Scene 35 Phantoms of the Past

Under the clear sky, it is the brightest sunshine since spring.

This is what it should be like in April and May on the banks of the Pragues. The green meadow continues to the end of the river beach, the forest is full of lush trees, and a waterwheel or a sawmill can be vaguely seen at the turn of the golden river.

The flowing water is clear, and the river water passes through the pebbles on both sides, and is sent to the downstream Viero area along with the wind between the Yusong Mountains. But for the natives, the river is like an endless poem, containing the wisdom of the years.

That's what Brando thought, and he walked along the river bank, listening to the voices in the forest. There are bears in the forest, but they are not easy to see. In one of his memories, this was his grandfather's favorite place to take him. But in another memory of his, this area is the novice area he is most familiar with. The forest is full of small animals of several levels, and the bear is a local BOSS, which drops a piece of leather with good texture.

The two memories merged and intertwined in his mind.

The third memory is about the golden magic tree——

Looking at this familiar scenery, his thoughts couldn't help but return to a few minutes ago:

"Freya, Roman. To make a long story short, you should have realized that you can control so many demon servants and heirs through your mind——the true power of the golden demon tree lies in the power of your mind."

"The power of the mind?"

"Roman, don't interrupt."

"Sorry, Freya."

"Yes, the power of the mind. Spy on thoughts, remotely control people's hearts, create mysterious illusions, and imprison souls." Brando replied: "In fact, when we dealt with the magic tree people, the golden magic tree has already begun Affects our mind, for it has been dreaming a long dream that will soon be one with you and me."

"Dream?"

"Well, soon we will enter our respective dreams. You will see some unbelievable things there, but before that I have some points to tell you..."

Brando pointed to the center of the valley, where the golden magic tree was becoming more and more beautiful in their eyes. Its branches seem to stretch out in all directions, exuding a kind of vitality-this is the expression of the golden tree's dream extending to the real world.

In the game, the god's blood endowed by the tree shepherd to the golden tree awakens it, but also makes these elf holy trees fall into an eternal dream. These dreams are fragments and fragments of a world so dark that mortals would be driven mad even by a glimpse.

Just one fragment of these dreams can be quite deadly to the player, and once involved, death may occur at any time. But to fight against the golden magic tree, he had to enter its dreamland.

This will be the first stage of the fight against the golden magic tree, Mirage. Originally, the battle at this stage was unanimously considered by the players to be the most difficult in the game, but the guild called 'Muda' used a clever method to solve the trouble.

This method was a little-known secret earlier, but Brando just came from the era when it had been widely circulated among players.

Coincidentally, the resources he had with him were just enough to complete the plan.

But these are not enough——

Because when the first stage is over, the second stage of the battle in reality will rely on real strength to determine the outcome. Originally, this stage was relatively simple in the game, but it was just the opposite for the original Brando and his party. It's a little hard to say.

There is no other reason. Most players in the game enter this dungeon with an average level of 25 or above, but Brando, who is the highest among the three at the moment, is only at level 10. Minutes before the wither herd arrived, the battle ended.

This is why as soon as Brando mastered the card of fate: Holy Sword,

The abacus immediately hit the reason on the top of the golden magic tree. Because as long as the Destiny Card is used well, it seems that all the conditions for killing the Golden Demon Tree will be met.

"The point?" Freya's voice brought him back to reality.

Brando froze for a moment, then nodded: "Because it was the dream of the Golden Demon Tree that entered our dream, you must remember that you are the leader of this dream. So no matter how it constructs this dream, how fierce it creates Beasts, but none beyond your limits—”

He remembered that in the game, in this scene, the golden magic tree should release some of the strongest monsters that the player has ever encountered alone in the dream, and then reproduce that scene. But it's not that simple-here the player will get a negative emotion value, when he makes mistakes and gets injured more, the negative emotion value will increase and the monster will become stronger.

Therefore, this battle will often end because the monster becomes stronger and the player becomes weaker, and finally enters a vicious circle, and the player cannot resist.

Brando doesn't know how this negative emotional value will behave in reality, but there is only one core. That is to have full confidence in yourself and try to ensure the best fighting state, only in this way can you win.

He pointed to his forehead, and looked at Roman and Freya seriously: "Concentrate your attention and ensure high fighting spirit. The attribute of human will—"

"Will attribute?"

"Don't interrupt, Roman!" Brando replied angrily: "I mean willpower, human willpower is not fixed. He will fluctuate up and down according to your state, focus on it, and ensure high morale It will keep your willpower at its peak. The stronger your willpower, the harder it will be for the Golden Demon Tree to mobilize your negative emotions. Don't be controlled by negative emotions, otherwise the consequences will be serious."

"How serious is it?" The future business lady looked at him with big bright eyes.

Brando didn't answer, he was afraid that his words would make them too nervous, and nervousness is also a negative emotion. Because failure means that the soul will be permanently imprisoned in the trunk by the golden magic tree, and it will not be released until the golden tree is turned into ashes by flames, but the release is also death.

The surroundings have gradually become hazy.

But Brando still has a rule that has not been explained, because there is such a rule in this battle, when the first person wakes up, he can enter the dream of the next person, and pass on a belief for his companion, so that the other person Nightmare can be defeated more easily.

