Chapter 411: Life is worthy of respect
Li Ang turned around and gave Kavala a thumbs up.
Kavala was probably not good at employing people, but he was definitely not a fool, and his ability to command troops was unquestionable—the Snake Cult army that had gone north before were all baits!
From the very beginning, the troops actually used to attack Dilingang were not the Snake Cult's troops!
Li Ang really didn't expect that Kavala would be willing to give up almost all the strength of the Snake Cult that had infiltrated the continent of Pande with great difficulty.
It turns out that Malbert's role is just to delay time and further reduce the strength of the Imperial Port...
No wonder Kavala didn't let Malbert's plan succeed, because he didn't want Leon to leave Dilingang!
The Snake Cult army led away most of the troops from the two countries, and Alina's guards were also taken away by Brutus. Now, in Dilingang Port, except for more than a hundred militiamen responsible for maintaining vigilance and public security, there are only Leon's guards, the Silver Hand.
The total force is only more than 400 people, of which less than 300 are from the Silver Hand, and there are about 100 militiamen on the city wall...and now Alina is trapped in the Governor's Mansion and cannot issue orders to the outside world, and the residents of Dilingang cannot be mobilized.
The nearest reinforcements were in the village of Buyulin. More than a thousand wounded soldiers remained in Buyulin for treatment, and there were also about a hundred Knights of the Radiant Cross there - there were a lot of wounded soldiers in the Battle of Buyulin, and it was not convenient for them to move after being injured, so they stayed where they were and received treatment from the Knights of the Radiant Cross.
But Buyulin Village was more than sixty miles away from Dilingang Port, and by the time they got the news, a day would probably have passed.
The fleet of Maritim was about to land, and the Viper Army was blocking the Governor's Mansion. He was injured and unable to move, so he had no ability to escape...
It seems to be a desperate situation.
But I have experienced so many desperate situations...
Li Ang will not give up hope until the last moment.
Having gone through so many things, Li Ang can now remain calm no matter what happens.
"Your Majesty Kavala, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Since he didn't have much fighting power now, Li Ang simply sat down.
Wendy tried to go up to Leon, but Leon waved his hand and stopped her from getting close.
"It's amazing that you can still be so calm."
Kavala praised him, and then looked down at Leon: "You should know what I want to talk to you about... You can't escape now, Leon, do you want to live?"
"Alive?"
Leon sneered: "Is it considered alive if someone is like Malbert?"
Kavala pushed himself into a desperate situation, naturally in order to force himself to sign a soul contract, just like when he took advantage of the situation to force Maltis and Malbert.
After being controlled for his entire life, the former king now seems to always want to control everyone...
"As long as I don't agree, you can't do anything to me, right? The most you can do is let the fleet outside land and kill me... But even so, what can you get? The army of the Snake Cult is yours, right? But you have already used them all as bait and gave them up... As long as you can't control me, you still get nothing..."
Li Ang kept looking into Kavala's eyes and said a lot with a smile.
To be precise, he was looking at Malbert's expression.
Malbert was controlled by Kavala, his eyes looking at Leon, but his expression was strange.
It feels like I'm looking at something and thinking about something else, that is, I have focus, but I don't take it to heart...
"Hahaha... Leon, it's just as you said. If I can't control you, I'll get nothing. But you're not the only one here. You may not be afraid of death, but what about the ladies around you? What about your loyal and brave subordinates? Are you willing to let them all die with you?"
Kavala, or Malbert, said expressionlessly.
Wendy and Alina frowned together but said nothing.
Li Ang was stunned for a moment.
But Leon was stunned not because Kavala was threatening him with Wendy and Alina, but because of Malbert's expression.
Kavala was laughing, and his tone was somewhat smug - but Malbert's expression at this moment was like that of a puppet, his tone and expression did not match at all, and was very different from when Malbert himself spoke.
It seems that this is not complete control...
Being controlled is completely different from being completely occupied. The person being controlled actually knows what he or she has done during the process of being controlled - just like Martis, during the years when she was controlled, she always knew what she was doing, but she just couldn't control herself.
