz III.
After the unknown entity discovered Eliphis's plot, he had a good idea.
He interfered with the operation of the Fallen Demon Egg, causing Ainz III to be in a state of repeated beast transformation. This was done to make him an excellent source of infection. Now the transformation has been completed.
He named it "lycanthropy."
Since the beast transformation symptoms are born from the eggs of fallen demons and are caused by the will of an unknown existence, it is very easy to induce beast transformation. All it requires is extreme negative emotions.
Eliminating the beast disease is also very simple, just eradicate the negative emotions, but even gods have negative emotions, how can people's negative emotions be completely eradicated? This is an extremely desperate situation in Ainz III's eyes.
As the second person being watched by an unknown entity, Eliphis, who possesses the ability to control his mind, will be the best detonator.
The unknown being had waited a long time for the dish from the royal city and didn't want to wait any longer.
This meteor shower, which has not been seen for a century, will strengthen His connection with the world when the last day of the meteor shower arrives.
He will use Eliphis to detonate the royal city.
Why would He do this? What good would it do to Him?
But how can people guess the will of "God"? As the only person in the world who knows this horrible truth, Ainz III only wants to end everything by committing suicide.
The unknown existence granted him this brief lucidity in order to torture him. Once he wanted to commit suicide, he would lose his mind again. Although he was clearly lucid, he could not ask others for help or convey information to the outside world.
He could only watch soberly as his beloved country was destroyed.
"Eliphis! It's all because of you, if it weren't for you!"
Ainz III began to smash things around him frantically, but after dropping a few items, he collapsed to the ground powerlessly.
There is no point blaming Eliphis. It was he who invited the wolf into the house and brought it to his side. Even if Eliphis was not there, the unknown existence would cause trouble sooner or later.
So there is only one choice.
"Please, whoever it is, kill me now."
"Save my country, save my people"
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Meanwhile, Fingerly was watching the game.
He watched the Falling Star Bull carrying Eliphis, who was as unresponsive as a puppet, and running majestically on the street. He also watched the captains of the Light Eagle Regiment transform into bullfighters and take turns jumping onto the back of the Falling Star Beast to rescue their own leader. In the blink of an eye, Captain Gus disappeared from the crowd, probably because he ran to catch the little meteorite.
How should I put it? In his opinion, the scene was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
If the group fighting against the Falling Star Beast was not the Light Eagle Group, Fingerly would probably be laughing out loud and trying to liven up the atmosphere.
But this time he happened to meet the Light Eagle Group.
As soon as he saw Eliphis's face, he couldn't help but recall the scene of the massacre in his hometown.
It is impossible to say that he has no feelings about this, because the Hell March will summon the phantoms of all the villagers in front of him every time, which means that these phantoms can still make Fingerly's mood fall into hell.
He had mixed feelings about Eliphis.
On the one hand, because the other party led the Light Eagle Group to kill the mutated villagers, he had a vague dislike for him in his heart, but he knew that this was just his own willfulness.
On the other hand, the other party brought peace to the villagers and also gave him some care afterwards, for which he was more grateful.
Later, Eliphis became famous and entered the upper echelons of the kingdom, and Fingri began to respect and admire him.
"I just don't know when his promise to help me find the culprit will be fulfilled."
Fingri clenched his fists, wondering if he really found the "evil wizard" who caused all his family members to mutate.
I'm afraid he will do something extremely irrational on the spot, something extreme that no one can stop, and I'm afraid he will be scolded as "brain-dead" by others.
Even if the real murderer was a high-ranking minister, he dared to break into the palace!
"Forget it, I'd better go."
After thinking for a while, Fingri did not help after all. He didn't know why, because Eliphis could be considered his benefactor.
But he had a feeling that he should stay away from this person.
He was about to leave and took off his hood to get some fresh air, when he suddenly realized something and turned around abruptly -
Elsa, holding the little meteorite in her arms, stared at him intently behind him.
"Um, hello?" Fingri felt a little embarrassed, but when he looked at Elsa closely, he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him seemed to be hanging out with the Skyrim Raiders group recently.
Turns out she's from the Light Eagle Group. I thought she was from the Sky Raiders Group.
Fingri knew Luluwo. He met Luluwo when he and Leon speculated that the 100 ways of killing the little boy were wrong and were the way to save the little boy. He soon admired this woman who could always find alternative ways to think of wonderful solutions to problems.
