In order to learn and cast spells, this is not the first time that Suzo has entered a meditative state.

Meditation is not sleeping, and this is absolutely important to understand!

Strictly speaking, in Suzo's understanding, 'meditation' is closer to yy, mobilizing one's emotions through fantasies, chanting mantras that can bring oneself into a state, praying to special objects (gods), thinking about painful things, beautiful things, and so on.

The human heart is a complex thing, and the wavelength of the soul in the mage's mouth is very simple, it is the mobilization of the mind and emotions.

Everyone's psychic fluctuations are different, only in general directions, so the initial process of perceiving the elements for almost every magic apprentice is a long and painful journey of repeated and painful attempts.

Taking Su Zuo's own experience as an example, without the help of outsiders, he only perceived the three elements of light, magic energy, and thunder and lightning for two weeks. And according to the old man's words, this is already quite good.

And after Su Zuo put his hand on the magic book, it wasn't until a sudden sleepiness swept over his heart and pulled him cross-legged on the bed into sleep that Su Zuo realized in a daze-

He didn't seem to say which elemental ...... to perceive.

【...... Ask you, do you have an ideal that you must realize?"

Where is it......

【...... Ask you, do you have a ** that you have to achieve?!]

What's wrong with me...... I remember falling asleep as if I had put my hand on the magic book......

【......】

Not...... Dizzy...... Buzzing in the ears...... Are flies flying?

【...... Fly...... Thou shalt be foolish ......].

The drowsy brain woke up in an instant.

The boiling heat wave scalded the skin outside, the long flying hair turned brown in the hot air, the smell of sulfur filled the mouth and nose, and the dry eyes were stinging and unbearable.

Fiery red air wails in the flames, and twisted flames weep as they drag the living into the flames. Su Zuo was dumbfounded as he faced the huge dragon beast that suddenly appeared in front of him.

With a height of nearly 100 meters, dragon wings that covered the sky, and the huge, mechanismless golden vertical pupils at the front of the hideous dragon head were staring at him deadly.

"Where is this?!"

Before Su Zuo could react, he had already been burned into powder by the dragon's breath spewed out by a mouthful of dragon.

Then it happened again, and it was the same scene again, this time it was a dragon's claw and fell heavily on the city wall, compared to the last time I died without feeling at all, this time the bones were shattered, the pain was unbearable, and I struggled for nearly 20 seconds before being buried alive by the suddenly collapsed city wall.

However, thanks to this, Su Zuo finally realized that he was a magic swordsman "now".

The crimson armor on his body and the golden-red unknown metal forged sword in his hand all explained his identity at this time.

"Damn...... What's going on!"

This time, under Su Zuo's conscious efforts to dodge, he lived for more than twenty seconds, and then he was crushed into pulp by the huge dragon claws that were overwhelmingly stepped on.

"Okay, okay...... Doesn't it look like it's crossed over again...... What the hell is that magic book......" Su Zuo exhaled softly, and then faced the dragon that was rushing towards him again, Su Zuo tried to mobilize the light element, tried to release a shadow door, and then failed, and was burned to death.

"Damn! I don't have anything but fire magic in my body! And what kind of scum equipment is this! Obviously a fire-based magic swordsman was burned to slag, don't you be ashamed!"

Su Zuo, who appeared again, threw the long sword in his hand to the ground in a fit of rage, splashed a cloud of dust, and pointed out his middle finger at the dragon in anger, and then stared at the dragon for a while, wailing in the flames and turning into ashes.

It hurts......

Suzo fell to his knees again, the pain that remained at the end of his consciousness nearly unconscious, and then before he could get up, he turned into a mass of meat sauce.

"The more you resist, the more painful it becomes!" This time Su Zuo jumped up energetically, then threw away his sword and fled desperately backwards.

It's not that Suzo is scared, but he wants to delay a little time to think about the current situation.

"If memory serves, is that what the old guy meant when he said, 'It will help you meditate'?"

Judging from the current situation, Su Zuo felt as if he had fallen under the control of a large illusion, and if he thought about it carefully, it could only be the effect of that magic book.

In this case, the purpose of this illusion should be to help him meditate, why would a giant dragon repeatedly torture and kill him......

Suzo thought about the problem, but accidentally tripped on the ground and was trampled to death.

"Let yourself experience death over and over again...... Certainly not this one. Then there's only one possibility......"

Recall the pain of wailing in the flames before, and the elements that resonate with the fire element......

Fighting Spirit...... Is there still anger......

Su Zuo let out a soft sigh of relief, remembering what he had said when he had spoken to the old man earlier.

