Wayne and the others found the missing elder Andahel, a demon hunter, from nowhere. However, the elder's condition seemed to be a bit problematic. Her expression was dull, her behavior was slow, and she didn't respond to the things around her. Hasselblad tried to talk to her, but the other party only uttered a few meaningless vague syllables, and then continued to stand there without moving.
Hasselblad used various detection magic to check the situation of Andahel, and asked Tutan: "Where did you find her?"
"Under that high tower, when we found her, she was wandering in the open space next to the high tower, and she was already in this state at that time."
Hasu stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Andahel, but the latter stood there with a blank expression. After a while, she suddenly walked away. Under the curious eyes of everyone, she came to the remnants of the banquet scattered on the ground, and rummaged through a pile of rotten food.
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment before realizing that she was "looking for food" instinctively.
Hasu immediately stepped forward to help Andahel, and gave her the dry food he carried with him. Andahel still didn't respond to Hasselblad, but she instinctively took the food, skillfully opened the package outside the dry food and started to devour it.
Hasselblad passed another bottle of water, and Andahel took it too, and she also knew how to uncap the bottle.
"The instinct for self-care is still there, but it seems that she has lost most of her ability to communicate with people and sense." Vivian saw some clues, "It seems that she has come here this month."
"What's going on here?" Y'zaks was very surprised. "Could it be that the Shadow of Chaos can not only drive people crazy, but also make them stupid?"
Lily flicked her tail and began to make creative guesses: "She is also an ancient, could she be demented like a bat?"
Vivian glared at her immediately: "Don't tell me everything! I'm just forgetful, not dementia!"
When Lily and Vivienne were about to choke fire again, Hasselblad suddenly found something from the detection spell released on Andahel: "Wait, it's not the influence of the shadow of chaos, it's a mind-binding spell, it's just a cast unleashed by the surgeon on himself."
Hao Ren was taken aback for a moment, looking at Andahel's dull face: "Brassed by mind?"
Vivienne coughed twice: "It's mental retardation."
Retarded Art - sounds like a funny name. But in fact, it is a real and very common spell. Demon hunters, some human wizards, and alien races called "night devils" all know this kind of magic. This magic works on the minds of intelligent beings. It can disturb perception and weaken thinking ability, and powerful spellcasters can even completely lose thinking ability. The effect of this kind of magic varies greatly depending on the ability of the caster, and it will also be affected by the resistance consciousness of the subject, so it is actually an unreliable spell, because the people controlled by your magic Maybe when I suddenly think of my wife/husband/other people's wife in my mind, and then I suddenly feel refreshed and get out of control.
But if the caster uses this kind of magic on himself... because the self-suggestion method is used to suppress his sense of resistance from the beginning, the duration of the magic is almost unlimited.
Andaher was affected by mental retardation. And the caster is herself.
"How did she do it to herself?" Elizabeth grabbed her horn with a strange expression on her face. "Will you beat yourself up if you can't find the enemy after being berserk by the shadow of chaos?"
"No, she should be doing it to prevent herself from hurting others!" Hao Ren's mind froze, "Will the shadow of chaos affect the target without sanity?"
"I don't think so," Hasselblad reacted, "The main way for the Shadow of Chaos to cause madness is actually to infinitely magnify the anger and hostility in people's hearts, but if a person has no ability to think, he will definitely not be affected. affected."
"Can outsiders lift this kind of mental restraint that I put on myself?" Y'zaks asked immediately.
Hasselblad frowned: "...it's very difficult. The most special thing about the spell of mind restraint is that its power is not only limited by the level of the caster, but also depends on the target's own resistance consciousness when receiving the spell. This is It is purely spiritual and volitional. There have been powerless beggars who resisted the magic of a witcher master, and there have also been warriors who killed people on the battlefield who were hit by an apprentice-level mentally handicapped spell and spent half their lives as It's a fool. And Andahel cast spells on herself. Her resistance consciousness was zero at the time, and her spellcasting level was the strongest... I'm afraid there is no solution from the outside."
