Chapter 409: The Strong Gets the Weak
Malbert showed a hint of surprise on his face, and then an awkward smile appeared on his face: "How did you know that?"
"Because I know what kind of person Malbert is. He has planned many conspiracies, but he always hides himself behind the scenes. This is a cautious thinking habit, which is his nature and cannot be changed... And you, Kavala, you are just the opposite of Malbert. You always like to take risks yourself..."
Li Ang shook his head and said, "You are too anxious, Kavala, you didn't even have time to see Malbert's final thoughts. If you hadn't intervened, Malbert might have successfully separated me and Wendy..."
"Oh? You know what I would do?"
It was a strange scene, Malbert was using the body of Alles, but his soul was controlled by Kavala.
"After discovering that Alina and I were working together to deceive people, you will definitely tell a story about 'saving Ales' - as long as Ales is alive, Alina will definitely save him, and Wendy and I will definitely help Alina..."
Leon slowly turned around, looking around at the people present, and finally stared at Malbert: "I am injured and cannot move easily, and since it involves the Abyss Code, I can only let Wendy go to Ahun Town to have a look. As long as Wendy leaves me temporarily, no one here can deal with the spirit...right?"
"I do think so...but why do you know that I am controlling Malbert?"
Malbert, or rather Kavala, was a little confused.
"Because the target Malbert wants to deal with is definitely not me, but Alina. He won't be as impatient as you, and his schemes will never be directed directly at the target. This is his behavioral habit and his cautious nature... Moreover, he will never talk about a lot of irrelevant things like you, because he doesn't need to tell all his experiences."
Li Ang sneered: "But you are not so familiar with Malbert's experience, so you can only repeat his memories while 'checking'... But those memories are just his thoughts in his mind. You can see the spirit's thoughts, but it would be too long-winded to say all the thoughts... Moreover, you can't tell Malbert's ultimate intention at all. You subconsciously mentioned the Abyss Code that only you know, and it ended up being superfluous..."
In fact, there is more than that. What made Leon realize something was wrong was that Malbert directly said, "I agree this time."
Malbert has been deliberately describing that he "has never signed a contract with Kavala and will not sell his soul" in order to show an attitude of "willing to cooperate" and gain Leon's trust.
So he described step by step how he rejected Kavala's temptation. He would probably let Leon help him in the end, and also help Ales - even if Leon was not fooled, Alina would be fooled.
Malbert's real target is actually Alina. He understands Leon and knows that Leon is not easy to fool. He just wants to create the personality of "never cooperated with Kavala and never sold his soul" so that Leon will not doubt his real motives.
As long as we can control Alina and use her to deal with Leon, the effect will be much better.
But Kavala was probably used to controlling others. He didn't realize that Malbert was using these seemingly useless experiences to make Leon see him as a partner. He actually controlled Malbert and said directly, "I agree this time."
In addition, Malbert mentioned the code in the ice cellar - Malbert might have noticed the book on the statue, but he certainly didn't know it was the Code of the Abyss at the time, and there was no need to mention these details.
Only Kavala would care so much about the code, and only Kavala would use the code to attract Leon...
But later, probably because Kavala saw Malbert's final idea, he discovered that he did not intend to use the code to attract Leon's attention, but to use Alers. At this time, he tried to change his words - but changing the script at this time would seem very awkward.
Malbert gave a bitter smile, then suddenly his whole body began to tremble and he fell to the ground.
"What's wrong with him?"
Alina asked in surprise.
"It seems that Kavala no longer controls Malbert."
Leon thought for a moment and replied, "However, Kavala didn't accomplish anything this time, and he didn't want to talk to me... He doesn't seem to have the confidence to overcome everything anymore."
After saying that, he took a few steps back, pushed the bookshelf behind Alina sideways, found a chair behind the bookshelf and sat down - this bookshelf was actually the door to a dark room, and behind it was a spacious room.
The homes of the nobles of the Bacchus Empire generally have some traps. There is a secret passage in Levius' bedroom, and there is a secret room in Kairos' study...
