How should I survive in a different world as a reincarnated villain?

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This chapter is a bit of a mess, and I'm confused as to why I'm writing so many settings, but apparently my mind has other ideas.

Why can't you just have fun!Why do I keep thinking about these weird things! !

Ah——(Soul sighs) The road Sheila took me is similar to what I remember, the only difference is that those annoying skeleton soldiers are missing, it looks the same broken, and it feels like it will collapse at any time, which makes me a little bit disturbed.

Fortunately, we arrived at our destination soon, and everything around us was familiar, except that there was an extra door on the wall that I had never seen before, behind which was a cave-like place.

The top of the cave is about 20 meters from the ground. Huge vines cover the entire cave. From top to bottom, many transparent ores exuding silver-blue light hang upside down, illuminating the huge white altar below. Above, a huge sphere filled with magic circles.

The giant ball also emitted a faint golden light, but it became brighter and brighter as Sheila approached.

After observing for a while, I realized that it was not the sphere itself that became brighter, but the misty substance wrapped around the surface of the sphere.

It's a bit like a cloud, the main body is white, and it will occasionally change into other colors during the rotation process, which is very beautiful.

According to Irene, this is an unmined original Aore mine, buried deep underground, and she only discovered it by accident.

Ore is a very magical ore.

Although it is a crystal of elements, it is a plant that grows from the soil. It will bloom only under certain conditions, and the fruit it produces is Aore mine, which is a kind of ore most favored by magicians. Staffs made of ores are more useful than those made of other ores, and the price is several times higher.

The only problem is that the ones that can be used to make staffs must be freshly ripened oregano.

The elements contained in the newly ripened fruit are the most abundant, and only then can it be called Aureite, whether it is immature or overripe, it cannot be processed.

It's not that it's difficult, but it's impossible to process it at all.

The immature ones are too fragile to be called crystals. Once picked, they will wither and decay like ordinary plants. Naturally, they cannot be used to make scepters, while the over-ripe ones are just the opposite, almost hard to the point of indestructibility.

As a plant fruit, aurea, like most fruits, is very soft inside, but after ripening, aorea will become harder and harder over time. This change not only occurs on the outer shell, but also on the inside. is also like this.

It stands to reason that since it is an elemental crystal, no matter what form it is, it should be able to have an effect. However, some people have done experiments, and only the newly matured Oreo fruit, which is hard on the outside but still fluid inside, can be used. In magic power increase.

If it is replaced by an oregal that has matured for a period of time, the wand produced is no different from an ordinary wooden stick, and it will not be able to increase the magic power at all. No matter how beautifully carved the wand is, it is just an ornament. Not much money.

Even in the imperial capital of Velezla, the Ore mine is very rare. The main reason is that Ore fruit does not have a definite habitat, nor does it have a specific living environment. The growth cycle is still long, as long as it is a place with abundant elements. There is a probability of growth. Relatively speaking, there are more ore mines found underground than on the ground.

But even so, I have never seen such a big Aore mine.

No, strictly speaking, I have never seen any mines with my own eyes, but based on my understanding of the original mines, this scale is already incredible.

It's a pity that the Oregano here was fully mature when Sheila discovered it. After a few years, it will gradually shrink back into elements and dissipate in the air, becoming the nourishment for other Oregano, and I want to wait for the next one. It will take at least five or six years for the first batch of fruits to mature.

That's how long you'd have to wait if you start growing now, or longer.

Sheila said she was disappointed that she hadn't found any new buds so far.

I noticed that when she said this, she kept staring at me quietly, as if she wanted to see my reaction, and then decide how to deal with me?

Ah, it really is a cunning necromancer.

I deliberately put on an expression of no interest in these things, and urged dissatisfiedly: "How can I get out of here?"

Sheila's body stiffened for a moment, her voice trembling, "Here, please..."

Look at this acting, if I didn't know she was lying to me, I would have been fooled.

I sighed a few times in my heart, and followed her to the big altar.

"Put your hands on it, please."

I stood two steps away from her and didn't get any closer.

"why me?"

I'm not that stupid, bad things will definitely happen if I come across it, you have to work harder if you want to deceive me.

Sheila trembled even more.

"Because, because the illusion maze outside is made of your magic power, no one can stop the maze except you, and only then will the [door] of the maze be opened."

I knew it was an illusion... wait?

"...What does it mean to be made of my magic power?"

Sheila finally speaks out about what she's been hiding.

The magic circle she arranged outside has another function besides teleportation.

It was a magic circle that could absorb magic power, which she had researched for decades.

Unlike real summoning, releasing illusions that can only affect the senses does not require much magic power, which is one of the reasons why Sheila chose illusions to make the maze in the first place.

Her original intention was to take away my magic power and use it to create a hallucination full of monsters. When I was exhausted from fighting, she would appear and catch me without any effort, and let her manipulate me.

