Wang looked at the tower and muttered, "My teacher thinks I can solve this puzzle...... Uncle Xiao said that he should jump out of the question and look at the problem from a different angle...... In other words, I have all the information I need, but I just have to look at things from a different perspective. ”

He touched his chin, his hand playing with his thin beard.

Elizabeth: "Could it be ......?"

The king looked at her, "What's the matter?" ”

"Uh, sorry, I didn't know what to say until I opened my mouth." Elizabeth said embarrassedly, "I just think I should do my part." ”

Rosalie teased, "You might be able to hit this tower with a scorching ray." ”

Wang: "It's useless, all kinds of attack spells have already been tried." ”

After speaking, he seamlessly switched to his state of searching for thoughts: "Jump out of the question, but I'm not sure what the question stem is." ”

Next, the king was chattering and thinking like this, staring at the giant tower in a daze.

A group of people around him, all of whom did not dare to say anything, accompanied him to bask in the sun.

For people who don't understand magic, in fact, the communication spell of the Nine Rings and the words of those old urchins do not have much deterrent power, and there is a deterrent reaction from Master Mel.

The archmage was scared to death in front of you, and when he came back to life, he humbly said that he was just an apprentice, which was too deterrent.

The crowd waited quietly for half an hour.

The sun was scorching, everyone was sweating profusely, even Nini, the elf, was sweating visibly, and Elizabeth and Rosalie were soaking wet.

The sweat on Rosalie's body even outlined the shape of her corset on her tunics.

Suddenly, the king snapped his fingers.

Rosalie asked eagerly, "You understand?" ”

Wang: "I don't understand. I don't know what's going on with this tower. ”

Elizabeth: "What about snapping your fingers?" ”

"I suddenly realized that there was a loophole in my teacher's words." The king looked at Elizabeth, completely ignoring her seductive figure in a state of sweating, "My teacher said that when he traveled in this plane, he saw through the tricks of this tower at a glance when he arrived in Monrovia 'for the first time'. ”

Emperor Bernal couldn't help but speak, "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”

"Of course there is a problem, when my teacher first came to Monrovia, he was still a rookie. His journey began in Landon, and he must have been very young when he arrived in Monrovia, could it be that he went in reverse, first over the mountains of the world and then around before returning to Monrovia? ”

Bernal: "So? ”

Wang: "The rookie may be able to unlock the secrets of the tower. But how can a rookie see through fate? Can he still know that this secret is in my fate? He knew there was me then? Does this seem like something a rookie can do? ”

Mel "Master" nodded: "Makes sense." ”

Emperor: "So your teacher lied?" ”

"No!" The king flatly denied, "The most brilliant liar will deceive people with the truth." That's what the devil loves! My teacher is telling the truth, but he is not a rookie mage who has just started his adventure, but he has become a traveling mage and has changed his identity to travel in the plane! It's the first time in that identity! ”

The emperor lost some patience: "So? We've been basking in the sun with you for so long, and you found this? ”

"Don't worry! For the first time, the teacher of the traveling mage discovered the truth of this mystery of the tower at a glance, but for thousands of years, countless mages have tried to crack the truth of the tower but failed! Is it possible that the difference between the Brigade Mages and these Mages caused them to not see through the tricks of the Tower? ”

Wang turned around with great interest, looked at the tower, and continued his train of thought: "The biggest difference between a traveling mage and an ordinary mage is that he has obtained eternity. He had jumped out of time on his own plane. So this tower, isn't it in the flow of time?

"No, no, we won't be able to see it if it's not in the Tower of the Temporal Stream, and the Traveling Mage will appear in front of the inhabitants of the Plane because he is integrated into the Temporal Stream of the Plane. So the tower is indeed within the flow of time. ”

Mel next to him widened his eyes: "This is ...... This is knowledge that has never been heard of! So the essence of time is...... OMG! ”

Everyone else turned to look at the old mage.

Wang ignored the old mage's reaction and continued to follow his train of thought: "What else is different from an ordinary mage? Did they understand the nature of the universe? Could this thing have anything to do with the nature of the universe? If that's the case, I can't crack it if I don't understand the nature of the universe! But the tone of the uncles, this is a problem that I can solve.

"What else?"

Suddenly, the king stopped muttering, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

"It's an illusion." He said.

