The storm of the mind roars and rages, forming a real "storm" in this world formed by the power of the mind. Wherever the powerful magic sweeps, many things composed of dreams and projections fall apart and disappear!
Archbishop Magnan raised his hands high with a cheerful smile on his face.
In such a weird place, facing a group of distorted projections and facing dangerous traps on the mental level is really not a pleasant experience.
To be honest, he is really not good at cracking this layer of mental traps that are difficult to guard against.
But if it reaches the stage where both sides show their health bars...oh, then he will be energetic!
After all, before joining the unpromising career of being a cultist, he worked as a priest for the God of War.
The Church of the God of War has a weak influence in the Anzu-Cecil region and has a small number of believers. However, in the Typhon Empire, the Church of the God of War is the most influential sect. In Typhon’s army, It was even filled with priests from the Church of the God of War, all of them were grumpy old pigeons...
In the roaring spiritual storm, Gawain, who was in a psychologically invisible state, narrowed his eyes slightly.
The pale golden runes summoned by Archbishop Yuri flickered around the exploration team, forming a solid spiritual barrier. Outside the barrier, there was a powerful storm that seemed to destroy everything. Within the barrier, however, Quiet and waveless.
It turns out that these golden runes are used to protect teammates from harm...
With some dumbfounding thoughts in his mind, Gawain looked past the exploration team of the Eternal Sleeper. He threw himself at the church steps not far away.
In the end, the psychic storm can only deal with those fragile projection residents and the square space that will not resist. The old priest with strange magic is still standing firmly at the end of the church stairs, with the help of some kind of protective spell He resisted the damage from the psychic storm, and with a fanatical and frightened look on his face, he stared at Selena Gerfen who was walking up the stairs step by step.
Obviously Selena looks like a little girl of thirteen or fourteen, but as she steps forward with a lantern in hand, a huge and terrifying momentum spreads around her. It even gradually suppressed the holy and majestic sacred music above the church, and suppressed the divine magic exerted by the elderly priest with all his strength.
Gawain was not surprised at all by this situation.
After all, this exploration team is the elite of the Eternal Sleepers, and the team is led by a legendary strongman who was called the "Saint" seven hundred years ago.
Although this legendary powerhouse has fallen in the real world, in this world supported by the power of soul and heart, her strength will not be reduced at all - and may even become stronger.
In the initial exploration, it was the weird characteristics of the Phantom Town itself and the overflow power of Sandbox No. 1 that exceeded everyone's understanding, which created crisis and pressure, but now... it has arrived When the two sides are face to face, in a head-on confrontation, how can a priest who is just a projectionCould it be Selena's opponent?
"Supreme upper-level narrator! Lower your power! Punish these thugs who disturb the peace of the church!" Faced with the extremely unfavorable situation, the old priest roared out. He seemed to have finally made up his mind and prepared to use At a huge cost, he exerted the power that could reverse the situation. The layers of halo behind him suddenly expanded, even covering half of the square. His voice also merged with the ubiquitous sacred music, resounding throughout the town, " May your kingdom come on earth, and your will will be carried out. May you walk on earth as if you are walking in the pure land of heaven——"
Over the church square, the majestic and holy "Voice of Heaven" It became loud and clear again. In the halo behind the old priest, layers of shadows seemed to break through some kind of barrier and "squeeze" into the world. This sight similar to a divine descending spell was obviously beyond the expectations of Daniel and others——< /p>
Such a projection, a projection that believes in the "upper narrator", can not only release ordinary magic, but can even perform divine descending magic? !
At this moment, Archbishop Yuri even hesitated for a moment. He even wanted to wait for the elderly priest in front of him to complete the magic to see what he could summon - but he immediately killed it. This is a dangerous idea, because the idea itself is very likely to be induced by the enemy.
But before he was ready to join other eternal sleepers to interrupt the enemy's divine art, the magnificent divine art suddenly stopped.
The sound of sacred music in mid-air stopped abruptly, and the shadows emerging from the layers of halos disappeared instantly. The old priest tried his best to perform the divine descending technique, but received no response.
Even the elderly priest himself was stunned for a moment, and then showed a horrified expression: "Lord...why...why?!"
Selena stepped on After reaching the last step in front of the church, she raised her head and looked up at the elderly priest who was in a state of confusion and despair. Although she was looking up, her aura seemed to be overlooking: "You look surprised... In other words, you, a priest The magic can indeed summon part of the power of the upper level narrator?"
"You heretic, what have you done!?" The old priest woke up and couldn't help but take a step back, filled with shock and anger. Looking at Selena holding the lantern, "Why...why can't I feel the power of the Lord, why can't I hear..."
"I didn't do anything," Selena said quietly. Looking at the other party quietly, "Do you need me to remind you again? You are just a projection, and this town is also a projection. Everything here is a projection.
"If you still said it in the previous prayer, If the voice of your 'Lord' can be heard, then it must be an illusion.
“If you can still perform the magic given to you by your ‘Lord’, then you are just overdrafting the power of this phantom town.
“Because, you are just a projection. ”
The lantern in Selena’s hand emitted a milky white light, penetrating like the sunlight that shines into the depths of a dream and wakes people up.The mental protection of the elderly priest.
The word "projection" that Selina kept mentioning also followed the power of this light and penetrated into the depths of the other party's closed consciousness.
The entire phantom town shook violently.
The high and low spiers fell apart silently, and the streets were covered with cracks in the blink of an eye. Everything began to disintegrate irreversibly, as if some kind of pillar supporting the world had disappeared. This reliance The town that has maintained incomplete projection information is on the verge of collapse in the blink of an eye.