In other words, when Kavala was controlling Malbert, Malbert actually had his own consciousness, but he was unable to express it.
Malbert's consciousness possesses Allers' body. Although he can only gain control after Allers loses consciousness, at least everything in this body, including the brain's thinking, is completely controlled by Malbert, and all behaviors are no different from those of normal people.
But Kavala can only control Malbert's behavior, he cannot use the method of "occupation" because directly occupying the body of the natives will violate the rules and will be exiled into the void.
In other words, Kavala's remote control of Malbert is probably similar to Leon controlling a character's actions when playing games - he can move, speak, use the character's own skills, and observe things through the character's five senses, but he cannot control the character's own thoughts.
It is just to control its actions, so there is no need to control micro-expressions, so Malbert looks like a sculpture.
The current situation is probably similar to the previous conversation between Leon and Kavala's statue in Sarleon City, except that the character Kavala controlled at that time was that statue.
He can only control the behavior of those who have signed a soul contract, and he can only control one person at a time, because his consciousness must be invested in the person being controlled...
Maybe it is necessary to enter the soul space of a person to control it?
So, the so-called soul contract...
Isn't this the relationship between the player and the character?
Players can control characters and can create multiple characters, but only one can be selected at a time.
However, if a character who has not signed a soul contract wants to be forcibly controlled, it is equivalent to forcibly controlling other NPCs in violation of the rules, which is definitely cheating.
What are the consequences of cheating?
The account was deleted by GM...
Aren’t those gods who were exiled to the void equivalent to having their accounts deleted by the GM, the God of Creation?
Using Ales to hide Malbert, and using the Viper spies to hide other controlled Snake Cult priests, probably for better concealment so as not to be discovered.
But these people now have two souls. Malbert and Kavala have signed soul contracts, but Allers has not!
Moreover, Malbert's thinking is independent...
Kavala, Kavala, the character you are controlling is risky...
Planning to control everyone, is this your desire?
But this desire also has risks...
Thinking of this, Li Ang smiled.
"Kavala, you really have found my weakness. I really can't bear to let Wendy and Alina die here..."
Li Ang asked Kavala with a humble smile: "Okay, I admit defeat. How do you want to sign your soul contract? I'll sign it now."
"Hahaha...you just need to close your eyes and relax your whole body, then you will see me in your dream..."
Kavala laughed.
It seems that the oath made in the dream is a soul contract.
That's true. Many gods deceive people through dreams.
Moreover, when in the temple, Kavala also allowed himself to relax his whole body - probably to let down his guard so that his spiritual consciousness could be projected into his own soul space?
Now, Li Ang had a plan in mind...
"In the dream... do you mean that you will come to my soul space? I need to swear allegiance to you in person in the soul space, right?"
Li Ang intended to ask questions thoroughly, using humble words and a gentle attitude.
"That's right... Leon, close your eyes, you know what to do..."
Kavala probably felt that he had won the game, so he answered quite gently.
Li Ang is now sure of his thoughts.
He closed his eyes.
"Leon!"
Wendy screamed in panic.
"Wendy, this is all I can do... Don't worry, just stand back."
Leon turned around and comforted her softly, waved his hand to let Wendy stay away from him, then blinked twice at Alina, turned his head and closed his eyes again.
Alina seemed to understand something. She pulled Wendy back to the corner and stared into Alers' eyes.
Li Ang was concentrating on trying to sleep.
To be honest, it is actually not easy to relax your body and mind and fall into a light sleep state at this time.
It was daytime and there was a war going on outside. Le Ang was of course worried about the casualties of his brothers. In addition, there was a fleet approaching on the sea. In fact, Le Ang had been quite nervous but did not show it.
Plus, he had an injury under his armpit, and it hurt the most when the wound was healing...
But Leon still entered a trance-like state within a few minutes, and then saw his soul space again.
It was still a gray chaotic space, with some purple light seeping into it.
But this time, the purple light became stronger, filling the entire space with a faint halo.
Kavala's image in the soul space is still a golden shadow, and still looks oppressive.
