Can you become stronger without paying money?

Alice tilted her head and asked cutely, but Sapphire shook her head calmly.

"It's not necessary, and I don't need to launch an attack on a phantom that no longer exists. By the way, I'm really glad for myself. It seems that this trip today was not in vain. What is the essence of the museum, now it seems that my judgment is correct, here, I can have some very interesting harvest.”

"Hehe, Alice can't understand what you're talking about~" The blond girl stuck out her tongue playfully, as if she didn't care about what Sapphire said just now.

"However, since we've come to Alice's house, and it's just in time for Alice's tea party, it's okay if we don't entertain them well. Let's not talk about the big brother over there, these two sisters... especially this little sister , very suits Alice's taste~"

During the conversation, the girl cast an extremely concerned look at Fei. It was not an expression of looking at a cute loli, but a creepy look as if she was looking at some beloved toy.

Regarding this, Fei couldn't help subconsciously shrunk behind Sapphire, seeing her reaction, Alice smiled even brighter.

"Hehe, you are really cute~ Then, don't waste time, let's... hurry up~"

After all, without waiting for any reaction from the three people on Riel's side, the girl suddenly stood up from the main seat.

"From today, from now on, 'forever' be with Alice~"

At this moment, in Alice's right eye, the light of the magic emblem began to flicker...

"...'forever' oh~"

Chapter 34 The "Forever" Girl ([-])

"Brother... I remember you just told me about half a day ago that the so-called 'witch' or something is not very capable, so there is nothing to be afraid of..."

"Ah, although it's not the exact words, but the meaning is indeed the same..."

"...So, now I really want to ask, is this level... in your eyes called 'nothing to be afraid of'?!"

Fei raised her hand and pointed around the three of them. After Alice finished speaking, the strange magic crest sent the three of them to the current place, a wide corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, there are candlesticks burning green flame candles. In the depth of the corridor, there is an invisible mass of darkness. Behind the three of them is a thick door, which has been completely locked.

Judging from the situation at the scene, the three of them seemed to be sent to the gate of the villa. Behind them was the gate of the villa, and in front of them was the corridor connecting the hall. However, the depth of the corridor was much deeper than what they had seen at first, and they did not know. Is it true, or purely psychological.

After all, the candles on both sides of the corridor now illuminate the entire corridor transparently, but the flickering green flames are too weird, and it's hard to tell what's going on for a while.

"What on earth is this? Reversal of time has restored the villa to its pre-dilapidated appearance, or is it pure illusion?"

Under this situation, Riel was still analyzing the scene calmly, while Sapphire continued.

"Judging from the situation at the scene, the former situation is unlikely. Besides, haven't you already discovered something? When you were in the hall, did you say something like 'You really aren't here'?"

"Oh, it's very sharp, you can remember such a sentence~" Riel nodded his temples and smiled slightly, and then threw the question back, "But, didn't you also make a very interesting speech in the hall? "

After the two answered, they looked at each other and smiled, leaving Fei, who didn't understand anything, burst into tears, can you two speak human language, human language? !

"Okay, let me explain first~" Seeing that the plot has already begun, there is no need for Riel to hide the information maliciously. Although there are indeed a lot of information that is not convenient to explain clearly, but some less important things don't matter. , "When I lit the fireplace in the hall before, I removed a vertical clothes hanger, but when the hall was restored to the state of 'back in time', the vertical clothes hanger did not appear~"

If the situation that happened in the hall at that time was really reversed in time, then the destroyed hanger should also be restored, so...

"What we see is just a carefully packaged illusion, and this corridor is the same~"

Having said that, Riel suddenly turned around and slashed at the door behind him with a sword. Even if the door was locked, how could that kind of ordinary door be able to block the blow of the holy sword? So, the door was simply broken open. However, the broken door Behind the opened door is not the space outside the villa, but another corridor that is connected to the one where the three of them are at the moment, a corridor that is exactly the same...

It's like a strange situation where two corridors are connected by a door distorting the space.

"Well, let's do another experiment~"

Riel jumped twice on the spot, then backed up and ran, and rushed to the corridor on the other side of the gate.

However, the moment he passed through the gate, his person disappeared in front of Sapphire and Fei inexplicably.

Fei was still wondering where Riel disappeared to, and was about to chase towards the gate, but was held back by Sapphire.

"Don't worry, Riel will be fine..."

As if to prove her words, Riel soon reappeared in the two of them...

... behind!

That's right, Riel, who ran through the door in front of the two of them, actually ran over from behind the two of them three to five minutes later...

