Flillian, I want to live.

"Feel sorry."

Sophia silently uttered two words, then she pushed away the fatally injured Gutel, turned around and pointed her hand at Fulilian in the center of the magic circle.

"Binding magic."

With blood gushing out of her nose, Sophia cast the same magic that Andy had used to save her from the knight in the courtyard.

“What’s the point of doing this?”

Feeling that her body was restrained by some force, Fulilian opened her mouth and spoke to Sophia indifferently.

"Well, it's true. This kind of magic consumes more energy against a stronger opponent. It's impossible to completely confine a great magician like you. However, buying this little time is enough."

Sophia coughed up a mouthful of blood. A sly smile appeared on her face as she looked at Fulilian, who was struggling against the restraints and slowly raised her hand to prepare for a counterattack.

The next moment, accompanied by dense footsteps, a group of magicians holding staffs rushed into the room and formed a circle with Frillian in the center of the magic circle as the center.

And these magicians all have one common characteristic.

Their heads were chopped off and they lost their will, but they continued to act under the control of magic.

A magician without a head has no way to use the magic he learned in his lifetime. This is why there were no magicians in Aura's undead army.

However, they still retain the magic power they had in their lifetime. Although they cannot use magic, they can charge the magic circle.

Fulilian finally understood why Aura had hired someone to kidnap the magician.

As white light shot into the magic circle, the defensive magic circle that had been stopped for ten years was restarted.

"I see."

As the magic circle was running, Fulilian quickly understood Sophia's intention.

The modified defensive array was successfully activated, but its defensive direction was reversed. A tetrahedral barrier composed of triangles appeared in the room, sealing Frillian, who was at the center of the array, inside.

"From the beginning, I knew you would eventually doubt me, so I deliberately revealed a flaw to you. This way, you would think you saw through my scheme and that as long as you didn't actively inject energy into the magic circle, you would be invincible, Fulilian."

Looking at Fulilian who was trapped in the barrier, Sophia's face finally showed a smug expression of her trick having succeeded.

"I was tricked..."

Fulilian stretched out her hand and touched the barrier that imprisoned her. This barrier, set up by Volame to resist the demons for thousands of years, was indeed one of the few cages that could trap her.

It was exactly the same situation as when he was trapped by the undead Bezer, but this time his teammates...

Fulilian glanced at Gutel, who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and couldn't help but sigh silently in her heart.

"I succeeded. Just like I said, lies will always be exposed, so just don't lie."

Sophia, who had accomplished her mission, seemed to sense something and turned around to look at the dark spiral staircase. There, a girl with a happy smile on her face was striding towards her, surrounded by a headless knight.

"Lord Aura, I have helped you get rid of Fulilian as agreed."

Chapter 88: The Illusion of Mirror Flowers and Water Moons

"You did a great job."

Accompanied by rumbling thunder, a pink-haired girl holding a golden scale walked into the room with graceful steps.

Her slightly chubby cheeks were as delicate as a baby's, and under her pair of water-blue eyes with a faint glow were slightly upturned corners of her mouth.

"Lord Aura."

Sophia bowed respectfully to Aura.

"Flillian, you are like a bird in a cage right now."

However, Aura didn't pay any attention to Sophia who greeted her, but walked straight to the front of the defensive barrier and stared at Fulilian who was trapped inside.

Sophia slowly straightened up. She glanced at Aura, whose mind was completely focused on Frillian. She was not sad about being treated coldly. On the contrary, she quickly shifted her gaze to the other person who followed Aura into the room.

He was a knight in bright silver armor. Although the helmet on his head covered his cheeks, it was not difficult to tell from the special amulet hanging on his chest that he was the knight who suddenly appeared in the garden and attacked Sophia.

"elder brother……"

Sophia looked at the knight who was on guard behind Aura and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Just as Sophia said, the reason why she was able to gain the trust of Flillian and the others was because she didn't actually lie.

Sophia's village was indeed destroyed by Aura's undead army, but that was not a recent event.

But it was more than ten years ago, before the peace agreement was signed.

In the raging fire, young Sophia witnessed with her own eyes that her parents were easily killed by the Beheader led by the Headless Knight in order to protect her. Even though the Beheader was just a young demon that Aura had just recruited, he was still an invincible and terrifying existence in front of ordinary people.

Who will save me...

At that time, Sophia held the statue of the goddess given to her by her mother and prayed in her heart.

Faced with the beheader who was approaching him step by step, the miracle did not appear for a long time.

Just as the beheader reached out his hand to Sophia, a silver-armored knight riding a blood-soaked warhorse leaped into Sophia's house, which had collapsed into ruins.

He wielded the sword he had won in the tournament in front of the king, and cut off the opponent's head with one blow while the beheaded man looked stunned.

"Father, this is the only survivor in that village. I think..."

From that day on, the Gulanath family had an adopted daughter named Sophia.

Due to heavy workload, the Earl entrusted the task of taking care of Sophia to Andy, the family advisor at the time.

Under Andy's guidance, Sophia quickly showed her outstanding magical talent. It seemed that with time, she would be able to become an independent magician who focused on the research of barriers.

However, at this time, the earl and his son disappeared one after another after leaving the city to attack Aura, and only a handwritten letter written by Earl Gulanat was sent back.

After Sophia read the letter sent by the Earl, she quickly realized that although the notes in the letter were indeed written by the Earl himself, it was definitely a trap.