Luluwo also admired Fingri's sometimes serious and sometimes funny personality, so the relationship between the two was enough to be called friends, and recently there was a trend of developing into the direction of bad friends.
"Well, although you may not believe it, I am actually leaving. I don't want to fight anymore."
As Fingri was saying this, suddenly a small meteorite passed by. Elsa's eyes suddenly became sharp, and she raised her hand to grab the small meteorite, but she used too much force and the shell of the meteorite shattered. The core of the small meteorite, that is, the body, fled towards Fingri.
"I got it."
Fingri grabbed the small meteorite and looked at it carefully.
"Strange, why is this one red inside? I remember the previous one I saw was yellow."
The outer shells of these monsters are almost identical, but the colors inside are different, which is really strange.
"Do you want this?" Noticing that the girl was staring at him, Fingerly couldn't help but sigh that the other party was really understanding. He then threw the little meteorite over, and Elsa quickly caught it. Now she had two little meteorites in her arms.
"Thank you!"
The girl's voice of thanks made Fingerly even happier, and he planned to chat with her. He lifted his hair, leaned against the wall in a very handsome pose, and was about to say something.
As a result, he was frozen by the icy wall and jumped up the next second. His body kept shaking, indicating that his attempt to show off had failed.
"It's really cold. Ah, don't mind the little episode just now," he patted the arm that was leaning against the wall just now, and said: "By the way, you are Luluwo's friend, right? I have seen you a few times. It just so happens that I am also her good friend, and we have a pretty good relationship."
Elsa looked at him with softer eyes, not sure if it was because of Luluwo or because her failed attempt to be cool was so funny.
"Do you like this creature very much?" He was referring to the little meteorite and deliberately did not call it a monster.
Elsa nodded and said, "Because they feel cute."
Fingri suddenly thought of something and invited enthusiastically, "My team is going to the food area tomorrow. There are more cute little creatures there. Do you want to join us?"
Matilda has been unhappy recently because I wasted so many days on the little boy. If I can take a stranger to explore the dungeon, Matilda won't be so mean to me in front of outsiders, right? This is what Fingri thought, but he felt that Elsa might not agree.
"Okay, where shall we meet tomorrow?"
As a result, Elsa nodded happily!
"Huh?"
The next day, Lake Lienia.
Fingerly brought Matilda and Alayya to the huge bonfire in front of the academy, but saw Elsa already waiting there.
She's really proactive. Aren't you afraid that I might abduct and sell her?
"Let me introduce him to you." Fingri introduced his partner to Elsa, and they knew each other.
"Let's go."
Elsa was about to walk towards the campfire, but Fingri stopped her.
"Please wait a moment. Actually, some of my juniors haven't come yet. Can you wait for them first?"
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry." She found a place to sit down, looking quite well-behaved.
In fact, she ran away from the Light Eagle Corps secretly. After Eliphis came back yesterday, he locked himself in the house again and refused to see anyone. She didn't know what was going on. She didn't want to waste time in the camp, so she just sneaked out.
What happened that day seemed to have dealt a heavy blow to Eliphis, even greater than the blow he had faced the Overlord Wolnir before, and made his entire mental state seem out of place.
But no one knows why he became like this. After all, people don’t know that he has been insulted to the ultimate level.
If there was no brainwashing ability, some people would probably be dissatisfied with this leader who frequently breaks down. In fact, this is what happened to Elsa, so she ran away.
After waiting for a long time, finally, the people from the Gu Zha team came running over in a panic, and the adventurers among them kept apologizing.
"I'm sorry, Brother Fingri! We're late because of some unexpected incident!"
"It doesn't matter. Now that we're here, let's set off - wait, where's Tus?" Fingri was about to call everyone to set off, but he discovered that the Guza team seemed to be missing someone, the bearded Tus.
"The accident we are talking about is Brother Tus," people sighed and said, "It seems that someone in his family is sick, and he has to stay at home to take care of them, so he can't come."
"Yes, it seems that his sister is sick. How strange! His sister is a maid in the palace, right? Isn't there a doctor in the palace to treat her?"
"Then let's bring him some comfort items when we return."
Fingri said with concern, waved his hand, and walked towards the campfire.
"Set off!"
(End of this chapter)
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