"I've told you before," Qi Ji's smile grew brighter and brighter, clear and without any malice, "I've left you a very rare opportunity."
"I……"
The black-clad killer opened his mouth halfway and was about to say something when the opponent's delicate and flawless palm suddenly made a sound of flaming wind, interrupting all his movements!
Three slender black chains extended from Qi Ji's hands out of thin air, shaking and making crisp tinkling sounds, and directly pierced into the chest, neck and crown of the black-clad killer!
"!"
The black-clad killer's eyes were wide open, and his mouth opened to an extremely exaggerated degree, making people wonder if his jaw would be dislocated.
However, no sound came out of his throat. Both screams and breathing were completely blocked in his body at the same time.
A red-black flame as thick as mucus emanated from the root of the chain and spread outward at a rapid speed. In a blink of an eye, it climbed up his entire body, turning his body into a red-black torch.
The flame had no temperature at all and seemed to be unreal, without causing any visible damage to his body.
He struggled instinctively, his face extremely distorted, as if he had suffered some unimaginable torture.
But his struggling movements became increasingly jerky and sluggish as the red flames spread and burned, like an aging puppet with rusty joints; it stuck and paused, slow and incoherent.
"No... stop... I... do this..."
His consciousness also became stagnant and slow, as if the parts of his brain had lost their lubrication and became extremely jerky and stuck. Almost every thought took a long time to complete.
The slowness and sluggishness from body to mind became more and more serious. The gaps between his thoughts and actions were infinitely lengthened, and his thoughts and consciousness gradually became blurred and hazy...
Finally, it turned into a paste-like chaos and was completely annihilated in the darkness filled with rust.
His struggling body also stopped moving. His whole body relaxed and he hung on the ceiling motionless.
His heart was still beating, his chest was still rising and falling, his blood was still rushing, but his eyes had lost all intellectual luster.
"Snapped!"
Three chains burning with illusory red flames suddenly broke, disintegrated, and dissipated into nothingness.
The dark red flame on the black-clad killer's body also completely extinguished and disappeared, no longer existing.
Qi Ji took a few steps back and raised both hands to his chest. His slender white fingers fiddled with them flexibly, as if he was performing a puppet show without physical objects.
And with her flexible movements, the black-clad killer who was hung on the ceiling and stopped moving...
He quickly drew out the dagger, slashed it upwards, and cut off the translucent threads that bound him.
He himself fell freely, and at the same time, with his limbs nimbly rolled off the bed to the ground, standing steadily and upright.
The series of movements were completed in one go, without any more weakness and sluggishness as before.
He stood straight with his back straight, heels together, one hand behind his back, one hand on his chest, and bowed to Qi Ji steadily:
"Beautiful lady, how can I help you?"
"...Tsk, it's so embarrassing to entertain myself," Qi Ji suddenly put down his hands with little interest, curled his lips in self-mockery, "Luckily no one who knows the business saw it, otherwise it would be so embarrassing."
While talking to herself, she handed the brooch used to contact her employer to the other party, who took it without saying a word and put it back into the inner pocket of his chest.
Then, he turned and walked to the open window, jumped onto the window frame, and jumped down without hesitation. Without making any sound of anything falling to the ground, he disappeared silently into the moonlit night.
"call--"
Qi Ji let out a long breath and tried two things at once: precisely controlling the black-clad assassin's movements while thinking about his next plan.
What she had just used on the black-clad killer was a new combination of spells that combined mental spells and refining spells, which she had designed herself.
The magic of refining can transform, manipulate, and control inanimate or once-living objects, turning them into puppets that obey one's commands and have a certain degree of independent judgment.
Mental magic, on the other hand, is an interference directly aimed at the spirits of humans or other intelligent life forms, which can affect the other party's cognition, memory, and personality.
The combination of the two gave birth to a new application:
Living puppet!
The killer in black did not lose his life. Every inch of his body was intact and without any damage.
Likewise, his spirit body was not damaged.
Therefore, even if a wizard or other extraordinary being conducted a comprehensive examination on him, it would be almost impossible to find any abnormalities.
Because he is a complete and healthy living person.
But his consciousness has been emptied, all the abstract contents of his mind have been "formatted", and an invisible "spiritual Trojan horse" has been implanted.
Through various extremely complex magical means, Qi Ji was able to control all his actions from a long distance, just like a puppeteer controlling a puppet with silk strings.
In fact, she had already thought of this set of operations when she had just begun to learn the alchemy spell in the afternoon.
