"Of course." Trent's face changed, and his tongue spurted, "Which door do you want me to go through?" ”

"Let's go." The princess straightened up, "If you lose the game, you'll have to go through them." ”

"It's cruel! I'm going to go crazy! The magician protested loudly.

"I'm not interested in anything else." Vanessa shook her head, "Do you bet or not?" ”

"Bet!" Trent didn't even think about it, and said categorically.

"Okay, now that the game begins, Reina and I will do everything we can to smash that crystal ball," Vanessa announced the rules of the game, but was immediately interrupted by the magician: "Three times, you only have three chances to smash it, I don't have time to spend it with you indefinitely." Vanessa looked at Reina and nodded reluctantly, "Okay, three times." But you must not stop it, or you will lose. Trent nodded proudly, and the princess continued, "If the mage punishes us, we will lose the game and we will have to go through the illusion; If the mage doesn't punish us, Reina stays behind to be a servant of the mage. ”

"Agreed!" Trent exclaimed, his face and ears slightly red from excitement.

Vanessa gave a look, and Reina immediately took the bow and arrow from his back, and used all his muscles to shoot an arrow at the crystal ball on the door frame, and then, ding, the feather arrow slid to the ground like a bat that had crashed into the rock wall, and the crystal ball was unscathed, not even a crack appeared; Shoot the arrow again and fall again.

"How so!" Vanessa turned to look at Trent.

"Hehe, the little girl wants to use a logical paradox to stun me. That's a good idea, but you're missing it. Trent snickered, "I've already cast a protective spell on the crystal ball, and it won't be smashed!" ”

"So you already know the purpose of our trip!" Vanessa was furious, "You set a trap to lure us into betting with you!" ”

"So what, I'm willing to gamble and lose." The old man was smug, "You only have one chance left." ”

"You're despicable."

"You bite me."

Three people, you stare at me, I stare at you, and the temperature in the small space is obviously rising.

In the end, it was the smashing team that deflated first.

"Now that we're lost," Vanessa was unhurried at this point, "I wonder what you're going to do with Reina?" He's my friend and I don't want him to get hurt in any way. ”

"Yo, the little girl cares about her friend now, didn't you agree to bet on him without hesitation just now?" The magician sneered, "But don't worry, I won't hurt him, he's worth more to me than you." ”

Vanessa and Reina looked at each other for a moment, all eyes full of puzzlement.

"Don't you really know who he is?" Trent kicked the scrolls and runes at his feet and climbed to a table to stand so he didn't have to look up at them all the time, "He's from the Hermit Village!" It's rare to see in a hundred years! He saw that Vanessa was still at a loss, so he had to continue to explain, "There is a rich valley somewhere in the land of Midsummer, and there is a group of people with special magic in the valley, and as long as they urge the magic at the same time, the valley will disappear from the land. They used this magic to dodge war after war and disaster, and lived in isolation forever. No, 'isolation' is not exact, and if they wish, they can still come to our bazaar and buy and sell things, and exchange what they have. But they are never far from their people, nor do they reveal their identity in front of strangers, so you can't find their history in the books of the Land of Midsummer, they only exist in legends, and it is harder to see a hermit than to meet me. ”

Vanessa tugged at the corners of her mouth, she really didn't expect this silent companion next to her to have such a peculiar background.

"The only person I have heard of who is far from the hermit village is a village woman in her thirties, who I heard that she entered the palace and died the other day," the old man stroked his beard, "and I almost caught her." ”

"Catch?!" Vanessa was immediately alarmed, "What exactly are you trying to do with them?" ”

"Researching, dissecting, refining bone meal......" the old mage was expressionless, "There must be no gaps in my magical knowledge. ”

Listening to those teeth-inducing words, Vanessa's face twitched, "You're not serious, are you?" ”

"Of course it's serious!" Trent gave the princess a blank look, and then said eagerly to the archer, "Think about it, Reina. Your magic is refined, fused with the sword, and you'll get the Invisible Blade, which will make you invincible! Combined with attribute magic, transparent flames and invisible storms are born! If I use it on the walls of the chamber, ha, those nerds will have a hard time finding me, they will be trapped in an invisible labyrinth and walk all day without finding an exit. The little old man rubbed his hands excitedly, and his eyes radiated the greedy gaze of the mouse when he saw Nan Cheese, "I can't wait to see them hit their heads and bleed!" Hahahaha! ”

"It's good that you just want his magic, not his life." Vanessa rolled her eyes and decided to take a gamble and set up another little scam to lure the magician into it, "Thank you for telling me so much about history and getting to know my friend better. Vanessa looked at Reina, "As a friend, of course I should care about him, not betray him; And as a gambler, you are too underestimated. ”

Vanessa pulled out a feathered arrow from the quiver on Reina's back, stretched out her arm and stabbed the tip of the arrow into her forearm, and the arrow suddenly provoked a bright blood flower, "Glab came to me not only to open the secret path to the magic treasure with my blood, but also because I have the usurper's destructive instinct in my blood, it can dissolve magic, and any protective rune must be avoided in front of my blood." She handed the arrow to Reina, and smiled triumphantly.