Obviously, after confirming the power limit of the projection priest in the town, and realizing that the "upper-level narrator" in the No. 1 sandbox may be connected to this phantom town through "divine magic" Afterwards, Selina Gerfen no longer planned to keep this dangerous "sample".
"No...it shouldn't be like this..." The old priest in front of the chapel retreated in horror, until he retreated to the door depicting the emblem of the upper storyteller. His body was covered in black Cracks, the whole person is like porcelain that is breaking rapidly, the scene is terrifying, "The Lord will protect me, the Lord should be omniscient and omnipotent, Lord...why can't I hear..."
Selina glanced at the projection priest who had begun to question his own existence and even the upper-level narrator with some pity, then took a step forward and walked towards the church door in front: "The mission is over, evacuate."< /p>
The members of the exploration team followed the figure holding the lantern in silence. One by one, they passed the projection priest whose figure had begun to become illusory. The latter stretched out his hand in vain, as if he wanted to stop something, but he It was already thin and illusory, like a shadow, no longer able to stop anyone.
Gawain stood quietly from beginning to end, watching the members of the Eternal Sleeper exploration team pass through the door of the church one by one, and their breaths disappeared one by one in this "after the bell rang. "In the small town", it was not until the last person left that he took steps and came to the door of the church.
The sky had darkened, and the town began to gradually collapse and disintegrate from the outside in. Buildings collapsed in the distance, and the torn black fragments flew toward the chaotic and gloomy sky like rolled up leaves.
The fragmented body of the projection priest leaned against the church door, with a mixture of fanaticism and confusion in his eyes.
Suddenly, an uninvited guest was reflected in his shattered eyes.
Gawain deliberately lifted the psychological invisibility effect, as if to verify something, and stood quietly in front of this projection.
"Can you see me?" He lowered his head and asked calmly.
"You are..." The projection priest's eyes slowly opened wide, and he looked at the stranger in front of him in astonishment, "You are...what?!"
"Can see That's...interesting." Gawain smiled slightly, then shook his head, "It's a pity that you are just a projection, and the connection with Sandbox No. 1 has been interrupted., otherwise I really want you to send a message to the upper-level narrator for me. "
The consciousness of the projection priest has begun to fade, and he subconsciously repeats: "A message? "
"Wanderers from outside the realm will visit your Lord in the near future. ”
The last ray of light in the town disappeared.
The overflow projection of Sandbox No. 1, which has been the longest in the psychic network, disappeared.
In the familiar switching of light and shadow and a brief dizziness, Gawain returned to the real world.
The sound of cracking melon seeds came from the side. As soon as Gawain tilted his head, a handful of melon seeds were handed to him. In front of me: "Here you go, eat melon seeds. "
Gawain did not accept what Amber handed over. He just muttered as if thinking to himself: "After this, the Eternal Sleeper should take positive action against Sandbox No. 1. "..."
In the phantom town, the nameless projection priest indeed used the power of divine magic - although his final divine technique failed, the "divine technique" itself This means that the "upper-level narrator" in Sandbox No. 1 already has the characteristics of a god on a certain level!
And the deep pollution encountered by Yuri and others in the process of calibrating their minds is even more serious! This shows that the "god-like existence" is not just an illusion, but has actually been able to secretly pollute the outside world and have a real impact!
The Eternal Sleepers will not sit back and watch the situation develop. Even if they take risks, they should take further steps! Take action.
As for Gawain himself... his final words to the projection priest were not random, because he had already anticipated that there was a high probability that the Eternal Sleeper's action would fail.
< p>The upper-level narrators "created" by the Eternal Sleepers themselves are too restrained in their own power.Gawain has decided to find a way to intervene in the subsequent actions of the Eternal Sleepers, and even... ...When they opened the sandbox No. 1, they tried to find a way in to find out!
Amber was used to Gawain being in a daze from time to time. She put the melon seeds back into the snack box in front of her with ease. He continued to sip and said casually: "Is the matter bigger over there? ”
“Yeah. "Gawain responded casually, and his eyes fell on Amber.
We need to pay attention to things in the spiritual network, and we also need to pay attention to things in the real world.
Selena· The image of Gerfen appeared in his mind.
“Amber—is the search mission assigned to you still in progress? "
"You mean the whereabouts of Selina Gerfen? Amber nodded, "I'm still investigating, and I already have a highly suspicious target..."
"A highly suspicious target?" Gawain raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "What is it?" "
"Kande area and Gulen area, these two suspected locations have been temporarily delineated," Amber put down the melon seeds, clapped her hands, and said seriously, "The 'Dream Lantern' appeared in the formerSuch a 'holy object' of the Order of Eternal Sleep, the latter... Patty's crown is a very questionable object.
"If Selina Galpin is transferring her soul with the help of magic props, then these two things are most suspicious, and they may be 'containers'.
"Of course, the Dream Lantern has now been moved to Cecil City, but it has been dismantled into parts by Rebecca, and has been studied many times by Kamel. It can be determined that its interior is 'empty', so I think, If it is a container, then Selina should have escaped before that..."
Amber analyzed the situation clearly, and Gawain looked at her with more and more surprise.
It seems that even if he does not get the key clues in this exploration, the goose in front of him will sooner or later find clues to Selina Gerfen with the intelligence at his disposal, even if he cannot directly locate Patty I can also narrow the scope to the latter.
Gawain laughed, shook his head, and interrupted Amber's words.
"Let's make arrangements, I'm going to go. Gulen. "
Amber slowly opened her eyes.
After observing Gawain's expression for a second, she blurted out: "Oh my god...have I been busy these days in vain? "
Gawain: "..."
Why has this guy become more and more keen recently?