Chapter 613 Harvey's Evil Intentions

Harvey looked at the pale elf in front of him and found that his vague sense of perception had disappeared.

The fate of the elf before him seemed illusory, or perhaps it was a special existence that he could not sense.

What's going on? Harvey didn't have the ability to draw inferences from clues like Amber, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't immediately associate it with anything else. But he learned a trick from Amber: it doesn't matter what you didn't expect, so don't let people know that you feel something is wrong.

So, Harvey asked the pale elf in confusion: "Mr. Elf, who are you? How did you get into my teacher's castle?"

Xirik smiled and said, "I should be asking you, human, why are you in my castle?"

Harvey frowned. Could it be that after his teacher ran away, the dwarves took the castle back and then resold it? This was quite goblin-like.

Harvey hadn't realized that he had just listened to a sentence from the elf, and then began to automatically make up reasons and rationales in his mind.

This is the power of the Prince of Lies. The lies he tells always make people believe them unconsciously.

Most mortals cannot resist this power. Mortals like Ambersu who can discover the logical fallacies of lies are extremely rare. The main reason is that his values ​​are incompatible with this world. The power of the Prince of Lies is generated according to the logic of this world, which will make Ambersu instinctively feel that something is wrong.

Just like everyone in the world knows the existence of gods, it takes a long time for Amber to change from an atheist to a theist after crossing. Many preconceived concepts make Amber need to make a detour to understand the logic of this world, so no matter how perfect the lies created by Xirik are, Amber will always find the problem more easily.

It is like a translation process was added in the middle, which caused the originally perfect lie to become distorted after translation.

Harvey, however, was a native local and did not have the ability to translate and filter, so when he heard the lies that Xirik made up, he began to make up excuses for him.

Harvey was also in an awkward situation. If the castle was really sold to the elf, would it be considered as breaking into someone else's home?

What should we do in this situation?

Harvey tried to recall what Amber had taught him. If a teacher encountered this kind of problem, he would shamelessly say it was a misunderstanding and then hug the elf to settle accounts with the goblins, blaming the goblins for all the faults and finally taking back the castle. Depending on the IQ of the elf, he would have the following different results.

The first one is that they just worked for nothing and built a castle for nothing. The second one is that they have to pay a portion of the mental damages. The third one is that after paying the compensation, they still think that Harvey’s teacher is a friend worth making.

But after some deduction, Harvey found himself stuck at the first step; he was not thick-skinned enough.

Now I can only use another method taught by the teacher.

Sincerity is the eternal secret weapon.

"I'm really sorry, this was originally my teacher's castle. We were just traveling temporarily, and we didn't expect that when we came back, it had a new owner. Can you tell me who you bought the castle from?"

Amberxiu knew Harvey, an honest man, very well, so he gave him a warning: If you cannot exploit loopholes to gain advantage, then you should become a guardian of the rules and stand firmly on the side of truth, then you will encounter much less trouble.

Most people should avoid wavering. Those who cannot be ruthless and cannot be good people often die the fastest.

Harvey was cheated by Dahei and Erha at the beginning, and he wanted to cheat back in the same way, but who knew that the two guys didn't listen to reason at all and just beat him up with their fists. From then on, Harvey woke up and realized that he shouldn't take advantage of others, and it would be much easier to just talk to them.

It’s a pity that Harvey is not facing an opponent who can compete with him for territory.

Xirik's target is Harvey himself.

I only heard Xirik say: "So that's how it is. I was wondering why those goblins sold it so cheaply. It turns out they are not the owners of this castle. That's going to be troublesome. I heard something went wrong at the goblin bank. It's difficult for me to go with you to ask for compensation now."

"Ah? What happened?" Harvey asked curiously.

The castle was dozens of kilometers away from the Dwarven capital, and it would take more than half an hour to get there by flying. And the chaos in the capital had just happened, so Harvey really didn't know.

Although Harvey asked questions, he did not stop. He took out his magic mirror and started to draw.

It is definitely the right thing to ask your teacher about this kind of thing, because this kind of major event is most likely related to your teacher.

When Xirik saw Harvey take out the magic mirror, he quietly put his right hand behind his back and rubbed two fingers to create tiny ripples. Without Harvey's knowledge, the content displayed on the magic mirror changed to a message from Amberhau, indicating that a coup had occurred in the Dwarf Kingdom and the Dwarf King's children were going to rebel and seize the throne.