"No!" Trent's eyes widened, unable to accept the sudden change in events, "You lied! ”

"If I lie, I'll blink." Vanessa pretended to glare back at the mage with ease. Oh, be fooled, please!

"Wait, let me think, I haven't heard of the Delin family's blood dissolving magic!" The magician turned and jumped off the table, kicked away the scrolls and amulets to clear a path for himself, and then plunged into a pile of books and flipped through the pages, making them look like boiling water. He suddenly straightened up, and looked at the princess with distrust in his little eyes, "Ah! You little girl is always dishonest and wants to lie to me, right? ”

"You think so," Vanessa shrugged, "I've heard that the urine of the Estrada kid can cure all diseases. "It's true, the prince of the Glacial Swamp Country, Matt, has nothing to do, but pees badly, and some people with incurable diseases travel thousands of miles to the frozen land just to get a bite of his urine. God bless Prince Matt. Vanessa could only rely on this theory, and she was pleasantly surprised to see Trent's eyes roll - he was moved. The princess hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, "The magic contained in the blood is too profound, I'm afraid it is not something that a magician of your level can comprehend, so let's stop talking nonsense and hurry up and end the gamble, Grandma Glab must have prepared dinner and waited for us." She nodded at Reina, and at the critical moment, victory and defeat were all in one fell swoop.

Reyna shook his bow and arrows without hesitation, his movements were skillful and confident, which deepened Trent's doubts, and at the same time as Reina took the blood arrow, the magician roared, threw a scroll from his sleeve and threw it towards the door frame, the scroll stretched as best in midair, and turned into two fiery red reversed concentric circles, and the shield that rotated on the central axis radiated a dazzling golden light, and it seemed that it was about to completely wrap the crystal ball, at the same time, Reina bowed like the moon, his fingers were lightly released, and the feather arrow screamed like a prey bird and rushed towards the crystal ball.

Ding――

"Huh-" Vanessa laughed. She won.

"No, no, no!" The magician jumped on the table, looked at the crystal ball intact, and twined his hair and shouted, "You liar! You've made me lose the bet! He screamed and jumped, and almost fell off the table.

"Willing to lose! You promised you wouldn't stop it! Vanessa watched the mage's movements nervously, fearing that he would go mad now, and Reina stared at the mage's hands without blinking, he had already set up another arrow, just waiting for Trent to attack them. Vanessa decided to take a compromise approach, hoping that the angry little old man in front of her would calm his anger, after all, no one wanted to bear the threat from the magician, "But you don't have to go through those doors, just send us back to Glab's hut safely." ”

"Are you insulting me?" The little mage suddenly stopped kicking and thrashed, glaring at Vanessa from above his glasses, and there was not a trace of emotion in his tone, "I must abide by the bet, it's the rule!" "With that, he held his head high proudly, and his eyes and bones were purring." But if you can't find your way home after I'm done, don't blame me for being rude, I want half of this kid's magic! ”

"Well, as you wish." Vanessa tilted her head towards the door, physically ready to flee at any moment.

"You've made my research come to naught, I'll remember you, hmph, we'll see, you'll come back and beg me, and by that time I'll want you to walk through every door a hundred times......" The magician muttered as he climbed off the table, rummaging through the shelves and stuffing bottles and scrolls into his clothes until he stuffed himself into a bumpy ball, and then jumped into the door where Vanessa and Reiner had come.

Seeing the door slammed shut, Vanessa couldn't help but let out a sigh, "What a ridiculous and horrible creature. ”

With the crisis over, but only halfway to the task, Vanessa decided not to break the crystal ball - and of course they couldn't. She thought that if she brought the crystal ball back, Glab might find a way to undo the illusion on it, so she wouldn't have to die, which was much better than the jade burning. So Reyna found a hammer with a critical rune, and dismantled the crystal ball and some of the door frames connected to it, Trent's combined magic was extremely powerful, and the ghosts in the crystal ball began to pour into their minds again with a slight touch, so the two of them decided to take the wooden planks connected to it with them as a memento of their trip.

