"So the competition in the garden is about killing each other and surviving until the end?" Angor put down his knife and fork.
"Lawson didn't tell us the exact rules. But I think it's about right. "Sunders rested his chin on his hand." Are you afraid? You can choose not to go if you don't want to. "
Angor shook his head. "I'll go. And I'll survive until the end."
Angor did not know whether he should be afraid or not right now. Even if he already knew the truth about the garden, he still had to face it. He didn't expect to reach the top in one step, but the garden could increase his chances of becoming a wizard and cleanse his body of all impurities.
Even if it wasn't for himself, he still had to go to the garden for his loved ones.
"Good. I'll teach you well during this time. I hope you don't die in the garden, "Sunders concluded the meal.
After dinner, Sunders brought Angor back to the barren slope of the gravity garden.
"Do you remember the illusion I used after dinner? Lawson was the one who led the meeting. Do it again in front of me, "Sunders said in a plain tone.
Angor didn't ask why. He quickly recalled everything that happened in the conference hall and reconstructed the illusion using a new perspective.
As a spectator, Sunders was not involved in the illusion created by Sunders. This time, he didn't use a third party to create the illusion.
Sunders was dragged into an illusion. It was a simple illusion that Sunders could easily destroy. However, this time, he only wanted to see how good Sunders was at observing illusions. He didn't care if Sunders had a weak foundation.
Inside the illusion, Sunders opened his eyes.
Sunders noticed something interesting. Lawson was standing on the central platform not far away from him, while Kanter was standing beside him.
Sunders was no longer a third party. He had returned to his "own" role.
It was him, Sunders. In Angor's illusion, he was playing the role of "Sunders".
He never thought that Angor would choose to use his real body as his perspective. That was ingenious of him. But he missed something. If I'm playing the role of "Sunders", why would I fall into an illusion after experiencing the meeting?
Sunders chuckled as he continued to observe the illusion.
His logic was sound, and his observation skills were sharp. There were some minor mistakes, but he managed to make up for them with his own imagination.
As the meeting went on, Sunders' expression slowly turned serious.
"Good job." Sunders looked at Angor's sweaty face and praised him. "Good job."
At first, he was observing the details and logic of the illusion. But as time went on, he began to fight Angor head-on. At first, he was amused by Angor's request. But later, he realized that Angor was forcing him to become "him" in the illusion.
Angor kept using nightmare energy to fight against Sunders.
Angor's nightmare energy was much weaker than Sunders'. He would lose no matter how hard he tried. And it was true. If Sunders wanted to defeat Angor, he could do so in one move. However, he didn't want to defeat Angor, so he allowed Angor to entrap him with nightmare energy.
Sunders finally understood Angor's plan. Angor chose the most difficult path from the beginning. He knew that Sunders wouldn't fall into the real illusion, so he decided to use nightmare energy to hypnotize Sunders.
However, Angor's talent was extremely strange. His illusions were extremely contagious, and his emotions could easily cause others to sympathize with him. Sunders ignored Angor's hypnosis, but for a split second, he was held hostage by Angor's emotions.
Even if it was only for a split second, Sunders was still in a daze. Still, it was enough to make him proud. The great disadvantage he faced in the illusion was now turned into a bright spot for him.
As a man who rarely complimented others, Sunders praised Angor right away after escaping from the illusion.
"Your talent is a perfect match for the power of illusion, which is enough to reach new heights. If it were someone else, they'd probably give up. " Sunders paused for a moment. "I'll record the relevant data, and when you choose to study illusions, I'll figure out what to do next."
In the following days, Angor stayed in the gravity garden and began to practice illusions under Sunders' guidance.
Two days later, Angor learned Fear.
Sunders gave Angor a high praise for this new skill. Perhaps Angor's talent had something to do with emotional contagion. Angor's Fear was several times more effective than others. Normally, Fear was only a level-1 cantrip, but when Angor used it, it reached the pinnacle of level-1 cantrips.
And this was only the beginning. When Angor got better at using his talent, he might be able to break through level-2.
Sunders was even more impressed by Angor's combination of nightmare illusions and Fear. He even said that this "Nightmare Fear" had already surpassed the level of a normal Fear cantrip. It was so terrifying that it could reach the level of a level-3 cantrip.
