【Bloodline Seal Lifting】

With this line of system prompts appearing in front of Rod, a bright red magic array suddenly appeared at Marlene's feet out of thin air, and then four chains suddenly appeared out of thin air, entangled around Marlene's arms and legs. And at this moment, Marlene also gritted her teeth and snorted, her right hand holding Rod's hand. Her face was incomparably pale, bright red, and a blood-like glow emerged from her body, gradually absorbed by the magic array under her feet.

"Uh............ Ah............h

Although Rhodes didn't know how intense the pain was for Marlene, she could feel it from the moment she was holding her left hand, it was definitely not a pain that ordinary humans could endure. At this moment, Marlene's right hand had completely grasped Rod's palm, and the sharp nails had torn through the skin and penetrated deep into the flesh. Judging from the clenched teeth and the pale complexion, if she opened her mouth at this time, she would have let out a terrible scream.

But all Rhodes could do was wait.

[Bloodline Seal Lifted ——— Progress 30%]

The girl's body began to tremble violently, it was not Marlene's will, but completely because the body had exceeded the limit of patience, and began to struggle instinctively, trying to break free from this painful desperate situation. But the chains were clearly meant to prevent that from happening, and no matter how much Marlene struggled, the four chains bound her body. At this time, the girl has completely lost her reserve, twisting her body desperately, and she almost wants to leave at all costs, as if she has fallen into a trap and is crazy beast.

"Uh............ Woo!! Woo!! ”

A creepy roar came from the girl's mouth, echoing in this peaceful space, and even made people's hearts chill, the girl's lips had been bitten out of blood. She stared blankly ahead. The left hand tried to withdraw from the fire in front of him. But no matter how much she struggled, her left hand seemed to be caught in the fire, and she couldn't break free.

[Bloodline Seal Lifted——— 60% Progress]

Gradually, Marlene stopped struggling, not because the pain in her body was gone, on the contrary, the life and magic that had passed from the girl at this moment had even made her make the ability to struggle. The girl held her head high. His eyes stared blankly at the starry sky in front of him, and his body trembled like a dying frog from time to time, but other than that, he was not angry at all, as if he had completely died. At this time, Anne and Lijie couldn't bear to look at it anymore, although they could reasonably accept that Marlene had chosen this way of sacrifice herself, but seeing her instinctive struggle before dying, it was impossible to say that the two of them did not want to destroy this magic array at all costs to save Marlene. But even so, they can't escape. I could only stand behind, grit my teeth, and stare at the scene in front of me, but I didn't know what to do.

[Bloodline Seal Lifted——— Progress 80%]

"Damn, hurry up!"

Looking at the system prompt in front of him, Rod couldn't help but scolded angrily in a low voice. He had never felt like time was moving so slowly, and he could feel Marlene's soul dissipating and her body starting to grow cold. Even the last shred of consciousness that he had retained seemed to have crumbled under the intense pain that had been there before. But now Rhodes has nothing to do, he has already made a decision. To put it bluntly, the final plan is just a gamble, and he doesn't know whether it can really succeed, all Rhodes can do is increase the success rate itself, but even this will not guarantee 100% success.

[Bloodline Seal Lifted ——— Progress 90%]

Marlene's body no longer trembled, and the glow of her magic and soul was faint and almost invisible. In the blank eyes, the last trace of the brilliance of life is slowly disappearing. Instead, on the tinder in front of him, a strange round bright red magic array gradually emerged, which seemed to divide the inside of the tinder itself. Then it wrapped the whole tinder with the blood that seeped out, and spread it like a fire. This marked the imminent liberation of the seal, and Rhodes was on his toes, staring at the scene in front of him.

It's coming soon.

Rod muttered to himself, then clenched the Fantasy Stone in his hand. There was only one way he could come up with to save Marlene, and if Rod's prediction was not wrong, and everything that the girl said before was true, then when the progress of the bloodline seal was lifted to 100%, it would mark Marlene's natural death. In other words, Marlene was completely dead by that time. And because of this, the other "Marlene" was able to enter Marlene's body after leaving the seal and merge into a new existence. Although he is not a necromancer, he has dealt with the Night Kingdom for so long in the game, and tens of thousands of lichs have died under Rod's hands, and Rhodes is still very clear about the basics of transferring souls. As in many movies, when the soul is transferred, the living sacrifice will provide a greater power. But in case of an unexpected situation, such as the heroine suddenly exploding or something, forcibly expelling the soul that has broken into her body, it will be a complete failure. In contrast, a fresh corpse that has just died is more suitable for the lodgement and resurrection of the soul.

Although this setting is beneficial to the other party, Rod himself is not without a little way. He relied on only one, and that was to summon swordsmen.

Summoning a swordsman is a profession that comes to battle by awakening sleeping souls on earth, signing a contract with them, and sealing cards. Among them, two are the most important, one is to awaken the soul, and the other is to summon the soul summoned by the swordsman, which must be the existence of the original plane. It can't be like a summoning mage, but only the product of the otherworldly realm.

For Rod, this was the last method he chose.

