081, Mind Reading: Black Widow
As Talos guessed, two days have passed, and although the battle between the Council of the Nine Rings and the Church of the Gods has caused an uproar on the magic web, countless people have expressed their opinions and discussed on forums and social networking sites, trying to find the truth, but there are few details, and more are fanciful speculations.
The merchants and mages who happened to be in the Eastern Freeport that day were only able to come into contact with the insignificant fact that the omega-level magic defense system had risen in less than five minutes, as well as the fifth-order spells such as Glory Qian Yun.
Even Talos only knows one more pocket dimension than anyone else.
It would probably be years before people would find out the truth in some decryption forum, Talos thought with some certainty.
Subsequently, he received news that Carmen, the Lord of the Waves, had come to his door.
Talos shook his tail and felt that something was tricky.
It would be a great privilege to host a legendary mage and speak to the Lord of the Waves, as Talos might have thought in the past.
For now, the four-armed Naga was left with nothing but trouble, and a little nervousness and uneasiness, and he needed to make sure Sandra's healing process was not disturbed, but it was clear that he, Frederick, and a few members of the Frozen Praetorian Guard alone would not be able to stop a legendary mage in any way, if the other party really came with malicious intent.
Thinking of this, Talos made a decision, rather than closing the door and not seeing each other, it was better to receive the other party generously.
The Nepton family has held two permanent seats in the Eternal Tides over the centuries, as well as during the arrival of the Wave Lords in the Eternal Tides, and Talos does not believe that there is a feud between Carmen and Sandra worthy of a sword.
Moreover, this is the living quarters of the Tower of Babel, and the Council of the Nine Rings will not let the two members of the Sky Dome fight to the death.
In accordance with the traditions and customs of the Naga nobility, as the direct descendant of the Black Sea Lord and the second in line to the throne of the Nepton, Talos personally greeted him at the door and brought him to the parlor with Frederick in the highest order.
Carmen was the fourth six-armed Naga that Talos had ever seen, unlike Sandra's detachment and indifference, Sephiroth's seductiveness, and Helga II's nobticity and majesty, the first impression of the Lord of the Waves was that of a mature man who could satisfy all his fantasies about a mature woman.
"I've heard you more than once from Crystelle, Mr. Nepton Jr., you're brilliant. ”
Facing the Wave Lord's outstretched upper arm, Talos was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and stretched out his middle arm to hold the slender right hand.
When faced with a six-armed naga, the upper arm represents appreciation, satisfaction, or approval from the superior, the middle arm represents equal dialogue and equal status, and the lower arm carries obvious contempt and humiliation.
This is a signal of goodwill.
Talos didn't think that he was worth the six-armed Naga with a high-ranking bloodline knight, and he preferred to understand that Carmen realized that it was a bit presumptuous to make a surprise visit during her master's treatment—she hadn't agreed in advance by writing letters or connecting with the magic web.
"My honor, President, call me Talos. Talos breathed a sigh of relief and made a small joke, "It's a good thing Emma isn't here, otherwise she would have been jealous, because only her brother gets the praise of the Wave Lord." ”
The Wave Lord was amused, and with her vast life experience and experience—she was at least thirty times the age of Talos—of course she knew that young Naga's words were mostly complimentary.
But in those gray-blue bright eyes, she saw only sincerity, and even her reflection, sitting in the center of those beautiful eyes, as always amorous.
The unexpected discovery brought the Wave Lord unexpected satisfaction, which turned into heartfelt joy, which softened the attitude in an uncanny way before the master even noticed.
"It won't embarrass you, Talos. Carmen stroked her sideburns, smiled and turned to Angela standing behind her, "Remind me to give a higher opinion the next time I see Miss Nepton." ”
After this conversation, the atmosphere in the living room became lively, and even the air was relaxed.
But soon Talos couldn't get at ease, and that's when Carmen greeted the Black Sea Lord about his injuries.
Talos remembered Sandra's instructions and told Carmen the truth about his mother, even though he didn't know much about it.
Carmen picked up a grape from the fruit bowl and asked with a smile that made people look away, "Did Sandra tell you to say that?"
"Yes, it was urgent—"
Halfway through his answer, Talos tightened his tail nervously, and he suddenly remembered the two spell factions that the Wave Lord specialized in, the Water Elemental and the Mind.
Among the Naga clan, the Tidal Naga and the Deep Sea Naga generally choose the water element as the first spell faction, it's not a big deal, the ocean provides them with endless waves, and the culprit that makes Talos feel like a great enemy for a while is the Spiritual Faction.
