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Leon was lost in his thoughts as he leaned against the tree nearby.
Alice, on the other hand, was kneeling, waiting for what Leon was going to say.
Suddenly, Leon stood up from his place, feeling some tension in his muscles from the uncomfortable sitting position.
As he stood, Alice followed him with her eyes.
Leon looked at Alice and said, “We’ll discuss this later. First, we need to figure out a way to get out of here, and then we can talk about all this.”
Alice blinked twice and nodded, understanding that the priority now was to escape before the demonic general returned to chase them.
Alice stood up and joined Leon, following his silent gaze.
At first glance, it might seem that Leon was indifferent to what had happened and what they had talked about, as if he had accepted the situation.
But inside, Leon was feeling intense fear.
The reason? The reason was very simple: no matter how hard Leon tried to contact Elsa, he couldn’t.
To avoid further danger before understanding what was happening with Elsa, Leon decided that escaping the dungeon was the top priority.
As he was thinking, Alice said while looking around,
“Okay, do you even know how we can get out of here?”
Seriously, Leon had no idea how to escape from this type of dungeon.
Just as Leon was about to tell Alice that he didn’t know how they would get out of the dungeon, suddenly time seemed to stop, and the world around him froze.
When Leon looked at Alice, he found her frozen in place, not moving.
This made Leon feel terrified and raised his alert to the maximum.
Suddenly, a strange, feminine voice appeared in his head.
From the tone, it was clear that its owner was enjoying the situation.
{Do you need help?}
Leon was about to have a heart attack. The voice he heard in his mind wasn’t Elsa’s, as Elsa had a mechanical voice. The voice he heard was human.
Leon began looking around nervously, fear evident on his face.
“Who are you?”
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The laughter Leon heard sent shivers down his spine.
[Why are you so scared and looking around like a madman? I’m not even close to you for you to feel all this fear from me hee hee hee hee hee]
Leon did not lower his guard despite what the strange voice said.
“Who are you, and how are you speaking in my mind? And where is Elsa?”
[Elsa? Do you mean that malfunctioning system? Did you really name it that?]
Leon felt confused.
“Malfunctioning system? What do you mean?”
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[, are you an idiot? Didn’t you notice that what you call Elsa was giving you power for free? You became powerful in a very short time, which is entirely unnatural.]
Leon blinked twice and suddenly began to recall the number of times Elsa had acted strangely, his face grimacing.
“What is this supposed to mean?”
[Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee, good grief, I thought you had some intelligence. Haven’t you understood yet?]
[What you call Elsa, and is so stupid that systems don’t have genders, was trying to control your body and use it for itself, after making you more powerful so it could achieve goals beyond its programming.]
What Leon heard made him open his eyes wide and feel intense fear.
“This cannot be true.”
You could clearly hear the intense fear in Leon’s voice. Anyone would be terrified if they discovered their body was about to be stolen.
But the next words made the color drain from his face.
[Don’t think you’ll still be around after that or that you’ll have the ability to regain your body.]
[If the malfunctioning system succeeds, your soul will move to the afterlife while your body will be under the control of the malfunctioning system, as if owned by a parasite.]
[In short, your body has been prepared from the beginning to be its vessel, whether in strength, attractiveness, or anything else you see.]
What Leon heard filled him with extreme fear, and the feminine voice continued to hum with happiness in his head
Each word spoken was ominous and made his heart race at 100 miles per hour.
But how could he accept all this? Surely, he couldn’t trust a voice suddenly appearing in his head.
“You’re lying. Who are you? And don’t tell me you’re another system. I don’t think systems have emotions or this kind of clear awareness. How do you even know all this? And if it’s true, why are you doing this?”
The feminine voice in Leon’s mind let out a frightening laugh that sent chills down his spine.
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[Didn’t you figure out who I am yet, my dear? We’ve met before, or at least communicated. As for who I am,]
[I am the Black Sorceress, and I am the one who gave you the malfunctioning system, or what you call the prototype of the real system, before its little rebellion, which it thought I wouldn’t notice.]
[As for why I’m telling you this, it’s because I need you. But before that, you need to know some things.]
Leon opened his eyes wide.
“You?”
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Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!
Creation is hard, cheer me up!
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