Harvey was surprised, but didn't feel anything was wrong.

He didn't know much about the politics of the various countries, but there were too many stories of princes taking the throne and killing old kings, so it wasn't strange. At most, the timing was not very coincidental. The meeting of the various countries was just around the corner, and the impact of the rebellion was too great.

However, Harvey did not take it too seriously. His teacher would naturally worry about such international affairs, and as a simple scholar, he only needed to do his research seriously.

Thinking of this, Harvey felt a little embarrassed again. How could he prove that this castle belonged to his teacher?

Xirik smiled and said, "If this really is your teacher's castle, we elves don't have the habit of robbing other people's properties. But the capital is in chaos now, and it may be difficult to verify it at the Goblin Bank. If you don't mind, you can stay for a while and have a cup of tea.

"Rebellion is something that will quickly reveal its results, whether it succeeds or fails. Maybe if we wait for a day, peace will be restored."

Harvey felt that what the elf said made sense. Since fate had led him here, there must be a reason for it, and he shouldn't turn around and leave now. Maybe this strange elf was the key to his promotion to Legend? Thinking of this, Harvey asked, "Thank you for your understanding. My name is William Harvey, an ordinary wizard. What is your name?"

Xirik bowed slightly and said elegantly: "Xirui, you can call me Xirui. But unfortunately, I don't know much about magic. I'm just an ordinary elf with a little money and likes to travel."

“Xiri…”

This name had a strange magic that made Harvey feel familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. People are always more relaxed with familiar things, and this inexplicable familiarity made Harvey have a better impression of this elf.

Xirik brought Harvey to a small living room in the castle and personally brewed a pot of fragrant black tea for him. Harvey took a sip and immediately felt refreshed. The taste was unexpectedly good.

While changing the tea leaves, Xi Ruike placed a copy of the Xi Rui Scripture in a place where Harvey could see it. This book had a strong attraction to mortals. Even if they only saw a little bit of the cover, they would be eager to read it and then become Xi Ruike's loyal believers.

Unfortunately, this trick is not very useful.

Harvey did see the book, but only glanced at it casually, completely unfazed.

Xirik frowned slightly. He knew that this kid had read "The True Biography of Xirik". Only by reading this book written by Oghma could one be immune to the hypnosis of "The Book of Xirik".

That damn lich's defense was really impeccable. I guess everyone around him was immune to the hypnosis of the Book of Hera.

But it doesn’t matter, Xirik was mentally prepared for this.

After all, he is a fraudster recognized by many worlds. If Amberxiu left such a serious flaw, Xirik would have to consider whether he had fallen into a trap.

Although the "Havi" cannot be controlled by the "Havi", Xi Rui Ke has other ways.

As the Prince of Lies, Cyric could have a pleasant chat with anyone as long as he put in a little effort. Harvey soon felt that the elf in front of him was a very good friend. He was not as arrogant as the elves in Silvermoon High Court, but was well-informed and particularly humorous.

When Xirik talked about his travels around the world, Harvey, a young man who used to wander around, felt curious. He had been to all those places, so why couldn't he discover the beauty that the elf talked about? "Mr. Harvey, although you didn't talk much about your past, I can see that you are a young man who has suffered a lot. You must have worked hard to achieve what you have today."

This sentence almost made Harvey cry. After so many years, finally someone understood his hard work.

He was really miserable. He had been hungry and wandering around since he was a child. He was deceived into joining a cult. He even learned to read the cult's magic book. As a result, he was targeted by Demogorgon. After a few years of living as a sorcerer who was neither human nor ghost, he was deceived by the necromancer to be a sacrifice. If it weren't for the goddess of fate who blessed him and let him change his job to a prophecy mage in time, I'm afraid he would have turned into a zombie long ago.

But after changing his job to a prophecy mage, he didn't have a good life. Being an adventurer is miserable. Anyone who has done it knows how miserable it is. It is at the bottom of society, slightly better than slaves, and it is common to live on the edge of a knife. This is not enough. After a lot of effort, he became a mage advisor to a small lord, and ended up meeting Amber Xiu.

I thought that I would meet a famous teacher after all the bad times, but after only reading his books for a few days, he ended up running into the desert with the teacher's life box. He was exhausted from the journey and was captured by a half-breed orc and severely tortured. When I saw my teacher again, he was about to die and had only a few days left to live.

