Chapter 22: Fear of Illusory Demons

  This scene is really somewhat eerie.

  Du Wei just stood there, the wounds on his body looked really terrifying, the huge blood hole in front of his chest almost seemed to be visible from the back, and the fresh blood flowed as if he didn't feel anything at all!

  Like this, Du Wei stumbled a few steps forward, and under the stunned gaze of everyone, another lion eagle swooped down again, instantly knocking Du Wei to the ground. His body was scratched by sharp claws, and bright red blood spurted out...

  "Master!"

  Robert's eyes were red, and he rushed over recklessly at this moment. However, Du Wei's small body had already gotten up by himself, swaying a little, and he seemed to still be smiling... At this time, the fact that Du Wei could still reveal a happy smile on his face made the people around him feel an indescribable sense of eeriness!

  The little boy raised his head, looking at the sky where the lions and eagles were flying about, and suddenly burst out laughing: "If this is a dream you've conjured up, then I've had enough of dreaming. If possible, let me wake up from this dream!"

  Robert charged forward, the long sword in his hand transformed into a beam of light that shot towards the Griffin closest to Du Wei. This loyal knight had unleashed all his fighting spirit without any reserve at this moment, and his intense fighting spirit even exceeded his body's endurance. The knight's physique was majestic, every muscle bursting out, as if blood was about to seep out of his skin!

  With a fierce sword, it pierced the sky and actually penetrated the hard feathers of the Griffin, shooting down one Griffin from mid-air!

  Robert pounced on Du Wei's body, hugging him tightly and exposing his back to the sky...

  "Robert." Du Wei in his arms was panting, smiling with blood flowing from his mouth: "Listen, we've been fooled, all of this is fake." He pointed at the wounds on his body and smiled: "Look at these injuries, if it were an ordinary person, they would have died long ago. But..."

  Robert, after all, is not a fool, and he also felt that something was off. This feeling was given to him by Du Wei... A young man so weak and thin, yet he suffered such a fatal injury but didn't die! Even if it were a strong warrior who had exchanged places with him, they would have probably become a corpse under such injuries.

  "My mental strength is stronger than ordinary people, so the dream world created by the other party cannot completely deceive me." Du Wei took a deep breath: "Unfortunately, I don't know how to break this kind of dream... This may be a spiritual magic or an illusion technique."

  "Illusion......" Robert thought for a moment and shouted loudly: "Solskya! Mr. Solskya!"

  The magician protected by the soldiers in the innermost part heard the shout and responded with a sound.

  Robert strained to hold Duwei as they rolled away, avoiding the attack of a diving Griffin. His back had several more wounds added to it, even his armor was torn and scratched, bloody and mangled.

  "Think of something! The master says we've been tricked by some sort of magic spell!" Robert shouted loudly.

  Solrske was sweating all over, after all, he wasn't a real magician, and the magic he simulated with his pharmaceutical tricks was only good at fire and spiritual system spells, which he didn't know much about.

  Robert had already rushed back with Du Wei, and Solaskya shouted loudly: "I have no other way to break the illusion... I think that if we can get rid of all these things, maybe we can. Just like we got rid of that rhino and that demon wolf just now."

  "Cut it out! If we had that kind of skill, would we be talking about it?"

  Duvie in his arms suddenly smiled and said in a low voice, "Robert, I'll ask you a question... I heard that every knight of the Empire who cultivates Dou Qi has their own weak point, where is yours?"

  Robert was taken aback; he hadn't expected his master to ask such a question at this moment.

  "Speak quickly." Du Wei said in a low voice: "I have a way."

  Every knight who cultivates Qi will have their own weak point, when the knight uses Qi, the physical strength can explode to several times or even more than the flesh. However, one's own weakness is the most precious secret of every knight! How can it be easily revealed?

  But Robert looked down at his master, who was covered in blood, and his heart skipped a beat. He gritted his teeth and said: "Right under my... chest, below the fourth rib..."

  As soon as the words fell, Du Wei's eyes suddenly flashed a strange light in his arms! This weak young man didn't know where he got the strength from, and suddenly rolled over, struggling out of Robert's arms. He quickly pulled out a dagger tied to the knight's leg and stabbed it straight at Robert's chest!

