I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic.

Chapter 726 The Secret of the Shadow Monster

Lonely Mountain City,
After a moment's pause, the shadow monster's body began to twist wildly.

Li Si frowned slightly.

He could feel that he encountered great resistance when trying to control the shadow monster in front of him.

However, this is not without chance.

Li Si's power broke through numerous blockades, and his mental force continued to explore in Richie's body, searching for the core of control.

Caleb stood beside Lis.

Although he didn't know what Li Si was doing, he didn't dare to disturb Li Si.

No matter how Ricky struggled, Li Si easily suppressed him.

Li Si searched patiently inside Richie's body bit by bit, not missing any possible place.

Although Ricky became much stronger after turning into a shadow monster, there was no difference in front of Li Si.

After a moment, Li Si's eyes lit up and he clenched his right hand violently.

Ricky, who was still struggling frantically, suddenly froze in place.

Then, the shadow monster transformed into Ricky's appearance and stayed obediently in front of Li Si.

Caleb looked at Ricky in front of him with a heavy expression.

Ricky now is completely different from when he was drinking before. He has no expression at all, like a wooden man.

Li Si breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Cage in front of him.

It was much more difficult than he had imagined to control the shadow monster in front of him disguised as Ricky.

As a legendary arcanist, Li Si's mental strength and control are much stronger than that of Kent Holden of "Shadow Veil".

[Shadow Veil] Kent Holden is not a mage, but a special profession created specifically to control the Shadow Nest.

The opponent's own strength is not strong, and all of them have been thrown into the Shadow Nest.

After breaking through to the legendary level, Li Si's control over the power of shadow also improved by leaps and bounds.

Although the [Shadow] realm he had mastered had not yet broken through to the legendary level, the distance was not far away.

Before in the Shadow Nest, Li Si tried to control those shadow monsters.

But unfortunately, Li Si did not succeed.

If Kent were here, it would be difficult for Li Si to snatch control of the shadow monster from the other party.

But now, with Kent not present, Li Si was still able to cut off the connection between the shadow monster and Kent.

Li Si felt that with his current control over the power of shadow, he could only control a few shadow monsters at most.

Unlike controlling the clone of faith, he felt all kinds of dark and violent impulses coming from the shadow monster.

Li Si needs to spend a lot of energy to control this shadow monster.

I don’t know how Kent can control so many shadow monsters. Is it because of that Shadow Nest?
Li Si looked at Ricky in front of him, thought for a moment and asked:
"How did you disguise yourself as Ricky?"

"Or in other words, are you Ricky himself?"

Regardless of the performance of this shadow monster when it disguised itself as Ricky, or the perception he gained after Li Si controlled it, he understood that the shadow monster in front of him was intelligent and had independent language ability.

"Master, my ability allows me to devour the target. After digestion, I can gain the other person's appearance, memory, and wisdom."

"I devoured Ricky under the arrangement of the Mother Nest so that I could disguise myself as him."

"Swallow?"

Caleb, who was standing by, looked a little unhappy and asked in a deep voice.

"Does that mean the real Ricky is dead?"

"Yes."

Ricky in front of him said with a blank expression, repeating mechanically like a tape recorder.

After his disguise is revealed, the shadow monster appears to be out of Ricky's mind.

"If that's the case, how did you hide it from the Dwarf King's Court and those legends?"

Li Si continued to ask, this was also the issue he was most concerned about.

In fact, it is very difficult to hide from the detection of the Dwarf Royal Court.

Especially for an important person like the Dwarf Minister Ricky, as long as he enters the Dwarf Palace, he will inevitably be subject to various inspections.

What's more, there are many legendary strongmen in the Dwarf Palace, and there may even be demigods.

But in this case, this shadow monster was still able to hide for so long without being discovered.

This shows the special camouflage ability of this shadow monster.

In fact, if Li Si was not a member of the World Tree and possessed special protection from the main world of Gaia, he would most likely not be able to detect the abnormality in Ricky.