It's as if he rushed into the gate, stepped into another space, and then circled around in that space, just like this, he walked behind the two of them...

However, after experiencing these messy situations, Fei has understood something.

"... In this case, could it be that the two corridors we see now are actually not 'two corridors' at all, but 'the same corridor'?"

"Well, it seems that you understand~"

That's right, the corridor on the other side of the gate and the corridor on this side of the gate seem to be two, but they are actually one corridor. After a corridor is distorted by some weird force, it forms a corridor like Mobius. After understanding the structure like the ring, Fei also understood.

"...In other words, no matter what direction we come from, even if we run towards the depths of the corridor, will we only circle around and return to the original place?"

"Well, that should be the case. You see, a simple experiment can save us a lot of effort~"

After all, if ordinary people encounter this situation, they will definitely try to go in any of the two directions. Generally speaking, they will go to the depths of the corridor to see the situation first. However, this "eternal corridor with no head and no end" "Once you get stuck, it's just a meaningless act of wasting physical energy in vain.

By the time ordinary people understand the principle of this mechanism, they have usually wasted a lot of physical strength and time. Regardless of whether they successfully cracked the mechanism later, the wasted physical strength was wasted in vain.

"Wait, I still don't quite understand, little brother, if this place is really just a pure illusion as you said, then isn't this kind of space distortion also a kind of illusion?"

"No, let me explain here..." Sapphire took the conversation straight away, "What we saw in the hall just now was indeed just an illusion, so after I realized this, I didn't Let's move on..."

As Safiley said, the "Alice" that appeared in the hall at that time was probably just a projection formed by illusion, that is, the so-called "non-existent" phantom. For a target that "does not exist" at all, any attack is just It's just a waste of energy.

"Hey, why are you so sure, big sister..."

Fei obviously still didn't understand why Sapphire could immediately confirm that what she saw was just an illusion, but relying on the "identifier" such as the "clothes hanger" obviously couldn't be used to distinguish reality from illusion.

"Because the lady witch played a trick to decipher my attack, but I could feel that my elf technique was not deciphered, and I felt the real feeling of 'the attack caused destruction', but at that time we saw But the hall is intact~”

To use an analogy, it's as if Sapphire swung her sword at the table in front of her. She felt the real feeling of "slashing" in her hand, but the table she saw with her eyes was intact.

This discrepancy between the feel and the visual effect can just correspond to the illusion, and it is still a relatively low-level illusion...

Low-level illusions create just a simple illusion, which cannot interact with reality, but advanced illusions are different. High-level illusions can affect reality, such as using illusions to create a ball of fire that approaches you You can really feel the heat.

However, although that level of illusion can deceive people's perceptions, it still cannot affect reality. That is to say, if you are stabbed in the illusion, you will see yourself bleeding and injured and feel pain, but once the illusion disappears, These also disappear together, practically speaking, you do not suffer any harm.

As for the highest level of illusion, it has naturally reached the level of "realization of fantasy". At that time, illusion can truly affect reality. Once injured by the creation of illusion, it is really injured.

"So I was sure at that time that the hall we saw, including everything that existed in the hall at that time, was nothing more than an illusion, but after that, it will be different~"

Safiri looked at the gate behind her, "Riel's attack has indeed destroyed the gate, everything we feel now is something real..."

Sapphire reached out to the candle holder on the wall, and when her fingers touched the flames, she clearly felt the burning pain.

"See? It can produce corresponding feedback with reality. This is not something that ordinary illusion can do. If you can rely on illusion to simulate the degree of interaction with reality, it will exceed what a witch should have~"

"However, if you are right, big sister, then we have come to a real corridor that distorts space. This level of space distortion is beyond the ability of a witch, right?"

"No, this is not the ability of the witch. To be precise, it is... the power of this villa... the 'witch's mansion'..."

"what?"

This time Fei was confused again. Is there any difference between the power of the Witch's Mansion and the power of the Witch?

"Of course there is a difference. There is a huge difference between lighting a bonfire with a fireball out of thin air, and lighting a bonfire with a string of sparks from a flint and steel. The former relies on one's own strength, while the latter With the help of tools, the so-called 'Witch's Mansion' is the witch's tool, of course, it has already reached this point, I think it is not appropriate to continue to call this place the Witch's Mansion~"

After Riel said this, he and Sapphire gave each other a high five...

"Okay, our luck is really very good. I didn't expect to find such a good place by running around in the mountains so casually. It seems that such a place has never been discovered... "

Riel took a deep breath, but Sapphire couldn't hide the joy on her face...

