Aber, who was chasing after Winst with all his might, once again discovered Winst's statue. Aber admired and had strong confidence in this leader who possessed the strength of an Intermediate Sky Warrior. Seeing that Winst was also under the illusion, he could not help but feel a chill in his heart.
After dropping the Fallen, Ai Bo went into battle lightly and disappeared on the spot with a blur. At this moment, he no longer cared about capturing the Demon-Transforming Beast. He was more worried about the safety of the others. After all, even the leader was under the illusion.
There were not many things in the forest, but there were many trees. Abel, who was suddenly not bound, had not fully adapted to it. After avoiding the big trees in front of him twice in a row, he could not escape the third time. "Bang!" It was as if he had been hit by a mental attack. After hitting the tree, Abel's eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.
"F * ck ~ It hurts!" Abel cried pitifully while rubbing his face.
"Albert, why did you hit a tree for fun?”Avril's pleasant voice was filled with curiosity.
"Avril! Are you alright?" Abel was worried. When he heard Avril's voice, he got up and grabbed her hand.
"You, let go first!" The sudden attack left Avril at a loss, her face turning red.
"Hmm? Ah... That... Haha…" Abel couldn't help but laugh when he realized that he had accidentally taken advantage of her.
"Albert, why didn't you ask us if we were okay?”Babasa was unhappy, while Catherine was covering her mouth and giggling.
"That... Didn't I just see Avril?”
"You can't even see me standing here?”Abel's words hurt Babasa again.
"No, it's not... That... Oh right, where's the Demon-Transforming Beast?" Seeing that the explanation was getting more and more unclear, Abel hurriedly changed the topic. It was just that Babasa was easy to fool. If it was Brad, Abel would have lost a layer of skin even if he didn't die.
"Here! It's here." Babasa raised his hand, and Abel saw the Demon-Transforming Beast in his hand. A sharp arrow had been shot through the eye and into the head. It was obvious that it was Ariel's doing.
"That's great! I finally caught it. Damn it, I almost died because of it.”While he was happy, thinking about what happened in the illusion, Abel was filled with anger.
"Yeah, it's a good thing Avril's arrow came in time. Otherwise, it would have escaped. This little thing is really cunning.”It had to be said that with Babasa's size, catching a wild dog-sized pig was indeed difficult for him.
"Alright, let's go back. I wonder if Guild Leader and the others have recovered.”Avril was worried about Winst and the others.
"Ah! Albert... What about your death…" Catherine was the first to notice Abel's abnormality. She could not help but be shocked. Could it be that Abel had lost his weapon?
" I threw it at the leader. I saw that the leader had fallen for it and was worried about you, so..." Before Abel could finish his sentence, everyone already understood. Although Abel was not strong, his feelings for them were really touching.
"Idiot!" Avril smiled sweetly when she saw Abel's expression. She then ran back with a flushed face.
The first to recover was Will, followed by Brad. The two of them were pale and in a very bad mental state. No one dared to ask anything and quickly let them meditate. However, when they had all recovered, Winst was still in the illusion.
"Will Guild Leader be alright?" Avril asked the three who had been hit.
"It's hard to say. The things in the illusion are too disgusting.”Brad shuddered when he thought of what had just happened.
"What kind of illusion did you fall into? Tell me about it.”
"I caught the Demon-Transforming Beast in the illusion, but it suddenly turned into a giant python that was dozens of meters long. I almost died inside, and it was not easy to kill it.”Ai Bo recalled the battle just now and felt a lingering fear.
"Aber, you should be happy. At least killing it will break the illusion. I almost died.”Brad was absolutely envious of what happened to Abel.
"The illusion I was in seemed to be of an amusement park nature. If you die inside, you can be resurrected as long as you can pass. As a Wind Magician, I was jumping on rocks in a lava river filled with fire elements. If I lost my balance, I would fall down. Although I could revive, the feeling of being burned was real.”As Brad spoke, his hair stood on end.
"I won't say!" Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Will's face reddened, but he refused to tell them what had happened in the illusion. This became a big mystery for the Stars Mercenary Group.
Actually, Will's illusion was very simple. He had to take care of the Demon-Transforming Beast. In this environment, he had to carefully take care of the young Demon-Transforming Beast like a professional nanny until it reached maturity. Poor Will even had to capture the magical beasts that were feeding their cubs and threaten them to feed the Demon-Transforming Beast. Will would never tell anyone about this illusion.
"Pfft!" Winst finally woke up, but he spat out a mouthful of blood. Everyone was shocked. Catherine even held her staff upside down and prepared to cast a healing spell.
Catherine, I'm fine." Winst waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for treatment. Then, he sat down dejectedly, his expression filled with indescribable disappointment and sadness.
"Guild Leader, are you alright?" Seeing Winst's expression, Abel's tears almost flowed down.
"It's fine. Did you catch the Demon-Transforming Beast?”Seeing the corpse of the Demon-Transforming Beast in Babasa's hands, Winst couldn't help but sigh.
"You're all curious about the illusion I'm under, aren't you?”After a long while, Winst finally spoke. "I was hit by an illusion, but I participated in this illusion as a bystander. The illusion I was in was made up of fragments. Each fragment was something that had happened before, the scene when the Demon-Transforming Beast was massacred.”
