Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Feynetport City, the capital of the Feynetport Kingdom.

A luxurious carriage was driving on the cement road in the city. There was no one in the coachman's seat and it seemed that there was no one operating the carriage. However, the carriage would not suddenly rush towards the sidewalk, and it could automatically avoid the carriages and newsboys that suddenly rushed out from the corners. It drove very smoothly.

Inside the carriage, a blonde girl in an elegant beige dress observed the pedestrians hurrying to and fro on the street through the glass window and whispered softly:
"Completely different from Rune."

Since the outbreak of the war, the Kingdom of Loen has long since implemented a food rationing system, where each person can only get a certain amount of food every day, which is not enough to fill their stomachs. The rich and nobles can stockpile a lot of food in advance and don't have to worry about food and clothing, but most ordinary people can only barely struggle to make ends meet.

This made the streets of Backlund look particularly desolate. Many civilians waiting for relief often gathered around relief points before the day had passed, hoping to get some insignificant food from the relief points.

On the streets of the once prosperous Hillston and Cherwood districts, it is rare to see people rushing to work.

Because most of the so-called middle class had lost their jobs the moment the war broke out and had to seek new jobs in factories, docks and other places to support their families, even though the meager wages were barely enough to support themselves.

But Feynaport City is completely different.

This metropolis, which was as famous as Backlund, was still as prosperous as Backlund before the war broke out. Even though the war had been going on for several months, the prosperity of this city remained unabated, as if it had not been affected by the war at all.

Being in this city, Audrey even had the illusion that she had returned to Backlund a few months ago.

Although this was related to the fact that the targets of the Feynet Kingdom's war were only small countries such as Segar and Lenburg, the bigger reason was due to the Church of Mother Earth. If it were not for the Church of Mother Earth, which allowed the Kingdom of Feynet to produce several times more food than other countries, they would not have been able to support the prosperity of the capital during the war.

The lady in a black dress opposite Audrey held her chin with her palm and said lazily:

"We're almost there, I suggest you put on your mask now."

Audrey looked down at the mask beside her. It was a cold gray-white mask with two eyes moving upwards and fixed on the forehead. It seemed to be only looking up and not caring about anything else. It gave people a funny, weird and creepy feeling.

That is the personality mask called "Pride", which can be regarded as a special magical item.

The face of Carla, who was sitting opposite her, was also covered with a mask called "Lust". The style of the mask was similar to that of "Pride", but the eyes were different from those of ordinary people. They sank to the middle of the nose bridge, as if looking up at people from below.

Audrey was silent for two seconds, then put on the cold gray mask.

Almost instantly, she felt that there was a 'virtual personality' in her mental island.

This did not come from the outside world, but was the amplification and extremism of a certain cognition of hers:
“They have very little education and need my guidance to make the right choices.

“Not everyone is smart enough, on the contrary, the vast majority of people are stupid.

“Those workers act on impulse rather than reason. They are easily tempted by small benefits and are short-sighted. Only I can save them by thinking, guiding and deciding.

“They deserve pity, but not communication.

"..."

These thoughts echoed in Audrey's mind, making her almost believe that this was the truth. After all, these were some of the feedback she had received from her previous observations and experiences, and they were not made up out of thin air.

Audrey was silent for a moment, and after several seconds she spoke in a low voice:

"Is this what 'arrogance' is?"

Carla said with a smile:
"You recovered much faster than I thought."

Audrey raised her head and looked at the lady opposite calmly without answering.

"What are you thinking?"

Carla frowned slightly and asked.

Audrey looked at her for a few seconds and said seriously:

"I was wondering if your mind is full of thoughts of 'Thunder' right now?"

Carla's expression froze for a moment, but she soon returned to her smiling appearance:

"It seems that you have been affected by 'arrogance' more deeply than I thought."

"Is this considered 'arrogance'?" Audrey blinked and asked innocently.

Carla was about to speak, but suddenly looked to her side.

Noticing Carla's gaze, Audrey's expression changed slightly, and she immediately followed her gaze, but there was nothing there.

But when Audrey's attention was focused on that position, the scene in front of the girl changed. She saw a lady with a mask covering her face. The eyes of the mask were tightly closed and the mouth drooped naturally, giving people the feeling that the wearer was sleeping.

That is the personality mask called 'laziness'.

The lady was wearing a simple white dress, with long silver hair and snow-white skin, and she looked like an elf in winter.

She was not wearing any shoes or socks, her snow-white feet were bare as she stepped on the soft carpet in the carriage.

"Lazy lady."

Audrey looked at the lady and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

But she did not ask, instead she looked at Carla opposite. They were all wearing masks, masks belonging to the Psychological Alchemy Association's jury members. The masks would affect everything about them, but they could also strengthen their abilities, hiding their identities while also being a symbol of their identities.

Since Carla asked them all to wear masks, it was obvious that she didn't want the two sides to meet each other in their true faces.

Carla narrowed her eyes slightly and greeted with a smile:

"Priscilla, long time no see."

"..."

Audrey's expression was a little subtle. This was different from what they had agreed.

And...the name Priscilla sounded very familiar to her.

dreaming.

In other words, in the dream world created by Carula.

Before Sun King Gwyn went out to spread the fire, he had four children in public - the expelled eldest son of the sun, the second son Gwyndolin who inherited the throne of the "God King", the "Sun Princess" Gwyn Eweya, and the youngest daughter Filienor. But in fact, Gwyn had far more than these four children, and there were two forbidden children unknown to outsiders - the half-dragon girl Priscilla, and the half-dragon girl Yurshika.

