Volume 4: No One Survives in Fantasy High School Chapter 18 You Are the Dragon (Part 2)
"...Dragon, in the common language, means fear, despair, and disaster. Extended meanings include curse, nightmare, death, and the underworld. In mysticism, dragons represent extremely powerful negative curses. So when facing any curse with dragon-shaped characters, you must be extremely vigilant. These may be more dangerous than the dragon itself."
The second section of Li Lin's course was about curses and rituals . After tasting the sweetness of the AFK explosion, he felt that sometimes it was not a bad thing to just attend the class. Sally was still beside him to check for any gaps, and Li Lin began to carefully study every detail of this course.
It seems that there is indeed some kind of mental application. Li Lin's seriousness in listening to the class is also reflected in the system. All proficiency is increasing at an extremely terrifying speed. Of course, there is the factor of a good teacher producing good students, but Li Lin also confirmed the basic setting that he is better at reading than hanging up. In the short ten minutes of class now, the knowledge and skill value he gained in one hour of hanging up in college is even higher.
It would be great if I could encounter this kind of thing more often in the future. The bonus plot is really hard to come by.
Li Lin thought as he took notes during class.
The lich on the podium waved his hand, and a bunch of runes and strange symbols that looked bad appeared on the blackboard again. The spreading malice even gave Li Lin goose bumps.
"Words themselves contain power. But in the hands of the powerless, their power appears very weak. It's like a farmer ordering others to do something, which is unlikely to be carried out. But for a king, a monarch, countless people will rush to execute his orders. Perhaps many people would say that this is because his identity is different. But the question is, what is identity? Is it fixed by nature? Is he at the top of all sequences? No, it is a power system, a most basic power system."
"The power of a mortal is 1, which is very weak and powerless. However, with the support of others, the power he can use is the sum of the powers of other mortals. Then the mortal who commands can be regarded as having an elevated status. And the unlimited elevation of status is the explanation of the power and mysterious system. They themselves are derived from this most basic command and ideology. That is, give orders and execute them. And why execute? Because his status is high enough, he can command."
"But where is the authority of this commander? It is hypnosis, the embodiment of the original idealism, that is, order itself. Order brings power, order brings status, and order itself is the evolution of power. Even those so-called chaotic nightmares are derived from this most basic order. You begin to believe that you are not as good as the commander, believe in others, and believe that your own power cannot break free. You become part of the overall order, and all you can do is to continuously improve your authority and eventually leap to the top of the overall authority. Do you see it? Does it feel familiar? That's right, all of this is caused by the fear of the world by intelligent life itself."
The sum of all this, the root of everything, lies here.
After scribbling a pyramid pattern on the blackboard, the lich said in a steady voice:
"So it is not difficult for us to find that all mysterious spells originate from fear. The resistance to self-fear is the source of magic. We resist death, so the immortals appear. We resist powerlessness, so all kinds of magic spells appear. Although they have always refused to admit this, reality is reality, and truth is always objective. In this world, as long as you have the will, you can realize the entity of your dreams and ideas. As long as your spirit reaches that level, it will be so naturally."
The lich teacher knocked on the blackboard, and a smile that could hardly be described as friendly appeared on his patched face. The people below frantically recorded the humanistic formulas and social models written on the blackboard. Some unlucky people who really had no hands or feet began to make rubbings on their notes, with layers of burnt black curses forming words hovering on them.
"So, at this point, we have to face our real reason. It was very difficult to create magic in the past. Because it is difficult for a person to understand what he is really afraid of. But fortunately, a great wizard has developed a spell. Fear. It can make everyone face the real fear in their hearts. Whether you are a brave and fearless hero or a dead person like you, as long as you have self-awareness, you must have fear. And having fear, recognizing fear, and then defeating fear is the cornerstone of the source of power. Then you all need to pass the test next."
Face your fears. That way you can go further.
He knocked on the podium , and a magnificent-looking stone suddenly appeared on it. It looked like a cat's eye, but it was also something else. Everything in the world was reflected in the narrow pupil, but it also seemed like there was nothing. A layer of hazy murmurs began to gradually bend and spread in the room, and even the dead people subconsciously took two steps back. It was as if the thing in front of them was something extremely terrifying, making them instinctively dodge backwards.
Li Lin, who was sitting at the back, looked at the stone in surprise, and felt that the power inside seemed to be somewhat similar to his nightmare. The module was so similar that Li Lin subconsciously felt an inexplicable call. Some things that he tried not to think about were gradually emerging from his brain.
"This thing is a magic tool equipped with automatic fear magic. I will use it on you one by one later. You can truly recognize what your fear is and then defeat it. If it doesn't work once, try twice. If it doesn't work twice, try multiple times. It will work eventually."
The lich teacher said with a smile on his face, and directly picked up the thing that looked extremely ominous.
The cat-eye prop blinked in the lich's hand, and its pupils expanded like a living thing, looking at the undead sitting in the first seat. The undead that was hit by the prop suddenly bulged its eyes, as if it had seen something unbelievable, and let out a shrill scream, rolling around the desk on the ground, letting out a horrible cry.