  Robert could have dodged the blow, but as a loyal knight of House Royce and a devoted vassal of the Royces, he hesitated for a moment, after all, this strike did not come from an enemy, but from... his own master!

  The breastplate had been torn apart in the previous battle, and the icy dagger was stuck into Robert's right chest, below the third rib! Robert could even feel the strange sensation of the cold blade piercing his muscle...

  Everyone saw their master suddenly pull out a dagger and stab it into the knight's body, and they were all stunned!

  Robert was shocked, the knight looked at his young master in astonishment, he did not expect that the object of his loyal protection would turn against him at this time! However, Du Wei's eyes were very calm, and even had a hint of relief.

  "Don't worry, Robert, I won't hurt you, it's just a nightmare."

  In a low and muffled voice, Robert let out a stifled groan, his body went limp, abandoning the inner resistance...

  Robert closed his eyes and fell backwards...

  Just as everyone let out a cry of surprise, Du Wei slowly stood up, the dagger in his hand still dripping with blood. All the Rolin family guards were staring at him in shock, but Du Wei was smiling. He dropped the dagger in his hand and smiled slightly:

  "The dream is over!"

  The lions in the sky, just as Du Wei's dagger was thrust into the knight's chest, suddenly let out a mournful cry! Immediately, countless lions went mad and rushed towards Du Wei from all directions at the same time!

  Those sharp claws seemed to want to tear young Du Wei into pieces!

  Everyone closed their eyes, and they all thought that this time, they were definitely going to die!

  Just then something strange happened.

  The first lion eagle that pounced in front of Du Wei suddenly burst out with countless light points all over its body... Then, the bodies of all the lion eagles stiffened in mid-air! Their bodies seemed to have revealed countless cracks in an instant, and each crack shot out dazzling rays of light...

  Finally, with a whoosh...

  Among countless rays of light, everyone couldn't help but lower their heads, as if they didn't dare to gaze at the lights, while only Du Wei stood up straight, looking up at the strange phenomenon in the sky with a cold smile on his face...

  A lone lion's body was gradually disintegrating in the light, melting and turning into countless tiny specks of dust that scattered with the wind...

  The evening sky seemed to have turned into daylight in this mass of light! Du Wei could even feel the space around him, yes, the entire space was distorting, the surrounding trees, bushes, companions, and the corpses, blood on the ground, everything was distorting...

  Finally, with a bang, everything returned to silence...

  The forest, still this forest.

  The sky, still this sky.

  Distant mountains, still these distant mountains.

  The sunset, still this sunset.

  The blood-soaked ground disappeared. The corpses that were torn into countless pieces disappeared.

  Instead, it was the people lying horizontally and vertically on the ground, Spahn Knights and his subordinates, who were the guards of the Rowling family that had just "died" in battle. They all closed their eyes, but they were definitely alive.

  But then they all fainted.

  Du Wei looked at his own body and those bloody wounds had also disappeared without a trace.

  Robert lay at his feet... To everyone's surprise, this knight didn't have a single wound on him!

  Whether it was the injuries from the battle just now or the injury from Du Wei's stab in the chest just now... all of them were gone!

  His armor was intact, the only visible sign being a scratch on the right side of his chest, roughly at the level of the third rib. That was exactly where Du Wei had stabbed him with his dagger earlier. How could a weak and unarmed boy like him possibly pierce through armor? At most, he would have left a mark on the armor.

  Du Wei slapped Robert's face with force, waking up the sleeping knight.

  Robert opened his eyes to find the master staring at him. Then Du Wei smiled and said, "Sorry, I had no choice but to do that... because all of this is just an illusion, and you are the source of this fantasy world. All the Griffin Lions were created based on your memories of past terrifying experiences, so I could only knock you out in the dream first, when you fainted, the fantasy world lost its source, and naturally disappeared."

  As for what happened earlier with Du Wei stabbing Robert... it was just a scratch in his dream.

  The remaining standing guards of the Luo Lin family were also staring at their bodies in surprise, as well as their companions around them. They couldn't understand what strange method their young master had used to make those terrifying magical beasts disappear... and the injuries they had just sustained on their own bodies had also vanished.

  Those companions who had already died, even those who had been dismembered and killed in a miserable manner, were all intact and lying on the ground.