"I have a question... Why does Kavala keep coming to Malbert? Is there anything different about him?"
Wendy asked as she put away her sword.
"A man who can become the Grand Master of the Dusk Knights in his twenties, a man who becomes the Grand Master of the Dusk Knights but is unknown to the public, and who also knows some spells... plus his father's Cliff Rock Bay and the Lion Knights, such strength is the greatest extraordinary thing. Kavala has found the most powerful people in the entire continent."
Leon shook his head and said, "Martis, Kairos father and son, Malbert, and me... the combined strength of these people can easily conquer the continent of Pendor. But unfortunately, Kavala always wants to completely control these people... The powerful people are powerful because of their own abilities, but if they are controlled by others, what is the difference between them and an ordinary soldier?"
"Then what should we do now? Alles and Malbert are still in the same body, and Kavala can control Malbert at any time..."
Alina looked at Alers and asked with some sadness.
"Let's wait until Malbert wakes up. I don't think Malbert wants to be controlled."
Li Ang didn't know what to do. He knew that a living person could not kill a spirit.
"Don't we need to go to Ahun? The ice cellar he mentioned..."
Alina looked hesitant.
"Just let Brutus go and take a look. It's better for us not to go..."
Leon looked at Brutus.
Alina nodded, and Brutus did not delay and left with Alina's guards.
There were only five people left in the room.
Leon, Wendy, Alina, Elena, and Ales who was tied up and lying unconscious on the ground.
They waited until dawn until Ales' body regained consciousness.
But it was not Malbert who woke up, but Ales.
After seeing Alina, Alers' first reaction was to blush, then he looked around and covered his chest in panic.
"Luciana, why am I here...ah, am I sleepwalking again? Hiss...I have to go back quickly..."
He was only wearing a pair of underwear, and he probably thought he was sleepwalking...
This really does look like sleepwalking.
It seems that Malbert was telling the truth. Allers really didn't know about Malbert's existence, and he could regain control of his body as soon as it was daytime.
But Leon and Alina still felt something was wrong - according to the spy chief Cassian , Ales appeared in Dilingang yesterday afternoon, which was broad daylight.
Li Ang shook his head, threw his clothes over, and pulled up the screen to cover him.
"Thank you... Your Excellency... Ah, you must be His Majesty Leon, right? Thank you..."
Ales began to put on his clothes quietly, thanking him profusely as he did so.
As an intelligence distributor for the Vipers, it was normal for him to recognize Leon.
But halfway through, Ales seemed to be fully awake. He stuck his head out with a bit of confusion and looked around the layout of the study again.
Then, he saw the coast outside from the window - Kailos's mansion was built on the seashore on the southeast side of Dilingang Port, not far from the pier. A small stretch of beach and reefs could be seen from the window.
"This doesn't seem to be my home... This is... Dilingang?! How could I... How could I end up here!!"
Alles' voice began to tremble.
"Brother, do you often sleepwalk?"
Alina glanced at Li Ang and saw him shaking his head slightly at her, so she cooperated and continued talking.
"Yeah... Ever since I participated in the hypnosis training of the Vipers, I often find myself in other places after waking up..."
Ales smiled bitterly at Alina and said, "This is probably the aftereffect of hypnosis training. Many spies have this condition, but my symptoms are more severe - but I have never run so far! I remember that I slept in Ahun, how could I come here overnight!"
Alina and Leon looked at each other, both of them full of surprise.
"When did you go to bed last night?"
Leon asked.
"Ten o'clock... I fall asleep as soon as it's ten o'clock recently. This should be because I have been practicing self-hypnosis at this time."
Alles answered promptly.
"So...what day is today?"
Li Ang asked again with a frown.
"It should be September 5th..."
Ales also noticed something was wrong: "What day is it today?"
"Today is September 7th...Ales, have you not woken up in the past two days?"
Leon sighed. It seemed that Ales' consciousness had been suppressed for the past two days.
In other words, Malbert can suppress Ales' consciousness at any time and wake Ales up at any time.