Mel "Master" immediately denied: "Impossible! For so many years, I don't know how many people have used spells like True Knowledge. The words of the illusion have long been seen! ”

"No, the most powerful illusion can directly change people's cognition, and even distort the rules of physics. I had only seen this statement in books before, but today I actually saw it! The king touched the surface of the tower with his hand, then turned his head excitedly and said to the people, "Look! ”

Elizabeth looked dazed: "What are you looking at?" ”

The king turned around and skimmed a layer of oil from her secondary sexual characteristics: "Look! The sun is so big that you're about to get dehydrated and suffer from heat stroke, but this tower is completely cold. Because it only exists in my perception! ”

"Wait a minute!" Rosalie shouted, "Didn't I just tell you that there is a group of cultists in Minos, and they are interested in climbing this tower!" ”

Wang: "Yes, but if you think about it, how can an ordinary stone tower have 'ripples'?" That's exactly what could have happened since the tower didn't actually exist. It only exists in cognition, and if someone believes that they can feel the ripples on it, and then uses techniques such as the sea of qi of the warrior monk to climb up the ripples, he may succeed! ”

Rosalie: "What did you say...... I can't find any reason to refute it. But I always felt that it couldn't be like this! I've been looking at this tower for 20 years, and it's been here since I opened my eyes. You suddenly told me it didn't exist......"

Wang: "I didn't say it didn't exist, it existed for you!" This is the same principle as many illusions, such as the Phantom Killer, and to the person who is hit, the killer is real, so he is 'killed'. ”

He stopped suddenly: "I see, the Phantom Killer is like this, I always thought that this was a phantom to scare people to death, it turned out that it was not scared to death, it was a distorted cognition, so in the world that the target recognized, he was really killed."

"If you follow this line of thinking, you may be able to succeed!"

Wang grabbed Elizabeth's shoulder: "I may be about to get my first four-ring spell!" Or a cool spell like Phantom Slayer! ”

Elizabeth was stunned: "Open, open the ring?" Isn't it enough to sleep and dream? ”

Wang: "That's you, you're a warlock!" ”

"That'...... So congratulations? Elizabeth said uncertainly.

"Thank you." The mage thought for a moment, and the excitement just now immediately cooled down as a new confusion appeared, "But why can the Shadow Spell spell only have twenty percent truth?" Shouldn't the copied spell spell be perfectly reproduced? Tsk, it seems that this inspiration is not enough for me to understand all the four-ring illusions, what else is not in place? ”

At this time, the emperor, who was even more impatient, spoke: "How long do you have to toss?" Have you cracked the tower? ”

The king looked at the emperor unexpectedly: "It's cracked." This tower is a higher illusion that distorts the real world by distorting cognition. Actually, it doesn't exist at all. That cyclops proverb is indeed the key to solving this puzzle: the absence of an answer is also an answer! ”

Bernal: "Nonsense! What's the difference between this and charlatans? ”

Wang: "Yes." I'll show you! ”

As he spoke, he turned and rushed towards the tower!

Then he hit it all over and sat back on the ground with a big bag bulging out of his forehead.

Bernal laughed: "Look! I'll just say it's a charlatan's trick!! ”

Wang stood up and patted his buttocks, his face not ashamed of this defeat, and he muttered, "It seems that the vision is stopping me." The eyes are trying to tell me it's real, just close it. ”

Bernal: "Hahaha, look, Mel, the legendary mage's apprentice is crazy! ”

Mel was still there, muttering like a demon, "Time! The time is like this! If he can master the Phantom Killer in this way, then I should be able to master the time stop. What's the difference? ”

The emperor shook his head, and at this time the king closed his eyes.

He rushed towards the tower with his eyes closed, faster than just now, and even stronger than just now!

Rosalie closed her eyes, unable to bear to look.

Elizabeth looked at it directly, it was obvious that the two of them had very different levels of trust in the young mage!

In the next moment, the mage rushed into the tower and vanished.

Bernal was ready to laugh, but the smile froze directly on his face.

Mel, who was still concentrating on thinking, suddenly raised his head: "! Gone! ”

The soldiers and knights who came with the Emperor and the old mage were all Monrovians, many of whom had served under the tower for many years, and they were all stunned to see this scene now.

After a few seconds, the king appeared again: "There is nothing in it." It's a solid illusion, and this time I'm going to open my eyes and give it a try. ”

He turned, and was about to rush forward again, but he changed his mind halfway through, and walked slowly to the tower with a leisurely stroll, and then sank into the white wall.

The onlookers were silent.

