Evolution game, nothing more than that!

Unfortunately, he can only think about it.

He couldn't even fight a dragon, let alone a wizard who was stronger than a dragon.

But, are we just going to sit here and wait to die?

It was only a matter of time before Camelot called.

When the enemy really arrives at the gates, even if he summons the dragon again, he will still be defeated if the three wizards on the opposite side appear again.

We must find a way!

But what can he do?

Looking for other wizards to fight against?

It sounds like a way, but it is actually difficult.

Vortigern had been king for many years and had seen many wizards and witches of all sizes.

But the most powerful wizard he had ever seen could only cast a spell to turn a person into a frog, or turn a castle into a maze that no one could get out of.

They are powerful, but their strength lies in their strangeness and difficulty. They are definitely not at the level of being able to fight against dragons, and even few can fight against armies.

"But no matter what, we have to try!"

Vortigern thought so.

So he quickly issued an order to summon all the wizards and witches in the country to his castle, and the outstanding ones would be hired as his court wizards.

As soon as this order was issued, many people responded.

Although there is no such saying as "learning literary and martial arts, and serving the emperor", for those wizards and witches in the wild, working under a king is much better than hanging out with those ignorant villagers in the countryside!

In less than seven days, dozens of wizards and witches gathered in Vortigern's royal city.

And that's not all. From further away, even from other neighboring countries, there are more wizards who are interested in this and are on their way.

Faced with these wizards who responded enthusiastically, Vortigern naturally had to conduct tests and screening.

However, after this test, he was very disappointed to find that most of these wizards were too weak and few of them met his requirements.

This is actually normal.

After all, in this era, anyone who possesses knowledge and power beyond the comprehension of ordinary people can be called a wizard.

Those who can chant spells and cast magic are wizards, those who can collect herbs and make medicine are also wizards, and even some magicians who can perform magic are regarded as wizards by the people.

Vortigern is quite tolerant of the first two types. Whether it is chanting spells or collecting herbs to make medicine, even if they are weak, they can still be useful.

But those who tried to cheat him of the reward by magic were killed on the spot by Vortigern's sword.

What a joke! As one of the strongest knights in Britain, his eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people. Those magic tricks that seem miraculous to fools are full of flaws in his eyes and he can see through them at a glance.

He could tolerate his subordinates being weak, but he would never tolerate anyone trying to deceive him!

This bloody scene frightened the weak wizards who only knew a few tricks and made them tremble with fear.

Only a few wizards who truly possessed some powerful methods looked calm.

They are also one of the few wizards who have truly caught the eye of Vortigern.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but there are also three of them, one wizard and two witches.

The wizard mastered the magic of summoning thick fog, which he said was originally used to hide his residence in the forest.

When he cast a spell to summon the fog, the thick fog was even able to cover the entire royal city, and nothing could be seen ten steps away.

Just by looking at this spell, Futigeng immediately decided to recruit it.

With his military level, he could naturally see that although this magic had little lethality, it could be of great use on a large-scale battlefield. If used well, it could double the strength of his army!

One of the two witches possesses the ability to travel through mirrors.

When Vortigern saw her moving back and forth between several mirrors in the palace and even jumping out of a basin of water, he immediately realized how terrible this kind of magic would be if used for assassination!

After reviewing the battle, he found that a major reason for the defeat was that the wizards of Camelot shamelessly used magic to assassinate the knights in his army one by one, causing the soldiers to lose command and fall into chaos.

And now, he has the same assassination power!

The first two wizards can either have an effect on the army or be used to assassinate important figures, so the third wizard will naturally not be bad either.

The magic this witch possesses is called labyrinth magic.

The effect is also very simple, that is, to create a maze out of thin air, and lock herself and the target inside. Unless she personally removes the magic, or the target finds her in the maze and kills her, the maze will not be removed and the target will not be able to appear in the outside world.

When he heard the effect of this magic, Vortigern almost stood up from his throne on the spot.

That's the magic, that's it!

As long as he can lock the wizard who is powerful enough to chase and fight the dragon into the maze, his dragon will have no rivals and can easily destroy any army!

He is sure to win the next battle!

Chapter 181: Test in a Dream

His gaze returned to Camelot.

After the routine rewarding, many knights took their soldiers back home and returned to their own fiefdoms.

Although it is not the busy farming season, there are still some manpower gaps in each fiefdom after leading a large army to war. If they are away for too long, bandits or monsters may break into one of the territories and cause unnecessary losses.

However, some knights stayed.

Either their territories were far away from Camelot, or not even in Britain, such as Lancelot, who was actually a prince of France; or they were close ministers to the king, almost always by King Arthur's side, such as Arthur's sworn brother Kay.

Of course, Yi Shen and the other two who had just arrived also stayed in the palace and lived in the guest rooms arranged for them by Arthur.

What’s interesting is that Merlin’s room is not far from this guest room. If Yi Shen and the others make any big noise, this old wizard will definitely discover it first.

I wonder if this was done on purpose or just a coincidence?

But no matter what, with Merlin around, it basically eliminates the possibility of Yi Shen and the others doing anything tricky.

Yi Shen didn't care too much about it. After all, they really didn't intend to do anything detrimental to Camelot. Living next door to Merlin was exactly what he wanted. It just gave him the opportunity to get further in touch with this legendary wizard.

——In fact, it was not just him who wanted to get closer to Merlin, Merlin also wanted to understand them more deeply.

