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However, this method can cause enormous damage to the object being possessed. The influx of a large amount of magic power that is incompatible with the body and soul causes rejection and destruction that is almost devastating.

Even Marilyn's special constitution, which was "blessed" by the moon goddess and could be compatible with almost any magic, became worse and worse after being summoned by the god several times, to the point that Wengerman had to devise a risky plan to leave the cult.

But the situation is urgent now, and Ella can't worry about that anymore.

Chen Yao and his group were not simply trapped in an illusion; they were confined to a bizarre divine kingdom whose mechanisms were unclear even to Ella.

Therefore, the moment Chen Yao raised his hand and opened his mind to accept Ella's magic, she directly took over Chen Yao's body through the authority of the Moon Goddess and her own magic.

Chen Yao felt an excruciating pain, as if he were being burned by flames, instantly engulf his entire body. However, his damaged body was undergoing an unusual process of self-repair under the attachment of the suddenly growing, fine tentacles.

Ella sensed another special divine power within Chen Yao's body that was incredibly similar to hers, as if both were divine powers generated by the authority of life, but that power was clearly much more complex.

The life force of a counterfeit?

Chapter Forty-Nine: The Favored Ones

Previously, when I encountered those tentacle-covered monsters in the Howling Valley, I didn't detect this power. Could it be that it only remains in the bodies of people undergoing transformation or being affected?

Ella had her doubts, but there wasn't enough time for her to think them through.

She casually extinguished the degraded life force that was circulating within Chen Yao's body, and then channeled her own life force into Chen Yao's body through the connection of the Moon Goddess's authority.

The special version of the "Healing Holy Light" split off countless tiny tentacles that frantically repaired Chen Yao's broken body, weaving new limbs along the shocking white bones.

Despite being in excruciating burning pain, Chen Yao could clearly see his body gradually recovering despite the tearing and biting of those howling monsters.

This greatly shocked him, but what he didn't notice was that the whites of his wide eyes were now filled with an abyss-like blackness, and his originally dark pupils had turned into a blood-red crimson.

It felt like a powerful electric current had suddenly pierced my chest, and my heart, now fully restored, pounded violently in my solid chest cavity.

Chen Yao bent his legs, and with his body, he rose from the ground in a bizarre posture, dragging a strange corpse clinging to him.

The burning pain intensified, as if my internal organs were being scorched by a raging fire.

But Chen Yao couldn't make a sound. He only saw his body uncontrollably pull up the longsword from the ground, and black flames he had never seen before appeared in his palm, climbing all the way up to the entire sword.

Four dark, thick hands pushed open the flesh on his back and extended out, transforming into long whips that lashed out at the monstrous corpse that was still tearing at his body.

The monstrous power unleashed by the tentacles on its back swept across the area in just a few strokes, turning the surrounding monstrous corpses into a mangled pulp, and even smashing through the walls of the hut.

Amidst the rising dust, Chen Yao's legs suddenly pushed off the ground, and he raised the knight's sword, imbued with holy fire, and like a black dragon, instantly cleaved through the dense horde of corpses.

Not far away, the archer Xiaolian, who was enveloped in earth element and floated to the ground, was also surrounded by a horde of corpses. Just when she thought she was about to perish, she saw her captain send more than a dozen figures charred by black fire flying with a single sword strike, heading straight for her location.

When did the captain ever use this trick?

Xiao Lian had never seen the black holy flame that seemed to devour all light before. She watched in astonishment as Chen Yao rushed to her side expressionlessly and, without saying a word, hoisted her onto his shoulder.

The surging horde of corpses was like paper under the sword blade covered in black fire; with a single slash of the sword energy, a whole swathe of them were wiped out.

But this situation seemed unstoppable. Ella, who was controlling Chen Yao with a wisp of her divine soul, knew that this guy's body and soul were already nearing their limits.

The exit that originally led out of the town has been sealed off. Unlike when he first arrived, Chen Yao is now deeply immersed in this special divine kingdom.

Simply killing these endless monster corpses won't get them out of here.

Fortunately, Ella noticed something unusual in a corner of the strange town, thanks to the other intruding familiars.

From the perspective of the crows circling above the town, Ella noticed that the edge of the town, near the street exit close to Howling Valley, was filled with white mist.

The area was shrouded in mist, and it was obvious that the branches of the withered trees with hanging corpses around the edge of that misty area were inhibited and could not grow in at all.

Without the slightest hesitation, she manipulated Chen Yao to carry Xiao Lian and rush forward.

Regardless of the situation in that foggy area, Chen Yao's condition no longer allowed Ella to delay.

The four tentacles that grew from Chen Yao's back immediately hooked onto the eaves and windowsills, carrying his exhausted body quickly through the town filled with the zombie horde.

