The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

The ears, or at least the ear canals, are larger than those of humans. They lack nasal bones, or their nasal bones are not prominent enough. The upper jaw is more prominent than the lower jaw.

Ghis people? I don't know if it's the Ghisyanki or the Ghiszerai.

The girl remembered the humanoid creatures mentioned in the psionic manual, who were an enemy race of mind flayers.

Chapter 167 Treasure

Having confirmed the deaths here, Maginus immediately imagined what had happened. What would happen when the Mind Flayers and the Geese, two mortal enemies, clashed? It must have been a deadly battle.

Judging from the structure of the laboratory, there is only one Mind Flayer here, and this lone Mind Flayer spellcaster appears to be fighting a Geese squad.

The girl continued forward, passing through abandoned rooms, and as she went deeper, she noticed more things, such as rusty weapons stuck in the walls, increasingly complete skeletons, and the gradually diminishing sense of abandonment in each room.

Her psychic powers became more active as she went deeper. Something was drawing Maginus closer, and the closer she got to the thing radiating such power, the less time seemed to pass around it.

"Weren't there supposed to be undead creatures? Where are the monsters?"

The corpses Maginus saw were becoming increasingly intact, and so far he still hadn't seen the strange undead creature the ranger had mentioned, which was a little odd.

After pausing to think for a moment, the girl stood in front of a very intact corpse, opened her palms towards the passage ahead, and prepared to actively attract the undead creatures.

No immortal being can resist the desire for life; if it can, it only means that life force is not enough for it.

The wound on his wrist reopened, and red mist surged forward. Due to the activity of psionic energy, life force spread outward at an even faster speed. In the darkness, some corpses lying on the ground instantly opened their eyes. Some of them were missing limbs, while others were intact.

Relying on the remaining memories in their bodies, the Gis people, who had been captured by the Mind Flayer to be slaves and spare food, picked up their rusty weapons, stretched out their bodies to greedily absorb the overflowing life force in the air, and squeezed through the road towards the girl's location, following the scent of life.

"coming."

Sensing the undead creatures' bodies, which were like ice cellars, Maginus perceived them as blue, absorbing the life force emanating from her along with the ice.

Because there are some strange undead creatures inside, I couldn't possibly defeat them all by myself.

Recalling the wanderer's words, the girl counted the number of corpses and realized that the important word in his words was not "strange," but "some."

There aren't just "some" undead creatures here; there are probably more than forty monsters. No wonder the ranger didn't dare to clear them out himself; he simply couldn't handle so many.

The psychic blades were constantly swung at the zombies, hitting their heads every time. In addition to causing physical damage, the psychic blades, which were also magical weapons, could also destroy and reduce the negative energy that enabled them to move.

Under the double blow, the corpse, whose central negative energy core had been destroyed, collapsed to the ground with just one strike, and the burning soul fire slowly dissipated.

Unfortunately, the terrain wasn't suitable for her to fly a kite. After locking onto the girl's location, the undead creatures slowly advanced, emitting eerie roars.

Maginus stopped throwing the dagger, grabbed the protector with both hands, and charged towards the horde of corpses.

She leaped up to dodge the attack of the rusty weapon, and with a single stroke severed the head of the undead creature, she didn't stop moving at all, using the momentum to swing her longsword and slash at the next one.

Go with the flow!

After thoroughly clearing out these undead creatures, Maginus paused to catch her breath, took out some food from her dimensional bag, ate a little, and continued her exploration.

She had a general idea of ​​the area and found a place that resembled a bedroom.

Despite being called a bedroom, the room contained only a hibernation pod and a box-like object; the rest was all stone and incredibly damp, indicating that the Mind Flayers hadn't done much to repair it.

Compared to the laboratory, which was completely destroyed but still clearly showed signs of refinement, the environment here was much worse.

Maginus stood at the doorway and threw her psychic blade at the strange box next to the hibernation pod. The short sword easily pierced the box's spiked outer skin, creating a gap, without triggering any special magic.

Once she was sure it was safe, the girl went over and opened the box. In the torchlight, some glittering gold coins were lying inside.

Although they do not need money, some mind flayers hoard gold, silver and other forms of treasure because of their beauty, the usefulness of items they obtain from other races, other uses, and their inherent hoarding desires.

