Conau pointed to the marble on the ground.

"Your hyper-instinct was activated as soon as you saw this?"

"Yes. ”

Edel examined the marble.

"It's just an ordinary marble..."

"It must be so. My super instinct was activated, and this was the only marble here! Not only that, but it looked artificial.

Marble is shaped like a square, and such a perfect square cannot occur naturally.

That means someone put it here on purpose!

But since there are a lot of rocks and boulders here, the square marble does not stand out.

As the saying goes, "If you need to hide a tree, hide it in the forest." ”。

"Oh, you're right. Did we put something on it like we did in the Kudar lab?"

"There's something buried under it, too. ”

Cono held up the marble. It was heavy, but not too heavy, and he couldn't lift it.

Bang.

He put it aside and began digging for dirt where the marble had been.

Conou's fingertips felt a little heavy.

"As I thought!"

Conou laughed, I got it!" he thought.

After a while ...

Conou dug up a marble box.

"Oh, what's carved on it. ”

The inscription on the thick lid says...

"Fools pursue fantasy, wise men pursue logical ......"

Quite meaningful words.

"Why did they bury this here?"

It was a question that had just come to his mind.

But then...

The white monkey appeared in front of them, and it was the monkey that Conou had been looking for.

[You have discovered the mysterious monkey, Monty.] ]

"Huh?"

Eder's eyes widened at the sudden appearance of the monkey.

The white monkey, Monty, shouted and danced, looking very excited.

Con O's calmly assessed the situation.

"Mysterious monkey, Monty... It doesn't look like a monster from the boss

Monty is not a big monster. It also doesn't have any treasures.

And...

"The reason it came out of nowhere must be because of this box. ”

Conou pushed his hand forward and grabbed the lid.

Kiki!

Unsurprisingly, Monty reacted. It raised its hand, baring its teeth.

It looks both happy and angry. It can go either way.

Are you telling him to let go? Or are you telling him to open it?

"I have to make a decision. If I take too long, the Asta guilds will come here in droves

The Asta guild is frantically searching for Monty, so time is not on Con'ou's side.

In the end, Conou made his own decision.

Open it!

"Maple. ”

Con Ou opened the lid with force.

Kiki Kiki!

At the same time, Monty jumped around and wailed, but it didn't attack him, at least not yet.

Throw it hard!

He opened the lid of the box.

[You've opened a storage box containing the illusion Grimoyer that is more real than reality itself.] ]

[The Guardians of the Box are using their powers.] ]

[Judgment awaits you.] ]

"A fantasy more real than reality itself, Grimaud?"

Conou looked at the system information.

So... ！

Monty's body began to swell.

"Mr. Kang, oh?" Edel called anxiously.

What's going on!?

"That monkey is clearly the guardian of the box. If I want to get what's inside, I have to pass the trial. ”

Cono grabbed his magic sword.

Edel followed, brandishing his mace in one hand and his shield in the other.

"How big will it be?"

Monty is already more than 2 meters tall. Still, it continues to grow.

"I don't know. ”

"But will this noise attract the Asta Guild?"

"Yes, 100%. ”

"Then we'll have to fight that monkey first, and then the Asta guild? That's ....... ”

"No way. ”

Con O finished speaking for him.

"Right?"

"Yes. That's why we're throwing it at them. ”

Con'ou plans to pit the Asta Guild and Monty against each other, using the opportunity to run with the box.

Kuu.

It stops growing only after reaching 5 meters.

It looks like... ！

"King Kong," Con'ou muttered.

Monty has turned into a white King Kong. Of course, when you look closely, you'll notice something different.

"What is King Kong?"

"It doesn't matter. ”

"Isn't it too big?"

"Yes. It's really big. ”

In that moment ...

Kuva!

The monster monkey roared and swung its fist downwards with a speed comparable to that of a catapult shooting a boulder.

To dodge its attack, Edel tossed the body aside. Obviously, Cono had to do the same.

However... ！

"What's wrong?"

This is definitely a dangerous situation. If they just sat there, they would have been squished by Monty's fist.

"Why can't I feel anything?"

He didn't feel cold at all, which meant that his hyper-instincts didn't feel like he was in danger.

"Why?"

Conou's brain begins to fire at the fastest rate, and the world seems to be moving slowly.

"The super-intuition is not activated, the fool chases the fantasy, and the smart pursues logic... and judgment ... Other words

Cono didn't move at all.

He no longer had time to dodge Monty's attacks.

"Get out of the way!" Edel shouted anxiously as he dodged.

Bang!

Monty's fist slammed into Conou.

Wow!

Sand and dust rises from the impact zone.

"Mr. Con'ou, oh!" Eder said, his voice bordering on a scream.

"What's wrong?"

Conou walked out of the dust cloud unscathed.

For some reason, the monkey didn't attack again, just sat there.

