Unconsciously pulled me into the abyss of deathFaced with the inference that Viscount Wallace had just made, Xavier couldn't help but mutter.

The previous experience, like a ghost, haunted Xavier's heart, and it also made the fear in his thoughts more and more intense.

He couldn't imagine what would happen to him if he didn't have a master, maybe he would have drowned, or he would have been killed by a water ghost, either way, it would probably not have been the end he wanted.

And, as the master said, this danger is an unpredictable and unpredictable thing, which means that as soon as they go back to the bridge, they may unknowingly encounter such a bad thing.

That's where it's the most frightening.

Because it means that you have to maintain a high level of vigilance all the time, and you can't let up at all times, and you have to be wary of those intrusions that are not physical, but hallucinatory, and it is much more difficult to fight against the latter than the former.

Then, if you're not careful, you'll be infected by madness, as Xavier did before, and act in a way that can't be explained by reason.

Isn't that scary?

Therefore, the current Xavier really does not have enough confidence to face those illusions again.

It's not that he doesn't believe in his master, but he fears that he will die in vain, and what if Viscount Wallace can't save him once, I'm afraid he will fall into the abyss of madness, and he will never be able to extricate himself.

This kind of thing that cannot be explained by the current science makes him really a little cowardly in his heart, and he can't help but propose

"Master, then, since this bridge is so dangerous, wouldn't it be better for us to retreat first? We can continue to discuss in the rear, and there is no need to dwell on it any further. ”

Although this seems to be a bit of a fear of war, but for him, it is not a shameful thing, if he knows that something is very difficult, why not retreat first and wait for a better time?

What's more, he is a swordsman, not some extraordinary incident handling expert, if he retreats, he can let them find help, maybe this master, just know some expert, naturally can help them solve this incident.

This was undoubtedly a very sound approach, so Viscount Wallace did not object, partly because of Xavier, and on the other hand, because it was getting late now, and it was a time of danger, as Xavier said, for not staying here.

He told Xavier and him to leave the bridge first, and on the way back, they discussed the problem they had just asked.

"First of all, although we have temporarily retreated, what you and I have just experienced undoubtedly has more problems worth exploring. Viscount Wallace said to Xavier.

"For example, you mentioned that you saw a lot of visions in your hallucinations, including a warm hut and a woman who was about to jump into the river. ”

Then, when you see a woman jumping into the river, it is the moment when you are infected by madness, and before you fall into a hallucination, there are also a lot of sounds around at the same time, and the laughter of the woman in it also has a crazy meaning, so we can boldly infer that they have a certain connection with the fantasy woman you meet, and even say--

"That woman, who may be the source of your madness, is the owner who makes the sound, and naturally has the ability to convey madness through illusions. ”

In the face of Viscount Wallace's inference, Xavier said that it was very reasonable, "So master, what do you mean is that woman is the key to the problem, and the focus of our next investigation should be on her?"

"Exactly, so we can go back to the village and ask. Viscount Wallace, satisfied that Xavier had quickly understood his intentions, continued

"Aside from that, have you noticed that on top of the bridge, you are the only one who has fallen into a fantasy, and I have not encountered such a thing. ”

"Yes. Xavier had actually discovered this problem before, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, he just thought it was because of the means used by the witcher, "Isn't it that Master you have some way to deal with it?"

"I do have a knack for fighting psychic magic, but just over the bridge, I didn't feel any illusion attacks at all. ”

In other words, there may be some characteristics behind this illusion attack. ”

"In this regard, I have a few guesses, maybe it's just that my mental power is relatively strong, so the illusion attack naturally can't attack me, or it may be that your original thoughts failed to concentrate on fighting the spiritual invasion, so it took advantage of it. ”

"But it is also possible that that kind of illusion, if you don't attack you, master, then you will naturally not be invaded, but I will be pulled into the illusion by being attacked. Xavier made another guess.

"It's also possible. The viscount did not shake his head, but agreed with the speculation, "That's why I said that I just had an idea, and we still need to go to the field for specific things." ”

"That's right, we'll go back tomorrow and see if we can get it done. The Viscount vetoed Xavier's attempt to back down.

"But why, can't you find some kind of expert to come over, master, it's just the two of us, can we really solve it?" Xavier was still a little frightened by what he had experienced, "That's an extraordinary event, it should be left to a professional to solve." ”

"yes, so I'm not here, I'm a professional at solving transcendent events. Viscount Wallace couldn't help but say, which also made the apprentice in front of him speechless for a moment--

Although what he said was indeed not wrong, as a witcher, he solved more extraordinary events than Xavier had eaten, but Xavier still had a sense of fear for that inexplicable death.

"Okay, rest well first, believe in yourself" Seeing his apprentice's uneasy expression, Viscount Wallace gave him one last cheer.

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The next day.

Last night, Xavier and Viscount Wallace asked some of the old people in the village to see if they knew of any woman who had committed suicide by jumping into the river, and that might be the woman in red that Xavier had seen in his vision.

