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However, this virtual realm composed of magic power may actually reach nearly 100% authenticity and become a literal second world.
However, the amount of magic power required to accomplish this is obviously an astronomical figure, and it is not something that can be expected in a short period of time.
Lynn quickly stopped his fantasies and turned to check the two main functions of the virtual realm.
The first thing is naturally to bring people together for a gathering, using the ring as a medium to project the magic power of part of the soul of the holder into the virtual realm.
The second function is a bit more sinister. It can reversely connect to the holder's mental power through the ring and draw on a portion of the other party's computing power.
To make an inappropriate analogy, every wizard's brain is like a high-speed biological computer, and the process of projecting magic power into the virtual realm is like connecting to the Internet, which is naturally accompanied by corresponding risks, such as exposing one's own mental frequency.
This process is not completed instantly, but is very slow.
Judging from the frequency of the Faceless Men's weekly gatherings, it would probably take several years to break the mental defenses of a formal wizard. It is precisely because of the long time that they can be concealed sufficiently.
At the last gathering, the entire Faceless Men organization, including him, had a total of fifteen members, and they should all be three-ring wizards. Now that [Crimson Thorns] has been destroyed, there are at least nine members left excluding himself.
I just don’t know how much computing power can be called upon.
"071, can you locate the source of magic power in this virtual realm?" Lin En asked in his mind. He knew with his imagination that this thing must require a huge supply of magic power to operate.
[The signal source has been located, thirty meters ahead! ]
So close? Lin En paused for a moment, and then, through the perspective of several mice, saw a scene that surprised him greatly.
At the end of the passage is a spacious circular hall with an altar-like platform in the center. Each step is painted with many complex patterns, which are very similar to the alchemical formation used to bind spirits that Lin En saw in the Ladakh secret room, but it is more complicated in comparison.
Many faint blue fluorescent lights were pouring out from the ground and merging into the almost solid spirit body above. The mouse raised his head high and saw a figure that was extremely familiar to him.
At this moment, Lin En had already crossed the long and narrow passage and was looking at the vengeful spirit floating on the high platform in astonishment.
It was a girl of about eight or nine years old, wearing a gorgeous long dress, with long hair draped over her shoulders. She had a slender and frail figure, and a faint blue aura was floating all over her body. Her exposed skin was covered with strange spider-web-like patterns that seemed as if they would break if touched.
Unlike her delicate and cute puppet-like appearance, her face was hideous and distorted, as if she was in great pain, and she exuded a terrifying aura.
"Lydiya?" Lin En shouted subconsciously after seeing the face of the vengeful spirit, but then he denied it.
No, this is not Lydia!
Although the other person looked very similar to the half-human girl, his features such as long hair, round ears, and clothing were completely different.
In a sense, spirits do not have so-called clothes. They are merely the manifestation of soul power, presenting the most profound posture of their memories before death.
Therefore, the soul in front of him should not be Lydia, it can only be...
"She is Ieta, my daughter..."
A deep voice echoed throughout the tower.
Lynn turned his head subconsciously and saw Hellram, whom he had not seen for a long time.
The founder of the Yieta School, the ruler of the Harbor Town, the great wizard who had gone to Greenriel two weeks ago, now stood here.
Chapter 123: Lin En: What? I am the evil wizard Merc?
Hellram looked at Yieta, whose face was distorted and who was tied to the platform, with a look of pity on his face, but his expression soon became firm again. He turned to look at Lin En and asked.
"You don't seem surprised?"
"Surprising? I'm afraid it was a little bit, but there is only one great wizard in Yieta Harbor, right?" Seeing that Ram didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him, Lin En responded calmly.
The moment he saw the other person, all the doubts in Lin En's mind were resolved.
Anyone who can gather so many three-ring wizards, form the [Faceless Men], and create a virtual realm must be a great wizard.
