He thought he wouldn't be affected by the illusions as long as he was in his soul form. But he didn't expect that his soul would be trapped here as well.
Angor didn't feel good about it. Time was ticking away, and he was getting more and more anxious.
"Give me a minute. I'll try again." Angor left his body on the ground while his soul flew higher. This time, he used the sequence of gravity and reached his maximum speed. If everything went well, he would be able to reach the surface of the sea in several seconds.
But a minute later, he returned to his body with an uneasy look on his face.
Angor's expression said it all. Everyone remained silent for a moment.
"It's all my fault. If I could've gone farther, I wouldn't have fallen into their trap." Nausica's expression was sad. Her words were filled with self-blame.
The others didn't say anything, but they all looked at Nausica with blame.
Nausica was a very confident person. How could she say something like that? As far as Angor knew, even if Nausica was blaming herself, she would apologize and try her best to make up for her mistake. She wouldn't just stay there and complain.
Why didn't anyone say anything? Angor glanced at the others and realized something was wrong.
He closed his eyes and sensed his surroundings.
Nothing. Everything was normal. However, as an Illusionist, he was very sensitive to illusionary nodes. He noticed that some of the previously dormant nodes around the group suddenly became active.
Was that the reason?
Angor also noticed that some of the nodes around him became active, but they didn't seem to affect him.
Angor considered for a moment and decided to do an experiment. He reached out a hand and released several energy particles.
"What are you doing, Angor?" Keely looked at Angor suspiciously.
The others looked back and saw Angor's hands glowing with energy particles. Doubting Angor's intentions, they all went into defensive mode.
In such a situation, they didn't realize that there was anything wrong with it. But Angor could tell that something was not right.
Luna also sensed something wrong. It rubbed its head against Keely's and kept meowing. Keely lifted her foot as if she wanted to kick Luna away. But after a mental struggle, she put her foot down.
Angor remained silent for a moment. Since everyone was looking at him as if he was an enemy, he had no choice but to explain. "It must be because of the illusion. I'll try attacking the illusion nodes."
Everyone pondered for a moment before accepting this reason.
Using his fastest speed, he destroyed all the active illusion nodes around them. Although these illusion nodes were reborn not long after, they were still in a dormant state. It would take some time for them to become active.
When the illusion nodes disappeared, he could sense that everyone was back to normal.
"We can't waste any more time. We have to find a way to get out of here," Keely said. "How about we take a look around?"
"Didn't Angor say a woman ambushed Nausica and stole her sword? Since she dared to steal the Meraid's Sword, she must have a way to escape. Let's go find her. Maybe we'll have a chance, "Shan said.
"That's a good idea, Angor. What do you think?"
"See for yourself," Angor said in a low voice after making sure everyone was back to normal.
He reached out a hand and set up a small illusion.
Various scenes appeared in the illusion, which showed what happened when they were in a bad mood. Especially the interaction between Keely and Luna. He managed to recreate Keely's expression perfectly. That restless and hesitant expression made everyone see the struggle in her heart at a glance.
When the illusion ended, Keely spoke first. "I wouldn't have noticed it if you didn't do it. But now that I think about it, I think we were in a bad mood just now."
"Why would I blame Nausica? Nausica had nothing to do with it, "Shan said." Besides, why did I suspect Angor of trying to kill us? "
"Our negative emotions were magnified. We didn't get into a fight, so we were just suspicious of each other." Keely knitted her brows. "If we had quarreled just now, the consequences might have been worse."
"Did you notice something?" It was Shiliew, who rarely spoke. "We're back to normal now. Did you notice something?"
The others looked at Angor as well. They all recovered thanks to Angor's help.
"Illusion nodes. There are a lot of them here. But most of them are dormant. Just now, some of them became active … "Angor explained his theory." Something's wrong here. The active nodes affected your emotions. Maybe more will become active in the near future. I don't know what will happen then. "
Angor's words made everyone frown. Angor's ability to change one's emotions without them noticing was too powerful. No one wanted to become someone they hated. When Angor released the illusion just now, they already felt disgusted.
Angor suddenly noticed that the illusion nodes around Shan became active again.
"Shan, the illusion nodes around you are active again." Angor didn't do anything right away. He planned to let Shan see if she could suppress it by herself.
"The illusion nodes around me are active?" Shan was shocked. "Really?" "Why can't I feel it?" "You're not lying, are you?"
