Chapter 251
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"…Do anyone of you have any idea on what we should do?" Alina said as she stared at the three women in front of her. Uncertainty was present in her eyes as she continued talking. "I… I am not as intelligent as Alex, so I am not suited for things like this. That's why… I humbly ask you all for your help."
"Hohoho, so even you can actually swallow your pride. Don't tell me that you can even eat emotions?" Astria replied jokingly as she giggled at Alina.
"B**ch, just shut up and cooperate here." Alina replied she let out a sigh.
Today really is not a good day for Alina, and the appearance of Astria just made this day worse.
"…Fine then, I shall listen to what you said." The wheel-chaired woman replied as she glared at Alina.
"…"
"…"
"Ehem, ehem, so does anyone here have any ideas already?" Queen Mother hurriedly said as she tried to diffuse the tense atmosphere once more. "We can't just stay talking idly like this…"
"…"
After hearing what Queen Mother said, the tension on Alina and Astria's eyes disappeared, as they remembered the thing that they should be doing now.
But before anyone amongst the four women could start giving their own ideas, someone's voice butted in on their conversation.
"Queen Mother, come here please. I managed to come up with a good way to initiate the agreement with Lingo, and I will need your help for this."
The one who said these words was Alex, who seemed to be already done talking with [Asteria]. Right now, he was staring at the girls' huddle with slight suspicion on his face, although he was trying his best to not show it.
"Me? You need me?" Queen Mother replied with surprised as she pointed to herself. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, yes, of course I am sure." Alex replied quickly as he tilted his head. "Why would you even doubt me now?"
"…Okay then, here I come." This was the only answer that Queen Mother could give, as the enthusiastic expression on Alex's face shows that he indeed is of need with Queen Mother's assistance.
Queen Mother has no choice but to follow Alex, as refusing him might lead to a bad situation.
"…" As Queen Mother approached Alex, Alina's eyes narrowed as she let out another sigh.
"Tsk, now we lost the chance to formulate a plan. Not only that, but there's a chance that this situation will get messier!" Alina thought to herself angrily as she gritted her teeth. "Knowing Alex, I know that he's already suspicious of what we are doing earlier. I'm sure that he will try to pry about what we are doing later! I cannot allow that to happen!"
As she continued gritting her teeth, Alina's gaze landed on [Asteria] who seemed to be oddly cheerful as of now.
Alina resisted her urge to pet the blonde fairy as she thought to herself,
"As for that blob inside Alex, maybe I will consult [Astera] about that later. Surely, she has some ideas that can help us out here…"
After having these thoughts inside her mind, Alina's tense expression started to calm down, as she had now a plan on what to do.
"So first things first. I must find a way to talk with [Asteria] personally…" Alina thought to herself as she stared at [Asteria] once more. "Well, well, well, how should I lure a dumb fairy to come with me?"
*************
AROUND THE TIME THAT THE DEVOURER FACTION WAS ATTACKED
As he saw Queen Mother walking slowly towards him, Alex could not help but feel suspicious as he scanned the emotions emanated by Queen Mother right now.
There's uncertainty, fear, and panic inside Queen Mother, and to Alex's surprise, he could feel these same emotions on Alina, Astria, and even Professor Frances!
As he received this feedback with this emotion scan, Alex could not help but feel suspicious of the four, as he remembered seeing them having a private talk earlier.
"Did they discover something that made them this worried?" Alex thought to himself as he metaphorically cupped his chin. "Hmm… should I ask them about it?
"…"
After a few seconds of internal deliberation, Alex let out a deep breath as he decided to put his suspicions to the sidelines first.
"I can just investigate the matter about the women later. For now, I must deal with Lingo first!"
As Alex made this decision, he looked at Lingo, who was looking back at Alex with the same pleading expression that he had since earlier.
As he stared at the prisoner's eyes, Alex could not help but smile as he thought to himself,
"You're lucky that [Asteria] has a good idea now…. If not for her, you could have been doomed to stay here!"
It was at that point that Queen Mother arrived, with her deep, earthy smell rousing Alex from his thoughts.
