Cloud Thinking

But the truth was still unclear. It was just a hammer hitting Helia's head, which almost made her stupid. Countless doubts popped up in her mind. She felt that if emotions could be materialized, there would be a lot of question marks and exclamation marks on her head at this moment.

She bit the cracked skin of her lower lip and tore it off. Blood immediately gushed out and the taste of rust filled her mouth. She used the pain to regain her sanity and continued to look down -

The first phase of the 23rd God-making Plan is launched:

The goal of the experiment is to verify the possibility of breath cultivation, soul extraction, and soul loading;

The test subject, No. 0827, is a six-year-old girl who has a certain talent for magic and is smarter than her peers;

The experimental cycle is divided into three stages and six phases and is expected to take six years.

During the experiment, guided by Madeline's breath, the body shape and appearance of No. 0827 were gradually transformed and cultivated in a targeted manner to create the body required for resuscitation.

Six years later, the torso matured and the physical appearance became infinitely similar to that of the original owner, Madeline, and then the work of soul extraction and soul loading began.

Only then did Helia finally understand why Avril looked so much like her mother.

Because she was just a tool Hawke used to resurrect Madeline.

With the help of the Morogen, he transformed a good girl into Madeline's appearance, just to be able to carry Madeline's soul in the future and serve as the cornerstone of Madeline's resurrection...

She suddenly understood a lot of things. Vikes once told her that Avril had been in and out of the military camp frequently for a period of time, which made Marshal Hawke very unhappy, and the two of them became estranged from each other.

Avril wanted to ask the soldiers who had participated in the operation to eliminate the Morrogan cult about her own background, so she frequently went in and out of the military camp.

Hawke was displeased by this. Firstly, he was afraid that she would choose to destroy herself after knowing the truth, and secondly, it might expose his collusion with the Morrogan cult, so he did not allow Avril to continue investigating.

The reason why the two were alienated and Avril moved to Elman to live alone when she was twelve years old was probably because Avril knew the truth of all this and fought back. Perhaps the experiment failed or Hawke let her go, so Avril was able to escape this horrible experiment.

Helia didn't know what to say. She just wanted to say that there were really a lot of crazy people around her, and normal people were really rare in this world.

She continued to read, and finally saw the part that was related to herself.

The soul loading experiment No. 0827 failed. As a failure, it should have been destroyed immediately, but it was retained at Hawke's request.

The second phase of the 23rd God-making Plan is launched:

The experimental subject is Helia, the princess of the Otis Empire, who has a fragment of the power of the god of war, Watersise, sealed in her body, and is the carrier of the god's descent;

The goal of the experiment is to create a god that is rational and capable of communication, and to create a new god by transferring the will of the god to the human body;

The experimental cycle, two cycles, is expected to take twenty-four years;

For details of the experimental process, please see confidential document No. 208.

The booklet was thin and only covered a few things, but the amount of information contained in it was enough to blow Helia's CPU to pieces. She pressed her throbbing forehead with one hand, rubbing it in circles. Facing this unbelievable fact, she was really having a headache.

Of course, these were all one-sided statements from the Morogen Cult, and their authenticity could not be confirmed, but they did provide Helia with some ideas for deciphering the secret. She put down the book in her hand, touched the image stone beside her, rubbed her fingers on its smooth surface for a few times, and hesitated whether to read it now.

It was also at this time that Helia noticed that Ian Hill behind her seemed to have not spoken for a long time. She turned her head, held the small flame in her hand and shone it back, only to find that such a big man had disappeared silently without a trace.

"Ian Hill?" Helia took two steps forward eagerly, frowning, stretching her arms around and looking around.

But the room was so small that six rows of tall iron shelves filled with paper materials were squeezed in here, and the corners and aisles were also filled with boxes of books, pamphlets and imaging stones that had not yet been sorted and put on the shelves. Apart from the place where the two of them rested at the beginning, there was no other place to hide.

Helia summoned her wand and used a simple perception spell. As expected, she sensed a strange fluctuation of magic near the door. However, this trace was different from any magic trace she had seen before. It was just a circle of residual black mist, which appeared under the effect of the perception magic.

She condensed a small ball of magic power at the top of her wand, stretched it out and carefully touched the black mist. Wherever her magic power reached, the mist dissipated as if it was purified.

If this isn't magic residue, then what is it?

Helia suddenly remembered something. To be precise, Morogenism could be considered a religion with gods, so its believers should also be saints. Their magic system was different from hers. It was not based on natural elemental power, but was bestowed by gods.

Then this black fog should be the magic power used by the followers of the Morogen religion, bestowed by their so-called Lord.

But, if it was the Morogens who did it, why didn't they kidnap her, but instead moved away a seemingly pitiful and innocent victim? Or was it that Ianhill was originally with them, and now that he saw that she had discovered the secret of their religion, he ran away and called for reinforcements to surround her?

Helia suddenly raised a flame and burned the remaining black mist completely. That thing gave her a bad feeling, and she had no intention of chasing after him to save people. She kept Ian Hill with her, firstly because he could indeed provide her with some clues that she didn't know, and secondly, in such an unfamiliar and dangerous environment, having someone by her side would make her feel a little safer.

After all, from the very beginning, Helia brought him with her so that she could throw him out to protect herself from disaster at the critical moment. Facing an enemy as powerful as a bear, she only needed to run faster than Ianthil.

