Throne of Magical Arcana

With his eyes closed, his mind was pitch black, but Lucien clearly felt that his consciousness was getting higher and higher, like a bird that had escaped from its cage and a white mist trying to embrace the blue sky, spreading there and rising continuously. High, overlooking the ground.

Under the siege of the seven legendary pinnacles, Lucien actually made such a poetic action without putting any defense on himself, but the ancient devils such as "hypocrisy", "arrogance", and "greed" did not seize this opportunity Instead of attacking, he looked at Lucien with an uncertain expression, as if he was separated from him by a distance of a world!

The consciousness was getting higher and higher, and gradually blurred. When Lucien was about to be unable to maintain it, he suddenly felt that "self" was pushed against a soft and invisible thing!

boom!

Lucien suddenly felt his soul shake, and the mental force field seemed to break through some shackles and spread like a tide.

The gloomy sky around, the dark red soil, the palace made of gold, the court in the style of the Kingdom of Holm, and the ancient devils such as "arrogance", "hypocrisy", "hatred" and "indulgence" all "split" like a side. A mirror that fell to a hard ground.

Crackling, piercing shattering sounds continued to be heard, and the entire ancient hell was shattered into tiny fragments one after another, and the void behind the fragments was a hazy world formed by chaotic and distorted lights of different colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

These illusory rays of light are like thin threads, intertwined indiscriminately, showing human faces, dragon faces, and devil faces from time to time... They are either disgusting, greedy, painful, or filled with uncontrollable desire .

Such a colorful and illusory world of "negative emotions" is boundless and has no end in sight, but around Lucien, they collapse into an almost substantive illusion.

The innermost one, which is where Lucien's feet are, is a ridiculously small planet with a blue and hazy surface, and under the planet is a city flying in mid-air, with magic towers towering into the sky , almost touching the blue planet.

Below the city in the sky is the chaotic reflection of Alto, the city of chant, the capital of music.

All this is not fixed, constantly changing, like a mind with ups and downs.

Lucien didn't try to explore the end of this "world", but opened his eyes, looked back suddenly, and saw that outside the other gate of "Alto", was the canyon he had entered before, which was so deep that he could hardly see it. to the bottom of the canyon.

In the canyon, the ancient bronze gate is no longer solid, it is illusory and hazy, giving people a sense of detachment and intangibility.

And in front of the gate, stood a young man wearing a black double-breasted long dress. He had a handsome face, his eyes were dull, and his expression seemed to be smiling, not crying, or angry. On the bronze door that seemed to never be touched, it was firmly stuck to it!

This seemed to be Lucien himself!

It's just that this "Lucien" and the bronze gate seem to be integrated, the same illusory haze, the same detachment, difficult to touch, difficult to approach.

"Sure enough, this is the place where 'negative emotions' gather, and it is also the door to your 'heart'. The door of desire is also the door of the soul!" Lucien turned his head with a satisfied expression, looking at the surroundings that still exist. The seven ancient devils, but this time, they are no longer the appearance of Lucien, but distorted and colorful lights, which can only maintain a human shape, and exude extremely strong feelings of pain, greed, and jealousy.

Of course, this is not just one's own heart, but one's own soul or heart. By touching the "gate of desire", in this "space" that seems to belong to this world but does not belong to this world, the countless "negative things" condensed together Emotions" are coupled, so a bizarre "ancient hell" is mapped out, so each explorer sees a different "ancient hell"!

And the real "ancient hell" is what I see now, my body is outside the door, and my soul is inside the door in a strange way, "exploring" my "mind".

The so-called ancient devil is the projection formed by the magnification of the negative emotions in one's own heart and the "ancient hell" outside.

In most cases, legendary powerhouses have a strong control over their own minds, so the number of ancient devils is basically less than four, but if there are special circumstances, or they are calculated by others, seven ancient devils will appear step by step. Case.

Therefore, no matter how big the heart is, how brilliant the "reality" can be, no matter how unreasonable or arcane, it can "appear"!

The "hypocrisy" devil condensed from pure white light hoarsely asked again: "How do you know?"

Its white light has a thick black at the bottom.

Lucien laughed and said, "I don't think it's strange that you can simulate the spell effects and all the magic on me, after all, all negative emotions can be magnified here, and you may be able to establish some kind of connection with the mind represented by my soul. "

"Although I don't know how to build it for the time being, what is the principle, but this is something that can be understood and repeated. I have seen it in other places, but you are actually able to simulate the effect of the legendary pinnacle item 'Moon Timer' , you know, not even myself, not even a legendary pinnacle who is good at time and space, what do you rely on to simulate?"

