Super Magician: The Magic Network Collapsed Again at the Start

Chapter 121 Brain Fluid Jar

Anser raised his hand and fired a freezing ray, turning a scout who had fallen and rolled on the ground into an ice statue. Despite the sweltering heat, the radiant ice sent chills down the spines of the others who witnessed it.

[Target dead, gain 25 combat experience]

He paid no attention, glancing at the crowd out of the corner of his eye. Matthew mingled in the crowd, watching with great interest alongside the others, and did not take the opportunity to leave.

'You're really good at pretending.'

Anser simply ignored him and continued to reap heads with freezing rays, as if he had really come for these spies.

When the onlookers saw that someone had actually been caught, they were no longer afraid and watched with great interest, with some even cheering.

It can only be said that different regions nurture different people.

In the crowd, Matthew, visibly excited, pointed at Anser and boasted to those around him, "That's my friend, we fought side by side..."

"real or fake?"

Some people were skeptical, while others came up to try and get close to them...

As the battle drew to a close, Anser pretended to pull up his cloak, subtly activating his true vision. He scanned the crowd through the cover of his arm, then quickly lowered his head.

'Another one!'

Besides Matthew, another adventurer traveling with him also showed a psionic reaction in his head, though it was fainter.

'Could it be a Mind Flayer Tadpole?'

He deactivated his vision and turned to wave at Quentin.

Quentin hurried over and whispered, "Is it in here?"

"Take all the bodies away and evacuate the crowd." Anser didn't say much more.

Quentin didn't understand Anser's intentions, but he still chose to cooperate. He feigned a cheerful expression and walked towards the battlefield: "Take the bodies away immediately, we have to go to the next place, hurry, hurry—"

The guards immediately got to work.

The Mind Eater's "Body Stealing" ability can only target small or medium-sized creatures within a few feet that are unable to fight back. If a creature is too resilient, it's best to beat it half to death.

Theoretically, it cannot possess a dead person, but if the target has just died, it can devour their brain and teleport into the skull to hide.

The reason for taking away the body and evacuating the crowd is to prevent it from using human brains as a springboard to hide or escape.

If you don't know this, the mind-devouring monster might take the opportunity to escape, and then it will try every means to deal with you, such as using the connections of the person it possesses to scheme against you, or calling on its companions to kill you...

Once the bodies had been cleared away, Quentin waved his hand impatiently at the surrounding area: "Disperse, disperse..."

Seeing Matthew about to leave, Anser quickly lifted his hood, rode forward, smiled at Matthew from afar, and waved: "Come on, let's have a drink together."

Matthew, his face flushed with excitement, pushed his way through the crowd, chattering incessantly, "I wasn't lying to you, was I? This really is my friend."

Quentin and the others looked over in surprise, wondering what he was up to.

Anser smiled brightly, as if he had met a good friend he hadn't seen for many years.

However, in the next instant, the elemental orb suddenly froze in mid-air, buzzing.

""

"Super Magic: Instant, Tracking, Powerful" + "Rising Ring: Scorching Ray"!
The smile on his face was still there, and his resounding dragon language was like a warm greeting. He raised his hand and extended a warm welcome!
Four beams of fire shot out and disappeared in the air.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Matthew's head suddenly exploded, charred bones and rotten flesh flying everywhere with flames, revealing an empty brain.

At the same time, a monster with four claws and resembling an exposed brain appeared on the ground.

Seeing it gives many people goosebumps and a strong sense of unease.

[...The Mind Eater was hit, taking 19 points of fire damage, currently at 11/30 health]

Even a professional's head is hard, but it still can't withstand the powerful, scorching rays of the third ring.

The brain-eating monster was injured, and it fled at an astonishing speed.

By simply getting close to a crowd, it can use "devouring intelligence" in combination with "stealing bodies" to obtain another living puppet.

Without hesitation, Anser raised his hand and instantly launched magic missiles. Three flash missiles tracked the monster's movements, striking its body one after another, sending it flying and leaving it lying motionless on the ground.

[Target dead, gain 450 combat experience]

Those around them then realized what was happening. At first, they were astonished that Anser could kill so easily, and then they were startled by the sudden appearance of the monster. They were overwhelmed and their hearts were pounding.

Anser turned to look at the crowd. Several adventurers who were with Matthew were about to escape but were stopped by the guards.

He approached the adventurer who might be possessed and carefully examined his eyes and skin.

"What is your name?"

His gaze flickered with confusion for a moment, then he exclaimed in alarm, "Volga, I don't know Matthew well..."

“What has Matthew done to you in the last few tens of minutes?” Anser pressed.

"Ah..." The adventurer looked bewildered.

Elise landed beside Anser, glanced at the brain-devouring monster's corpse, and asked curiously, "What happened to him?"

“It was parasitized by a Mind Flayer larva, within an hour,” Anser deduced.

Normally, a mind flayer tadpole will completely erase the host's personality and memories within an hour, and the body will be completely transformed within seven days. The skin will gradually turn grayish-purple, four tentacles will grow on the head, the internal organs will be restructured to adapt to psionic metabolism, and the host will eventually become a mind flayer.

“There are too many people around here, let’s arrest them and put them in jail first,” Quentin suggested.

“Okay,” Elise agreed.

“Hmm.” Anser nodded, took a few steps to Matthew’s body, searched his body for a moment, and found a palm-sized purple olive-shaped jar.

The die spun slightly, revealing the target information:
[Brain Fluid Jar, Rare, Mind Flayer Larva: 6/10]

Anser felt a chill run through him. Four Mind Flayer tadpoles were missing; besides Fulgar, three others were nowhere to be found.

'He might also be dead.'

He didn't really understand this thing; he just felt that it should have a survival rate, and that it shouldn't be so easy to survive outside the brain pool.

Seeing that his expression was off, Elise immediately ordered people to search for the other adventurers, but after a long search, they found nothing else.

She instructed Quentin to carefully collect the body and escort it to prison, while also sending people to search the Flying Dragon Hotel where the group was staying, bringing back any suspicious items and people.

Anser was a little uneasy, so he put away the brain fluid tank, activated the True Sight Magic Ring, mounted Nornos, and rode along the street.

The world before him was layered and seemingly dreamlike, yet incredibly real; no disguise or concealment could escape his notice.

Ten minutes later, the strange phenomenon disappeared, and he found no trace of the Mind Eater or the Mind Flayer.

'Perhaps they used it halfway through; I'll interrogate them about their route later.' Anser sighed inwardly, no longer dwelling on the matter.

The dangers in the world are not limited to mind-stealers. Be vigilant, but there's no need to worry unnecessarily.

Elise had been following Anser the whole time. When she saw him stop, she landed directly next to him and hovered.

"what is that?"

Anser took out a jar of brain fluid and tossed it to her, saying in a low voice, "This jar of brain fluid contains six Mind Flayer larvae."

Elise caught it, then, as if electrocuted, threw the brain fluid container back at him, shaking her hand violently: "How could such a thing exist?"

“How would I know?” Anser scoffed and put the brain fluid jar into his dragon skin pouch.

"Why are you keeping it if you're not going to destroy it?" Elise asked suspiciously. "Don't do any dangerous experiments, this is no joke."

Anser laughed and teased, "Didn't you receive a proper mage education? How come you have no spirit of exploration at all?"

“Because I know my own limitations.” Elise glanced at him sideways, then steered her flying carpet away.

The matter is of great importance, and she will personally participate in the investigation into those adventurers.

Anser watched her retreating figure, his mind racing.

'Cerebral fluid tank...'

(End of this chapter)