"...Elf Ruins!"

Chapter 35 "Forever" Girl ([-])

"Elf relics? Is this witch's house an elf relic?!"

After traveling with Riel and Sapphire for a while, Fei probably knew what the meaning of the elven relic was, but she suddenly told her that the witch's mansion she saw was actually one of the elven relics that Sapphire had been looking for. It still gave her a huge sense of unreality.

"Well, to be precise, the Witch's Mansion is not the elven relic itself, but a product formed after being transformed with the help of the power of the elven relic. Well, in fact, it is not bad to regard this place as an elven relic~"

Riel kindly added an explanation. In this way, the magical space distortion and the incredible situation of transporting the three people from the hall to the corridor and moving the corpses in the hall can be understood. This elven ruin seems to have With the power of "space teleportation", it couldn't be easier to do the above three things.

"Although it's a bit boastful to say that..." Safiri looked around the corridor, and then smiled knowingly, "...But, I have a very strong sense of the power of elves, which is about the average level of ancient elves. Let’s be level, I didn’t feel too real when the corpses were removed in the hall at first, but now I’m standing directly in this corridor full of elf power, if I don’t feel anything anymore, I’m sorry for myself Talented~"

As I said before, the ancient elves are a group of talented people who are several blocks above ordinary humans, so the "average level" among the ancient elves can indeed be regarded as an astonishing level among human beings.

Relying on some judgments and the evidence of the power of elves, Sapphire can already be sure that this witch's mansion is a relic of elves...

After analyzing the situation at the scene, the next question is how to break through the mechanism in front of him, this "infinite corridor".

Of course, this is not a problem.

While Sapphire was getting ready, Riel was on the sidelines explaining to Fei, who had a curious baby expression on his face, "Under normal circumstances, it is technically troublesome to reset the distorted space, of course, if you have enough strength Strong... For example, the teacher of your big sister Sapphire can completely cut open the node of space distortion with a single sword with absolute strength. Of course, if you don't control it properly, you may cut out space shocks, and you don't have enough strength It is not recommended to play like that~”

Of course, if you are strong enough and have a bald head, then it doesn't matter. There is no problem that cannot be solved with one blow. If there is... then take a serious blow!

"So, we have a simpler method. To put it bluntly, the power of the elven relics is driven by the power of the elves... It seems that the magic device needs to be driven by magic power to activate. Once the magic power is lost, the so-called magic device is just Ornament, the same reason, as long as the power of the elves acting on this corridor is drained, the space distortion in the corridor will lose its most basic energy and will automatically fail~"

Sapphire is already ready. Although it is more efficient to absorb the power of the spirit directly with the body after stripping off the equipment, but since there are still outsiders here, even if she has been seen naked once in the Forest of Danquan, It doesn't constitute a reason for Sapphire to play Gobun in front of Riel openly, so this time she took off the gauntlets on her hands and the armor on her legs very ladylikely, but she still left a close-fitting set to protect her body. key position.

"Riel, please help me protect me. Although the witch's power is not enough to worry about, I'm afraid that the witch who finds out that the situation is wrong will secretly play tricks..."

"Don't worry, I'm here... I won't let the witch make trouble, you can rest assured to absorb the power of the elves~"

Sapphire immediately stopped talking, and silently closed her eyes.

Immediately, the power of the elves pervading the entire corridor changed. Because there is no talent in this area, I can't feel any obvious changes, but if I can feel the power of the elves, I can clearly perceive that the original The power of the elves evenly permeating the corridor seems to be attracted by a bottomless black hole, and it continuously gathers towards Sapphire's position.

The elf ruins need to be driven by the power of the elves to produce magical power, so the rapid loss of the power of the elves naturally cannot escape the perception of the witch, the surrounding space began to distort, the candlesticks that were originally fixed on the walls on both sides trembled, and the green flames Lao Gao sprang up in one breath, condensed into a ferocious appearance with teeth and claws, and tried to pounce on the three people present.

Fei immediately took out the two throwing knives around her waist, but just as she was about to make a move, Riel stopped her with her hand...

"Don't worry..." Riel's eyes were calm, without any fluctuations in his expression, "These are just pure hallucinations, even if you do this kind of thing..." After finishing speaking, Riel looked at the face only a few minutes away from her. The flame ghost raised his middle finger, but although the latter bared his teeth and claws angrily, he still had nothing to do with Riel.

