Chapter 407: Continuous Dreams
"Leon...how did you know...how did you know?!"
'Ales' stared at Leon with wide eyes, a look of fear on his face.
It seems that Leon was right, this is indeed Malbert.
He did not deny it. Since Li Ang could directly say his name, there was no need to deny it.
"I guess... It seems that the Dusk Knights' research on heresy has been very fruitful. Malbert, when did you become an evil spirit?"
Leon looked at Wendy and pointed at Malbert, signaling Wendy to stay next to Malbert to prevent this guy from causing any trouble.
In fact, Li Ang did guess, but it was not based on intuition, but on analysis.
First of all, Ales bought the slave girl from Singal, and the former base of the Knights of Dusk was in Singal.
The Knights of Dusk have been studying heresy. Malbert is the Grand Master of the Knights of Dusk. He is probably the person who knows the most about the abyss demons and gods besides Leon. If there is still someone who can turn into an evil spirit and occupy someone else's body, then Malbert is definitely the one with the greatest suspicion.
In addition, before Leon stabbed Malbert to death in front of Alistair, he had asked, "Who is willing to lead the Dusk Knights to join the New Dawn?" If it was based on the personality of Malbert that Leon knew, he would most likely agree immediately - he was the person who was most good at avoiding risks, but he actually hesitated at that time...
It's not possible that after being castrated, his brain was also castrated, right?
At that time, Leon was busy dealing with Kavala and did not investigate further, but with such an obvious difference, Leon would naturally be concerned - especially since Leon had just witnessed Aigram and the Three Prophets controlling other people's bodies, and Leon had always doubted whether the Malbert he stabbed to death was the real person.
In addition, Alles has been in charge of the intelligence distribution of the secret spy organization "Viper" and has to come into contact with professional intelligence personnel every day.
These spies have keen observation skills and are difficult to deceive. To play the role of Ales well, you need excellent acting skills.
Only Malbert, the movie star, could make so many spies in the Viper Organization unable to see through him.
Plus, Ales said he wanted to castrate Leon...
Therefore, Leon could judge that the soul occupying Alers' body was most likely Malbert's soul - Malbert had a grudge against both himself and Alina, and only he would be so eager to take his and Alina's lives, and only he would mention things like castration when facing Alina.
"Ha... evil spirit? Aren't you also an evil spirit? Leon, you can fool everyone, but you can't fool me. You are just a lonely ghost who has occupied someone else's body!"
Malbert's mental state was still very good. After just two sentences, the shock on his face gradually faded away.
Perhaps because he knew he couldn't escape, he didn't put up any resistance, but sneered at Li Ang.
"Oh? You even know this... Since we are all the same kind, you might as well tell me the truth. How did you hook up with Kavala? Does Kavala have any other plans?"
Leon curled his lips. Since Malbert knew this, it must be related to Kavala - only Kavala knew that Leon was summoned by the goddess of order, Eunomia.
"You are also an evil spirit, but you are still so unscrupulous..."
Malbert was stunned, looking at Leon who didn't care, then looked at Wendy beside him, and then looked at Brutus and others.
Leon and Wendy were pouting, Brutus was rolling his eyes, Elena had a mocking look on her face, and Alina was crying - no one present seemed to care much about the fact that Leon was an evil spirit.
Malbert was a little confused. Why did this happen?
Has everyone been brainwashed by Leon?
Li Ang doesn't even plan to hide it?
Why does everyone not care about this truth at all?
"Okay, okay, I'm also an evil spirit, I admit it... I'm asking you a question, can you at least give me an answer? Maybe I can help you..."
Li Ang sighed. Of course he didn't need to hide anything.
As the most active person in the entire continent in fighting against the abyss demons, Leon took the initiative to let himself be struck by lightning in order to deal with Aigram. In order to save various knight groups, he even rushed into the Sea of Undead alone with the big bomb Aziz Dahaka.
With these deeds in mind, even if Li Ang publicly said that he was an evil spirit, I'm afraid everyone would just laugh and say "Your Majesty, you are joking again"...
Besides, he was no longer a ghost now—Aziz Dahaka had made him a real living person.
Leon looked at Malbert quietly, but Malbert did not answer.
He just kept looking around, perhaps a little doubtful about his life, and didn't say a word.
Seeing that he was not cooperating, Li Ang simply ignored him and turned to Alina and said, "Alina, I'm sorry, we have to burn him... Please accept my condolences."