The summoning swordsman has a skill ——— the language of the soul. Summoning a swordsman requires awakening the sleeping souls of the present world and then signing a contract with them, and this skill is required. This skill is not considered a talent, nor is it swordsmanship. Therefore, it is not possible to level up by investing skill points to increase proficiency and success rate, but it is the most important skill for summoning swordsmen, and this is how each of Rod's cards comes from.

And other than that. This skill also has another effect, which is to forcibly awaken the sleeping soul, communicate with the opponent without the soul core, and seal it into a card after obtaining the consent of the opponent. But this function Rod has never used, because awakening the soul without a soul core requires the consumption of all the soul power of the holder. Use the power of the summoned swordsman himself to create a card for the soul that can be used to host the soul. And that's not all. In this case, it is not always possible to awaken the sleeping soul, so the failure rate is much higher. So Rhodes never did that, especially after getting the Holy Sword deck, and he basically just looked at his face, and he didn't need to fill his library in this way.

Although it is not without a soul core in Rod's hands, considering the particularity of Marlene's soul, the ordinary soul core not only cannot withstand her strength, but may even have a certain impact on Marlene. At present, Rhodes does not have a lord-level soul core in his hands to use, and the boarding cards condensed with his own soul power are the purest. Don't worry about that.

Therefore, the method that Rhodes finally chose was to use the infinite soul power of the [Fantasy Magic Stone] to use the [Soul Language] infinitely, from the moment of Marlene's death, he used her body as a medium to reawaken the soul, and then signed a contract before the other party seized Marlene's body, so that at the cost of Marlene's own body, Rhodes could seal Marlene into the card, and then he only needed to designate a position of primordial essence to Marlene. Then she can follow Rhodes forever in physical form. As for the other "Marlene", she didn't get the body, and she estimated that she would eventually be completely devoured and wiped out by the power of the awakened fire.

But. It wasn't necessarily smooth, the most important thing was whether Rhodes would be able to wake up Marlene's own soul before another soul could enter Marlene's body, and it was uncertain. Rhodes also knew that souls like Marlene who died because of their devotion were generally very traumatized, and even most likely lost their own will and were completely unable to respond to their own calls. Once Marlene was unable to respond to Rod's call. Then after another soul entered Marlene's body, the connection between her original soul and the last trace of this body was broken, and after that, Rod didn't know where to go to find relics related to Marlene's body to awaken her soul.

Of course, this Rhodes had already explained everything to Marlene. And I also hope that she can cooperate with her actions, but these are just theories after all, and whether it can be so smooth when it comes to action is only God knows.

[Bloodline Seal Lifted-98%-99%-100%, Seal Lifted]

【Ready to enter the ignition procedure of the Tinder Source】

It's now, seeing the moment the system prompts in front of him to skip this line, Rod's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he grabbed Marlene's hand hard, turned his head, and soon, the bright and dazzling summoning circle burst out from the back of Rod's hand, and the lines shining with magic brilliance extended all the way down Rhode's body, just in the blink of an eye, the summoning circle suddenly covered the bodies of Rod and Marlene, and after losing the chain bondage, Marlene's body was suspended in mid-air, At this moment, her eyes no longer had the slightest life, and her whole body was extremely cold, there was no heartbeat, no breathing, and everything had entered an absolute eternal silence.

"Marlene, wake up!"

Holding Marlene's hand tightly, Rod shouted angrily, but the girl who was suspended in the summoning circle did not respond at all, and it ended with Rode's call. The originally bright summoning circle suddenly dimmed, and since Marlene's soul did not respond to Rod's summons, the system had already determined that the [Soul Language] effect had failed this time.

"Damn it, Marlene!"

Sensing the rapid passage of soul power in his body, Rhodes cursed under his breath and then called out again. But this time, Marlene still didn't react, and the soul grammar array that had been reactivated by Rhodes re-infusing the soul power was also flickering and dimming. This made Rhodes feel even more anxious, since just now, he had released the [Soul Language] five times in a row, but none of them succeeded, although he felt that Marlene's soul was connected to her body, but it was lifeless, as if it had been completely broken and split into pieces. Could it be that he was just thinking about ordinary death, and didn't take the factor of bloodline sealing into account? Or did the predecessors of the Shania family make such a setting when they designed the seal?

"Marlene!"

The summoning circle dimmed from time to time, and then brightened again. Then it dimmed again. With the help of the [Fantasy Magic Stone], Rhodes has now activated the [Soul Language] no less than thirty times, but Marlene's soul still has not reacted in the slightest. And at this time, suddenly, a message appeared in front of Rod's eyes.

[The seal is completely lifted]

With this message, the strange bright red magic array on the source of the fire suddenly spread. Then it disappeared like a light smoke, and then, the figure of an ethereal girl slowly leaned out of the tinder, she pressed the hand of Marlene on the tinder with one hand, and looked at the man in front of her with a smile.

"It seems that you still haven't given up."

"Do you think I'll give up so easily?"

Rod looked coldly at this girl who looked exactly like Marlene, if the other party had done something in Marlene's body before to prevent her soul from being awakened. Rhodes had also considered such a possibility before. But even so? Rod himself doesn't care about being despicable and shameless, so naturally he won't accuse others of being shameless and indecent. Since it has been done, then we can only find a way to solve it, and complaining about others will not solve any problems.

