Volume 3: The Land of Mist Chapter 12 Mirror Image and Plan
After Liliana knocked the dead man down with [Sleeping], she gently stroked her messy collar and hair. In an instant, their outlines swayed like a flickering candle flame, and then automatically restored their previous neat appearance.
"It's so tasteless, so tasteless..."
"She" said softly, and this time the voice in her throat once again turned into a soft girl's voice.
After saying that, "she" picked up the iron plate hanging on her chest and looked at it for a while, and saw a very tiny, barely noticeable crack appearing on the pattern of the iron plate.
Sure enough, even if it was made of a large amount of precious materials, this response terminal would consume its durability if it released other spells while continuously carrying a divine-level spell.
[Mirror Image], a divine-level illusion, reflects an illusion of a non-large creature to obey the caster.
Although it can truly interact with reality, it is still ethereal and illusory.
This is another spell that is very powerful in the setting, but extremely useless in terms of gameplay. William can use this spell to copy the mirror image of any creature that does not exceed a certain size - including humans, and anyone.
This mirror image has 80% of the basic panel of its copy, but at the same time it will withstand 150% damage. If it is attacked by light or shadow, the damage will be doubled.
This copied mirror image can be controlled by the caster himself, or it can be allowed to imitate the original owner's activities instinctively, but it cannot use any spells. This is because all spells must be driven by human will to be activated, and the mirror image has no will.
If it were just a panel, the usefulness of this spell would be extremely limited.
The Phantom is inherently vulnerable, so as a meat shield it is far inferior to summons of the same level, and its output is even more embarrassing - all the professions in this game, whether it is the Magic Chanter, the Oathbinder, the Spellblade, the Holy Word, the Evoker... no one of them relies solely on their own panel to deal damage.
Therefore, the [Mirror Image] spell seems to have no other use except to copy yourself to confuse the BOSS and to avoid the skills that are bound to hit you.
Even after traveling through time, William tried in vain to develop the functionality of this technique.
Due to the nature of illusion, these phantoms can only last for a short time. Although one can continue to cast spells to maintain them, doing so is equivalent to tying the mirror image to the body with a chain, thus losing its greatest value as an extension of one's own power.
But after William discovered the icon of the Eighth Holy Spirit, or the function of the response terminal, this originally useless technique took a turn for the better.
Although the phantom itself cannot use spells, William's body can cast spells through the response terminal. Moreover, the original most troublesome endurance problem can also be solved by continuously casting spells through the response terminal.
The "Liliana" who is currently being "kidnapped" by the restorationists is the phantom created by William by continuously maintaining the [Mirror Image] through the response terminal.
William didn't take the counterattack of the restorationists too seriously. It was his plan from the beginning when he let Jesse go and sent the ghost to monitor him.
But the restorationists had prepared for much longer than he had previously guessed, and their preparations were much more thorough than he had initially guessed. And more importantly, he had completely angered many Void Kings in Black Crow Watch before, so it was hard to say whether they would not take this opportunity to prepare a surprise for him.
Not to mention that the time chosen by the restorationists for the coup was April Fool's Day, the day of summoning the crazy fool Valk. William himself would not believe that she would not do something to come alive on this day.
After comprehensive consideration, William still intends to help deal with this coup. It is also a good opportunity to test the application of his [Mirror Image] technique in conjunction with the response terminal.
Therefore, he specially used [Mirror Shadow] to replace Liliana who had left earlier, and sneaked into their side as a safety precaution.
"Sleep peacefully until you go to the guillotine tomorrow."
William controlled the illusion and used the iron plate on his chest to cast another [Sleep] on Jesse who was lying on the ground.
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"Disaster has not returned to Thorn City yet."
Above the Lake of Entropy, the weak female voice from before spoke again.
"I'm actually very curious. If he never came back and chose to continue guarding the Serpent's Trace, wouldn't you be embarrassed?"
Another asked with a delighted laugh.
Compared to the minor fights in the Rose Palace, the Moon Realm rift in the Serpent's Scar is the real threat to the disaster.
If one wants to kill the disaster in the real world, in addition to completely blocking his retreat route and using a steady stream of legions to consume him to death through a war of attrition, the individual existence that can pose a threat to him must at least reach the level of a Demon General.
However, no matter whether it is the demon general or the incarnation of nothingness created by the King of Nothingness, except for some extremely special methods, in most cases they must pass through the Moon Realm Rift to enter the world.
Therefore, during this period of time, what Disaster has been doing is to guard the rift in the Moon Realm near the Scar of the Serpent to prevent it from continuing to expand, which would allow destructive existence to enter the world from the Moon Realm.
In comparison, the things that happened in Thorn City are really not worth mentioning.
"If he doesn't come, I will let the Eclipse directly decay and collapse the Stranger's Lighthouse, and then add another Moon Realm Rift in Thorn City."
Camilla replied coldly.
"So, if he doesn't come, it will open another Stranger's Trace, making it difficult for him to take care of both ends with his already scarce manpower. And if he comes, even if he escapes the assassination of the Blade of Annihilation, you can take this opportunity to expand the scale of the Serpent's Trace and let other demon generals under your command, or even your own incarnation, descend into the world. And without Judgment Seven, the Calamity cannot exile you back. Awesome, from this point of view, you win this game anyway."
Valk concluded, and there was a round of applause at the end.
Although what he said sounded like praise, there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"A mortal who needs immortal beings like us to scheme against him would be a shame even if he wins."
Camilla replied.
"But please don't say that. We have several friends who have become powerful by constantly scheming against mortals."
Valk said so, and then she did not continue on this topic, but turned to another topic:
"By the way, you so blatantly violated the terms of the Star Treaty and overturned the lighthouse before the stars returned to their positions. Aren't you worried at all about the consequences of violating the treaty?"
"You reminded me of this by overturning the Viper Lighthouse?"
Camilla asked back.
"Sometimes, for the sake of the show's effect, some sacrifices need to be made. And as an audience member, even if I am restricted from going on stage, it is not a big loss. As long as you perform well, that's all."
The other party replied.
But Camilla just sneered at Valk's words, as if she didn't believe him.
After a while, she slowly said:
"I have not violated any treaty. Now I am just taking back what I deserve."
