Academic gathering with a lich-Chapter 727 - 671: Nia Clone

The black body covering the Bone Fragment, shattered the very concepts of beauty and ugliness with its visual impact. In the edge of the collapsing visual center, a posture that transcended the mundane was presented. Nia’s huge Evil Eye on her chest opened, dragging all gazes into the abyss of emotion.

Twisting, changing, collapsing, it all happened in an instant.

The quiet paradise stirred, as the Transformer Monsters made contact with the disguise. They looked up to the infantile form of the Evil God and began to mimic it without realizing, entering a stage of twisted transformation.

A Red Deer, a fairy of the grasslands, pebbles by the stream, a rose in the garden, fallen wind, a small clump of clover... The paradise came to life. Lyle looked around and counted eleven Transformer Monsters imitating Nia, becoming indescribable entities, like boiling sludge erupting on the spot.

However, the transformation was far from over and seemed as if it would continue for quite some time.

Lyle breathed a sigh of relief, the Transformer Monster’s abilities did not exceed his expectations. They needed time to parse the target’s body and memories, and for a high-ranking being like the infantile form of the Evil God with its complex structure breaking the rules, they would require even more time. The Transformer Monsters couldn’t turn into a complete Nia in a short time; they could only attempt a crude and one-sided mimicry from the fragments of memories they snatched.

Thus, eleven perfectly crafted little girls about four or five years old appeared before Lyle. They wore faces as cute as the young Alianna and looked at Lyle with silly, giggling smiles. The Transformer Monsters could not understand Nia’s being and chose to transform into her simplest human form. The young girls and twisted monsters stood together, with Lyle unconsciously revealing a smile of satisfaction.

"Cute little Nias have multiplied, haven’t they?"

With this, not only had Lyle drawn out the hidden Transformer Monsters, but he also proceeded to the next step of his plan.

Becoming copies of Nia was definitely a bad choice for Vilimlo.

Nia had a very obvious flaw, she was a fool. This was a defect that emerged from when her talents were stripped away during Lyle’s separation to create her infant self. Her soul was immature, her mind no more advanced than that of a five- or six-year-old child, perhaps even younger. And now the Transformer Monsters had replicated her personality and inner self.

To repeat, Nia was a little fool, and she didn’t like to think, nor did she plan to change. Nia very honestly followed her instincts, depending strongly on her other half, Lyle. She left the thinking to Lyle and communicated her hunger to him. All Nia needed to do was fight, wielding her power like a child.

Therefore, eleven Transformer Monsters became replicas with the external appearance of Nia as a young girl and the childlike mentality of Nia, but without the physique or power of the Evil God. Such Nias were no different from mischievous little girls, and they were quite clingy to Lyle.

"Lyle!" "Lyle!" "Lyle!" Surrounded by Transformer Monsters, they tugged at their own clothes and hugged him, laughing.

Lyle felt he was a genius, this was, after all, a successful counter-strategy, wasn’t it? Eleven Nias held hands and circled around Lyle, as the little ones formed a bronze wall and iron barrier around him. Lyle glanced at Mumu, who was still an apple tree and hadn’t transformed into Nia, just smiling at the playful children and Lyle.

"Lyle!!!" Black tendrils snaked through the gaps, and the twisted infant form coiled around Lyle like a serpent. The real Nia puffed up her cheeks and gently pushed away her replicas. "Don’t touch Nia’s Lyle!"

"Don’t touch Nia’s Lyle!"

"Don’t touch Nia’s Lyle!"

"Don’t touch Nia’s Lyle!"

The Nias quarreled, staring down their counterparts with hands on hips. Their standoff didn’t last long before they all burst into laughter, embracing each other and patting each other’s heads. "I am Nia, you are Nia, Nia likes Nia."

Lyle was deeply moved, patting the tendrils teasingly.

"Nia, wouldn’t you like to learn from yourself and not be so petty?"

"Hmm..." The tendrils wrapped around Lyle tightened, and Nia’s tone was sour, "That’s not Nia, there’s only one Nia, and I am that Nia!"

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...

The sound of rumbling stomachs rose and fell, like a continuous roll of drumming. Lyle subconsciously pulled out the pouch of Nia’s rations, only to see a face before him drooling, with a dazed look in its eyes.

"Lyle, Nia is hungry."

"Lyle, Nia is hungry too."

"Lyle, so am I."

They had even mimicked Nia’s abyss-like appetite, wobbling past Nia’s tentacles, tugging at the corners of Lyle’s clothes, looking expectantly at the somewhat deflated pouch.

Should he say that other people’s children are always cuter? Lyle thought to himself. He knew very well that Nia wouldn’t be so polite. She wouldn’t shyly tug at his clothes and act coquettishly. His own Nia would have already sprouted tentacles and pounced on his face, turned the pouch upside down, and feasted on top of his forehead.

Lyle, who had been tormented by hunger ghosts multiple times, was touched, and he clearly understood the consequences of Nia going hungry. For the first ten seconds without being fed, she would act coquettishly. If she still hadn’t been fed, Nia would break down crying, rolling back and forth on the ground in a tantrum. Ten minutes later, she would start to dismantle the house, devouring everything around her. This had happened before. One day, Nia and Chaichai got lost in the Naslan forest. Extremely hungry, she began to fuss and play up, startling the dog. Later, Lyle held Nia, shocked as he watched the round crater in the forest, listening to the Resentful Spirit eyewitness describe the hungry Nia’s efficient drilling operations.

Lyle didn’t know whether the Transformer Monster disguised as Nia would do the same, but he didn’t dare to bet on it. He did not want to see a dozen third-stage Nias.

As he reached his hand into the pouch to share the biscuits with the Nias, it was grabbed. The real Nia had caught his hand, the chitinous head with its big mouth showing sharp teeth, and the Evil Eye on her chest staring intently at Lyle.

If you dare share my rations with them, I’ll get mad at you.

Lyle read this message loud and clear.

For food, Nia began to use her little wits. She stared intently at those huddled, despised copies of herself, deceiving Lyle by acting cute, unforgivable even by her own standards!

"If you’re hungry, then transform into something that doesn’t get hungry, don’t turn into Nia! Go turn into rocks or mud!"

The Transformer Monsters collectively froze, then had a moment of realization, their faces once again breaking into smiles.

"Right, Nia gets hungry, so we’ll stop being Nia!"

"So smart, truly worthy of being Nia myself!"

"Yes, yes, we’ll listen to Nia, and not be Nia anymore."

With Nia’s prompting, the Transformer Monsters, who had become intellectually impoverished by transforming into Nia, suddenly saw the light. They narcissistically praised Nia and one after another, they transformed into stone people or creatures resembling grassland sprites. Even so, the Transformer Monsters still rubbed their little bellies, traumatized.

"That was scary, I almost thought I was going to starve to death."

"Being Nia is so scary."

"Being Nia is so scary."