After cutting the entire box open to ensure there was no danger, Maginus picked up the scattered gold coins from the ground and put them into her dimensional bag before leaving the bedroom.

A meticulously designed laboratory divided into many areas, a crudely made bedroom, a "food room" for storing brain tanks, a storage room for experimental equipment...

Most of the rooms were completely destroyed. The girl, who had explored a large area, did not gain much. This mind flayer may have had a lot of spellcasting materials in the past, but unfortunately, they had all become useless due to the passage of time.

Maginus also gained something, of course. Some spellcasting materials are difficult to lose their magic over time, such as some magical metals or some sealed items.

After browsing through the "ingredients room," Maginus, who had just emerged from the storage room, gently touched the opening of the dimensional bag.

The storage room contained three bottles of Pain Water and two bottles of Joy Water that hadn't completely lost their effects, likely having been extremely concentrated a long time ago. In addition, there was a piece of adamantite about the size of a thumb, an unknown metal radiating psionic energy, and a piece of mithril about the size of a fist.

Unfortunately, the girl didn't find anything like spell scrolls or magical equipment. However, she figured the Mind Flayer probably had storage equipment similar to a dimensional bag, and given the great danger it was in, it might have been fully armed.

After exploring the last room in this area, she came to another stone wall. Her soul energy surged, seemingly urging her to quickly step over the wall.

Looking at the iron gate lying on the ground, Maginus peered through the gap inside. If the outermost layer was a cave and the middle layer was ruins, then behind this stone wall was exactly what it looked like a hundred years ago.

The walls, which had been completely flattened, appeared somewhat smooth, as did the floor, except that blood had been spilled on it.

The room's interior was exactly as it had appeared, filled with the corpses of numerous dead Gis people—some with their brains ripped out, others torn to pieces, and still others with gaping holes in their chests…

In the center of the room was a dried-up pool, which was briefly mentioned in the Soulblade training manual; it seemed to be the breeding facility for Mind Flayers.

This seemed to be the last room in the entire cave, at least Maginot didn't see any other doors from the main entrance.

She had also discovered the source of the psionic disturbance: a silver greatsword whose hilt was being held by a corpse, its blade embedded in another corpse.

Chapter 168 You'll get something in return if you ask for my help.

There were two corpses that touched the silver greatsword, both of which retained their appearance before death.

The one wielding the greatsword was a Githian man about two meters tall, with rough yellow skin, reddish-brown hair tied in a braid behind his back, pointed ears, and a flat nose.

The one whose heart was pierced by the longsword was the Mind Flayer, whose skin was incredibly wet, and whose round, jawless mouth was covered with constantly thrashing tentacles, and whose mouth contained small, messy teeth.

Their movements were frozen in place by powerful psychic energy, and even the decay of the surrounding things was completely slowed down, revealing their dying postures.

The Githian's face was contorted with rage, his body riddled with numerous tiny wounds, each emitting a pale blue glow. The mind flayer's flailing tentacles were wrapped around his hand gripping the sword hilt, attempting to halt his attack.

Both of them are indeed dead; there is no doubt about that.

Maginus didn't know what the Mind Flayer's expression was like, but judging from its eyes, it also possessed anger and fear. Blood flowed from its pierced heart, and its palm was outstretched towards the Ghis head, as if it wanted to unleash some kind of magic.

Maginus stood outside the wall, the silver sword radiating an irresistible allure, seemingly beckoning her to draw it quickly. The surging psychic energy stirred an impatient feeling within her.

The girl did not make any rash moves. She picked up a few pebbles from the side and threw them at the silver sword. After entering this unique room, the pebbles moved slowly through the air, seemingly encountering some great obstacle, and finally stopped beside the silver sword.

They floated motionless in the air, as if they were fixed there. When Maginus saw this, he shaped a psychic blade and threw it over. The short sword was in the same situation, and the psychic blades that should have dissipated were floating in the air, showing no sign of dissipating for a while.

"What's going on? Has space frozen?"

The current situation is as if space has been completely solidified by powerful energy, which is why it has the function of "preservation".

Gazing at the silver sword radiating immense power, Maginus hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided it was best to retreat. Although the magical weapon might be incomparably powerful, she might not be able to obtain it.