However, Lin En had previously thought that this matter was related to the evil wizard Merck. After all, his name was signed by him in many of the psychic books collected by Ladakh, and the soul-devouring magic circle was also created by Merck.
Just think about it now, there are too many unnatural things in Yieta Harbor. When the parliament completely banned the research of psychic magic, an organization like the Faceless Men was born here, whose entire members are psychic wizards.
The Bloody Thorn force formed by North and others is too large. Not only does it have six three-ring wizards as core members, it also has more than ten formal wizards and hundreds of wizard apprentices. Even the sheriff Leia has some unclear connection with the Bloody Thorn.
Add to that the chaotic scene of numerous magic workshops in the southern city...
Either Herram, the ruler of the harbor town, is too incompetent, or the other party is deliberately letting it go.
Now it seems to be the latter!
"So, North's actions today were all instructed by you?" Lin En asked.
"No, that's just his own idea. North is probably planning to take advantage of my absence to use the Soul Devouring Formation to complete a breakthrough and escape from my control. That's all." Helram replied concisely.
But Lin En didn't believe a word of it. Since Helram was standing here, it proved that North's little plan was still within the other party's expectations.
In other words, Helram deliberately spread the news to let North know that he had left the Yieta Harbor, so that he could boldly go hunt the Eye of Death and set up the soul-devouring magic circle at the same time.
Poor North is like a white glove.
Lin En could imagine that without his interference, North would most likely be successfully promoted to a great wizard, and then he would find that the Soul-Devouring Formation was inexplicably out of control and spread to the entire South City, causing greater chaos. Suddenly, Ram would rush in at the last moment, kill the culprit, and thus quell the riots.
Abandoning North and the entire Scarlet Thorn as pawns, using the promotion of a three-ring wizard to give an explanation to the parliament and remove himself from this incident, Hellram's ruthlessness and meticulousness are undoubtedly revealed.
“So, you were the one who wrote the letter inviting me to join the Faceless Men?” Lin En asked again.
Hellram did not answer, but suddenly asked, "What should I call you...Lin? Carl? Or...Evil Mage Merck?"
Although Lin En appeared in front of him in the image of Ladakh at this moment, Helram did not use a person's appearance as the criterion for judgment, but distinguished him through magic.
What? I am the evil wizard Merc?
Lin En's expression turned a little strange. He didn't quite understand why Hellram thought so...
"When you accepted Rawl's challenge at the training ground two weeks ago, you were still just a wizard apprentice, right?" Although Helram was asking, his tone was very affirmative.
The essential difference between an apprentice and a formal wizard lies in the element of magical mimicry. This is something that everyone in the entire wizarding land knows, but only great wizards can perceive the subtle differences in the nature of magic between the two, which is most obvious during battle.
However, Lin En exceeded his expectations. As a wizard apprentice, he displayed the [Ice Field] which was more powerful than ordinary three-ring magic, and mastered a lot of new knowledge, which was obviously not something a wizard apprentice could do.
Helram could only think of one possibility, and that was possession of another's body!
Three years ago, he had volunteered to go to the North with two great wizards to destroy the entire school of psionics. However, unlike his two colleagues, he had another idea - that was to obtain the research results of the evil wizard Merck on psionics!
Although he encountered a lot of trouble along the way, Ram still got what he wanted in the end.
However, due to the previous fierce battle, many precious magic books were burned, so many research materials on psychic powers were incomplete, which led to the creation of "Faceless Men" and "Bloody Thorns".
Hellram carefully selected more than ten three-ring wizards who were eager to break through, spread the psionic information he had obtained before, and let these people conduct psionic research in secret on his behalf.
Just as he expected, with the continuous efforts and countless bloodshed and sacrifices of North and others, in just three years, they restored the means of setting up the soul-devouring array and the method of transferring the soul into another body.
All that was missing was the material to replace the mind flayer's blood, and another more critical technology.
At this critical moment, Lin En suddenly appeared at Yieta Harbor and brought two very important things!