"After devouring Ricky, our consciousness will enter a dormant state, and the body will still be controlled by the devoured personality."

"It's just that we will secretly guide its personality's thinking and make it follow the master's orders."

"what?!"

Caleb found it hard to believe what he heard.

If this is the case, then wouldn't the person being devoured be unaware that he or she is dead and would continue to act according to their previous habits?

Isn't that the same as being the living dead?
No wonder it was able to evade detection by the Dwarf King’s Court and Legends.

In this case, rather than saying that the shadow monster is disguising himself as Ricky, it is more like turning Ricky into the shadow monster's puppet in another more special way.

It is still a puppet that is completely identical to itself, its consciousness has not changed, and its own abilities are not affected.

In this case, it is indeed very difficult to identify it.

Li Si looked at Ricky in front of him and did not ask any more questions.

This method of devouring used by the shadow monster was indeed something he had never heard of.

If you are careful and keep a distance from those top powerhouses, there is a high possibility that you will not be noticed from beginning to end.

It's really surprising!
In the previous life, the evil believers who believed in the King of Shadows were not very prominent in the plot.

No one cares about them, thinking that these people are just used to hiding in the shadows and rarely appear in the eyes of others.

But now it seems that these people are not willing to hide in the shadows.
It's obvious that he's hiding and preparing to do something big!

I don’t know how many people Kent Holden, the [Shadow Veil] in his previous life, controlled in the end?
When Li Si thought of this, he couldn't help feeling a little heavy.

"When did you devour Ricky?"

Li Si thought about it and continued to ask.

"Two months ago, three days before the Fire Festival."

Shadow "Ricky" answered honestly.

so early?
Li Si frowned slightly.

[Veil of Shadows] Kent Holden launched the [Tide of Shadows in Lonely Mountain] event on the day of the Fire Festival.

He was also found by Li Si that day and was scared away by him.

This means that during these few days, the other party may have let the shadow monster devour other people.

"Are all shadow monsters able to devour others and gain their identities?"

Li Si asked in a deep voice.

"No."

The shadow "Ricky" shook his head and said word by word:

"Only companions nurtured in the core of the mother nest can possess wisdom and devour other creatures."

"The rest are defective products."

Hearing this, Li Si breathed a sigh of relief.

That way, the situation wouldn't be so bad.

However, this also means that the Shadow Nest controlled by Kent has the ability to continue to cultivate this special shadow monster.

It is obvious that Kent's most important purpose in coming to Lonely Mountain is to sow discord between the Dwarf Kingdom and the Dwarf Kingdom.

In order to hide this purpose, they even created the "Tide of Shadows" attack.

Thinking of this, many of Li Si's previous doubts were solved.

He had previously felt that the actions of the Church of the Shadow King were somewhat unreasonable.

Sure enough, they had other more important purposes. In other words, there were other people in the Dwarf Kingdom who were impersonated by shadow monsters.

Thinking of this, Li Si felt a little regretful.

When [Shadow Veil] Kent Holden was running away, it would have been nice if he could have left a location mark on him.

I don’t know where this guy has gone now, and it’s hard to meet him again.

And Li Si was sure that this guy would do the same thing in other places.

This is a bit of a headache.

Of course, there is a solution.

Li Si has already memorized the breath of the Shadow Nest and the shadow monster.

If he encounters it again next time, it will be easier for him to tell the difference.

Thinking of this, Li Si shook his head slightly and then asked:

"Besides you, which other dwarf was devoured by you?"

"do not know."

Shadow Ricky said:

"I was the first one to devour. After I finished devouring it, I left the nest. I don't know if there were others after that."

"Ok?"

Li Si noticed a problem and asked:

"So, you devoured Ricky in Shadow's Nest?"

"How did Ricky get to Shadow's Nest?"

Normally, Ricky, as a dwarf minister, should not appear in Shadow's Nest.

Generally speaking, it is also very likely that Ricky was captured by the followers of the Shadow King and taken to the Shadow Lair.

Although this possibility cannot be ruled out, Li Si feels that the problem is likely to be serious.

