After Reynolds cut off the last Medusa's head with an axe, the whole battle ended naturally. Looking at the corpses everywhere, Reynolds felt a little scared. Others might not know what kind of existence the illithids were. , but as the dwarf king, he knew it very well, but he didn't expect to meet it here. Fortunately, Ryan's magic solved it first, otherwise the three of them would not be spared.
When Reynolds turned his attention to the human magician, he saw the Elf Queen Freya holding a towel to Ryan with concern and wiping the blood on her face. He smiled knowingly and slowly raised the battle ax. Slowly and carefully walked down the passage where the illithid came up. Although all the enemies in front of him had been killed, Reynolds still had to routinely check the surroundings to prevent any remaining threats.
"Does it hurt?" On the other side, Freya gently wiped the blood on Ryan's face with the towel on her face with concern. This was Ryan's resistance to the mind control of the illithid from his eyes, His ears and nostrils were all bleeding. Only when a person suffers irresistible pain can he suffer from such tragic bleeding from all his orifices. This shows how much pain Ryan suffered at that time, but not only did Ryan not lose his mind and become the opponent's The slave instead launched a powerful blow, directly destroying the opponent.
Just for this point, Ryan is proud enough. You must know that in countless battles in other worlds, not to mention ordinary legendary magicians, even existences that have surpassed this level, as long as there is a slight flaw in the mind, it is very likely that they will... Will fall under the mind control of the illithid, otherwise how can the illithid, whose body is so fragile that even an ordinary strong man can crush it to death, control the powerful force to compete with the forces of the other six kings
Ryan did not answer Freya's question. He had already released his Andrew Golem at this time, letting it guard the surroundings, while Ryan himself stood there with his eyes closed and fear in his mind. The scene just now kept coming to mind. Although it made Ryan's head hurt again, he gritted his teeth and insisted on recalling all the previous situations several times, not sparing any detail until it was confirmed. I didn't miss anything, so I let out a long breath.
When Ryan came back to his senses, he felt something gently wiping his face. Without thinking about it, he knew it must be Fulia, so Ryan naturally stretched out his hand and gently touched it. Grabbing Fulia's little hand, Fulia saw that Ryan had really woken up, so she fell into his arms, and the two of them stood snuggled together.
"It was so dangerous just now, Fulia. We were almost finished." Perhaps because there was still some fear in his heart, when Ryan said these words, the strength in his hands was very strong, which made Fuliya feel it. It was painful, but she didn't show any expression. She just endured the pain and comforted Ryan softly,
"No wonder you always say that powerful people from other worlds are like clouds. Now I finally understand how terrifying that existence is. What kind of creature is this? It actually has the strength of a legendary mage or above. If those powerful kings come to our plane, Then we don't even have the strength to fight back." Ryan's tone was a little nervous, obviously thinking of some serious consequences.
"You, you don't even know about illithids." But Freya noticed something from Ryan's words. She suddenly remembered that Ryan had never received any formal training as a magician, so it was naturally impossible for him to understand many things. , especially the creature from another world that is actually very far away, Ryan is even less clear about it, otherwise he would not even know about such well-known creatures as the illithid and Medusa.
"I just heard you talk about it today, what is it?" Ryan asked the doubt in his heart.
"One of the seven kings of the alien world, one of them belongs to the race of illithids. No one has seen its true face, but only knows its name. It is said that this leader of the illithids, called the Master Brain, controls There is an entire legion composed of legendary strong men, and this legion also attacked many times during the Thousand Years War. It can be said that no grass grows and all life is extinct wherever it goes." Fulia said slowly: "But the illithids They can fight against the forces of other kings, not because of their own strength, but because of their legions of servants. This is because the illithids have an innate and unique talent, which is psychic power."
"I believe you have felt its power before." Freya touched the dried blood on Ryan's face again distressedly, and whispered: "The powerful spiritual power directly destroys the target's mind, turning it into Being your own loyal servants, and then commanding these servants to fight for you, this is the terrifying thing about illithids. Apart from this, in fact, illithids themselves do not have too strong advantages. Their bodies are even so fragile that any of your subordinates A single warrior can end them all directly."
