After making sure that the illusion could be broken, Witch Sharon relaxed even more. She did not bother Eckstedt and Storp anymore. Instead, she focused on dealing with another matter.
The royal guards of the Goman royal family had arrived!
Through the observation of the Adept's Eye, she could see that there were no official adepts among the royal guards. This was consistent with Paganini's message.
No official adepts.
That made things much easier.
The only thing she needed to be careful of was the possibility of a spy among the royal guards.
The spy's background was one of two factions. If it was a spy sent by an adept organization, then it would be fine. However, if it was a spy from the Supreme Cult, then things would be bad. After all, even though they were humans, they lived in the Barbarian World for a long time. The Supreme Cult was very sensitive to the aura of other worlds.
If they were targeted by the Supreme Cult because of the details, the consequences would be unpredictable.
However, Witch Sharon was also thinking of the worst case scenario. In the real world, there were many ways to avoid the worst case scenario once one was mentally prepared.
In the end, Witch Sharon chose a simple and crude method: scare them off.
She summoned several human-faced spirits and merged them with the many ancient trees outside the forest. In an instant, human faces appeared on the ancient bark of these ancient trees. At a closer look, they looked like the treants.
These human-faced ancient trees were the first part of Witch Sharon's plan.
The human-faced ancient trees did not have much combat power. Their purpose was to threaten and dissuade the royal guards from approaching the forest.
Their words only needed to revolve around a single core: there was a powerful dark adept in the forest.
It did not matter if the royal guards were successfully driven away in the end. As long as the royal guards knew that a dark adept had appeared in the forest,
Then they could directly enter the second part of the plan.
Witch Sharon would appear as a dark adept and personally face the royal guards. After that, whether it was to trap or kill them.
It all depended on Witch Sharon's mood.
After all, she had "kindly" placed the human-faced ancient trees outside the forest to dissuade the royal guards from leaving. If they did not leave, then they would have to bear the consequences of not leaving.
As for reasoning with the dark adepts? Forget it. They were not light adepts.
Wasn't it well known that Dark Magi were unreasonable?
That was Witch Sharon's plan. It was simple and crude. To put it bluntly, if Greem didn't listen to her well-intentioned advice, then he would have to be prepared to be punished with a stick.
It was enough to give the guards the impression that they were the ones who brought this upon themselves.
Of course, there would be flaws in it, and it would make people suspicious. However, the Dark Sorcerers' persona was still there. Even if they wanted to suspect something, they would have to start investigating the Dark Sorcerers first.
There were many Dark Sorcerers in the southern region. By the time they really found the problem, it would probably be a long time later. At that time,
It was hard to say if Witch Sharon was still in the southern region.
Therefore, as long as the implementation was successful and they could stall for time.
Then there was no need to worry about the future.
Soon, the plan proceeded according to Witch Sharon's plan.
The appearance of the Human-faced Ancient Tree did surprise the guards. However, they also noticed that the Human-faced Ancient Tree was very weak and would not be a threat to them. Therefore, they did not mind listening to what the Human-faced Ancient Tree had to say.
Soon, the Human-faced Ancient Tree planted the idea that there were Dark Sorcerers in their minds. Do not enter at all costs.
However, as royal guards, they had always been arrogant. After all, they had the support of the Goman King. Moreover, this forest was within the Goman Kingdom's borders. Hence, the Goman King had the final say.
Although they were afraid of the Dark Sorcerers, they were not far from the capital. The Dark Sorcerers might not dare to do anything. Moreover, they were only here to see what was going on. They were not going to arrest them on the spot.
Moreover, whether there were Dark Sorcerers in the forest was still a question mark.
Thinking of this, the royal guards continued to move forward.
As they moved forward, they met a few Human-faced Ancient Trees. These trees had changed from threatening them at the beginning to persuading them with kind words. The change in attitude was obvious.
Witch Sharon's plan was to create a setting of 'persuasion' for the Human-faced Ancient Trees.
There was only one purpose for this setting: to be benevolent.
