Throne of Magical Arcana

"Who are you?" Sandra tried to soften her voice, trying to use her feminine affinity to calm the little boy and not be so frightened, but she forgot that she was good at fighting, even if she tried to squeeze out comfort His smiling face and sharp demeanor could not be concealed. The little boy shook his head, and crawled vigorously to the corner of the secret room with all his limbs, screaming and burying his head deeply there, as if things didn't exist if they couldn't see them.

Lucien didn't urge them to rush to the bondage room, because the strange devil was too weird, and there was still a question mark as to whether it would die in the end, so since new survivors were found, they had to inquire carefully.

Looking at Sandra, Lucien raised his chin and pointed to Susan who was restrained by Charlotte with "Douglas' huge palm": "Use the potion to calm her emotions, and let her talk to the little boy."

As a female magician with rich combat experience, Sandra's delicate thoughts are fully demonstrated in this aspect. In her storage bag and in the hidden pocket of her magic robe, there are potions that may be used in various situations—even if a large part of them will not be used for a few years, and potions that stabilize the mind are common, so she nodded , took out a tube of clear and transparent light blue liquid, and directly poured it into Susan with the hand of a magician.

But she herself prefers to use the sleep technique to put the little boy to sleep, and then use hypnotism, charm humans, etc. to ask when shaking him awake. This is closer to her style of behavior, but it is still unknown whether there is any problem with the little boy. If there is an accident when using magic to control it, it will lose an important source of information.

Lucien pushed the monocle and activated the constant "Fernando's Electromagnetic Communication Technique" on it. Although he was suspected of being a fifth-level devil, it was not impossible for the three of them to work together to kill it, but things changed, so we still agreed. Contact Gaston by means, after all, no one knows if this devil is just an aperitif!

A dense layer of ripples appeared on the surface of the monocle, Lucien did not avoid Charlotte and Sandra, and said directly: "Hello, hello, Mr. Gaston?"

At present, this five-ring magic can only convert sound vibrations into corresponding electromagnetic wave signals.

There was no response from the other side of the "electromagnetic communication technique", and Lucien's voice became louder: "Hello? Hello? Hello?!"

The monocle remained as silent as death.

The situation became serious, and Lucien looked solemnly at the wall at the other end of the bookshelf, where there was a glass window, and a faint mist had already filled the outside of the window. It twisted and twisted, like ugly and hideous thoughts, it seems that if you can't penetrate the complicated changes in your heart, you can't penetrate this fog.

"It's similar to the fog of the mind, but it's not exactly the same. It can block and absorb electromagnetic waves, and it belongs to an extraordinary power that has never been seen before..." Lucien judged calmly, and felt more and more that his knowledge was not profound enough, and he was too scientific. , At least 70% of the books in the "Basic Arcane Library" have not been read!

Lucien used the "Electromagnetic Communication Technique" very loudly, and the name he called was Gaston, a member of the Arcane Review Committee. Naturally, the other two had been paying attention.

Charlotte followed Lucien's eyes and looked out the window. The ordinary-looking, stern-looking man showed a wry smile: "It seems that he is in big trouble. Simple tasks are not 'easy'."

In fact, I had a premonition, Lucien thought suspiciously, the strange change in this mission may have been expected all along, but when it actually happened, it felt a little unreal, what a coincidence!

"Is there really someone who wants to deal with me? Who could it be? How did you hide it from Ms. Florence and Mr. Gaston?"

Similar questions popped up in Lucien's mind, but they were all suppressed, because now is not the time to think about these questions, and danger will come at any time.

"The most important thing for us now is to figure out the situation as soon as possible and decide whether to retreat or move on." Lucien first glanced at Charlotte, and then turned to Susan, who was slowly calming down. A full minute has passed since the potion.

Charlotte helped her black battle mage square hat, and she didn't panic, and replied calmly: "I used the secret magic eye to investigate before, but I only found three low-level devils such as the wasp demon, and Mr. Evans, you The investigation results are consistent, there is no trace of the monster just now, where it seems to be hidden..."

"Charlotte, Sandra, don't you know what kind of devil that monster is?" Lucien asked slightly surprised when he found that Charlotte hadn't been able to identify the monster.

This means that at least it does not appear in the ordinary "Devil Encyclopedia" and "Monster Illustrated Book". If you don't know its identity, you can't fully figure out what unique abilities it possesses, etc. It will be difficult to retreat or attack. For example, when they received the task before, it was clear that there were low-level devils, demons, etc., so Lucien and others did not plan to use invisibility - dragons, demons, devils, etc. are born to see through invisibility!

Both Charlotte and Sandra shook their heads with serious expressions, expressing that they really did not know each other.

"Maybe it's a monster that high-level magicians need to face..." Sandra muttered, seeing that Susan's mind had recovered a lot, and after gaining the ability to communicate, she pointed to the little boy in the secret room, "You Do you know him?"

Susan turned her head in confusion, and then exclaimed: "Oh, Bill, are you still alive?!"

Trembling all over, the little boy whose head was buried between his knees and the wall shook slightly, then turned his head very slowly, and said slowly, "Su, sister Susan?"

"Who is he?" Sandra asked in Susan's ear.

Susan gave Bill a soothing smile: "It's me, Susan, we're back to save you. Bill, don't be afraid, calm down, calm down..."

