Demon Royal Family

After following Ames out of the tribe and walking for about half an hour, the two came to a snow cave hidden in a snowdrift. Ivo had been there before when he was in the tribe and found nothing unusual at that time. The cave was narrow and the ice wall was dark blue. Ivo saw Ames knocking on the ice wall at the end. His fingers that could easily cut through the ice carved complex lines on the ice wall. Ivo recognized the lines drawn by Ames. , which is the fourteen-pointed star of Albuquerque dissolved in the blood of the Mimic.

The ice wall moved like a machine, folding and shrinking, revealing a dark hole with stairs going down. Ivo thought to himself, no wonder it hadn't been discovered before. It requires a pattern similar to a key to open it. The confidentiality is indeed very high. The gloomy wind blew against his face. Ivo shrugged his nose and smelled the faint smell of blood.

After walking all the way down for about ten minutes, a huge underground cavity appeared in front of Ivo. The walls were square and obviously had traces of artificial excavation, and they were arranged like an altar-like room. Ivo silently estimated that the room was about a thousand square meters, which was larger than the two basketball courts in his memory.

In the center of the room is a triangular black altar. The ground is covered with complex gold and blood-red alchemical circuits, like a bush of blooming flowers. Its complexity far exceeds any alchemical items Ivo has ever seen. Nine dark columns surround the altar, which are the containers for placing ritual materials recorded in the alchemy handbook.

The three endpoints of the triangular altar are hollowed out into circular grooves, and important ritual materials are placed inside. The middle area of ​​the altar is just big enough for a person to stand. Ivo saw something like a mechanical gear on the edge of the altar. Plate, the alchemy handbook records that when the ritual is started, the plates of the altar will flip and close, covering the transformer. Outsiders cannot see the transformation process and can only wait for the result.

The transformation circuit of the Mimic in front of me is exactly the same as what is recorded in the alchemy manual, except that one-tenth of the alchemy circuit on the ground has obvious signs of damage. It should be the damage caused by other races when the ancestors such as Emers took away the magic circle. , although it can still run, the failure rate has greatly increased.

Ivo originally wanted Geng Lei to learn the alchemy code and then repair the tribe's Mimic Transformation Array, but after learning the truth tonight, he gave up this idea. No matter how many of his kind he created, he would just become an Ai He was unwilling to do this as a vessel for Merce and other ancestors.

The resources consumed to create the circuit are terrifyingly huge. Even the Odin Empire may not be able to gather the materials with all its efforts. After learning that the real curse is [infertility], Ivo feels that it is better to focus on breaking the curse. Damn it, he doesn’t want to be infertile.

The thing Ivo is most curious about is the core material "active flesh and blood". That thing is hidden inside the altar and provides the core power.

"What are the materials inside the altar?"

"You want to see?"

Ivo nodded.

Emers frowned. According to his opinion, it was best for no one to touch the Mimic transformation circuit. It was the most important thing for the entire tribe. If it was broken, there would be no way to repair it. However, he then thought that Ivo had seen it. "Gregangor's Alchemy Codex", his face relaxed slightly. He had also seen the Alchemy Codex before. Although he didn't understand alchemy, he knew that taking out the materials would not affect the stability of the circuit, so it didn't matter if he took a look.

Emers came to the altar and fumbled and pressed a button. The plate in the center of the altar folded up, revealing the hollowed out interior. Ivo hurriedly stretched his neck to take a look, only to see a severed right arm quietly Lying inside the altar.

The structure of the right arm is similar to that of humans. It also has five fingers. The skin color is bright and round. It has remained fresh after hundreds of years. The cross section of the fracture is dripping with blood, but it seems to be restrained by invisible forces in the blood vessel texture. There is no trace of it at all. Not dripping.

Ivo looked surprised, "What is this?"

Ames shook his head, "I don't know. This is the core material of the Mimic's transformation circuit. It has extraordinary activity and gives us the special ability to change biological rules and change life forms at will."

A right arm that has been amputated but still lifelike is creepy no matter how you look at it. What kind of monster is the owner of this arm? It actually has eternal life activity. Vampires and werewolves who are famous for their resilience have even 100% None of them could compare. Ivo was puzzled and guessed: "Could it be those immortal abyss wanderers?"

Ames shook his head, "The immortality of the abyss wanderers comes from the fire of the abyss, and their bodies are inactive."

Ivo nodded secretly. The breath of life contained in the right arm in front of him was as strong as the sun, but the wanderer he had seen was as dry as ashes.

This was a bit difficult. He didn't know what species the right arm belonged to. Ivo thought of what the Pope and the Patriarch had said before they died. The "saints" knew the secret of the Mimic. He could only hope to find it. Saints, we must go to the place of return.

And Ivo knew that although Ames told him the truth about the tribe, he must have concealed something, such as what kind of layout they had made for hundreds of years. Ivo knew that Ames would not tell him this, He himself doesn't want to understand that different ways do not work together.

Foreign enemies are the Mimic's biggest threat. Generally speaking, Ivo and Ames have the same goal, but in actual operation, Ivo does not agree with Ames' approach.

After looking at the Mimic's transformation circuit, the two returned to the ground.

"I need help from the tribe for something." Ivo said, "I need to use the power of the tribe to protect one of my teams..." At that moment, he told Ames about his plan to rescue his subordinates.

Ames nodded. He valued his tribe and would not refuse simple help. Moreover, the Mimic had reappeared in the world. Ames wanted to make a high-profile return of the tribe, which happened to attract the enemies who coveted the Mimic and serve as a warning to the monkeys.

"Go to Anthony and he will give you the beacon of the teleportation array. Once you need help, turn on the beacon and the tribe members will teleport over to help you, but the teleportation array is only effective within the Hokuriku area."

"That's enough." Ivo raised his eyebrows, "There are no mages in the tribe, who built the teleportation array?"

Ames said calmly: "Lilylin and I have a permanent contract in our blood. Anyone who wants to make us slaves will eventually become our slaves."

Ivo suddenly thought of the shackles of the life force sharing contract, coupled with the iron mask mage of the Black Lion, and he understood the cause and effect after a little thought. Ivo shook his head secretly. Nafi was his wife, and he would never use a contract to control her.

Compared with this, Ivo is more curious about how Ames broke the slave contract, formed a bloodline, and left various special abilities in the bloodline.

Ames avoided talking about this issue and kept it secret. Ivo frowned slightly, becoming more wary of the ethnic group. Ames told the truth about soul grafting, but Ivo felt that this was just the tip of the iceberg for Mimics.

Ivo thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "I have a personal request. I hope you can let Luo Er and Chat go." These two descendants are currently undergoing an adult ceremony and are not in the tribe. Once they reach the age of twenty, , they will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, have their bodies taken away, and lose themselves.

As he expected, Ames flatly refused. After twenty years of waiting, the ancestral souls in Luo Er and Chat's brains were finally going to have bodies again. How could they give up just because of his words.

Ivo made up his mind to search for these two descendants all over the world after leaving the tribe, tell them the truth, and take them away from the tribe. As long as the souls are not extracted by the Eye of Charon, the souls of the ancestors cannot rob the original owner's body on their own.

"We are destined to drift apart in the future..." Ivo sighed.