In other words, Angor's "Nightmare Fear" had become a real trump card in a fight.
"Fear is a Mind Illusion. So you're quite good at using Mind Illusions. You can double the effect of a simple Fear." Sunders paused. "Compared to Sound Illusion, Mind Illusion is more suitable for you."
Angor's Sound Illusion was quite ordinary. It wasn't that he couldn't choose it as his main branch. However, if Mind Illusion could double the effect, it would be much better for him to improve his strength.
If someone else chose a main branch like Angor, they would be satisfied if they could perform Sound Illusion as well.
Of course, choosing a main branch was only temporary. As Angor accumulated more knowledge, he would be able to study more and more. By then, there would be no such thing as a main branch. When he reached a bottleneck, he might even be able to find new ideas by studying other branches.
Sunders suggested that Mind Illusion should be his main branch, but Angor still wanted to learn all the branches of illusions before making a decision.
Days passed. Angor left the gravity garden and began to study another cantrip.
Flame Array of Illusions.
This was the basic spell of another branch of illusions, called "Illusion Array". He believed that he knew a lot about magic arrays. Besides, illusion arrays were a combination of alchemy and alchemy, so he thought they were more suitable for him.
Besides, the purification garden was about to open. Angor was good at both defense and crowd control, but he didn't know many offensive spells. Flame Array of Illusions was a large-scale AoE spell. It was perfect for his current situation.
Today, Angor spent most of the day studying the cantrip. At noon, Number One knocked on his door. "Mister Padt, there's a guest outside."
Number One released a beam of light from his eyes and showed Angor the scene outside the door.
A tall young man wearing a felt hat and a handsome trench coat that accentuated his broad shoulders leaned against the door frame with a ruffian look.
"Let him in." Angor tidied himself up a little and went to the living room.
"I didn't expect to see you here." Angor smiled at the visitor. "By the way, I have something to talk to you about."
It was Shadow. It had been a few days since he last saw Shadow after Mithra took him away from the Citadel. He felt a sense of familiarity when he first saw Shadow.
Shadow shook his head and sighed. "When you told me you're from Brute Cavern, I thought you're Mister Phantom's student. Well, I guess I was right. "
Angor chuckled. "Forgive me. I didn't want to mention my professor's name back then."
"I understand. But you can't do anything about it now. Do you know how popular you are right now? Mister Phantom went against my professor for your sake. Everyone in Floating Mech City knows about it. " Shadow didn't seem to sympathize with Bogula at all. Instead, he continued to gossip. "Everyone is talking about you now. Plus, the purification garden is going to open soon, and all the wizard organizations are here to join the competition. I'm sure your name will soon spread across the entire southern wizarding region. Are you surprised? Are you surprised? "
Angor hadn't left his house for a long time, and no one dared to disturb his professor, so he didn't know about this. But he wasn't surprised. The Sky of Truth was full of gimmicks.
"Well, I'm not surprised either. But did you come here just to gossip? "Angor raised an eyebrow." Mister Bogula won't stop you from coming here, will he? "
Shadow crossed his legs and shook his chair. "My professor has left the city. He can't stop me."
"Left the city? Is it because — "
"Probably not because of Mister Phantom. He's as thick-skinned as I am. I don't think he'll be surprised by other people's comments." Shadow stretched his back. "He won't tell us where he's going anyway. I'm completely free now."
"I'm here to talk about the purification garden." Shadow looked at Angor and didn't see anything strange on his face. "Alright. You already know?"
Angor nodded.
"You're right. Mister Phantom will tell you. I'm guessing you'll enter the garden too." Shadow put a hand on Angor's shoulder. "I'm sure you'll come back safely. But I have to warn you. The purification garden this time is very special. There are a lot of geniuses here. Be careful."
"When I was in the main city with Toya, we saw a lot of fights between geniuses. From what I saw, most of them are at the peak of apprentice level. I heard from Master Sabot that many apprentices have the ability to fight half-step adepts, and some even have adept-level tools. "
Shadow looked worried. "The number of entrants to the garden isn't fixed. If you run into someone you can't defeat, stay away. Even if you can't survive, you'll still win if you can make it to the end. "
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