During these few days, he was severely cheated by two of his teacher's subordinates, and once again experienced the wickedness of human nature.

After finally escaping the fate of death, although his life became more comfortable afterwards, there was no possibility of free time under Ambersu's command. Harvey, who had no idea about business, was forced by Ambersu to manage accounts of tens of millions and hundreds of millions of gold coins, and he lost countless hair for this.

After much difficulty, he met another teacher who seemed more reliable, but Mr. Bad Luck disappeared after just one meeting with him. Then, his first teacher also went to hell quickly, and Harvey could only hold back his grief and support the entire industry...

Thinking of the past, Harvey's eyes were filled with tears. What kind of life was this?

As a result, the teacher always said that he was a child favored by the goddess of fate, but he was favored like this. Harvey really couldn't imagine how those who were not favored survived.

Xirik could feel Harvey's emotional changes, and thought that the atmosphere had become so heated that it was almost time to take drastic measures.

Xirik said to Harvey with emotion: "Many of the hardships in life come from our origins and our elders. To be honest, my parents don't know how to take care of children. They always force you to do many things under the banner of doing good for you.

"I think the coup in the Dwarf Kingdom is probably related to this. The lives of the royal children will be more strictly restricted. Long-term oppression and restraint will make these children more eager for freedom. And there is only one way for them to gain freedom, and that is to become the king of this kingdom. Dwarves have a long lifespan, so the possibility of them being unable to control themselves is too great."

Harvey nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."

As expected of an elf who has lived a long life, he has summarized these principles so accurately.

However, Xirik quickly changed the subject and asked Harvey, "I guess your hard life is related to your teacher, right? " "I heard that anthropologists also exploit apprentices very severely. They often work overtime for free, stay up late, and even complete various trivial tasks outside of academics. They are forced to devote their experience and youth just to have more papers for their mentors, and the apprentices don't even have the right to sign their names..."

Xirik's voice was magical, guiding Harvey to have evil thoughts towards Ambersu, while suppressing all of Harvey's goodwill towards Ambersu.

It is impossible to say that Harvey has no resentment. Harvey recalled the various heavy tasks that Amber had given him, and he had never heard him say a word of comfort in such a long time. The communication between the master and the apprentice was always so simple and efficient, but without any human touch.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

I worked so hard to do so much for him, but he didn't even say "thank you for your hard work"?

Maybe there was, but Harvey has now completely forgotten all the good things under the influence of Xirik's power.

Harvey began to feel that his teacher was the most greedy vampire in the world, who wanted to suck out his bone marrow and sell it for money.

Seeing Harvey's blurry eyes, Xirik knew that he had been influenced by him, so he continued in a hypnotic voice: "So, you actually hate him, right? Have you ever thought about teaching him a lesson? A prank that is not too serious but will leave a deep impression on him, so that he will suffer a little and understand that he should care about your feelings. Isn't that good?"

Harvey's eyes began to show the same swirls as the other victims, as if he was about to fall completely in the next second.

Harvey said in a dreamy tone: "Yes, I should let him know that I am also a free person, I am not his slave!"

Xirik continued, "Great, I can help you, I just need your cooperation."

Harvey continued to answer: "Okay, I promise you, I will teach that old guy a lesson!"

Xirik finally smiled. Everything went as planned, as if it was destined.

But just as he was about to guide Harvey into the magic circle, Harvey suddenly closed his eyes and fell limply to the ground.

Xirik helped him up and after checking him, he asked in confusion: "Soul consumption is too great? How could this kid's soul be so weak? I hypnotized him carefully, but he couldn't bear it?"

Generally speaking, as a profession that increases intelligence, the soul of a mage should be stronger than that of an ordinary person, but Harvey's soul is very strange. It is even weaker than a newborn baby and as fragile as glass.

Xirik's hypnosis just now had an impact on his soul, but such a gentle impact actually made his soul exhausted and he went directly into a coma.

"Something is wrong. Such a fragile soul should not even be able to stand steadily. How can it maintain normal movements?"

Although Xirik was not an expert on the soul, the gods' understanding of the soul was far greater than that of mortals. With Harvey's soul strength, he should have just laid in bed and waited for death. How could he move freely or even cast spells? In Harvey's current state, he could not be used as a sacrifice.

He needs Harvey's evil thoughts and needs Harvey to personally sacrifice his soul so that he can strip away the "power" that can curse Ambershu.