Alina wiped the tears from her face and nodded gently: "I know."
Li Ang waved to Wendy, then turned around and prepared to leave.
Wendy pushed Malbert from behind, ready to take the guy out.
"Wait! Leon! Don't you want to know Kavala's plan?!"
Seeing that Leon seemed to be planning to burn his body, Malbert began to get anxious.
With Wendy present, he couldn't use any magic. Now that he was tied up, he naturally couldn't escape from this body. If he didn't save himself, he would be reduced to ashes.
"What's the plan? It's nothing more than finding a few more guys like you to harm me ? Do you know how big of a deal it will be? As long as we destroy the Snake Cult, everything will be over..."
Li Ang said expressionlessly.
"No! No... Leon, you will face an unimaginable and terrible fate... You can't kill me!"
Wendy kept pushing him from behind. Malbert struggled, and when no one paid attention to him, he said the most life-saving words: "Don't push me...Ales is not dead!!"
"What?!"
Leon and Alina widened their eyes at the same time.
"You can look at me..."
Malbert turned towards Leon, apparently wanting someone to examine him.
Brutus gestured to Leon, and when Leon nodded, he walked to Malbert, untied the rope, and began to strip Malbert, that is, Ales, of his clothes.
None of the girls backed off. They were not stupid women and knew that Brutus wanted to check if Alers was injured.
Soon, Ales was stripped down to his underwear. Brutus even peeked inside his underwear, then nodded to Leon: "There are no wounds, he's breathing and his heart is beating."
Alina wiped away her tears and burst into laughter.
"It seems that Ales is indeed not dead... But... Since Ales is still alive, how can you control his body?"
Leon raised his eyebrows and looked at the shirtless Ales again.
"I just deceived his soul. He is indeed alive... and he doesn't even know I exist. He will control this body during the day, but at night, when he falls asleep, I will take over control of the body... I will let him have sweet dreams and wake him up at dawn."
Malbert replied: "I didn't kill him, and I don't have the ability to do so. I'm not an evil spirit, I just know some spells to deceive souls... Leon, I just want to live."
"A spell that deceives souls? Like the one you just cast on me? But if you are not an evil spirit, how could you use such a spell?"
Alina interrupted.
"That's 'Soul Seduction', a small spell that can make people immersed in their own beautiful dreams. It is the research result of the Knights of Dusk. Of course, this is indeed a spell used by the Abyss Demon to attract followers... But I only knew it after I became a spirit. Only spirits can use such spells."
Malbert did not hide anything and told the whole story honestly.
Leon knew that Malbert was not lying. He himself had been hit by Aigram's soul spell. He knew that it was a temptation based on human's own desires. It was more of an illusion than a spell.
The chosen ones who have signed a soul contract with the gods will have their souls not dissipated after death - just like Maltis, whose soul was sold to the gods and no longer belonged to him, so it would not dissipate with the death of his physical body.
In addition, the Knights of Dusk are already familiar with the abilities of the Abyss Demons and the Three Prophets, so it is not surprising that Malbert knows some soul magic.
They cannot cast magic when they are alive, and can only use it after becoming spirits. However, they cannot cause substantial harm to people, but can only interfere with and seduce people's souls. This is indeed the ability that God's messengers such as the Three Prophets possess.
Leon felt that Malbert should be Kavala's contractor.
"So... you signed a soul contract with Kavala, so that your soul can continue to exist after death?"
Leon looked at Malbert and shook his head: "When did Kavala target you? He didn't even completely control you... It seems that the contract he signed with you is relatively fair?"
Malbert sighed and looked at Leon with a complicated expression: "Kavala did look for me, but I didn't sign any contract with Kavala... I won't sell my soul..."
To be honest, Malbert's experience is actually quite magical.
He first met Kavala a few years ago.
It was basically when Leon first met Wendy.
At that time, Ulrich was seriously ill, and Malbert was designated by Ulrich as his heir, and served as the royal cupbearer and secretary.
Ulrich almost never organized royal meetings, so Malbert always worked in the throne room - above his head was a relief of Kavala.
At that time, Malbert actually had a good chance of becoming king - if Ulrik had died suddenly.
In fact, Malbert did think so...
For the first time since being named heir, Malbert dreamed of Kavala.
What Kavala asked Malbert at that time was... Do you want to be king?
