Throne of Magical Arcana

Lucien looked around, and found that he was in the narrow cabin full of strong wine smell when he found Elvis, almost everything was the same as the original scene, he was sitting on a wooden armchair, and Elvis is next to the fireplace in front of the left-hand side, and there are noisy sounds from the adventurer camp outside. The only difference is that the wooden spoon that should have been in Elvis's hand fell to the ground, and the brass soup can Overturned on the fire, the bright red tomato soup made the flames sizzle.

As if he understood something, Lucien blurted out: "Your Excellency, King of Nightmare?"

"Elvis" didn't deny it, but suppressed his anger, and his expression became dark: "Are you really an intermediate arcanist?"

Lucien remembered the math analysis exercises that finally surfaced in the dream, and gritted his teeth: "I'm deepening the foundation of mathematics and science recently, should I have an advanced level?"

After a pause, Lucien was puzzled and changed the subject on purpose: "Your Excellency the Nightmare King, why did you let me fall into a dream? And, am I really awake now?"

After waking up from the dream twice in a row, everything was so real. Lucien couldn't tell the difference between reality and dreams. Will there be a soul library in the same place?

This is the most mysterious magic Lucien has ever seen!

The original "Elvis" and now the Nightmare King Stannis said unsmilingly: "I just accepted an old friend's entrustment. He thinks your magic level cannot match your arcane level, so he intends to let you I experienced different things in the dreams I constructed, so as to fully develop the potential of the soul. You can feel the strength of your soul now."

After hearing the words of the Nightmare King, Lucien directly entered the meditation environment. The familiar cognitive world gave Lucien a sense of "reality". He opened his eyes immediately after Lucien, and said in surprise: "My soul is indeed at the level of five rings... Could it be that the electric stimulation of the old witch can really strengthen the soul? No, it should be that the activities of the dream are reflected on the soul, thus causing the soul to change."

Lucien's soul is already at the level of five rings, but the growth of mental power will lag behind for a while.

Stannis, the king of nightmares, nodded lightly: "All dreams are constructed based on your own cognitive foundation, mental activities, and the reflection of past memories. Everything you experience in the dream will be fed back to your body and soul. , but the feedback from normal dreams is very slight, and only I can use it to fully develop the potential of the soul in this world. Of course, it is only the potential, and it will not exceed your own scope. If you want to continue to grow, you must meditate, exercise Food and medicine, and the ceremony is held."

"It turned out to be based on my own cognition and memory mapping. No wonder there are weird coincidences such as 'electric shock stimulation' and 'magic mirror mirror tells me'." Thinking of this, Lucien subconsciously asked: "Nightmare Your Majesty, can 'Electric Shock Stimulation' strengthen the soul?"

Stannis pulled out a smile: "What do you think?"

"Pretend I didn't ask." Lucien replied awkwardly. At this time, he had accumulated a lot of questions in his mind, but in the end he chose the thing that made his head explode: "Your Excellency, King of Nightmare, how do you distinguish between dreams and reality? How do I know if I am still in a dream? "

Stannis is used to things like Lucien falling into a daze after experiencing "real dreams", showing an old witch's smile: "Why do dreams and reality need to be so clearly distinguished? What is reality? It's your brain's reaction to the outside world , is your soul’s response to the outside world. As long as I can directly stimulate your brain and soul to make them react similarly, what is the difference between dreams and reality? When my career comes to the end, maybe it will be to create a dream world .”

"That is to say, when my reaction to something in the outside world is something that the creator of the dream cannot imitate, I can completely distinguish reality from the dream." Lucien said thoughtfully, and at the same time added silently in his heart, " When I recognize that the projection of a certain theory in the world can explode the head of the dream creator, the dream will naturally shatter. Wait a while and quietly try the wave-particle duality of light and quantum aspects..."

The Nightmare King Stannis appreciated Lucien's ability to get the answer directly from his description of the dream and the reality: "Yes, it is indeed the young man that my old friend likes. In fact, I try to avoid it in the dream. You showed the latest progress in arcane research, and you avoided other factions in the final labyrinth, choosing a mathematical basis, and the result..." His expression was a little complicated.

"It's no wonder that the old witch has never been interested in arcane arts. Even if it is a dream within a dream, it is only some application results. This is contradictory to the lunatic's carelessness!" Lucien suddenly realized, and then laughed, "So the old witch It's you, the Nightmare King, and the madness is very real."

Stannis replied blankly: "Strictly speaking, half of the old witch is the projection of a certain fear in your heart, and the remaining half is what I filled in and shaped to give the thought, so it is true enough. In addition, Adam, Carrie That's how I played Anna, Alva, Ophelia, Brad, and others."

Lucien was immediately embarrassed. Is this the real version of "Don't look at the many people talking to you here, they are all my vests"?