The horde of corpses, with their hands raised high, ran like waves chasing the figure that was rapidly passing overhead. Countless tree branches sprouted in mid-air in an attempt to intercept them, but they were all shattered by Chen Yao's sword.

Entering the thick fog, Ella discovered it was a fork in the road leading up to Howling Valley.

Even though the area was now shrouded in swirling white mist, the familiar route still stirred up her memories.

This road... seems to lead to Besolini's cottage?

However, before Ella could think further, Chen Yao was already on the verge of collapse.

The power of life can restore physical and mental depletion, but the burden generated by divine descent is more like distorting and assimilating the other person's soul.

If Ella continues like this, "Chen Yao" will completely disappear from this body, and Ella will essentially become another soulless humanoid familiar.

Or to put it more simply, Chen Yao will become a corrupted being caused by the contamination of Aila's divine power.

That was certainly not the outcome Ella wanted. She immediately severed the soul link established by the Moon Goddess's authority. Although she didn't know if the fog would be safer than the town, this was all she could do to help.

Therefore, Xiaolian, who was being carried, only saw her captain carry her a few steps in the fog before suddenly collapsing to the ground.

"Brother Chen!?" She anxiously got up from the ground, trying to help Chen Yao, who had fallen to the ground, up.

But the other party, whose body had been restored to its original state, was unconscious, lying on the ground like a wet rag, and its four tentacles had shrunk back into a tattered back, becoming four black marks like tattoos.

Xiao Lian called out a few more times, but Chen Yao naturally did not respond.

Left with no other choice, she had to use her petite shoulders to carry Chen Yao's body and grit her teeth as she walked into the depths of the vast fog.

……

The Imperial City, the National Noble Academy.

Ella snapped out of her daze, and all she could hear was the chattering of several female students.

"Yes, yes, I've heard that Princess Aslan is also very skilled in swordsmanship!"

"Anyway, she definitely can't compare to Lady Ella!"

"Yes, Lady Ella, do you know that your name is being spread all over the sword academy right now!"

"Uh, is that so?" Ella replied instinctively.

She was just distracted by manipulating Chen Yao to escape, and although she was moving in sync with him, she was somewhat bewildered, as if waking from a dream.

However, it was only during the final moment of taking over the body and breaking through the encirclement that her focus was forced to shift, leaving her somewhat dazed. Before that, she was still aware of what she was doing.

During that period, she went from talking with the Duke in the Dean's office, to saying goodbye after completing the formalities and going to the college cafeteria for dinner with the Dean's assistant, to meeting her group of followers who came up to greet her, and now, after dinner, she and her group are on their way to the dormitory area.

It could be said that this entire period consisted of mundane, repetitive tasks, and Ella barely made any effort to interact with others.

However, it seems that the original Ella was quite arrogant and usually ignored everyone, only humiliating them when she felt like it.

So much so that her followers, talking to themselves without getting a response from Ella, didn't seem to mind at all.

Ella had assistants and followers assigned by the academy to help her with the tasks she needed to do, so it didn't really have any impact.

This is roughly... the monotonous life of a duke's daughter.

When Ella realized this, she gave a self-deprecating smirk.

Chapter Fifty: The Little Followers

However, this also led to Ella's sudden reply, which surprised her companions: "Ah!? Oh, yes, yes, Lady Ella, if you want to hear it, I'll tell you in detail!"

Ella glanced at the female student who was overjoyed after receiving the reply. The girl was a blonde with a side ponytail, and in Ella's original memories, she seemed to be the daughter of a count.

But it was only a vague impression, not a deep one. So Ella only knew that the other person was a count's daughter, but had no idea which count she was talking about.

This made Ella feel a little sad. The children of bureaucrats who could wield power and influence the lives of millions in places like Stormport could only be little followers at the Academy.

"It's alright, there's no need to talk about this."

Although her attention was mainly focused on this side, Ella still had some time to control the animal familiars in Grey Gold Town, so she naturally had no interest in chatting with them.

To be honest, if that player team hadn't entered Greygold Town, Ella wouldn't have discovered that there was actually a hidden divine kingdom there.

The real Gray Gold Town is just an empty town with some strange townspeople who perform bizarre rituals, but the Gray Gold Town in the hidden divine kingdom is a desolate and barren place with withered trees everywhere.

It's like being in another dimension, the "other world" of Grey Gold Town.

In Ella's view, the four players were led into a fog by "Zhu Jun" and thus arrived at the Gray Gold Town in the Otherworld.

As a result, Ella's familiars were able to find an opportunity to blend into the fog and enter the Gray Gold Town in the Otherworld, giving her the chance to warn and activate a divine descent to bring Chen Yao and the archer girl to another area of ​​white fog in the Otherworld town that was not disturbed by the withered forest.

Although the withered trees seemed to be aware of Ella's familiar, and the familiars still remaining in the underworld town of Greygold were being hunted by those swaying withered branches, Ella managed to save a raven familiar and fly together into the white mist area where the withered trees couldn't grow.