But turning a living person into a puppet and forcibly taking over everything about him as a human being in society...it just sounded evil, so she didn't want to try it easily.
However, the killer in black not only had a long history of bad deeds, but also had no bottom line and no remorse. Such a heinous person... She did not have the slightest sympathy for this individual.
It can be used as a guinea pig to test new spells, and it can also help her advance the main storyline, which is also a good use.
"This is my first time refining a living puppet. It's my first time. I'm handing it over to you like this... I've said it before, this is a 'rare opportunity'."
Qi Ji smiled mischievously and looked towards the half-open door:
"You can come in."
Chapter 139 Next Arrangements
"Squeak-"
The slightly damaged wooden door was pushed inwards. Gary stuck his head out of the door frame and looked around the room for a while. His eyes were very cautious and his expression was very serious.
After confirming that there were no cruel or bloody scenes inside that were not suitable for showing to children, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, said hello, and walked into the room.
Behind him, Mrs. Gary came in with two children. Youl's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and there were still traces of tears on his cheeks; Daisy's face was full of perfunctory "fear", and only the excitement and confusion flashing in her eyes were real.
"Is everything over?"
Mrs. Gary asked in a low voice, looking around nervously.
"It's all over." Qi Ji nodded, then asked the family in a questioning tone:
"Are you guys still going to sleep? I can fix up this wall and window and it will work."
"No, no need..." Gary shook his head hurriedly, "We should leave quickly. Who knows if those guys will send more people here... It's too dangerous here!"
Being assassinated in the middle of their sleep, how could these honest and ordinary citizens endure such treatment? They were already exhausted and dared not continue to sleep? Who was so bold?
"Okay then." Qi Ji himself didn't care, but he wasn't heartless either. He could understand the couple's fears. "Where are you going next?"
"Uh……"
This stumped the two of them. For a moment, they looked confused and uneasy, and lowered their heads to think.
Qi Ji sat on the edge of the bed, with his hands on both sides, his chin slightly raised, and looked at them sideways:
"I have a suggestion, would you like to adopt it?"
The two of them immediately looked at him as if they had seen a savior: "You say."
"First," Qi Ji looked up at the ceiling, pointed a finger at his chin, and thought, "Go to the Super Management Bureau and report this to the authorities."
Gary was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Indeed, this is what we should do."
They... Strictly speaking, when they went to the Super Management Bureau yesterday afternoon, the staff just gave them a few verbal instructions to comfort them, and then recorded the situation on the file.
It’s not their fault for their perfunctory attitude, it’s mainly because Gary and his wife deliberately concealed a considerable part of the truth in order not to expose Qi Ji’s existence.
According to their confessions, the group of robbers were eliminated by a "kind-hearted adventurer passing by", and there were no extraordinary people among the robbers.
The reason is simple, because there is no extraordinary person among the robbers, what they have is a very powerful spiritual puppet.
The existence of the spiritual puppet must never be revealed, because anyone who has the ability to create a spiritual puppet must almost certainly be a magician or a psychic warrior.
Any major country would strictly control and supervise extraordinary people of this level, and the Glorious Plantagenet Empire, which ranks among the most powerful in the human world of the Northern Continent, would definitely be no exception.
The detailed information of every magician or psychic warrior is recorded in official archives, and the Super Management Bureau is one of the main departments that manages these archives.
Once the existence of spiritual puppets is revealed to the Super Management Bureau, they will immediately check the public files and try to find suspicious high-level supernatural beings.
Their attention will not only be focused on the extraordinary person who created the puppet, but will also be locked on the so-called "kind-hearted adventurer" who bravely acted out of danger.
Because the only one who can and has the courage to fight against a high-level transcendent is another high-level transcendent!
By then, no matter whether Miss Yaoliuliu's information is in the file or not, she will absolutely not be able to hide her existence, and will be found out by the investigators from the Super Management Bureau.
This conflicts with her original intention of not wanting to enter the official field of vision.
So, Gary and his wife had to hide the existence of the spiritual puppet.
In this case, the robbers are just a group of ordinary people, and whether it is a righteous magician or a righteous warrior, it is quite easy to deal with a dozen ordinary people.
The staff of the Super Management Bureau can be easily fooled by the excuse of "kind-hearted adventurers passing by" and thus ignore it.
The reason is simple: adventurers of average strength have no place worth investigating specifically.
Because it is very common for adventurers to perform heroic acts, especially in border cities with relatively good public security, it happens at least several times a week, and the staff of the local Super Management Bureau have long been accustomed to it.
