In such an illusion enchantment, what you see and what you hear is true and false.

Rosen can see the truth with his magic, but Veronica is a 'Muggle', with a strong power, but unable to see through the truth, and can only be used by illusions, becoming the illusionist's killing weapon without knowing it.

At this moment, the situation is very critical, and there is no room for Rosen to hesitate, he must wake her up immediately!

To wake her up, you must deliver a message to Veronica, and you must ensure that the message is accurate and not tampered with by the illusionist in the middle of the transmission.

The question then becomes, how to ensure the reliability of messaging.

Illusion, which uses the method of disrupting the target's perception to influence the opponent's behavior. First, illusion is magic, and it is extremely difficult for magical power to enter the body of intelligent life. Second, illusions usually do not cause pain to the target, as pain greatly increases the target's alertness.

Borrowing these two points, Rosen came up with a way to deliver messages safely.

He quickly gathered his magic power, reached into the hand cannon first, and removed the firing pin from the hand cannon. Then, his magic power quickly extended to the skin on the back of Veronica's hand, and then violently shook the air molecules near the skin, rapidly increasing the temperature of these gases.

When he completed these actions, Veronica was not idle, she turned the hand cannon in her hand, pointed it directly at the target's chest, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Fighting must be done with all her might, this is her rule of survival in this troubled world.

'Ka Cha~'

There were a few slight metal crashes from the cannon, but the expected loud noise did not occur.

"What's going on?" Veronica froze.

As soon as she hesitated, she felt a slight burning sensation coming from the back of her hand, and subconsciously withdrew her hand, and when she looked down, she saw a strange burning symbol on the back of her hand.

The symbol looked like two horizontal circles connected side by side, and if she had seen it a few months ago, she wouldn't have known what it meant. But now, she is all too familiar with this symbol, which is the symbol for 'infinity' in calculus.

"How can I have the infinite symbol of calculus in my hand?" Veronica was stunned.

These days, she has been immersed in calculus day and night, and everything in calculus is so deeply ingrained in her mind that even if it is just a symbol, it can easily shake her mind.

When she was stunned, she forgot to continue attacking.

After a second or two, she felt a burning sensation in the back of her hand again, and more symbols appeared, this time not mathematical symbols, but words.

"Watch out for illusions!"

"Illusion?!" Veronica was shocked.

There were no more thoughts in his head, and a burning sensation appeared on the back of his hand: "It's Lawson across from you!" ”

"Lawson?"

Veronica looked up at the opposite side, only to find that a patrol guard stood opposite, spear in hand, gritting his teeth, and posing in an attack position ready to stab at her.

If it was before, as soon as she saw the situation on the other side, Veronica would naturally fight back immediately, but now, she had doubts in her heart, so she subconsciously flashed to the side.

As a result, she dodged, but the guard on the other side was still standing in place, holding a spear in his hand to attack, but he never stabbed the shot.

Veronica thought back to the few encounters just now, and the other party had been dodging and hadn't made any counterattacks at all.

This time, she believed most of it, and her heart was terrified: "I fell for the illusion and almost killed Lawson!" ”

On the other side, Rosen saw Veronica stunned in place, knowing that the other party had probably come back to his senses.

Originally, his idea was to escape the barrier as soon as possible, but now seeing Veronica's appearance, he began to worry about Annie.

Nine times out of ten, this potential illusionist has already figured out their situation, and since Veronica can be fooled, then Anne must be in danger as well.

If he escaped now, Anne would either be captured or killed. Either way, it wasn't what he wanted to see.

"No, I need to go back and find Annie!"

With this in mind, Rosen activated the alchemy magic again, and wrote on the back of Veronica's hand: "Go forward, through the wall in front of you, all the way north." ”

This wall is the cut of the illusion barrier, and when you pass through it, you will break through the illusion.

Veronica hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the wall.

Walking over to the wall, she subconsciously listened.

"Keep going! The walls are fake! ”

Veronica gritted her teeth and slammed forward, only to be knocked into the air, staggering several steps forward before regaining her steady, and when she looked up, she found herself back in the muddy streets of the docklands, surrounded by people, and Lawson was standing two meters behind her, watching her and laughing.

Rosen asked, "See me?" ”

"See. I really ....... just now," Veronica looked apologetic.

"It's nothing." Lawson interrupted Veronica's apology with a wave of his hand, and continued, "Now, you immediately stay away from the barrier, and after making sure that no one is following, go back to our own mansion and wait for my news." ”

"What about you?" Veronica was stunned.

"I'll go find Annie."

With that, Lawson turned around and returned to the barrier.

Arriving at the barrier, Lawson looked back, and Veronica disappeared behind him, leaving only a cold, heavy wall, and in front of him, the pursuers were already in front of him.

Among the pursuers, 30 were heavily armed warriors, three were magicians, two young men, and one middle-aged.

When these people saw Rosen, they didn't rush to make a move, more than 30 warriors surrounded the magician in the middle, and the middle-aged magician took a step forward and looked at Rosen: "Young man, who are you?" What are you doing in Nilogaard? ”

Rosen didn't speak, didn't even look at the middle-aged magician, his gaze looked over each of the pursuers, not only at their bodies, but also at the shadows they cast on the ground.

After watching it for more than ten seconds, he suddenly smiled faintly: "Good intentions!" Good illusion! ”

These pursuers, including the magician, and even the middle-aged magician who spoke just now, were all fake, illusions created by the illusionist.

In other words, this illusionist hidden in the shadows released the illusion much earlier than Rosen thought, and among the three of them, the first one to do the magic was not Rosen, but Annie.

