Angle's Arrogance? My Pact with the Succubus Queen!-Chapter 244: Sudden Change at the Negotiation Table, Elimination!
The Ancestral Spirits nodded and placed their hands on the magic circle.
The fungal threads started to grow wildly, wrapping together and quickly forming a human-shaped frame.
Then, life energy was poured into the frame, and muscles, bones, and organs slowly formed.
This process was very delicate and couldn’t go wrong.
Logan focused completely on controlling the flow of energy, and Amara worked hard to help.
Half an hour later, the human frame was complete, and Philip’s body was successfully rebuilt.
Next came the third step: the fusion of the soul and the body.
Logan picked up the Hero’s Emblem and pressed it against Philip’s chest. He said: "Fuse."
The soul came out of the emblem and entered the body.
At once, Philip’s body began to shake violently. This was a strong rejection between the soul and the body.
But Logan had prepared for this. He immediately used more life energy to force it down.
The rejection slowly weakened, and the soul began to adapt to the new body.
This process lasted ten minutes.
Finally, the rejection completely disappeared, and the soul and body were perfectly fused.
Philip was back to life.
Logan let out a breath and pulled his hands back. He looked at Philip’s face and waited for him to wake up.
A few seconds later, Philip’s eyelids trembled and then slowly opened.
His eyes were clear blue, but in the next moment, a very short black shadow flashed in the center of his pupils. It was gone in an instant.
Logan saw it and frowned.
But before he could look closer, Philip’s eyes closed again, and he fell back into unconsciousness.
His breathing was steady now, but he still wouldn’t wake up.
Logan crouched down and carefully checked Philip’s body.
Everything was normal. His vital signs were stable. His soul was complete. But something was wrong.
He remembered the black shadow he saw just now. Could it be from the Shadow Beings? But when had it been planted? Who did it? How? Logan couldn’t figure it out.
At that moment, there was a noise at the entrance. Darwin had arrived.
He ran into the underground space and saw Philip lying on the ground. His face was full of excitement as he called out: "Philip!"
He ran over and crouched down to check him. He asked urgently: "What’s wrong with him?"
Logan shook his head and said: "His body was rebuilt successfully. His soul was fused completely. But when he woke up, he fell unconscious again. We don’t know why."
Darwin frowned. He reached out and used his Mental Power to scan Philip.
After a few seconds, his face turned serious. He said: "Something’s wrong. There’s something strange deep in Philip’s soul. It’s hidden, but it’s there. It’s like... a seed."
Logan’s eyes sharpened. It was the Shadow Beings.
They had planted it in Philip the moment he was brought back to life.
But Novan wasn’t even there. How was that possible? Could the Shadow Beings plant it from far away? Or was there another way?
Logan looked at the Ancestral Spirits and said: "Check the mycelium."
The Ancestral Spirits nodded and started scanning the mycelium network. Soon, she found something strange. She reported: "Master, the mycelium network is polluted. A small part has been touched by Shadow Energy. It’s very little, but it’s there."
Logan understood. Novan had already polluted part of the mycelium before he died.
During the resurrection process, the Shadow Energy had used the mycelium to get into Philip’s body. It was a clever plan.
Logan asked: "Can we remove it?"
Amara tried to purify it, but soon shook her head and said: "No. The Shadow Beings have already grown. They’re rooted deep in the soul. If we try to remove them, it will hurt the soul."
General Darwin’s face was dark with anger as he said: "That damn Novan! Even after he’s dead, he’s still causing trouble!"
Logan stayed silent.
He looked at Philip, his expression complicated.
He thought the resurrection had gone smoothly, but it turned out he was still played.
But it didn’t matter. It was just Shadow Beings. There had to be a way to deal with them. For now, he needed to focus on other things.
Logan said to Darwin: "General Darwin, take care of General Philip for now. Don’t move him for now. I’ll wake him up once I find a way to get rid of the Shadow Beings."
Darwin nodded and said: "Understood."
Logan stood up and looked toward the entrance. At that moment, Claude and Monet arrived. The two walked into the underground space, looking serious.
Claude said: "Logan principal, we’re here to teach you the [Spirit Palace] Battle Style, as ordered."
Logan nodded. "Thank you."
Claude and Monet moved to the side and started getting ready.
But just then, Logan’s phone rang. It was Natalia.
Natalia said on the phone: "Logan, the Federation’s different groups have all sent people here. The Cabinet, the Tribunal, the Senate, the military... They heard that Philip was brought back to life, and now they want to come to Star Lake to check things out."
Logan frowned.
The news spread fast. It seemed the Shadow Beings had already made a deep root in the Federation, more than he had expected.
He replied: "Tell them to wait outside. I’ll deal with this first, then meet them."
"Yes," Natalia said.
