Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster

The practice time is not long.

Ligardel was soon frightened by the Taurus guards summoned by the Black Mountain Demon and hid behind Brother Mangzi.

"How about it? Do you remember how you felt just now? What exactly made you feel scared?"

The storyteller quickly came over and asked expectantly.

"...I...I forgot..." Ligardel's eyes dodged when he heard this, and he said with great guilt.

"..."Brother Mangzi couldn't help but hold his forehead.

"Maybe it's because the opponent is too strong..."

Although the storyteller was somewhat speechless, he had expected this. After thinking for a moment, he looked at the Black Mountain Little Demon and said, "Little Demon, change to a weaker monster."

"Weaker?"

The Black Mountain Demon frowned, and after rummaging through the inventory for a while, he finally found a magic bead of the Law Knight among the densely packed magic beads.

But soon...

"Remember?"

"...I still don't remember..."

The storyteller and Brother Mangzi took a deep breath and looked at the Black Mountain Demon again.

"I don't have any weaker magic beads. This is already the weakest." The Black Mountain Demon spread his hands helplessly.

"Haven't you collected some magic beads from Gulard soldiers and zombies before? Use those," Bulong reminded.

"Okay, wait a moment." The Black Mountain Demon also remembered that he still had some "collections", so he quickly ran to the milestone spirit candle and took them out.

But after some attempts I found out.

Even the Gurad soldiers, Ligardel couldn't quite remember.

But there is still some progress after all.

"Although I didn't remember it, I just felt that I could think!" said Ligardel.

This made everyone's eyes light up, and they quickly asked the Black Mountain Demon to take out the last zombie magic bead in the bottom of the box.

"This is really the weakest monster. If it can't be weaker, there won't be any." The Black Mountain Demon gave everyone a heads-up in advance.

"roar……"

The slow-moving and staggering zombies walked slowly towards Ligardel.

This time, Ligardel finally paused before running away, as if he was thinking seriously.

"Teacher, I remember how I felt just now!" After Ligardel escaped and calmed down, he soon looked at Brother Mangzi with some excitement.

Hearing this, the storyteller nearby hurried over.

"Also, its appearance is very scary..."

Ligardel carefully described how he felt just now.

"…I'm sorry, teacher…I can't even muster the courage to fight such a weak monster…"

After saying that, Ligardel apologized to Brother Mangzi with a bit of disappointment.

"I told you not to apologize."

Brother Mangzi touched his head and was used to it.

"I understand!"

"Sure enough, it is just as Tianji said. Fear does come from many reasons. The reason why Ligadel is afraid should be largely due to the sounds he heard and the horrific scenes he saw..."

"And the reason why Ligardel had time to stop and think was precisely because he knew that this zombie was very weak and posed no threat. This was also the confidence brought by his consciousness, which to a certain extent offset the fear that came from his instinct..."

The storyteller analyzed the situation seriously, and his eyes became brighter the more he spoke.

"What do you mean?" Mangzi scratched his bald head and said, "Why don't you just tell me what to do next?"

"Don't worry, let me think about it."

"Um……"

"Forget it, I'll go ask Tianji first and tell him about the situation here."

After thinking about it for a while, the storyteller gave up decisively and directly opened the chat box to seek help from the external brain.

…

The Black Mountain Demon came over at this time.

Ligardel looked at him with some fear and shrank his neck behind Brother Mangzi.

When the Black Mountain Demon saw this, his heart moved. He made a face and roared softly.

"Wow!"

Ligardel's pupils shrank and he subconsciously hugged Mangzi Ge's thighs tightly.

"Hahaha……"

Brother Mangzi: “…”

…

Tianji reacted quickly. After seeing the storyteller's message, he did not reply but sent it directly.

After understanding it, Tianji thought for a moment.

"Now that we have found the cause, we have found a possible solution to the problem to a certain extent..."

"First, through analyzing and breaking down Ligadel's feelings, we can know that one of the biggest reasons for his 'fear' is the sound, which is the 'instinct' of living things. What makes him stop and think and temporarily face his fear is common sense and thinking, which can also be collectively referred to as 'will'."

"And judging from what happened just now, the reason why Ligardel was able to pause and think was largely because he knew that the zombie was not a big threat."

"From this, we can know that... when willpower is weaker than instinct, Rigadel's reaction is fear... when willpower can temporarily compete with instinct, Rigadel can maintain a certain degree of thinking and control over his body..."

Having said that, Tianji looked at everyone, narrowed his eyes slightly, and put forward his own hypothesis.

"What if..."

"Will can be greater than or even overwhelm instinct... Ligardel might be able to fight!"

"So... we have to find a way to strengthen Ligadel's will?" Mangzi frowned, "But how do we do it specifically? How do we strengthen something as abstract as will? He can't even fight zombies."

Upon hearing this, Ligardel also lowered his head in disappointment.

The storyteller seemed to have guessed Tianji's thoughts, but he didn't quite understand them.

Seeing this, Tianji didn't keep the secret.

"I didn't mean for Ligardel to fight directly."

"Now that we know the cause of fear."

"Then what we need to do next is to use some means to perform 'addition and subtraction'."

"That is, increase the influence of 'will' and reduce the influence of 'instinct'."

As Tianji spoke, he came in front of Ligadel and pointed at his ear.

"Since sound can bring fear, we should plug our ears first to reduce the 'instinct'."

Then Tianji raised his arm again.

"If your own strength is not enough, then drink the potion to increase your confidence in your own 'strength' and influence your 'will'."

"If you train your will gradually, you may be able to gradually meet the requirements for combat."

Hearing this.

Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, and their originally tangled thoughts seemed to be unraveled and sorted out by the sky, and finally became clear.

"Great! Listening to your words is like an epiphany!" The storyteller slapped his palm.

“Awesome.”×3

Brother Mangzi, you are not deaf, Xiaoyao and others exclaimed in unison.

After hearing what Tianji said, Ligardel couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Maybe... this will actually work?

"Let's start now without further ado. I'll go find some earplugs!" Brother Mangzi was very active and was ready to leave in a hurry.

"Props that reduce your hearing ability will work. If that doesn't work, go ask the NPC to try!" The storyteller reminded loudly.

"knew!"

"Little lion, you have to fight for your dignity, do you hear me? Otherwise I will beat you up." The Black Mountain Demon couldn't help but threaten again.

"I will!" Ligardel nodded firmly, then shrank his head timidly and said stubbornly: "...and you can't beat me."

Black Mountain Little Demon: “…”