Chapter 283: Fragments of Illusion
No more reasons can be found from the perspective of the gods.
From a mortal perspective, there is new progress.
Because Sepp, who was in Xiwei's mansion, took the initiative to explain the effects of illusion magic to important members of the Church of Knowledge.
"As you can see, what you see is actually the appearance of an illusion that I 'imagined' and showed it to you, and under the influence of divine magic, you believed it to be true."
"I am still the same as before, but your perceptions have been affected and synchronized to the way I want to show you."
"Cognitive influence, with sufficient imagination, can allow you to see all kinds of illusions that are difficult to distinguish between true and false."
Sepp said, waving the slender wooden stick in his hand again.
This time, his figure disappeared and turned into a "centaur" with a human-shaped upper body and a horse-shaped lower body.
This kind of centaur and half-horse race does not exist on the continent of Prentiss.
Immediately afterwards, his body shape changed again.
It turned into a terrifying evil dog that exuded a fishy smell, with half of its body rotting and suppurating, with scarlet eyes and four sharp claws, and was nearly a person tall.
The prototype of this thing can be found on the continent of Prentice.
A level 3 monster, a canine animal that has been corrupted by pollution.
The knowledge-seeking believers in the room subconsciously tensed their bodies and became alert.
Good guy, this time it’s not that you can transform into a living person, but you can even change the appearance of monsters!
Pate took a breath of uncertainty.
"Hiss... Sepp, you, uh... can you still speak? Are you still sane?"
Although Serp has told him that this is just an "illusion" and not real, the opponent looks like a level 3 monster now!
"Wululu...huwu——"
The evil dog lowered himself and made a creepy low sound.
Fortunately, in the next moment, Sepp's figure reappeared in front of Pet and the others.
However, this time two Sepp appeared.
One is the image of a middle-aged down-and-out uncle, and the other is the image of a super handsome guy.
The two of them explained at the same time:
"Actually, I can speak while maintaining the [Illusion Magic], and of course I can maintain my sanity. After all, what you see and hear is just my imaginary knowledge."
"But in my understanding, level 3 evil dog monsters can only roar, so what you can hear is the same sound as a real evil dog."
They spoke in unison, one to the left and one to the right, like two voices.
Peter was shocked.
When the Church of Illusions was declared a heretic and expelled, Peter was only 6 or 7 years old. At that time, his impression of the Church of Illusions was that of a group of guys who would use magic to create "dummy people" and then provide some indescribable services.
But now that he actually listened to Serp's introduction to the effects of illusion magic, Bate's thinking was very flexible, and he suddenly had a bold idea.
"Hey, Lord Sepp, according to you, the effect of the illusion depends on the results of your imagination."
"Have you ever tried it? Just imagine yourself as a level 6 mage, or as a level 6 glow priest."
"Then wouldn't you directly become the top being on the continent?"
"Or you can imagine two selves."
"Use illusion magic to create 10,000 clones of you. Each one will have the strength of a top level 6 professional."
"Then you can walk sideways across the entire continent!"
"..."
The downcast Sepp and the handsome Sepp smiled bitterly and shook their heads at the same time.
He waved the stick in his hand again.
The two Sepp merged into one, and handsome Sepp disappeared. Moreover, this time there is a new change.
A cloth bag appeared on Sepp's back.
Peter and the others were stunned again when they saw this scene.
Good guy, Sepp is hiding something from them.
When he first entered, it was clear that only one person came in, and there was nothing else on him.
Co-author, it turns out that the other party used [Illusion Magic] on himself before arriving, creating an image of Sepp without carrying anything!
The luggage was unloaded and a simple square open box made of wood was taken out. The opening was covered with a thin wooden board and several hemp ropes were tightly wrapped to ensure that the contents of the wooden box were not contained. will spill out.
Untie the twine and remove the plank.
Inside the wooden box, a dozen or so scattered black gemstones the size of rice grains, irregular in shape, and with delicate appearance were quietly reflecting light.
Peter raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He felt the faint breath of arcane energy fluctuations from these exquisitely clear black gems.
This is something that can be called a magic material, and it is usually a material that must be consumed when casting some magic and divine spells.
Serp explained frankly and directly: "This kind of gem is called phantom debris."
"Any illusion magic, even if it is just to change one's face or hair color, will come at the cost of consuming it, and it can only last for a period of time."
"If you want the magic to be effective for a long time, you need to consume more illusion debris regularly to maintain the effect of the magic."
"The greater the impact of illusion on cognition, the more illusion debris will be consumed."
"The more targets it affects and the illusion that maintains the same effect and time, the greater the consumption of illusion debris."
"For example, if I just change my appearance, it will last for about a month and I only need to consume one illusion shard like this."
"But if I want to turn into a level 3 evil dog monster in your cognition, it will only last a few seconds if you consume 3 pieces."
"I just recovered from the appearance of that monster. It was not that I canceled it on my own initiative, but that all the phantom fragments I activated were consumed."
"So, in the situation you mentioned, for example, if you imagine 10,000 clones, the [Illusion Debris] it would consume would be an extremely huge number."
"We simply don't have that much phantom detritus."
"..."
Peter was stunned.
Then he curiously asked: "But actually, my idea is feasible, right? As long as there are enough um——illusion debris, you can completely turn yourself into a high-level professional temporarily, and even use illusions to cast Magic and magic?"
Serp once again gave a negative answer to Pat's question.
"Sorry, no."
"The things you are talking about are things that the magic of illusion cannot do."
"Illusions can only affect other people's perceptions, such as the appearance of magical attacks."
"But this attack is fake."
"You can see it, you can hear it, and when it falls on you, you feel pain and it can even create an 'injury' or something like that on your body."
"But it itself is still an illusion."
"No matter how realistic and reasonable it is in your perception, it is still false."
"The only lethality of the magic of illusion may be... to scare people to death with these false things."
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