Versatile Mage: Unlimited Swordplay, Deconstructing Everything!

Chapter 46 Then it’s my home court’s turn next!
"This entire city was formed from our memories?!"

Lin Ling was surprised by Lingling's bold guess. He recalled the scenery he saw in the sky during the day.

Indeed, in a city built during the ancient dynasty style of the Dragon Kingdom, there should not be a medieval Western-style castle in the central royal city.

If it was formed based on the memories of the hunters who entered, this would explain the conflict of styles.

Because hunters come from all over the world, from different countries.

Even among the ten hunter teams left in this Hunter King Qualifying Tournament, half of them were not from Dragon Country, but from other countries.

If you ask why the main style is that of the ancient Dragon Kingdom dynasty, it may be because there are more Dragon Kingdom people coming in.

"This is most likely a gigantic illusion. To maintain such a gigantic illusion and to be able to manipulate memories, I can only recall two beings that meet these two conditions."

Lingling said with a serious expression.

"The first is the most powerful forbidden spell mage of the mind and curse system in history, Merlin of Ying. The illusions he creates are almost indistinguishable from reality, and everything feels indistinguishable from reality. Once you enter his illusions, even your body and mind no longer belong to you. Merlin once cast a forbidden spell that enveloped the entire city of fog, annihilating 70% of King Arthur's enemies in one fell swoop."

"But Merlin lived hundreds of years ago, so it couldn't be him. The remaining options are..."

"Just what?"

When Lin Ling saw Lingling suddenly stop, his curiosity was aroused and he couldn't help it.

Lingling swallowed her saliva, because she couldn't believe what she said next.
"The other is the demon that is confirmed to be extinct—the Dream Heart Demon."

"Dream Heart Demon? What kind of demon is this?"

Lin Ling had never heard of this kind of monster.

"Most people don't know about the Dream Heart Demon, because they were completely extinct as early as the Han Dynasty due to hunting by human mages. The last record of a Dream Heart Demon is that it died while being used as a pendant for the Han Dynasty emperor and empress." Lingling explained.

"This type of demon is very small, about the size of a hare, but the Dream Heart Demon has a very special ability. It can develop different abilities based on the wishes of the person who requests it."

"The seeker's wish? What does that mean?"

Lingling looked towards the huge city in the cave and continued.

"The purer the heart, the more nutrients it will nourish its growth. The Dream Heart Demon's most basic ability is to create illusions to protect itself. Unless necessary, it will erase the memories of those who have seen it. If the Peach Blossom Land was truly the work of the Dream Heart Demon, then the severity of the incident may be even worse than the Hunter Association's assessment."

"How bad?"

"Based on the city's scope as seen from our field of vision, we estimate the size of the entire illusion, and add in our experiences after entering Peach Blossom Land."

"The disaster brought by the Dream Heart Demon this time is likely to have reached the imperial level."

In an unknown dark cave, the crying of a little girl could be heard intermittently.

"Wow. I want to see more outside."

"I want to see more."

"woooooo"

At this time, a rustling sound, like the sound of tentacles climbing, was heard quietly, and a faint white light lit up in the darkness.

Under this faint light, the scene inside the cave can be vaguely seen.

In the dark cave, countless inky black tentacles, like a carefully woven spider web, meander out from every crevice of the rock wall, intertwining with each other, forming a strange and spectacular picture.

These tentacles squirmed slightly, as if they had a will of their own, making an almost imperceptible rustling sound in the silence.

At the center of this chaos, a small, delicate piece of white amber lay quietly at the center of the web, its soft glow a stark contrast to the surrounding darkness. Like a living heart, the amber beat with a mysterious yet regular rhythm, each beat accompanied by a dull, distant drumbeat that echoed throughout the empty cavern.

If you look closely through the outer layer of white amber, you can see a small figure curled up inside, like a child being conceived in the womb.
The tentacles wriggling around seemed to be channels for transporting business, and the blue light balls were transported from the tentacles to the white amber.

As nutrients entered, the figure in the amber seemed to move slightly.
After a sleepless night, Lin Ling and Lingling still stayed on the top of the tower. In just one night, Lin Ling almost investigated all the areas except the central Blood Castle area.

It is now certain that, except for the two of them, all other hunters who entered here were caught.

He even saw the leader of the Zhantie Group taking his children to the morning market like an old man, while the leader of another Midweijia Group also transformed into a nun and made a living in a temple.

It's such a mess. The whole city is like a hodgepodge, with all kinds of cultures mixed together in a very rough way.

"Then it seems that the root of the problem must be in that ancient castle."

After listening to this, Lingling looked towards the bright red castle.

The growth of the Dream Heart Demon requires "absorbing" wishes.

However, there are only a few words in the ancient books about how to resolve the illusion of the dream demon. The ancient books say that "piercing the heart" can break the illusion.

This concept has no subject. Is it their "heart" or the "heart" of the Dream Heart Demon?

But as far as she knew, the Dream Heart Demon was a demon between a physical body and a spiritual body, and the concept of a heart did not exist.

Moreover, there is no mention of the monster-like Leng Fu seen that night in the records about the Dream Heart Demon.

But Meng Xin Yao must have obtained the memories of everyone except Lin Ling.

I must have understood what their purpose was.

"Do you want to just barge in?"

Lin Ling, who already knew that this was an illusion, wanted to try to rush in and see if he could break through the castle security directly, go in and search around, and look for any traces of the Dream Heart Demon.

"What's wrong, Lingling? You look so sad."

"It's a bit strange." Lingling said, touching her chin.

"The Dream Heart Demon is extremely sensitive to the dangers of its surroundings. To be honest, with so many super-class mages coming in, the Dream Heart Demon should have erased our memories and escaped long ago. But why did it create such a huge illusion and maintain it until now?"

"It's like they made a cage and put it here, waiting for us loaches to enter. And why didn't we make any noise last night?"

A noisy sound came from under the clock tower, and Lin Ling looked in the direction of the sound.

A group of about a hundred soldiers came from under the clock tower.

Some wore the uniforms of the imperial guards, some wore the uniforms of the church, and some wore the combat uniforms of some unknown tribe.

But as the leader in the front, he was a "familiar" face to Lin Ling.

It was the princess who was slapped by him yesterday.

"Up there! Take them all down for me!"

A sharp shout came from below. Lin Ling took a look and then looked into the distance. He found that in the houses in the distance, people were holding various sharp weapons, hoes, scissors, kitchen knives, and so on, but the ultimate goal of the crowd was to point to the clock tower where they were.

"It seems that the immune system of this illusion is starting to prepare for sterilization. Then it's my home turf's turn next!"

(End of this chapter)