Malbert knew who Kavala was, and he did want to be king, but he didn't think a dream could bring , and he didn't think he needed any help - he became the Grand Master of the Knights of Dusk at a young age, and a waste like Prince Alanric was not worthy of being his opponent.
As long as Ulric died, he could handle everything by himself relying on the strength of Duke Brunus and the Knights of Dusk.
So he rejected Kavala at that time.
But since then, Malbert has been dreaming every day, and his dreams are continuous.
He dreamed about things that happened in the palace, and Malbert could tell that they were all real.
After dreaming about the series for several episodes in a row, Malbert knew a lot of things.
On the first night, he dreamed of the reason why the Mad King went mad - the Mad King drank the elixir of life, which was the water of the Styx. Of course, it might have been diluted.
It was the Mad King himself who was seeking the elixir of life... he wanted to live forever.
Then someone brought medicine to exchange for dragon tears, but Malbert didn't know the person who sold the medicine.
The next night, Malbert dreamed of the death of the Mad King - the Mad King drank the blood of the elves.
At first, Malbert didn't know why the Mad King wanted to drink blood. He thought the Mad King wanted to cure his madness or to gain immortality - elves have a long lifespan, and most people would think that elf blood might have the magical power to make people immortal...
But after drinking the elf blood, the Mad King began to vomit continuously, and then died suddenly in the toilet - it looked like he was drunk and suffocated to death in the toilet.
But in fact, the Mad King didn't drink any wine that night. The huge wine glass was actually filled with elf blood.
Moreover, when the Mad King fell, Malbert clearly saw that the Mad King slowly spit out a gem from his mouth, and he seemed to be very sober the whole time.
It was then that Malbert learned that the Mad King had committed suicide.
He drank the elf blood both to seek death and to activate the gem?
Malbert made such a guess because he felt that a person with a weak body might not be able to withstand the magic in the elf blood. Just like drinking too much alcohol can kill people, drinking too much elf blood should also kill people.
On the third night, Malbert dreamed of the gem.
There is a blue gem with a dark shadow inside, showing its fangs and claws.
The gem floated between three women whose faces could not be seen clearly, and seemed to be casting a spell.
Malbert was knowledgeable and he knew that it should be dragon's tears. And when he saw the black shadow in the dragon's tears, he intuitively thought that it was the soul of the mad king.
Did the Mad King seek the help of the Three Prophets and use dragon tears to preserve his soul?
He guessed right.
On the fourth night, Malbert dreamed of a prison.
In prison, three women whose faces could not be seen gave the dragon tear to King Ulric in exchange for their freedom.
Soon after, Ulrich began to go crazy at irregular intervals and gradually became weaker.
This series of dreams made Malbert realize that this might be a hint from Kavala.
He knew that Kavala had probably become a god, and perhaps he shouldn't reject Kavala...
However, he did not dream about Kavala for some time afterwards.
The things shown in these dreams were very obvious, and most of them were true. Malbert knew the reason why Ulrich was sick - he was haunted by an evil spirit, and it was the mad king who was haunting him...
Malbert had learned about these things in the Order of Dusk, and he could guess what the Mad King was going to do.
Perhaps the Mad King has already cooperated with the Three Prophets, hoping to let his soul possess the next generation of kings?
However, the three prophets did not give Ulrik the dragon tear until they were thrown into prison.
Malbert certainly didn't want the mad king to succeed, otherwise who knows what a mad king would do...
But Malbert certainly wouldn't save Ulrich...
On the contrary, he hoped that Ulrich would die quickly - he was Ulrich's designated successor at the time.
So Malbert also went to work with the Three Prophets.
He asked the three prophets to tell Ulrik that the 'blood of the elves' could cure his madness - that is, the blood of an elven noble girl.
At the same time, he conspired with the three prophets to get the king's seal.
He also deliberately asked his father Brunus to deplete King Ulric's personal troops.
But all these things failed...
Ulric did drink the elf blood, but the more he drank, the more energetic he became, and in the end it even suppressed his madness - the elf blood actually caused the mad king's soul to gradually dissipate!
And for some unknown reason, the three prophets abandoned him and started to cooperate with Ulrich.
At the same time, Leon messed up the matter of the King's Seal, and dealt with the army of the Stern Crow Kingdom and the Jatu people in Eagle Claw Castle, and a lot of Ulrik's personal troops were also saved.
Ulrich, who had recovered, still let Malbert serve as his secretary, but he seemed to have other ideas...
At this time, Malbert dreamed of Kavala again.
