Volume 16, Chapter 106: Phantom ~The Strongest and Weakest Creature

Chapter 106 Phantom ~The strongest and weakest creature

"Magic...resonance." There was a buzzing sound, and the fleeing cloud suddenly twisted violently. Then the fog suddenly disappeared, and the child fell from the air to the ground. I walked over and lifted it up again. "It seems that you are very uncooperative?"

"No, no! I just suddenly remembered something urgent, so..."

"So you'd better shut up before I get angry." I interrupted the demon's childish excuse. "answer my question."

"What's the problem?" This little demon was probably frightened, or maybe he was deliberately irritating me, but under my threatening eyes, he immediately replied: "Oh, you asked about the restrictions and restrictions on transformation before. Can we copy the target's full strength? I'll say it now. Our ability to transform is unlimited, and we can transform into the creature we want at any time."

"Oh? There are really no restrictions?"

"Yes."

"Then why don't you become the actual existence of that image just now? You must know that he can kill me instantly. If you can perfectly copy his ability, you won't be caught by me."

After hearing my words, the little guy replied with a dejected look: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't!"

"Didn't you say there are no restrictions?"

"Yes, there is indeed no limit to transformation, but the effect after transformation is limited. If we transform completely according to our own will, we will not be able to imitate anything except the voice and appearance of the target, so we Generally this kind of arbitrary simulation is not used.”

"Then you just...?"

"When I attacked you just now, I used another simulation method. As I just said, we are phantoms, and we are phantoms that specialize in devouring your fear. But the power we devour is not actually your fear itself, but your Our own power. Fear only serves as a power channel in this process. As long as the enemy is more afraid, the more energy we can absorb. Just like the previous group of people. The thing they fear most is a kind of thing called King Kong Python. creatures, so we turned into that kind of python to attack them. Later, some of them were worried about whether there would be super powerful individuals among these pythons, so we simply turned into stronger pythons to scare them. They. But then you appeared. The object of fear I read from your consciousness was the way I transformed before, but later I don’t know why your fear became weaker and weaker, and then I had no power. In the end, I only I can be caught by you."

"Wait a minute. You said those snakes were transformed by you too?"

"yes!"

"Then why don't you ignore a snake after it is killed? Also, since the snake that was killed was transformed by you, how could that kind of magic core appear?"

"Actually, this is related to our characteristics. That magic core is a real magic core, but our magic core itself does not have a form, so what kind of magic core we turn into before death will produce what kind of magic core. As for those who were killed, it was their own misfortune. It was rare for us to get a few targets here, but there were too many of us, so everyone decided to draw lots to determine whose turn it was to go out. Those guys happened to have their turn to go out. It’s scary. Who knew that their skills were not as good as others and they were killed by others. This can only be blamed on their bad luck.”

"Stop. I have another question. Will the magic core taken out of your body have the same effect as the magic core of the creature you simulated?"

"We definitely have it. The only question is how strong the effect is. For example, the magic core of a certain kind of monster can increase your magic defense. If we become this kind of monster, how much magic resistance can be increased in the end depends on How much fear power did we absorb before we were killed? If the absorbed part exceeds the strength of this creature itself, then the magic core we produce will even exceed those genuine magic cores, but if the amount absorbed is not enough, then The effect will be worse than others. Basically, this is the state."

I nodded. "You just said that you can absorb the power of fear from your opponents, which means that your own strength is basically equal to zero, right?"

The little guy nodded. "Although it can't be said to be zero, it can indeed be considered to have little attack power. Anyway, as long as the enemy is not afraid of us, we can't even defeat a rabbit. But don't think that we are easy to bully. At least we can still atomize. Except for people like you who have People with abnormal skills, as long as we want to run away, ordinary creatures really can't do anything to us. Besides, as long as we transform into the existence that the other party fears most, we can usually scare the other party. As long as the other party is afraid of us in the first place, we will have power. , and the more afraid he is of us, the stronger he becomes. So when we are strong, we become strong and when we are weak, we become weak."

