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Although Duanmuhuai really wanted to take a good rest, he still missed Augis very much. After all, it was rare for a puppet girl to say that she had a problem. Duanmuhuai was not in the mood for treatment right now. After a brief rest, he Return to the Eternal City with Bambi and Milfy.

At this moment, a meteor had smashed a hole in the Eternal City. After contacting Augis, Duanmu Huai quickly came to the abandoned city.

but……………

"What the hell am I doing here!?"

When the three of them followed the streets of the Eternal City to the night sanctuary in the center, the first thing Duanmuhuai saw was a temple in the distance—and a giant tens of meters tall sitting on the temple.

Seeing this scene, Duanmuhuai, Bambi, and Milfie were all startled, and Duanmuhuai was even more headache. If there was another boss battle, he would really have to work hard! !

After all, my body is not made of iron, three boss battles a day, this is crazy!

But fortunately, when the three of them approached, they realized that the giant sitting on the top of the church was already a skeleton, and he would not get up at all. What the hell is this dead man sitting on top of the church, so he rushed in hastily.

"Ojis!!"

Duanmuhuai pushed open the heavy church door and shouted, and then he saw that under the candlelight, Augis was sitting against the wall, seemingly injured.

"Ah, master."

Seeing Duanmu Huai's figure, August's eyes lit up immediately, but even so, she still didn't stand up, but just sat there and nodded to Duanmu Huai.

"Are you all right? What's the matter? What happened?"

Duanmu Huai took Bambi and Milfie to the side of Augis, looked at her carefully, Duanmuhuai was relieved that, at least from the outside, Augis was not hurt. Could it be that she was under some kind of curse here?

"……………I'm not too sure either……………"

Augis stretched out her hand slowly, looked at Duanmuhuai suspiciously, and then she took off her lace dress.

Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai was stunned.

What I saw under the dress was not Augis's usual smooth body that looked like it was carved out of wood, but a body that was indistinguishable from that of a human girl!

Even the smallest details are the same!

"No, this... what's going on here???"

Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai was also dumbfounded. He couldn't figure out why his puppet girl suddenly became a human being?

But this figure is really......

"Uh, you'd better put on your clothes first."

"Yes, master."

Augis put on her dress again, and at this moment Duanmuhuai also took a breath—fortunately, he was wearing a helmet, so no one else could see it.

"So, what happened? You tell me clearly."

"Okay, master, the thing is like this..."

Aojisi narrated what she had encountered before, and Duanmuhuai frowned after listening to Aojisi's story.

According to Augis, she encountered a strange thing that could imitate herself and was exactly the same as her transformation. However, at the same time that Augis defeated it, that weird thing suddenly rushed towards Augis. Instead of merging into one body—that is to say, at this moment, the inside of Augis's body is still a doll, but her outside seems to be covered by that strange liquid.

Not only that, after this, Augis also found that she felt some...feelings that she had never experienced before.

She was also not sure if her body was damaged, so Augis sat here motionless out of caution to avoid accidents.

"Is there such a thing?"

Duanmu Huai frowned after listening to Augis' narration.

Now it seems that that weird thing is the key to Augis becoming like this. However, if you want to ask Duanmuhuai what it is, he can't answer it.

Fortunately, at least Duanmuhuai now has someone to ask.

"All in all, let's get out of here first."

Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and hugged Augis into his arms, then he glanced at the treasure chest not far away.

Although I don't know if it is, in short, take this thing back first.

In this way, Duanmu Huai returned to the Magic Tower with Augis and found Lani.

"Yeah, that's what I need."

After receiving the knife from Duanmuhuai, Lani nodded in satisfaction.

"I didn't expect that it wasn't Blazer, but you found it first... Thank you, this way, all the conditions are met."

While talking, Lani took out something like an hourglass and handed it to Duanmuhuai.

"This is the deal we agreed upon. As long as you take it to Kalia's study, you will be able to get what you want. And I will also walk on the path I have chosen."

"Thank you."

Duanmuhuai reached out to take the hourglass, and then looked at Lani.

"I'm sorry, but there is actually one more thing I want to trouble you with."

"What's the matter? I hope it won't be too much trouble."

"Just need some pointers from you."

As he spoke, Duanmuhuai lifted his cloak and placed Augis in front of Lani.

"She was a puppet before, but in the Eternal City you mentioned, she encountered a monster that could simulate and transform into herself. After defeating it, that monster seemed to merge with her. Now she Becoming more...human?"

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Lani lowered her head and looked at Augis carefully, then she stretched out a hand and touched Augis' cheek lightly, the latter dodged subconsciously.

"Um……………"

Lani stared at Augis, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"If I'm not mistaken, what she encountered should be a teardrop."

"what is that?"

"That is something created by the Eternal City. They tried to use that thing to create the king of King's Landing. Being able to imitate others is the characteristic of the teardrop. Of course, the general teardrop does not have self-awareness. If What you said is true, so the artificial teardrop encountered by this girl may be a special one among them."

"Then why did it merge with Augis? Wouldn't it be a problem?"

"It's an interesting subject."

Having said this, Lani smiled slightly.

"The Imitation Teardrop has no soul, so it has been longing to find a soul, but this girl does not have a human body. Maybe the Imitation Teardrop is aware of her preconscious desire to become a human being, so it has a relationship with this girl. Isn’t it a perfect match for an empty shell without a soul and a puppet with only a soul?”

"Then, won't it have any effect on Augis?"

"The self-awareness of the teardrop has been destroyed. It just instinctively acts according to the consciousness of the holder, and it will not cause any harm—of course, being able to feel pain like a human being may be a weakness."

Having said this, Lani closed her eyes.

"It's a pity, if I didn't have very important things to do, this would be a very good research topic."

"Well, how about we make another deal?"

Duanmu Huai glanced at Aojis beside her, and then at Lani.

"If you agree, I can assist you in completing what you have done. In exchange, I hope you can help me solve August's troubles."

"Owner?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Augis stared at him with wide eyes in surprise, but Duanmuhuai just waved to Augis. Although he felt nothing wrong with Augis turning into a human, but the current The situation is really strange. Duanmuhuai herself doesn't know about the border area, but Lani is different. As a witch, she at least knows everything here, and although she hasn't been with Lani for long, she has never Judging from her actions, Duanmuhuai thinks that Lani is trustworthy to a certain extent.

Facing Duanmuhuai's proposal, Lani just smiled lightly.

"Stupid man, you don't even know what I'm going to do, do you think you can help?"

"I think I can."

While speaking, Duanmuhuai clenched the warhammer tightly and gave a hard blow on the ground. The next moment, red and black flames erupted from it, covering Duanmuhuai's body.

"Death Rune..."

Seeing this scene, Lani's expression suddenly became much more serious.

"You can actually use the power of Death Rune?"

It has to be said that Lani was also very surprised when she felt the breath of death rune on Duanmuhuai. You must know that the power of the Death Rune is so powerful that ordinary people cannot control it. Even Lani can only use the ritual to inject the power of the Death Rune into the black knife for use.

Even Marikas, who sealed the death rune, was also eroded, becoming hungry and crazy—to be honest, Lani did not expect that someone could use the death rune so easily without suffer backlash.

Who the hell is he?

"How? Now we can talk about the deal."

Duanmuhuai stared at Lani, the expression on the latter's face was uncertain, after a long silence, Lani seemed to have made up her mind and raised her head to look at Duanmuhuai.

"This is very dangerous."

"That's why there is transaction value."

“………………………”

Hearing this, Lani closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then she nodded.

"Well, since that's the case, then... I'll tell you what my real plan is."