"Good, good." Alex muttered to himself as he looked at Queen Mother's body that was exploding in vitality. "You are powerful enough to pull this off…"
After saying these words, Alex gave Queen Mother a nod as he placed his hand on her right shoulder. "Queen Mother, are you ready now?"
"You haven't told me on what I should do, but fine, I think I can manage…."
"Hehehe, now that's what I'm talking about!"
"…"
After having this small talk with Queen Mother, Alex looked back at Lingo as he decided to start the negotiation with him now.
"Oi Lingo, I have some good news for you. I already have a decision regarding your offer." Alex said these words with an arrogant tone in his voice, as if he was not happy on what he was doing now. "Listen to what I will say, and make your decision after that. Do you understand?"
"I UNDERSTAND MILORD! JUST SAY WHATVER YOU WANTED TO SAY, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANALYZE IT!"
"Ok, ok. So first of all, I have decided to accept your offer to make an Unbrekable Pact. But-"
"OH THANK YOU MILORD! I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOUR MERCIFULNESS NOW!"
"But aside from that pact, I wanted to place one more safeguard regarding our alliance." Alex said as his voice turned cold. "Another safeguard in our alliance would be acceptable to you, right?"
"MILORD IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SAFEGAURD IS…"
"Of course I know about that." Alex replied as he waved his hands nonchalantly. "But you should not be worried about the safeguard. After all, the safeguard is just Queen Mother planting something inside your body."
"PARDON MILORD?"
"I said, the safeguard will be Queen Mother planting something inside your body." Alex said as his voice turned neutral. "Surely your feeble mind can understand what I am saying, right?"
"YES MILORD I CAN UNDERSTAND IT…" Lingo replied with a deflated expression on his face. "YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU WANTED TO USE A WORLD TREE'S CREATION TO RESTRICT MY ACTIONS…"
"Exactly." Alex replied as he nodded his head. "I have no idea if the Unbreakable Pact can guarantee my safety, so I decided to use Queen Mother's to restrict you more. With her plant inside you, I have no qualms about allying with you!"
"…"
What [Asteria] had suggested to Alex earlier was simple.
By using her life creation powers and with the aid of Professor Frances, Queen Mother can create a parasitic plant which could take root inside Lingo's body.
Since the parasitic plant was already a living being on its own, it will not be affected by the Origin Devouring Chains, as those chains only affect literal powers themselves.
Once inside Lingo'sbody, the parasitic plant will quickly grow inside his body, occupying any vital points!
Once that happens, Queen Mother basically has the control all over Lingo's life.
Since the Unbreakable Pact was supposed to be Unbreakable, then there should have been no problem with allying with Lingo.
But if Lingo manages to exploit a loophole in the Unbreakable Pact, then Queen Mother will just use her pheromones to activate the parasitic plant inside Lingo's body!
So if the parasitic plant were to be planted inside Lingo, Lingo will have no choice but to be a good ally to Alex.
However, there was just one problem regarding this parasitic plant.
For this parasitic plant to be planted inside Lingo, Lingo must first allow it to be planted.
If Lingo does not agree for this plant to be placed inside him, then it won't grow inside him at all.
Sure, this rule might sound foolish, but with the unfair advantage that this parasitic plant already has, a limitation like this was just a way to make things fair.
"Tsk, fair my ass." Alex thought to himself as he waited for Lingo to give his reply. "If Lingo does not agree to my terms right now, then it will be impossible for Queen Mother to place the plant inside him. In that case, I can just wish that he will agree. Well… with the situation that he is in right now, he must be desperate to escape. There could be around 60-70% chance that he will agree… After all, I am his only hope right now to be free…"
"…." Just as expected, Lingo was surprised and perturbed by Alex's offer.
Lingo even went quiet for a few minutes as he looked like he was deeply pondering Alex's words.
It was only when Alex was about to feel impatient that Lingo started to talk.
"MILORD… IF YOU PLANT THE PARASITIC PLANT INSIDE ME, WILL THAT STAY INSIDE ME FOREVER?"
As Alex heard this question from Lingo, he could not help but smile as he knew that he had baited the fish already.
"Of course not. As long as you serve me well, I will remove the parasitic plant inside you."