The Emperor shouted, "I don't believe it! If it's just that simple, how can it be that so many archmages and dwarven craftsmen haven't found out! ”

The king's voice came from inside the tower, and it sounded like the wall itself was speaking: "Because this may be a legendary illusion, that is, the kind of super-complex spell that requires years of research before casting a spell, and then it takes thirty days of continuous casting to complete the entire casting action.

"Moreover, people who can see through this spell will probably lose interest in it all of a sudden, because it is really simple. Maybe they also think it's a very interesting thing for later generations to study this thing tirelessly, and maybe there are people who come back regularly to check what ordinary people are doing. ”

Saying that, the king came out of the high wall and spread his hands: "Among so many people present, I should know the most traveling mages, believe me, for the traveling mages, the reactions of all walks of life to this false entity are much more valuable than the spell itself." ”

Bernal still couldn't accept it: "So...... Monrovia's biggest unsolved mystery, the pride of Minos, is actually a joke? It doesn't have powerful magic items in it, let alone powerful magic weapons? ”

Wang: "That's right. ”

But the emperor immediately frowned: "No, your teacher said that this is a gift for you." You didn't get anything, did you? ”

Wang: "Why didn't I get it, I had three rings when I was ten years old, I haven't opened four rings for eight years, and now I may have mastered the first four-ring spell!" That's a big gift! Of course, we won't know until tomorrow morning when we prepare the spell. ”

Bernal: "I still don't believe it!" ”

Rosalie looked at her father, turned to the king, and said, "It seems that if you don't remove this magic, your father won't believe it." ”

The king turned his head to look at the tower: "Actually, I can't see this tower now, for me the magic has been lifted." If any of you believe in me from the bottom of your heart, you can give it a try. Close your eyes at first. ”

Elizabeth: "I'll give it a try." ”

Without waiting for the king's reply, she walked to the tower.

The king shouted at her back, "You can try it with your secondary sexual characteristics first." Remember not to open your eyes when you try it, otherwise you may get embedded in it. ”

Elizabeth: "Got it! ”

She took a step in front of the tower, took a deep breath, and pressed her eyes on—yes, she had her eyes open.

Then she blended perfectly into the tower—a sight other than the king, of course.

After a few seconds, Elizabeth came out with a complicated expression: "I thought I would hit the wall like you with my eyes open, but after all, I had a buffer and was not afraid, so I went straight on." But finally ......"

Wang: "Do you still see this tower?" ”

Elizabeth looked back: "I can see it, but ...... Ah, it's starting to disappear. ”

Bernal strode forward.

Wang: "Wait a minute! Your Majesty, an unbeliever like you will definitely bump into it! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the emperor crashed into the stone wall, and his nose, the most prominent part, was the first to be borne, and immediately his nose bleeded.

The priest who had come with the emperor hurriedly rushed forward and began to treat.

Rosalie looked at Wang and Elizabeth and took a deep breath: "I'll try it." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Bai had already preemptively entered the white wall of the tower.

The werewolf's voice came from the white wall: "There really is nothing! Wow, it's not funny at all. ”

The little girl ran out: "I saw that Dabo could go in, so I tried it, and sure enough, I could get in." ”

Wang: "That's right, once the seeds of doubt are planted, this spell begins to fail. I think that as long as the news is announced, and enough people are gathered to watch the excitement, I will go in once in front of everyone, and gradually everyone in Minos will not be able to see this tower. Of course, it is useless to those who stubbornly believe that there is a tower here. ”

Elizabeth looked at the king, "But, I want to know, do you have a way to remove this magic?" Your teacher said that this is a gift from fate, and I also think that just opening the loop is not enough to be called a gift. Or maybe you'll learn more when you remove the magic? ”

Wang thought for a moment and nodded: "You have a point. Then I'd like to see how I can remove it. First, I need to know where the core of this magic is. It is certainly not on the foundations of the tower. Because this is what the dwarves rebuilt. ”

**

A half-plane, a room in a giant mage tower.

An old man is entering another old man's study.

"Cracked?" He asked.

"Cracked. After all, he is the darling of fate, and he treats the cognitive modification effect anchored by fate as a kind of illusion and cracks it. Though...... Illusion can indeed be regarded as a cognitive modification, and the boundaries are very blurred. ”

"Others can see through it because fate has been led astray by him, like the mage Mel, like his teammates. There is no such thing for people who have not been led astray, and soon the people who have heard rumors and come to hit the wall will regard him as a charlatan. ”

"Hey, that's an experience. Besides, is it possible that he won't dissolve the magic? No, you can't! Okay, keep looking, I'm going to punish the living treasures who made trouble. ”

(End of chapter)