The illusionist seized on their psychological flaw in being thieves, first used illusion to confuse Anne, so that Anne hurriedly reported the news, and then Rosen in an emergency, too late to distinguish the real from the fake, jumped out of the hotel window, and finally Veronica came to look for herself, a series of actions, directly exposed all three of them.

Rosen even suspected that the illusionist could only determine that there was something wrong with the Flower Inn at first, and did not know the specific situation, but he only used a small trick to make the three of them jump out on their own.

Such scheming took the lead in the sneak attack, and even Lawson was easily hit.

The middle-aged magician looked stunned for a moment, and then laughed as well: "Young man, you discovered the truth much faster than I thought. You haven't answered my question, though. ”

"Hehe~ Do you think I'll say it?" Lawson asked with a sneer.

As he spoke, he walked towards his pursuers, ignoring the other party's presence.

Strangely, when he walked in front of the pursuers, the more than 30 people immediately dissipated like a mist, and Lawson passed through the fog and continued to walk towards the Flower Hotel.

As soon as he took two steps, the light and shadow on his side flashed, and the middle-aged magician just now appeared again: "Young man, I must warn you that it is not a wise choice to fight against the Academy. So far, you have not violated the laws of Nilogaard, you just need to show your intentions and show that you are not a threat to Nilogaard and the Academy, and I will let you go immediately. ”

Lawson smiled faintly: "Oh, if you had said that earlier, I would have thought about it." But just now, you induced my friends to kill each other with me, which made me very angry! ”

"That monster is your friend? Oh, it seems that things are more complicated than I thought. But, since you're in the company of monsters, it's not wrong for me to let you kill each other. ”

At this time, Rosen had already walked to the door of the Flower Hotel, and before entering the inn, he turned to look at the carriage with the logo of the academy on the opposite side of the inn, and asked, "That carriage, as well as the warrior and the sorceress beside the carriage, are also your illusions?" ”

"Perhaps." The middle-aged magician shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal.

"Don't say? I'll see. ”

With that, Rosen was about to walk over and use his magic to find out, but as soon as he took a step, the carriage, the warrior, and the young female magician on the opposite side dissipated into mist.

The middle-aged magician laughed: "Okay, okay, it's indeed fake. ”

"No, I'm going to check it out. In your illusion, seeing is nothing, and only my magic can tell me the true answer. ”

Lawson strode across the street, reaching the limit of 4 meters for alchemy.

The street was not wide, and Lawson took a few long steps to the location of the carriage, and after making sure that the carriage and the surrounding area were empty, he turned back to the Flower Hotel.

"Confidence, young man, is a good thing, but I advise you to ......," the middle-aged magician Phantom spoke again.

Rosen interrupted him viciously: "Shut up, hidden head and tail guy! Don't be complacent, I'll find you out sooner or later, and open your head to flowers! ”

With that, he strode into the door of the Flower Hotel, and the middle-aged magician's phantom followed him.

The hall was as usual, very lively, full of scantily clad prostitutes, men seeking pleasure. On the surface, it seems that it has not been affected by the previous events at all, but this is only the appearance.

Rosen's alchemical magic told him that there were many people in the hall, but all of them fainted for unknown reasons. He crossed the false hustle and bustle to the small quarantine area deep down the hall.

Dallas was in the area before, but at this time, there was no sign of him in quarantine.

This did not surprise Rosen, he crouched down, used his magic to carefully probe the traces left on the ground, and after about ten seconds, he stood up, walked to the wall, and reached out to open the hidden clasp on the wall.

'Click~'

A secret door appeared on the wall, and Rosen didn't immediately enter it, he turned to the phantom beside him and said, "I guess you've discovered the secret of Dallas, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Then you should know that I have no ill will towards the academy and the city."

"I thought so before. But now, you're in the company of monsters, and I'm not sure. ”

"Narrow-minded!" Lawson couldn't help but curse, paused, and asked again: "If I'm not mistaken, my companion and Dallas are trapped in the secret room by you, aren't they?" ”

"Of course. The footprints on the ground and the scent in the air made this clear. The magician phantom nodded.

"Let's make a deal."

"Tell me about it." The magician phantom clasped his hands on his chest and leaned against the wall for a long time.

"Let my companion go, and I'll leave that Dallas to you."

Originally, taking Dallas away and finding another place for interrogation was the best plan, but in today's situation, Rosen doesn't want to completely turn his face with the academy, and taking a step back is a better choice. He believes that the academy should have the ability to get Dallas to tell the truth.

"Huh~ Didn't you threaten to make my head bloom just now? Why did you change your mind after such a while? The magician phantom seemed a little surprised.

Rosen smiled faintly: "This time, you came prepared, I basically can't find your true body." But the world is not really big, and as magicians, we always have a chance to meet again. ”

"Hmm~ You're right, but you almost found me just now....... Forget it, don't mention this. I'll be straight ahead, I think I have a better plan, like trapping you for a while while more magicians from the academy arrive......"

Before the magician phantom finished speaking, Rosen sighed: "You have completely made me lose my patience, and you have also personally killed the only possible chance for reconciliation between you and me. ”

"Young man, you're arrogant. I must warn you that with your little strength, you are not qualified to talk to me about reconciliation! A look of displeasure appeared on the magician's phantom's face.

As soon as he finished speaking, a silver-white light suddenly appeared on Lawson's body, and after a moment, this light quickly dimmed, and finally disappeared from the air with Lawson, as if he had disappeared in this world.