The darkness was boundless and empty.
Lucien, who was floating in the air, looked around blankly. There was a strange power deep in his heart that was shouting something that he could not hear clearly, causing the darkness to roll violently, like the depression before a storm.
Suddenly, dark green vines rose from under Lucien's feet and quickly wrapped around his body. The dark red thorns on the vines looked ferocious and terrifying, as if they were covered in dried blood. They emitted a sweet fragrance that could numb people's bodies.
The vines were so fast that Lucien did not have any chance to escape.
Lucien struggled with great difficulty, trying to cast a spell, but he found that his spiritual power had completely dried up. There was not a single bit of spiritual power that could be used.
The sharp dark red thorns pierced into Lucien's body, and the intense pain and numbness spread all over his body in an instant. He could not help but cry out in pain like Elvis did.
With the intense pain, the darkness began to break, and rays of light shone in, bright and dazzling.
Lucien's head was dizzy, and the light in front of him made him squint his eyes. However, he immediately remembered that he had been hit by the Scarlet Magic Tree's rays of negative status, and he did not even have time to activate the Boots of Evasion to escape before he fainted and fell into a deep sleep.
The two rows of dense, dark eyes appeared in his mind, and Lucien subconsciously activated the Short-Distance Teleportation that he had built in his soul, preparing to dodge the Scarlet Magic Tree's follow-up attack.
It seemed that the Elemental Vortex that he had used before he fell asleep had helped him stay awake until he woke up.
And the vines in the darkness were formed by his subconscious to force him to wake up as soon as possible?
However, when he activated the Short-Distance Teleportation, Lucien found that his spiritual power was as dry as it was in his dream, like a river of mud at the bottom.
"It's the side effect of using the Elemental Vortex!" Lucien understood. He exerted his strength with both hands and was about to roll away to avoid the vines.
Now that he had become a level two Knight, he no longer needed to be supported by others when he used Elemental Vortex!
As soon as Lucien rolled, he felt that his body was floating in the air. His eyes adjusted to the light, and he was surprised to see that he was in a small room with white walls. There were no dark green and dark red vines, no huge, evil scarlet magic trees, and no two rows of pitch-black eyes!
Pa, Lucien landed on the ground with a dull thud.
The Knight's body was tough, so Lucien didn't feel any pain. He took the time to look around.
The room was small and narrow. Other than a wooden bed, there was only an open wooden box. There was nothing inside.
"It's so clean and simple. It really looks like a single cell," Lucien said to himself in confusion. "Where is this place? Why am I here? Did I travel through time again? "
Lucien thought that he had been killed by the scarlet magic tree. However, traveling through time had always been one of the deepest secrets in Lucien's heart. Therefore, no matter how surprised he was, he didn't say it out loud.
Raising his hands, Lucien saw the familiar slender and strong body. Touching his neck and feeling the summoning mark, Lucien was finally sure that he had not been teleported or died. His body was still Lucien Evans' body.
However, this did not make Lucien relax, because two black bracelets suddenly appeared on his hands, emitting weird light. On his neck, according to the touch of his hands and the feeling of his skin, there was also a necklace tightly attached to his neck.
As for his Sun's Corona, Fire Weaver Bracelet, Holm Crown Ring, Ice Avenger Ring, Boots of Evasion, Robe of Transformation, and Ogre Gloves of Strange Strength, they were all gone.
Judging from the strange patterns and shapes of the bracelets, as well as the needle-like objects that pierced into the blood vessels, Lucien said seriously, "These are Confinement Bracelets, which can confine the Blessing power. The one on my neck should be an anti-magic collar. No wonder my spiritual power is even more drained than when I used Elemental Swirl before reaching middle-rank. What the hell happened? "
Seeing that his spiritual power and Blessing power were both sealed, Lucien tried to enter the Library of the Soul. However, there was no response in his soul, as if it was blocked by some strange power.
"Does it mean that the opening of the Library of the Soul requires spiritual power as a medium?" Lucien had never tried to enter his spirit library when he had lost his spiritual power, so it was reasonable to assume that Lucien would not be able to do that.
Without giving up, Lucien kept trying to use the summoning mark on his neck to see if he could summon Rhein into his dream. Rhein's nickname was "The Observer", so he should know about the legend of the Land of Demons in the Dark Mountain Range. Lucien now suspected that he was in the Land of Demons. He needed more information!
Without Blessing power and spiritual power, the summoning mark could not be activated. Lucien frowned, as if he had just returned to the time when he was still a child.
"I have the body of a normal person, and my soul is much more powerful than before. I can't give up now. There's still hope! The most important thing now is to collect information about this place, so that we can decide what to do next. "Lucien soon calmed down.