Unfortunately, the raven didn't have a teleportation marker, so Ella couldn't use it as a teleportation point to send another batch of familiars over.

Ayla had tried it before, but the two familiars with teleportation marks would remain in Gray Gold Town in the real world after entering the fog introduced by "Zhu Jun" and would not be able to reach Gray Gold Town in the other world. Ayla did not yet understand why.

Now, in the present world of Greygold Town, the fog leading to the inner town has long since dissipated, which means that Ella can no longer send new familiars into the inner Greygold Town to continue investigating what exactly is going on.

But as soon as the king died, this strange situation occurred in a small town near the capital. Could there be some connection between the two that I am not yet aware of?

Ella was deep in thought, while her sidekick, upon hearing her reply, looked somewhat disappointed.

"Ah...yes, Lady Ella."

Hey, it can't be that bad.

Ella was speechless when she heard her little follower's sad reply, but after thinking about it, she realized that Grey Gold Town was now far away on the provincial border, and it was unlikely that she could figure out the strange things there right now. It would be better to learn more about the current situation at the academy first.

After all, the most pressing issue is the struggle for succession among the five princes.

So she spoke a few more words to the dejected follower: "But, could you tell me about Princess Aslan?"

Upon hearing this, the follower's eyes immediately lit up again. "My honor, Lady Ella!!"

However, the other followers also started chattering, introducing Princess Femihir Aslan to Ella.

To be fair, these trainees were incredibly well-informed.

Not only did she tell Ella the whole story of Princess Aslan's studies abroad, but she also knew exactly what the princess liked to eat and what color her underwear usually wore.

Despite some unnecessary information in the conversation, Ella finally understood the princess's origins.

Unlike Loren, who preferred to gather the nation's young talents in the capital for training, the Aslan royal family had a long tradition of sending their offspring to other countries for study and experience.

The second princess of Aslan came to Loren to study probably because of this tradition. This country prefers to let its own talents absorb the knowledge and strengths of various races and countries on the continent, and then gather them back.

As for talent development methods, Ella couldn't say which approach was better, but when Femihill arrived in Loren, Ella was in Stormport and Prison playing a resurrection match, so it's no wonder she didn't know.

Even if Ella was in the capital, she was most likely still in the sanctuary. As for things that weren't particularly important, such as what foreign guests the palace received or what international students the academy recruited, Ella probably wouldn't know unless she returned to the academy and made a point of finding out.

However, regarding this matter, although Ye Xiao was a lowly Karami in his previous life and had no access to high-level intelligence, he clearly remembered that after the Five Princes' Succession Struggle, that is, after the Second Prince Ken Betis ascended the throne, the relationship between Loren and Aslan deteriorated.

It's unclear whether this matter has anything to do with the Second Princess.

"Furthermore, Lady Ella, it seems that another highly skilled student has recently joined the Sword Academy. It is said that his swordsmanship is on par with Skadi and Princess Femihill—of course, he is definitely not as good as you, hahaha. But if Lady Ella is interested, we can tell you about him."

Oh, there are experts too?

Ella had considerable faith in the intelligence capabilities of her underlings, so she asked with a hint of curiosity, "And who is this?"

Could it be some princess from the Federal Duchy of Tedeh, or some other exchange student? She gets a little scared when she hears the word "princess" now.

"This is a commoner, who I think used to be an adventurer."

"Oh right, she just passed the recruitment exam today. She has a name from Dongyang, Su Xiyun."

"It is said that he was introduced to His Highness Evans as soon as he entered, and not long ago he even defeated three powerful swordsmanship students from His Highness's faction."

"I heard that she is highly regarded by His Highness the Crown Prince, who has expressed his desire to recruit her into the Knights Order for further study."

The henchmen chimed in one after another, making Ella feel a chill run down her spine.

Goodness, did Su Xiyun get some kind of overpowered protagonist script? She's already connected with the royal family so quickly.

It just goes to show that gold does indeed shine; Ye Xiao missed out on the other party only to be recruited by him.

Judging from this, the guy who approached Su Xiyun back then was very likely connected to the First Prince's faction.

But this is where things get interesting—Dong Hu said at the alliance meeting that the purpose of this collective action to send elite players into the academy was to establish connections with the royal family.

But now it seems that some players already had connections with certain factions within the royal family long before this?

Ella frowned slightly at this thought. Could there be a deeper story behind this?

"His Highness Raymond even sent her a letter inviting her to the ball tomorrow night after he found out about this," another follower added.

"What kind of ball?"

No, the king only died a few days ago, how can there be a ball?

Ella was somewhat baffled. Even if the news of the king's death was kept secret, there was no reason for the royal family to hold a ball at this time. Dancing on a grave?