Chapter 1217 ? Astral Projection

After Lucius, who had never drank carbonated drinks, was blown away with a bit of an uncouth belch, there were only two little wizards left in the temple who had just made a prank.

"Then there is no one left now." Alan looked at the high platform, "This altar doesn't feel like a fake guy to me... Some powers don't belong to wizards, but they don't belong to you and Haierbo either."

"Because it's true." Luna drew a circle around it with her hand, "I made everything except this room, and I wrapped it up."

"If necessary, you don't need to go around such a big circle and don't take such care... Besides, it seems that no one died this time, it's not bad." Allen found a reason, and then nodded with certainty, "Criminals with magic power are indeed not like Muggles are not so easy to get so many, and it is difficult to deal with it by yourself..." At this time, a worried look appeared on his face, "However, what is the purpose of this sacrifice?"

Luna raised her hand softly, pointing at the statue of Vecna ​​that had been blown to pieces in the battle just now.

Allen asked in surprise: "Vecna? Speaking of which, he is already dead, isn't he, how can he still accept sacrifices?"

"It's not easy for a god to truly disappear. It will only truly disappear when everything in the world is forgotten." Luna's voice was called weird by this dark and bloody temple, "But it It is indeed dead, its consciousness and memory were transformed into rocks and islands by the astral world, and they will be forced to float in the astral world as if in hibernation in this form."

With the study of Nesser scrolls, Allen has some preliminary understanding of this place.

The astral world is the space between the planes. It is everywhere, everywhere, and it is probably the most unique place. It is a complete spiritual world. The spiritual power constitutes everything there, and it is also called the spiritual world. Earth, strictly speaking, it is not a specific space, so it is not appropriate to call it a plane-this is a matter of concept, where your spirit witnesses the distance, feels the space, and then you take it for granted Think of it as a separate world.

But in fact it is not, it has no space, it is separated from the space and the plane, it is a void sandwiched between the so-called real existence, some wizard scholars believe that the astral world is just the superfluous part after the world has tidied up Some of them think that they are ethers; and some of the silent people of the Department of Mysteries, through the study of the stars, think that they are background programs similar to the operating system of the whole world, and they are not specific substances but affect every world.

Regardless of which argument is correct, in short, the astral world connects all world planes together. Whether it's the otherworldly oath, a spell that summons demons and demons, or the gate of another world, which is the essence of a powerful teleportation spell even if it summons, they all allow creatures to enter it for a short time and then use it as a transit point to achieve the purpose of fast travel. Although this does not give him the feeling that he is really in the astral world. And like the principle of the House of Requirement,

It is also through it to realize this independent space detached from the original world.

"The existence of divine power is essentially the embodiment of thinking, such as concepts, viewpoints, and the most important thing for ordinary gods-faith. Faith is its power. Unlike me now, once a true god loses this power, They will return to the spiritual realm of the astral world where everything is thinking, where they will float quietly, become almost forgotten memories, and become an empty shell that once possessed terrible power, so death is not in the sense of mortals. end of life." Luna stroked her stomach and said, "They used to be great existences that ruled the world, but now they are reduced to this..."

"So... this sacrifice is related to how to make you a true god?" Allen asked softly, "So that is to say, if this concept and belief are reactivated and there is a belief, such as Vic, he may return to the world... It sounds like Not too bad."

"Maybe it's possible not to become this kind of true god? Maybe it's possible to become this kind of true god? Maybe it's possible to be nothing?" Luna's expression changed back to a dazed look, "This form is not very reliable, and Haierbo is hardly Haierbo Now, so I have to take a closer look at the real guy, why were the gods who escaped from this world unaffected?"

"Use this altar to learn the secret from Vecna?" Allen sorted out the context after understanding the information, and looked at the severed hands and eyeballs on the ground. "Sometimes we regard the mind as an unstoppable weapon, and sometimes it It is a curse from which we cannot escape."

"Yes, this kind of finding out the truth of a god...it seems to be a taboo thing for the god of death, and he will sense things that have a lot to do with a true god, so he came here without any preparation." Luna golden The long curly hair swayed behind him, and then reached out to pull Alan's fanny pack, "But it also made me unprepared. I originally planned to wait until you all left before coming here, so I didn't have time to get the bag. You should have it in your bag."

As she said that, Luna simply put her head and upper body into her pocket to search, and soon she had a silver stirring rod used in potions class to stir some special medicinal materials, and picked that one from Allen's pile of gems. A Hufflepuff gem with thirty-seven bullballs printed on it is actually a type of iolite.

