After being promoted to archmage, Rhaegar's speed of regaining strength had increased significantly, and almost at the end of the battle, he had already replenished the energy consumed, and the geist who opened his eyes reached out and gently patted his pet's head in encouragement, and then walked towards his companions.

At this time, the team was surrounded by a frenzied joy, and almost everyone was excited—they had finally killed this terrible beast, and Hano would be very happy.

"Something doesn't seem right," Willy was the only one who wasn't carried away by the joy, and she looked at her companions' unusual expressions worriedly, and said to Rhaegar "It's not what they're always doing." ”

"They've been tricked into the magic of bewitchment," Rhaegar affirmed, "it's a method of controlling the mind by suggestion, and not many people can get rid of it except for the archmage and the incomparably strong-willed, but it only works when people are defenseless." Obviously, the lord friend used such a spell on us at the banquet, and then used the friendship that this spell planted in our hearts to make everyone work for him, and his only negligence was that he miscalculated my strength, and did not expect you to wear the headdress of the goddess of ice that can withstand any spiritual attacks. ”

"You've discovered Hano's plot, but you've allowed them to be controlled. Despite believing that Rhaegar must have had her own intentions, Willy was uncomfortable with the geist doing so, and she frowned and stared at the other man, waiting for him to explain.

"Bewitchment is a very mysterious magic," Rhaegar said, "In fact, only a very small number of gifted people can cultivate it, and because of its flaws, everyone who uses this spell will do so in the most secretive circumstances, unless it is attacked, and it is very difficult for even an archmage to find that someone is using bewitching magic around him." By the time I realized the anomaly, it was too late, they were already under Hano's control, and if I had taken the initiative against the leader, I am afraid they would have been the first to stand up against me. ”

"You have a way to undo this magic, can you?" Willy looked at Rhaegar hopefully, "You're already an archmage, and Hano's tricks won't bother you at all." ”

"It's not that simple," Rhaegar gestured quickly, stunning his companions with magic before they descended into further madness, "There are only three ways to dispel the spell - the caster takes the initiative to undo the spell himself, there are archmages above the ninth order who specialize in spiritual magic, or after the controller has achieved the ultimate goal given by the caster, break the mental shackles when they are at their weakest." ”

He stared at the elves, dwarves, and sub-giants lying on the ground, while casting healing magic on the wounded battle axe, "It's clear that destroying the two-headed lizards isn't all Hano's purpose in controlling them," he said, "This cunning lord must have other tasks for them to do." ”

"What shall we do?" This strange magic made Willy feel vaguely uneasy, and the female warrior who knew little about magic looked at Rhaegar as if asking for help, waiting for the latter to make a decision.

"When they wake up, they will be much calmer," Rhaegar said, "but they will still be obsessed with completing Hano's mission, all we have to do is follow them, protect them from harm and help them finally complete their mission, and then try to unravel them from the Confusion Magic." ”

He uttered a few incantations, and an invisible magic shield appeared around the unconscious team members, and after giving orders to Mel to guard the team, Rhaegar walked towards the woods where the Lizard King had appeared. "Until then," the geist said as he walked, "I hope to be able to figure out why such a powerful beast, which almost always lives in the desert, would leave its homeland and appear here." ”

The poor Lizard King had apparently not expected to encounter a group of formidable opponents in his lair, and the overconfident lizard hadn't even destroyed the trail of its walk as it had done when it went out to forage for food, allowing Rhaegar to easily find its lair, a huge cavern hidden behind rocks and bushes.

"This doesn't look like a monster's quarters," Willy said with surprise as she surveyed the Lizard King's cave, and after making sure her companions were safe, curiosity drove the warrioress to follow Rhaegar here, "Only humans and other sapient beings would keep their dwellings so tidy." ”

"You're right. Rhaegar walked over to a human skeleton located deep in the cave - the Lizard King devoured his prey with flesh and bones, the only animal skeleton here. It was evident that the skeleton was well preserved, and although the dry bones and gray color gave full indication of its age, it remained intact - to be exact, it had remained in place since the death of its owner, and had not been moved.

