Flillian, I want to live.

Feeling Frielian flapping on his shoulder like a big fish caught out of water, Xinmei smiled slightly, then turned his body flexibly and put his shoulder on Maya's neck.

Although he had no talent for magic, Xin Meier had heard from Fulilian that when dealing with enemies that were controlled by the mind, the magic could be dispelled by killing the opponent's body.

"Wait a minute, if you kill me now, this guy will die with me!"

Before Xinmei's sword cut off her neck, Maya, with a strong desire to survive, shouted loudly at Xinmei.

"Do you think I will believe what the demons say?"

Facing Maya's terrified face, Xinmei laughed disdainfully.

"Are you ready to gamble with her life!?"

Maya gasped, staring into Xinmeier's eyes as blue as the sky.

"Are you threatening me?"

Xinmeier said to Maya coldly.

"You defeated Xinmeier, but since she obeyed my orders to attack you, she can also obey my orders to commit suicide. If you dare to act rashly, I will immediately order that elf to bite her tongue to commit suicide!"

Maya glanced at Fulilian who was held on Xinmei's shoulder. She knew very well that her only chance of survival now depended on the hostage in her hand.

"Remove your magic now, and in exchange, I will spare your life."

After a brief thought, Xinmei made a decision and told Maya his conditions.

"No, I have to leave safely first, then I will put her back..."

Seeing that Xinmeier made concessions, Maya's eyes rolled and she immediately put forward more unreasonable conditions.

"If you insist on dying..."

Xin Meir glanced at Maya coldly and instantly increased the force of the sword against Maya's neck.

"Stop, stop..."

Feeling the pain from her neck where the brave sword had cut her skin, Maya immediately screamed in fear.

"If you want to live, do as I say."

Xinmeier said to Maya in a commanding tone.

"Why should I trust you? What if you change your mind later?"

Maya asked Xinmeier while panting.

"..."

Maya's question left Xinmei silent for a moment.

"As a demon, you probably don't understand, but Fulilian is special to me, so I can..."

Chapter 166 I Offer My Companions as Sacrifices

"hiss--"

Fulilian let out a breath of foul air.

On top of the defensive magic barrier erected in front of her, the magic shot from Gutel controlled by Maya was constantly exploding with dazzling sparks in the night sky.

Although she was in the middle of a battle, Fulilian was lost in memories of the past.

Fulilian, who was in the illusion space, didn't know what Xinmeier had said to Maya. When she woke up, she was being held in Xinmeier's arms like a princess.

"What about that demon?"

"She escaped."

The two had such a brief conversation and then fell into an awkward silence until they met up with Haita and Aize, who had defeated the elite demon army.

Although Xinmeier didn't say it, Fulilian knew that the other party must have let Maya go because of her.

"Hahaha, Flillian, I have to admit that you are stronger than all the magicians I have met so far, but you are just like Sinmeier, you both become indecisive for inexplicable reasons."

Maya showed a mocking expression on her face when she saw that Frellen was simply defending against Guter's attack and was slow to counterattack.

"Really? Is it really because of me that Xin Meier didn't kill you?"

After hearing Maya mention Xinmeier, Fulilian finally asked a question to the other party after a long silence.

"Heh~ That guy is really stupid. Look at his infatuated look at the end. In the end, it seems that you didn't understand his feelings? It's really pitiful, that guy Xin Meier..."

Maya, hiding behind the controlled Guter, grinned and mocked Fulilian unscrupulously.

"Yeah, that's why I'm going to ask him."

Fulilian grinned slightly, then raised her staff. She had been passively defending, but suddenly she launched an attack. A dazzling white light of demon-killing magic streaked across the sky, and then accurately hit Gutel's chest.

"Varied--"

The smile on Maya's face, who had just been as smug as a little devil, froze in an instant.

Under the powerful penetrating force, the beam of light of the demon-killing magic pierced through Guter's body and then opened a big hole in the chest of Maya, who was hiding behind Guter and thought she was safe.

"Humph~"

The smile on Maya's face did not disappear, it just shifted to Fulilian's face.

"Isn't she your companion?"

Maya's eyes widened. She had thought that Frillian would be like Sinmeier, who was restrained because her companions were held hostage. However, she did not expect that the other party would use the lives of her companions to plot against her.

"Who gave you the illusion that this guy was my companion?"

The tip of Frelian's staff shot out several beams of demon-killing magic in succession, giving the stunned Maya no chance to react, and she quickly finished off the opponent while she was seriously injured.

not reconciled...

In the last moments of her life, Maya's eyes were still filled with nostalgia for this world. In the trance as her consciousness gradually faded, she accidentally caught a glimpse of the wound on Gutel's chest in front of her, which was healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is! ?

Maya suddenly realized something, but it was too late. Before she could react, this great demon who had lived for hundreds of years had completely turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared.

From the very beginning, Freellian deliberately showed weakness under Guter's attack and chose to passively take the beating. She did this to make Maya let down her guard and think that she was afraid of hurting Guter and that was why she did not fight back.