And Kavala didn’t come alone—he brought with him the soul of Malbert.
Malbert's spirit looked very similar to what Anna once looked like, a pure black figure.
"Your Majesty Kavala, I know that you still intend to kill me... I guess you still intend to throw me into the abyss, just like when you asked Anna to deal with me, right?"
Li Ang is now familiar with the communication method between spirits. He can communicate with consciousness without moving his mouth...
In fact, he knew that Kavala would not sign any soul contract with him - Kavala was not confident about the soul contract, and Maltis was a precedent.
Before in Sarleon City, Kavala had clearly stated that he would throw Leon into the abyss.
"That's right, hahahaha... Leon, I thought I could only see you die here. But now, you have no choice but to go to the abyss. Of course, you may also cross the abyss and come to the temple again - but that would be better..."
Kavala replied calmly.
"Yes, if I go to the temple again, you will have another chance to escape from there..."
Li Ang also said calmly: "But Malbert is not Anna. Can his soul magic really send me to the abyss?"
"You'll know after you try it... But you're really brave. You don't seem to be afraid at all until now?"
Kavala was probably not particularly sure about Malbert's ability, and he was a little unsure about Leon's intentions, because Leon in the soul space did not show any sign of weakness at all - spirits cannot lie.
"Ha, why should I be scared, right Malbert?"
Li Ang smiled and said, "Kavala, this is my soul space. No matter how powerful your soul contract is, you can't control Malbert in my soul. You want to use Malbert to deal with me... but have you forgotten? Anna also promised you in spirit form to deal with me, which means that Anna actually signed a contract with you - but what did she choose in the end? You still don't accept the lesson..."
As soon as he finished speaking, or rather, as soon as he finished thinking, Leon heard a shrill howl.
That was Malbert casting a spell.
He did not cast a spell on Leon, nor did he deal with Kavala - he could not cast a spell on Kavala, who was his contracted host.
But he was casting a spell.
"Haha... Malbert's soul belongs to you... So, what will happen if Malbert casts a spell on his own soul?"
Li Ang is in no condition to lie, so naturally he can't hide anything.
But at this point it doesn't matter whether you hide it or not.
"Malbert... huh?"
Kavala seemed to want to say something, but his voice stopped abruptly.
This was in the soul space, this was communication between spirits. The fact that he suddenly stopped talking in the middle of a sentence could only mean one thing - Kavala had lost consciousness!
Kavala probably didn't have time to figure it out, and it would probably be difficult for him to figure it out again.
Because Li Ang's eyes were blurred, he returned to the study.
Li Ang has left his soul space.
He was forcibly awakened by Alina.
Alina did understand Leon's hint, even though Leon just blinked.
Because, after Leon closed his eyes and fell asleep, Malbert's eyes changed - when Malbert and Kavala both arrived in Leon's soul space, Ales's expression returned to the dazed state after being hypnotized.
Alina knew how to wake up the spies - this kind of self-hypnosis has a 'key' for awakening. This 'key' is actually just a word or a part of the body. When you hear this word or get poked in this part, you will wake up immediately.
The moment she saw Ales return to the hypnotic state, Alina woke up Ales and Leon in time.
Of course, waking up Li Ang is very simple. You just need to pinch him. Li Ang is just sleeping.
However, waking up Leon and Ales at this time is equivalent to closing two soul spaces - both Leon and Ales' soul spaces are closed.
This is to seal up the consciousness of Kavala and Malbert together - they will be left in Leon's soul space, and Malbert will most likely not be able to return to Ales' body.
Kavala's performance has made Leon understand that as long as he is a complete life and has a sense of defense, his soul space cannot be invaded, not even by gods.
Martis also told Leon that life is worthy of awe, and people with complete lives cannot be controlled , no matter how powerful the gods are. They can only sign contracts with people by deception.
The gods can control others through soul contracts, because the soul contract sells the person's soul to the gods - that is, this life is no longer complete.
But Le Ang is now a complete life. Since even God cannot invade him forcibly, the two people who have entered his soul space certainly cannot escape.
