old dream

Chapter 58 Meditation
Under the action of the updraft, the stairwell of the tavern almost became a big chimney, and billowing smoke constantly spewed from it.

Giovanni carried the wizard's body and rushed into the smoke with bated breath, throwing it into the fire on the first and second floors.

At this time, the temperature in the tavern is already extremely high, and all human cells can be killed in an instant, and the wizard's ether will soon decay into matter.

With luck, someone might pick up some fine redstone in the rubble tomorrow.

The shuttle demon's foothold in reality is rapidly fading.So in Colin's mind, its image faded away.

But everything was a step too late, and before the shadow completely disappeared, the image of the shuttle demon was completely formed.

The eyes are erected on the midline of the face, the mouthparts are split open on both sides of the eyes, and the body is connected to the limbs that are as fine as the branches of trees...

After everything returned to calm, there were only gusts of hot wind on the rooftop.Colin stared at the female moon in the sky, trying to divert his attention so as not to accidentally recall that image.

But untrained people have a hard time controlling their thoughts.The more you deliberately tell yourself not to think about it, the more relevant thoughts will pop up.

That shadow will become the nightmare of his life. As long as he thinks about or dreams about it loosely one day, or when someone mentions something related, a thought accidentally flashes in his mind, it may be sensed in the virtual world. , and then connect to return to the material world through its own ether.

Fortunately, I haven't opened the shell of my heart yet, so I won't end up in the same fate as that wizard.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that when it reappears, it will suddenly attack under the guise of another image.

At that point you are probably defenseless and facing it all alone.

"Is the imaging completed?" Arecio's voice.

"Well, but it seems a little too far," Colin said.

Arecio didn't speak for a long time, and a person who was just getting started actually completed the imaging.

It's not that the incident itself is shocking, but the doubts about Colin have appeared again.

The shuttle demon was completed by human imaging, probably in 073 of the new calendar, and it was originally one of the first batches of images to be identified.

As long as the lineage of one's origin has a little inheritance, no matter how talented a wizard is, he has the ability to image it in an instant.

Because this is the result of inheriting the previous imaging system.

But if you want to describe it again from scratch, it is a completely different concept.

Colin can do this in a short time, and there are only two explanations in Arecio's cognition.

Or, he is extremely talented in imaging skills, even so high that he can match the level of other people's professional training for more than ten years.

Or, it was that Colin, at a certain time and place, obtained the imaging system of a certain lineage through resonance.

These two explanations cannot completely match Colin's performance, and each has some problems.

But Arecio personally prefers the second.At the same time he thought of the man who had left some kind of ritual on Colin.

Tonight's results made him feel that there was no error in the flora test, and the "that person" in the hypothesis might be real.

Although Colin himself may not be aware of him.

……

At this time, a lot of people have gathered on the street because of the fire and gunfire, and it seems that there is no need to deliberately make any noise to remind the nearby residents.

With the departure of the shuttle demon, Colin's consciousness also exited the abnormal state. Although he was still a little nauseated, it was not completely unbearable.

He forcibly lifted his spirits and left the scene with Giovanni via hook.

During this period, Arecio told Colin the specific method of ordering the shuttle, including how to spell "Ixion, the Wheel of the Burning" in the Nalle alphabet, as well as carrying fire and seven dried laurel leaves with him.

"Baby leaves? Is it okay to use this non-spiritual item?"

Colin showed just the right amount of confusion, asking the question that most people who are new to classical elf magic would have.

If you think of these techniques as a ritual, you will find that the whole process seems to lack "fuel" participation.It does not seem to satisfy the three complete units of the ceremony.

"Because this is not a ritual in the first place, from start to finish, there is no mirror in effect." Arecio said:

"Think of this as a forced exchange. Just like money and language have nothing to do with spirituality, but can command wizards to do things."

Walking out the back door of another building, you can see many middle-aged men hurriedly running towards the fire scene with buckets in their arms.

Although it had nothing to do with him at all, Colin still felt a little apologetic.Fortunately, the houses in this area are all masonry, and the fire will not cause much damage.

Then he suddenly thought of something related to the devil.

Now that you have mastered the method of controlling it, can you deliberately lure it to reality when you are fully prepared, then subdue it with bay leaves and force it to become your own familiar?

But things shouldn't be so simple, otherwise, after reciting the incantation, how could it actively cooperate with its own imaging?
As if anticipating what Colin would think at this time, Arecio said:
"Don't think about calling it down on your own initiative. Those methods can only be used as an emergency at best. Not to mention that the efficacy of the incantation has been severely weakened after several translations. Even the ancient original version has a time limit in the records."

"At the end of the day, none of these methods can solve the problem completely. But it's not an uncommon situation, and if you don't want to worry about it for the rest of your life, you should honestly practice 'meditation'."

"meditation?"

This mysterious and mysterious concept always seems to be accompanied by magic.Even in Colin's previous life, most people have heard of meditation, but they all seem to understand it, not knowing what it is.

Probably just sitting upright, entering some kind of ethereal state?
"I don't know what your impression of the word is," Arecio said.

"But meditation isn't about gaining anything, it's about just focusing on your breath and not thinking about things you shouldn't think about."

"Although it's also the hardest thing in the world."

(End of this chapter)