"Have I done anything I shouldn't have done in the past two days?"
Alers had already put on his clothes and walked out from behind the screen, asking nervously.
"That's not the case...hypnosis training...do all the Viper agents have these symptoms?"
Li Ang suddenly realized something and interrupted.
"Not all of them, probably half of them. This is probably because they haven't mastered the self-hypnosis ability well enough... The instructor from the Shadow Wolf Pack also said that this is a normal phenomenon, but there are more people with sleepwalking in Ahun."
Alles nodded to Leon.
He was a mild-mannered nobleman, very much like Justus in both appearance and character.
"Alina... Malbert lied. His story is not a coincidence. Maybe the Vipers are just empty shells after self-hypnosis. Ales is definitely not the only one controlled! If Malbert is regarded as one of the three prophets, then the Vipers are the shells he found. It's just that he can't brainwash people like the three prophets, so he found these spies who can train self-hypnosis and take advantage of the situation."
Leon turned to Alina and said, "This is probably the way Malbert is trying to trick us - the Vipers will often pass on information to you, not only can they often get in close contact with you, but they can also easily put you in danger with false information."
"What? Something about me? What Malbert? What's being controlled? What's in danger? What are you... talking about?"
Alles was a little flustered, he really didn't know anything.
"Ales, your situation is very complicated..."
Alina quickly and concisely explained to Alles that Malbert shared a body with her.
"...In other words, I'm not sleepwalking, but I've been controlled by someone? Most of the entire Viper Army is controlled by someone?"
Alles' face suddenly turned pale.
"Perhaps... yes."
Alina nodded at him.
Malbert is clearly much smarter than Aigram or the Three Prophets. He does not occupy anyone's body, he simply "coexists" with Ales and the other spies.
He even managed to avoid affecting people's normal daytime life as much as possible - just like a virus coexisting with humans...
But precisely because they are in a state of coexistence, it is more difficult to deal with - you can't kill all the spies along with Ales, right?
Of course, for now, Malbert is most likely still in Ales' body. After all, Wendy's portable magic-forbidden tower has always been here.
"Ales, can you hypnotize yourself now?"
Leon thought about it and decided to put Ales into a hypnotic state to see if Malbert would take over the body - to solve the problem, he must communicate with Malbert.
"Okay... but not here, I have to go somewhere else where there's no one..."
Ales nodded, but then looked at Alina and shook his head.
Leon glanced at Alina and roughly understood what Ales meant - self-hypnosis requires one to keep a stable mentality, but it seems that Ales really likes his sister, and he probably can't calm down when Alina is in front of him.
So Li Ang took him into the secret room behind the bookshelf, and pulled the bookshelf over and closed it, leaving only a crack in the door for observation.
Anyway, this secret room is a closed space, and even if Malbert takes over Alles' body again, he can't escape.
Alina understood and took Elena to stand next to Wendy, leaving Leon alone in front of the bookshelf to stare.
After a while, Ales did become confused, and then he suddenly opened his eyes.
"Malbert, is that you?"
Li Ang asked through the crack in the door.
"It's me... Leon, I can hear everything you said. Most of your judgments are correct. I did intend to use the Viper Force to control Alina, but that idiot Kavala interrupted my plan at the critical moment... You can realize that I was controlled by Kavala. This is really amazing insight."
Malbert didn't waste any words and got straight to the point: "But you're wrong about one thing... It wasn't me who controlled the Viper Corps while they were undergoing hypnosis training, but Kavala. I just shared the same body with Ales, but the other members of the Viper Corps shared bodies with other spirits controlled by Kavala - those spirits were priests of the Snake Cult, and Ales' wife was one of them."
"Then...how do we solve this problem?"
Li Ang shook his head: "You don't want to be controlled by him all the time, right?"
"Of course I don't want to... But what can I do? I'm just a puppet now... I'm just a carrier that Kavala found to cast spells! I was entangled by him only because I know some soul spells."
Malbert also seemed helpless: "Leon, I don't actually want to deal with you, I just want to stay alive."
