Holy Warrior Liu Bei

Chapter 18 Mind-Stealing Tadpole

The orders of the True Souls are not to be questioned!

Andrei hesitated slightly, but Brana showed no fear, even though she knew that the owl bear was not a monster they could defeat.

With unwavering resolve, she regarded him as an enemy of the supreme God and led Andrike away with fervent devotion, even unto death.

"A pathetic and pitiful fanatic."

Yingxin felt no pity for such fanatical followers of "evil gods," only that it was a pity she had chosen the wrong god; if only she had believed in Lady Shar...

"Are you just going to let them go like that, Asdallen?" Gale couldn't quite believe the choice Asdallen had made; it wasn't like him.

"I'll make a bet with you, do you think they'll survive?" Asdallen smiled wickedly.

"That's right, this is the person I know."

Gail didn't respond at all.

"Why let them go? Wouldn't it be better to let them lead us to the goblin camp?"

Leizer's intelligence was clearly not up to par with the other three in the group. He only kept quiet out of consideration for his teammates. Normally, would he have said so much to those people? When Andreik revealed that they were there to hunt down "fugitives," he drew his sword and killed them.

She hadn't forgotten the humiliation she suffered on the Nautilus. After being implanted with the Mind Flayer tadpole, her strength was drastically reduced. If it weren't for the fact that these warrior instincts and combat skills were ingrained in her very being, they would have had no chance to escape from Avernus to Faerûn in the Nautilus, let alone snatch the "Eternal Blade" from Cambyon's hands.

Leezel is seriously considering that once she returns to the Astral Plane, she must include "Disarm Attack" in the list of "Combat Skills" that she must learn. Even if it's just her squad, they must train it to be second nature!

Leizer's little scheme was naturally unknown to the others, and the question she raised made the other three think she was a bit slow-witted.

To appease this muscle-bound warrior, it was ultimately decided to let Shadowheart explain.

Although conflicts often occurred between the two, after spending these few days together, Yingxin always chose to back down, and she also realized that Leezer was just being stubborn and argumentative.

"Those two believers are completely useless now. We have Mind Flayer tadpoles in our heads, which the people of the Supreme God Cult can recognize. For the people of this cult, those with tadpoles are True Soul Masters, and True Soul Masters are their leaders."

"Instead of taking the two of them with us, why don't the four of us infiltrate as True Soul Masters!"

After speaking, Yingxin pondered for a moment and then raised her question: "There seems to be a big difference between these True Soul Beings and us. They are controlled by the Supreme True God, but we seem to have broken free from this control."

"So, we have more tasks now, and for no apparent reason, why are we the special ones?"

Asdalon stood up, and while Shadowheart and Lyezel were explaining, he sensed something and dug the "Mind Flayer Tadpole" out of the head of the dead True Soul Aid, Eduard.

"Look, this little thing is wriggling inside our heads!"

Asdallen pinched the tadpole's tail, and the tadpole kept wriggling.

Looking at the wriggling tadpole, he suddenly felt a strong urge, a feeling even stronger than that of sucking blood, which urged him to "eat" the tadpole!

Just like on a nautilus, you "eat" it with your eyes!

In his eyes, the tadpole grew larger and larger, its twisting head with sharp teeth and claws getting closer and closer.

There was no fear, only the allure of power!

"Asdallen!"

Gale's angry shout awakened Asdalon's thirst for power.

He broke out in a cold sweat, his eyes no longer filled with the desire for power, but with fear as he stared at the writhing "tadpole" in his hand, filled with deep unease. If it weren't for Gail's angry shout, he would probably have already fallen into the abyss.

Gail said softly, "Give this to me! I'll keep it safe. Perhaps we can solve the problem in our heads by studying it."

The controller of Asdalon himself did not crush it into pieces; reason told him that Gale was right.

Asdell breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Gale put the tadpole into a small glass bottle.

He roused himself and said, "What did I just say? Don't you guys have any thoughts on this?"

For a moment, no one answered.

No one can clearly explain why they are the special one.

However, Asdallen noticed the expressions on the three people's faces; they said nothing, yet seemed to have said everything.

Gale's face first showed a hint of arrogance, as if he believed that his specialness was due to the "thing" inside him. But after the arrogance, he immediately became dejected, after all, he was not the only one who was special.

Yingxin hesitated, her hands restlessly resting on a certain part of her body.

If Asdallen remembers correctly, that's the sphere that Shadowheart wanted to bring back even though she lost her memory.

As for Lyezal, Asdallen never tried to glean any hidden information from her expression. This Githyanki wasn't the type to hide anything; her single-mindedness and average intelligence made her the most easy to understand person in the group. She said everything without any hesitation, which was quite annoying!

"In that case, let's put this topic aside for now and go find those two sweethearts. What do you say, let's see how they're doing?"

Asdallen once again became the one to liven up the atmosphere.

"Are you an idiot? If you care so much about those two, why did you let them go in the first place?"

Leizer's performance remained consistently strong.

"Don't be so impulsive. I'm just worried that the two of them won't be able to take down that owl bear."

"Why are you suddenly concerned about Owl Bear's affairs? Do you really think you're a True Soul Master now? Thinking of protecting those two?"

"Of course not!" Asdalon denied Lyezel's claim. "I'm just thinking that letting that owl-bear roam freely in this forest isn't a good idea! While Gale and Shadowheart still have spell slots available, we should kill that thing now. After all, this is one of the essential routes out of the woodlands. Even if we're not afraid of it, things could still get complicated if we wait too long. What if there are spellcasters in that goblin camp who can control owl-bears..."

"Asdellen is right, the presence of that owl bear is already threatening the people living nearby!" Shadowheart added, then cried out in pain.

It's that mark on the hand again!

After rescuing the little girl from the Tiflin, Asdalon noticed Shadowheart's unusual behavior.

Now he finally confirmed that as long as Yingxin wanted to do good deeds, the mark on her hand would cause her pain.

Is it Ms. Shar's mark?

Asdallen wasn't entirely sure.

After all, Lady Shar's followers didn't have a good reputation, especially the Night Judges. They weren't exactly infamous in Faerûn, but they were only slightly better off than these vampire offspring.

Therefore, people like Asdalon, who were not fond of Ms. Shar, did not know much about some of the things inside her.

But Yingxin is really strange!

She is clearly kind-hearted, so why did she become a follower of Shar?

And the marks on his hands seem to have a story behind them!

"In that case, let's do it for the sake of the woodland. If even these followers of the Supreme God cannot protect themselves under His rule, then he is an even greater threat to ordinary people!"

Gale made the final decision: "But wait a moment, I need to prepare some spells for the battle against the Owl Bear!"