"REALLY MILORD?"
"Hmph, don' tell me that you doubt me? What gall!"
"AH MILORD! I DON'T MEAN IT THAT WAY!"
'Hmph, don't worry about it. I will include that matter about the parasitic plant in the Unbreakable Pact later. So you should be assured that I will free you in the future!"
"MILORD…. IN THAT CASE, I SHALL ACCEPT YOUR DEMANDS THEN."
"Good…" This was all that Alex could say as he nodded his head. "Good, good, good!"
Now that Alex had the agreement with Lingo, there will be no more delays with their alliance!
Everything is now going according to his plans!
But for all of these to happen, Queen Mother has to plant the parasite first.
With this thought in his mind, Alex looked at Queen Mother as he told her,
"Well then Queen Mother, it seems like you have some work to do now. If you want, we can also assist you. Just say the word, and we will-"
Whatever words Alex was trying to say was cut-off, as he suddenly felt danger approaching him from above.
"Hah!"
Alex let out a shout as he leapt forward, dragging Queen Mother with him as he tried to get away from his current position.
"Boom!" As Alex's feet landed on the ground, he heard an explosive sound coming behind him.
Alex looked back, and there he saw a white spear of light, which collided with Lingo's forehead.
The white spear disintegrated upon impact, and the resulting blast from it had rocked Lingo's head backwards, and it managed to elicit a roar of pain from him.
"MILORD! SOMEONE ATTACKED ME!"
"Yeah, I know, I know." Alex muttered to himself as he adjusted his positioning. "I just saw it happening, okay?"
"…"
After saying these words, Alex looked up at the sky, as he knew that the attacker came from above.
"Motherf****rs…" As Alex's eyes observed the night sky, he could not help but curse out with what he saw.
Alex saw hundreds of people descending towards them in droves, with all of them riding some kind of space vehicles, and most of them equipped with weapons.
Leading these people were the kimono woman that Alex saw at the arena earlier.
The kimono woman's kimono was gone, as she was now wearing a glowing white armor which covered her whole body.
"…"
As Alex's eyes roved all over the white armor, his body could not help but tighten up as if he felt threatened by the armor.
Behind the kimono woman were the little boy and the bratty teenager, who were her Companions.
These two still looked like they were bored, although they were also equipped with lethal-looking weapons.
"F**k, the Celestial Faction has decided to attack us now? Why didn't they just attack the Devourer Faction? And where the hell did they get all those weapons and vehicles?" Alex thought to himself angrily as he regrouped with Alina and the Symbolists.
"Boom!" Just a second after Alex's regrouping, he felt danger descending towards them again.
Alex looked up, and he saw the white spear of light descending once more, but this time around, it was headed towards him!
"@*%)(*)@!" Alex thought angrily to himself as his Abyss Sage robes started to glow menacingly. "You want a fight you fricking Celestials? Hmph, then we shall give you a fight!"
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"…Do anyone of you have any idea on what we should do?" Alina said as she stared at the three women in front of her. Uncertainty was present in her eyes as she continued talking. "I… I am not as intelligent as Alex, so I am not suited for things like this. That's why… I humbly ask you all for your help."
"Hohoho, so even you can actually swallow your pride. Don't tell me that you can even eat emotions?" Astria replied jokingly as she giggled at Alina.
"B**ch, just shut up and cooperate here." Alina replied she let out a sigh.
Today really is not a good day for Alina, and the appearance of Astria just made this day worse.
"…Fine then, I shall listen to what you said." The wheel-chaired woman replied as she glared at Alina.
"…"
"…"
"Ehem, ehem, so does anyone here have any ideas already?" Queen Mother hurriedly said as she tried to diffuse the tense atmosphere once more. "We can't just stay talking idly like this…"
"…"
After hearing what Queen Mother said, the tension on Alina and Astria's eyes disappeared, as they remembered the thing that they should be doing now.
But before anyone amongst the four women could start giving their own ideas, someone's voice butted in on their conversation.
"Queen Mother, come here please. I managed to come up with a good way to initiate the agreement with Lingo, and I will need your help for this."