But everyone in the team has only one chance to do this, so the guild at that time generally arranged a wake-up chain; the strongest person entered the dream first, then the next strongest person, and then the strongest person again, so that when the most powerful person in the guild is the last When you wake up first, you can help the people below in time. This order can prevent the team's attrition in the first stage from being too serious.

Now Brando intends to change this order.

"I was the first to enter the dream," he said, "then Freya, and finally Roman."

"How to enter the dreamland?" Freya asked.

"Just close your eyes. I'll be the first to close my eyes later, then you, then Roman—" Brando almost bit his tongue, and he immediately reached out to hold Roman's eyelids, because He saw that the merchant lady was actually going to close her eyes and try it.

"Ah!" Roman held Brando's hand on his forehead, and couldn't help but yelled in a low voice.

"Curiosity killed the cat, my lady!"

"Yes, I'm sorry."

"The world of magic and the mind is very dangerous, and everything must be cautious." Brando sighed, and his plan was like this. I am the most confident, so of course I should be the first to enter the dream. And Freya is behind him because he thinks that the future Valkyrie is probably the most difficult to defeat him among the three people - because there are too many obstacles in the heart, the greater the danger.

But if he is assisted by an experienced person like him, it shouldn't be too dangerous. On the contrary, the simple-minded Roman should be able to escape the control of the Golden Demon Tree more easily, and with Freya's help, success is a matter of course.

The time limit for the first stage is five minutes, which is extended to half an hour in the dream state. If they didn't leave during this period of time, they would also be imprisoned forever by the golden magic tree because they were lost.

It seems to be a plan with a high probability of success, at least Brando didn't find anything wrong with it. If they succeed, there will be plenty of activity time in Riddenburg, in addition to the handsome rewards. No one among these people knows better than Brando what the current situation of Riddenburg is and what it will become in the future. To find Roman's aunt there and successfully evacuate, every little bit more time brings more hope.

He patted the thorn of Zhanguang on his waist and took a breath. The dream of the golden magic tree was very real. When he took a deep breath, his lungs seemed to be filled with the smell of the moist soil by the river beach. That was the smell of March and April, the green grass and the growing woods.

But what does the golden tree boss mean by throwing him here? Did it think the strongest monster he had ever encountered was the old brown bear in this forest?

That's a good thing, it's only a rare elite at level 16, and he can easily solve it now.

But in Brando's memory, the Golden Demon Tree was not so kind. On the contrary, these creatures distorted by the so-called 'God's Blood' are the purest evil creatures, and there is no reason for their evil.

But counting the time, it's almost time to trigger the plot, right? Although he has been in this world for so many days, Brando still subconsciously used the word trigger plot, nothing but habit.

At this time, he heard the sound of metal clashing, and Brando's ears moved. For someone like him who is familiar with swordsmanship to a certain extent (level 3 military swordsmanship), he can hear that this should be Two people are fighting.

But it's not intense, it looks like it's just practice.

Brando didn't choose to avoid it, because he knew it was meaningless to avoid it in the dream. Moreover, avoiding danger means shrinking. This is a negative emotion, and it may be used by the Golden Demon Tree. He followed the source of the sound and found that the sound was coming from behind the waterwheel of the sawmill not far away. When he got closer, his eyes bypassed the tall vertical waterwheel, and he saw two unexpected who -

An old man with snow on his temples and silver hair, he was wearing a dark blue uniform and holding a sword in his hand. Standing there, he naturally gave off a towering aura, like a mountain. But what made Brando's heart skip a beat was the old man's look, which contained a sense of calm and prestige in his seriousness. If someone with a ghost in his heart saw it, he would probably immediately avoid his eyes with guilt.

The other is a little boy holding a wooden sword. It may look no different from ordinary children, but it means something different in Brando's eyes.

He recognized at a glance that this was Brando, to be precise, it should be Brando when he was young. Startled, he raised his head and immediately realized who the old man was. That must be Brando's grandfather, a veteran of the November War and a recipient of the Candlelight Medal. Hey, that's terrible, although Aruin is getting old, but the medal of the Temple of Fire is not so easy to get——

But this time the dream set by the golden magic tree seems to be a little different from the game, Brando's heart tightened. But with such a hesitation, he immediately felt that the aura of Brando's grandfather in front of him became more and more stable, and it actually began to affect his mood.

"Negative emotions!" Brando immediately realized that he was unknowingly affected, which was different from the game. After all, the system in the game cannot manipulate people's thoughts, but it is completely different here.

In this way, the battle is much more difficult than in the game!

Brando couldn't help but took a deep breath and pressed his pocket. Fortunately, he still had the biggest reliance. Although somewhat unexpected, the situation is at least under control.

Thinking of this, he calmed down.

The old man's eyes also stopped on him, and after a while, he said, "Young man, are you qualified to inherit everything from my grandson?"

These words made Brando shake slightly.

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(PS. This chapter and the next few chapters will reach a climax. These chapters have poured a lot of emotion into me. I cried while writing, == I hope everyone will like it.

With tears in my eyes, please recommend for collection.)