"Understood? The so-called witch is such a paper tiger. The more you suffer, the more aggressive she becomes. Similarly, as long as you act the other way around, the stronger and more aggressive you act, the witch can only be a little girl in front of us." Got it!"

Faced with this string of content, Fei turned her head calmly, "...I decided to pretend that I didn't see anything, and, brother, I have already remembered what you said, and I will talk to Sister Sapphire later. Repeat it carefully in front of the head."

"...Sister Fei, we can discuss if we have anything to say."

Under the strange scenery surrounded by ghosts and ghosts, Ruier flirted with a certain loli without changing his expression, completely ignoring the continuously deforming flame ghosts around him, no matter how these ghosts changed their shapes, how All kinds of strange and strange calls Riel's reactions were ignored, and the noisy ones were more fierce, Riel directly raised his middle finger...

... These are hallucinations, if you can't hit them, you won't be able to hit them. Attacking them is just a waste of energy. It's better to simply point your middle finger, which not only saves energy, but also relieves enough energy.

I just like to watch you guys see how I'm upset and can't fuck me to death!

Originally, this should be a true portrayal of these flame ghosts, but now it is used by Riel in reverse. I really can't do you, but you can't touch me either. Under the same conditions, how can you be confident? Who is cheaper than me? !

The outside is a handsome guy, but the inside is actually running around. The twisted single dog Riel, who has been single for as long as his age, said, you are all weak!

The ghosts flying around seemed to be shocked by Riel's shameless actions, and there was a certain degree of stagnation between the actions. All kinds of ghosts circled around Riel, but none of them could really pounce.

Finally, Sapphire's action of absorbing the power of the elves came to an end, and these ghosts also began to panic, so dozens of ghosts suddenly surrounded by a green flame, flew towards the three people present, as if they wanted to Make a last futile effort.

Fei was indifferent to this. Riel said that these are just paper tigers, an illusion that can't hurt people, and a special effect of DuangDuangDuang. He took out the holy sword, swung it with all his strength, and hit a ghost that was trying to sneak attack Sapphire under the cover of ghosts flying all over the sky...

This sword hit the ghost, and something that should never have happened happened. The ghost was actually hit by Riel's magic power. Immediately, the ghost let out a scream and formed its body. The green flame quickly scattered and subsided, exposing something hidden in it.

Losing the support of the flame, the thing fell to the ground powerlessly, and at the same time, Sapphire had completely absorbed the power of the elves in the corridor. Immediately, all the ghosts around were distorted and dissolved in the air. The corridor that had been extending all the time shortened rapidly, and the twisted scene around it also returned to its original state.

"Huh..." Sapphire opened her eyes and looked around curiously, "Well, just now I seemed to feel something approaching me suddenly, but it seemed to be blocked by you?"

Safiri looked at Riel, and Riel shrugged his shoulders with a smile, "Well, one of the most commonly used methods of low-level illusions is to hide a real thing among a group of fakes, and then rely on the fakes to attract attention and paralyze the enemy , so as to use real goods to launch a surprise attack, but ah, there is a real real thing mixed in a pile of fake ones, and that strange sense of existence can't be erased no matter what~"

"In short, it means that the mechanism in the corridor has been broken?" Fei said and looked back at the same time, the broken gate was behind her, and there was no longer another corridor outside the gate, but a continuous corridor. The dark rain scene composed of rain, the sound of pattering rain and the occasional thunderclap all indicate the fact that the corridor has returned to the normal space.

"Then, let's see what was the thing that sneaked up on us before~"

Riel looked towards the floor, where there was a delicately crafted puppet...

…Before, this thing was hidden in the flames and launched a sneak attack on Sapphire.

"This, it seems to be the doll that the witch Alice held in her arms?"

Fei didn't dare to go up to confirm directly, but judged this way from a distance, while Riel shook his head, "No, the shape is different, the doll held by Alice in her arms is the same as herself. Jin has long straight bangs, this doll has double curly golden hair, it's completely different~"

"...No, I think you, brother, who can see such details so carefully, are really not an easy guy. In my father's words... lolicon?"

"...Is your father really qualified to call someone else a lolicon? Forget it, let's not worry about it. By the way, there are other interesting things~"

After that, Riel stepped forward to pick up the puppet on the ground, and then found a torn piece of paper under the puppet's skirt, and there seemed to be something written on it...

"Look, I seem to have found something good~"

Riel waved the paper in his hand to the two girls behind him, but the two girls were silent for a few seconds, and quickly distanced themselves from him.

"You can actually take something out of that place without hesitation, little brother... please stay away from me a little..."