Don't call me evil god

Chapter 283: Phantom Fragments
There are no further reasons from God's perspective.

From the perspective of mortals, there has been new progress.

Because Sep, who was in Xiwei's mansion, took the initiative to explain the effects of the illusion magic to the important members of the Church of Knowledge.

"As you can see, what you saw was actually an illusion I 'imagined' and showed it to you. Under the influence of divine magic, you believed it to be true."

"I am still the same as before, but your perception has been affected and synchronized into the way I want to show you."

"Cognitive influence, with sufficient imagination, can make you see all kinds of illusions that are difficult to distinguish between true and false."

As Sepp spoke, he swung the slender wooden stick in his hand again.

This time his figure disappeared and turned into a "centaur" with a human upper body and a horse lower body.

This kind of centaur race does not exist on the continent of Prentis.

Then, his body shape changed again.

It turned into a terrifying evil dog that emitted a foul odor, half of its body was rotting and festering, its eyes were bloodshot, its claws were sharp, and it was nearly as tall as a person.

The prototype of this thing can be found on the continent of Prentis.

A level 3 monster, a canine that was polluted and corrupted.

The knowledge-seeking believers in the room subconsciously tensed their bodies and became alert.

Wow, this time it’s not just about transforming living people, but even the appearance of monsters can be changed!
Pete took a breath uncertainly.

"Hiss...Sep, can you, uh... still speak? Are you still sane?"

Although Sepp has told him that this is just an "illusion" and not real, the other party now looks like a level 3 monster!

“Wululu… huwu——”

The evil dog crouched down and made a creepy low sound.

Fortunately, the next moment, Sepp's figure reappeared in front of Pete and the others.

However, this time, there were two Sepps.

One is the image of a middle-aged down-and-out uncle, and the other is the image of an extremely handsome guy.

They both explained at the same time:
"In fact, I can speak while maintaining the [Illusion Divine Art], and of course I can keep my sanity. After all, what you see and hear are just my imagination."

"But from what I know, a level 3 evil dog monster can only roar, so what you can hear is the same sound as a real evil dog."

They spoke in unison, one on the left and one on the right, like a double channel.

Pete was completely shocked.

When the Church of Illusion was labeled as a heresy and expelled, Pete was only 6 or 7 years old. At that time, his impression of the Church of Illusion was that it was a group of guys who could use magic to create "dummy people" and then provide some indescribable services.

But now that he had really listened to Sepp's introduction to the effects of the illusion magic, Pete's thinking was very flexible, and he suddenly had a bold idea.

"Hey, Lord Sepp, according to what you said, the effect of the illusion depends on the result of your imagination."

"Have you ever tried to just imagine yourself as a 6th level wizard, or a 6th level Radiant Priest?"

"Then wouldn't you have directly become the top existence in the continent?"

"Or, you can imagine two of yourself."

"Use the magic of illusion to create 10000 clones of you, each of whom has the strength of a top-level 6th-level professional."

"Then you can walk around the whole continent with your might!"

"..."

Both the down-and-out Sepp and the handsome Sepp smiled bitterly and shook their heads at the same time.

He swung the stick again.

The two Seps merged into one, and handsome Sep disappeared. Moreover, this time there was a new change.

A cloth bag appeared on Sepp's back.

Pete and the others were stunned again when they saw this scene.

Good man, Sepp has a trick up his sleeve for them.

When he first entered the room, there was clearly only one person coming in, and he had nothing else on him.

So, it turned out that the other party had used [Illusion Magic] on himself before arriving, creating an image of Sep without carrying anything!
The bag was unloaded, and a simple square open box cut from wood was taken out from it. A thin wooden board was covered on the opening, and several hemp ropes were tightly wrapped around it to ensure that the contents of the box would not spill out.

Untie the twine and remove the plank.

Inside the wooden box, a dozen or so scattered black gems the size of rice grains, irregular in shape, and with delicate appearance are quietly reflecting light.

Pete raised an eyebrow in surprise.

He sensed the faint fluctuations of arcane energy from these exquisitely carved black gems.

This is something that can be called magic material, and it is usually a material that must be consumed when casting some magic or divine arts.

Sepp explained directly and candidly:
"We call this gem a Phantom Fragment."

"Any illusion magic, even if it's just to change your face or hair color, will consume it, and it can only last for a period of time."

"If you want the spell to be effective for a long time, you need to consume more illusion fragments regularly to maintain the effect of the spell."

"The greater the impact of the illusion on cognition, the more illusion fragments need to be consumed."

"The more targets affected, the more illusion fragments will be consumed to maintain the same effect and duration."

"For example, if I just want to change my appearance, it will only take one illusion fragment to last for about a month."

"But if you want to transform into a level 3 evil dog monster in your perception, you will consume 3 of them, and the duration you can maintain it is only a few seconds."

"I just recovered from the monster's appearance. It wasn't me who canceled it, but all the illusion fragments I activated were consumed."

"So, in the situation you mentioned, for example, if you imagine 1 clones, the amount of [Illusion Fragments] it would consume would be an extremely huge number."

"We simply don't have that many illusion fragments."

"..."

Pete suddenly realized.

Then he asked curiously, "But my idea is actually feasible, right? As long as you have enough uh—illusion fragments, you can completely turn yourself into a high-level professional temporarily, and even use illusions to cast magic and divine arts?"

Sepp once again gave a negative answer to Pete's question.

"Sorry, no."

"What you said are things that illusion magic cannot do."

"Illusions can only affect other people's perceptions, such as the appearance of a magical attack."

"But this attack is fake."

"You can see it, you can hear it, and when it hits you you can feel the pain, and it can even create things like 'injuries' on your body."

"But it itself is still an illusion."

“No matter how realistic and reasonable it is in your perception, it is still a false thing.”

"The only lethality of the illusion magic may be... to scare people to death with these fake things."

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