Chapter 202: Chapter 200: Human and Magic Puppet Fusion?

"The array’s attack seems to have stopped?"

The City Lord and Vanessa exchanged a glance and rushed over quickly.

Each of them was holding one person. As they approached, the bishop, wounded, flew over to join them.

"Let me watch over these two heretics. The two of you join forces and deal with this strange heretic together."

They nodded, tossing the heretics in their hands to the bishop, then turned to look at the water droplet still frozen in midair.

They surrounded it. The City Lord eyed the figure cautiously. "Who are you, really? Name yourself."

Vanessa also said, "You’re already surrounded. Don’t even think about struggling—there’s no way to escape. Surrender now. The Holy Court grants special treatment to high-tier mages."

’Jode’ inside the water droplet didn’t speak, and the droplet gradually began to collapse.

Bang!

The water droplet shattered with a roar, revealing Jode inside.

The next second, his clothes suddenly burst apart, exposing his face to everyone.

When they saw the figure beneath the hood, everyone was shocked.

"A magic puppet?"

Hilia was also stunned, saying in her heart, "This troublesome heretic turned out to be a magic puppet? No one discovered it until now? The mage controlling it is still hiding?"

It wasn’t just Hilia—even Vanessa and the City Lord, who had surrounded ’Jode,’ and the bishop taking away the two heretics, were startled as well.

Their reactions were just like Hilia’s. The first thing that came to mind was the hidden manipulator lurking in the shadows.

The two surrounding the ’magic puppet’ exchanged glances, their eyes rapidly communicating.

They both thought of two strategies: defeat the ’magic puppet’ and then find the mage, or pin down the ’magic puppet’ while one of them searched for the ’mage.’

While they were thinking about tactics, the ’magic puppet’ stood motionless. It looked in Hilia’s hiding direction and a hoarse, deep voice rang out—

"I...卡蒂?"

"No...you...Anos...that’s not right either..."

"Who...are you really?"

Hilia couldn’t help but look toward Rose’s spectral figure.

She could feel that the ’magic puppet’ was speaking to her.

But considering what it said, maybe—it was actually speaking to Rose who existed in her mind?

"He mentioned the names of the Ice and Snow Goddess and the Water God... Could he really be the Evil God from the deep sea? So that Roster actually exists?" The girl could hardly believe it.

The identity as a god brought a powerful sense of oppression to Hilia, making her breath quicken.

Rose said indifferently, "No matter who he was before, now he’s just a pitiful wretch who can only possess a body made from a human and a magic puppet merged together."

"What? A human fused with a magic puppet?"

Hilia was stunned.

"Is it possible for a human to merge with a magic puppet?"

"Under the mighty force of a god, nothing is impossible." He smiled. "Maybe this isn’t Roster at all, but even the God of the Ocean, Ethel?"

Hilia immediately shook her head. "No way it’s the God of the Ocean, he’s possessed a heretic’s body!"

"I’ve possessed the Holy Court’s Saintess myself, so why couldn’t he possess a heretic?" Rose said with a leisurely smile.

"No, that’s not it. The way he talks, he seems very hostile toward the Ice and Snow Goddess and the Water God." Hilia still shook her head firmly.

Rose burst out laughing but didn’t continue speaking.

At that moment, the standoff above was broken by Jode’s—or more precisely, Ethel’s—action.

The City Lord and Vanessa didn’t understand why this ’magic puppet’ would mention the names of the Ice God and the Water God, and because of the direction it focused on, they gazed at the empty plaza.

But when it moved, their already taut nerves immediately responded, issuing orders to the magic puppet—make the magic puppet charge at the enemy.

Then, a holy radiance began to glow from Vanessa.

She was assisting the magic puppet in battle.

At the same time, she looked to the City Lord and said, "Lord City Lord, please help find the mage hiding in the shadows."

The City Lord nodded confidently. "Rest assured, as long as he’s inside Southern Border City, I’ll find his location immediately!"

After speaking, he immediately immersed his mind in adjusting the array.

Without the City Lord’s support, Vanessa and her magic puppet could still stand firm against this bizarre ’magic puppet,’ but the pressure was enormous.

This magic puppet seemed only Tier Four, but whether the water element magic or the shadow magic it wielded, both outstripped typical Tier Four spells.

Vanessa even felt the opponent might be Tier Five in strength.

But for a Tier Five, this little power seemed not quite right either.

Seeing the opponent so strong, she adjusted her tactics, choosing a defensive approach to buy time until the City Lord found the hidden mage.

Yet after several minutes, there was still no movement from the City Lord’s end.

Vanessa stole a glance and saw the City Lord sweating, obviously anxious but helpless.

"No luck?" Vanessa asked.

"No sign at all. There are some weak surges of magic power, but none like a mage capable of controlling a magic puppet."

"Send people to check."

"Alright." The City Lord nodded, connecting with the butler via his wristband to order people to investigate the sources of those magic power waves.

The results came back quickly—none of them were it, only low-tier mages in the city, whose excitement during the battle caused them to accidentally leak their magic power.

"The enemy might be outside the city," the City Lord said.

"Send people to check outside too," Vanessa said.

"Mm."

Then, the City Lord joined the fight again.

Below, Hilia was also secretly controlling the array, quietly assisting Vanessa and the City Lord.

She had gotten carried away earlier, drawing suspicion from the City Lord and Vanessa, so now she couldn’t take any more risks.

With the immediate threat before them, they might be suspicious, but had no time to investigate.

If she kept it up, they would probably focus their search on the array, since it’s vital to the safety of the entire city.

Without the protection of the array, their high-altitude battle would have already destroyed the city sections below through collateral damage.

Even with the array in place, some areas below hadn’t escaped unscathed—several buildings had already been wrecked.

Luckily, the battle was taking place above the plaza, surrounded by park buildings where few people were. If some unlucky soul was inside, well, they were just out of luck.

"Fighting inside the city is still too limiting." Vanessa frowned.

"No, we can’t go outside the city. Inside, we have the array’s support. If we fight outside, we’re no match at all." The City Lord shook his head immediately. "The bishop got hurt fighting out there."

"Don’t worry, Vanessa. I’ve already told the butler to evacuate nearby residents, coupled with the array’s protection. Fight with your full strength! Take down this magic puppet, and then we can find the mage lurking in the shadows!"

"Good. With you here, I’m relieved."

An even more powerful holy light erupted from Vanessa, like the sun, illuminating the entire city.

But not only did she let loose.

Their enemy—the ’magic puppet’ radiating blue-black light—was growing increasingly impatient as well.

"You... troublesome pests... get lost!"

A terrifying aura, as if divine power itself, surged from his body!