Xavier, frightened by the strange sounds under the bridge, tried to stabilize his thoughts, calmly and steadily, listening to the sounds that came to his ears.

Because he knows that these voices may be the key to debunking the rumors.

And the viscount next to him also maintained the same attitude as him, and even calmer, as if he was not afraid of those strange voices at all, and the reason was very simple-

As an experienced witcher, Viscount Wallace must have encountered a lot of extraordinary events, even ghosts, so he already has the corresponding immunity to these strange sounds.

What's more, at this moment, he didn't feel any intention of being attacked at all, it seemed that the owner of the voice was just telling a story, and he didn't intend to attack the two, so his vigilance was also relaxed a little, but it was only a little bit.

After all, both he and Xavier have put the 'Quinn' mark on themselves to prevent unexpected attacks from coming, which is a sign of caution, whether you are afraid or not, you must do it accurately.

After a few minutes, Xavier listened carefully, and he noticed that the location of the sound seemed to change from time to time, but it was audible that it came from under the bridge, and there was some pattern in the sound playing from one section to another.

For example, the first paragraph is a girl's cry, and the first part Xavier heard, which was extremely miserable, as if she had experienced some tragic experience, but Xavier didn't know what had happened.

And the second paragraph is the laughter that Xavier heard later, this laughter and cry seem to be made by the same person, with a crazy meaning, if you listen carefully, it will even make your mind have a sharp pain, and be infected by that madness, so Xavier did not dare to listen too much, and must relax his mind a little in the second paragraph.

As for the third section at the end, it is a rather strange sound, because there is only a strange male and female voice in it, and it is not from the owner of the sound heard earlier, and it is all screaming, the female voice is in the front, and the male voice is behind, maybe the owner of those voices has encountered something bad.

After the third part is played, it is a replay of the first and second sections, but its pattern is random, that is, it can sometimes be 321, or 123, or even 231, and the six rules are constantly looping in Xavier's mind, and he gradually blends into those sounds.

It's as if the real picture of those voices is directly presented in front of Xavier's eyes, and he becomes a member of it, and will be affected by the situation inside.

In the face of such a dangerous situation, Xavier showed no signs of perceiving it, not even the intention of struggling, unable to maintain the most basic thinking, and could only walk blindly, vainly, in hallucinations.

In his hallucinations, he saw a cozy hut, which was brightly lit, and the charcoal fire burned the stove red, warming the whole house, and on the coffee table next to it, there were several bottles of teapots, and a man poured black tea from it and poured it into his mouth.

Next to him, there was a woman, looking at the man drinking tea with an admiring gaze, and the relationship between the two seemed to be good, because the man also responded to the woman with the same gaze.

It's a harmonious picture, and I don't know why, it's presented to Xavier at this moment.

And Xavier, as a bystander, watched without thinking, without thinking, without thinking, as these two men and women, who were supposed to be husband and wife, exchanged opinions lovingly, leaned on each other in the warm house, and then exchanged glances with each other.

Until that moment comes.

The first movement ends, and the third movement arrives.

This is the voice heard by Viscount Wallace, who did not fall into a fantasy like Xavier, but still reincarnated in the previous '123' rhythm, and at this moment, what he heard was the voice from the first paragraph-

The girl's cry transitioned into the second voice, which was a crazy laugh, with an extremely crazy meaning, even if he was an experienced witcher and had experienced many extraordinary events, his thoughts at this moment were inevitably affected.

At the same time, after the sound changed, Xavier's vision also changed accordingly, from the original warm wooden house to a bridge over the river.

He saw a girl dressed in red, standing on the bridge, smiling beautifully.

Then, the woman's arms gradually grew claws, causing her to show a crazy expression and let out a crazy smile, but the smile was forcibly stopped by the woman after a few seconds, and there was no word around her, only the sound of the breeze blowing.

The woman looked at the river under the bridge and showed a bright smile again, and in that smile, there was more bitterness and irrepressible madness.

Finally, her reason seemed to be overwhelmed by madness, and her emotions, which were difficult to balance, were also completely occupied by madness, but before that moment could happen, the woman chose to be relieved, gently closed her eyes, and jumped from the bridge to the river below.

This is the end of the story.

