Before lunch, Gray Lint had been carrying the "Sword of Judgment" for more than 24 hours, and he was subject to another restriction:
"honest."
This is the most difficult restriction to circumvent. If nothing else, the etiquette in daily life is actually just polite in many cases, not sincere. This is also considered "dishonest".
Gray Lint shook his head, planning to tell a lie or commit a deception in advance, so as not to be suddenly deprived of his extraordinary abilities when facing a battle and be in danger in a hurry.
He looked at the waiter who delivered the meal:
"Bring me a cup of Fermo coffee. Well, its aroma is a temptation I can't resist."
This is a kind of coffee produced in the Pas Valley. It is very bitter, but in the eyes of people who like it, the more bitter it tastes, the more mellow it tastes. Glerint actually doesn’t like coffee very much.
Yes, even when he was in Backlund, he only used the top-quality Feneport Holy Mountain coffee that was always available at home to entertain guests.
So he deliberately committed a deception.
"Okay, sir."
This is a relatively common coffee variety in the southern continent, and the waiter didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
At the same time, Gray Lint examined his extraordinary abilities.
"I was deprived of 3... 'Lawyer's' persuasive ability, as well as 'Bribery-Charm' and 'Bribery-Arrogance'... Fortunately, it did not affect my core extraordinary ability of Sequence 6."
Thinking of the negative effects of the "Sword of Judgment", Gray Lint inevitably thought of one of the advantages of the humanoid Marionette:
It can avoid the negative effects of many magical items and can even use sealed items normally.
"If I have a chance later, I will add a humanoid marionette or a larger monster marionette."
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At noon, after having lunch in advance and getting the specific location given by Isla, Gray Lint teleported him to a valley on the west side of the ancient deep forest.
As soon as he landed, Isla explained:
"This is actually not far from Brother Zhaluo, only about a hundred miles. The reason why I know there is a 'Hunter Mantis' in this valley is because the military's 'Hunter' brought out some irrelevant things by the way.
Monster information.”
"'Hunters'? Do you mean those Extraordinaries who specialize in hunting extraordinary creatures? Does this sound more like adventurers?"
Gray Lint had been wondering where the Extraordinaries from MI9, the army and the royal family came from so many potion ingredients that could be used to reward members. It was impossible that they all came from the death of the previous Extraordinary.
The Extraordinary characteristics left over, right? Besides, many Extraordinary characteristics may not necessarily be recovered during battle.
Isla nodded:
"There is a special team of 'hunters' in the army. They are led by a certain saint and are divided into several teams. Their duty is to lurk in various gatherings of extraordinary people and find out where monsters are. If they find out
They will try to find and hunt the monsters that come to the 'Lawyer' and 'Arbitrator' paths. Of course, some stronger 'Hunter' teams will also wander in the ancient deep forests for a long time.
Hagati Grassland and other places where monsters are more common.
At this time, if they encounter monsters from other channels, if the situation is suitable, they will usually try to kill them and harvest materials.
But in reality, without preparing materials from the same pathway as bait, monsters from other pathways are not so easy to harvest, so they often bring back information about certain monsters and share them with other Beyonders in the army. If anyone
If you are interested, you can go get it yourself.
Of course, private commissions for the corresponding material can also be released to them."
So that’s it.
Gray Linte nodded suddenly and did not ask any more questions about this matter, but turned his attention back to the present moment:
"What should we do now?"
Isla looked around and found a broad green leaf shaped like a banana leaf, pointed at it and said:
"This can form a sharp contrast with the body color of the 'Hunter Mantis'. Just put the extraordinary characteristics corresponding to the 'Arsonist' on it. I will amplify its appeal. Then we will each find a way to hide and wait.
Just let the 'hunter' become the 'prey'."
Grayling nodded, took out the "Fruit of Wandering" corresponding to the extraordinary characteristics of "Arsonist", and placed it in the center of the green broad leaves. Speaking of which, this thing was still fighting outside Gavanna before.