――“...... Because for the fire element, burning is 'positive energy' and freezing is 'negative energy', and in battle, the passionate fighting spirit and anger are more suitable for battle than to stay calm or even fall into a lost mental state, right?"

Come on...... Su Zuo looked at the flame dragon that was quietly looking at him in front of him, as if he was waiting for him to prepare, and slowly raised his long sword.

Then it turned into ashes.

"Damn, what's wrong...... "The touch of the lungs gradually scorching and cracking in the flames was terrifying, and Su Zuo, who had reappeared, coughed dryly and fell to his knees. Compared to the previous times, he lasted for nearly two minutes, but this time he still couldn't completely stop the damage of the dragon's breath from the heat, first of all, the hair and skin, and secondly, the double blow of the hot air exhaled into his lungs and the burning of subcutaneous fat, in the great pain, the barely perceptible fire element quickly dissolved, and Su Zuo's fate could not escape death.

However, this time, Su Zuo clearly felt that with the rising battle intent, the flame magic in his body began to mobilize under his echo.

"The current body's ability to perceive flames is much better than that of Evan's, otherwise this level of battle intent is not enough to mobilize the fire element......

The magic in his body echoed with the ubiquitous elements in the outside world, and Su Zuo tried to mobilize the fire elemental in the new battle, condensing it into a sphere and smashing it into the eyes of the fire dragon.

It's a pity that the fireball created by Su Zuo, who has never learned the magic of the fire element at all, can't even explode except for burning, and the effect it can play is really limited for the fire dragon with the fire elemental resistance capped.

However, even with this kind of extremely violent heavenly thing, almost a rough work of magic techniques, after repeated use, Su Zuo can gradually use the magic power in his body to do things like create flame shields, flame barriers, and the like.

Through this kind of small tricks, Su Zuo gradually improved his survival rate under the physical attack of the dragon, but a wide-area attack like the dragon's breath is still inexplicable for him now.

The best result was to avoid the direct attack of the dragon flame by blocking the eyes, and held on to the edge of the dragon's breath for 3 minutes, and then after the melting of the long sword in his hand, it was burned to charcoal.

"Haha...... Don't think I'm a traverser, I don't know if there's a dragon that can squirt dragon's breath for 3 minutes without stopping, bastard!"

Suzo cursed loudly, and then turned into a charcoal roast pig again.

"What the hell is missing...... What conditions are still missing......" Su Zuo lay on his back on the ground, gasping for breath, although the damage on his ** would recover every time he died, the damage on his consciousness by illusion could not be simply restored because of this.

Pain and exhaustion, like a phantom, hazy enveloped Su Zuo's consciousness, making him realize that his body was not his real body at this time.

After tossing and turning with Su Zuo for nearly a dozen rounds, this time, facing Su Zuo, who was lying directly on his back and completely lost his fighting spirit, the dragon did not attack him, and the huge golden pupils looked at him for a while, then spread his wings and flew up.

The huge dragon wings, which were several times wider than the dragon's body, slowly unfolded, and then with a slight fanning, the huge body had already left the ground and crossed the towering city wall.

The roar of the dragon roared, the dragon's breath turned into a pillar of flame, the flames were rising, the sky was dyed red, and the roars and sorrows of the people were clearly audible in the sound of houses collapsing and collapsing, and they were connected straight together on the other side of the city wall.

Suzo, who was lying on the ground, sat up and listened to all this blankly.

Then darkness came again......

Suzo knelt on the bed, gasping for breath.

The dark room, the slightly gray air, and the sleepy inquiry of the little guy in his consciousness all showed that he had broken away from the illusion of the Demon Dao Book.

It's just that the final scene made Su Zuo realize it so clearly-

The reason why he was able to get out of illusion in the end was not because of success, but because of shame and failure......

The hourglass placed in the room showed that less than a fifth of the night had passed.

Su Zuo extinguished the crimson flame in his palm, just like the blazing flame in his palm, Su Zuo turned his gaze back to the low-key and simple magic book that seemed mysterious and abnormal at this time.

"What is lacking is not the will to fight...... But is it a decision......

Su Zuo looked at his palm with the help of the sparks scattered around the room, and not so long ago, it was a swordsman's hand full of sword calluses, burned with blood blisters from the hot sword.

Suzo closed his eyes and slowly sank himself into his mind.

War or battle, what you want is not your own survival, but the determination to kill the other party, if you can't do this, then not only will you die, but even your home will be turned into ashes in the flames......

Yonan Clerkship...... Is that what you want to tell me......

Opening his eyes, Su Zuo's gaze showed incomparable firmness, and once again, he pressed his left hand on the cover of the Demon Dao Book.