This new faction of spells from the Council of the Nine Rings is mostly related to minds, spirits, and minds, and its signature spell is famous on the main material plane - mind reading.
There are masters of mind reading in the dungeon of Evelyn Palace, and with hypnosis, deception, memory reading and other spells, you can easily obtain the information you want from other people's brains.
At the fifth level, a legendary mage specializing in the spirit faction can look through the opponent's memories without the target noticing, and checking the secret is as easy as reading a book.
Is Talos secret?
Soul Fire, Past Life Memory, Seven Primordial Desires, Plane Descent, Gathering Faith, Surface World, The Chosen, The Seven Days Bible, Urban I, Frost Crown, Illuminati, Truth Enlightenment......
The answer is self-explanatory!
Not only that, but Talos is completely sure that every secret has the qualifications to tempt Carmen to put aside the status of a legendary mage and elder and take the initiative to commit crimes.
There was no need for the Wave Lord to use mind-reading on a high-ranking bloodline knight, and Talos had to comfort himself with this, besides......
[It is impossible for the soul fire not to react at all in the face of the invasion of foreign spiritual forces. 】
Talos snuffed out the second half of the sentence before it was born in his brain, and blucked himself up to continue answering.
The next ten minutes were extraordinarily long for Talos, each sentence carefully weighed over to make sure no unnecessary information came to mind, Carmen might have sensed Talos' caution, maybe didn't realize it, she was just talking to the four-armed Naga with a faint smile.
The torment succeeded in awakening a memory in the back of Talos's mind, about one of the most famous mind readers in Sainz's history.
It was a woman named Elena Petrovna Romanova, who had shown a great talent for magic since she was a child, and soon made a name for herself in the ancient Arcane Empire.
Just as much as her magical talent is another virtue that Elena exhibits, and she has never been shy about sharing her magical experience and research with other mages, including mage apprentices.
According to historical records, after being promoted to the fourth rank, Elena would hold a spell salon every seven days on average, and even more would attend exchanges held by other mages, and each time she would get many wonderful ideas.
No one knew that Yelena was born with the ability to read minds, and her attainments in mind reading skills after coming into contact with magic were even greater.
For Yelena, various forms of mage gatherings such as lectures, spell salons, experience exchange meetings, and tea parties are just a means to steal other people's ideas and ideas, integrate them one by one with the help of others' wisdom, and finally incorporate them into her own knowledge system.
Years later, Yelena used the ideas of other legendary mages and dark mages as spiders, based on the ancient Arcane Empire, like a spider hiding in the shadows, gradually weaving a web called the undead.
This web weaved the Spider Cult and buried the ancient Arcane Empire.
Elena Petrovna Romanova, nicknamed Black Widow, founder of the Spider Cult, the first corpse witch on the main material plane, and the first lifeweaver spider, received the favor of [Death] and invented the elixir of life and the ritual of pain.
This history that the Council of the Nine Rings did not want to mention and had to face is recorded in the book The Fall of the Ancient Arcane Empire and the Birth of the Spider Cult, written by Leonid Ulyanov, the first speaker of the Council of the Nine Rings.
Carmen naturally can't compare to Elena, but sometimes the most tormenting thing often comes from herself, such as the weakness of the heart that makes Talos restless.
Lord Wave stared at Talos with interest, she didn't know which words reminded the young Naga of mind-reading, but it didn't affect her happy mood, and even the grapes on the fruit plate became delicious and sweet.
- Mages who are proficient in mind-reading generally have very few friends, because more people keep a certain safety distance from them out of human instinct and fear of mind-reading.
"Alright, Carmen, stop teasing Tal. ”
A voice suddenly came and interrupted the conversation in the living room.
"Mother!"
"Sandra!"
Two voices of surprise sounded at the same time, the former was surprise, and the latter had a hint of fright that ordinary people could not detect.
After seeing Sandra's figure, Talos finally breathed a long sigh of relief, he finally didn't have to worry about the secret leaking anymore, and even straightened his waist.
Carmen looked Sandra up and down, there were no external injuries, her face was paler than usual, indicating that her mental state was not very good, and the meditation space might be damaged, considering the fact that the three days of life ocean healing, she ruled out the possibility of the Black Sea Lord's fake injury.
Of course, she didn't have any desire to continue exploring Sandra's injuries, as long as she could make sure that the other party was not colluding with the church in the name of healing, and most of Carmen's attention was bothered by a new question, how Sandra came to the parlor before she found out.
She really didn't open the realm - it was a complete provocation to open the realm when she came to visit, especially when the other person was injured - but it wasn't until the other party spoke up that she realized if there was something wrong with Sandra, a new legend.