"Shadow magic" - when Bernardo dismantled his own independent personality and instilled all his power into his soul, Nirivain exclaimed.

Judging from the later contact between Heliga and the other party, as well as some of the memories of Bernardo that remained in his mind, in terms of strength, this superhero who once destroyed the heart of Rock Khan, destroyed the huge machine Akurakan, destroyed the fallen three false gods of the Judgment Seat, single-handedly made the powerful Dark Brotherhood disappear in Morrowind, conquered the cruel Helsing Arena, and finally left behind a beautiful legend to go to the continent of Akavir, and then gloriously disappeared from people's sight. However, even such beings have such an attitude of awe and surprise towards the object of "shadow magic", which shows the strangeness of the matter.

According to the situation in the "Shadow Country" incident that Estelle and Joshua just described, the essence of the "Shadow Country" is actually Kevin Graham, who holds the "Stigmata", and the dark side of the psyche breeds something - under the activation and guidance of the ancient relic "Ashlar" salvaged from the bottom of Lake Valyria, it has become a death game in which all the relevant bonders are involved. All of them had to submit to the absolute law laid down by the stigmata and go through a series of challenges and hardships - the guerrillas and collaborators who went on the adventures together were identified as companions, even Richard and Mura; In terms of "enemies", it is the embodiment of the "executor", the general of the kingdom army, and the characters who have had some small disputes and disputes with everyone in real life, and even themselves.

Then the problem arises - all these characters, whether they are allies or enemies, are embodied in the "Shadow Country" - whether it is voice, appearance, or personality, and even all kinds of subtle behavior habits and memories before being involved, people can't even distinguish the truth from the real ontology. But according to Estelle and Joshua, she and Faye are in a sense like two strange fighting machines - they retain a certain combat ability, but they can't speak, they don't express the corresponding friendship, they just mechanically complete the corresponding tasks, and then simply disappear.

There's no doubt about it—it's most likely that the "shadow magic" is working.

His power does not belong to Semria, so it is likely that this power will be judged to be "undecipherable" by the dark side of Stigmata, and it will not be able to affect him. As for Fe, it should have been staying with him for too long, and he had unknowingly received this similar protection - in other words, the "stigmata" brought in these Kevin's former companions just to make a disguised gesture; But Heliga, a special existence that it can't decipher or replicate, can only take the method of casually dealing with the past.

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"Kevin did report this to me." On the other end of the special guide communicator, Ain's voice was unusually calm, "What's wrong, is there something wrong?" How does this conflict with your current plans? Or ...... Is this little thing bothering you? ”

"If we just talk about "this thing" itself, it is indeed a small matter...... But the deeper reasoning made me feel that something was wrong. Helriga was confused, "You know what, when those two people carefully described my performance in Shadow Country...... It's certainly not my real level, but it feels very familiar. ”

"Oh?"

"Although there is no real evidence...... But it sounds like the strength of the simple "me" who didn't have these adventures in the first place......"

“…… I didn't expect to notice this. Ain's calm expression was gone, "Now that you're aware...... It won't be interesting to hide it from you. That's right...... Although I don't know what that special power is in you, including him...... But there is no doubt that it is something that even the "stigmata" cannot judge - hence this ambiguous judgment. ”

"So...... What is the mechanism of this judgment? According to the guy, my power is in a state of complete merger - the soul of that person is gone. What Heliga really cares about is this—the judgment mechanism of the "stigma", in a sense, can reveal the essence of these things.

"I don't know about that...... The scholars of the "Holy Ministry" who studied the traces left by the "stigmata" in history and made a report were usually at the disposal of the archbishop and had a general relationship with the "Knights". I can't answer your question. But...... There's one person who maybe. ”

“…… Who? ”

"She's ......"

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So, the final solution to this problem is......" In Regram, far away from Crossbell, in the study of the Viscount's Palace, a petite girl with silver hair was munching on a pen while quickly writing something on scratch paper. The blue-haired girl on the side showed a relieved expression.

"Hmm...... Faye is awesome. Laura whispered, "That's the end of today's study...... Great work. ”

"Hmm...... Thank you, Laura. Fei closed the book tiredly, "I didn't expect that Laura didn't fall behind in the study of these things when she practiced martial arts...... I felt dizzy just by looking at it. ”

"That's because I've been learning these since I was a kid...... It's not because I'm such an amazing genius. "Speaking of which, I'm even more surprised by your performance...... I remember in the previous small talk, didn't you think these things were troublesome? ”

"That's just my impression...... If you have to say, it's a lot of fun to experience this novelty. Fei stretched, "Especially the sense of accomplishment that comes from successfully solving a problem after hard work...... Although it can't be compared, there is also a feeling of winning a battle. ”

"Huh...... That's exactly how I feel. Laura nodded approvingly, "But don't worry too much...... Tolz also seems to be more focused on the actual performance of students during their school years than on mere grades. In addition to the written test content, there will also be actual combat tests and combat-related content...... You don't need to study to get a perfect score. ”

"Maybe...... If Laura needs counseling by then, I'll help. Even though she is not a hunter, Fei still has a pride in her bones for all this.

"Huh...... I'm looking forward to it. ”