  The only one who bore wounds was the female knight Yolyn.

  Ruo Lin's hand injury is real! She just used the Mu'en tribe's secret technique... Broken Magic Domain.

  In her secret art, it is the undoing of all magic. When she uses this secret art, she has actually jumped out of this illusion, so her injury is "real".

  There's no time to explain too much, the only one who seems to understand is Solksya, this magician. Although his magical skills are not great, his magical theory is very profound. He immediately took out several potions and applied them to the unconscious female knight's hands.

  Du Wei picked up the dagger on the ground and took a look: "Indeed, there isn't even a single drop of blood."

  He walked forward with a dagger, and it was only then that the crowd discovered something small moving slowly in a clump of grass on the ground ahead.

  It's something about the size of a large rat, with light green fur, and it's really hard to spot in the grass if you don't look carefully.

  Duvie's approach made the little thing let out a terrified cry, but its movements were slow. As it rolled out of the bushes trying to run, Duvie's dagger flew quickly and pinned it to the ground in front of it, and Duvie stepped on it with one foot...

  Everyone only then saw clearly, this small thing, whole body round and plump, green-colored fur underneath, but was as if a ball of flesh generally body, however precisely grew a huge tail...... just like a squirrel.

  In fact, this thing's appearance is almost that of a squirrel - except its fur is eerily green!

  And what's more, on its forehead, there is a small protruding little horn. This horn is not bony like other animals, but shiny and crystal-like.

  Dui Wei's foot stepped on its tail, the little thing struggled for a few moments, let out a "squeak" and made a few sharp cries at Dui Wei, suddenly a beam of light shot out from the sharp corner on its head, hitting Dui Wei's body...

  Du Wei was struck by the light, but there was no physical harm, only a sudden feeling of countless memories emerging in his heart, as if he had quickly thought of many things in his mind...

  Fear?

  Yes, as if recalling the most feared thing in one's life!

  It was as if he sensed something scanning his memories, and in his heart, those dusty, not-of-this-world, fearful memories were being dug out one by one. Du Wei shook his head forcefully...

  He got furious!

  Since coming to this world, Du Wei's face had always seemed to carry a faintly indifferent smile, but at this moment his expression was twisted and his eyes were ablaze with anger!

  Du Wei looked at the little thing coldly, then bent down and said in a solemn voice: "How, are you looking for something that fears my inner heart? ... So, you're probably going to be disappointed!"

  With a stretch of his hand, Du Wei picked up the small creature, his fingers tightly grasping its neck, lifting it up. He then leaned in close and whispered, "You can read people's inner fears, so you should be able to understand my words, right? Let me tell you... don't even think about playing your tricks on me... although I do have fears, the things I fear are not of this world! The dreams you create should only be limited to the rules of this world, shouldn't they? So, sorry to say, but I... simply don't belong to this world!"

  The little thing struggled desperately, and the horns on its forehead shot out beams of light that hit Du Wei's body, but in its small eyes, it finally revealed a look of fear and despair... because those lights were its magic to create illusions, but for the person in front of it... they had no effect at all!

  "Master..."

  Just as Du Wei was furious, a surprised voice came from behind him.

  Solstice rushed to Du Wei's side, staring intently at the small creature in his hand for a long time. His voice was filled with joy as he exclaimed: "My heavens! This is a 'Fear Phantom'!! According to records, wasn't this thing supposed to have gone extinct hundreds of years ago?! Oh my, look at the horn on its forehead, it's already grown to the length of a finger! This little guy is still a young phantom, it shouldn't be more than a hundred years old!"

  Du Wei's voice was cold: "What, is it also a demon beast? A Phantom Beast? Is it very rare?"

  Sol'skaya's face even revealed a hint of greed, and she licked her lips, saying: "This 'Fear Phantom' can utilize the enemy's inner fears to create an illusion to deal with the enemy. It is a magical beast with high intelligence, not something that ordinary magic wolves can compare to! And, and..."

  "And what?"

  "The eyes of the magician shone with light: 'In hundreds of years ago, this thing was a treasure that every magician dreamed of, just catch one, kill it, dig out the horn on its forehead, and carry it with you, can be immune to most spiritual magic! Its horn is a material for making top-level magic defense equipment!'"

