The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 806 - 424: Intervention of Hell?

Chapter 806: Chapter 424: Intervention of Hell?

Ivita’s expression was peculiar, "Can the insect race from the Chaos Abyss still be loyal to others?"

The insect queen said with a beseeching face, "Yes, yes, my Lord. The insect queen of the Chaos Abyss can divide her own soul fragments for you, and as long as you hold my soul fragment, you can kill me at any time."

"At most, I am equivalent to having two masters. But this is the Magic Black Forest, not the southern Chaos Abyss. As long as I don’t approach the Chaos Abyss, I can obey your commands."

Ivita’s expression grew even stranger.

Seeing Ivita’s strange expression, the insect queen hurriedly said, "I possess the Power of Primordial Chaos from the Chaos Abyss. Just give me some time, and I can breed as many insects for you as needed. I am truly useful."

Ivita coldly said, "I think, your swarm army is still rapidly approaching our location. Are you trying to buy time here?"

Ivita raised his magic wand again.

The insect queen realized her last sliver of hope was shattered and quickly handed over her soul fragment to Ivita, "Master, you misunderstand. These forces are coming to pledge loyalty to you."

Ivita took the seemingly ethereal soul fragment, controlled it with Light Soul, and, utilizing the fragment, seemed to pierce through all the secrets of the insect queen lying on the ground before him.

Its thoughts, the Gene Essence hidden within its body...

And Ivita could also feel the insect queen’s panicky and angrily anxious emotions.

From the insect queen’s soul body, Ivita sensed the chaotic consciousness of those swarms, which could hardly be considered living beings—calling them biological puppets wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

Perhaps, the Chaos Abyss too, like himself now, came to control the swarms.

It was only now that Ivita noticed, the insect queen was a flawed life form. Its soul seemed to be inherently missing a part, which normally in human souls represented reason, appreciation for art, and capabilities only higher beings possess.

But the insect queens were clearly not a group of oblivious lunatics.

Their reason seemed to stem from a certain larger collective consciousness located far south, a collective that carried their higher cognitive functions and bestowed upon them the ability to think critically.

’No wonder the swarm is so hostile toward humans, it turns out they completely lack the higher brain functions of humans,’ Ivita thought. ’But observing such a soul has deepened my understanding of soul-related knowledge.’

’This will help me create my own Dark Soul in the future.’

Ivita also noticed that although he controlled the insect queen, that great collective consciousness from the far south had not withdrawn its support for the higher cognitive functions of the queen he now controlled.

Rather, upon sensing Ivita’s presence, it surprisingly showed some goodwill and continued to support the higher cognitive functions of the queen under Ivita’s control.

’What’s going on?’ Ivita thought puzzled.

This highest consciousness of the swarm even tacitly allowed an outsider through the queen to control the swarm and seemed quite pleased.

Was it intending to use this method to expand the power of the swarm?

Ivita came back to his senses and focused on his body in the real world. He did not trust the insect queen who had willingly submitted to him and pointed his magic wand at the queen’s forehead.

The insect queen trembled in fear. "My Lord, what are you going to do?"

"I have already submitted to you, ah."

Ivita asked, "What’s your name?"

"I... We high-ranked insects have names like humans; I am called Jinx, the insect queen."

Jinx, the insect queen, answered honestly.

Ivita nodded, inserting a delayed release "Doomsday Bell Curse" into the queen’s soul. "I have placed a curse on you. Once released, you will certainly die."

"Every fortnight, I will delay this curse for you."

"But if you don’t come to me within half a month, then you will die under this curse since I have placed it into your soul, so you better not think that the Chaos Abyss can help break the curse."

Jinx breathed a sigh of relief; it was just that. After all, it had long been bound by various threats from the Chaos Abyss and was accustomed to such matters.

In its view, Ivita’s actions rather proved its safety.

Ivita, transformed into a falcon, flew back towards his own territory, while Jinx, the insect queen, hastily followed.

It now had a new master.

By the time it returned to the territory, Rayli and Black Wolf were still holding off the anthropomorphic insect people who had infiltrated the land.

Ivita dropped from the sky and stood between the two groups.

Rayli and the knights were initially stunned, then as if finding their leader, were very welcoming of Ivita’s return.

Rayli shouted, "Your Highness, you’ve finally returned. That sudden black gate that appeared, it was your doing, wasn’t it? You saved us."

Black Wolf warned Ivita, "Your Highness, be careful, these are not humans, they are our enemies."

The knights were not as close to Ivita as Rayli and Black Wolf, but Ivita had once been the savior here, and was their Lord, who had created the prosperity of the territory.

Therefore, they too had smiles on their faces and felt relieved seeing Ivita.

Ivita scanned the group. "You also fail to recognize the enemy. That these swarms infiltrated the territory and you noticed nothing at all."