In order to hide his embarrassment, Lucien quickly asked another question: "Your Excellency, the Nightmare King, that is to say, the mission of delivering the letter this time is purely for me to meet you and accept the tempering of your dreams, so as to transform my own The potential has been developed? Whose Excellency is this kind?" Lucien guessed that he could be an old friend of the Nightmare King Stannis at least as a legendary magician.

Stannis said gloomyly: "It's also a test. If you can't deliver the letter here, there will be no such thing as a 'true dream'. As for my old friend, he probably took a fancy to your talent and potential. Let you become his disciple. You should have accepted a similar test before."

"Could it be that the strange summoning event encountered in the castle is also a test?" Lucien suddenly recalled this incident, but "Viken" is also related to the missing legendary magicians such as Maskelyne that he knows, so it is really not true. It seems fake, so I asked again: "I don't know which sir?"

The Nightmare King seemed very reluctant to mention that person's name: "You will know when you return to the Magic Council. The letter on your body is actually a special magic scroll, which will be automatically triggered when you receive a fatal attack. Take it to a demiplane, and if you want to save the time of returning to the Magic Council, you can activate it yourself."

This special magic scroll is at least a level nine item, right? I don't know how much gentaler can be exchanged for? Lucien suddenly felt a kind of "sorrow and indignation" of "seeing but not knowing Mount Tai". He ran around with such a high-level item but didn't know its value at all. What if he lost it!

However, this also dissipated Lucien's little complaints about the Magic Council. They did not use any tests to put themselves in danger.

Seeing Lucien take out the letter and "read it" carefully, Nightmare King Stannis waved his hand: "Go out, I'm going back to the Magic Tower."

"Okay, sir." Lucien stood up and said goodbye.

Although Lucien's soul has just stepped into the threshold of the fifth ring, he is not at all worried that his arcane skills will not be able to keep up. The only problem is that he has to spend more time making up for illusions, transformations and other fields that he is not very good at. , at least the foundation must be solid, and there must be no shortages - Lucien is amazed by the methods of the Nightmare King, even if he can't reach this level, he can't be ignorant when facing the magic of the corresponding faction.

Stepping out of the cabin, he returned to the adventurer camp filled with strong alcohol and obscenity. Lucien walked forward like a walk, with a sense of ease that he had completed the task. As he walked, Lucien suddenly froze, thinking of a place Details: "Isn't the King of Nightmares an ancient magician? Why would he be backlashed by my mathematical analysis exercises? He probably doesn't understand, let me interpret my dreams myself!"

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In the cabin, Stannis, the Nightmare King, did not leave immediately, but said to himself:

"The closed demon land and the imprisoned tower reflect his greatest fear. This seems to be the epitome of the whole world. But why does he feel that he is closed and imprisoned?"

"In a dangerous environment, he can keep calm and observe, neither despair nor madness. He has a very good quality, but he didn't speed up his escape until Ophelia died. This shows that there was once an important position in his heart. His relatives and friends were harmed and even died, which caused a great change in his mentality and left a deep psychological imprint at the same time."

"Adam is probably a collective projection of male friends who have helped him for whatever reason. There is a sincere side and a side to take advantage of, but why is it called Adam? Karina also represents the ones he has taken care of and won them. Helpful female friends, but lack of ambiguity and emotional occurrence, indicating that he is still uncertain about his inner feelings, or has deep worries."

"After becoming a prisoner, I put a little hope in the rescue of the legendary magician of the Magic Council. From the side, it can be seen that he has received help from some powerful people, and has formed a certain dependence in his heart."

"The old witch is a crazy, smart, and powerful villain. This is his mixed projection of his enemies. There are churches, ancient magicians, and modern arcanists, but why is it a woman?"

"What kind of mental activity are 'electric shock stimulation' and 'magic mirror mirror tell me'?"

"In the face of danger, he was able to break his arm fiercely and escape from confinement, which reflects his inner viciousness and firmness. This is also a very good quality. There were no casualties in a series of battles after that, even in the face of the old witch. Adam is only on the verge of death, which shows that he also has a soft side in his heart, and he pays more attention to affection and help."

"The existence of the underground ruins reflects that he knows a certain unknown secret or location, probably some ruins."

"Also, his unique magic is very interesting, and the method of dispelling the magic circle and erasing the spiritual imprint is also very good."

A figure slowly appeared on another wooden chair opposite Stannis. He was full of white hair mixed with a lot of black silk, and he was wearing a bright red robe. Looking at the Nightmare King: "The hundreds of years of magical development brought about by arcane arts has surpassed the tens of thousands of years of the magic empire. Stannis, do you still want to die on the wrong path and never turn back?"

Stannis was silent for a while before he said: "Give me a higher level of arcane books. By the way, I don't want the ones that appeared in that kid's dream, I can't bear it..."

(End of this part)