When Julian regained consciousness, he felt the sound of a lot of people breathing nearby. Julian immediately opened his eyes, and the first person who came into view was Dante. "Thank goodness you're finally awake, master. Dante looked anxious and happy.

"Because he was the last to 'commit suicide', he was also the last to wake up. ”

A familiar female voice came into his ears, and Julian looked beyond Dante to see the speaker standing behind her: Empress Ipeia still had a graceful smile.

In addition to Ipeya and Dante, even the three Fernandez sisters and the "Riverside Man" gathered around him.

"Speaking of suicide, by the way, what was I doing just now?" Julian stood up and looked around.

I can't forget that before stabbing himself in the heart, Julian was obviously covered in bruises, but now he was surprised to find that his body was undamaged, his fractured left hand and pierced right foot, there were no traces of injury. Not only himself, but even the people who should have been scarred were unscathed, and one of the severed hands of the "Riverman" was still in place. Julian continued to look around, and saw that they were still in the huge stone chamber, but there was no trace of a battle, and the nine stone statues of the knights were still standing in the hollow in the wall where they had been, untouched. It seems that the life-and-death struggle that just happened was nothing more than a false dream.

"Miss, should you explain? Julian asked Ipeya.

"That's how it should be. Ipeiya smiled, "Now that everyone is together, then the concubine will tell everyone what happened just now." In fact, the battle we just had with the 'Scarred Knights', that is, with these knight statues, was all hallucination. ”

"Hallucinations?"

"Yes. Ever since we stepped into this room, we've been struck by pre-arranged illusions. We were caught in a bitter battle, beaten to pieces, in pain, these were illusions that affected our senses, and in fact our bodies were not harmed in any way. However, this illusion has a special horror, although all the damage we receive in the hallucination is false, but this illusion can really kill any intruder, because this illusion can not only deceive our senses, but also the nerves of the brain, if we die in the hallucination, our brain will think that our body is 'dead', thus generating a signal to stop the function of the organs that supply oxygen to the body, and eventually we will all die of suffocation. And the magic that the concubine body just cast just now slightly interferes with the fluctuation of the illusion magic arranged here, so that only the death caused by being killed by the 'Scar Knights' will deceive the brain, and other deaths, whether it is accidental falling, suicide, or killing each other, as long as it is not killed by the 'Scar Knights', our brain will not judge the body as 'death'. When the illusion time is over, we will wake up naturally. That's why the concubine has told everyone that they must not be killed by the 'Scar Knights', but asks you to choose the method of 'suicide' to prevent death in the illusion?"

"The Riverside" looked thoughtful: "Although it sounds complicated, I don't fully understand it now, but it is true that all of us were saved by you. ”

"Therefore, you must not doubt the judgment of Her Royal Highness the Princess, otherwise you will be asking for hardship. Miralie glared fiercely at Julian, the last "suicide", and sarcastically.

"Speaking of magic, Miss, what language did you use when you chanted the incantation, and what kind of magic is the illusion in this room? I don't think it's human power. Julian ignored Milalie and asked his question directly.

"It's certainly not something humans can do. "You must think it's strange that there are no magic circles or magic items in this place, how can the magic be condensed and still make the magic work properly? ”

"What do you mean?"

"Mr. Julian, you should know that the magic system of the three continents of Olopa is composed of repeated combinations based on the basic elements of the four systems of air, earth, water and fire, so the magic system that we humans know is nothing more than the traditional element magic of the Snow Federation and the Elven Race, the light magic of your Light Sect, the dark magic of the necromancer, the shamanic magic of the Orc Clan, and the natural magic of the Druids, but there is a large category of magic on Olopa that few people know about, and that is the dragon magic used by the dragon clan?"

"What? dragon magic?"

Not to mention Julian, even Dante and the "Rivermen", who don't know magic, and the three Fernández sisters, who believe in Ipeia, also cast suspicious glances.

In the face of Julian's questioning, Ipeia took the trouble to explain like a magic mentor of the Snowy Federation: "You should know that the dragon clan spews all kinds of breath, such as the golden dragon and the red dragon can breathe flames, the silver dragon can breathe freezing cold air, the blue dragon can breathe thunder and lightning, the green dragon spews strong acid, and so on. The essence of these breaths is magical energy. Human beings have always self-righteously believed that dragons can spew out these magical energies, just like ordinary magical beasts, and that the magic power accumulated by the magic crystal nucleus in the body directly converts the elements into magical energy in the body, but in fact, this is a misunderstanding. That's right, dragons also have the same magic crystal nuclei as ordinary monsters, they are called 'dragon balls', but dragons can breathe, but it is not necessarily all due to the magic accumulated in the 'dragon balls', which is the magic that dragons themselves will use, and dragons have a much longer history of using magic than we humans. In fact, in addition to breathing, dragons can also master a lot of magic that we humans don't know, and form a unique magic system, that is, 'dragon magic'. Actually, the word 'dragon language' is not appropriate, but because we humans are accustomed to chanting spells to cast magic, so we take it for granted that the magic used by the dragons also needs to be chanted in the language of the dragons, so it was named 'dragon magic', of course, the principle of how the dragons use magic is still a mystery. We humans, if we want to maintain a magic for a long time in a certain place, we must set up a magic array or magic props to preserve the magic power, but dragon magic does not need it, dragons only need to leave a part of their body, such as blood, scales, tentacles, etc., in the place where the place is cast, unless those dependencies are removed or destroyed, the magic that has been arranged will not disappear. ”