In fact, even if his soul had returned to normal, Lucien would still be able to maintain a good mental state. He would not hesitate. After going through so many hardships, he would never give up and never give up. This was one of the most valuable treasures in life. Another treasure was the knowledge that he had mastered, such as the understanding of the alchemy structure and the magic circle composition of the restraining bracelet and the antimagic collar.
Lucien pulled the iron door and found that it was locked from the inside. So he sat down on the bed and tried to study the restraining bracelet. At this time, he heard the sound of keys jingling outside the door.
Then, Lucien clearly heard the sound of keys being inserted into the keyhole. Click! The iron door was slowly pushed open.
A young man with a ruddy face walked in slowly with a bunch of keys in his hand. His back was bent as usual, but when he saw Lucien, he straightened his back and said arrogantly, "Since you're awake, follow me to see my master."
He was wearing a black short robe and trousers like a servant, and there was no restraining mark on his wrists or neck.
"Master?" Lucien did not want to miss the chance to ask. He had to at least figure out what this place was and why he was here before he went to see the mysterious "master".
The young man glared at Lucien angrily, "What right do you have to call me master? You're just a guy that the master saved because he was short of experiment materials!
You have to remember that you're the lowest and most humble experiment material in the magic tower! "
Lucien's heart skipped a beat. Magic tower, experiment material, these were only slightly better than death.
However, as long as he was not dead, there was still hope!
"Saved me? What is this place? "Lucien pretended that he did not understand and continued to ask.
The young servant seemed to be a bit grumpy, and his tone was getting worse and worse, "I was born and raised here. How do I know how to describe this place? Those guys who accidentally broke in and could never get out seemed to call this place the Land of Demons. "
"I'm really trapped in the Land of Demons. My luck is really bad. It's not that dangerous to deliver a letter, but such a horrible change happened. "Lucien's mood was indescribable. He sighed slightly.
After finding Elvis, the liaison, Lucien thought that the mission was almost completed, because Elvis often went back and forth between the adventurer's camp and the magic tower of the King of Nightmares. With Elvis leading the way, they would not encounter any powerful magic creatures. However, the Land of Demons actually moved here, which made the danger level rise rapidly.
"What happened to those guys who couldn't get out? By the way, where's my companion? "Lucien followed the young servant's words and asked.
The young servant seemed to have thought of something funny, and he answered without getting angry, "Your companion? He's already become a mummy. Those guys who accidentally broke in either became snacks for the monsters in the forest or experiment materials for the master. Only two of them are still alive, and they're locked up next to you. No, there are three of them alive … Bastard, shut your mouth! Follow me to see the master! "
It was the first time for the young servant to see Lucien asking so many questions even though he knew that he was in a terrible situation. Therefore, the young servant answered the question casually. However, as he was talking, the look on his face suddenly changed, revealing deep fear and concern. The young servant sternly asked Lucien to shut up.
Lucien did not provoke the young servant anymore. Wearing the bracelet and the collar, he followed the young servant to the top floor of the magic tower.
On the way, Lucien carefully stared at the young servant's back. From the young servant's walking posture and the weight of his footsteps, Lucien roughly judged the young servant's physical strength, and also estimated the possibility that he would suddenly jump up and break the young servant's neck or knock him out.
When they arrived at the fifth floor of the magic tower, Lucien withdrew his gaze and recalled the materials he borrowed from the library of the Congress of Magic, about the various human experiments conducted by ancient sorcerers.
In front of a black door with mysterious patterns on it, the young servant knocked on the door lightly, "Master, your new experiment material has woken up. I'll bring him to see you."
"Bring him in." An old and hoarse female voice seemed to crawl out from the gap of the door.
Lucien did not feel strange about the master's gender. For the dangerous sorcerers with ancient heritages, gender did not affect their degree of abnormality.
The black door moved back on its own, and Lucien saw the whole picture of the magic lab. It was similar to the lab left by Maskelyne. There were gray liquid 'Aether' flowing back and forth, tentacles and black wires that covered the whole lab, pale human hands that were hanging in the air and holding things like chicken feet, dissecting tables, large alchemy platforms, and countless bizarre-shaped experiment devices and utensils.
A horribly hunched old woman in a red magic robe stopped dissecting a human body and turned around to look at Lucien.
Her hair was fluffy and gray, and the wrinkles on her face seemed to have lost their elasticity. She was dry and skinny, extremely ugly and terrifying.
The old woman carefully observed Lucien for a while with her green, cloudy eyes. Then she slightly nodded and said in a hoarse voice with a hint of fanaticism, "We need to electroshock him first."
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