Knight Asylum

It is clearly a product of science, but it acts like a living creature. It would definitely be a boss-level character in a horror movie.

You definitely can't wear anything these guys give you.

"how do you feel?"

Red raised his hand and tapped the doll suit's head.

The doll twisted its head left and right and its mouth suddenly opened, revealing Medusa's head. Densely flashing lines of different lights were connected to the device that blocked Medusa's eyes. He couldn't see the part below Medusa's neck, as if... Medusa only had a head left.

Red immediately reached out and told the doll to shut its mouth.

You can never wear anything these guys give you!!!

"When are we going to get out?" Medusa said coldly.

"Now--"

Red turned around and raised his hand. The doll suit swung its arms left and right and followed Red cutely. But when Red thought about the internal structure of the doll suit, his scalp tingled and he subconsciously quickened his pace. The doll suit also immediately quickened its pace, and the sound of its footsteps echoed in the quiet corridor.

……

"Is it okay to just let Medusa go like this?"

Sailu held the tablet and checked the physical data of Medusa fed back by the doll costume, with a slightly raised brow.

"According to our calculations, Xing Gong Kui is the most suitable candidate. Just because she has never met a sage does not mean that she does not know where the base of the phantom demon is. And now... even if we know the flaws in the ancient magician's technology, we have no way to prove it."

U held his chin with his left hand and gently tapped the data flowing on the holographic image with his right index finger.

"Now, 576 ordinary citizens have become magicians and become new members of the Tower of Sages."

"It's really too little. I thought there should be at least a zero added," Sailu complained.

U said lightly.

"Anyone can be a magician."

“But not everyone can get this opportunity.”

"The extraordinary benefits and experiences will make those who get the opportunity grateful to the Tower of Sages and loyal to it. At the same time, it will elevate the status of the Tower of Sages in the eyes of other citizens, making them feel that it is their honor to join the Tower of Sages and become a magician."

"In the future, the Tower of Sages will frequently [Eliminate Evil and Promote Good] to enhance the magicians' sense of honor, and make them feel that being a magician of the Tower of Sages is a very glorious thing."

"If we continue to purify it in this way, the Tower of Sages will gain more and more magicians with extremely high purity."

U paused and shrugged.

"It's a common operating method. In fact... those 576 are citizens who got magic rings. I don't know how many people have already put on the ancient magician's belt but have not got the corresponding rings."

"Hey - he's obviously a magician, but he's so skilled at operating this system," Sailu sighed.

"Controlling people's minds is also a kind of magic. Perhaps they have been preparing to do this for a long time, so they keep promoting how glorious it is to be a magician of the Sage Tower." U narrowed his eyes. "However, the most difficult problem now is the flaws in the ancient magician's technology."

"Traveling through space, changing terrain, changing the climate, it can be done easily by consuming magic power."

"One in a million... One in a million. I can understand such harsh conditions. No matter who you are, as long as you are human, you can possess magic power. How can such a good thing happen in this world?"

U raised his head and saw that Red and Medusa had already arrived outside Selvi Tulia. In order to let Medusa be sure, the device that blocked Medusa's eyes was temporarily opened.

"Okay, I've fulfilled my promise. Now it's your turn. Tell me what you know about the ancient magicians," Reid stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Medusa's eyes.

Medusa withdrew her gaze and looked at Reid.

It was the first time she met Red face to face, and she had imagined what Red would look like in that cute but hateful doll costume.

It must be very powerful and abominable. She would get angry and sick just by looking at it.

In fact, it was just as she imagined.

Just looking at those dark eyes with eternal light, Medusa felt irritated and angry from the bottom of her heart.

"Yes, of course I will tell you," Medusa said with a beautiful smile.

"The price of becoming an ancient magician is a human soul."

"If the phantom demon cannot be killed within the specified time and the magic power of the phantom demon cannot be consumed, the soul of the ancient magician will be devoured."

Chapter 410: Becoming Bait

Damn it!

Not only Red, but everyone including U cursed in their hearts.

This is really a magical explanation.

Exchange souls for magic power.

Medusa admired Red's expression at this moment and her smile became more beautiful and brilliant.

She just wanted to see Red's expression at that moment.

"How can we take off the ancient magician's belt!" Reid immediately pressed Medusa's shoulders and shook her hard.

"Unfortunately, there is no way to take off the belts of ancient magicians in this world. Of course, you also began to use your powerful strength to try to destroy their belts," Medusa smiled and stared into Reid's eyes. Now she could try to petrify Reid.

But she had no such idea at all.

Because she was sure that Red's expressions in the future would be even more exciting.

Now, she had a better plan.

"I just don't know if their souls will be simply taken away at that time."

Red's face turned extremely ugly, and he thought of Wright and other magicians.

Even though the resurrection surgery revived all the organ cells in Wright and his companions' bodies, and even their brains were normal, they did not come back to life, and died again within a few minutes.

"Ah~ How pitiful! Did someone you know become an ancient magician? Or…"

Medusa turned her head and looked in the direction of the Constellation District. Even here they could catch a glimpse of the Sage's Tower, which was far beyond the standard.

"They have enabled many ordinary people who don't know the truth to become magicians?"

"Ah~ That won't do. After all, the phantoms have been defeated by you. This [S·L] no longer has phantoms that can serve as food for those ancient magicians."

Reid clenched his fists tightly.

"You know what you should say to me now," Medusa leaned forward in front of Red and admired his expression.

"Please, create phantoms to attack people so that those ancient magicians can eat and not lose their souls."

Medusa smiled proudly and happily. All the humiliation was released at this moment. She knew from Red's expression that Red had no choice.

