Chapter 325 Reason (End of Headquarters)
Lucian looked around and found himself in the narrow wooden house full of strong spirits when he found Elvis, almost everything was the same as the original scene, he was sitting on a wooden back chair, and Elvis was next to the fireplace in front of the left side, and the noisy sounds of the adventurer's camp came from outside, the only difference was that the wooden soup spoon that should have been in Elvis' hand fell to the ground, the brass soup can was overturned on the fire, and the bright red tomato soup was poured with flames.
As if understanding something, Lucian blurted out: "Your Excellency, the King of Nightmares?"
"Elvis" did not deny it, his anger subsided, and his expression became gloomy: "Are you really a mid-level arcanist?"
Lucian remembered the mathematical analysis exercises that finally appeared in the dream, and bared his teeth: "I've been deepening my mathematical foundation recently, so I should have an advanced level, right?"
After a pause, Lucian was confused and deliberately changed the subject: "Your Excellency, the King of Nightmares, why did you put me in a dream? Moreover, am I really awake now?"
Waking up from the dream twice in a row, everything was so real again, Lucian was already a little unable to tell the difference between reality and dreams, even if he quietly opened the soul library, he still couldn't dispel the confusion in his heart, who knew if the soul library would also appear in the dream!
This is the most mysterious magic Lucian has ever seen!
The original "Elvis", the current King of Nightmares, Stannis, said unsmilingly: "I just accepted an old friend's request. He believes that your magic level cannot match your arcane level, so he intends to let you experience different things in the dream I constructed, so as to fully develop the potential of the soul. You can feel the strength of your soul right now."
After hearing the Nightmare King's words, Lucian directly entered the meditation environment, and the familiar cognitive world allowed Lucian to grasp a hint of "real" feeling, and then Lucian opened his eyes and said in surprise: "My soul does have the level of five rings...... Could it be that the electric shock stimulation of the old witch can really strengthen the soul? No, it should be the activity of the dream that is reflected on the soul, so that the soul changes."
Lucian's soul already had the level of the five rings, but the growth of his spiritual power would lag behind for a while.
Stannis, the king of nightmares, nodded gently: "All dreams are based on your own cognitive foundation, mental activity, mapping of past memories, etc., everything you experience in the dream will be fed back to the body and soul, but the feedback of normal dreams is very slight, and only I can use it in this world to fully develop the potential of the soul. Of course, the potential alone will not exceed your own scope, and if you want to continue to grow, you must meditate and temper in a down-to-earth manner, take medicine, and perform rituals."
"It turns out to be based on my own cognition and memory mapping, so it's no wonder there are strange coincidences such as 'electric shock stimulation' and 'magic mirror magic mirror tells me'." Thinking of this, Lucian subconsciously asked: "Your Excellency, the King of Nightmares, can 'electric shock stimulation' enhance the soul?"
Stannis pulled out a smile: "What do you say?"
"When I didn't ask." Lucian replied awkwardly. At this time, he had accumulated a lot of questions in his heart, but in the end he chose the thing that made his head explode: "Your Excellency, the King of Nightmares, how can you distinguish between dreams and reality? How do I know if I'm still in a dream?"
Stannis was accustomed to Lucian's dazed state after experiencing the "real dream", and smiled like an old witch: "Why is the dream and the real world so clear? What is real? It is your brain's response to the outside world, your soul's response to the outside world. As long as I can directly stimulate your brain and soul to produce similar reactions, what is the difference between dreams and real ones? When I come to the end of my career, maybe it's about creating a dream world."
"In other words, when my reaction to something in the outside world is something that the dream creator cannot simulate, I can completely distinguish between reality and dream." Lucian said thoughtfully, and at the same time silently added in his heart, "When I know that the projection of a certain theory in the world can blow up the dream creator's head, the dream will naturally be shattered. Wait a moment to quietly try the wave-particle duality and quantum things of light......"
Stannis, the King of Nightmares, was quite appreciative that Lucian could get answers directly from his description of dreams and reality: "Yes, he is indeed a young man favored by my old friend. In fact, in the dream, I was trying to avoid you from showing the latest progress in arcane research, and in the final maze, I also avoided other factions and chose the mathematical foundation, and the result was ......" His expression was slightly complicated.
"No wonder the old witch has never been interested in arcane, even if it is a dream within a dream, it is only the result of some application. This is contradictory to the madman's unscrupulousness!" Lucian suddenly realized, and then smiled, "It turns out that the old witch is played by you as the king of nightmares, and that crazy meaning is very real."
Stannis replied expressionlessly: "Strictly speaking, half of the old witch is a projection of something fearful in your heart, and the other half is what I fill in and shape the mind, so it's real enough. In addition, Adam, Karina, Alva, Ophelia, Brad and others are also played by me."
