"Da da da… "
The old man took a few steps back, keeping a safe distance from Richard. The muscles on his face twisted, revealing a slightly kind expression.
Looking at Richard, the old man said: "That - boy, don't get excited, listen to me first.
Actually, I don't have any ill intentions towards you, really. As I said at the beginning, my purpose is only to dissuade you from doing wrong things, not to harm you.
In order to prevent harm to your body in the real world, I chose to use the illusion to meet you.
And some of what I said is really correct - what you are doing now is very dangerous. Although I don't know why you are interested in some secrets in the library, it is best not to understand these secrets too deeply. .
The less you know, the safer you are, right? If you learn too much about the secret truth, not only will it not bring you any benefits, but it will also bring you endless suffering! "
"Really." Richard looked at the old man and said, "According to what you said, I should really thank you. After all, you gave me some kind of reminder out of 'good intentions'. However... I have always had a very clear idea Thought, even with your 'well-intentioned' reminder, I am bound to do some things.
And, I really hate it when people point fingers and preach to me. Just like you said, I am arrogant, arrogant, and arrogant.
Finally, I think if you really want to persuade me, you should meet in reality, so that you can be more sincere. And in this illusion, you hide and don't want to expose yourself, and try to achieve a certain purpose through intimidation and deception, which makes me... well, a little disgusted.
So, let’s just stop this conversation. If you have anything else to say, you can come and see me in reality, and don’t continue to mislead my brain in the illusion. that's all. "
After Richard finished speaking, he stretched out a hand and pointed it at the old man.
The old man was a little confused, blinked and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Richard chuckled.
The next moment, the old man's eyes suddenly widened and he couldn't help but exclaimed. He saw various types of poisonous insects pouring out from his sleeves like a tide, crawling towards all parts of his body: spiders, Poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes…
Some poisonous insects got into the old man's ears, nostrils, and mouth. The old man tried to block them with his hands, but he couldn't stop them at all, and he let out a miserable cry.
The poisonous insects kept coming, getting bigger and bigger, and finally completely enveloped and swallowed the old man's body, turning it into a "worm mass." The old man's voice became weaker and weaker, and finally became silent.
After that, with a "pop" sound, the entire "worm group" of poisonous insects dissipated like a bubble together with the old man.
Richard looked at it and let out a breath.
For him, his mental intensity is extremely high due to the continuous training of the crystal skull. So when he was in White Rock City, he was hit by the mental attack spell of Mu Keni, a member of the mysterious organization, and it didn't have much impact.
Now here, although he didn't know why, he fell into a certain illusion without realizing it, but after he discovered the truth, he was able to use his mental advantage to quickly take control of the illusion, killing the old man with poisonous insects. A performance.
In fact, as long as he wants to, as long as he has enough mental power, he can do anything in this illusion.
But what he wants to do now is just to destroy this illusion and return to reality.
Pursing his lips, Richard stretched out a finger, pointed forward, and then stopped, as if touching a huge piece of transparent glass.
With a slight exertion, there was a "click" sound, and a large number of cracks appeared in the huge transparent glass. The library reflected in the glass became fragmented.
"Kaka!"
Richard continued to exert force with his fingers, and more and more cracks appeared in the huge transparent glass. In the end, it seemed that it was completely unbearable, and it shattered with a "crash".
Many fragments fell, like a stage curtain opening, revealing the real world.
Return to reality.
After returning to reality, Richard immediately looked at himself and saw that he was standing in front of the gold bookshelf with his body intact, holding a metal-cased book in his hand, and he had just turned to the first page.
Obviously, this is when the previous illusion took effect.
Turning to look around, Richard found that the entire library was quiet. In the distance, Princess Ruth was tired from reading some unknown book and fell asleep leaning against the bookshelf. Apart from this, there is no third person in the library, nor are there any colorful spiders, black poisonous bees or the like.
Looking around, Richard withdrew his gaze and spoke, as if talking to himself or talking to an invisible person, and said: "Okay, now is the real world. Your Excellency just now." , are you interested in coming out and meeting me again?"
"... Let's meet..." the echo echoed.
But after Richard finished speaking, after waiting for a long time, nothing changed in the library.
"Aren't you going to come out?" Richard said, "Okay, that's it. Next, I really have to read books. In fact, I want to thank you - your appearance has made me sure to a certain extent. , the importance of books on this bookshelf. I’m sure, as long as I finish reading them, I should be able to find what I want. This way, I won’t waste time going to other libraries.”
After saying this, Richard found that there was still no movement in the library. He no longer hesitated, opened the book with a metal shell, his eyes fell on the pages full of text, and he began to read carefully.
Page, page, and page…
The library continues to be quiet...
…
In a blink of an eye, it's dawn.
Outside the library, there was a faint sound of copper bells, which was the way in the Black Holy Mountain Palace to wake up the maids and male servants, reminding them to start the day's work.
Sitting on the floor of the gold bookshelf, Richard slowly closed the last book, stuffed the book back into the bookshelf, rubbed his brows and stood up.
He spent most of the night reading the books on the bookshelf quickly. It took a lot of energy, but the harvest was not small. He helped Princess Ruth in exchange for a night of reading in the library. Now it seems that he has made a profit.
Thinking like this, Richard walked to the side and walked to the princess Ruth who was still sleeping against the bookshelf. He helped her pick up the books on her body, stuffed them on the bookshelf on one side, and then snapped her fingers twice.
"Pah! Pah!"
"Huh?" Princess Ruth opened her sleepy eyes, but she was not completely conscious. She muttered in a vague voice, "What's wrong? Don't disturb me, I want to sleep for a while."
"It's dawn." Richard said, "According to the agreement, you should take me out of the library, so... it's better not to sleep."
"Really?" Princess Ruth responded, lowering her head and preparing to fall asleep again, but suddenly thought of something, she stood up suddenly, eyes widening.
"It's daybreak! Then -" Princess Ruth turned her head and looked around, rummaging through her pockets, her expression anxious and flustered, as if she had lost something important, and said, "Where is my book? Where is my book?"
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