After that, the trophies that Isla distributed to him were only later broken into three corresponding "fruits of recklessness" by him when training new Beyonders in Sobia.
"Then why did he ask me specifically before if I had the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Hunter' path? Did he forget this little thing? Or did he consider that I might have sold it?"
After wondering about this inconsequential question for a moment, Gray Lint took a few steps back, and his figure gradually faded, blending into the shadow.
After watching him complete this series of actions, Isla then approached the broad leaf, flicked his right arm, and slid out the dark black steel flute from his sleeve. With a flick of his index finger, he created a
It seemed that a substantial note had been formed, and he threw it towards the burnt yellow fruit. Then, he quickly played the steel flute again, "confused" all the traces left by himself and Gray Lint, "confused"
All the light that shines on him is blocked, creating an "invisible" effect.
Gray Lint is not able to do this yet. If he wants to rely on his extraordinary ability to become "invisible", he can only "distort" the target's line of sight to the point of "I'm at that location, but you can't do it no matter what."
I can’t see what’s in that position.” A similar effect.
Before achieving qualitative change, "distortion" must have a practical goal, which cannot be various phenomena in nature, and "chaos" has a wider range of targets. The rules and phenomena of nature can also be its targets.
…
This valley seems to be two to three hundred meters wide. I wonder if the attraction amplified by Isla is strong enough?
After more than half an hour, Gray Linte's patience was exhausted.
And just when he was doubting, a red light suddenly flashed on the green broad leaves, and it rushed straight towards the brown fruit. It was so fast that Gray Linte could only see some of it.
Afterimage.
coming!
Gray Lint's spirit suddenly revived, and his consciousness connected with the "Chain of Artifice", quickly locked on its spiritual body thread, and began to try to control it.
On the green broad leaves, the rust-red "Hunter Mantis" is wriggling its mouthparts, frantically gnawing at the brown fruit the size of a peach core.
It didn't realize that this was a "trap", but followed the strongest desire deep in its heart and the irresistible attraction from its body to come here. After confirming that there were no natural enemies, it exerted force on its hind legs and suddenly
It was ejected and began to enjoy this feast that I had never seen before.
Of course, it has a fairly keen sense of spirituality. If it realizes that this feast is harmful to it, it will also make a choice between fatal temptation and its own safety.
This is the reason why things like poison have no effect on most extraordinary beings and monsters.
Although there was no spiritual warning, the moment the body fell on the broad leaf and began to eat the meal, that is, the moment when Gray Lint began to try to control the thread of its spiritual body, it still sensed the crisis, but it was far away.
Not deadly enough.
Its brain, which is no bigger than a soybean, obviously cannot accommodate a brain the size of a grain of rice.
After a brief weighing, it became more vigilant and chose to eat the things here first and then escape.
After chewing for two or three seconds, only a little bit of the browned fruit was left. At this moment, its body suddenly trembled, its biting movements slowed down, and its small brain also slowly
A doubt arose:
What happened?
Why do the leaves next to me fall so slowly and the wind blows so slowly?
At this time, based on its initial controlled slowness and small brain, as well as the impact of the extraordinary properties of eating raw on the brain, if you want to figure out what happened and make corresponding countermeasures, you must at least
It will take a few minutes or ten minutes... By that time, not to mention a "Cunning Mage", even a newly promoted "Secret Puppet Master" should turn it into a puppet.
But for it to be able to survive in the cruel laws of nature and get the title of "Hunter", it certainly cannot rely on its meager brain.
The moment Gray Lint initially completed the control of the spiritual thread, it felt a fatal crisis!
But it hasn't followed its instinct yet and ejected away.
Instead, he lowered his head slowly and took two seconds to finish eating the last bit of the browned fruit.
Between avoiding fatal crises and accepting fatal temptations, when these two instincts conflict, the desire for extraordinary characteristics and the desire to perfect oneself even overwhelm its escape instinct.