The one who said these words was Alex, who seemed to be already done talking with [Asteria]. Right now, he was staring at the girls' huddle with slight suspicion on his face, although he was trying his best to not show it.
"Me? You need me?" Queen Mother replied with surprised as she pointed to herself. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yes, yes, of course I am sure." Alex replied quickly as he tilted his head. "Why would you even doubt me now?"
"…Okay then, here I come." This was the only answer that Queen Mother could give, as the enthusiastic expression on Alex's face shows that he indeed is of need with Queen Mother's assistance.
Queen Mother has no choice but to follow Alex, as refusing him might lead to a bad situation.
"…" As Queen Mother approached Alex, Alina's eyes narrowed as she let out another sigh.
"Tsk, now we lost the chance to formulate a plan. Not only that, but there's a chance that this situation will get messier!" Alina thought to herself angrily as she gritted her teeth. "Knowing Alex, I know that he's already suspicious of what we are doing earlier. I'm sure that he will try to pry about what we are doing later! I cannot allow that to happen!"
As she continued gritting her teeth, Alina's gaze landed on [Asteria] who seemed to be oddly cheerful as of now.
Alina resisted her urge to pet the blonde fairy as she thought to herself,
"As for that blob inside Alex, maybe I will consult [Astera] about that later. Surely, she has some ideas that can help us out here…"
After having these thoughts inside her mind, Alina's tense expression started to calm down, as she had now a plan on what to do.
"So first things first. I must find a way to talk with [Asteria] personally…" Alina thought to herself as she stared at [Asteria] once more. "Well, well, well, how should I lure a dumb fairy to come with me?"
*************
AROUND THE TIME THAT THE DEVOURER FACTION WAS ATTACKED
As he saw Queen Mother walking slowly towards him, Alex could not help but feel suspicious as he scanned the emotions emanated by Queen Mother right now.
There's uncertainty, fear, and panic inside Queen Mother, and to Alex's surprise, he could feel these same emotions on Alina, Astria, and even Professor Frances!
As he received this feedback with this emotion scan, Alex could not help but feel suspicious of the four, as he remembered seeing them having a private talk earlier.
"Did they discover something that made them this worried?" Alex thought to himself as he metaphorically cupped his chin. "Hmm… should I ask them about it?
"…"
After a few seconds of internal deliberation, Alex let out a deep breath as he decided to put his suspicions to the sidelines first.
"I can just investigate the matter about the women later. For now, I must deal with Lingo first!"
As Alex made this decision, he looked at Lingo, who was looking back at Alex with the same pleading expression that he had since earlier.
As he stared at the prisoner's eyes, Alex could not help but smile as he thought to himself,
"You're lucky that [Asteria] has a good idea now…. If not for her, you could have been doomed to stay here!"
It was at that point that Queen Mother arrived, with her deep, earthy smell rousing Alex from his thoughts.
"Good, good." Alex muttered to himself as he looked at Queen Mother's body that was exploding in vitality. "You are powerful enough to pull this off…"
After saying these words, Alex gave Queen Mother a nod as he placed his hand on her right shoulder. "Queen Mother, are you ready now?"
"You haven't told me on what I should do, but fine, I think I can manage…."
"Hehehe, now that's what I'm talking about!"
"…"
After having this small talk with Queen Mother, Alex looked back at Lingo as he decided to start the negotiation with him now.
"Oi Lingo, I have some good news for you. I already have a decision regarding your offer." Alex said these words with an arrogant tone in his voice, as if he was not happy on what he was doing now. "Listen to what I will say, and make your decision after that. Do you understand?"
"I UNDERSTAND MILORD! JUST SAY WHATVER YOU WANTED TO SAY, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANALYZE IT!"
"Ok, ok. So first of all, I have decided to accept your offer to make an Unbrekable Pact. But-"
"OH THANK YOU MILORD! I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOUR MERCIFULNESS NOW!"
"But aside from that pact, I wanted to place one more safeguard regarding our alliance." Alex said as his voice turned cold. "Another safeguard in our alliance would be acceptable to you, right?"
