"What?" the unfamiliar word seemed to puzzle the female psychomancer, and her eyes widened a little. "Traverser, are you saying that you are a being similar to a creature from another world, like a god servant and a demon in the outer plane?"

"A little more heterogeneous than they were, I said, I'm even from outside of this multiverse. Muhati corrected, turning his back to the hole. The Butez devils couldn't hear the sound of it, and stayed outside. Barto's strange acid rain weather seemed to have no effect on the demons, whether they were deep hell purgators or bad demons, there were large areas of bare skin on the surface of their bodies, but there was no trace of corrosion. In fact, the skin of the Hellpurgators looks more like some kind of exoskeleton, an unspeakable double-double. Muhati suspects that the Barthez devils, although they also have limbs, may not have a spine at all, as their hard epidermis is enough to support their weight.

"According to some of the Great Psychic Warlocks, the ancestors of the Eye Demons also came from beyond this multiverse. Seeing that Aisha was really trying to digest the information she heard, she frowned slightly and said in a slow voice. "Are they the same kind of time-travelers as you? Are you all from the same world?"

"No, the Eye Demons are from the Cancer Universe, and I'm from a completely different place, you could call it Earth. There are humans on Earth, but there are no humanoid races like elves and dwarves. Muhadi continued. "That world...... Well, it's not good, but it's not bad either. I learned a lot in that world, and they helped me a lot. ”

“...... To this day, I don't understand how I suddenly traveled from Earth to Atas. The Psychic Warlock said as he watched Aisha's reaction. She looked like she was trying to understand her words, her expression very focused. She didn't seem to ask this and that curiously because she heard that Muhathir was a traverser, but calmly analyzed. "One moment I was on Earth, the next I was in the desert near Atas-Tyre. ”

The female psychic nodded, signaling that she understood. Muhati asked her in surprise, "Doesn't the fact that I'm from outside this multiverse make you curious or shocked?"

"I could have sensed that you were different a long time ago. Aisha explained softly. "You may not have noticed it yourself, but I can perceive that the knowledge you occasionally reveal does not belong to Attas. Besides, what does it matter if you're from outside the multiverse? Like the Eye Demon, the multiverse is full of beings of unknown origin, and it doesn't hurt to have one more of you. What's more, isn't your current fate already entangled with Atas?" she spoke in a low tone, but with a sincere voice.

"This body ......," Muhadi nodded, then stretched out a hand, spread it out in front of him, and then clenched his fist again, as if studying a new thing. Where the acid raindrops on his skin, there were large blisters, but the mindmancer who didn't feel pain felt anything unusual...... It's like wearing someone else's body. “...... It didn't always belong to me. Although I was a human before I crossed over, I took this human body. ”

"It may not be appropriate to say that it is seized, because I do not have the subjective will to do so. Maybe it's more appropriate to substitute it, but I don't know how my consciousness is attached to this body. Muhadi carefully chooses his words, trying to be as precise as he can be. Aisha pulled out a roll of gauze from her robe and carefully bandaged it, and the latter expressed her sincere gratitude.

"It doesn't matter what I came into that world, I'll talk about it again to you later when I have time, not now. The Psychic said, kicking the ground with his foot. "The important thing is the body I occupy, at first I didn't know the identity of its previous owner, only that he was a mage. But then I realized that he wasn't any ordinary mage. The former owner of this body, he was the apprentice of the Witch King Nibennai. ”

"The Witch King's apprentice, he's from Nibennay's magic school?" Aisha's tone was tinged with surprise.

"That's how it should be. Muhathir admitted.

"But as you said before, you were in the desert near Tyre. The female psychiocrat raised her doubts. "Why would an apprentice from Nibennay go to the Tyre region?"

"I haven't solved this mystery either. The Psychic Warlock shook his head and subconsciously took a few steps back and forth. "Perhaps Tirsen's revolution aroused Nibennay's interest, so he sent his apprentice to check it out, or maybe the apprentice was attracted by the idea of the revolution and went to Tyre on his own? He had a magic book on him, but I never understood what was written on it. ”

"Do you know the relationship between this Witch King's apprentice and Nibennay, and are they close?" Muhadi shook his head again, trying to remember. "During my adventures in Lamu City, I met one of Nibennay's daughters, who accused me of having a relationship with the former owner of this body, but not a couple. I don't know about his relationship with the Witch King. ”

"Ni Bennai is not the kind of ascetic witch king, he has lived for thousands of years, and there are dozens of princesses. Even if this apprentice mage is really in a relationship with a princess, it doesn't mean that the witch king must know him well. The Psychomancer noted.