Then there was another difficulty, Trent would rather go through all kinds of pain than help them get home, and it seemed that he really hated the two young men. They couldn't help it, they just looked for the secret door for the magician to enter and exit the chamber like a lump of coal that had fallen into ink.

"That goose, oh no, Trent is almost the same height as the horizon," Vanessa muttered to herself, "and the places he's most likely to get in and out of are sack mouths, wine barrels, water urns, ......"

"Hey! Girl! Keep your mouth shut! The magician shouted angrily outside the door. Then came a louder cry, "Ahhh Don't come here! Vanessa breathed a sigh of relief as the screams faded away, and as she muttered, Reina had silently searched for them, especially the places she had spoken.

Alas, you obedient fool, the princess is angry and funny, and even if there are doors in those places, how can they get through? Do you use bone reduction?

The thought reminded me that the magician's magic was a combination of different magics, so who had to set up a physical door for himself? Maybe the door is a magic mirror, a flying cot, or a self-playing harp!

After opening her mind, Vanessa was excited to find that none of these things she had imagined were in the secret room. But this is a good start, after all, and she tells Sù Reina that she must touch everything she can see and not miss any clues.

"I'm going to die!" The magician stood outside the door and shouted in a haunted voice. Although Trent claims to be all-encompassing, after all, he has a good nature, and only a handful of people have died by his hands, so this death path is extremely easy to walk.

"Go through the door of greed, you evasive creature!" Vanessa sneered.

Where is the way out? The princess anxiously glanced at a qiē in the secret room, bags of medicinal herbs, unknown magic tools, and strangely shaped magic talismans. No, that's not right, the magician wouldn't just pile up the way out on the ground, that would trip him up, teleport him out without a head, interrupt the research he was doing, how could he tolerate that happening, so the door to get out should be within his reach and out of the way.

Finally, the princess focused on a book that the magician was reading when she entered the chamber.

"I'm done with greed! Ha ha! The magician's greedy laughter rang out again with an annoying frequency, seemingly accompanied by the sound of sticking out his tongue.

Vanessa was deliberately silent.

"Hey! Are you still there? Trent knocked on the door, "Have you found a way out?" That's impossible! He started slamming the door, "No! No way! The sound of slamming the door blocked the princess's thinking.

"I'm annoyed!" Vanessa had to shout, "Are you sure you're done with greed? How do I think you've become more shameless because of greed! ”

"Hmph, so you're not as smart as I thought. The blood of kings, that's all there is to it. The old man said contemptuously, and his voice disappeared again.

Vanessa stared at the tome, which was the size of a millstone and occupied almost the entire table, densely packed with unknown stories in unknown words, and after a few pages, the words swam like countless tadpoles, and they scurried aimlessly, dazzling and dazzling, and the two of them were completely confused.

"Did Trent say any spells or anything when we came in?" Vanessa asked Reina, the archer shook his head, but from his expression he seemed to remember something, only to see him stretch out his hands and slap on the ground, nothing happened, then he tapped on the table a few times, but there was no change, and he picked up the quill on the table and poked the page hard, still not seeing a way out.

"I'm back!" The mage's judicious voice sounded beneath his feet, "You haven't found a way out yet, have you?" ”

Vanessa could see Reina's thoughts just now, Trent must have used his voice to control the opening of the door, not a knock, not a spell, what else could it be?

"Whistle!" Vanessa suddenly opened her mind and screamed.

At the same time, the door at their feet was opening open, and Trent's little eyes were staring greedily at them!

Fast!

But the princess doesn't whistle! Vanessa looked at Reina like a plea for help, he sure would! But oh my God! It's a test of Glab's definition of sound! She watched in horror as the archer's lips slowly converged and moved forward, she had never stared at a man's lips like this in her life, and then he blew out that sound!

A whistle as beautiful as a nightingale!

At the moment when the magician screamed and pounced, the inside of the spellbook was already changing, Vanessa seemed to see the ancient gears creaking and running, and the small and delicate winch drove the door lock, hurry, hurry!

Affected by the force of the opening of the magic door, the entire secret room shook, Vanessa felt an unprecedented suction force pulling herself to the table, and at this time, the tadpole text on the page was commanded by the whistle to stand up from the paper! Unable to resist any longer, the huge gravitational pull sucks the princess and Reina into the book like paper figures!

At the last moment, the magician raised his hand and unleashed an unknown spell, but by the time it hit Reina, the two men had disappeared without a trace

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