"Could it be that there are seven similar time-space legendary items in the ancient hell? Could it be that there are seven souls lost here who are better at time and space than me?"

"If it's just one or two, or one or two, then there is still a possibility, but you are too greedy, this is a common characteristic of devils!"

This judgment seemed perfect, but Lucien himself knew very well, if he hadn't had such thoughts and guesses long ago, how could he have figured it out in a blink of an eye, and how could he be sure?

"It's too arrogant, why can't we!" The "arrogant" devil twisted from golden light mixed with blood roared, "You are just a fluke!"

The green "jealousy" devil sneered and said, "Don't be too happy, so what if you know? Now you have truly triggered the power of the 'ancient hell', and sooner or later you will be corrupted and infected by us, and become another lost soul! "

The "hypocrisy" devil also smiled coldly: "Everyone has an ancient hell in their hearts, and everyone has seven ancient devils in their hearts. You will never be able to get rid of us! Even if you can escape from here now, after going through Inspired by you, we still exist in your heart, tormenting and corroding you every second of your life, how long can you be on guard? The final victory will definitely belong to us!"

"I'll turn you into a hateful monster that I don't even know right now!" The red-like "hate" devil roared angrily.

The seven ancient devils surrounded him again, but this time, they seemed to have changed their attacking methods. Thin lines of different colors extended from each of their bodies, connecting to Lucien accurately and unstoppably!

Faced with their threats and attacks, Lucien smiled back without fear, and clapped his hands: "Well said, everyone has an 'ancient hell' in their hearts, and everyone has seven 'ancient devils' in their hearts. ’, have indeed dealt with you from time to time as long as I can remember.”

Uh, the seven ancient devils froze for a moment.

"I once heard a proverb, which tells us that to be a man, we only need to look at the actions shown and the real purpose of this action, but we can't delve into the inner thoughts of that person when he makes this action. The world will be full of bad people!"

"Because if you explore the mind, everyone will have all kinds of dirty, nasty, and contemptuous thoughts in their hearts." Lucien laughed at himself, "I admit, I usually have Some unseen fantasies, but in the end, they will never appear in this world, because I defeated them!"

"When I do everything, I have more or less selfish, vicious, indecent, and dirty thoughts in my heart, but they are finally restrained and defeated by me, allowing me to use my own worldview and life. Views and values ​​to get things done.”

Speaking of this, Lucien's expression became solemn and solemn, and he looked at the seven ancient devils and said, "My way of thinking and my philosophy of life were gradually formed in defeating you 'ancient devils' time and time again. , Today, am I still afraid of you defeated soldiers who have been defeated by me countless times?"

While speaking, Lucien stepped forward step by step, and his figure seemed to have become unusually tall. No, it was the seven ancient devils who suddenly became much shorter, and they all hunched over!

After Lucien finished speaking, the "arrogant" devil came to his senses and said angrily, "You're too arrogant, you're too arrogant! Just because you were able to defeat us before doesn't mean you can do it now! Your attitude will be your failure." source!"

The "hypocrisy" devil shook violently, idiot, you understand how to tell him how to defeat us!

Apart from them, the other five ancient devils are still a little timid.

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In the holy city of Lance, at the bottom of the Great Hall of Light, there is an extremely spacious underground hall.

An old cross was placed at the head of the hall, full of the vicissitudes of time. Apart from that, there were only rusted candlesticks in the entire hall.

This was the first large-scale preaching station when Truth God was preaching secretly.

At this time, all the dim yellow candles were lit up on the candlesticks, and the twelve members of the College of Cardinals, including St. Carti, St. Mary, Philibel, and Estella, were scattered in every corner.

In the center of the hall, there is a strange three-dimensional figure that is very different from the normal magic circle and magic circle. It is like a collection of children's graffiti.

In this strange magic circle, Benedict III, holding a platinum scepter, was pacing back and forth, constantly checking, and the members of the Cardinals, such as Saint Mary, were also carefully discerning, confirming that after activating the magic circle, he would not be sacrificed. He will not be swallowed, and avoid falling into the fate of "Lord of the Endless Ocean" Herx.

"Are you ready?" Benedict III asked in an erratic tone.

After repeated confirmation, Estella, Philibel and the others said in unison: "Report to His Majesty the Pope, ready!"