Seeing Ryan about to open his mouth to ask another question, Fulia smiled sweetly and continued: "I know what you want to ask. In fact, this illithid, or all illithids themselves, are not very strong. However, their mind control is so terrifying that even legendary strongmen cannot resist it. If we only calculate this point, then these illithid monsters can definitely become invincible existences, but their true strength is actually the same as that of ordinary people. He’s almost a junior magician.”
"I understand." Ryan nodded repeatedly. Under Freya's explanation, he quickly understood everything about the illithids. Naturally, he was quite clear about what he had just seen. The half-demon In comparison, magicians are masters in controlling illithids, while those Medusas and ogres are probably ordinary slaves. According to Fulia, in fact, whether they are illithids or Medusas, Their own strength is nothing at all, but the talents of their race are terrifyingly strong. This is probably what they rely on to survive in the cruel competition.
After a short rest, Ryan had almost completely recovered from his mental trauma. He reactivated the "Magic Eye" and immediately felt the presence of Reynolds. Then he discovered a faint breath of life appearing next to Reynolds. , which immediately aroused Ryan's curiosity. Judging from the breath of life, Ryan believed that the creatures around Reynolds were not seriously injured, but that they themselves were so weak. As soon as he told Fulia this discovery, Realizing that Reynolds had slowly walked up with the weak creature,
"Are you feeling better?" Reynolds looked at Ryan and Fulia who were cuddling together with an ambiguous smile on their face. Fulia's face turned slightly red. After all, her status was as noble as Reynolds'. Now she is staying in the arms of a man as obediently as a little woman, completely subverting the previous image of the noble elf queen. However, Fulia blushed, but she still stayed in Ryan's arms and refused to leave no matter what.
"Thank you for your concern. Everyone seems to be fine." After Ryan finished saying this, he immediately stared at the shrinking figure behind Reynolds and asked, "What is that?"
Reynolds laughed, grabbed the wretched figure from behind him, and then pushed it hard, knocking it down to the ground. The little guy didn't have the slightest idea of resisting, and lay on the ground directly, using pious words. The voice said: "The humble underground dwarf Milo has met my new master."
"Underground dwarfs." Ryan snorted softly, and Fulia immediately said obediently in his ear: "They are the lowest race in the Netherworld. They are thin and short, and have almost no fighting ability. It can be said that any race in the Netherworld One race can enslave them, but their intelligence is still outstanding and they are good at many skills, and the best among them are still very good."
"So that's it." Ryan nodded, and he said to the underground dwarf lying on the ground: "Stand up, I'm not used to people talking to me while lying down."
After the underground dwarf Milo heard Ryan's words, he immediately obeyed from lying down to kneeling. No matter how Ryan asked him to stand up, he would never do it. He just respectfully said that this was already the biggest thing he could do as a slave. Although Ryan didn't like this preferential treatment, from Fulia's explanation, he could imagine that being able to kneel down was considered a good treatment for a race that had been enslaved for generations, so he didn't insist on it.
Although Milo, the underground dwarf, looks wretched, he is very clever. This is almost the only talent worthy of praise for their race. Milo only took one look at the three people in front of him and knew that they were all terrifyingly powerful people. Naturally, he honestly didn't dare to have any thoughts. After Ryan asked him about the illithid, Milo still trembled and told the whole thing.
It turns out that the illithid was not sent to this plane by the entire race of alien illithids. Although it is unclear why the illithid defected, he did indeed defect from the race and suffered the consequences of his own compatriots. However, whether the power between the two illithids is strong or not depends almost entirely on the slaves they control with their minds. Once a war breaks out between the same race, it will be a very boring thing.
Take this illithid for example. He used his spiritual power to control the people sent to hunt him, and then used them to stop his compatriots who were chasing him. As a result, those slaves were repeatedly attacked by several illithids. Control, any slave who cannot withstand this intense psychological impact will be killed immediately with a headshot, and then both parties will recruit new subordinates and repeat the above process again.