As an illusionist, Pilkin was very happy with his choice. Like everyone who has been coming and going in the Tower of Medivan, those four stupid and despicable thieves yesterday had no basis in their preconceived assumption that he was also a contractor of the same intellectual/spiritual expertise as them! And that's exactly what his long tenure as a dedicated apprentice in Karazhan gave them the illusion – the idea that Pilgin had instilled in their heads.

However, in fact, not all of them are "magicians" in the direction of elemental and plastic energy, like the three high-ranking mentors in the tower, and the apprentice of the mage may not be a mage, such as himself:

An illusionist who specializes in perception and is assisted by intelligence.

As for the haste of the two newcomers who had broken in recklessly today, or rather the panic of the emperor, it was not a surprise to Pilkin, but rather that he knew from the beginning that they would be defeated in front of him. Just by them? …… When he used illusions instead of himself to guide the way, they didn't find any clues...... Well, hahahaha, asking them to find out the clues, they are inevitably too strong! Hahaha!

"Teacher" and "Juniper Berry" have always been his visions. And those "restless shadows" encountered on the road were naturally not appeased from the beginning. Under the illusion created by his Pilkin, in their eyes, the two newcomers who followed him did not exist—and he himself certainly did not exist—then they would not have rushed to attack. Therefore, when the "teacher" was very interested in investigating these strange mana creatures, Pilgin stopped him on the grounds of "fear of alarming the monster"; Otherwise, as long as he uses the "Insight" skill, wouldn't the Phantom not be in a state of "tranquility" because of some kind of appeasement?

Not only that, but the sparse number of shadows that appeared on the part of the way they first entered the underground cellar was not partly attracted by Pilkin's unwarranted arrangement—they were naïvely convinced, weren't they? Judging by the fact that they had figured it out in the short time they had just made, they were not stupid, and even smarter than the four thieves yesterday; But are they stupid enough to believe it? No, of course not, the real reason is that Pirkin shares his task with them without giving them time to think, and hints by his attitude that it is a task that needs to be solved urgently: in an emergency, almost everyone will subconsciously ignore information that does not seem to be important enough. As for the Shadows who were roaming here, of course, the four contractors who came yesterday killed most of them, and Pirguin was glad that their combat effectiveness was not bad.

"Personally, I'm not going to attack you guys when you first enter this underground cellar. If I take too much of my energy to kill you who are powerless, I may not be able to deal with the monsters in the depths of the cellar, so should I explore the secrets of the archmage hidden in his beloved cellar? ”

On this point, Pirkin is not lying. Originally, his idea was indeed to lure Jin Shaolan and Finley to the ghost-more basement, so that they had no way to retreat and were killed by those mana creatures before they could react. But this is the plan of the Sense. The further he went, the deeper he went into Medivan's cellar, the more furious Pilgin became. He became more and more unbearable for the two newcomers who were about to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his nearly three months of hard work in ignorance, more and more unbearable for them to innocently say words of thanks and praise and try to get on good terms with him, and more and more unbearable to pretend to be a kind senior who cared for novices and was willing to help them in front of them! Even if talking and laughing with these two ignorant young friends is just an illusion of him!!

The anxiety in his heart was constantly calling at him, and the hoarse voice told him that he wanted to see these two ignorant fellows die in front of him in panic as soon as possible, he didn't want to wait until it was foolproof, he wanted to see them breathe in their struggle now, yes, he wanted them to die immediately, now, immediately, immediately!

Thinking of the fact that there was a xenomorphic mana wraith in front of him who had a habit of wandering rather than spinning in place, "cursed souls", and the small wine cellar where the three of them were now located was quite limited compared to the location he had originally planned; In addition, there were originally two phantoms here, and in addition, he had to count his own important combat power. Therefore, when he came here, he judged that the "cursed soul" was not far ahead, and the route was coming from here, and Pilgin was no longer willing to spend a penny of extra effort or MP value, and wanted Finley and Jin Shaolan to go up and die by themselves.

This is the reason why there is a "fake Pilkin" and walks forward without caring about whether the two apprentices behind him are following him. When the victory was in hand, Pilkin, who was already out of balance at this time, was in a hurry to meet the "cursed soul" on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was too lazy to gather all the perfunctory treatment of the two - it was not that Pilkin made a mistake, but that he couldn't bear it at the moment.

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However, when he saw that the two despicable thieves had really fallen into a trap and panicked, the fire burning in Pilgin's heart was like a large scoop of iced sugar cane juice, and it was inexplicably calmed. Their panicked, suddenly realized, and yet helpless embarrassment even gave his already anxious heart a sweet hint of pride. It was as if he had suddenly come out of a burning wood house to the green fields under the blue sky on the shores of Lake Ontario.

"So I was going to save some effort and make your death easier. Ignorant, under the blindness of the illusion, he crashed into the middle of several ghosts, and before he could understand what was going on, he had already returned to Huangquan, and he was dying—isn't that good? Mr. Pilkin said that there was already a bit of excitement in his emotions. "Ambition" is the best portrayal of the apprentice class leader at this moment, which makes him radiant.

"But I don't know if you're lucky or unlucky," he said, smiling in an exaggerated, sinister smile, waving his arms excitedly. The flickering lantern illuminated Jin Shaolan and Finley's faces, and it was difficult to distinguish their expressions at the moment, although it was nothing more than that, the panic of falling into the trap, the anger of being deceived, the struggle to save himself and the despair after realizing that everything was in vain, he had seen it more than once during the period when he was stranded in Karazhan working for his goal, and he had only enjoyed the crazy performance of four contractors like him yesterday who were no different from those plot characters in a desperate situation, He could imagine all this with his eyes closed:

"First of all, 'Juniper Berry', I have to praise you for your observation of people and the environment. Normally, apprentices who find a disconnect in their ranks will subconsciously speed up their pace to catch up with 'me', but you, 'Juniper Berry', I think it was my disappearance from your sight that made you realize that what had happened up to this point was too smooth, right? ”