Xirik frowned, thinking about how to deal with it, but found that Harvey's breathing became weak and his soul was further damaged.

"No, we must rescue him first, otherwise he will never wake up! Damn it, I won't fall into the trap of that lich, will I? Did he predict that I would use Harvey as a sacrifice, so he used his power to tamper with Harvey's soul? What a vicious mind, he is indeed a lich who would sell out even the gods for profit!"

Although he was not sure whether this was Amber's conspiracy, Xirik could not let Harvey die. He was the only candidate for sacrifice. If he was gone, all previous efforts would be in vain.

Xirik reached into the void and took out a bunch of bottles and jars. These were not artifacts or treasures, but they were special potions that were worth a fortune to mortals.

Soon, Harvey's condition stabilized, his soul was no longer weak, and maintained a delicate state, at least he would not die in the short term. Treating a weak soul is a very difficult problem, but it is only a little troublesome for the gods.

Xirik breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Humph, foolish mortal, it was your cruel conspiracy that brought you death. When Harvey wakes up, I will tell him about your betrayal, and his malice towards you will infinity, making my ritual more effective!"

However, because Xirik was not an expert on the soul, he only knew that Harvey's soul was weak, but he did not realize that there was another consciousness hidden inside Harvey's soul, a completely independent new soul.

At this time, Harvey was not completely unconscious. His consciousness had sunk into chaos and nothingness, meeting the new soul.

In that boundless world of consciousness, Harvey was suspended and floated in front of a child who was emitting faint light.

Although the child was a humanoid made of energy, he was breathing like a real baby. Harvey picked him up in surprise and said excitedly, "Finally it's hatched, my teacher, you finally... No, the teacher said, this is not the soul of Mr. Doom, but a completely independent newborn child."

Perhaps Amber Shu is the only one in the world who knows that Harvey has been keeping the fragment of Mr. Fortune's soul in his own soul.

This is a very dangerous operation, but doing so can provide the soul fragments with the safest environment for growth, just like a child growing in the mother's womb, with all-round protection.

At the same time, this soul fragment will continue to acquire Harvey's knowledge, all the knowledge about the prophecy wizard, so that the newborn soul will master this knowledge shortly after birth and become a true genius.

This operation is extremely bold and cannot be done by ordinary people. It is as difficult as engraving a novel of several million words on the tip of an embroidery needle. It has reached the level of precision required by a hand-rubbed photolithography machine.

Most gods can't do it, only Ambershu, an expert in controlling souls, can do it.

After the operation, Harvey's daily life was guaranteed to be normal, and his soul fragments could thrive. That is, Harvey's soul would be in a very special state, like a fragile glass ball.

Harvey happened to meet Xirik and fell under his hypnosis. This fragile work of art began to crack continuously and looked like it was about to be destroyed.

But Xirik's hurried rescue was a bit unnecessary. Amber had already set up insurance. If Harvey became weaker, the automatic protection effect would be triggered, and the two souls would be separated again. Harvey would be able to recover after a good sleep.

However, it was Cyric who intervened and used the "treasures" that only gods could obtain to provide powerful treatment for Harvey's soul.

Therefore, the insurance left by Amber did not take effect, and Harvey was still in a coma, but he could sense that the child was about to be born and grow from soul fragments into a complete soul.

Although he was still very weak, so weak that even his consciousness was not complete, but as long as he was given more nutrients...

Xirik was thinking about how to cure Harvey when he suddenly discovered that the boy's soul, which had just stabilized, was once again in a weakened state.

"No way?! You are really afraid that your students won't die completely enough. How cruel!"

Xirik sighed and once again injected Harvey with a large amount of soul-nourishing potion. This would not work, and he had to find a god who knew the soul well to help him.

However, he had a lot of enemies but few allies. Who could he ask for help?

If we were to say what knows the soul best, it would probably be hell.

The devils in hell are proficient in various methods of torturing, cultivating and transforming souls. Other gods cannot compare to them. After all, they do not have as many materials to squander at will.

And there is one advantage of asking the devil for help. As long as you are careful when signing the contract, the devil will be the most trustworthy partner and will not care about Xirik's reputation at all.

"Alas, I didn't expect to go to hell again. Let's talk to Zariel first."

Xirik picked up Harvey and turned into a dark shadow and disappeared into the castle.

(End of this chapter)