In the face of their inquiry, most of them said that they did not know much, they did not seem to know that there had been a girl who committed suicide there, which also made Xavier and Viscount Wallace look at each other.

Do they really not know? Or is it so secretive that few people even know about it?

After making such a judgment, they tried to start from the woman's appearance, but under Xavier's vague memory, the description they could give was also very vague, and naturally it was very difficult to ask for useful information.

In other words, the two of them still have to go again to learn more information, and through this information, a snowball effect will be formed to get more information, so as to solve this problem.

But before that, Xavier did one thing, and that was to write a letter, or a letter from home, to Caroline, and deliver it through Vasiliki's postal system, and only then followed in the footsteps of the viscount to the bridge he had visited yesterday.

The reason why he wrote the letter is because he now has more nostalgia for the world, so he also accidentally revealed some ridiculous thoughts in the letter, such as what if he dies, please Caroline continue to live well, don't feel sad for him, it doesn't matter if you marry another person, etc., although it sounds funny, it is the only thought he had when he wrote, and it is also what he fears.

He gradually understood that what he feared was not death, but that after death, he would not see those he cherished, the people he loved, especially Caroline.

So, even though he was cowardly before, now he acts as if he is not afraid at all--

Of course, it's actually a little, but more often than not, the fearful thoughts in his thoughts are overwhelmed by his concentration, and he begins to concentrate on his own situation, without paying attention to those inexplicable thoughts.

Then naturally, fear is inexplicably forgotten, and even if there is, it is just a small thought, and it can't turn over too much wind and waves, which has become the most effective way for him to fight fear at present.

He must not die, to overcome his fears and find out the key to the problem!

If he could not overcome the problems of the present kind, what confidence did he have to win the Knights' Conference? That would be an even more dangerous activity! And now it was only a small challenge to move forward, and he had no reason to retreat.

Therefore, he has to overcome his fears at this moment, overcome himself, and challenge the upper limit of his strength.

In the midst of these thoughts, he came to the bridge that had to be faced, took a deep breath, and together with the Viscount, they stepped on the stone bridge.

In addition to believing in himself, he also chose to believe in his master, since he could save himself once, he could save himself a second time.

All he had to do was complete the task given to him by the viscount and investigate the illusion within!

Viscount Wallace doubts that whether or not he can enter the illusion is determined by his mental power, and people with too high mental power will not be able to be invaded by the illusion, so they will naturally not be able to see what is happening inside, and those with too low mental power will be completely destroyed by the illusion and become a monster who can't think, just like Xavier did before.

Therefore, a balance must be struck in it, and Viscount Wallace gave Xavier a temporary blessing with a magic spell that could temporarily boost some of his mental power, hoping that this would achieve his goal-

While keeping his sanity, let Xavier enter the illusion above the bridge.

Of course, all this is just speculation, if things do change, such as Xavier jumping into the river again, the viscount will immediately run away with him to avoid any accidents.

This is what he has been prepared for a long time, and when it comes to starting from the heart, he is better than Xavier, and with a lot of experience, he naturally knows when is the time to escape.

It's when things don't go right.

What he didn't expect, though, was that sometimes, something could only happen to one person.

For example, at this moment.

In Xavier's eyes, the sky suddenly turned black, and it was dark and late at night, before noon.

And Viscount Wallace, who was next to him, also seemed to disappear in front of his eyes, as if he had never existed next to him.

"What's going on?" Xavier's mind gradually appeared with fearful thoughts that he had forgotten, but quickly calmed them down.

He knew very well that it was useless to be scared now, and that he had to calm down first and think about what was happening.

I remember that I came to the bridge with my master, waited for the sound to appear, and then at a certain moment, I suddenly came here.

Could it be that I fell into a hallucination again? But last time, it was clear that I heard the sound first, and then I had a hallucination, and sure enough, experience is misleading, and he touched his forehead with a little distress.

However, the location of this place should be the same bridge, both north of the village, the bridge next to the river, just a little different, Xavier thought to himself, and observed the situation nearby.

As far as the eye can see, the time here has changed from morning to night, but that's not the point, the point is that there are a lot of noticeable differences in the situation of the bridge.

For example, the bridge was noticeably not as dilapidated as he later appeared, but rather new, and there were no evil lairs in the rear - in the real world, there should be a lair nearby that he had destroyed.

In other words, the bridge of this illusion should be a bridge of a different time period, perhaps the past or the future, and the illusion successfully reproduces this scene.

So can I return to the Minoan Empire from here? Xavier had a strange idea for some reason, but quickly retracted it, because in his eyes, he saw the arrival of a being.

The woman in red.

He remembered very well that the last time he saw her jump into the river, he followed her and jumped unconsciously.

But that was when he couldn't keep thinking, and naturally he couldn't make any resistance, so it seems that the master really succeeded, and he really came to the illusion under the condition of keeping thinking, and naturally there was a way to try to solve this illusion and investigate what happened inside.

And the first one is to try to reach out to the woman!

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