"Who are you?" Sandra tried to soften her voice, trying to use her unique feminine affinity to calm the little boy down and not be so frightened, but she forgot that she was good at fighting, and even if she tried to squeeze out a soothing smile, her sharp and neat temperament still could not be hidden. The little boy shook his head, crawled hard to the corner of the secret room on all fours, screaming in his mouth, and his head was buried deep there, as if if his eyes couldn't see it, things didn't exist.
Lucian did not urge them to rush to the restraint room, because the strange devil was too weird, and there was a question mark whether he would die in the end, so since a new survivor was found, he had to ask carefully.
Looking at Sandra, Lucian raised his chin and pointed to Susan, who was restrained by Charlotte's "Douglas' huge palm": "Use potions to calm her emotions, and she will talk to the little boy."
As a female sorcerer with extensive combat experience, Sandra's meticulous mind is evident in this regard. In her storage bag and in the hidden pocket of her magic robe, there were potions that could be used in various situations—even if a large part of them were not used for several years, and the potions that stabilized the mind were common, so she nodded, took out a tube of clear pale blue liquid, and poured it directly into Susan with the mage's hand.
However, she herself wanted to directly use sleep magic to put the little boy to sleep, and then use hypnosis and charm to ask when he woke him up. This is closer to her style of behavior, but it is still unknown whether there is a problem with the little boy, if there is an accident when controlling with magic, then an important source of intelligence will be lost.
Lucian pushed the monocle, which stimulated the constant "Fernando's Electromagnetic Communication" above, although it was suspected that the fifth-level devil, the three of them worked together to kill it, but things changed, or contact Gaston according to the agreed means, after all, no one knows if this devil will be just an aperitif!
The surface of the monocle was covered with a dense layer of ripples, Lucian did not shy away from Charlotte and Sandra, and said directly: "Hey, hey, Mr. Gaston?"
This five-ring magic can only convert sound vibrations into corresponding electromagnetic wave signals.
There was no response from the other side of "Electromagnetic Communication", and Lucian's voice became louder: "Hello? Hello? Hey?!"
The monocle was still as quiet as dead silence.
The situation became serious, and Lucian looked solemnly at the wall at the other end of the bookshelf, where there was a glass window, and a faint mist was already permeating the outside of the window. It rolled and twisted, like ugly and ferocious thoughts, as if it could not penetrate this fog without thoroughly understanding the complex changes in people's hearts.
"Similar to the fog of the mind, but not exactly the same, it can block and absorb electromagnetic waves, it belongs to an extraordinary power that has never been seen before...... Lucian judged calmly, and felt more and more that his knowledge was not profound enough, and he was very biased, and at least 70% of the books in the "Basic Arcane Library" had not been read!
Lucian's voice of using "electromagnetic communication" was loud, and the name he called was Gaston, a member of the Arcane Review Committee, so naturally he had been paying attention to the other two.
Charlotte followed Lucian's gaze and looked out the window, he showed a wry smile with an ordinary appearance and a cold temperament: "It seems that we are in big trouble, and a simple task is not 'simple'."
In fact, I had a hunch, Lucian thought doubtfully in his heart that the strange changes in this mission might have been in his mind, but when it really happened, it felt a bit unreal, what a coincidence!
"Who would it be if someone really wanted to deal with me? How did you hide it from Ms. Florence and Mr. Gaston?"
Similar questions appeared in Lucian's mind, but they were all suppressed, because now was not the time to think about these questions, danger would come at any time.
"The most critical issue for us now is to figure out the situation as soon as possible and decide whether to retreat or move on." Lucian glanced at Charlotte first, and then turned to Susan, who was slowly stabilizing her emotions, and it had been a full minute since she took the potion.
Charlotte helped her black battle mage square hat, also did not panic, and replied calmly: "I used my secret eye to investigate before, but I only found three low-level demons such as the Wasp Demon, which matched the results of your investigation, Mr. Evans, and there was no trace of the monster just now, it seems to be hiding somewhere......"
"Charlotte, Sandra, don't you know what kind of devil that monster just now was?" Lucian found that Charlotte had not been able to identify the monster either, and asked in slight surprise.
This means that it at least does not appear in the ordinary "Devil's Encyclopedia" and "Monster Illustrated Book", and if you don't know its identity, you can't completely figure out what unique abilities it has, and it will be difficult to choose whether it is retreating or attacking.
Charlotte and Sandra both shook their heads with serious expressions, indicating that they really didn't know each other.
"Maybe it's a monster that only high-level magicians need to face......" Sandra muttered, seeing that Susan's mind had recovered a lot, and after she had the ability to communicate, she pointed to the little boy in the secret room, "Do you know him?"
Susan turned her head a little confused, and then exclaimed, "Oh, Bill, are you still alive?!"
The little boy's body trembled slightly, and his head buried between his knees and the wall shook slightly, and then he turned his head back very slowly and said slowly: "Su, Sister Susan?"
"Who is he?" Sandra asked in Susan's ear.
Susan gave Bill a comforting smile: "It's me, Susan, we're back to save you. Bill, don't be afraid, calm down, calm down......"