Just as the girl was about to retreat, the silver longsword seemed to sense her thoughts. The spiritual energy that was originally emanating steadily in all directions suddenly fluctuated, and the scattered soul energy instantly formed a spell that pierced towards Maginus's brain!

Sensing the intense psionic energy fluctuations, Maginus widened her eyes and tried to dodge, but the energy still struck her right between the eyebrows, arousing her desire for the silver sword.

In just a moment of distraction, the girl broke free from the influence of the psychic energy, only to find herself already touching the silver sword.

The next second, a massive surge of psionic energy caused her eyes to roll back and she lost consciousness. Her body remained motionless, her hand passing between the Githian's two hands and gripping the sword hilt tightly.

"Brain-eating bastard, die!" "You're the one who should die, you slave!!"

The sound of bombing woke Maginus, who found herself in the same empty room. However, the two creatures that appeared before her made her squint.

The dead mind flayer and the Geese were locked in combat. The mind flayer continuously unleashed powerful psychic attacks in an attempt to force the Geese back, while the Geese brandished a silver sword. The two appeared to be evenly matched.

Taking a moment to assess her current state, the girl stood up and gripped a mental blade. She was fairly certain that she had entered a mental space similar to the Black and Red Dream, and she had a pretty good idea of ​​what had happened.

The extraordinary silver greatsword outside preserved the souls of the Mind Flayer and the Geese, transforming them into beings similar to earthbound spirits or artifact spirits, causing them to fight here for nearly a century.

"Hey, you country bumpkin from the Prime Material Plane, come help me kill this monster!"

Upon catching sight of Maginus, the Githian roared in fury, while the Mind Flayer beside him was much more polite: "Madam, I am just a little ugly. You should be wary of the man in front of you. He is a very evil fellow."

The girl did not reply immediately, but instead looked away from the battlefield. The surrounding area was greatly damaged by the battle between the two, but the damage was restored in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, she discovered that in this special space, standing outside the wall, she seemed to be immune to the powerful aftershocks.

“You two don’t need to lie to me,” Maginus said easily. “Mind flayers and Geese are people I can recognize. I myself am a Soulblade.”

"Who dragged me into this? I'm just a weak professional; I can't help much with this kind of high-intensity soul battle."

She had no intention of stepping onto the battlefield, her scrutinizing eyes sweeping over the two monsters.

If possible, she would kill them all, the astral pirates and the brain-eating monsters—every single one of them should die.

Once it was confirmed that Maginus was an "intellectual" from the Prime Material Plane, the Mind Flayer immediately frowned. Well, the girl noticed its frowning; some wrinkles appeared between its smooth brows.

The Gisman shouted, "I'm the one who dragged you in here. We've been locked in this stalemate for who knows how many years. Because of the properties of my silver sword, we can hardly feel the passage of time."

"In this space, neither side will suffer any damage from the battle. Whenever their bodies are damaged, their spiritual energy will automatically replenish them. And since the two sides are evenly matched, they cannot break the status quo."

"You are the outsider, the key to breaking the deadlock. Even if you are weak, you can still distract this monster with weak defenses from fighting you. It's a psionic ranger who didn't come in before, otherwise this brain-eating monster would have been dead long ago!"

While the Githian was speaking, the Mind Flayer spoke up: "Don't listen to his nonsense. The reason we've been able to hold our own for so long is because our soul strengths are very similar. If you get involved, even if you help him win, your own soul will be greatly damaged."

Listening to the two men's somewhat incomprehensible testimonies, Maginus did not rush in to help. Instead, she turned around and looked at the area behind her that was covered by a thick silver fog, giving the two men an expression that they couldn't understand.

"Now that things have come to this, I'm not in a hurry to leave. Do either of you have any psychic advice you can offer me?"

The girl simply sat down cross-legged, spread her hands, and told the two about her psionic abilities, showing no sign of being in a hurry. The Githian gritted his teeth and roared, "Do you know what you're doing? You're facing a brain-eating monster!"

Compared to the anxious Gislians, the Mind Flayer was noticeably more relaxed, chuckling softly and saying in a gentle voice, "Ask whatever you want."

Chapter 169 Inhabitants of the Brain

"Do you know about Evocation spells? They are spells that use magic to create things like fire and ice, and manipulate energy to accomplish certain tasks."

Maginus first asked the two visitors from another world if they knew the basic definition of magic, and replied to the girl, "Of course we know."