In order to prevent outsiders from spying, she had placed so many Human-faced Ancient Trees to persuade those who entered the forest. This was already benevolent. If you still did not listen, then you asked for it.
In the end, the royal guards started to feel embarrassed. After all, the Human-faced Ancient Trees seemed to be very kind, and they had been letting them down.
However, in order to find out what was going on here, they had to move forward. The situation in the Goman Kingdom was tense. Even the slightest movement would be thoroughly investigated by the Goman King. Hence, they had no choice but to move forward.
It was also because the royal guards' thoughts had started to become complicated. Hence, when they saw the 'Dark Sorcerers' in black robes and masks descending, they felt a subtle sense of relief.
After that, it was Witch Sharon's turn to perform.
As an official Sorcerer, and a powerful one at that, it was a piece of cake for Witch Sharon to deal with this group of apprentices.
At this point, Witch Sharon had already shown herself. There were even more things that could be done now.
In front of the royal guards, she used the power of space to create a special forest maze nearby and threw the royal guards into it.
"As long as you can walk out of the maze, you will live. However, I have left a little toy in the maze. You better pray that you don't run into it."
"Good luck."
After leaving behind these two sentences, Witch Sharon's mission was basically complete.
She had indeed left something in the maze. That was a spatial rift.
As long as they observed carefully, they would still have a chance to discover the spatial crack. However, if they were to touch the spatial crack without knowing where it was, then with the strength of this group of apprentices, they would definitely die.
However, there was still a way out. When Witch Sharon said that they would live if they walked out of the maze, it was not a lie. She had left an exit for the maze. As long as they explored it slowly, there would definitely be a chance to escape.
Of course, there was another way that could save everyone's lives.
That was to stay where they were after entering the maze and wait for the Goman King to send people to rescue them. Then, everyone would be fine.
For Witch Sharon, it did not matter whether they chose to explore the maze or wait for rescue. After all, they would not be able to enter the forest for the time being. She had already achieved her goal.
After dealing with the 'external' problem, Witch Sharon returned to the mist. Now, all that was left was to deal with the 'internal' problem.
It was still the same tall black fir tree. Witch Sharon silently looked at the mist in the sea of trees in front of her.
At this moment, the mist in the forest was much thinner than before.
In other words, the mist illusion was already weakening. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before the mist illusion was completely broken.
Witch Sharon let out a long sigh of relief at the thought of this.
"I've dealt with the guards. How is the situation on your side?" Witch Sharon asked through the Spirit Bond.
However, even after a long time, no one on the other end of the Spirit Bond spoke.
Witch Sharon thought that they were seriously trying to break through the mist and didn't pay them any mind. She continued to wait outside in silence. In fact, she even had the leisure to observe the actions of the guards in the maze.
It was worth mentioning that the guards were not as aggressive as when they entered the forest after entering the maze. Instead, they chose to stay where they were and wait for rescue.
However, not everyone was willing to wait for rescue. There were still some who wanted to take the initiative to attack.
There were two types of people among these who wanted to attack. The first type was those who wanted to go alone and not drag everyone down with them. The second type was those who wanted to attack together with everyone else.
Witch Sharon noticed that there were a few people in the second type who were fanning the flames. They didn't suggest that everyone attack together, but were secretly trying to incite everyone's emotions.
The authorities didn't notice anything wrong with these people. However, as an observer, Sharon felt that their actions were very strange.
The spy. Perhaps these people were the ones behind it.
Witch Sharon observed these people with interest. She secretly guessed who the spy was, and whether the faction behind the spy was the adept organization or the Supreme Cult.
After observing for about five minutes, Witch Sharon finally locked onto a man and a woman.
These two apprentices showed obvious signs of being stirred up. Moreover, the way they spoke, the content of their words, and the way they expressed their thoughts were clearly different from the others.
Normally, different backgrounds would lead to different ways of speaking. However, the difference between these two people and the others was no longer as simple as their background. There was even a slight difference in 'values' and 'perceptions'.
