"Who are you?" Sandra tried her best to soften her voice. She tried to use her feminine charm to calm the little boy down. However, she forgot that she was good at fighting. Even though she tried to smile, she still could not hide her fierce temperament. The little boy shook his head and tried to crawl to the corner of the chamber. He screamed and buried his head in the corner, as if he could not see what was happening.
Lucien did not urge them to go to the binding room, because the strange demon was too weird, and it was still a question mark whether it had died or not. Now that they had found new survivors, they had to ask carefully.
Lucien looked at Sandra and pointed at Susan, who was tied up by Xia Lot's Douglas' Giant Hand, "Use some potions to calm her down. Let her talk to the little boy."
As an experienced female mage, Sandra's meticulous mind was on full display in this aspect. In her storage bag and the hidden pockets of her magic robe, there were all kinds of potions that could be used in various situations, even though most of them would not be used for years. Therefore, she nodded and took out a tube of clear, light blue liquid, and directly poured it into Susan's mouth with Hand of Magic.
However, she wanted to use Hypnotism to make the little boy fall asleep. Then, when he woke up, she could use Hypnotism, Charm Humans, and other questions. This was more like her style. However, she did not know whether the little boy was safe or not. If something happened to him when she was controlling him with magic, she would lose an important source of information.
Lucien adjusted his monocle and activated Fernando's Electromagnetism Messaging. Although the demon was suspected to be a level-five one, and the three of them might be able to kill it together, they still had to contact Gaston as they had agreed. After all, no one knew whether this demon was just an appetizer or not!
A layer of ripples appeared on the surface of the monocle. "Hello, hello, Mr. Gaston?" Lucien did not avoid Charlie and Sandra, but directly greeted them, "Hello, Mr. Gaston?"
The fifth-circle spell could only convert sound into electromagnetic signals.
There was no response from the other side. Lucien raised his voice, "Hello? Hello? Hello?! "
Lucien's monocle was still silent.
Lucien looked at the wall on the other side of the bookshelf, where there was a glass window. Outside the window, there was a thin mist. The mist was rolling and twisting, and it seemed that if one could not see through it, they would not be able to see through it.
"It's similar to Mind Mist, but it's not exactly the same. It can block and absorb electromagnetic waves. It's a supernatural power that I've never seen before …" Lucien said calmly. He felt that he was not knowledgeable enough. He had not read at least 70% of the books in the Basic Arcana library.
Lucien's voice was very loud when he used Electromagnetism Message, and the name was Gaston, a member of Arcana Review Board. Of course, Lucien and Sandra...
Xia Lot followed Lucien's eyes and looked out of the window. Xia Lot put on a bitter smile, "It seems that we're in big trouble. The simple task is not 'simple' at all."
In fact, Lucien had a feeling that something was going to happen, but when it really happened, he felt that it was a bit unreal. It was too much of a coincidence!
Lucien wondered if someone really wanted to kill me. Who could it be? And how did they hide it from Ms. Florencia and Mr. Gaston?
Similar questions popped up in Lucien's mind, but they were all suppressed. It was not the time to think about those questions. Danger could come at any time.
"The most important thing for us now is to figure out the situation as soon as possible and decide whether to retreat or move forward." Lucien took a glance at Xia Lot and then turned to Susan, who was calming down. It had been a minute since she took the potion.
Xia Lot adjusted his black battle sorcerer's square hat and answered calmly, "I used Arcana Eye earlier, but I only found three kinds of low-rank demons, including the Wasp Demon, which matched your result, Mr. Evans. There was no trace of that monster at all. It seemed that it was hiding somewhere …"
"Xia Lot, Sandra, you don't know what kind of demon that was either?" Lucien was a bit surprised when he saw that Xia Lot also failed to recognize the monster.
It meant that at least it did not appear in the Encyclopedia of Demons and Monster Illustrated Handbook. If they did not know what kind of demon it was, they would not be able to figure out what kind of special ability it had. For example, when they received the mission earlier, they knew that there were low-rank demons and low-rank demons, so Lucien did not plan to use Invisibility. Dragons, demons, and other kinds of demons were born to see through invisibility!
Xia Lot and Sandra both shook their heads seriously, indicating that they did not know what the monster was.
"Maybe it's a monster that only senior-rank sorcerers have to face …" Sandra murmured. Seeing that Susan had recovered a lot, Sandra pointed at the little boy in the secret chamber and asked, "Do you know him?"
Susan turned around in confusion and then exclaimed, "Oh, Bill! You're still alive?!"
The little boy, whose head was buried between his knees and the wall, slightly trembled. Then he turned around very slowly and said slowly, "S-Sister Susan?"
"Who's he?" Sandra whispered to Susan.