Rhaegar leaned down and gently pulled out a leather book held in the hands of the corpse, this magically protected notepad had not been eroded by time at all, and even after many years, the words on it were still clearly visible.

"Looks like we've got something new," the geist said, standing up and speaking to Willy. He opened the leather book and flipped through the contents with the female warrior who had come to him.

This is a notebook left by a dead mage, the first half is no different from most mages' notes, they are all about some ideas and ideas about magic, for the current Rhaegar, the research results of this seventh-order mage are not of much value, but in the second half of it, the dying mage recorded some quite interesting content.

"My health is getting worse and worse, and even with the magic potion made from Stoll blood (based on the speculation made by Rhaegar and Willy after contacting each other, this Stoll is undoubtedly the Lizard King they met), my condition is still not improving, and I know that my days are numbered. In order to expose the true face of that vile and shameless hypocrite, and to prevent more people from being deceived by Hano's appearance, I am determined to write down everything I have experienced, hoping that one day someone will find out about it and make it public. ”

Rhaegar and Willy both realized that the notebook might help them clear up their doubts, and they looked up at each other, then quickly lowered their heads and continued to read the mage's last words.

The mage named Soles came from a mage tower in the south called Kenos, which was a small organization with less than twenty people compared to the god of storms. However, this does not prevent the members of the Mage Tower from pursuing and studying magic, as one of the main deacons of the Mage Tower, Soles's combat power is not very strong, but his knowledge of spiritual magic is enough to make him unique in the field of magic.

In this world, it is difficult for anyone to completely cut off contact with the outside world, and mages are no exception, although Soles, like most of his peers, devotes almost all of his energy to magic, which does not prevent him from having some deep friendships. One day, his old friend, a knight who had always been known for his bravery and notarization, a benevolent and hospitable lord, suddenly sent someone to find him. In the letter brought by the messenger, Hano tells him that he is facing a life-and-death crisis and desperately needs his help, but when Soles, desperate to save his friend, rushes to the designated location, he discovers that it is nothing more than a lie to lure him into a trap - his most trusted friend has captured him and sacrificed him to some evil god.

Although there are not many descriptions of the idol in the final message, Rhaegar and Willy can still read between the lines the hatred and fear of Soles, according to Hano's words before the ceremony, the statue carved in the appearance of the ancient water god Vince has magical powers, it can transfer the life force of one person to another, so that the life of the latter can be extended, and it can also pass on some of the abilities of the first person to become a sacrifice to others. Obviously, as a mage with strong magical powers, and through magical cultivation, he has a vitality far beyond ordinary people, and has no suspicion of his friends, which has become an excellent choice for Hano's first sacrifice. As it turned out, his choice was the right one - using the power of the idol, he got more life than ordinary people, and Hano, who was already over a hundred years old, was even as strong as a young man, and at the same time, he had never studied magic before, and he used the idol to obtain the magic of confusion that Soles had practiced so hard.

But Hano still underestimated the power of a mage, and when he thought he was done, Soles, who was proficient in spiritual magic, had already thought of a way to escape, and while his opponent was too proud to let his guard down, he managed to break free and escape from Hano's grasp.

"However, this did not change my fate," Soles wrote at the end of the message, "and I lost most of my vitality, which is undoubtedly fatal for an elderly man like me who is more than a hundred years old." But I will not let that hypocrite go unpunished—because of my early escape, he will have to sacrifice to the idol again in a hundred years, and I will pour the last of my strength into the body of my pet Stoll, and I am sure that this sweet little creature will surprise Hano, and it will make it impossible for Hanor and his men to set foot in the place where the idol is. ”

From here, Soles' handwriting became so sloppy that it was almost illegible, but for Rhaegar and Willy, the rest didn't matter, they had already gotten the information they wanted.

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