Lucian was immediately embarrassed, this is the real version of "Don't look at the many people here talking to you, it's actually my vest"?
In order to hide his embarrassment, Lucian quickly asked another question: "Your Excellency, the King of Nightmares, that is to say, this mission is purely for me to meet you, accept your dream tempering, and develop my own potential? Whose Excellency is this?" Able to become an old friend of Stannis, the King of Nightmares, Lucian guesses at least a legendary sorcerer.
Stannis said a little gloomily: "It is also a test. If you can't deliver the letter here, there is no such thing as a 'real dream'. As for my old friend, he probably took a fancy to your talent and potential and wanted you to become his disciple. You should have been tested like this before."
"Could it be that the strange summoning incident encountered in the castle is also a test?" Lucian suddenly recalled this incident, but "Viken" had a connection with the missing legendary magicians such as Maskelin that he knew, which really didn't seem fake, so he asked again: "I don't know which Your Excellency it is?"
The King of Nightmares seemed reluctant to mention the name: "You'll find out when you go back to the Magic Council. The letter on you is actually a special magic scroll that will automatically trigger when you receive a fatal attack, taking you to a certain half-plane, and if you want to save time returning to the Magic Council, you can activate it yourself."
This particular magic scroll is at least a level nine item, right? I don't know how many Kintales can be exchanged? Lucian suddenly felt a kind of "grief and anger" that "has eyes and can't recognize Tarzan", he ran around with such a high-end item but didn't know its value at all, what should he do if he dropped it!
However, this also made Lucian's little complaint about the Magic Council disappear, and they really put themselves in danger without any test.
Seeing Lucian take out the letter and "watch" it carefully, Stannis, the King of Nightmares, waved his hand: "You go out, I'm going back to the Magic Tower."
"Okay, Your Excellency." Lucian stood up and took his leave.
The only problem is that he has to spend more time making up for areas such as illusion and transformation that he is not good at, at least the foundation must be solid, and there must be no shortcomings - the Nightmare King's methods make Lucian breathtaking, even if he can't reach this level, he can't be ignorant when faced with the magic of the corresponding faction.
Stepping out of the cabin and returning to the adventurer's camp filled with the smell of spirits and obscene smells, Lucian walked forward like a walk, with a sense of ease as if he had completed the task, as he walked, Lucian suddenly froze, remembering a detail: "Isn't the King of Nightmares an ancient magician? Why did I get backlash when faced with my mathematical analysis exercises? He shouldn't understand, let me interpret the dream by itself!"
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Inside the cabin, Stannis, the king of nightmares, did not leave immediately, but said to himself:
"The closed demon land, the imprisoned tower, reflects the greatest fear within him, which seems to be a microcosm of the whole world. But why does he feel that he is closed and imprisoned?"
"He can remain calm and observant in dangerous environments, not despair or go crazy, and has a good quality, but it was not until Ophelia's death that he sped up his escape action. This shows that there have been incidents of relatives and friends who once occupied an important position in his heart being hurt and even dying, which has greatly changed his mentality and left a deep psychological imprint."
"Adam is probably a collection of male friends who have helped him for any reason before, with a sincere side and a useful side, but why is he called Adam? Karina also represents the female friends he has taken care of and received their help, but the lack of ambiguity and emotion indicates that he is still uncertain about his inner feelings, or has deep concerns."
"After becoming a prisoner, I pinned a little hope on the rescue of the legendary magician of the Magic Council, and it can be seen from the side that he has received help from some powerful people and formed a certain dependence in his heart."
"The old witch is a crazy, smart, powerful villain, this is his mixed projection of his own enemies, there are churches, ancient magicians, modern arcanists, but why is it a woman?"
"What are the signs of mental activity such as 'electric shock stimulation' and 'magic mirror magic mirror telling me'?"
"In the face of danger, he can ruthlessly break his arm to escape confinement, reflecting his inner ferocity and determination, which is also a very good quality. There were no casualties in the series of battles after that, and even in the face of the old witch, Adam was only on the verge of death, which shows that he also has a soft side in his heart and attaches more importance to feelings and help."
"The existence of underground ruins reflects that he knows some unknown secret or location, probably a ruin somewhere."
"Also, his unique magic is very interesting, and the method of removing the magic circle and erasing the spiritual mark is also very good."
A figure slowly appeared on another wooden chair opposite Stannis, his hair was covered in white hair mixed with a lot of black silk, wearing a bright red robe, his appearance was half-old, thin and handsome, and a pair of red eyes looked at the Nightmare King brightly: "The hundreds of years of magical development brought about by arcane magic have surpassed the magical empire for thousands of years, Stannis, do you still want to die on the wrong path without looking back?"
Stannis was silent for a while before saying, "Give me another arcane book of a higher level. By the way, I don't want the ones that appear in that kid's dream, I can't bear it......"
(End of headquarters)
(End of this chapter)