"Then can I understand that if you face a high-level god, as long as the other party is really afraid of you, you can even kill this god?"

The little guy answered with certainty: "Theoretically, yes. But the actual situation is that the stronger the guy, the more confident he is, and confident people rarely have things to fear, and even if they do, the degree of fear is very low, so in reality It is basically impossible for us to kill a god. Of course, if you tell me in advance about an existence that can scare him to death, then I will be 100% sure to kill this god."

I understand now. This little guy looks useless, but is actually terrifying. According to what he said, there is nothing I can do about the high gods, but if I let him transform into lower gods like Ditans and the others to scare ordinary minions, wouldn't it be a surefire hit?

After thinking for a while, I suddenly asked this little guy: "Is there any difference in your individual strength before?"

"No. We are all the same." After saying that, the little guy seemed to suddenly think of something, and then added: "But there is an alternative existence among us."

"Alternative?"

"Well, just like the hypothesis you mentioned before, this guy really absorbed the power of an inferior god. Although he was beaten to death later, he finally escaped and took the inferior god with him. The god is almost half as powerful, so he is the strongest among us.”

"Then why do you say he is different?"

"Because although he has great power, he has lost the ability to read minds." The little guy said with disdain: "The biggest advantage of our phantom demons is that we can ignore the opponent's level and directly see what he is most afraid of. But this guy's His skills were lost, so he had only one strength but couldn’t scare anyone.”

"How did he lose this power?"

"Because he was sealed by that god. At that time, he forcibly snatched the power of that god, and then the god desperately threw an automatic seal to him, which automatically sealed one of his most important skills. The result was this fear-reading The ability has been sealed. That guy is basically useless now, and a phantom that cannot read fear is no longer a phantom."

"Is there a way to undo this damage?" I'm already starting to use this guy's brain. Judging from the description of this little phantom, the practical value of these guys is still very high, so I think it is completely worth consuming a magic pet position for them, but the question is whether this strongest individual can use it. If his ability can be restored, then it is certainly much better to collect the strongest individual than to randomly pull one.

The little guy thought for a while and said: "I don't know if there is another way, but I know that as long as the seal is broken or removed, it should be fine. After all, our phantom demon's ability is innate, and his ability is only affected by It’s just sealed, it should be restored automatically as long as there is no such seal!”

I nodded. What the little guy said is right, but it seems that I have to wait until I see whether the seal can be lifted. I threw the little thing in my hand directly to the ground, and then said to him: "Because of your cooperation, I will let you go today." When the little guy heard that he let him go, he suddenly turned around and ran away without saying thank you. , but I caught him again before he even took two steps. He looked at me with a puzzled look, as if he was asking why I took him back after I clearly said I was going to let him go. "Although I plan to let you go, you have to help me with something."

Upon hearing that it wasn't me who had changed my mind, but that I just wanted him to do something, the little guy's expression immediately relaxed. "What? As long as it's not something I can't do, I will do it."

"I want you to take me to see that other guy you mentioned."

"this……!"

"You have to hesitate about such a simple thing?" I originally thought that leading the way would not be a big deal! Unexpectedly, this guy actually looked hesitant.

The little guy thought for a while and then said: "You know, although that guy can't read fear, he can transform into anything at will, so as long as he knows exactly what you are afraid of, he can still scare people. . And because he is different from us, he has very strong power, so he can hurt you even if he doesn't absorb your fear, so..."

"So you are all afraid of him, because he is your kind and knows that as long as he is not afraid of you, he will not be defeated by you, but you can't do anything about him, right?"

"That's it. And that guy has become very withdrawn since he couldn't read fear. He even dug a hole for himself in the mountain over there, and announced that anyone who enters his cave will be killed by him. Fall. So..."

"You don't have to go into the cave. Just take me to the entrance and you'll have completed your mission."

"That's no problem. It's not me who dies anyway." The little guy immediately agreed upon hearing that he didn't have to go into the hole.

After putting away my familiars and letting go of the other phantoms, I followed this little phantom through the forest, and soon saw the cave where that different guy lived, but the situation here stunned me.