"MILORD IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SAFEGAURD IS…"
"Of course I know about that." Alex replied as he waved his hands nonchalantly. "But you should not be worried about the safeguard. After all, the safeguard is just Queen Mother planting something inside your body."
"PARDON MILORD?"
"I said, the safeguard will be Queen Mother planting something inside your body." Alex said as his voice turned neutral. "Surely your feeble mind can understand what I am saying, right?"
"YES MILORD I CAN UNDERSTAND IT…" Lingo replied with a deflated expression on his face. "YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU WANTED TO USE A WORLD TREE'S CREATION TO RESTRICT MY ACTIONS…"
"Exactly." Alex replied as he nodded his head. "I have no idea if the Unbreakable Pact can guarantee my safety, so I decided to use Queen Mother's to restrict you more. With her plant inside you, I have no qualms about allying with you!"
"…"
What [Asteria] had suggested to Alex earlier was simple.
By using her life creation powers and with the aid of Professor Frances, Queen Mother can create a parasitic plant which could take root inside Lingo's body.
Since the parasitic plant was already a living being on its own, it will not be affected by the Origin Devouring Chains, as those chains only affect literal powers themselves.
Once inside Lingo'sbody, the parasitic plant will quickly grow inside his body, occupying any vital points!
Once that happens, Queen Mother basically has the control all over Lingo's life.
Since the Unbreakable Pact was supposed to be Unbreakable, then there should have been no problem with allying with Lingo.
But if Lingo manages to exploit a loophole in the Unbreakable Pact, then Queen Mother will just use her pheromones to activate the parasitic plant inside Lingo's body!
So if the parasitic plant were to be planted inside Lingo, Lingo will have no choice but to be a good ally to Alex.
However, there was just one problem regarding this parasitic plant.
For this parasitic plant to be planted inside Lingo, Lingo must first allow it to be planted.
If Lingo does not agree for this plant to be placed inside him, then it won't grow inside him at all.
Sure, this rule might sound foolish, but with the unfair advantage that this parasitic plant already has, a limitation like this was just a way to make things fair.
"Tsk, fair my ass." Alex thought to himself as he waited for Lingo to give his reply. "If Lingo does not agree to my terms right now, then it will be impossible for Queen Mother to place the plant inside him. In that case, I can just wish that he will agree. Well… with the situation that he is in right now, he must be desperate to escape. There could be around 60-70% chance that he will agree… After all, I am his only hope right now to be free…"
"…." Just as expected, Lingo was surprised and perturbed by Alex's offer.
Lingo even went quiet for a few minutes as he looked like he was deeply pondering Alex's words.
It was only when Alex was about to feel impatient that Lingo started to talk.
"MILORD… IF YOU PLANT THE PARASITIC PLANT INSIDE ME, WILL THAT STAY INSIDE ME FOREVER?"
As Alex heard this question from Lingo, he could not help but smile as he knew that he had baited the fish already.
"Of course not. As long as you serve me well, I will remove the parasitic plant inside you."
"REALLY MILORD?"
"Hmph, don' tell me that you doubt me? What gall!"
"AH MILORD! I DON'T MEAN IT THAT WAY!"
'Hmph, don't worry about it. I will include that matter about the parasitic plant in the Unbreakable Pact later. So you should be assured that I will free you in the future!"
"MILORD…. IN THAT CASE, I SHALL ACCEPT YOUR DEMANDS THEN."
"Good…" This was all that Alex could say as he nodded his head. "Good, good, good!"
Now that Alex had the agreement with Lingo, there will be no more delays with their alliance!
Everything is now going according to his plans!
But for all of these to happen, Queen Mother has to plant the parasite first.
With this thought in his mind, Alex looked at Queen Mother as he told her,
"Well then Queen Mother, it seems like you have some work to do now. If you want, we can also assist you. Just say the word, and we will-"
Whatever words Alex was trying to say was cut-off, as he suddenly felt danger approaching him from above.
"Hah!"
Alex let out a shout as he leapt forward, dragging Queen Mother with him as he tried to get away from his current position.
"Boom!" As Alex's feet landed on the ground, he heard an explosive sound coming behind him.
Alex looked back, and there he saw a white spear of light, which collided with Lingo's forehead.