Priscilla's father was one of the original four kings, and her mother was the only remaining scaleless ancient dragon, the white dragon Hiss. She was the product of the white dragon Hiss's forbidden experiment, possessing the characteristics of both a god and a dragon, and was born with the power to slay gods.

But because of this, she has been imprisoned in the painting world by Gwyn since she could remember.

This is a form of imprisonment, but also a form of protection.

She was imprisoned to prevent her from affecting the rule of the gods and the reputation of Gwyn, the 'Sun King'.

But at the same time, this can also protect her from the 'experiments' of the white dragon Hiss.

It was precisely because of his desire for Priscilla that Heath's conspiracy led to the birth of the girl named Yurshika...

Audrey recalled the records about Priscilla in her dream and suddenly felt emotional.

Although she knew that the dream world was not just an ordinary dream and that the characters in it had really existed, she still couldn't help but feel complicated when the characters in the dream appeared in reality.

Especially the specialness of this girl named Priscilla - as the offspring of a white dragon and a god, although she is a scaleless half-dragon girl, she is different from her 'mother' the white dragon Hiss, she inherited the immortal characteristics from the ancient dragon!
This is not a miracle, but rather what the White Dragon Hiss desired.

He hoped to find a glimmer of hope for immortality from his offspring. The appearance of Priscilla undoubtedly confirmed the success of the forbidden experiment of White Dragon Seath. But under Gwyn's protection, Priscilla disappeared in reality. White Dragon Seath could not find her whereabouts, and naturally could not study his daughter. In the end, he could only place his hope on other things.

Ms. Lazy looked at Carla quietly and asked softly:

"Why do you want me to wear a mask if you're going to call my name?"

Carla raised the corner of her mouth slightly:
"Don't you think this is funny?"

The lady named Priscilla looked at her quietly. After a while, she took off the mask on her face, revealing her delicate face underneath the mask.

She was an exceptionally beautiful lady, but Audrey's focus was on someone else: her face was very white, very white.

Although she was too fair, she didn't look sickly, but pure. This adjective may not be appropriate, but it was Audrey's first thought when she saw Priscilla's true face.

After thinking for a moment, Audrey reached out and took off the mask, even though she had just put it on for a short time.

Seeing the lady named Priscilla looking at her, Audrey said softly:
"Hi, I'm Audrey."

The lady responded softly:
"Priscilla, you should know me."

Audrey responded somewhat reservedly:
"Yes, Ms. Priscilla, I have seen records related to you in the dream world."

Priscilla looked up in confusion and asked doubtfully:
"Just a record?"

"Huh?" Audrey blinked. What else?
Priscilla saw the girl's confusion and explained softly:
"The dream world was created by Carula and I together."

"..."

Audrey looked at Carla with a subtle look.

So she had always felt it was a little strange. Although Carula was powerful, she was only a Sequence 2 after all, and she had just been promoted to Sequence 2 not long ago.

Audrey had no doubts when her sequence was low, but when she was promoted to Sequence 3 and entered the dream world, she began to doubt the truthfulness of Carla's words - because the size of that dream world was obviously far beyond Sequence 2!

The strength of those Fire Kings alone is comparable to that of angels, and some of them even surpass angels and have reached Sequence 0 level!
It would not be surprising if such a complete world was said to be a masterpiece of God.

But Sequence 2, can it really do this?
And now the answer is obvious - the dream world was indeed created by Carula, but not just by her.

Among them, there are also the efforts of many people, including Priscilla, and many other beings from 'Lordran. It is through the joint efforts of these 'old days' survivors that the world they once lived in is restored!

Priscilla saw the girl's thoughts and noticed the way she looked at Carla, and immediately understood everything. But she didn't say much. Anyway, she didn't intend to take credit for this matter. Only Carla would have such a boring idea.

"What are you looking for?"

Priscilla looked at Audrey, who was looking behind her with a searching look. Audrey was startled and her pretty face flushed slightly. After all, her idea was a little rude. She was looking for the tail, the dragon's tail.

In fact, Priscilla was, well, smaller than she'd imagined.

After all, the gods in the dream world were much taller than ordinary people, and as a hybrid of a god and an ancient dragon, Priscilla was also recorded as being tall, much taller than the average god.

But at least the girl she saw now was no different from a normal person.

This might be due to the Beyonder characteristics, because theoretically Priscilla's original form was also a 'mythical creature form', so it was understandable that she could control it freely after becoming an Beyonder - of course, it was also possible that the one appearing in front of her was not the girl's real body, but a form she had transformed using her Beyonder abilities.

That's why Audrey was curious about the tail that she didn't know was still there...

As a Beyonder of the 'audience' path, it is actually very simple to see through the inner thoughts of the person opposite. Even if they do not use Beyonder abilities, their 'audience' instinct will allow them to observe and guess what the other person is thinking.

And that's what Priscilla did. She saw Audrey's flashing eyes and realized her purpose.

But she didn't mind, and a tail stretched out from behind.

The tail was not as thick as a dragon's tail in the conventional sense. Instead, it was as slender and small as a cat's tail, without any scales.

Audrey's eyes lit up slightly, but soon she heard Priscilla's clear voice:
"That's not what you came here for, is it?"

"I'm sorry, I was rude."

Audrey blushed. "Audrey, oh Audrey, how could you be so rude? You are already a Sequence 3 demigod, why can't you even control your emotions? You were already able to do this at Sequence 7!"
"Sure enough, it's still the same as always."

Carla sighed and muttered in a voice that everyone could hear:

"That's why I hate being with you."

It is so pure that it can even influence the people around it. It is completely different from the Fallen Child of Darkness.

The gods do not have such ability, so this may come from the ancient dragon, or perhaps from Priscilla herself.

But anyway, Carla didn't like it.