Chapter 72 What's Behind the Door
"Laugh! Damn it, weren't you guys also pessimistic about him just now?"
Yani blushed and complained loudly, so everyone looked away tacitly, leaving him alone like a clown.
While everyone was chatting, Avis's spell was completed. A transparent ray shot out from his hand and hit the magic node hidden in the trap.
The air in front of the corridor began to fluctuate like water, and circles of transparent and dreamy ripples echoed in the air.
But as the rays continued, the ripples gradually began to weaken and eventually returned to calm.
After disarming the trap, Avis slowly walked to the closed door of the library.
The surface of the heavy bronze door was covered with strange and twisted black lines. In the center of the door, there was a short line of ancient Manni written on it.
Judging from the handwriting, the writer seemed to have done all this simply with his fingers.
"In the face of mystery, never lose your awe—"
It seems a little weird...
The words on the door were reflected in his azure eyes. Avis did not push the door open immediately, but paused.
In his perception, some unknown aura was lurking behind the door, causing him to feel slightly depressed.
A new trap? Some kind of guard? Or just a bluff? … .…. "He got through the trap!"
"Hey, the fun is about to begin. The test in the library is not that easy!"
"What's behind the door?"
"Who knows? In the years I've been in Pamir, there have been two times when freshmen passed the trap in front of the library, but they ultimately chose not to open the door."
In the room at the top of the tower, many old students couldn't help but hold their breath as they looked at Avis standing quietly in front of the door.
With a mixture of surprise, curiosity, and the desire to make up for some past regrets, I looked forward to his choice. . ….…. "A multiple choice question? A test of wisdom, or courage?"
Looking at the tightly closed door in front of him, Avis hesitated for a moment.
Although this was only an orientation ceremony for the Academy of Mysteries and Relics, the large library was probably beyond the reach of most freshmen.
In other words, this is a test for the strongest freshmen, just like the "extra questions" at the end of the test paper that are slightly beyond the syllabus.
So……
With eyes as blue as the sky, Avis glanced at the pigeon standing on his shoulder.
"Dear pigeon, could you please take a look at what is behind the door?"
Sorry, I need to look at the reference answer before answering the question.
"Goo? Okay, goo—"
The pigeon nodded, flapped its wings and flew to the front of the gate, then slowly poked its head into the door.
It seemed that because the gate was thick, the pigeon continued to move in, and the upper half of its body was completely immersed in the two gates.
After a few seconds, the pigeon retracted its head and returned to Anvis' shoulder.
"Guu, there's a strange black mass inside, guu, it's probably bigger than this door!"
"Very well, thank you for your help, dove."
Anvis smiled and touched the pigeon's head, then fell into thought.
A black mass bigger than the library door? Alienated abomination? Dark matter? Anomalies in dreams? Or some older, weird existence?
In an instant, Avis thought of several powerful beings that appeared to be dark masses.
Afterwards, he smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, realizing that this was just a welcome ceremony for freshmen after all, and no matter how outrageous the academy was, it was impossible for it to come up with such things.
If it is limited to the premise that there is no danger to the new students...
With a guess in mind, Avis took a deep breath, raised his hands and pressed them on the cold door covered with patterns, and exerted force with both hands. . ….…. "He pushed it open!"
"What's behind the door?"
“Gulu——”
As they watched the door slowly open, everyone's attention was focused to the highest point, and some people couldn't help but swallow nervously.
"Look! What is that?!"
"It seems to be a big black mass?"
"It's squirming!"
"Why didn't the freshman run away? Was he so scared that he dared not move?"
As the door opened, the people on the top of the tower who were secretly observing through the crystal ball also saw the strange existence behind the door.
It was the first time for most students to see this strange creature and they couldn’t help but talk about it in amazement.
However, Anvis, who was standing at the door, was not as scared as everyone imagined, but confirmed his previous guess.
A lower-level nightmare, a common monster in the dream world, has no fixed shape and will appear as the most feared existence in the minds of professionals. It feeds on the fear of professionals and all its means of attack are illusions.
It has a low-level fear field that can be reduced by mind protection spells and is immune to simple physical attacks.
Weaknesses: Holy, Light, and Dream magic.
Recommended challenge level: Level 2.
"That's a nightmare. Because we are observing it through a projection, we can see its original form."
Finally, a girl with light green wavy hair and strength reaching the third level spoke up and explained the characteristics of nightmares to everyone.
"Now, we will test the knowledge of this newcomer. If you know the characteristics of nightmares, then it is not difficult to deal with them. But if you don't know..."
At the end, the girl couldn't help but shook her head.
Nightmares are difficult to identify quickly, but they ignore physical attacks and are highly resistant to most magical attacks. If you are hit by them without checking, you will fall into an endless nightmare, which is very difficult to deal with.
But on the other hand, if we can quickly identify its true identity, then dealing with it will be extremely easy. . ….….In the library, looking at the nightmare mass in front of him that was no different from what everyone saw on the top of the tower, Avis smiled silently and raised his hand to cast a second-level dream magic: [Nightmare Expulsion]
This is a second-tier spell with a very simple model. Even some first-tier spellcasters with a little talent can cast it easily. It is so popular that it is everywhere, at least in Avis's eyes.
With a hazy flash of colorful light, the dark mass disappeared in an instant and was driven back into the dream world.
What Avis fears most at the moment is undoubtedly the holy light figure that has surpassed the ninth level.
But such a strong person cannot be simulated by a mere low-level nightmare.
Not to mention pigeons. Nightmare probably can't even understand the existence of pigeons, let alone the things that pigeons fear.
Nightmare had no way to deal with the combination of Avis and the pigeon. . ….…. "Look, the freshman won!"
"Instant nightmare banishment! His caster strength is at least level two!"
"That's not all. The biggest difficulty in fighting a nightmare is how to quickly identify the nightmare's true identity."
"And he identified the true form of Nightmare almost instantly. This judgment and knowledge reserve... This freshman is definitely extraordinary!"
At the same time, the crowd on the top of the tower was in an uproar again.
After witnessing this scene, no one regarded Anvis as a freshman anymore, but as an equal.
At this time, many people have already had the idea of making friends.
Thanks to Pao Yao Liang, Mo Shao Yan, Tong Xiang De Wan Zhong, and Shen Lan Yao Tune for the tips.
Thanks to Maotou Chou, Xiaoxueji, Wwangmengren, Swimming Black Cat, Shuyou20181209214011717, Meng Dongsu, and Liunianwanghan for their monthly tickets.
(End of this chapter)
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