Xavier, on the other hand, was in the middle of the bridge, blindly watching the woman fall into the water, and had no intention of stopping it, or rather, he couldn't think at all, and could only watch her jump into the river and kill herself without moving.

Immediately afterward, his body began to move blindly, and he walked to the same place where the woman had just walked, and came to the same place where she had jumped, and smiled the same madly, and was ready to jump into the river with her.

He jumped off.

This jump is not only in the illusion, but also in reality.

Viscount Wallace only saw that the apprentice next to him, without noticing, suddenly stepped over the railing of the bridge in the midst of crazy background laughter, and was about to jump directly into the river, as if he was about to commit suicide.

This frightened the Viscount.

Thankfully, the witcher was fast enough, just in time, to get Xavier out of the process of jumping - he hadn't really fallen yet, forcibly dragged him back, and quickly realized that the situation on the bridge was more dangerous than he had imagined.

Because just now, he obviously didn't feel any killing intent, nor did he feel any intention to be attacked, but Xavier, it was in this situation that he inexplicably began to jump into the river, which means that he was completely unable to predict the danger, and the danger has been entangled around the two of them until a certain moment, and it will completely explode.

After thinking of this, Viscount Wallace did not hesitate, took the delirious Xavier, and quickly left from the bridge with the upper hand magic, leaving the bridge with a sense of madness, and re-entering the land.

Although there are still some water ghosts left nearby, for the viscount, these monsters that can be defeated by real people are much better than the situation on the bridge, at least his silver sword, and the seal of Quinn, can have room to give full play.

Instead of being like now, the attack came inexplicably, it was more like a mental attack, and Viscount Wallace could roughly guess from Xavier's performance, but what exactly happened could only be asked when he woke up.

However, one thing he could notice was that as soon as he left the bridge, the rhythm of '123' in the background suddenly stopped, and neither laughter, cries, nor screams could be heard next to him—Viscount Wallace suspected that it was these voices that had polluted his apprentice and made him jump into the river.

Then, after the sound dissipates, Xavier's state should also improve.

As he expected, the black-haired swordsman who had been placed on the ground by him really reopened his eyes shortly after leaving the bridge, revealing a confused look.

"What's going on?" Xavier, who woke up, asked with some horror as he touched his waist.

"You almost died. Viscount Wallace sighed, and recounted what he had seen before, and Xavier couldn't believe it had happened.

He clearly felt that one second he was still on the bridge, and the next second, he teleported here, waking up on the land, which he couldn't believe, but he could only ask in confirmation

"So, master, do you mean, I suddenly showed a confused look in my voice, and then ran over and jumped into the river?"

"Exactly. Viscount Wallace was actually a little puzzled, and after nodding his head, he asked rhetorically, "So I feel very strange, don't you really feel anything at all?" I don't think you can think of anything, and then you run over and jump into the river for some reason." ”

"I think there's something wrong with that, too" Xavier felt helpless, if he did go jumping into the river, something should have happened to make him do this.

So in the next moment, when this thought flashed through Xavier's mind, countless fragments of memories glowed in Xavier's thoughts, awakening the memories he had just experienced as a bystander.

However, these memories exist in the form of fragments, that is, he cannot fully understand what happened, but can only roughly know that he has experienced something unconsciously before jumping into the river.

And those things, it seems, are the memories of others, not his own, and he just watched from the sidelines as a bystander.

Then, in the final fragment of the river jump, he found that at that time, he seemed to be affected by the crazy laughter, and unconsciously followed the woman's actions and jumped into the river, which is the picture that Viscount Wallace had seen before.

Thinking about this, he hurriedly told Viscount Wallace what he remembered.

And Viscount Wallace also hastened to make his judgment

"It seems that above this bridge, there should be a monster, or phenomenon, that can create a sound effect, and even pull people into a fantasy, just like what you just experienced, spreading madness and producing a terrible effect. ”

And the fact that you just jumped into the river is the best evidence of the spread of madness, otherwise it is impossible to explain why you unconsciously follow the woman's actions. ”

At the same time, this phenomenon should be carried out unconsciously, because I don't feel any intention to be attacked from beginning to end, so this means that this phenomenon does not subjectively kill people, but unconsciously pulls you into the abyss of death. ”

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