"Huh?"

Ed just stared blankly at him for a moment. What's going on?

"Huhu," Kang Ou smiled, reading the system information.

[What you see through the illusion is more real than reality itself.] ]

[You have completed your trial.] ]

[You take ownership of an illusion that is more real than reality itself, Grimmauld]

"As I thought, it was an illusion. ”

Using all the clues he had, Con realized that the monster monkey was nothing more than an illusion.

Therefore, he allowed the monkeys to attack him without moving.

As a result, he walked out unscathed, proving that the monster monkey was nothing more than a hallucination.

"What the hell is going on?" Edel asked, barely holding himself back.

"What do you mean? It's just an illusion. ”

Con pointed to the monster monkey standing blankly.

"Is that a hallucination?"

Eder's eyes widened, unable to believe it was an illusion.

"If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have come out unscathed. ”

Conou shrugged.

"T-shaped, that's true. Is that really an illusion? Wow, it's such a vivid hallucination here......"

Edel examined the monkey.

From its fur to the lively expression on its face, the intense pressure it felt and the thump it struck the ground...

Who would see this and say "that's an illusion"?

Conou left Ed in his device and packed the book in the box.

The title of the book is that < illusion is more real than reality itself, Grimmauld 1 >.

"This is just the first book? That means there's a second book

Conor tries to see the item's information.

However, he sensed several voices and presences coming towards him.

"The big monkey is over there!"

"Jailer!"

The Asta Guild is here.

"Change the plan. We're running. ”

Conou pulled out a return scroll from his inventory.

He abandoned his original plan to pit Monty against the Asta union.

He didn't know when the illusion magic would go away, so he couldn't pit them against each other.

Split.

As soon as he tore open the scroll, the silver dust sparkled. Soon, he will disappear completely.

Eder's state begins to decline, and Con's summons.

After a while ...

The Asta guild surrounds the monster monkeys.

"What's wrong?"

Arkor looked up at the monster monkey and frowned.

He sent Vesta to gather intelligence, so there was no one here to answer his questions.

At that moment, the monster monkey began to become invisible.

"Ah, it's starting to become invisible!" said a member of the Asta Society.

"Attack!" Akol shouted.

It was his only option because he needed to do something.

Asta guild members bombard it with spells and skills.

However, they couldn't stop it from disappearing.

Because Conou stole Grimoyer, which was the source of its power, the illusion was gone.

Eventually, the monster monkey disappeared completely, as if it had never appeared...

The Asta Guild lost its purpose and had to stare at the place where the monkey had been, which was really in vain.

"If I'm a little later, I'm in trouble. ”

If he meets the Asta Guild, things get complicated.

However, he barely figured it out!

Conou returned safely to Altan with Grimoyer.

"That's true. ”

Of course, Ed came with him.

"But Mr. Conou," cried Eder.

"What?"

"How do you know that monkey is hallucinating? Is it because of your super-intuition?" asked Eder.

He still couldn't believe that the monkey was a hallucination.

"My super-intuition was part of it, but I also read the title. ”

Conou shook his hand.

"The illusion is more real than the reality itself, Grimoyer 1, um..."

Eder's eyes were full of greed. He wants to see it! He really wants to see it!

"Please let me read it!"

"Oh, it can't be. I'll read it first. ”

Conou walks into an abandoned alley and takes stock of the Grimmauld River.

[The illusion is more real than reality itself, Grimoyer 1]

Alder, once ridiculed as the Clown Mage, was a great mage who mastered illusion magic and wrote this Grimmauld.

He is the only master of illusion in history.

This Grimaud contains part of Alder's "imaginary projection", which is an aspect of his mystical magic.

If you can collect all three volumes of illusions that are more real than reality itself, then you can learn "imaginary projections".

However, to learn hallucinatory projection, you must first possess both elementary sorcery and advanced hallucinatory magic.

"Mystic magic!"

Conou's eyes widened.

It is said that mystical magic can only be used by masters!

A part of the magic is contained in this Grimory.

"I won the jackpot!"

Cono clenched his fists. He must have struck gold!

At that moment, he saw a system message.

[Alder's memories are contained in Grimory.] ]

[Do you want to see memories?]

"Eder, put your hand on the book. ”

"Are you going to go through the memories that have been sealed inside?"

Conou nodded.

Eder put his hand on it, and Conou said, "Yes." ”

At that moment, he saw a recording playing in front of him.

Alder is a smart little boy who likes to make people happy, so he works as a clown in the circus.

One day, Alder took his circus across the continent and visited Altain, the capital of the Altai Empire. There, he happened to see a magical fireworks display.

Alder was touched by the fireworks display and thought, "If I use magic, I can make people happier, can't I?"

Eventually, Alder left the circus and went straight to Altan's Tower to learn magic...