As she walked forward slowly and calmed Bill with gestures, she turned her face with deep fear to Lucien and Charlotte: "He is the youngest apprentice of Mr. Bertrand, and he is born with extremely outstanding spiritual power. But he is not very talented in learning the basics of arcane arts, and is often ridiculed by other apprentices. Scott and I often guide him, so we have a good relationship."

"Ask what happened to the castle afterwards." Lucien stepped forward and followed Susan towards Bill.

But when Bill saw Lucien and Charlotte following Susan, he trembled with fright, his head shook wildly, his black eyes widened, full of fear: "Don't come here, you devils, don't Come here, don't come here!"

Lucien raised his hands, smiled and backed away slowly with Charlotte, while Sandra tried her best to make her expression amiable, holding hands with Susan like sisters.

Bill's emotions were less intense this time, and although he was still trembling with fear, at least he was no longer twitching.

"Bill, tell me, what did you see in the castle?" Susan squatted in front of Bill.

Sandra, who was squatting next to her, silently cast the second-level magic of "discerning lies" - it doesn't cast spells directly on Bill's body, so she is not afraid of causing major changes.

Bill stretched out his hands and grabbed Susan's arm firmly, almost causing Susan to fall backwards, and then he said in an extremely frightened voice: "They're all dead, they're all dead, Andy, Debra, Stein Mr. Stevens is dead! They had almost cleaned up the demons that came out of the summoning array, but inside, inside, a terrifying devil that couldn't be killed at all, and then, and then they all died , all died... I kept running and running, but my feet were so weak that I couldn't move, so I hid in this secret room. Sister Susan, take me out of here quickly, I'm so scared!"

Andy, Debra, and Stevens are Bertrand's assistants or disciples, and they are all magicians in the first ring.

The aura of "discerning lies" did not change, so Susan suppressed her fear of the devil and began to ask for details.

Lucien and Charlotte stood in the aisle here, looking at the situation in the secret room through the long bookshelves, while paying close attention to the changes around them.

While turning his eyes, Lucien suddenly found a few pages of parchment that had been mostly burned by the flames on the table next to him, and the contents were written in the ancient Magic Empire characters.

"Special Summoning Ceremony of Vi (the letter after it is blotted out)"

"You first need a rune drawn with your own blood, and then prepare a brazier, and a book called "Fables of Pain"..." The content after that was on the burned half of the parchment.

Lucien felt a little amused by this summoning ceremony, and even had to prepare a fable, so his mental force field moved, he took those pages of parchment in his hand, and carefully looked at the surviving content on the next three pages that add up to less than ten lines :

"When everything is ready, open the tenth chapter of "Fables of Pain", recite the seventh story, recite it repeatedly, and finally copy it on the parchment with runes drawn on it."

...

"Open the "Encyclopedia of Monsters", tear off a few pages that are similar to the summoned creature I imagined in my heart, and throw it into the brazier."

...

"Recite the incantation as told before, until the flame burns as high as you."

"At this time, you can see the special gift you want."

Charlotte glanced sideways, frowned slightly, and said, "This seems to be a tricky summoning ceremony. There are many steps that I don't know what I want to do. I want to read "Fables of Pain", and I have to throw the pages of the book into the brazier and burn it. …the fact that these rolls of parchment are placed in a hall accessible to apprentices speaks volumes for their own problems: no one with a normal IQ would attempt it.”

"Charlotte, have you read "Fables of Pain"?" Lucien asked after a moment of pondering, "Although I also think this ritual is absurd and funny, Bertrand died of the shock when he failed to summon the devil in the bondage Yes, so when I see any strange summoning ceremony, I will think of it and dare not be careless."

Charlotte thought about it carefully for a while: "I haven't read "Fables of Pain", but I heard it mentioned. It is a fable that was circulated at the junction of the provinces of Holm and Briana in the ancient magic empire. Because it is basically It tells stories that make people sad, sad, hateful, and indignant to inspire people, so it is called "Fables of Pain". And I never read books that make me uncomfortable. By the way, mentioning "Fables of Pain" "Fables of Pain", Mr. Evans, have you noticed that these parchments are very old, and the way it uses words clearly has the style of the Magic Empire before the dawn war."

"Compared with ancient documents, it is true." Lucien glanced at the bookshelves and tables, "I wonder if there is "Fable of Pain" here?"

At this time, Susan ended the questioning, and Sandra, who had obtained the preliminary information, controlled Bill with Charm Human without hesitation, and verified the information one by one.

"According to Bill's description, the bondage room was out of control first, and low-level devils flooded into the castle, killing people everywhere. It was at this time that Susan and Scott escaped from the castle. Then Bertrand's assistants took control of the core part of the magic castle. , began to counterattack and clean up, the effect was remarkable, but when they cleaned up the bondage room, they encountered the monster we saw suddenly appeared from the summoning circle, and even with the help of the castle magic circle, they could not escape their bad luck .”

Sandra walked to Lucien and Charlotte and said, "From all the details, the monster will be reborn in the summoning circle every time it dies. Only by destroying the summoning circle can we completely kill it!"

As soon as the words fell, the ground and the wall next to it suddenly fluctuated like the surface of water, and pale and transparent arms suddenly stretched out from inside.