"Why did you lie to me?!"
At first, Shan was fine. But as time went by, she began to lose control of her emotions.
Angor sighed and snapped his fingers. The energy that was already prepared around Shan instantly burst out and annihilated the few active illusion nodes.
Shan's expression returned to normal.
This sudden change in mood caused everyone to fall silent. They didn't feel that the illusion they saw was real. Now that they saw the real thing, they couldn't lie to themselves anymore.
They knew they would lose control of their emotions, but they still couldn't.
Angor reached out a hand and destroyed the illusion nodes around Keely and Nausica that were about to become active.
Both Keely and Nausica sensed his movement and the energy ripples he released. They knew what this meant, and their expressions grew even worse.
"I can feel the illusion nodes. But I can't tell if they're active or not. Do you know how to make them inactive?" Keely looked at Angor.
Angor shook his head. "I didn't set them up. I don't even know which branch they belong to. It's hard to control them."
"Then can we cast defensive spells without being affected by our emotions?" Nausica asked.
"We can try."
A moment later, he destroyed several illusion nodes and shook his head. "This won't work. Simple defensive spells won't work."
"A simple defensive spell … Huh? What if it's not that simple?"
Angor suddenly had an idea. What if he set up a layer of solid illusion nodes around them as a form of defense?
He could use illusion nodes to defend against other illusion nodes.
Angor explained his idea to the others, and they all agreed to cooperate.
A moment later, Angor used his energy to destroy several active illusion nodes again.
"No, I can't use illusion nodes against illusion nodes." Angor shook his head.
If they couldn't solve this problem soon, they wouldn't be able to leave this place alive. Time was running out, and they all felt hopeless.
"If only we could control our emotions." Nausica sighed.
"I've heard that once you reach the rank of Magus, you can easily control your emotions. Too bad we're still far from that level, "Shan replied.
Their conversation reminded Angor of something else. Speaking of controlling emotions … he could do it too.
Back when he built the music box, even Lady Mirror was affected by the emotions contained inside. She said that it might be his talent in illusions.
Later, Angor experimented with different situations. Not only could he affect emotions, but he could also affect people's sense of space, direction, and self-perception.
However, the requirement was that the other party's strength was not higher than his. If the other party's strength was higher than his, he would not be able to influence them. There was one exception though. As long as he used the "Nightmare Realm Feeling", he could affect people stronger than him, including Lady Mirror who had lived for countless years.
Angor didn't know why. Maybe it was because of his Nightmare Form?
Angor put aside his irrelevant thoughts and came up with an idea. If he could affect people's emotions first, would he be able to affect other illusion nodes as well?
He decided to do it right away and told everyone about his idea. At this critical juncture, everyone couldn't think too much. Even if this method sounded a bit unconventional, they all nodded in agreement.
Angor decided to try it on Nausica first. The others were about the same level as him. He had to break through their defenses by force, or they would let go of their own volition. Nausica was a level lower than him, so he didn't have to go through so much trouble.
But now, he had another problem. Which emotion should he use to affect Nausica?
It was best not to let such emotions affect his thinking.
Happiness? Happiness? Positive emotions would make people lose their sense of urgency. They were running out of time, and it wouldn't be good for them to lose their sense of urgency.
Angor paused for a while before he made up his mind.
Calm down! He was going to give Nausica a calm emotion. By suppressing all other emotions, Nausica was able to calm herself down.
Now was the time to do it.
Affecting people's emotions was an illusion talent. If he wanted to do it, he would have to create an illusion for his target to stay inside.
However, the illusions he could create were all fixed. They would lose their effect as soon as they left the range of the illusion. Even if his idea worked, they couldn't stay inside the illusion forever.
Therefore, he had to use another method to help them.
Nightmare Illusion!
Nightmare Illusion was more advanced than ordinary illusions. Through this technique, Angor could directly affect other people's emotions without setting up any illusions.
As a wisp of misty aura entered Nausica's forehead, Nausica's lazy and confident temperament began to change. She became calm and indifferent as if she had turned into another Keely.
"How do you feel?" Angor asked.
"Great. There's no complicated information. My mind is clear. I think I can enter a meditative state now. "
Everyone was curious about Angor's ability to control people's emotions, but at the same time, they were also a little afraid of it.
"The illusion nodes are getting active."
Everyone frowned. This was the key to success.
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