"Astral projection? Find it along the altar that is still in contact with the dead Vecna..." Allen understood Luna's plan in an instant, "I'll send someone to guard it, or I'll go and see See?, I haven't actually been there."

"I have to see with my own eyes, we can't both go... You can fight against the incarnation of the god of death, but they can't. If they can fight, we don't need to guard." Luna shook her head, "I went by myself Over there, there is no gravity, no up and down and left and right. Except for occasional changes in gravity, almost all areas are in a state of no gravity. It is very simple to change positions there, and you can move with just a thought, even if you only have A half-used brain can also move quickly there, there is no air but there is no need to breathe or eat." Luna gestured at the back of her head with a potion stirring stick, looked at Allen's expression and said softly, "Don't Worry about me, there is the world of thinking, your intelligence and perception will replace your strength and agility, that is the world of thinking, and it can be regarded as my home field..."

Without arguing, Allen simply asked about the details: "How long will it take?"

"It won't be too long." Luna responded, "In fact, the astral world doesn't have real time, just like it doesn't have real space, and the time that feels in it is passing, but in fact it's just a kind of Illusion, no matter how long you stay there, there is no aging and decay, because time does not really pass.” Luna said ethereally, “But once the astral traveler leaves the astral world, it is like a time converter back to the ordinary The result is similar after too long in the past, all the lost time will immediately entangle him, I stayed in it for thirty years, I was still the same as I am now, but when I come back, I will instantly become more than forty years old... because other worlds, at least The time passage rules in most worlds are normal and cannot be escaped...but the regeneration ability of creatures like trolls will not be triggered. Fortunately, healing magic is still useful..." Luna touched Alan's cheek, "So don't worry, The two of us are different on the path of pursuing strength, and we both need to continue to take steps."

Seeing that Luna patiently explained to herself, knowing that she wanted to feel at ease, Allen did not ask but changed his words, "I won't let anything break the silver thread."

"Fortunately, there are very few things that can destroy this silver thread." Luna nodded and inserted the silver rod between her ears, then turned her wrist, and the red zircon was held by her on the slender white palm.

Then, Luna's long hair fluttered without wind, and the red light emitted from the red zircon. As if attracted by Luna's hair, the silver rod was entangled by the hair and came to the back of her head. Then the silver rod stretched rapidly and gradually turned into a thin silver thread, which was connected to Luna's back. The most central position of the butterfly bone.

It was also the first time for Allen to see the astral projection with his own eyes. Although he knew how to use this spell, he rarely had the chance to use it. It was more of a common spell used by ancient powerful wizards at the beginning of their journey to death. One of them was recorded in some travel biographies.

Astral projection works by releasing Luna's soul from her physical body, allowing her to fully project an astral body on another plane. Her astral self was then projected into the astral while the original physical body remained in the original world. When Luna is in the astral world, her astral body and her original physical body are always connected by a silver cord (silvery cord). If this silver cord breaks, both your astral form and your physical body will be killed. In theory, she could travel indefinitely through the astral plane, where her body would sit in suspended animation until she decided to return her soul to her body.

Or until it is terminated by some other external factor - such as the silver cord being cut or Luna's physical body being destroyed.

Luna opened her arms, and made a gesture of begging for Alan, and Alan quickly stretched out his arms, but he didn't let himself touch the other party for the time being—otherwise, he would touch the other party before he went in. His soul might be taken in with him.

"I'm ready, don't worry about the child, it will continue to be in my stomach over there, but it can be regarded as going to the astral world in advance..." As she said, Luna's soul with a big belly fluttered from her body. Flying out of the ground, the originally warm body began to fall forward in a state of suspended animation and was hugged by Allen.

Allen was a little shy at this time, of course not because he was hugging the old couple, but because he had been thinking about the child and his wife before, and ignored the fact that the child's own soul would also be taken by him.

He embraced Luna's warm body and held her tenderly in his arms.

At this time, Luna in the soul state also has a silver thread connected to the silver thread on the back of her original body. She flew directly to the huge Vecna ​​mark on the high platform, and then suddenly opened an incorporealization on it. is similar to Gate to the Otherworld but the edges are just portals made of mist.

The scene of the astral world flashed out temporarily, and Allen noticed the infinite vastness of the void in front of him, and it seemed to be expanding. It looked like a spider's web with sparkling dewdrops or a silver void, like The silver light spots in the cosmic starry sky, in fact, they may be the same thing as the large glowing floating objects near the portal, scattered randomly in the sky.

Luna's soul was instantly sucked in, and the portal shrank and almost disappeared, leaving only a point as thick as the silver thread, and the silver thread was also stretched like flying a kite. tight.