She didn't know how many ancient magicians the Tower of Sages had produced in one go, but since the Tower of Sages had built the tower so exaggeratedly, there must be bigger moves. Mass production of ancient magicians was only the first step.

Once you become an ancient magician, you can only kill phantoms and devour their abilities, and... the time interval cannot be too short.

"you……"

"you?"

"Are you dreaming? Are you insane because of the attack from the nymphomaniac just now?" Red raised his finger and tapped Medusa's forehead with a look of surprise on his face.

Medusa's expression suddenly turned ugly. "Are you sure you want to refuse?"

"No! Why do I have to ask you?" Reid rolled his eyes.

"What about the price of an ancient magician! Or... are you planning to watch those who become ancient magicians have their souls devoured? " Medusa's expression was extremely ugly, and she sneered in a cold voice.

"hypocrite."

"Ha... I'm too lazy to say anything like good people should be pointed at with guns." Red scratched the back of his head and raised a finger. "Well, if you don't want anything to happen to your sage, you'd better cooperate obediently. Understand?"

The corner of Medusa's mouth twitched fiercely.

She had almost forgotten about this.

Does a loyal dog deserve to be pointed at a gun?

"Do you have any other ideas?"

Medusa silently raised her hand and pulled down the open mouth of her doll costume, not wanting to talk to Red anymore.

Seeing that Medusa was quiet, Red nodded with satisfaction, but he sighed deeply in his heart.

Although Medusa was successfully silenced, the problem itself was not solved.

Ancient magicians had to kill phantoms and consume their magic power every once in a while. Phantoms like Medusa's level could create phantom soldiers, and those phantom soldiers could also meet the requirements of ancient magicians.

Among the phantom demons they have taken in now, there are many obedient ones like Xinggong Kui. By letting them consume their magic power, they can create a lot of phantom demon soldiers.

But the problem lies here. God knows how many ancient magicians the Tower of Sages has produced, and God knows how many ancient magicians the Tower of Sages plans to produce. And God knows how great the demand for phantom magic will be in the future.

This problem was so serious that they didn't even need to consider the fact that as a human rescue organization, they had to create phantom demon soldiers to attack those ancient magicians who were transformed from ordinary citizens.

Make this public?

How do you explain that?

Can't explain.

The citizens who have become ancient magicians will not believe it either.

According to Medusa, as long as you become an ancient magician, you can only fight against phantoms and demons until one day you can no longer fight and your soul is devoured.

Red had a headache, and U and other researchers had an even bigger headache. The problems they thought of were far more numerous and complex than Red's.

"We can't let those ordinary citizens who became ancient magicians lose their souls," U crossed his fingers, "Let's communicate with those phantoms. We need soldiers made of their magic power. If they are willing to cooperate, we will consider their wishes in the next experiment."

"No - this is a conspiracy of the Tower of Sages. They intend to take advantage of this and use our resources to support their soldiers," Sailu said indifferently.

"The source of magic power for ancient magicians is phantom magic."

"But ancient magicians didn't need to kill phantoms every day to gain magic power," U said lightly.

"Have you taken into account the abuse of magic by those ancient magicians? Do you think ordinary citizens will only use magic when facing phantom demons? Do you think... the Tower of Sages will remind them of this?" Sailu said dimly.

"Phoenix is ​​a special phantom demon. He is equivalent to a perpetual motion machine of magic. Perhaps we can think of a way to use Phoenix to infinitely create those phantom demon soldiers to make up for their magic gap, but do you know what will happen next?"

"The fact that we are creating phantom soldiers will definitely be exposed. Do you think those ordinary citizens who have become ancient magicians will... No, the Sage Tower that is trying to replace Sylvie Tulia's position in [S·L] will be kind enough to smash its own sign and explain for us?"

"impossible."

Sailu turned his head and continued to calculate the data.

"If a large number of ancient magicians lose their souls, other people should understand that the Tower of Sages' extremely bad lie that anyone can become a magician is true. This way, ordinary citizens will no longer become ancient magicians."

"U, I'm not asking you to pretend you don't know about this, I'm telling you how to solve this problem."

"Your help will only make the situation worse, with more ancient magicians and more victims."

"No, I was just thinking—"

U held his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Where did the souls of those ancient magicians go? What does the Tower of Sages want to do with them? Before we can investigate thoroughly, those ancient magicians...can't just disappear like that."

Sailu was stunned for a moment and then opened his eyes wide.

Cold, even... cruel.

U's tone was as if those who became ancient magicians were no longer human, but a group of bait.

Chapter 411: Immersive Game

"Eh? Eh! Eh hey hey!"

"Shinji, I know you're surprised, so could you please stop yelling and calm down?"

Okubo Daisuke crossed his arms over his chest, looking very calm, but judging from his wildly shaking legs, he was also extremely shaken inside.

"The price of an ancient magician is... the soul or something," Taoi Reiko muttered to herself, then slumped down on the sofa, covering her forehead and falling into deep thought.

"Is this true?" Shinji Shirodo couldn't help but confirm with Reid again.

Red sighed helplessly, raised his hand and tapped the belly of the doll standing behind him. The cute head opened its mouth in a rather scary way to reveal Medusa's head.

"Phantom demon!" Shinji Shirodo and others exclaimed.

Although the phantom demons are a low-key group of weirdos in [S·L] and rarely attack ordinary people, the attack on the Zhinao Group Building has exposed the appearance of these phantom demons. As the leading demon who led the phantom demons to attack the Zhinao Group Building, even elementary school students remember the appearance of Medusa.

"Medusa, please explain."

"Humph--"

"It looks like the Sage will have to die today."

"The price of becoming an ancient magician is the fate of fighting the phantom demon forever. Even if you don't use magic, if you don't consume the magic power of the phantom demon within a certain period of time..."