Susan gave Bill a comforting smile, "It's me, Susan. We're back to save you. Bill, don't be scared. Calm down, calm down … "
She slowly moved forward and calmed Bill down with her hands. At the same time, she turned to Lucien and Xia Lot, "He's the youngest apprentice of Mr. Bertren. He's born with great spiritual power, but he's not talented in arcana, so he's often laughed at by other apprentices. Scott and I often taught him, so we're good friends. "
"Ask him what happened in the castle later." Lucien stepped forward and followed Susan to Bill.
However, when Bill saw Lucien and Charlotte behind Susan, he was so scared that his whole body was trembling. His black eyes were wide open and filled with fear, "Don't come here, you demons! Don't come here, don't come here!"
Lucien raised his hands and slowly stepped back with Charlotte. Sandra was trying her best to make herself look kind and friendly. She was holding Susan's hand as if they were sisters.
This time, Bill was not as scared as before. Although he was still shaking, at least he was not twitching anymore.
"Bill, tell me, what did you see in the castle?" Susan squatted in front of Bill.
Sandra also squatted down beside Bill and cast the second-circle spell, Lie Discernment. She did not directly target Bill's body, so she was not afraid of causing any big changes.
Bill suddenly reached out his hands and grabbed Susan's arms tightly. Susan was so scared that she almost fell back. Then he said in a very frightened voice, "They're all dead! They're all dead! Andy, Debra, Mr. Stevens, they're all dead! They were about to clear out all the demons that came out of the summoning array, but a terrifying demon that couldn't be killed suddenly appeared inside. And then, they all died, all died … I kept running, but my legs were too weak to run, so I could only hide in this secret room. Susan, take me out of here! I'm so scared! "
Andy, Debra, and Stevens were all Bertren's assistants or apprentices, and they were all first-circle sorcerers.
The light of Lie Discernment did not change, so Susan tried her best to suppress her fear of the demon and started to ask for more details.
Lucien and Xia Lot were standing in the corridor, looking at the chamber through the long bookshelf. At the same time, they were paying close attention to the surroundings.
Lucien suddenly noticed a few pages of parchment on the table. Half of the parchment was burnt by the fire, and the content was written in the ancient language of the Magic Empire.
"The special summoning ritual of Vi (the last letter was erased)"
"First, you need to draw a rune with your own blood. Then, you need to prepare a brazier and a book called Pain Fable …" The rest of the parchment was written on the burnt parchment.
Lucien was a bit amused by the summoning ritual. Therefore, he activated his spiritual power and picked up the parchment in his hand. He carefully read the remaining three pages, which were less than ten lines in total, on the last three pages:
"When everything is ready, open the tenth chapter of Pain Fable and read the seventh story aloud. Read it over and over again, and then copy it on the parchment."
…
"Open the Encyclopedia of Monsters and tear down the pages that are similar to the ones you want to summon and throw them into the brazier."
…
"Recite the spell as I told you before, until the flame is as high as you."
"Then, you'll see the special gift you want."
Charlotte glanced at the scroll and frowned. "This seems to be a prank summoning ritual. I don't even know what it's trying to do. It requires us to read 'Pain Fable' and burn the pages in a brazier … These scrolls of parchment are placed in the hall where even apprentices can come in contact with. This shows that there's something wrong with this ritual: no one with a normal IQ would try it."
"Xia Lot, have you read Pain Fable?" Lucien thought for a second and asked, "Although I also feel that this ritual is ridiculous, Bertren died when he failed to summon a demon in the Binding Room. Therefore, I can't be careless when I see any strange summoning ritual."
Xia Lot thought for a while and said, "I haven't read Pain Fable, but I've heard about it. It's a fable that was passed down in the border between the provinces of Holm and Brianne in the ancient Magic Empire. Because it basically told stories that made people sad, sad, hateful, and indignant to enlighten people, it was called 'Pain Fable'. I've never read books that make me feel uncomfortable. By the way, speaking of Pain Fable, Mr. Evans, did you notice that these parchments are very old? The words are written in the style of the Magic Empire before the War of Dawn. "
"Compared to the ancient literature, it is indeed so." Lucien glanced at the bookshelves and the table, "Is there a copy of Pain Fable here?"
At this time, Susan ended the interrogation. Sandra, who had obtained the preliminary information, did not hesitate to use Charm Man to control Bill and verify the information.
"According to Bill's description, the binding room went out of control first, and the low-rank demons rushed into the castle and killed people everywhere. That's when Susan and Scott escaped from the castle. After that, Bertren's assistants took control of the core of the magic castle and started to fight back. However, when they reached the binding room, they encountered the monster that we saw earlier. Even with the help of the castle's magic circles, they still couldn't escape their doom, "Lucien said.
Sandra walked to Lucien and Xia Lot and said, "From all the details, we can infer that every time the demon died, it would come back to life in the summoning circle. Only by destroying the summoning circle can we kill it for good!"
As soon as Sandra finished her words, the ground and the wall started to ripple like water, and many pale, transparent arms reached out from the walls. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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