“My psychic powers tend to control life force… in this way and that… so I want to ask, is there any way to control life force to form a liquid or even a solid?”

The two people in front of her could probably be considered psionic masters, so Maginus naturally wanted to take this opportunity to ask them more questions.

“You need to change the way you use psionic energy,” the mind flayer said, casting a very interested glance at the girl. “In our psionic structure, shaping spells are equivalent to mind-conversion abilities.”

"From your description, your psychic energy is indeed more inclined to transform and utilize life force, which is very rare. There has never been such an existence in the Mind Flayer race."

That's good, because you beings in the prime material universe with psionic talents don't have specific training methods. Specializing in one psionic inclination, like a mage specializing in a particular school of thought, makes it easier to improve yourself.

“Sufficient vitality is only one of the conditions. You can’t rely on brute force to liquefy vitality. That would be too wasteful of energy. It’s like throwing a ball of magic directly to create damage similar to a fireball, rather than turning that ball of magic into several fireballs and throwing them out.”

"It's a pity I don't know your psionic fluctuations, otherwise I could examine them for you and then tailor a training method for you."

Maginus said calmly, "That's a real shame. Is there any other way?"

Mind flayers are indeed a race skilled in deception and possessing extremely high intelligence. Their words clearly indicated they wanted her help to escape. As for whether the mind flayers would keep their promise after escaping...

Even humans don't always abide by contracts, let alone monsters.

"There are two methods. The rational method is to try to observe the psionic fluctuations that form the life mist and constantly adjust them. The emotional method is to force yourself into a crisis. In a crisis, the subconscious mind and soul will make you understand everything."

"The best outcome is still the two complementing each other. You will soon achieve your goal. The minds of beings like you from the main world are quite emotional, but sometimes they can also enter a state of absolute rationality."

"Of course, all of this is just nonsense. I have a few special abilities here that I can demonstrate to you directly, so that you can get an impression of the condensation of energy."

The enthusiastic Mind Flayer immediately distanced itself from the Geese, spread its arms, and a series of explosions rang out from its hands. Then, psychic energy gathered in its hands, forming a pale blue tentacle that lashed out at the Geese.

Whoosh!

The ground was torn apart several meters, and the reproductive device reflected in the mental space cracked open. After the attack, the Mind Flayer unleashed another power, and water surged towards the Githians.

This is a spiritual space. Theoretically, everything here is made up of spirits, but because it contains the spirits of three people, this spiritual space is closer to reality and cannot be affected by consciousness.

The damaged area began to heal the next second. The Gith gritted his teeth and said, "Hey, you country bumpkin, I can teach you some tricks and moves! Watch closely, this move is called Psychic Dash!"

The Githian imbued himself with psychic energy and charged toward the Mind Flayer. As he reached the monster, the Mind Flayer used its teleportation ability to vanish from its spot and reappear to the side.

The running Githian didn't stop at all; his charging body made a sharp turn and leaped toward the Mind Flayer without changing his speed.

A sharp turn would at least cause a pause, but the Gislians didn't experience that.

……

Both tried to persuade Maginus to help them, and the girl also wanted to get more out of him, but unfortunately, something in the mental space probably wouldn't allow her to do so.

As if sensing something, Maginus suddenly turned her head to look beyond the silver mist, reached out and touched the hard stone wall, and sighed slightly, "What a pity, I wanted to talk to you two a little longer, but I didn't expect it to end so soon."

The two otherworldly visitors, who appeared to be high-ranking professionals in their previous lives, sensed something, stopped attacking each other, and looked incredulously in the direction the girl was looking.

"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you something."

The wall they were holding began to collapse, and the once colorful room was gradually stained with blood at an extremely fast speed. The powerful mind flayers and Geese felt a heavy pressure falling on their souls.

The surrounding silver mist was dissipating, revealing a scarlet world before them. Maginus, gazing at the familiar scene, turned back and continued coldly:

"I forgot to tell you, I am not an ordinary person. I have the power of an evil god within me and am a descendant of an evil god. I don't know if Mr. Mind Flayer recognizes my bloodline."

As soon as the words were spoken, a figure came rushing from afar. Its target was not only Maginus; its killing instinct made it include all three people present in its attack range!

That's right, there is such a resident in Maginos's mental space.