Because she had experienced Maya's mind control magic before, Fulilian knew that under Maya's control, the consciousness of the puppeted person was trapped in a fantasy space, while the outer body fought entirely on instinct.

Although for ordinary magicians, using defensive magic to resist attacks is a basic instinct, and they will even practice repeatedly to form muscle memory, but for Gutel, she uses defensive magic purely to pretend to be human and perform a show.

In her thousand-year-long life, Gutel, who possessed recovery magic, disdained to dodge or even block in battle. For Gutel, the mana consumed by deliberately using defensive magic was far more than the recovery magic activated passively like breathing - that is to say, in her instinctive subconscious, she would not use defensive magic specifically against Frillian's attacks.

The reason why Maya was not prepared for Frillian's attack was because she thought Frillian would not hurt her companions in order to attack her. Even if Frillian really attacked, Maya believed that the puppeted Gutel would take the initiative to use defensive magic to block the attack.

After Maya, the magic caster, disappeared, her mental magic was automatically lifted. In an instant, Gutel, who had a dull look in his eyes, regained his self-awareness.

"Eh?"

Feeling a chill on his chest, Gutel lowered his head and saw the big hole on his chest that had not yet healed completely.

"you're awake?"

Fulilian looked at Gutel, who was confused and had no idea what was going on. When she thought about how she had the same expression when she woke up in Xinmei's arms, she couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

"What happened? Where's Miss Maya?"

Guter turned around in confusion and looked around, but she didn't see Maya anywhere.

"I have eliminated it."

Fulilian put away her staff and replied calmly.

"Huh? She's been killed by you?"

Gutel was stunned for a moment and said in surprise and astonishment.

"Any questions?"

Fulilian turned her head and looked at Gutel with suspicion.

"Ah... No, nothing, I just felt a little dizzy after being controlled."

Guter shook his head and evaded the question.

Like Helvetia, Guter has just been trapped in the spiritual world created by Maya.

However, unlike Fulilian, what she saw was the village before it became a ruin.

In Maya's fantasy world, when Guter opened her eyes, she found herself lying in a wheat field that had just been harvested.

Amidst the intoxicating aroma of wheat, Guter slowly stood up. What caught his eye was a group of people working in the wheat fields...

"Demon?"

Gutel blinked. Although it seemed a little strange, in her sight, these young demons dressed as farmers were indeed harvesting ripe wheat ears with sickles.

"Sister~Are you new here?"

In a trance, a voice sounded from in front of her. Guter lowered her head and saw Maya, who was shorter than her, calling her with her hands behind her back.

"you……"

Gutel looked at Maya in front of him and was about to launch an attack, but the other party kindly held his hand.

"Let me take you to my house."

Maya cordially invited Guter.

Chapter 167 I said stop

"Yo."

On the lawn in front of the church, the demon general Fas was wearing a very incongruous black priest robe, bending over to pull out the weeds on the ground. He seemed to have noticed the movement of Maya who was jumping around. He straightened up and greeted Gutel who was pulled here by Maya.

"Uh……"

Guter raised his hand awkwardly in response.

At this moment, Gutel has recovered from her initial shock. Although she is not as sensitive as Frillian at the beginning, she also realizes that this is not reality, but an illusion world created by Maya.

“This is my dad~”

On the other side, Maya smiled and introduced Fas to Gutel.

"dad……"

This word made Gutel feel a little unfamiliar. As a demon, they had no habit of raising offspring like other monsters. After being born, the children of the demon clan spent most of their time alone. Because of this, the concept of "family" did not exist among the demon clan.

But Maya calls this demon general named Fas "Dad".

"What's wrong sister?"

Seeing Gutel standing there in a daze, Maya tilted her head and called to her kindly.

"nothing."

Guter shook his head, followed Maya's steps, and walked into the church in the center of the village.

when--

Accompanied by the clear ringing of bells, the moment Gutel stepped into the church, blue petals suddenly fell above her head like raindrops.

"this is……"

Gutel's pupils suddenly dilated a little. She reached out and caught a falling petal. Both the faint fragrance and the familiar shape made Gutel very sure.

That was the Cang Yue Grass that Xin Meier had once asked her to find.

"Come be my bridesmaid, sister~"

At the same time, Maya beside her had changed into a white wedding dress and turned to invite her.

"Eh?"

Guter, who didn't understand what was going on, found a bouquet of flowers inexplicably in her hand. When she looked forward, she saw that the small church in the village was already full of guests, and at the end of the red carpet that stretched forward in front of her and Maya, stood a handsome young man in a white suit.

"Are you kidding..."

The man who played the groom in this wedding was Xin Mei'er, who had a sunny smile on his face.

"Ahem, then, are you willing to swear an oath, for richer or poorer, in sickness or in health..."

The young Haita, who was standing on the detective chair to preside over the wedding, coughed twice, straightened his expression slightly, then opened the Goddess's Book in his hand and read the oath on it.