On the first night after moving into the palace, after finishing his daily routine, which was the practice of infusing elemental power into all the cells in his body, Yi Shen suddenly felt sleepy and yawned.

He was suddenly stunned.

It was strange. He hadn't slept since he entered the mission world. He had been relieving fatigue by resting his two halves of the brain separately, and it was still the same until now. Logically, he shouldn't feel sleepy.

But after a little thought, he guessed something, smiled, did not resist the sleepiness, closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.

Consciousness gradually sank into darkness.

When he "woke up" again, he found himself in a beautiful garden full of flowers.

In the garden, there was a table and chairs, and a white-haired old man was sitting on one of the chairs. It was Merlin!

Obviously, Yi Shen knew that he was in a dream.

The drowsiness he had felt before was the work of the kalashtar wizard in front of him, who was trying to drag him into a dream.

As for the purpose of doing this, it is nothing more than gathering intelligence and seeing if they have any bad intentions or something like that.

It was this whole situation that made him a little confused. Why didn't they create various dreams to induce him to reveal various information, but instead they just confronted him directly?

However, Yi Shen did not immediately go over to talk to the other party, but lowered his head and looked at his hands.

"interesting."

He felt this dream body that was almost no different from his real body, and for the first time he experienced the feeling that Yamasaki An and Sakurajima Mai had in the illusion they created.

No, it should be different.

Because Yi Shen felt that in his dream, he seemed to have regained some abilities that he thought he had lost long ago.

Just like the virus erosion and overwriting capabilities of Agent Smith in "The Matrix"!

He originally thought that he no longer had this ability after "upgrading" from that cellular world.

But now, feeling that familiar power, he realized how wrong he was.

His abilities didn't disappear, he just didn't find the right environment to perform.

Dreams, or a "low-dimensional" world similar to dreams, are the scenarios where this ability can be exerted.

However, since he was reborn as a human, he seemed to have never had any dreams again, so he had never noticed this.

"It's just that dreams are okay, so why not illusions that are similar to dreams?"

Yi Shen thought of the fantasy world he had created with the Five Visions. In terms of realism and perfection, it seemed to be no worse than the dream created by Merlin. In terms of spatial sense, it was even better. However, he did not realize at that time that he had regained the ability to overwrite the virus.

Is there any decisive difference between the two?

"Could it be that the difference lies in whether or not my consciousness is engaged in the dream or illusion? Because 'I' am not involved, my ability cannot be activated?"

Yi Shen guessed.

Merlin on the other side was originally waiting for Yi Shen to come over and talk to him, but unexpectedly, after the other party came into the dream, he just lowered his head and thought, and no one knew what he was thinking about.

After waiting for a long time and seeing no movement from the other party, he finally couldn't help coughing:

"Ahem!"

Yi Shen came to his senses after hearing the voice.

Oh, there is someone waiting for him.

He smiled and temporarily suppressed the speculations in his mind, walked forward and sat on another chair opposite Merlin.

"Hello, Master Merlin, I was thinking of meeting you early tomorrow morning to discuss the true meaning of magic. I didn't expect you to be so impatient that you came over in the middle of the night."

Hearing Yi Shen's words, Merlin couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"Discussing the true meaning of magic? This is indeed a noble thing. But before that, I still need to confirm one thing."

"Confirm what? Will we three uninvited guests be harmful to King Arthur?"

Yi Shen also chuckled and took over the conversation.

"Yes, that's it."

Seeing the other party being so direct, Merlin got straight to the point:

"Please answer me truthfully, Your Excellency. Do you have any intentions that would harm Arthur or Camelot?"

"No."

Yi Shen answered decisively, without hesitation.

"I see, that's good..."

Merlin heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this answer and nodded with satisfaction.

It was Yi Shen's turn to be surprised:

"Why, I just answered verbally, and you believed it?"

Hearing this, Merlin couldn't help but laugh:

"Haha, I, Merlin, may not be very capable in the real world, but in a dream, I can tell at a glance whether someone is lying or not."

As a demigod, he can only sense the superficial emotions of others in reality. He may be able to tell whether an ordinary person is lying or not, but for those masters who can grasp emotions, he can basically see nothing.

But in dreams, even if Merlin doesn't actively read minds, he can clearly sense whether every word the other person says is true or false, without any mistake.

This is also the reason why he chose to test Yi Shen in this way.

If you treat Yi Shen like an ordinary person, and use dreams to dig out the secrets in his heart, then regardless of whether you succeed or not, you will become a mortal enemy with him - the strong have the dignity of the strong, and if you don't have the strength to crush the other party, you shouldn't trample on them easily.

Without knowing the true intentions of Yi Shen and the others, Merlin would naturally not do such a stupid thing as to bring powerful enemies to Camelot.

Therefore, the best way is to invite the other person into a dream like you are doing now, and then ask a question and talk in a friendly manner, then it will be easy to make clear what each other's positions are.

Chapter 182 Magic Exchange, Morgan Appears

After knowing that the two sides were friends and not enemies, the atmosphere quickly eased.

Following up on what Yi Shen had said at the beginning about "exchanging magic", the two of them really began to discuss each other's magic in this dream.

"Our British magical system? Honestly, the word 'system' is a bit hard to define. I don't know how many British wizards you've met, but in reality, each of us spellcasters has our own unique way of casting spells, whether it's using incantations, runes, grand rituals, or even simple promises and curses filled with intense emotions...all of these can become magic.