Alien world

Chapter 1156 78. Body without soul

Ariana wanted to say something, but Taidel signaled her to keep quiet.

"Why do you want to block your last chance?"

Annan tried to stay calm and did not say this threatening remark. Instead, he said, "This is not the Prince Aidan I know."

"We haven't known each other that long, have we?"

"But I can feel that you are not an evil person..."

Annan began to understand why the succubus could still smile at fat, dirty and foul-mouthed guests. He was almost the same now.

"Evil? Of course I'm not..." Prince Aidan looked compassionate: "It's just that on the road to success, someone must sacrifice..."

"Even if it's your like-minded companion?"

"Even me."

This road is not feasible...Prince Aidan doesn't think there is anything wrong with him.

"So what if I told you that the path you were taking was the wrong one?"

Prince Aidan's shadow smiled: "How much older are you than me?"

Annan's age was indeed not convincing, but they all knew that this was not the key point, because even if an old man said these things, Prince Aidan would say that the old man was sticking to prejudices and was an outdated product.

"Then let's exchange hostages. You return Irelanze to me, and I'll return the 'king' to you."

The "king" who was listening suddenly opened his eyes wide, and then struggled violently, wanting to commit suicide so as not to burden Prince Aidan, but he could only utter a series of mournful whimpers.

The illusion of Prince Aidan looked at the "king", and it was his turn to understand Annan's dilemma.

"it is good."

Unexpectedly, Prince Aidan agreed: "She is in the tree house before us. I think you are familiar with her."

Annan tilted his head and said to Aliana, "Let him go."

The legendary elven wizard did as he was told, and when the "king" was released, there was still a look of disbelief on his face.

"Go quickly, the farther away the better. You will no longer be involved in this matter, and no elves will catch you." Annan said to him.

Prince Aidan said, "Do as he says."

The "king" first saluted Prince Aidan, then bowed slightly to Annan with a complicated expression and walked out.

The illusion of Prince Aidan gradually faded, leaving the other person for one last glance.

They both knew in their hearts that if they met again, they would be mortal enemies without any friendship...

"Why don't you want Lord Emerald's child?" the Legendary Elf Ranger asked.

"He doesn't have enough."

Being able to get Irelanze in return was a pleasant surprise. Annan thought that Aidan would use her to force him to withdraw from the pursuit.

His original idea was to let the "king" see Prince Aidan's true face and find out their plans...

"You're not staring at the 'king', are you?" Annan asked.

"Do you want to withdraw?" Aliana replied.

"Well... no, let's go find Irelanze first."

Prince Aidan achieved his goal - he succeeded in delaying Annan.

He quickly rushed to the wooden house where he had lived before. As soon as he got closer, Annan saw Irilanze leaning against the tree house where he used to live.

Annan breathed a sigh of relief, but found that Taidel and others around him fell into silence.

"What happen to you guys?"

"Annan..." Taidel showed a trace of reluctance.

Annan then realized that Irilanze's chest was not moving...

Annan was stunned and walked to Irilanze, squatted down, and reached out to touch her mouth and nose. Her soft skin was icy cold, without a trace of breath... "She..."

"Her soul is not here." The Skeleton King whispered.

Annan raised his head from his trance: "Are you saying that her soul has dissipated or..."

"do not know."

The scene of Prince Aidan using the Eye of Rudolph to capture the soul of Lord Emerald's child emerged in his mind. Annan had a glimmer of hope. Maybe Irelanze was the same...

Annan picked up Irelanze with difficulty, opened the portal, and sent her back to Liberty City.

Annan looked away as he watched Abby and the maid hurriedly taking the sleeping Irelanze to the bedroom.

"Where is the 'King'?"

A few minutes later, Annan and the others appeared outside a dark tree hole.

Deep inside the tree hole, the 'king' leaned against the wall with his head down, holding a blood-stained stone in his hand. The blood had stained his clothes and the bottom of his body black.

He committed suicide.

Without time to admire the loyalty of the members of the Ideal Country to Prince Aidan, Annan sped up his pursuit of Prince Aidan.

But every time they got close, Prince Aidan would teleport again, flashing several miles away, and then leave a companion behind to delay them.

Those who stayed behind did not make the same mistake as the King and activated the trap immediately.

But as the elves summoned by Annan arrived to help, the time they could be stopped in this way became shorter and shorter.

In order to escape, Prince Aidan had to teleport continuously in a short period of time, paying a heavy price - his bright golden hair lost its former luster and gradually became stained with an indescribable gray and deathly aura.

There was only one person following him, and Prince Aidan did not let his members die for a few seconds of delay. Instead, he triggered the trap when Annan approached.

Terrifying flames rose from all around, forming a wide wall of fire around the giant tree where Prince Aidan was.

But then the elves of Annan reacted quickly, and the elven wizard group chanted in groups, gathering a rain cloud above the burning forest.

The heavy rain with a cool touch penetrated the thick smoke and flames, suppressing the raging flames.

"Aidan! Where is Irelanzer's soul!?"

Annan shouted to Prince Aidan in the center.

"The 'King' committed suicide, your companions died, and even you are suffering the cost of the artifact. Is this what you want? Aidan Hernand!"

Annan shouted to Prince Aidan in the center.

Prince Aidan stood in the rain, letting the rain wash his face. His gray hair and once luxurious clothes stuck to his body, looking particularly heavy.

He cast a glance, raised the Eye of Rudolph, and disappeared again.

"Damn..."

Annan's patience was almost exhausted in this cat-and-mouse game, and he couldn't understand what was the point of Aidan using human lives to stop them?
"Is he stalling for time?"

At this time, Ariana used magic to condense a three-dimensional map of the Verdant City, with red lines representing the route they would take in pursuit of Prince Aidan.

The route seems to be tortuous and aimless, but it still follows a significant pattern: approaching the center of the green city little by little from the periphery.

just like……

"They are approaching the World Tree!" The legendary elf ranger's pupils suddenly shrank.

"But if the World Tree was Aidan's goal, why didn't he just go there?"

"There's no time." Teddel said.

Annan and his men were chasing closely. If they ran directly towards the World Tree, they would be caught up, and they would be surrounded and intercepted because they were too obvious...

"So what does he want to do by approaching the World Tree?"

Taidel's voice was heavy: "Whatever it is...it's definitely not a good thing."

(End of this chapter)