Shameless Warlock

Chapter 208 Soul Stealer!

Akai finally found the live rabbit he wanted.

For this reason, he and Xu Nan had to go to the fresh market in the main city of Stephen Sang to inquire door-to-door. Finally, under the reluctant eyes of a wizard, Akai legally requisitioned the animal in the name of the need of the law enforcement team. It is Feifei's pet rabbit.

Not long.

Outside a single-family house, Xu Nan and A Kai appeared. The latter carefully hugged the rabbit, whispering, not knowing what to say.

Are you casting some kind of spell?

Xu Nan was puzzled.

I'm a demon hunter, a person who was born cursed by magic, and I don't know any spells.

Akai glanced at him, caressed Feifei's head, and suddenly let go of his hand, letting it run away.

However, after special training, we can use some supernatural abilities. Although they are not as magical as magic, they are very practical.

He followed up with an explanation, followed the footsteps of the rabbit, and directly crossed the fence at the door.

Oddly enough, the magical alarm that was supposed to go off didn't go off as it should.

You look very skilled.

Xu Nan followed Akai's example, watching him press a finger on his lips, and guessed in his heart that this should be some kind of ability that could greatly interfere with magic alarms.

For wizards, this ability is really terrifying.

After all, they who are used to magic have a certain degree of trust in magic. Once they are asleep, it is also a high probability that a demon hunter of Akai's level will break into their home and have their sex taken away silently.

No wonder the profession of witcher is deeply resisted by Stephen Sand wizards.

In Xu Nan's view, it was already a miracle that this profession was not banned.

Feifei was quite fast. It is estimated that the wizard who looked like a bachelor had fed her potions to improve her quality.

It didn't take long for them to go straight through the main part of Thomas' house and into the backyard.

There is a grove here, and there is a flourishing grape trellis nearby.

When Feifei ran here, her big scarlet eyes suddenly shone slightly, which was an involuntary reaction.

Sure enough...my guess is not wrong.

is it here?

Akai half-kneeled on the grass, followed Feifei's footsteps for a while, and found a hidden secret door entrance.

He worked cautiously for a while, successfully broke the various traps at the entrance, and skillfully opened the gate.

His skills are very proficient, and his efficiency is also very high, which is no less than that of the legendary thief.

Below the secret door is a narrow and long step. Judging from the degree of air circulation, this place has not been closed for a long time.

He should come here often.

Akai whispered to himself.

He blew on the small white bead on the purple glove, and that bead immediately burst into soft light like the brightest night pearl.

The white light illuminates every corner of the steps.

The two ducked into the alley.

Xu Nan kept an eye out that although Thomas lived alone, he couldn't have any accomplices, so he summoned Brother Goose before entering the secret passage. With this super thug guarding them, at least they will not face the dilemma of being attacked from behind.

The tunnel is very dry.

They walked for about a minute and finally reached the end.

That is a very open underground secret room!

It's not so much a secret room, it's more like a square - because the space here is too big.

Hehe, even if it's just a crime of illegally building a basement, my punch can be justified.

Akai muttered.

Xu Nan glanced at him, but didn't speak.

This guy seems to like to tell cold jokes to himself, and he doesn't seem to be that difficult to get along with, it's just that his thinking is a bit abnormal.

He didn't think deeply about Akai's eccentricity, but looked at the underground square seriously.

In the underground square, there are densely packed water tanks, one every half a meter or so, and they are arranged in a square pattern.

The material of the water tank is very special, a bit like pottery fired from clay, and a bit like metal.

Xu Nan went over to have a look, and found that each water tank was sealed with a white film. Although the film was translucent, he couldn't see what was inside.

He can only be sure that the water tank contains liquid...probably.

Don't get too close.

They'll get in through your mouth, nostrils or ears.

Then occupy your body, take away everything from you, and then complete the transformation of life.

Akai's voice suddenly sounded from behind.

Xu Nan froze for a moment.

them?

He realized something, and his eyes re-locked on the strangely shaped water tanks.

It's a soul stealer.

Akai carefully wiped the nameplate on a water tank, as if he was reading the words on it.

I couldn't say just now, it's because the group of Soul Stealers has unbelievable sensory abilities.

Once I mentioned their names on the docks, they would sense the danger; and then we would probably just see empty tanks all over the place.

Hehe, little guy, do you want to get out of the tank?

He tapped the side of the water tank lightly with his knuckles, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

Boom boom boom!

The little life in the water tank responded fiercely. It not only hit the wall of the water tank violently, but even began to rush towards the white film!

Is this the soul stealer?

This is the first time Xu Nan has heard of this alien creature. Paradise Lost is also recorded, but they are all in the internal database. It is too worthless to exchange the exploration points he finally bought for this thing, so he looked at Akai, hoping that he could explain more.

Well, this is the Legion of Soul Stealers that we exiled a thousand years ago.

Stephen Sang guards the north of the main material world, and is an insurmountable barrier for many evil forces to approach the Northern Continent. The Soul Stealer Legion is just one small example, but it is also the evil force that has caused us the most headaches.

In every tank here, there is a larva of a Soul Stealer... The reproduction method of the Soul Stealer is still a mystery, but what can be confirmed is that their larvae are very precious, and it takes a lot of money to cultivate them price.

Akai seemed to be in a good mood, and gave Xu Nan a wave of popular science.

Xu Nan leaned over to take a look, and now with the violent fluctuations of the Soulstealer larva, he could barely see the other's appearance through the white membrane:

This thing looks like a large tadpole, with a strong tail and a triangular head, which seems to be more penetrating!