If there are no extraordinary people among the robbers, then this is just an attempted robbery that is not too serious. The Super Management Bureau will not take it too seriously. At most, it will hand it over to the official government to strengthen security on the forest roads.
As for the hidden mastermind behind the scenes... lacking evidence and the existence of extraordinary people, this conspiracy theory will not be taken seriously at all, let alone sending someone to protect them in secret.
Qi Ji told them all these tricks and rules on the way. After all, Gary and his wife themselves did not understand any information related to the supernatural world.
In fact, this was equivalent to Qi Ji causing the Garys to lose the protection of the official imperial forces in order to satisfy his curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
Qi Ji still felt a little guilty about this. After all, it was not reasonable to let innocent people take risks for one's own selfish reasons.
Therefore, she is willing to protect them throughout the process, and is willing to conduct an in-depth investigation into the incident to eradicate all the masterminds and hidden dangers behind the scenes!
This was actually exactly what she should do and did not deserve any praise - Qi Ji was very clear about this.
"Secondly..." Qi Ji thought for a moment and continued:
"Besides the Church of the Setting Sun, are there any other churches in Loen City?"
"This……"
The couple didn't expect Qi Ji to ask such a question. In addition, they were not locals and didn't know much about the situation in Loen City. So after thinking carefully for a long time, Gary said uncertainly:
"I'm not sure, but on the way to the Sunset Church, I seemed to see the roof of the Deep Blue Church..."
At this time, Daisy, who was hugged by Mrs. Gary's shoulders, suddenly said:
"Yes, I remember there was a blue church near the Sunset Church... I think it was the Deep Blue Church."
"And..." She frowned slightly, and suddenly found that her memory seemed to have become particularly good. She could easily recall most of what she saw and heard on the road, even some details that she didn't pay much attention to:
"There's a brown one a little further away. It seems to be called... uh, Harvest Church?"
Although the "Society of the Setting Sun" that believes in Amon, the "God of Dusk and Decay", is the state religion of the Glorious Plantagenet Empire, the national conditions of the empire are different from those of the Templar State, and the royal family and government are not controlled by the state religion.
There is an equal relationship between them, so the Canyang Spiritual Society has no right to demand that all the people in the country must only believe in it. It is normal for other churches to exist in the country.
Of course, the influence and scale of other churches could not be compared with that of the Sunset Spiritual Society. It was rare for a city like Loen to have three churches belonging to different churches at the same time.
After all, Loen is a border city, and the control of the Sunset Spiritual Society is not that strong, resulting in its lack of absolute competitiveness compared to other churches. This is understandable.
Chapter 140 Summary and Instructions (Part )
"The brown and blue churches... should they be the 'Harvest Church' and the 'Enterprise Chamber of Commerce'?"
With some basic common sense, Qi Ji immediately determined that:
The two churches mentioned by Gary and Daisy belong to the "Harvest Church" which believes in Bio, the "God of Earth and Fertility", and the "Enterprise Chamber of Commerce" which believes in Deka, the "God of Ocean and Love".
She had heard Lunxi introduce the latter at the Iris Mansion and was quite impressed. It was a church with a large number of merchants, navigators, and sea adventurers among its believers. Its holy emblem, the "Ark of Enterprise", was always engraved on the back of the logos of merchant groups and fleets.
Although the name contains the word "Chamber of Commerce", its nature is more religious than commercial, and of course it will set up churches in various places within its influence.
As for the "Harvest Church", she didn't know that much. She only knew that although the influence of this church was not strong, its coverage was extremely wide, and almost the entire northern continent was covered with believers of its main god Bio.
Even in the remote, underdeveloped and still-in-the-stage-of-pioneer-colonization "Giant Island" of the southern continent, some elements suspected of pointing to the worship of the Mother Goddess of Harvest were found in the sacrificial ceremonies and primitive folk customs of the local indigenous people.
However, Qi Ji thought this was normal. After all, the gods in this world really existed, and they could often respond to the believers' prayers and bestow divine grace, so their presence was quite strong.
The areas that this Mother Goddess of Harvest governs are "farmland", "minerals", "beasts", "vitality" and "reproduction", and these things are the basis of the existence of the entire society at any time and for any country with any system.
On this basis, it is quite normal that there are many and widespread people who believe in Him.
Even if the reality is not like this, then Qi Ji would have to doubt whether this god has died long ago, or whether he is actually a crazy and perverted evil god.