The next second, it followed its instinct and "suddenly" exerted force on its hind legs and ejected.
In its own perception, its exertion and jump would not take more than half a second, but in Isla's eyes, after being initially controlled, its speed was pitifully slow.
, it took a full two or three seconds. What's more dramatic is that it didn't know where the enemy was at all, and actually chose to jump next to Gray Lint.
While secretly feeling amused, Isla did not distort its escape direction and watched as it jumped up slowly.
And due to the slow bounce, the speed and height it shot through the air were not as good as a mantis's. It only bounced a few meters before starting to fall. At this time, it instinctively spread its thin wings and glided and dived to the ground.
, due to being controlled, its movements became extremely slow, and it took almost two seconds to fully unfold its wings.
At this time, Isla did not dare to let it fall to the ground, because the impact with the ground must be an external interference, which would most likely affect Gray Lint's control.
So he appeared, gently played the steel flute, and "distorted" its intention of landing, twisting its intention of swooping to the ground into a low-altitude glide, landing at the lowest possible speed to ensure a safe landing. And
In the process, it glides around the shadow of the big tree next to it, disrupting the sight of enemies in the dark.
Of course, these are all nonsense and completely unnecessary for a "hunter mantis".
It's just that this more "reasonable" twisting direction can make it less resistant, and it can complete the designated actions given to it by Isla very cooperatively. In addition, Isla also "amplified" the effect of its gliding to the ground.
Movement trajectory, so that it will fall around the shadow long enough in the air.
It circled and glided around the shadow for about seven or eight seconds. When it was about to land and inevitably collide with the lower surface, Isla confused the hardness of the ground again, making it as soft as cotton, intending to try his best to
Possibly reducing the impact on Gray Lint's control of the spiritual thread.
The moment the red body landed on the ground, the body of "Hunter Mantis" suddenly shook.
Isla didn't see it clearly and thought that even this slight collision would greatly interfere with Glalint's control. Just when he was about to make a remedy, Glalint came out of the shadows and faced him.
He said to him happily:
"Success!"
"So fast?"
Less than twenty seconds had passed! The fat Isla's body was trembling slightly, and he was genuinely frightened by the methods of the "Secret Puppet Master". He thought it would take forty or fifty seconds anyway.
Gray Lint shook his head and explained:
"It is 99% easier to control than humans. I am already very slow. After all, I am not the corresponding extraordinary path. It is still a bit unfamiliar to control it."
His slightly exaggerated explanation made Isla think that the length of time and difficulty of the manipulation process were directly proportional, so he asked naturally:
"It takes half an hour to control a human being?"
Isla had some understanding of the methods of the "Secret Puppet Master" before, but he was completely unclear about the detailed process of becoming a secret puppet. This time, he gained more knowledge and felt a lot more relieved.
The flesh on this new lover's body is not as much as one finger when combined together, so it probably won't change anything.
While grumbling in his heart, Gray Linte controlled it to jump toward him with a "swish" and landed firmly in his hand. At the same time, he shook his head and explained to Isla:
"I don't know the specific situation. I just guess that it takes a few minutes to ten minutes for the real 'Secret Puppet Master' to complete the control of humans. However, the time left for him to save himself is actually even shorter, because'
The deeper the puppet master's control, the less able the target is to resist."
This was something he deliberately explained to Isla by being vague about the specific time.
After all, in Isla's position, the probability of encountering the "Secret Puppet Master" enemy is not too high, but it is definitely not small. If he gave him a "half an hour" answer, he would not respond when facing the enemy.
If you make a mistake, it would be bad if you were turned into a marionette.
"That's it."
Isla nodded, finally having a deeper understanding of this sequence of enemies.
Suddenly I remembered that today is the college entrance examination. I wonder if any of the book friends following the update are senior students in high school?
I will adjust the early morning update to tomorrow morning. If you are a senior in high school, don’t wait.