The plan is good. She has succeeded several times before I came here. If you draw with invisible ink, no one will be able to find it before the magic circle is activated. After activation, there will be too little time to react, and almost no one will be able to detect it. able to escape.

Although the identification technique can identify the magic circle, if the position is not found correctly, it will not be found, not to mention that she specially put on a layer of anti-identification magic and multiple small hidden magic circles, no wonder I didn't find it .

And although this kind of magic circle can absorb very little magic power, it can't hold back and win with quantity. There are densely packed magic circles in the aisles along the way, on the floor, on the walls, on the ceiling, everywhere, but I can't see them. That's all.

After that, as long as I am still in the maze, I will lose my magic power unconsciously, and that magic power will eventually flow into this spherical container for her to use.

As for why this container is so big, it is not because she is too greedy, but because it is difficult to make a container that can absorb magic power. If the amount of potion is to accommodate more, it must be made larger, and more materials will be consumed.

This is the second reason why she chose illusion. With such a little mana, even elementary magic can't be used up. If it is used up, it will be a very slow process to accumulate it. It is better to use illusion directly to save trouble.

In other words, all the monsters I saw before were illusions created by Sheila through my magic power.

Then didn't I waste several bottles of magic potion?

Ah, the meat hurts.

"So what does my leaving have to do with this ball?"

"This is actually because..."

Sheila scratched her cheekbone embarrassedly.

It is too troublesome to operate it by myself every time, so she fiddled with a new magic circle, which can automatically generate illusions as long as the magic power is input, which is the skeleton soldiers I saw.

Now that she has cut off the input of magic power, those skeletons will not appear again, but there is also a problem, the magic power in the sphere and the magic power stored in the magic circle outside have not been used up yet.

In addition to the magic circle for generating skeleton soldiers, she also drew other magic circles on this sphere.

Even if she disconnected all other links between the magic circle and the sphere, the magic power stored in the container alone is enough to maintain this illusion for a long time.

Sheila said: "Only when the magic power is exhausted, the real road will be revealed, including the exit."

Like before this, as a squatting at home, she would wait for the mana to be empty before thinking about whether to go out. So far, the answer to this question is no.

As a monster, she doesn't need to eat, she can live with magic power, and she has saved a lot of potions from wandering around in the past few years, enough for her to stay here for decades without doing anything, It's just boring.

She said that there are two ways now, one is to wait, and the other is for me, the original owner, to take back the remaining magic power and end the process ahead of time.

I was silent for a while, "Is it necessary to go out like this?"

Sheila laughed dryly, telling the cruel fact that she is actually a severe road idiot.

Not to mention that she is still in the illusion, even if the illusion is gone, she may not be able to tell the way out.

Just kidding, of course it doesn't work that way.

"You should know that illusion and identification are special magic, as long as you have magic power, you can use it, but the relative upgrade will be more difficult than ordinary magic..."

I nodded, "I saw it in the book... Any questions?"

"There is a problem." Sheila looked troubled, hesitated for a while before continuing, "I don't know why, the illusions created by the magic circle today... have all become intermediate magic."

I was stunned.

As she said, illusion and identification are special magics different from elemental magic.

Take the identification technique as an example, as long as you find a way to practice it a few times, you can learn it without being too stupid. It is the easiest to learn of all magic.

Illusion is a little different. It is more difficult to learn than identification, but easier than elemental magic. The disadvantage is that elementary illusion has no lethality and is easy to see through. If you want to practice advanced illusion that can be fake and cause damage, you need basic skills. The unimaginable time and energy, the average person will not be so overwhelmed to do something with zero possibility.

You must know that there has only been one high-level illusionist in history, so you can see how difficult illusion is to practice.

Although intermediate illusions sound simpler than advanced illusions, they are actually the same as advanced illusions. They are incomparable to elementary illusions. The biggest difference is the sense of touch.

Elementary illusions only affect sight and hearing, and you can tell the truth from fakes when you get close to them. Intermediate illusions add touch and smell on this basis. They still have no offensive power, but they are perfect for camouflage. , as long as the user does not stop the output of magic power, this camouflage can continue forever.

Herein lies the problem.

If the place where the exit should be in reality is 'modified' by the illusion to become a dead end, then no matter how much I wander around, I won't be able to see the exit.

Of course, if you are confident enough, you can break through the illusion directly, but Sheila said that she put many puppets at the exit. Once an attack is detected, whether it is magical or physical, it will be activated. They are no more illusion than skeleton soldiers. , If we really want to fight, just a wheel fight can grind me to death.

Speaking of which, I'm going to complain about this strange setting. As the master who created the puppets, he has no way to control them. He only set up that he will fight back when he is attacked until the threat is eliminated. Any accident?

I have a bit of a headache, but I still have to admit that what she said is indeed the easiest way at present, of course, the premise is that she is not lying to me.

After thinking about it, I decided to try again.

"Can't you come? Why must it be me?"