"The Earl would never say such a thing. I'm afraid he has become Aura's puppet now."

Sophia made an accurate judgment.

Things had reached a point where she, an adopted daughter, could no longer handle it. Logically, she should report to the king and ask him to send reinforcements to help take over the city.

But if you do that...

The Earl and his son would lose their role as hostages. Given Aura's character, he would definitely chop off their heads.

Sophia decided to stop this from happening, so she went to meet Aura alone at the place mentioned in the letter.

"I will help you fulfill your wish. In exchange, please spare their lives."

Although Sophia knew that this was against the Earl's wishes, she still reached a deal with Aura and began to plan against Fulilian.

And today, it’s finally done.

"Hahaha, hahaha——"

Looking at Fulilian who tried every possible way to break the defensive formation but to no avail, Aura couldn't help but raise her head and burst into laughter.

For the past ten years, she kept dreaming about the desperate moment when Fulilian asked her to commit suicide. She had hallucinated countless times that the scale in her hand fell to the other side. However, all of this disappeared from that moment on.

"Five hundred years of training in magic!"

Aura raised his head and let his enormous magic power be released from his body.

"The Immortal Legion!"

Inside and outside the castle, both Philen and Shuttalk were surrounded by the headless knights who were pouring in like a tide and were caught in a bitter battle.

"Magic that controls the soul!"

Aura looked at the scale in his raised left hand that was always tilting towards him, and a happy smile appeared on his face uncontrollably.

"I'm so excited! Xin Meier is already buried, and Fulilian, the only threat to me, is also at the end of her rope. If this continues, no one can stop me. I'm invincible. Who else can kill me!?"

Aura shouted excitedly.

"I!"

With a roar, a light suddenly appeared in the eyes of the silver-armored knight who had been like a walking corpse.

Those controlled by Aura can temporarily break free through strong willpower.

However, there is only one such opportunity, because Aura will never leave a head for anyone who tries to resist her.

While Aura was lost in his pride, the Silver Knight used his body to press the other party against the indestructible defensive barrier.

"Do it, Sophia!"

The knight turned around and looked at Sophia, who had grasped the staff and aimed the charged attack at Aura.

"Goodbye, Master Aura, goodbye, Master Brother."

For ten years, Sophia had been waiting for an opportunity, a moment when the Beheader and the Headless Horseman around Aura would be separated from her, and she herself would completely let down her extremely high guard.

"Sofia!?"

Aura, who was pinned down by the silver-armored knight and unable to move, turned his head and looked at Sophia, who had a determined look on her face, with an incredible look.

"I didn't break the promise, Master Aura."

Sophia smiled and said that just as she had deceived Fulilian and the others, she also used the same method to deceive Aura to gain her trust. She did help Aura trap Fulilian, but this was just a preparation for getting rid of Aura.

"I'm really disappointed..."

However, the next moment, Aura's face returned to calm. She looked at Sophia and uttered a few words coldly.

"Eh?"

"Kneel down."

Aura raised his head and spoke to Sophia in a commanding tone.

thump.

Sophia dropped the staff in her hand and knelt straight on the ground.

"When... Master..."

The light in Sophia's eyes disappeared, and she looked at Aura in front of her and said in a trance.

Chapter 89: It is better to believe that I am Qin Shi Huang than to believe that the demons

The original ancestors of the demons were demons that would make sounds of "save me" in the dark to attract humans.

"The demons are not trustworthy."

Freelian, who was trapped in the magic circle, looked at Sophia who was kneeling on the ground and whispered with pity in her eyes.

From the moment they met, Sophia's soul had been weighed on the scales by Aura. What she thought was Aura's trust was just wishful thinking after being hypnotized by Aura.

"Well, you too, you too."

Aura looked at Sophia, who was under the control of magic and whose eyes were full of despair, and then turned to look at the Silver Knight who was suppressed by magic again.

"It seems there's no need for your heads to stay..."

Before Aura could finish her words, a dazzling beam of light suddenly shot from the ground towards her chest.

At the critical moment, Aura controlled the silver-armored knight beside her to act as a meat shield in front of her.

"Tsk... How despicable, Aura."

Gutel, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be a corpse, exclaimed in dissatisfaction. Before the attack hit Count Gulanat's son, he changed the trajectory of the attack magic, making it hit the ceiling above his head instead. With a violent explosion, a big hole was opened in the roof, allowing the heavy rain outside to pour in.

"Who? What person?"

Aura was startled by the unexpected attack. She turned her head and looked at Gutel, who was thought to be dead. She patted the dust off her skirt and stood up again as if nothing had happened.

"Long time no see, Aura."

Gutel stretched her stiff body and said to the demon girl in front of her who also had two horns on her head.

"You are……"

Aula looked at Guter in front of her. Since the last time they met was a hundred years ago, she did not remember Guter's face clearly. Only when her eyes moved to the sun hat on Guter's head, her dusty memories were awakened a little.

A hundred years ago, a reckless demon broke into Aura's territory.

Although under the constraints of the Demon King, conflicts between the great demons rarely occurred, but that great demon not only stole Aura's prey, but also offended and killed her favorite undead knight.

As one of the Seven Broken Sages, Aura naturally could not ignore such a provocative act, so she immediately led her undead army to greet the blind demon.

"Yo~ It was you who eliminated my favorite subordinate without my permission."