Volume 1: The Poem of Departure Chapter 60: The Turbulence
"How would you make such a judgment," Richard gave Del Cola a strange look, "tell me why?"
"It's very simple, the way that thing exists is too strange anyway, completely out of line with the laws of life. Delkora spread his hands, "A body that can disperse and condense on its own, and can be infinitely extended, this completely unbiological structure does not look like a living thing at all. It was not so much a life as a temporary container for one's own spiritual power. Just like a shaman controlling a totem, it's just a puppet that can be manipulated with mental power. ”
"Do you think this teleportation array is transmitting souls?" asked Richard.
"It's hard to say that our research on the soul is still too shallow—it's just that we can be sure that the soul exists. "But pure spiritual power can't pass through the teleportation circle, and the soul is more likely." ”
"But the body of that thing is not anything we know," Satya questioned, "and the existence of something that can be freely dispersed and aggregated, and has mid-level magic resistance, is a revolution in materials science - and can the soul really actively interfere with the material world?"
I don't know, but the spiritual power is really not good, the pure spiritual power can't even affect a leaf, only special puppets, puppets or totems and other things can accommodate the direct manipulation of the spiritual power. Suppose it was really a soul teleported, how would he create a new body for himself?
“...... Parasitism. ”
"Parasitism. ”
Assas and Del Cora said the answer in unison.
"The analysis is good, such a little information actually allows you to analyze so many things...... It's really a sfiodor who is absolutely san. Richard smiled, still speaking in a bit of a yin and yang manner, "You guessed right. ”
“...... Don't test us, Mr. Richard," Del Cola was about to cry, "you know all about it, you can tell me, time waits for no one!"
"That thing won't come out today, he's not fully awake yet. Richard pursed his lips and said, "The activation date of this magic circle should be more than two months ago—heh, if I'm not mistaken, it was around the day the old man kicked me over." The old man's spiritual power has been enveloping the entire Randmund for many years, and he should have noticed the movement of that spatial teleportation, so he found a reason to throw me over to investigate. ”
"Didn't Mr. Lance tell you why?" Del Kora wondered.
"I guess he wasn't sure exactly what was going on at the time, so he sent me over and started from scratch," Richard said, "but I was also deceived - there was a psychic distortion device outside this basement that directly blurred my detection of the area, and I scanned it at least ten times in two months, but I never found anything abnormal. ”
"Can you shield the Holy Magister's psychic power scan?" Assas frowned, "The other party is also a Holy Order?"
"Oh, no, he's not there yet. Richard snorted, "It's just an unknown system of magic." Able to complete the soul body teleportation, the other party is estimated to have a deep knowledge of spiritual power theory and soul science, and has a unique way of dealing with mental power scanning. It was only the night before yesterday that I finally discovered this place, analyzed his mental power distortion device, and cracked this teleportation array, only to know what the hell this magic array communicates with. ”
"You found out the night before?" Del Kora's face suddenly turned strange, "just before the first 'rhythm'...... When you invaded my mental space?"
"Hey, that's true, that thing was caught in this basement because it woke up and showed a flaw—" Richard suddenly smiled, "It's strange to say, I waited for two months and didn't find any movement, and the thing started to wake up the day after you came; Tsk, your ability to find trouble is really family heirloom, isn't it? You didn't even think about praying to the gods and asking Nophon if he really added something else to make you?"
"Please get down to business...... Del Cora didn't bother to complain, "I've accepted this setting myself, what else do you feel?"
"The things that this circle has teleported over are definitely spirits or soul bodies, and the composition runes of the teleportation array have affixes such as 'soul' and 'spirit', which should be specially modified formulas, which shows that the other party's attainments in soul science are quite high-and far beyond the current research level of the Lanman Continent. I've looked at the town carefully, there is no strong spiritual power and soul to hide, so the other party can only be parasitic, and it should have entered the parasitic sleep state on the day it was teleported, otherwise it or they would not be able to escape the old man's perception. The latest information is that this thing is gradually waking up, and it has also acquired a body that can directly influence the real world. I didn't fight that thing, but according to your descriptions, even if he returns to his full strength, he won't reach the Holy Order. ”
"But his body is so strange, not only can it be dispersed and voided, but it can also quickly recover itself, and that recovery speed is simply weird, and there is no elemental and holy light power involved at all. Delkora still frowned, "What is the source of his strength for quick recovery?"