You mean feelings? How can I expect you to have feelings for a person who is full of mysteries and who is likely to stab me in the back? I didn't kill him directly because he still has some value. Since I chose to use him from the beginning, I must maximize the value of this chess piece!

"Tsk! He got such a good deal." Helia smacked her lips in dissatisfaction. She had wanted to keep Ianthil for use in breaking out when they were surrounded, but now he had been taken away quietly without her even noticing. She felt like being slapped in the face.

It was not advisable to stay here for long. Helia took the image stone, picked a corner, summoned the domain and went in, intending to look at the image stone inside and then decide on the next course of action.

Whether Hawke is an enemy or a friend is very important to her. Although she did not have a good impression of her cheap uncle at first, he is still a relative after all. Moreover, the benefits of being on good terms with the Antonio family can bring her far greater than making enemies. Such benefits can allow her to tolerate some minor faults of her family.

But if Hawke had the intention to kill her from the beginning to the end, then she would have to think about how to resolve this bomb. He was a great hero who had been stationed on the northern border for decades. It would definitely not be possible to confront him head-on. What's more, what she needed to worry about was what would happen after Hawke's death.

If he died, who would take over the military affairs of the northern border? Hilda, or Okalai? These two people had been very kind to me since the first time they met, but this was limited to the fact that they were relatives. If I killed their father, how long would this favor last?

Besides, Hawke represents not only Antonio's family, but also the barrier between the Otis Empire and the Xiali Empire. If he dies, there is no guarantee that the two sides will start a war. By then, it will not be just the grudges between the dozen or so of them. Thousands of people will be involved. She cannot afford the consequences of the war, so she cannot act so rashly.

Helia picked a relatively clean spot, sat down cross-legged, and played with the image stone in her hand for a while. Out of caution, she did not immediately inject magic into it.

In the cultural class that introduced magic props at Carter College, the Image Stone was specifically mentioned. She vaguely remembered the teacher saying that if you get an Image Stone of unknown origin, you must not inject magic power into it out of curiosity, because the Image Stone may contain the will of others, or it may contain some backlash, invasion or trap magic. If you are not careful, you may be caught.

The booklet just now was fine, there were no traps set on it. After all, it was handwritten, and unlike magical creations like the Image Stone, it couldn't be tampered with too much.

Helia looked at the dark red, round and plump image stone in her hand, thought for a moment, and decided to take a look. She first cast several layers of defensive protection magic on herself - learned from Britney, and untied Tang En's restraints in her sea of ​​consciousness, asking him to watch the door for her, and if anything else tried to break into her sea of ​​consciousness, find a way to stop it for her.

"Your Highness Helia! You may not want to live, but I am still in your sea of ​​consciousness! Can you please let me go?" When Tang En heard that she wanted to see the image stone left by the evil cult Morrogan, he was so anxious that he wanted to run away directly, but Helia blocked her sea of ​​consciousness and he could not escape.

This cult stuff must have some spiritual pollution! What if he gets polluted? What if he turns into a perverted murderer? No, no! Absolutely not!

"We are one now. If I die, you die too. For the sake of your life, you should quickly think of a way to prevent your consciousness from being invaded or contaminated." Helia did not give him a chance to get out of the car. He dared to break into her sea of ​​consciousness casually. He must be taught a lesson to make him realize that not everyone's sea of ​​consciousness can be easily broken into.

Without waiting for Tang En to prepare himself mentally, Helia directly injected magic power into the Image Stone in her hand. However, just as she had bad luck of stepping on dirty things whenever she went out, getting teeth stuck when drinking cold water, and being kidnapped at her birthday party, the Image Stone did not project any image at all. It was empty.

A cold breath filled with malice bit into her magic power and rushed into her body along the flow of magic power in her body. Its target was very clear, and it rushed straight into her sea of ​​consciousness.

After feeling the pain like being hit by a hammer, Tang En's shrill howl also exploded in her mind, "Fuck! Damn Morrogan! Damn you! Get out! Get out now!"

Helia crushed the image stone in her hand, clenched her fist and pressed it against her forehead. Veins bulged on her forehead, and a thin layer of cold sweat soon appeared on it.

If pain had a rating, being stabbed in the heart would definitely be the most painful, and the second most painful thing would be now. She felt as if her brain was being grabbed by two pairs of hands, like a tug-of-war, you pull this way and I pull that way.

Fortunately, she was careful enough to seal off her sea of ​​consciousness, otherwise that damn thing would have broken in long ago. Tang En tried very hard to block the entrance to Helia's sea of ​​consciousness, but when it came to this life-threatening situation, he forgot all his courtesy and blurted out the dirty words he learned in the military camp.

Helia: I didn't expect you to be so gentle and polite, but you can curse so freely and freely! Could it be that you have cursed all the dirty words in your life in her mind?

Helia mobilized the magic power in her body and tried to find a way to wrap up the invading black fog. She had just verified that magic power could eliminate this thing. Although this ghost thing wanted to attack by surprise, Helia blocked the first attack. After that, no matter how it struggled, it was waiting to die.

"Your Highness, next time you must never touch these magic props of unknown origin casually." Tang En said seriously.

"It's not of unknown origin." Helia retorted, "Isn't this something from the Morogen religion? How can you say it's of unknown origin?"