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Chapter 817 Treasure 15
After an extremely difficult battle, Kobayashi and his friends finally defeated these powerful puppets. They didn't expect it would take so long that they were so tired that they could hardly breathe.

Darkness panted and said, "It was unexpectedly a tough fight. I didn't expect those guys to be so difficult to deal with under such circumstances. Especially Xiaolin, who could use the stealing skill without limit. My bra and panties were stolen. It was really... great!"

She said this with a blushing face.

Huihui said proudly, “Haha, a fake is a fake after all. Knowing my personality, he actually used magic other than Explosion… It’s only natural that he lost!”

"That's why you say it's a tough battle." Xiao Lin couldn't help but complain.

The puppet imitating Huihui could use not only powerful explosion magic, but also general advanced and intermediate magic, which caused them a lot of trouble. If Youyou hadn't suddenly exerted her strength, they might have been in danger.

“The Darkness doll can actually attack the enemy, and is much more powerful than the real one. The Aqua doll can also provide good support and judge the situation on the scene. As for the Yunyun doll… well, the Yunyun doll is not as powerful as Yunyun herself.”

"Ah ha ha……"

Youyou, who was praised, scratched her head shyly, while the other two people, except Youyou, shouted loudly in displeasure.

"What, putting aside such a good goddess companion, you think that kind of doll is good?"

"Yeah! Obviously the one over there is stronger, right?"

Kobayashi snorted. In fact, he was already very sympathetic to Darkness, Aqua and the others. After all, with the blessing of the illusion, those puppets could use magic without restrictions, and there was even no cooldown time for their skills. They were much stronger than these idiots.

However, Aqua scoffed at this and said, "I think you don't understand, Kobayashi. The puppet over there can't use the most critical skills!"

"What is the most important skill?"

"Huff, Huff, Xiaolin, you are really blind. A soulless puppet must not use a skill like that. That is--"

Aqua said this proudly, and just when Kobayashi thought she was going to talk about her goddess' special abilities or something, she didn't expect this girl to say anything.

“Flowers, birds, wind and moon that bring laughter to people!”

"Um, please swap this guy with the doll."

"Wait, wait...don't ignore me!"

When Aqua heard what Kobayashi said, she immediately burst into tears, thinking that if she did something stupid again, she would definitely be abandoned.

At this time, Darkness looked at the dismantled puppet of Krillin and said, “Indeed, the puppets are all very powerful, but Krillin’s puppet is…”

“I feel so weak.”

"Yeah, it's clearly a copy of an adventurer, but it's not that strong at all."

These guys said this, obviously wanting to take this opportunity to belittle Kobayashi. However, if Kobayashi's strength was indeed very weak, he would be worthy of ridicule when others became stronger. However, the reality was that Kobayashi's strength was very strong, and the copied doll was pitifully weak, and was crushed to pieces in just a few hits.

"Maybe it's because of my fighting style that the puppet can't reappear." Kobayashi couldn't help but say this. Other reasons may also be because his strength exceeds the strength of this maze. However, if this is really the case, he should have reached the upper limit of the maze, but he is so weak. It seems that it is not the reason he thought.

"But I didn't see other people's puppets. Why?"

Just as Youyou said this, she heard someone else's voice coming from the void.

[It's a simple thing. The puppet is originally Xiaolin's memory... The fighting methods of others are very shallow in his memory. I think the amount of memory as a puppet is not that sufficient. ]

"……who is it!?"

Darkness immediately took out his knight's sword and blocked the crowd. At the same time, he looked around vigilantly to find the source of the voice, but there were no suspicious people around.

At this time, a cold voice came from the void again.

[Humans always say things that are unpleasant to the ear. It's really annoying and irritating...]

“The defeated puppets are shaking!?”

"Xiao Lin, it seems to be able to move!"

Youyou and Huihui screamed in succession, attracting everyone's gaze and attention. After looking over, they felt a depressing and unbearable atmosphere, as if there was a sense of danger coming from those puppets, and then they saw the puppets gathered together.

Then, the puppets gathered into a special individual.

It was wearing a black robe and a beret, with a yellow military-like uniform lining, and several red knots tied on it. The twisted appearance made it look extremely strange and ominous.

"What brings you to my city, human?"

Its mouth kept opening and closing, uttering human words, and it seemed that it could communicate with those puppets just like those puppets... No, to be precise, it should be said that it was using the other puppets to speak its own words, which means that it was the mastermind behind controlling those puppets.

"The puppet is talking!?"

Darkness was extremely surprised.

Aqua rolled up her sleeves and said as if she was ready to fight: "Is this guy the real body of those puppets? How dare you use puppets to pretend to be a goddess like me? You deserve to die! I will make you ascend to heaven now!"

"Wait a minute, don't be impulsive!" Xiaolin held down the excited stupid goddess and asked the doll, "Are you the boss of this maze?"

“Half true, half false.”

It felt a little strange that this puppet would say such words, but what could be confirmed was that this guy was really dangerous.

The puppet looked at Xiaolin and the others, but did not seem to attack them. Instead, he said, "Let me introduce myself. I am the puppet master, the owner of this puppet troupe city and the city itself!"

"What did you say!?" Youyou opened her mouth in surprise.

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin."

“What’s wrong, Megumin?”

"I can sense a strong magical power from that puppet."

Huihui said this with some fear, she shrank behind Xiaolin, she seemed to be a little afraid of the powerful magic of the puppet master in front of her. The Crimson Demons are indeed very sensitive to magic, Xiaolin actually felt a lot of pressure, considering that the puppet does not need to consider the loss of the body and so on, it is estimated that its strength will be stronger than the general maze boss, it seems that this time it will be a tough battle.