"I am not sure."

The shadow "Ricky" said calmly:

"But from this person's memory, he took the initiative to go to the mother nest because of his cooperation with Kent."

really!

Li Si understood.

There is something wrong with Ricky himself!

"What is the content of his cooperation with Kent?"

Li Si was a little curious about this.

Logically speaking, as a dwarf minister, Ricky must know how unreliable it is to cooperate with believers of evil gods.

But he still chose to do it.

In other words, Kent must have something that Ricky couldn't refuse.

"If Ricky is willing to cooperate, then the Shadow King will transform him into a shadow creature with eternal life when his life is about to end."

"Kent showed him the ability of his soul to reside in the hive and transform into an avatar to go out and act."

"Tell me in detail, what is this?"

Li Si was a little curious when he heard this.

In response to Li Si's questioning, the shadow "Ricky" did not hide anything and told Li Si everything he knew.

Although he didn't get much from Ricky's memory, it was enough for Li Si.

Li Si also knew what state [Shadow Veil] Kent Holden was in.

Sure enough, everything is related to that shadow nest.

While thinking, Li Si asked the shadow "Ricky" for more information.

Li Si had a premonition that as a member of the World Tree, he would meet Kent again sooner or later.

In this case, Li Si must make preparations in advance.

Kent was frightened by him and fled away.

If he fails to take down Kent in one go next time, it will be really troublesome for him to target him later.

After all, with the special abilities of Shadow Nest, it is still very difficult to target Kent.

However, there is still hope for Li Si.

At the same time, Caleb had a complicated expression on his face.

He was present throughout the whole process, watching Li Si question the shadowy "Ricky".

He also understood what Ricky had done.

If he had been a little angry and sad about the death of his friend before.

If Li Si had not noticed something wrong so quickly, he would have really thought that his friend was innocently killed by the evil god's followers.

But now, how could he not know what was happening?

It is obvious that Ricky has fallen and is associating with the followers of the evil god.

Looking at the list that Li Si got from the other party, there is no doubt that Ricky had done a lot for the evil god believers before he was killed.

For the so-called eternal life?

Caleb was speechless.

He has achieved legendary status and has lived a long life.

Could this be the case for me in the future?
For a moment, Caleb was confused.

But soon, he made up his mind.

Even if he died, he would never go along with the followers of the evil god.

Just at this moment, he saw Li Si turned around and seemed to have ended his questioning.

The shadow "Ricky" also instantly collapsed into a shadow and merged into Li Si's shadow.

"What to do next?"

Caleb asked Li Si without saying anything else.

Li Si nodded and said:
"I understand almost everything now. What's left is to go meet the Dwarf King Preston."

"I think Preston will be grateful for our help this time."

Li Si said with a smile, with some amusement.

After all, from the intelligence he had obtained, he knew that with the help of Ricky, the followers of the Shadow King had already stuffed a lot of people into the royal court.

Although they were all people of unimportant status, Preston would still feel very uncomfortable if he knew about it.

Giving Shadow "Ricky" and this list to Preston would be a big favor.

However, Li Si didn't want this favor for anything.

Just think of it as repaying the help you received before.

Li Si thought this in his heart and left with Caleb.

After all, if you want to meet the Dwarf King, you have to go there in broad daylight.
On the second day,
Lis and Caleb, along with the elves of [Nature's Wrath], walked towards the Dwarf Palace.

Because of the presence of humans and elves, it attracted a lot of attention along the way.

When they arrived in front of the palace, Li Si and others were stopped by vigilant guards.

After Li Si stated his purpose, the dwarf guard's expression changed and he hurriedly left for the depths of the palace.

Li Si looked at the magnificent dwarf palace in front of him leisurely and contentedly, feeling a little emotional.

When he came here with a different identity, he really had a different feeling.

He could feel that several powerful legendary auras inside the palace were observing him.

He had no intention of restraining his aura, but instead spread out his aura in an instant.

There was no other way because I was very low-key when I was disguising myself.

Things are different now!

(End of this chapter)