They might not have noticed it themselves, but Witch Sharon had seen it clearly.
There might be a spy among these two people. In fact, it was possible that both of them were spies.
"I think I've discovered a spy among the guards. Should I go over and test them out? Should we investigate their background? "Witch Sharon spoke through the Spirit Bond.
Unfortunately, no one replied.
"Stop, Aixen?" Witch Sharon hesitated for a moment before calling out their real names.
However, no one replied.
Witch Sharon felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness in her heart when she sensed the silent Spirit Bond.
Something was wrong.
Even if they were serious about breaking the illusion, they shouldn't have ignored her when she called out their names, should they? Could there be a problem with the illusion?
Witch Sharon called out a few more times. However, no matter how much she shouted, there was no reply.
At this moment, Witch Sharon didn't have the time to care about who the spy was. She jumped down from the tree without hesitation and dove into the mist.
Witch Sharon immediately felt a familiar hallucination the moment she entered the Misty Realm.
Everything around her was white, and her five senses seemed to have been messed up.
However, this time, Witch Sharon was not as helpless as she was when she was trapped in the arena. That was because the Spirit Bond had not been severed.
Illusions could confuse the five senses, but they could not sever the Spirit Bond.
She closed her eyes and shut off all external senses. She simply followed the guidance of the Spirit Bond and moved forward, one step at a time. The direction she was heading towards was the depths of the mist.
After an unknown amount of time, Witch Sharon felt that the Spirit Bond's connection was about to reach its end.
It was only then that Witch Sharon opened her eyes.
She was still surrounded by mist, and she couldn't see anyone.
Witch Sharon didn't pay any attention to the mist. Instead, she focused on the end of the Spirit Bond.
Supposedly, the end of the Spirit Bond should be connected to Stop and Aixen. However, what Witch Sharon saw now was an even thicker patch of mist.
Currently, the area covered by the fog was only ten square meters in size. It was similar to the other fog in the surroundings, but it was much thicker … Furthermore, there seemed to be more green patterns in the fog, and they even faintly glowed with a green light.
Witch Sharon suddenly felt a chill run down her spine when she saw the small area covered by the mist. It wasn't a change in temperature, but a kind of 'terror' that came from her soul.
It was as if there was a great terror in front of her.
"I'm just scaring myself." Witch Sharon mumbled to herself. There was nothing here before. How could something terrible suddenly appear?
Witch Sharon fell silent for a moment. She then shouted into the mist, "Can you hear me? Aixen, Stop? "
There was no reply.
"It should be the mist blocking our senses. It was the same when I was in the arena." Witch Sharon's throat moved as she gulped. In the end, she decided to go forward and take a look.
That was because the end of the Spirit Bond was in this patch of mist.
In other words, Stop and Aixen should both be in there.
"Paganini didn't give Stop any warnings. I don't think it's anything serious. Perhaps they're just trapped. Once I go in, I should be able to break through this layer of mist with my combined power. "Witch Sharon talked to herself as if she was trying to cheer herself up.
Having said that, Witch Sharon took a deep breath and quickly walked into the mist.
The mist swallowed Witch Sharon's figure. Soon, the surroundings returned to silence.
Witch Sharon had been talking to herself, but her voice came to an abrupt halt as she entered the mist.
Time continued to pass.
Without the energy support of the controller, the power of the green patterns had been exhausted. In addition, the world consciousness of the World of Adepts was suppressing the external energy system. This caused the green patterns to be depleted at an even faster rate.
This meant that this mist wouldn't exist for much longer.
An hour later, the thick fog that engulfed Witch Sharon gradually faded away. Now, they could clearly see that there was no one inside.
Four hours later, the fog surrounding the forest had turned from thick to thin.
Another two hours later, the mist completely disappeared. The forest returned to its usual tranquility under the morning light.
However, Witch Sharon, Stop, and Aixen still didn't show themselves after the mist disappeared.
It was as if they had never been here.
Only the forest maze that was still operating in the distance showed signs of Witch Sharon's existence.
(End of Chapter)
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