"I don't think you either, but unfortunately, it seems that the one who wins in the end is still me."

In the face of Rod's inquiry, the girl smiled a little. Then her body slowly left the source of the fire and stretched out her hand. Without hesitation, he integrated into Marlene's body. Rhodes wanted to stop him, but now he was holding Marlene in one hand trying to awaken her soul, and the other hand was holding the Fantasy Stone to replenish his energy, and he didn't have the energy to care about this strange woman anymore. But...............

Is it really helpless?

I don't know what it is, but at this moment, Rod's mind suddenly recalled the words that Christie had asked Masty to bring to him——— "Her importance to Miss Marlene is clear, though. But it's still different from Miss Christie and herself. ”

The seal of the soul, the bloodline is lifted, and it is integrated into the body of the soul, can it be said that it .........

"Marlene!!"

The girl in front of her was about to enter Marlene's body. Rod roared again, this time he did not hesitate to condense all the soul powers, and poured them all into Marlene's sleeping soul without the slightest reservation, and feeling this strong stimulation, Marlene's body trembled suddenly, and then, she suddenly opened her eyes.

The burgundy eyes shone with unprecedented brilliance.

"Luo ............ Virtue ........."

Marlene's voice came from the void, and at this time, the girl who was about to enter Marlene's body changed her complexion, and then she suddenly trembled, as if she was electrocuted, and desperately retreated. And her hands, which had already melted into Marlene's body, began to quickly retract from Marlene's body. But at this time, Rhodes suddenly found that the girl's hand was collapsing rapidly, as if it had lost its restraints, shattering and splitting.

"No, how so? For what? Why would this be the case?! ”

At this moment, the girl completely lost her previous calmness, she stared at the corpse of Marlene in front of her in horror, as if something should not have happened, as if suddenly the earth stopped rotating, and the apple did not fall to the ground but flew into the sky, subverting all common sense of despair and horror. At this moment, she completely lost the calmness she had when she was eager to look forward to her body, but she looked extremely frightened. On the contrary, Marlene, who had reawakened, stretched out her hand at the moment and watched her quietly.

"Come back........."

"No......... It's not like that, I'm not..................!!! ”

Screaming in despair, the girl's soul began to writhe, but Marlene only waved her hand, and soon, several golden threads of magic completely bound her soul in mid-air.

What's going on?

Rhodes and the others looked curiously at the soul of Marlene, who had reawakened, and the soul body that was struggling desperately, trying to escape from her grasp. The situation suddenly changed shape in an instant, just like the originally vicious demon king suddenly turned into a little monster, and the princess who was trembling and waiting to be eaten turned into the final boss.

What a hyper-expansion is this?

"Rhodes ......"

Marlene turned her head and looked at the man in front of her with a smile. And Rod did not shy away from looking at her, from those burgundy eyes, all he saw was trust and strong love, as always, without the slightest change.

"My body is dead, so I'll leave it to you next."

"I know it."

Hearing Marlene's words, Rod sighed, then he glanced at Marlene's body suspended beside him, then released his left hand and raised it high.

"Reawakened soul, I am here calling for your coming, are you willing to use your soul as a contract, always follow my side, and fight for me!"

"I will, Rod, and I will be with you forever until eternal destruction!"

Marlene smiled at Rod's inquiry and replied without hesitation, and then she stretched out her right hand and placed it on Rod's left hand, and at the same time, a card appeared in their hands.

“——————！！”

Suddenly, a huge golden magic circle suddenly erupted from under Marlene's feet, and it looked like some kind of magic formation composed of countless huge gears, and the incomparably powerful surging magic filled the entire space in an instant. Marlene was suspended above the sky, and at this moment, she seemed to have become the master of the center of this incomparably powerful circle. And at this moment, two pillars of light suddenly rose from the ground, and then, two figures slowly walked out of it.

"I know that Sister Marlene will not let us down."

Christie floated quietly in the air, looking at Marlene with her usual smile. Hearing Christie's words, Marlene also smiled slightly.

"Time is running out, so let's take the next ritual."

On the other side, a girl in a plain black dress said quietly, and then she quietly floated to Marlene's side. and Christie and Marlene form a symmetrical triangle. Seeing this scene, Rhodes and the others looked at the sky in front of them with some curiosity, not knowing what would happen next.

"Just as I agreed with my lord thousands of years ago, the fire will eventually be ignited, and the light of order will finally dispel chaos."

"Just as I made my lord a thousand years ago, fate is changing, and the infinite void will once again envelop the earth."

The two sang softly, then looked at Marlene in front of them and said in unison.

"Adhering to the will of the Senate........."

"In the tradition of the Senate........."

"Here, I take the demon god of fate - Christie. Nabellis's name ........."

"Here, I take the demon god of history - Alice. Damdamdamest's name ......"

"Recognize the Six Pillars Demon God, the Demon God of Knowledge - Magelinte. Asclus is back in third place! (To be continued......)