CHAPTER 1036: 1033: HOW DO YOU DO IT?

The shock that went through both Corey and Pamela’s hearts was something that could not be easily put into words.

They never expected Syrelle who had been with them from the beginning of this cycle, to actually be a puppet of the Clown.

How did it happen?

When did it happen?

Where did it happen?

These three questions were the main questions on the minds of Corey and Pamela, and no matter how much they racked their brains for the answer, they had none.

’How was he able to turn an Immortal into his puppet? Yes, he’s strong, but to turn an Immortal into his puppet? I feel like that’s a feat that should not be possible for a Tier 6.’

Corey looked at the Clown with an incomparable solemn gaze, and then he shifted his gaze to Syrelle who was slowly approaching the Clown with a blank expression.

’And I was thinking of convincing her to join us in the fight against the Clown. Although she might not be able to defeat him, with the help of her brother, I was fairly certain that both of them would be able to keep the Clown busy while I fuse with the world tree, and then with the three of us along with Pamela, we’ll find a way to kill or seal the Clown even with the Book of Death.’

’But now, Syrelle is on his side, and things just went from bad to worse.’

Corey inhaled and exhaled softly as he looked at the Clown. For some reason, he felt like the Clown was becoming somewhat unfathomable the more he looked at him.

It was not a matter of his presence, but his... madness and insanity.

It’s like his madness and insanity was so unfathomable to the point that it nearly overwhelmed a part of Corey’s senses.

’He might be more dangerous than anybody I’ve ever fought.’

Corey looked in the direction of the world tree, and then he made his decision.

"I’m going to fuse with the world tree." He told Pamela, and although Pamela was suspicious of the Clown and did not believe that he would not interfere with the fusion in any way, she did nothing to stop Corey from going to the world tree.

With the addition of Syrelle, she knew things had truly gone from bad to worse.

"Be careful though."

That was all she said in response to Corey’s words, and then Corey teleported both of them to the crown of the world tree.

Unlike the previous timeline where they were ruthlessly attacked by the world tree, there was no attack from the world tree this time around.

Corey had two guesses why this was so.

’The world tree sapling in my sea of consciousness, and the actions of the Clown.’

Corey observed the world tree for a few moments, and then he began fusing with the world tree.

As Corey removed the death qi from the world tree, Pamela decided to converse with the Clown while making sure to protect Corey no matter what.

"So..." She glanced at the blank expression of Syrelle. "How many puppets do you actually have? You killed two of your puppets, and you surprised us with another. Do you have more?"

She asked one of the most important questions that was on her mind, and the Clown tilted his head with a smile.

"Hmm. Who knows. It’s going to be a surprise though. I can promise you that."

Pamela’s face stiffens for a moment as the worst case scenarios she could think of emerged in her head.

’Nope. I’m just overthinking it.’ She denied all her thoughts, and then she asked another question.

"How do you do it? How do you make people your puppets? Especially Immortals?"

She glanced at Syrelle as she asked the question, and the Clown chuckled like a mad man.

"Sorry about that. It’s just that, when you asked me that question, I remembered some funny... experiments in the past where I used some of my puppets to act a drama for me because I was bored... I ordered some puppets to kill their family members and loved ones, and you can imagine my surprise when I saw some of my lovely puppets weeping tears of pain and sadness with a smile on their faces."

"Haahhh... It was a truly beautiful sight to behold."

Pamela’s expression became extremely strange as she looked at the Clown, and when she saw the dark flicker of madness swimming about in his crimson eyes, she knew that the Clown was a psychopath.

"Oh yeah. I digressed. You asked how I make my beautiful and lovely puppets."

The Clown stroked Syrelle’s expressionless face, and then he licked her cheeks with an ecstatic expression.

"Focus. Focus. I have to focus or I’ll lose control of myself again."

The Clown slapped his cheeks multiple times, and then he looked at Pamela once again.

"The method. Yeah. The method."

"It’s rather simple actually. I just use my blood to turn into my puppets. Once they swallow enough quantities of my blood, I can control them like puppet, and if I want, I can destroy their soul, making them to behave like actual puppets."

Pamela frowned slightly, and then she looked at Syrelle.

"So? Did you destroy her soul?"

The Clown released a frustrated and disappointed sigh. "Unfortunately, I could not. Turns out the soul of an Immortal is rather... sturdy."

Pamela’s eyes flashed with a calculating glint, and then she looked back at the Clown.

"You said you turn people into puppets by making them drink your blood, but how do you make people drink your blood? Do you force them to drink it? Cause I don’t believe you can trick somebody to drink your blood. Especially an Immortal, they would know."

The Clown shrugged nonchalantly. "That’s for me to know and for you to find out. It won’t be fun if I tell you everything, you know. I told you how I made my puppets to make the game more interesting, but giving you more information... Would make the game boring."

The Clown looked in Corey’s direction, and then he smiled.

"It seems like he’s done fusing with the world tree. That was faster than I expected."

Pamela looked at Corey, and just as the Clown said, Corey had completed his fusion with the world tree, and his aura was even stronger than the previous timeline.

Pamela’s eyes shone with slight confusion when she noticed this since she had no idea how it was possible, but she said nothing and shifted her attention back at the Clown.

"This is going to be so much fun." The Clown said while licking his lips.