Hasselblad explained in detail the function and principle of the mind-binding spell. Just to illustrate the difficulty of removing this thing. But Y'zaks still heard a glimmer of hope from it: "That is to say, the subject can still develop a sense of resistance, but this part of consciousness is blocked? As long as she can actively have the idea of waking up, she can still Sober?"
"Theoretically yes," Hasselblad looked at Y'zaks suspiciously, "but what are you going to do? Her soul is sealed in the depths of her spirit, and she can't hear outside voices at all."
Y'zaks's eyes slowly glowed with a demonic green evil fire, and he laughed gruffly: "If you don't mind—I'm a demon, and I'm best at talking directly to other people's souls."
"Extract the soul?!" Hasselblad and Tutanne next to him exclaimed at the same time after understanding what Y'zaks meant, and then Tutanne objected subconsciously. "No, it's unprecedented to cooperate with a different kind. Letting a demon touch the soul of an elder has crossed the bottom line."
"It won't be drawn," Y'zaks said unhurriedly, "just go deep into her spiritual world and have a few words with her. I can guarantee the safety of this witcher lady, and I will never What's going on in her soul."
Y'zaks is indeed sincere, but the point is that he is too hateful no matter from this face or from this race, and the suggestions from his mouth feel scary no matter how you listen to it. Hassu and Tutan's faces were both green, neither of them dared to nod.
This is also due to the reputation of the demon race in various worlds—although there are various demons in many worlds, the demons from different worlds have similar personalities and behaviors. They are all good at manipulating human souls, and I especially like to use this talent in evil places. I have never heard of a demon who touches other people's souls and puts them back intact, let alone using psychic rituals to chat with people. Like Izaks, he loves life and is positive. When he has free time every day, he either reads the People’s Daily or goes to the intersection to carry the old lady across the road. It’s just luck that Hao Ren took him in. Otherwise, he should have been sent to the research institute for confession by this time. Already...
After seeing Hasselblad's attitude, Vivienne finally got a little impatient: "Then think of a solution that works."
Hasselblad opened his mouth: "...I'm thinking."
"Do you think we can waste time now?" Vivian said aggressively, "I'll give you thirty seconds. Hao Ren, start to watch."
Hasu couldn't laugh or cry: "You are too..."
"Twenty-five seconds."
At this time, Bai Huo suddenly interjected: "Teacher, I think you can try it."
Hasselblad was taken aback: "Huh?"
"Didn't you say that power is just a tool, tools don't distinguish between good and evil, good and evil all depend on the use," Bai Huo said seriously, "If the situation requires, demon hunters can also use poison and sneak attack, if it is for saving There should be no difference between people and demons using psychic power for healing, right?"
Hasselblad was speechless for a while, while Vivian patted Bai Huo's shoulder with satisfaction: "Little girl has a bright future, she is much more flexible than your master."
Hasselblad did not expect to be defeated by his disciples at the critical moment, but thinking that these are indeed his usual teachings, and Bai Huo's words are also very reasonable, he can only nod: "Then try it, but if there is any Accident, must stop immediately."
Immediately, a demon hunter next to him expressed doubts, but Hasselblad just shook his head: "The matter is urgent, no matter what, we must first find a way to make Elder Andahel recover."
He looked at Vivienne while talking, saying that the living ancestor was the one who made the real decision on this matter. Immediately, the demon hunters at the scene did not object very much—no one wanted to quarrel with Vivienne, because they really Afraid of the fight, Vivian yelled while beating them: "When I beat your father/your grandpa/your great-grandfather, they didn't say anything!"
Of course, the more important reason is that everyone's hostile instincts have disappeared inexplicably. Under such circumstances, the demon hunters have also begun to think about problems in a more rational way. It should be an entirely different attitude.
After no one objected, Y'zaks immediately began to perform the soul ritual on Andahel. (to be continued~^~)