The white spear disintegrated upon impact, and the resulting blast from it had rocked Lingo's head backwards, and it managed to elicit a roar of pain from him.
"MILORD! SOMEONE ATTACKED ME!"
"Yeah, I know, I know." Alex muttered to himself as he adjusted his positioning. "I just saw it happening, okay?"
"…"
After saying these words, Alex looked up at the sky, as he knew that the attacker came from above.
"Motherf****rs…" As Alex's eyes observed the night sky, he could not help but curse out with what he saw.
Alex saw hundreds of people descending towards them in droves, with all of them riding some kind of space vehicles, and most of them equipped with weapons.
Leading these people were the kimono woman that Alex saw at the arena earlier.
The kimono woman's kimono was gone, as she was now wearing a glowing white armor which covered her whole body.
"…"
As Alex's eyes roved all over the white armor, his body could not help but tighten up as if he felt threatened by the armor.
Behind the kimono woman were the little boy and the bratty teenager, who were her Companions.
These two still looked like they were bored, although they were also equipped with lethal-looking weapons.
"F**k, the Celestial Faction has decided to attack us now? Why didn't they just attack the Devourer Faction? And where the hell did they get all those weapons and vehicles?" Alex thought to himself angrily as he regrouped with Alina and the Symbolists.
"Boom!" Just a second after Alex's regrouping, he felt danger descending towards them again.
Alex looked up, and he saw the white spear of light descending once more, but this time around, it was headed towards him!
"@*%)(*)@!" Alex thought angrily to himself as his Abyss Sage robes started to glow menacingly. "You want a fight you fricking Celestials? Hmph, then we shall give you a fight!"
"Do anyone of you have any idea on what we should do?" Alina said as she stared at the three women in front of her. Uncertainty was present in her eyes as she continued talking. "I I am not as intelligent as Alex, so I am not suited for things like this. That's why I humbly ask you all for your help.""Hohoho, so even you can actually swallow your pride. Don't tell me that you can even eat emotions?" Astria replied jokingly as she giggled at Alina."B**ch, just shut up and cooperate here." Alina replied she let out a sigh.Today really is not a good day for Alina, and the appearance of Astria just made this day worse."Fine then, I shall listen to what you said." The wheel-chaired woman replied as she glared at Alina."""""Ehem, ehem, so does anyone here have any ideas already?" Queen Mother hurriedly said as she tried to diffuse the tense atmosphere once more. "We can't just stay talking idly like this"""After hearing what Queen Mother said, the tension on Alina and Astria's eyes disappeared, as they remembered the thing that they should be doing now.But before anyone amongst the four women could start giving their own ideas, someone's voice butted in on their conversation."Queen Mother, come here please. I managed to come up with a good way to initiate the agreement with Lingo, and I will need your help for this."The one who said these words was Alex, who seemed to be already done talking with Asteria. Right now, he was staring at the girls' huddle with slight suspicion on his face, although he was trying his best to not show it."Me? You need me?" Queen Mother replied with surprised as she pointed to herself. "Are you sure about that?""Yes, yes, of course I am sure." Alex replied quickly as he tilted his head. "Why would you even doubt me now?""Okay then, here I come." This was the only answer that Queen Mother could give, as the enthusiastic expression on Alex's face shows that he indeed is of need with Queen Mother's assistance.Queen Mother has no choice but to follow Alex, as refusing him might lead to a bad situation."" As Queen Mother approached Alex, Alina's eyes narrowed as she let out another sigh."Tsk, now we lost the chance to formulate a plan. Not only that, but there's a chance that this situation will get messier!" Alina thought to herself angrily as she gritted her teeth. "Knowing Alex, I know that he's already suspicious of what we are doing earlier. I'm sure that he will try to pry about what we are doing later! I cannot allow that to happen!"As she continued gritting her teeth, Alina's gaze landed on Asteria who seemed to be oddly cheerful as of now.Alina resisted her urge to pet the blonde fairy as she thought to herself,"As for that blob inside Alex, maybe I will consult Astera about that later. Surely, she has some ideas that can help us out here"After having these thoughts inside her mind, Alina's tense expression started to calm down, as she had now a plan on what to do."So first things first. I must find a way to talk with Asteria personally" Alina thought to herself as she stared at Asteria once more. "Well, well, well, how should I lure a dumb fairy to come with me?"