Julian said, "I see. In this way, the dragons have cast dragon language magic on this place, and the dragons have left a part of their bodies behind. ”

"Definitely. Ipeia nodded, "The concubine body thinks that these statues of the Scarred Knights should have dragon blood hidden in them. Then, with a smile, she looked at Julian, "Can you do the concubine a favor?" ”

"Speak. Julian replied graciously.

"If you can interfere with the dragon magic here, you should be able to find a way to leave. But just now, the concubine consumed a lot of magic power, and now she can't catch it. ”

"Good. I lend you my magic. Julian readily agreed.

He pulled out the silver cross and whispered a spell of light magic, the cross emitted a soft light, Julian released the light magic in his body, and Ipeia also leaned her magic staff against the cross, trying to adjust the frequency of her magic fluctuations to match Julian's, absorbing the magic released by Julian.

"Goo, Basashu, Takaju, Zinc Karado, Kemazun, Izuma......"

Ipeia began to chant the unintelligible language again.

After about half a minute, the Knight of the Nine Bottles Statue began to seem to resonate with Ipeya's magic, shaking slightly, and spots of droplets gradually appeared on the surface of the statue.

"Could this be the so-called dragon's blood?" The three sisters, Dante, Riverside, and Fernandez, were afraid to say anything for fear of affecting the spell casting, but when they saw these spots, they almost all wanted to go together.

The stone statue's abnormal movement only lasted for about ten seconds before it ended, the specks of liquid droplets on the surface of the stone statue disappeared without a trace, the statue stopped shaking, and the magical cyclone that wrapped around Julian and Ipeia's bodies did not exist.

The two of them, who were concentrating on casting spells, opened their eyes and happened to look at each other. "I'm sorry, Miss, my magic is too low. Julian, who had run out of mana, looked very tired on his face, but he still apologized to Ipeya.

"No, it's the concubine's fault. This magic consumption is too great, but the concubine body miscalculated in advance, so that it drains you and me. The concubine should apologize to Mr. Julian. Ipaya, who was also very pale, said.

But Milalie would not be so lightly dismissed, she pointed at Julian, and scolded loudly: "Princess, how can you be wrong! The fault is that this unfortunate fellow, whose magic power is so low, and who learns what other people to be knights, harms others and harms himself, and makes us miserable!"

Not only Milalie, but Nanokhai and Sasha also glared at Julian with resentful eyes.

In fact, the reason why they are angry is not that Julian has low magic power, but that he became the first man to apologize to Ipeia, which is simply an unforgivable sin for the three sisters!

"Now is not the time to find out who is right and who is wrong, it is time to let the two of you rest quietly, so that the lost magic can be restored. Dante hurriedly said in a round game.

The "Riverside People" were also worried about the entanglement of the three sisters, and said, "Yes. One failure doesn't mean anything, we still have a chance. ”

"Who said the concubine failed?" Ipeia shook her head slightly.

"But you didn't mean ......?"

"That's right. Our magic is indeed depleted, but this magic has worked. Ipeia smiled confidently, "We shouldn't be in a hurry, please be patient for a moment." ”

Sure enough, not long after Ipeiya finished speaking, the shaking reappeared, but this time it was not the stone statue itself that was shaking, but the entire room, and the floor was shaking slightly, making everyone feel like they were about to fall.

"Is it an earthquake?" said Dante, reflexively.

"No! we're moving, the whole room is moving, to be exact. The one who answered him was the "Riverside Man."

"Your Highness the Princess!"

Nanokie, Sasha, and Milari exclaimed in unison, and they rushed to Ipeia's side, revealing their coats of arms to summon the Servant Beast to protect Ipeia. But Ipeia stopped them by shaking her head.

Seven people rely on grabbing the people around them and lowering their center of gravity to avoid falling. This shaking lasted for about 2 minutes before stopping. When a qiē returns to a standstill, all people have a more or less dizzy feeling.

At this moment, the closed stone door unexpectedly rose up automatically.

If you open the doorway, it is still a dark world outside, but from outside the door there is a fresh smell that makes everyone feel that the outside is no longer the dull tunnel full of giant mutant cockroaches they walked in when they entered.