"But there is also the possibility that the original owner of this body was a close confidant of the Witch King Nibennai. The Witch King knew everything about him, including his psychological condition. Muhati said in a low voice. "Although the consciousness is my own, the former owner of this body may have left some traces - like muscle memory. This may have caused Nibennay's illusion to have an unexpectedly powerful effect. ”

"That's why you suspect that the Witch King Niben knows himself better than you thought at first, and his illusions have been strengthened?" Aisha had a keen grasp of what the Psychic Warlock was trying to say.

"At least we can't rule it out. The Psychic Warlock said.

Aisha was silent for a moment before speaking. "Indeed, as you say, this kind of possibility cannot be ruled out. But for now, it's better to act as if we were in reality and act on that premise. ”

"If we hadn't hallucinated, we did come to Bartow. Muhadi continued with the words of the telemancer. "Then our immediate priority is to find a way to the eighth floor of Bato. That's where we find the wise. And through the guò wise people, I can obtain the knowledge of my real name. ”

"Assuming, of course, that we don't hallucinate. It is very likely that Satili actually died in the fortress of the Silent King, and we should find a way to try to resurrect her on the way. The Psychic Warlock said.

"That's exactly how it should be. As always, Aisha agreed.

"You didn't hear any useful news when you were out and about. Muhati asked.

"It's actually not far from the central steel city of Diess on the second floor of Bato, where there are portals to the rest of Bato. And there are bazaars and taverns, well-informed, and guides can also be hired. Aisha introduced. "Barthez devils are evil and treacherous by nature, but they respect order and hate chaos, so they can be relatively safe in the city. The Second Prison Lord, Grand Duke of Iron and Steel, prohibits the unprovoked killing of visitors - but be careful, by the Devil's standards, there is no crime without evidence. ”

The Psychic Warlock nodded, indicating that he understood. "Speaking of hiring guides, how did these devils hire them, and are they trustworthy?"

"Before leaving Mistara, I brought some currency with me and prepared to use it on my adventure. Aisha explained. "These Barthez devils are not exposed to precious metals—that is of no value to them, and the sweat they secrete corrodes metals. They don't want gems or anything, and the devils don't have much interest in these minerals. In the end, I had to trade the Ability Crystals for their services. As for the trusting Cheng dù, don't give them a light back. ”

Ability crystals are psionic items that store psychic abilities in advance, and are similar to magic scrolls. Since there are far fewer psychic sorcerers in the multiverse than spellcasters, high-level Ability Crystals are less common and more valuable than high-level magic scrolls.

"Okay. Mohathir said. "The devils value contracts, do you have a contract of service with them?"

"Of course, I don't dare to be careless. Aisha pulled out a scroll-like object and handed it to the telemancer.

Muhadi examined the scroll carefully, carefully checking it for any additional terms written in invisible ink, or in very small words.

Barthez the Devil's language is difficult and complex, and notoriously ambiguous, and the same sentence, when contextualized, may convey the exact opposite meaning. Sometimes two opposite parts of speech express the same meaning in a sentence. In addition, as one of the outer beings representing order, there is no self-referential modification in the Devil's text, which is extremely difficult for the inhabitants of the main material plane to understand. For example, there is no such thing as "left" and "right" in the devil's text (because the left and right are relative to oneself), but only the absolute directions of east, west, north and south. (It's just that there are far more than four words in Barthez Devil's text.) The devil's text doesn't write the left leg and the right leg, but only the southeast leg and the northwest leg.

In the same way, the devil's words do not write about tomorrow and yesterday (because tomorrow and yesterday are relative to today...... They believe that these everyday expressions are the embodiment of chaos and cannot be written. So reading the contracts drawn up by the devils is very frustrating.

Therefore, at the insistence of the female psychiocrat, this contract also comes with an appendix, which is densely filled with annotations and definitions of the words in the text, so as to greatly avoid the possibility of the devils playing word games and playing tricks.

Muhadi carefully examined the deed and found nothing suspicious. But for the sake of safety, he drafted a new contract in the Atas language himself, which he asked the demons to sign as a supplementary clause. The Butterz Devils were adamantly opposed to the idea at first, but after the Psimancer raised the price of the hire by a few more Ability Crystals, they finally agreed.

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Coral Witch closed the Silent King's notes and masked.

Although she still didn't fully understand the contents of the High Evolutionary's notes, she was shocked by the part that she successfully deciphered. Although the achievements of the ancient halfling civilization were very different from magic, the stone of the mountain could be used to attack jade, which greatly enlightened the thinking of the Coral Witch on the theory of magic. After only a few moments, Satili had a premonition that her magical achievements were about to break new ground.

With the basic reading of the notes, it became clear what the High Evolutionary had studied in his last years—he was studying divinity and divinity.