After hanging up, Logan looked at the unconscious Philip, then at the two people preparing to teach him the battle style, and finally at the Yepera’s bones. There were too many things to deal with. But he wasn’t worried. He would take it one step at a time.
But before solving everything, there was still one thing to do. Logan walked over to Philip and crouched down. He placed his hand on Philip’s forehead and used his soul power to scan deeply, looking for any sign of the Shadow Beings.
Soon, he found it.
At the core of Philip’s soul, a black seed was growing very slowly, sprouting bit by bit.
Logan’s eyes turned cold. He whispered: "Novan, wait. I’ll settle this with you soon."
Outside Star Lake, representatives from different factions gathered and were talking loudly.
Inside the underground space, Logan closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body.
The resurrection ritual had cost a lot, but it also brought an opportunity. His soul power had transformed again under pressure.
The 30th star mark lit up quietly.
Now, he officially entered the 30-Star Realm. Although he was still at the peak of the Legend stage and hadn’t become a Saint yet, this path would surely lead him to a much longer road once he reached the Saint stage.
Logan opened his eyes and looked at the black seed that was growing. His eyes were full of determination.
"The storm is coming."
...
At the center of Star Lake, in the main hall of the Lake.
Inside a temporary meeting tent, the atmosphere was heavy.
The long table was filled with representatives from different factions of the Federation.
On the left sat the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Newson, with three cabinet ministers behind him. On the right sat General Darwin, the representative of the Military Committee, with General Camilla beside him.
Council Holt from the Federation Senate sat across from Darwin, and Judge Diablo, the second judge of the Judgement Tribunal, sat alone at the end of the table.
Logan sat at the head of the table, with Natalia and Arthur standing behind him.
Outside the tent, the Ashen Dragon Legion and the Black Ant Army surrounded the area. Every familiar was tense, muscles ready to strike at any moment.
Prime Minister Newson spoke first, his voice calm but full of pressure. "Logan principal, General Philip’s resurrection has caused a big shock in the Federation."
He paused, then looked around the tent at everyone, and continued: "Controlling the dead like this goes against human ethics and breaks the Federation’s laws."
General Darwin immediately countered: "Philip is a hero of the Federation. Bringing him back is the wish of all the soldiers!"
Council Holt tapped the table and said: "Wishes are one thing, laws are another. Logan principal, we need your political promise."
Logan raised his head. A power called [Divine Perception], which he had learned from Yepera’s bones in the past few days, spread silently.
Thirty star marks rotated steadily deep in his soul, each giving off a soft golden glow.
He looked one by one at the people on both sides of the table, and finally stopped on Newson. "What kind of promise?"
Judge Diablo spoke coldly: "Promise that you won’t bring the dead back without Federation approval. This power must be controlled by the Federation as a whole."
The tent fell silent for a moment. Natalia’s voice came into Logan’s mind through Mental Power: "Be careful, Newson is acting strange."
Logan didn’t answer. His Divine Perception had already caught something strange.
Inside the soul cores of the three cabinet ministers, black threads were wrapped around them.
Those threads moved like living things, slowly creeping and eating away at their minds.
They were [Shadow Beings]!
And they weren’t just planted recently. They had been hiding there for at least three months.
Logan suddenly laughed. His laughter sounded out of place in the quiet tent.
Newson frowned and asked: "Logan principal, what are you laughing at?"
Logan stood up, placing both hands on the long table. "I’m laughing at some people. They have bugs crawling all over them, yet they still have time to meddle in others’ business."
As he finished speaking, his Divine Perception suddenly tightened. He locked onto the three cabinet ministers and asked coldly: "You three, those black threads in your souls—don’t they feel tight?"
The faces of the three ministers turned pale.
At the same time, all three suddenly jumped back and broke through the tent’s fabric, rushing out.
"Stop them!" Arthur growled, and his figure turned into a blur as he chased after them.
Natalia followed closely behind, and the Military Committee’s guards also rushed in from both sides.
Logan didn’t move. His eyes stayed locked on Newson.
Newson’s face was pale with anger. His fingers clenched tightly under the table, and shadow energy gathered in his palm.
Outside the tent, an explosion rang out. Three cold energies exploded at the same time, mixed with loud screams.
Arthur and Natalia had to retreat, their protective energy shaking violently.
Logan’s Divine Perception caught everything. As the three ministers ran, the black threads in their souls suddenly tightened and exploded their souls.
This wasn’t suicide. It was a remote-controlled execution.
Their bodies fell to the ground, and their skin quickly turned gray. Their eye sockets were empty, and black liquid still dripped from their mouths.
General Darwin ran out of the tent, knelt down to check the bodies, then looked up at Logan and said: "Their souls are completely destroyed. The leftover energy... it’s Shadow Energy. You were right!"
The remaining representatives inside the tent looked at each other in shock. The tense atmosphere shifted to confusion and fear.
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