It's a bit of an eerie sight. The character as big as a human head was suspended in mid-air, absorbing a whole person's soul, but even if Benjamin gave the order to cancel it, it never showed any intention of dissipating.
It's as if... it has independent consciousness.
When Benjamin first drew it, he just used an "Elemental Command Affinity" and used a small amount of water element. But looking at its current appearance, it is completely different from the state of the elemental command. Instead, it looks more like the characters in the pure blue world.
"Will this thing hurt people? Will Spencer's consciousness remain in it?" He couldn't help but ask.
"Probably... not." The system hesitated for a while and said, "I tested it and found no hostility from the runes. It is like a new life."
Benjamin raised his eyebrows.
New life
He thought about the runes in the pure blue world that might have self-awareness. Could it be that... just because Spencer's mental power imitated runes, the moment the affinity was activated, he was assimilated by the runes? At the same time, after absorbing a whole person's mental power, the runes that Benjamin drew randomly turned into creatures similar to those in the elemental plane
But... that kind of creature is not from the same dimension as them, right? Can it really appear in this world
Benjamin was filled with questions.
He tried to touch the rune, but his fingers passed through the rune. This thing has no entity, unlike the runes in the pure blue world, and feels cold to the touch.
However, Benjamin could feel a magical power from it.
The surrounding water elements have been gathering towards the runes spontaneously for a long time. Some are absorbed by the runes and disappear, while more are surrounding the runes and accumulating continuously, like a prelude to the casting of advanced magic. .
What's going on? Is there going to be a blizzard for this rune
Obviously, everything happening around the runes is not without purpose. There is no mature will to direct, and therefore, the whole process looks a bit scattered. The elements gathered together for a while, and no one told them what to do. They were like robots that were not programmed.
"Can we... control it?"
Although he still didn't understand what this thing was, Benjamin realized that this thing would not harm him, and it might have unexpected uses-at least it could speed up the gathering of elements. Therefore, he asked.
"I don't know. After all, you made it. You can think of something." The system answered.
So Benjamin started trying.
He tried to communicate with the rune using his mental power. The previous method of controlling Rune has failed. Rune may have become self-aware. Therefore, he can only try to show his friendly attitude.
After a moment, a wave of mental power came out from the runes.
Suddenly, Benjamin’s eyes lit up.
"It... what did it say to me?" He quickly asked in his mind.
That mental wave was quite weak and fleeting. From the fluctuations, Benjamin could only vaguely feel an emotion, but he couldn't tell what it meant.
The system's body also comes from the elemental plane, so it should be able to translate this wave.
"How can it say anything to you?" The system said impatiently, "Although the priest's spiritual power is already huge enough for humans, it is not enough for it. It is like a baby with congenital deficiencies. , I may be mentally retarded for the rest of my life, unable to express any clear message at all.”
“…”
Benjamin looked at the "retarded" rune that was inherently deficient and didn't know where to start.
Communication is impossible, but if it is left here all the time, I am afraid that before long, a series of uncontrollable elemental changes will occur in the palace garden. Who knows what it will look like in the end
It would be best for him to go back to the academy and study this kind of thing slowly.
After thinking for a while, Benjamin formed a bubble. He wrapped the rune in a water bubble, and then turned it into a magic-forbidden water bubble, trying to cut off the connection between the rune and the outside world.
However, as soon as he activated the attribute of Forbidden Demon, his mental power began to flow crazily, almost draining him completely in a few seconds. Benjamin was startled and quickly dispersed the blisters, and everything returned to normal.
"trouble… "
He stared at the rune and frowned deeply.
The forbidden magic blisters can indeed affect the runes, but this kind of mental energy consumption is really not something humans can afford. It is almost impossible to take the runes away in this way.
Maybe... he should change his mind
After thinking about it, Benjamin stretched out his hand and spent another affinity character in mid-air.
Ding!
The moment the characters were formed, a soft sound came from the runes. At that moment, the huge rune figure flashed, disappeared from the place, and then appeared at the rune position drawn by Benjamin.
"Success?"
Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Although this rune has inherent flaws, runes of the same kind seem to have a special attraction to it. Benjamin tried several times in succession. As long as he drew the affinity rune within a hundred meters, the rune would automatically flash over without any effort at all.
Unfortunately, other than that, he couldn't find any behavior that could cause the runes to react.
Whether it's blasting magic at the runes, or testing it with other types of runes. It just stayed in place, motionless, instinctively attracting the surrounding water elements, like a magnet that never demagnetized.
This feeling is also quite helpless.
There was nothing he could do for a while, so Benjamin could only guide it somewhere outside the city, and then return to the palace to look after the officials and servants who had fainted all over the floor.
Spencer said that the spell on them was lifted, but... who knows? Benjamin asked the system to carefully check the abnormal mental power in each person. Most of the people were fine in the end, but they discovered another fragment of hidden mental power in the king's brain.
Judging from the picture displayed by the system, that thing is somewhat similar to a curse, but it is a creation of pure mental power. It looks like a worm, which is quite disgusting.
Benjamin couldn't help but feel his heart sink.
Spencer was indeed lying.
He tried to release his spiritual power, trying to get rid of the mental parasite that was entrenched in the king's mind. However, his mental power control was obviously not as sophisticated as Spencer's. Wave after wave of fluctuations swept past, but the fragment of mental power remained motionless and showed no reaction.
"Quick! Think of something!" Benjamin quickly shouted in his heart.
"This... what can I do?"
"Decipher Spencer's mental power, create some special mental fluctuations... you can do anything. Aren't you a super invincible artificial intelligence? Can a small fragment of mental power stump you?"
Benjamin was in a very bad mood. If he can't get rid of this ghost, I'm afraid another priest from overseas will come, and the king will be controlled by others again.
Unfortunately, Spencer died too suddenly. Otherwise, I must torture them to find out what their skills are.
"I can give it a try, but don't get your hopes up." The system had no choice but to reply.
During the time the system was trying, Benjamin also used elemental command and treatment to see if it would have any effect. However, it seems that the elements can only heal some physical injuries and latent mental fragments, so there is really no way to do this.
However, in the rain, these fainted people gradually woke up.
"What happened? Master Benjamin?" The king opened his eyes and looked at Benjamin with a confused look on his face.