It can easily penetrate into the brain of a humanoid creature, then devour the gray matter of the brain, and finally obtain the host's body, completely replacing its flesh. Akai pointed to the Soulstealer larva and said:

Because of this, they were named [Soul Stealer] by ancient mages, which means evil creatures that steal the souls of others.

The Soul Thief army is very difficult to deal with due to its life characteristics.

Fortunately, there are not many high-level soul stealers that can occupy human bodies for a long time and retain their memories and skills. I have checked just now, and the hatchlings of soul stealers here are all ordinary soul stealers, unlike Thomas's. kind of different.

Akai breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at Xu Nan, hesitated for a moment, and showed an ugly smile:

Speaking of which, I really need to say thank you to you. If you hadn't noticed the abnormality, we might have lost a lot...

Xu Nan nodded slightly. It was not appropriate to attribute the matter entirely to him. After all, he also noticed Thomas' abnormality by mistake.

According to Akai, Thomas should be the vanguard of the army of soul stealers. They sneaked into Stephen Sang in some way, finally captured Akai's body, and then slowly cultivated their power in Stephen Sang.

These soulstealer hatchlings are proof of that.

Ordinary soul-stealing monsters cannot retain memory, skills, and abilities after seizing the host's body; but high-level soul-stealing monsters can inherit the original owner's memory and strength to a certain extent. This kind of soul stealing monster is very rare, about one in ten million.

Thomas is a typical example of this.

This is why he can perfectly play the role of a member of the law enforcement team, but he is not bound by the unspoken rules of the law enforcement team.

The reason why Akai attacked Thomas directly on the second roundabout was that on the one hand, he confirmed the fact that Akai was a Soulstealer through various sources of information;

He believed that Mordir's attack was instigated by someone, and the instigator was most likely Thomas himself or the Soulstealer army behind him!

As for the reason, it starts with the strange life itself, the soul stealer.

...

The soul stealer originated from another world, and this other world is probably similar to the space between the earth and the general world.

The general gods have swallowed one multiverse after another, and they will always encounter strange beings. Ninety-nine percent of the life populations were exterminated by the gods, but the soul stealers survived with their tenacious vitality. down.

This is closely related to their strange life forms.

The reproduction method of Soulstealer has not been studied clearly yet, what can be traced so far is this tadpole-like larval form. The soul stealer larvae must be parasitic in some kind of dilute solution containing the mucus of the mother. According to legend, the archmage Stephen Sand once found the mother pool of the soul stealer, which stored thousands of soul stealers After the eggs hatch into tadpoles, they must be placed in special containers.

This is to protect them from premature development or morphing.

How long the entire storage period will be, only the soul stealer itself knows. Akai told Xu Nan that the current research by Stephen Sang believes that light is an important factor affecting whether the soul stealer larva will undergo metamorphosis.

These Soulstealer larvae were sealed in tanks, and the white film ensured the supply of air while blocking out light.

Once a little light appears, these larvae will quickly enter the metamorphosis period.

The so-called metamorphosis is the most sensational life stage of a soul stealer.

Typically, adult soulstealers grab large numbers of humanoids, tie them up, and place juvenile tadpoles in their ears to quickly complete the process of parasitism.

However, parasitism is only a stage of metamorphosis. After parasitism is completed, metamorphosis has just begun.

In the process, the soulstealer hatchling must learn how to live in harmony with this other body.

The integration of many soul stealers was not successful, and in the end they could only follow in the footsteps of their hosts and die together.

Scholars from Stephen Sand speculate that sealing the larvae in tanks to ensure that they have enough time to develop may also be a way for the soul stealers to increase the power of transformation.

All in all, the transformation of Soulstealer is a very unstable process, and it is also full of danger.

Even if the transformation is successful, there is a high possibility of leaving strange sequelae.

For example, a strong attack on the back of the head of a humanoid creature that cannot be controlled by itself.

Having said that, Akai suddenly added something.

Xu Nan suddenly realized.

If that's the case, then it all makes sense.

The so-called [Sneak Attacker at the Back of the Head] is very likely to be an ordinary Soul Stealer who has successfully transformed but failed to integrate!

Perhaps for some reason, the soul stealer did not show abnormalities after the parasitism was completed. The pioneers of Soul Stealer asked him to perform the task, but in the process of performing the task, he exposed the strange characteristic of attacking the back of the head of humanoid creatures, thus committing crimes continuously.

Thomas should have quickly confirmed this by virtue of his status as a member of the law enforcement team. After the incident, he should have solved the problematic Soulstealer as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that instead of being calmed down, the incident would intensify because of the participation of some alchemists who hated Paradise Lost!

The addition of imitators successfully magnified the matter. In order to protect the secrets of the Soulstealer Legion, Thomas simply did nothing. He tried to stir up the conflict between Paradise Lost and Stephen Sang, making the matter even bigger and shifting the focus. Everyone's eyes, let everyone forget the loopholes in the previous cases!

In order to achieve this goal, he locked Xu Nan and tried to pull him into the game, so there was an unexpected encounter on the second roundabout.

In fact, even if Xu Nan didn't ask him for the case of the attacker in the back of the head, he would try to find a way to get Xu Nan to intervene through various excuses.

Then, by instigating the chairman of the Masons' Union, Mordir, to attack Green, it is easy to magnify the matter.

It's a pity that this seamless plan was accidentally destroyed by Xu Nan.

According to A Kai, after the incident is over, Xu Nan can at least receive a Stephen Sang honorary citizen medal.

After all, he saved at least a thousand people.

Because there are thousands of Soulstealer larvae here.

...

After all this, I still don't understand.

Xu Nan couldn't help being confused and said:

What's the use of a rabbit?

Akai hugged Feifei seriously to his chest, and said solemnly:

Let me introduce you formally.

This one is the natural enemy of the Soul Stealer.