This is quite logical, the ancient halfling gods, the four supreme gods and the two main gods, did not communicate with the believers, they were beings similar to philosophical symbols. It was only in Mistara that the High Evolutionary first encountered the so-called gods who had avatars and interacted with mortals. After he was defeated by the gods of the Mistara, it was natural for him to consider analyzing and summarizing the power used by the other party.

High Evolutionaries come to Sigil City because it connects the worlds and is a place where knowledge and information converge. It is also because all divine beings are forbidden to enter here, and his study will not be unnecessarily disturbed - you must know that the study of divine beings themselves is extremely taboo in many planes.

He collected proverbs, prayers, and Upanishads from various belief systems to summarize the philosophical systems of these beliefs. He also collected artifacts and remnants of divine beings that he could find, which he used for experimentation.

Eventually, he figured out a way to simulate, or rather steal, the effects of divine magic. And this simulated magic power is even more powerful than the original magic and has a wider applicability. For example, a high evolutionary can use this ability to awaken undead creatures, and he can also simulate (or steal) the spell-like abilities of other creatures. The only drawback is that showing this ability is very taxing on the body, and it is very difficult to perform it once a day.

However, the notes leave no clues as to why the High Evolutionaries themselves ended up in a deep sleep.

Sadiri rubbed her beautiful forehead with her ivory-white fingers, exhausted from deciphering the ancient halfling characters. But now was not the time to rest, and she tried to cheer herself up and drive away the tiredness all over her body.

The ability of the High Evolutionary Ming is different from magic, so even if he can't use magic normally, he can use this new ability to save his dead companions, Sadiri thought. In front of her, the corpses of Muhadi, Kailin, Daken, Muscle Daddy, and others lay motionless on the cold ground of the Undead Fortress.

The Coral Witch looked around, there was no movement, most of the undead died from the previous explosion, and the rest was easily solved by her, at least at that time, she was still able to cast spells normally.

There was no hint of illusion here, and his previous worries seemed to be pure distraction.

Sadiri simulates in her mind the steps to demonstrate the abilities of a High Evolver, preparing to resurrect the Psychic Warlock Muhadi - a powerful psyker who can never be too many to fight against the Witch Kings.

Suddenly, the silence was broken by footsteps.

The Sun Mage was immediately on guard, and now she was strangely unable to cast spells normally, and she was at her most vulnerable.

The visitor was dressed in a floor-length robe and covered his head with a turban, according to the tradition of Attas. But with her countenance, Sadiri will never admit to it.

That's her sister's face.

"No way......" Sadiri murmured in an almost inaudible tone. “...... You're dead. ”

"My little sister, did you really see me dead?" said the comer, exactly as Coral Witch remembers. "You're just surmising I'm dead, aren't you? take a good look at me, can you see any traces of illusion?"

There was indeed no trace of illusion, no, not even a trace of magic fluctuations, Sadiri was sure.

The visitor stepped forward, as if trying to give the Coral Witch a big hug. The latter instinctively retreated, as if he hadn't figured out how to react.

A sharp dagger appeared in the comer's hand as if out of nowhere, and in an instant she dashed across the distance between the two, aiming for Sadiri's throat.

The last thing the Coral Witch saw was a face that seemed to be transforming and melting. This is a killer who can achieve a masterful effect without any magic and pure makeup and acting skills.

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The city of the devils was huge, and behind the tall walls of steel were countless metal complexes, row after row, until they stretched to the horizon and could no longer be seen. Diss is like a roll of metal carpet spread out on the earth, stretching in all directions. The fortress of the Iron Grand Duke Dispart, right in the heart of the giant Barthez city.

Walking into some, there were many people in front of the steel gate of Muhadi Dish, as if they were listening to something. As soon as he looked up, he saw a powerful demon hanging from the top of the steel gate, a huge enchanted iron hook through its collarbone, immobilizing it. But even in such a miserable situation, the great devil seemed to be unconcerned, and was impassionedly addressing the onlookers below. Its language was sonorous and powerful, and it was supposed to be the position of the eyes, but two yellow flames were burning brightly, which made people shudder.

"Who is this man?" asked Muhadi the hired devils.

"Duke Bunne, both of whom and Duke Phocas of Clever Speech were famous orators of Bato, were hung here for public display because they had offended the second lord, the Archduke of Dispat. The Deep Hell Purgatory introduced, and the devil mage mumbled "um" in agreement.

"Look over there. Aisha suddenly gestured to the Psychic Warlock. Looking in the direction she was pointing, there was also a group of demons gathered there, and noisy shouts came from there. "They seem to have captured a blazing god servant. ”

Muhati nodded, "That's Kailin," he said to Aisha. "We'd better find a way to get her out. ”

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