"We've hunted magical beasts before, but after seeing that scene, I really regretted what I did today. When a Demon-Transforming Beast was killed and its head was cut open to take out its monster core, I didn't feel anything. However, there were too many of them. Countless Demon-Transforming Beasts were killed right in front of me. Those miserable cries, desperate eyes, and the helpless cubs snuggled into their dead mother's arms…"
Winst couldn't continue. He covered his face, tears dripping down his hands onto the ground. Even a man of steel couldn't withstand such condemnation.
Winst's words made everyone's heart feel unusually heavy. They had long lost the joy of successfully killing the Demon-Transforming Beast. As the beneficiary, Abel stood there blankly, as if he was in the illusion that Winst was in. His eyes were lifeless.
As humans, they couldn't understand the feelings of those magical beasts that were hunted down, and they had never thought about this. In this world, killing people was a very common thing, let alone killing a magical beast. However, what happened to the Demon-Transforming Beast had truly shocked everyone. Although they weren't there during the massacre, what they were doing now was no different from what those people were doing.
This was how illusions worked. For different people, the illusions produced by illusions were different. Abel was weak, so his illusion was a battle. Will had a cold personality, and his fantasy was to be a nanny. Wind Elemental Brad advocated freedom and was naturally free and easy, so his illusion was a game with strong rules. If you couldn't get through, you wouldn't be able to escape from the illusion. On the other hand, Winst had a strong sense of justice and a desire to protect the weak. Therefore, his illusion was a replay of the massacre back then. This kind of conscience condemnation was much stronger than the attack power of the giant python that Abel encountered.
"Captain, let's bury it. I don't want to be an illusionist anymore.”The first to break the silence was Abel. He could not stand the torture of his conscience. The Demon-Transforming Beast's corpse was like a forbidden spell that he could not avoid.
"Abel, it has already happened. I am truly saddened by what happened to the Demon-Transforming Beast.”Winst gradually calmed down and said with a serious face,""Since the mistake has been made, we must learn to make up for it. Abel, accept the inheritance. When you have the strength, you can protect the few remaining Demon-Transforming Beasts in this world.”
"Guild Leader, if I do that, what difference would there be between me and those people?”
"Abel, we are mercenaries, not nature protectors. This illusion inheritance shouldn't be wasted, it's not in line with the style of mercenaries. So, if you're sad, you should do more for the living Demon-Transforming Beasts.”
"But…" Abel wanted to say more, but Winst interrupted him.
"Actually, it's not just the Demon-Transforming Beast. Their encounter also represents the fate of other magical beasts. Today's incident has changed my mindset greatly. Although I can't be compassionate, at least I should have a clear conscience. In the future, when we accept missions, we should try to avoid such missions, unless they are magical beasts that pose a threat to human lives.”
"Alright, keep your spirits up. We're mercenaries, so show some dignity. Don't be so dejected like cowards.”Hearing Winst's words, everyone felt relieved. That's right, rather than blaming himself, he might as well do something for the living Demon-Transforming Beasts.
"Babasa, take out the monster core of the Demon-Transforming Beast.”Although everyone had recovered, it was still a little difficult for them to do this job. Winst had no choice but to let Babasa do it. It wasn't that he didn't have any feelings, but he was absolutely obedient to Winst's orders. He didn't think too much when executing orders. The only thing he thought about was to do his job well.
After placing the Demon-Transforming Beast's magic nucleus into Brad's Space Ring, everyone started to return. Although it was already dark, with Avril leading the way, everyone safely returned to the village.
"How do I absorb this monster core? Eat it?" Brad took out the magic nucleus and studied it for a long time, but he still couldn't find anything.
"Illusionists have long been lost. Who knows how this thing is passed down.”Avril rolled her eyes at him.
Catherine, do you know?" Winst remembered that Catherine had read a book on illusions and hurriedly consulted an expert.
"No... It's not written in the book..."
"No way, it wasn't easy to obtain the illusion inheritance but you don't know how to use it.”
"The requirement for an illusionist is to be a spiritual mage.”Will didn't talk much, but he always got to the point.
"That's right. Since there's such a clear rule, it must have something to do with mental magic.”Brad was so excited as if he had discovered a new continent.
"But Ai Bo only knows how to use Mental Shock. Do you want him to use this on magic cores?”Avril's cold water arrived just in time.
"Ugh! Just pretend I didn't say anything."
"But I've never heard of any spiritual spells that are used to receive an inheritance.”
"It's hard to say. After all, none of us have ever come into contact with mental magic.”
"What do we do now?"
"There's no other way. No one knows how to accept the inheritance. I'll ask someone who knows when I have the chance in the future.”
"Then I'll just leave this monster core with Abel. Who knows if I'll accidentally receive the inheritance one day?”
"But Abel doesn't have an interspatial ring. Do you want him to put it in his pocket? If it fell, Abel would definitely commit suicide.”
"Avril, you're good with your hands. Make a necklace for Abel and tie the magic nucleus on it so that he can wear it on his body.”Although Winst's method was good, he didn't think about how troublesome it would be for a little girl to make jewelry for someone else, and she had to wear it on her body.
"What? Me?" Avril's face turned red.
"Yeah, don't elves know art the best? Don't tell me you want Babasa to do it?”As an old bachelor, Winst had never thought about what the problem was.
"Yes! I know!" Avril lowered her head and agreed shyly. Her voice was as soft as Catherine's.
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