An aerospace airship that can defeat the Eye of Death, and a witch's body that has lost its soul but is still well preserved.
This looked perfect, like a gift specially prepared for him. It was precisely because of this that Hellram felt a little bit of fear...
Just like the [Bloody Thorns] in his hand, which was like a puppet, at that moment he vaguely suspected that he was just a member of the game.
In that great battle, everyone believed that the evil wizard Merck was dead, but Hellram, who had read a large number of psychic books, had a hunch that the other party was not really dead.
In the past three years, the evil wizard Merck seemed to have disappeared completely. Perhaps he has left the wizarding land, but one day he will come back!
Hellram stared at Lin En in front of him. Although the magic fluctuations did not match at all, there was a possibility of change after the fusion of souls, so he had to suspect that the person in front of him was the evil wizard Merck!
After all, the other party's appearance was too coincidental!
Facing Hellram's questioning, Lin En refuted, "If I were the evil wizard Merck, a former great wizard, I would never show any flaws in the training ground and expose my identity."
"Obviously you are mistaken. I am Lin En, and just Lin En, that's all." Lin En said firmly.
Chapter 124: Capture the Demonic Net!
Lynn's words made Hellram pause for a moment, but this did not affect his judgment.
There is no way a wizard apprentice could master so much secret knowledge. Compared with the so-called [Secret Society], he believed more in the possibility of possession.
However, Hellram did not continue to dwell on this topic, and spoke in a deep voice. "In fact, I don't care about your identity, and I have no ill intentions in inviting you to join the Faceless Men. I just need one thing."
Lin En looked at the great wizard in surprise, not quite understanding what he meant.
"The perfect way to merge souls!" Hellram said word by word, and then continued, "You can put forward any conditions, as long as I can do it!"
Hellram kept a low profile and had no intention of taking direct action.
No great wizard is easy to deal with. Since the other party is able to complete the fusion and transformation of souls, his research on psionics will be better than his own!
"North is dead. Anyone in the parliament who is not stupid can find out about you..." Lynn shook his head. The promise of a great wizard was undoubtedly tempting, but Hellram's guarantee was meaningless because he could not protect himself now.
"And unfortunately, I don't have what you're talking about." Lynn said bluntly.
"It seems that you are not ready to cooperate..." Hellram's tone suddenly turned cold, his old and hunched body became straight, and a strong wave of magic emerged from his body, covering the entire circular hall.
"Then I'll have to do it myself and find it out of your head!"
Hellram's eyes were cold as he approached step by step. An inexplicable pressure instantly descended upon Lin En's mind.
This was a double suppression of the spiritual level and magic power. Lin En suddenly felt that all the elements in the entire space had been infected by the opponent's magic power. His body seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, and any movement required several times more energy than usual.
This is exactly the fourth-ring spell - [Slowness Barrier]!
With every step Helram took forward, the magic power around him became thicker. He raised his right hand and pointed at Lin En, and the elements in the space suddenly became extremely active.
An indescribable sense of crisis suddenly surged into Lin En's mind. This magic could not be avoided or resisted. At that moment, he even smelled the scent of death.
Facing an unknown opponent who could accomplish soul fusion, Helram had no intention of holding back, and his first move was the five-ring spell - [Magic Torrent]!
However, what Lynn was waiting for was the moment when Hellram cast the spell with all his strength!
He shouted in his mind without hesitation.
'071, immediately, now! Take control of the virtual world for me!'
In the vast space, the surging torrent of elements seemed to suddenly stop, and Hellram's steps also stopped, because a pain as if his soul was split suddenly hit his heart.
The magic network was captured...
Herram's face was filled with horror and disbelief. He could clearly sense that his connection with the virtual realm had been completely severed, and the huge computing power that had been bestowed on him suddenly dissipated.
What's more important is that the moment the spell was broken, the terrifying backlash of the magic was projected onto the body...