She even suspected that it wasn't her own blazing torrent that didn't cause any damage that night, but that the other party had quickly recovered after escaping - if this guess came true, then the other party's tricky level was not ordinary.
"I have a guess, but I won't tell you," said Richard, "what do you want to do with it?"
“...... The mayor and steward are currently the most suspected," Satya said, "but...... We lack evidence. ”
Yes, there is a lack of evidence. In today's Lanman Continent, even a Holy Order cannot directly arrest or harm a citizen without evidence, if a Holy Order violates this law, he will be directly expelled from the Heroes Council and dealt with in full accordance with local laws - a strong force must be strongly restrained, and a strong individual cannot lead the entire civilization forward, this is the consensus of all Holy Orders. If the strong can rely on their own strength to bully the weak, then all individuals in this civilization will only pursue the strength of individual strength, and the level of civilization will always be trapped in the forest age of the jungle of the jungle, which is definitely not the situation that the Heroes Chamber wants to see.
Therefore, even Richard Bryant, a member of the Heroes' Council and one of the strongest people in the continent (if it's okay, it should be three hundred and twenty-eight by now, right?), the Abyss Card, can't make a move on a small Logwood Town townsfolk without evidence.
It's troublesome, and it's often misguided, but it's the foundation for the continued development of the Lanman civilization. After all, the progress of civilization is not driven by just a few supreme powers.
"No way, we've already explained the truth to them, but no one believes us, what can we do?" Delcora sighed in annoyance, "How long do we have left?"
"Who knows, it could be tonight, or it could be now......"
Richard replied casually, but before the words fell, the four of them were suddenly stunned.
It's that feeling again.
This time, not only the two magicians, but even Assas and Satya felt the clear rhythm of spiritual power.
Once, twice.
...... Three, next.
Richard's face changed, and he disappeared in an instant with the four of them.
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The other side.
Riolant also "heard" these three rhythms.
His first reaction was to immediately take off one of the totems on his chest and throw it into the middle of the camp.
It was a white totem pole with a sense of sacredness - these were not the totems used to worship the ancestors, but the special totem poles used in the rituals of worshipping the creator god. There was no light, but it was still filled with divine power—the feedback of the law to the sacrifice. This kind of totem pole has never had only one purpose.
It is called the totem of spiritual comfort.
At that moment, Riolante could clearly see that all the students in the camp had their eyes turned red and bloodshot, and they had hideous expressions on their faces that were not at all their age, and they even raised their weapons high at their companions—but the next moment, an invisible wave spread around the totem and spread throughout the camp in an instant. It seemed that a suppressed and violent mood was swept away by the totem, and the students suddenly regained their senses, and many students looked at the unsheathed weapons in their hands, wondering why they had just drawn their swords.
“...... Riolante!"
The Golden Knight Kiran suddenly walked over, his face very serious.
"Are you recovered, friend," Leolandan looked at him steadily, "are you still hostile to that little magician?"
"No, not at all," Kieran shook his head, his eyes filled with deep jealousy and fear, "Yesterday, today, I seemed delirious, and I felt like I had become extremely irritable—sorry, my friend, I seem to have had a fight with you, but that wasn't my intention. ”
"You're the only one who's ever confronted that monster, and all the students here, they've all witnessed that fight. Riolant took a deep breath.
"What is that thing really capable of...... Is that so? ”
With that, he grabbed his staff, got up, and left.
"Where are you going, Leolante!" Kieran asked aloud.
"Go to Logwood," Riolant said without looking back, "the people there need my help even more! Protect these students, Kieran, and don't leave the range of the totem pole!"