Of course, it would be better if they could avoid fighting. After all, Xiaolin didn't want to be enemies with the other party. He preferred to make money through peace. The best way was to get the magic stone hidden in the maze through trading, and then go back to complete the task as soon as possible... However -

Huihui added: “Perhaps the puppet is carrying the magic stone with him.”

"Oh, it seems there are still smart people here." The puppet master smiled slightly, "Or rather, what those eyes showed is really surprising. The eyes of the Crimson Demon Clan are indeed difficult to replicate."

It seems that the eyes of the Crimson Demons cannot be replicated by the Puppet Master in front of them. This also explains why Huihui's magic is so changeable, Darkness's attack can hit, and Krillin's ability cannot be replicated, which is obviously beyond the ability value range of the Puppet Master.

Just when everyone was on high alert, the puppet master unexpectedly began to talk about his origins again.

"...I am a collection of tools' regrets."

"A collection of grudges?"

Everyone raised their eyebrows but did not interrupt it. After all, there was always something to say before the BOSS battle, and more importantly, what followed might be the key to defeating it, so everyone listened silently.

"With the magic stone and this doll as the core, the thoughts of the decayed tools are gathered together. Therefore, this city formed by the thoughts of the tools is also me. In other words, if this maze is not destroyed, I myself will also be an immortal existence."

"I see. Why does this atmosphere feel so out of touch with reality? Is it all fabricated?"

Xiaolin couldn't help but say so.

This false and unrealistic feeling does make people feel that something is not right. Kobayashi was originally thinking about whether he could move the peach trees here to Axel, but it seems that doing so is not possible.

Darkness nodded and said, “Come to think of it, all the flowers we saw along the way were created by tools.”

“Momoko is one of those toys that stack blocks,” Huihui followed.

"There are also glass water surfaces, puppet-made people and fish." Aqua pouted unhappily and said, "What? Aren't they all fake?"

"Don't say stupid things, we are the real ones!"

As if dissatisfied with what Aqua and the others said, the puppet master loudly rebuked and refuted it, staring at Kobayashi and the others with some hatred, and said loudly as if complaining: "Unlike you humans who only care about your own convenience and discard the props after use, all props are needed. The ideal world is here!"

It seems that this guy still doesn't like waste... No, it should be said that he is a doll who likes to recycle waste. He feels sympathy for those discarded props, and at the same time feels disgusted with the humans who discarded these props. After hearing these words, Kobayashi had such an understanding in his heart.

As expected, the puppet master loudly rebuked Kobayashi and the others, "You may not know the regret of tools that were discarded after their mission was completed!... I felt the same way at that time."

Suddenly, the guy began to sink into memories.

"Yes, it was a snowy night..."

"Hmm? You're starting to talk to yourself."

“Shh—Darkness, stop talking and listen to what it has to say!”

"oh oh……"

Darkness nodded in a daze after being quietly reprimanded. Then the Puppet Master gave them an approving look and continued to talk about his past.

"I was a doll chosen as a birthday present for a girl. I was really looking forward to it. It was an honor to be chosen as a present on an important day. I thought it would be the most wonderful encounter! Then, the girl finally received the box, unwrapped it with a happy voice, and took me out of the box... Then, the girl said: Eh, disgusting. So uncute... Really disgusting..."

In other words, this doll was disliked by the girl.

Yes, after all, I thought it would be the most wonderful encounter, but I was treated with such disgust. It is normal to be angry. Even if Xiaolin was called disgusting or something, it might be even more excessive than this.

"…What should I do, Xiaolin? I completely agree with that girl's idea."

Huihui said so.

In fact, the puppet master in front of him was really disgusting and scary. Xiaolin felt a headache about the person who gave this gift to a girl. Normally, it should be a doll or a Lolita doll, but the military uniform puppet in front of him looked scary and disgusting, and it really couldn't be considered a gift for a girl.

Xiaolin looked at it sympathetically and said, "Forget it, Huihui, let's just shut up for now and listen to it quietly."

“I understand.” Huihui nodded seriously.

Then, the puppet master seemed to be immersed in the sadness of the past, but because he was a puppet, he couldn't cry, but he still said in a depressed mood: "After that, the girl put me at the back of the open drawer and never took me out again. When the girl left, the table caught fire and burned like that."

To be honest, Xiao Lin thought that girl was pretty good. If it was the fairy in the previous life, seeing such an ugly and scary doll, it would have been good enough not to throw it away, but to put it in the cabinet for exhibition? Don't think too much!
The puppet master thought it was too much, and shouted loudly like a curse: "Do you know this pain! This is how I feel when I am thrown away by humans at will! Therefore, I have decided! For the sake of props, I will build a city where only props are needed!"

No wonder it is like this. Whether it is people, trees or fish, they are all modular things. Maybe that is why they become like this.

The puppet master glared at them angrily and shouted, "But you humans are running around this city like ants, one after another, so I am letting those stupid humans return to their childhood state a little bit."

"That's true."

Looking at the smug puppet master, Xiao Lin sighed slightly and said, "If I become an immature child, I might still play with those puppets outside."

"If it's a child, it might be able to play with the puppets outside." The puppet master agreed with this argument. He looked at Xiaolin and the others and said, "... How about this, humans. If you can go back and warn other humans not to come here again, I will let you go. How about that?"

(End of this chapter)