  It was as if the fearful phantom could understand the magician's words, and when it heard that the magician wanted to kill it and take its horn, its plump body began to tremble violently, struggling with increasing force. In its small, bean-sized eyes, fear was written all over them.

  Most of the Rolin family's guards had gathered around, while others were busy waking up their dazed companions, even the Spahn knight was shaken awake.

  Du Wei looked at the small thing in his hand, sneering: "Immune to most spiritual magic? It's indeed a very precious thing... How do I use it? Can I just kill it and take off its horn?"

  The magicians almost drooled: "Yes! That's right! Not only its horns, but also its fur, are very precious magical materials. In pharmacology, it is also a precious raw material! I can use its fur to manufacture..."

  Before Solskaya could finish speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the distant mountains, and then a fireball shot into the air like a meteor and exploded. It was another search party sending out a signal, as if they had encountered something.

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they saw that in the distance of the forest, a flash of light suddenly flashed across the horizon, which was exactly where the other search party fired the flame signal!

  That beam of light flew through the air and immediately shot in front of everyone! A green flame appeared on the ground, and a person walked out of the flames!

  "Beware! This is advanced magic 'Emerald Flame Shift'!" Solstice said with some tension.

  The person who walked out of the green flames was wearing a standard magician's long robe, with a high and pointed hat, and the robe was actually golden! On his chest was pinned a gold three-leaf clover emblem!

  Du Wei, who was already quite familiar with magical knowledge, took one look and was astonished to recognize it as a badge symbolizing the identity of a "Great Magician"!

  The levels of magicians on the mainland are divided into ten levels. Those below level four are considered low-level magicians, those from level four to eight are generally referred to as intermediate magicians, and those above level eight will be called "great magicians".

  And this golden three-leaf clover emblem indicates that the identity of this magician is at the upper echelon of the entire continent's magical community! This guy, at the very least, is an eighth-level magician!

  Slightly short in stature, completely shrouded in a golden robe, under the sunset, looked incredibly luxurious, and this magician's face was also completely shrouded in a pointed hat, even with a high collar covering his face, not revealing any skin.

  Although he couldn't see his opponent's face, Du Wei could clearly feel that the other person's gaze was fixed on the small Fear Spirit in his hand.

  Suddenly, a senior magician appeared here, which made Du Wei and Solstice both surprised. Thinking of the preciousness of the small fear demon that Solstice had just mentioned, Du Wei naturally thought of whether the other party had any ulterior motives...

  "What kind of person!" Du Wei scolded with a stern face.

  Immediately, Sir Robert Knight, who reacted quickly, beckoned with one hand, and many of the Rollin family's guards surrounded Du Wei.

  A lot has happened today! A powerful high-ranking magician suddenly appeared, making Robert Knight a bit tense... Whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, heaven knows!

  "I am a knight of the Lorin family, respected magician sir, please state your purpose!" Robert stepped forward and spoke before Duwei could.

  He first made clear his own identity, then asked the other party, which was the most sufficient preparation. Also hope that the name of the Luo Lin family can also make the other party have some fear.

  The magician didn't say a word. He first lifted his wide sleeves and then gently took off his pointed high hat, revealing his true appearance.

  At that moment, everyone was stunned!!

  "R-r-right, r-r-right, w-w-wrong...". The magician's voice was soft and pleasant to listen to, even with a hint of tension and nervousness... Most importantly, this magician had a severe stutter!

  "I am looking for it...it..." Slender fingers lifted, pointing directly at the Fear Phantom in Du Wei's hand.

  This magician, not only was her voice soft and gentle, but also her appearance. After pulling down her hat, this high-level magician who wore the golden three-leaf clover emblem of the mainland turned out to be a girl with a shy expression on her face! Her round cheeks had a hint of blush, as if she was somewhat embarrassed under everyone's gaze, her nose and mouth were very small, while her eyes were big and bright, only, in these beautiful eyes, there was a hint of pleading.

  "I-I-I'm s-s-so sorry... it's my t-teacher's p-pet, and I've come to take it b-back." The female magician seemed to get more stuttery as she got more anxious, her expression almost on the verge of tears: "C-c-can you please return it to me? I-I-I... if I don't bring it back, my teacher will scold me."