*************AROUND THE TIME THAT THE DEVOURER FACTION WAS ATTACKEDAs he saw Queen Mother walking slowly towards him, Alex could not help but feel suspicious as he scanned the emotions emanated by Queen Mother right now.There's uncertainty, fear, and panic inside Queen Mother, and to Alex's surprise, he could feel these same emotions on Alina, Astria, and even Professor Frances!As he received this feedback with this emotion scan, Alex could not help but feel suspicious of the four, as he remembered seeing them having a private talk earlier."Did they discover something that made them this worried?" Alex thought to himself as he metaphorically cupped his chin. "Hmm should I ask them about it?""After a few seconds of internal deliberation, Alex let out a deep breath as he decided to put his suspicions to the sidelines first."I can just investigate the matter about the women later. For now, I must deal with Lingo first!"As Alex made this decision, he looked at Lingo, who was looking back at Alex with the same pleading expression that he had since earlier.As he stared at the prisoner's eyes, Alex could not help but smile as he thought to himself,"You're lucky that Asteria has a good idea now. If not for her, you could have been doomed to stay here!"It was at that point that Queen Mother arrived, with her deep, earthy smell rousing Alex from his thoughts."Good, good." Alex muttered to himself as he looked at Queen Mother's body that was exploding in vitality. "You are powerful enough to pull this off"After saying these words, Alex gave Queen Mother a nod as he placed his hand on her right shoulder. "Queen Mother, are you ready now?""You haven't told me on what I should do, but fine, I think I can manage.""Hehehe, now that's what I'm talking about!"""After having this small talk with Queen Mother, Alex looked back at Lingo as he decided to start the negotiation with him now."Oi Lingo, I have some good news for you. I already have a decision regarding your offer." Alex said these words with an arrogant tone in his voice, as if he was not happy on what he was doing now. "Listen to what I will say, and make your decision after that. Do you understand?""I UNDERSTAND MILORD! JUST SAY WHATVER YOU WANTED TO SAY, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANALYZE IT!""Ok, ok. So first of all, I have decided to accept your offer to make an Unbrekable Pact. But-""OH THANK YOU MILORD! I WILL NEVER FORGET ABOUT YOUR MERCIFULNESS NOW!""But aside from that pact, I wanted to place one more safeguard regarding our alliance." Alex said as his voice turned cold. "Another safeguard in our alliance would be acceptable to you, right?""MILORD IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE SAFEGAURD IS""Of course I know about that." Alex replied as he waved his hands nonchalantly. "But you should not be worried about the safeguard. After all, the safeguard is just Queen Mother planting something inside your body.""PARDON MILORD?""I said, the safeguard will be Queen Mother planting something inside your body." Alex said as his voice turned neutral. "Surely your feeble mind can understand what I am saying, right?""YES MILORD I CAN UNDERSTAND IT" Lingo replied with a deflated expression on his face. "YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU WANTED TO USE A WORLD TREE'S CREATION TO RESTRICT MY ACTIONS""Exactly." Alex replied as he nodded his head. "I have no idea if the Unbreakable Pact can guarantee my safety, so I decided to use Queen Mother's to restrict you more. With her plant inside you, I have no qualms about allying with you!"""What Asteria had suggested to Alex earlier was simple.By using her life creation powers and with the aid of Professor Frances, Queen Mother can create a parasitic plant which could take root inside Lingo's body.Since the parasitic plant was already a living being on its own, it will not be affected by the Origin Devouring Chains, as those chains only affect literal powers themselves.Once inside Lingo'sbody, the parasitic plant will quickly grow inside his body, occupying any vital points!Once that happens, Queen Mother basically has the control all over Lingo's life.Since the Unbreakable Pact was supposed to be Unbreakable, then there should have been no problem with allying with Lingo.But if Lingo manages to exploit a loophole in the Unbreakable Pact, then Queen Mother will