She slowly moved forward, calming Bill down with gestures, while turning her face with deep fear towards Lucian and Charlotte: "He is the youngest apprentice of Mr. Beltrand, born with outstanding mental strength, but he is very untalented in the basics of arcane and is often ridiculed by other apprentices. Scott and I often mentor him, so we have a good relationship."
"You ask what happened to the castle later." Lucian took a step forward and followed Susan towards Bill.
But when Bill saw Lucian and Charlotte following Susan, he trembled with fright, his head shook, his black eyes widened, and he was full of fear: "Don't come here, you devils, don't come here, don't come here!"
Lucian raised his hands, smiled and slowly stepped back with Charlotte, while Sandra tried her best to make her expression amiable, and she and Susan were like sisters.
This time Bill's emotions were no longer so intense, although he was still trembling with fear, but at least he was no longer moving around like convulsions.
"Bill, tell me, what did you see inside the castle?" Susan squatted in front of Bill.
Sandra, who was squatting alongside her, silently cast the two-ring magic "Recognize Lies" - it did not directly cast a spell on Bill's body, so she was not afraid of causing big changes.
Bill stretched out his hands and grabbed Susan's arm firmly, almost causing Susan to fall backwards in fright, and then he said in an extremely frightened voice: "All dead, all dead, Andy, Debra, Mr. Stevens are all dead! They had already almost cleared out the devil that came out of the summoning formation, but inside, inside, a terrifying devil that could not be killed suddenly appeared, and then, then they all died, all died...... I kept running, but my feet were so weak that I couldn't run, so I had to hide in this secret room. Sister Susan, take me out of here, I'm so scared!"
Andy, Debra, and Stevens are Beltran's assistants or disciples, and they are all part of the magicians.
The aura of "discerning lies" did not change, so Susan held back her fear of the devil and began to ask for details.
Lucian and Charlotte stood in the aisle on this side, looking at the situation in the backroom through the long bookshelves, while paying close attention to the changes around them.
As his eyes went, Lucian suddenly found several pages of parchment on the table next to him that had been burned by flames, with the content written in ancient magic empire script.
"Special summoning ritual for Vi (the letters at the end of the letter has been erased)"
"You first need a rune drawn in your own blood, then prepare a brazier, a book called 'Fable of Pain'......" and then the contents are on most of the burned parchment.
Lucian was a little amused by this summoning ceremony, and even had to prepare a fable, so the mental force field moved, took the pages of parchment paper in his hand, and carefully looked at the surviving content of the last three pages, which added up to less than ten lines:
"When everything is ready, open chapter 10 of the Parable of Pain, recite the seventh story, recite it repeatedly, and finally copy it on parchment with runes drawn on it."
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"Open the "Monster Collection", tear off a few pages similar to the summons you imagined in your mind, and throw them into the brazier."
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"Follow the mantra you told before until the flame burns as high as you."
"At this time, you will be able to see the special gift you want."
Charlotte glanced sideways a few times, frowned slightly, and said: "This seems to be a tricky summoning ritual, many steps don't know what you want to do, you actually want to read "Fable of Pain", you actually want to throw the pages into the brazier to burn...... These rolls of parchment paper are placed in the hall that apprentices can access, which can explain their own problems: people with normal IQs will not try."
"Charlotte, have you read "Fable of Pain"?" Lucian pondered for a moment and asked, "Although I also think this ritual is ridiculous and funny, Beltran died from the impact of failing to summon the devil while in bondage, so when I see any strange summoning ritual, I will associate it with it and dare not be careless."
Charlotte thought carefully for a while: "I haven't seen 'Fable of Pain', but I've heard it mentioned. It is an allegorical story that circulates on the border of the ancient magical empire of Holm and the provinces of Briana. Because it basically tells stories that make people sad, sad, hateful, and sad to inspire people, it is called "Fable of Pain". And I never read books that make me uncomfortable. By the way, when it comes to "Fable of Pain", Mr. Evans, did you notice that these parchments are very old, and their words are clearly in the style of the magical empire before the Dawn War began."
"Compared with ancient documents, it is true." Lucian looked at the bookshelves and tables, "I wonder if there is a "Fable of Pain" here?"
At this time, Susan ended the question, and Sandra, who had received the initial information, did not hesitate to control Bill with the charm of humans and verify the news one by one.
"According to Bill's description, the first thing was that the restraints were out of control, low-level devils poured into the castle, killing people everywhere, and Susan and Scott fled the castle at this time. Then several of Beltrang's assistants took control of the core of the magic castle and began to fight back and clean up, with great effect, but when they cleared up to the restraint room, they encountered the monster we saw suddenly emerging from the summoning circle, and then even with the help of the castle magic circle, they could not escape the doom."
Sandra walked up to Lucian and Charlotte and said, "From all the details, the monster will be reborn in the summoning array every time it dies, and only by destroying the summoning array can we completely kill it!"
As soon as the words fell, the ground and the wall next to it suddenly fluctuated like water, and pale and transparent arms suddenly stretched out from inside.
(End of this chapter)