just use her pheromones to activate the parasitic plant inside Lingo's body!So if the parasitic plant were to be planted inside Lingo, Lingo will have no choice but to be a good ally to Alex.However, there was just one problem regarding this parasitic plant.For this parasitic plant to be planted inside Lingo, Lingo must first allow it to be planted.If Lingo does not agree for this plant to be placed inside him, then it won't grow inside him at all.Sure, this rule might sound foolish, but with the unfair advantage that this parasitic plant already has, a limitation like this was just a way to make things fair."Tsk, fair my ass." Alex thought to himself as he waited for Lingo to give his reply. "If Lingo does not agree to my terms right now, then it will be impossible for Queen Mother to place the plant inside him. In that case, I can just wish that he will agree. Well with the situation that he is in right now, he must be desperate to escape. There could be around 60-70% chance that he will agree After all, I am his only hope right now to be free""." Just as expected, Lingo was surprised and perturbed by Alex's offer.Lingo even went quiet for a few minutes as he looked like he was deeply pondering Alex's words.It was only when Alex was about to feel impatient that Lingo started to talk."MILORD IF YOU PLANT THE PARASITIC PLANT INSIDE ME, WILL THAT STAY INSIDE ME FOREVER?"As Alex heard this question from Lingo, he could not help but smile as he knew that he had baited the fish already."Of course not. As long as you serve me well, I will remove the parasitic plant inside you.""REALLY MILORD?""Hmph, don' tell me that you doubt me? What gall!""AH MILORD! I DON'T MEAN IT THAT WAY!"'Hmph, don't worry about it. I will include that matter about the parasitic plant in the Unbreakable Pact later. So you should be assured that I will free you in the future!""MILORD. IN THAT CASE, I SHALL ACCEPT YOUR DEMANDS THEN.""Good" This was all that Alex could say as he nodded his head. "Good, good, good!"Now that Alex had the agreement with Lingo, there will be no more delays with their alliance!Everything is now going according to his plans!But for all of these to happen, Queen Mother has to plant the parasite first.With this thought in his mind, Alex looked at Queen Mother as he told her,"Well then Queen Mother, it seems like you have some work to do now. If you want, we can also assist you. Just say the word, and we will-"Whatever words Alex was trying to say was cut-off, as he suddenly felt danger approaching him from above."Hah!"Alex let out a shout as he leapt forward, dragging Queen Mother with him as he tried to get away from his current position."Boom!" As Alex's feet landed on the ground, he heard an explosive sound coming behind him.Alex looked back, and there he saw a white spear of light, which collided with Lingo's forehead.The white spear disintegrated upon impact, and the resulting blast from it had rocked Lingo's head backwards, and it managed to elicit a roar of pain from him."MILORD! SOMEONE ATTACKED ME!""Yeah, I know, I know." Alex muttered to himself as he adjusted his positioning. "I just saw it happening, okay?"""After saying these words, Alex looked up at the sky, as he knew that the attacker came from above."Motherf****rs" As Alex's eyes observed the night sky, he could not help but curse out with what he saw.Alex saw hundreds of people descending towards them in droves, with all of them riding some kind of space vehicles, and most of them equipped with weapons.Leading these people were the kimono woman that Alex saw at the arena earlier.The kimono woman's kimono was gone, as she was now wearing a glowing white armor which covered her whole body.""As Alex's eyes roved all over the white armor, his body could not help but tighten up as if he felt threatened by the armor.Behind the kimono woman were the little boy and the bratty teenager, who were her Companions.These two still looked like they were bored, although they were also equipped with lethal-looking weapons."F**k, the Celestial Faction has decided to attack us now? Why didn't they just attack the Devourer Faction? And where the hell did they get all those weapons and vehicles?" Alex thought to himself angrily as he regrouped with Alina and the Symbolists."Boom!" Just a second after Alex's regrouping, he felt danger descending towards them again.Alex looked up, and he saw the white spear of light descending once more, but this time around, it was headed towards him!"@*%*@!" Alex thought angrily to himself as his Abyss Sage robes started to glow menacingly. "You want a fight you fricking Celestials? Hmph, then we shall give you a fight!"
