Chapter 444: The Reflection That Never Sleeps

"There is only one copy of the sage's stone, only me."

Annan said earnestly: "If you want to help, quickly help me make some potions. Sir Silver can teleport me in an instant, our time is not so tight... We can wait until I finish the ceremony and everything is ready. Time, I will wait until tomorrow to kill before sunrise.

"Before that, I'll ask you to stay up late and help me prepare for the logistics."

When he learned that what he could give was not enough for Sir Silver to do it himself, Annan had already made up his mind to try to kill him.

He is now a silver rank, and he is different from the bronze rank of the past, and he has also obtained a new truth.

If you inject the Sage's Stone again, it will definitely be able to burst out with stronger combat power than when he fought against Roof that day, and he may not be able to defeat Bernardino.

Exactly... there is one last bottle of Sage's Stone left.

And this is Annan's excuse for rejecting Salvatore.

Salvatore, who did not use the Sage's Stone, had no ability to confront Bernardino at all.

If Annan didn't know about it, Salvatore would definitely hit the idea of ​​the bottle of Sage's Stone.

Although I am sorry for the newly admitted students, I have broken the promise when I entered school, and I can't give him the orthodox inheritance of the black tower... However, Salvatore went to the black tower of Zedi to seek his destiny. Incredibly firm.

If only Salvatore knew about this, in order to prevent Annan from wading into the muddy waters that had nothing to do with him, Salvatore would definitely sneak over by himself.

But he learned about it with Annan.

Then this is different.

In the battle with Rufu, he realized very clearly that compared with Annan, letting himself use the Sage's Stone is undoubtedly a waste of things. Even if her body is completely handed over to Shadow, what she can do is probably very limited.

But Annan was even at the Bronze Rank, and he was able to tie the robber!

At least be able to not lose in three minutes!

...Although the rotten is not much stronger than the truth-level superhuman.

And at the same time, Annan has the protection of the righteous god.

Salvatore still doesn't know what Silver Sir wants to do with Annan. However, for Zhengshen, if they have malicious intentions, they don't have to go around this circle... In this world, it is not a complicated technology to modify the mind, modify the memory, or even directly enslave the mind.

Well, with the protection of Sir Silver, even if Annan fails, he will not die.

Salvatore is not a suicide lover.

He wants to save the tower master and take back the soul of the senior - it is best to take revenge on Bernardino. Instead of rushing straight up, let Bernardino kill.

Annan is much stronger than himself, and even has safety guarantees.

Then he can only give this opportunity to Annan.

Thinking of this, Salvatore regretted it very much.

——Why did you only make three bottles of Sage's Stone at that time?

If it were four bottles, he would be able to fight side by side with Annan!

"I understand."

Salvatore nodded reluctantly.

When he first became an advanced alchemist, he thought that he could provide more help to Annan.

But he never imagined that there would be a time when he encountered something and needed Annan to stand up for him...

When something happened to my family, I could only watch from the sidelines, but my friends were working hard for me—how can this work?

How can this work?

At this time, Salvatore somewhat regretted his career choice.

If he was the exclusive occupation of the son of the advanced tower, "Holy Torch", then he fought side by side with the tower master, and he could use his soul as fuel to support and heal the tower master. Bernardino battle.

"Go back, Thrall."

Shadow's cold and hoarse voice came: "Don't waste time,

Go straight back to Geraint's house and borrow their best transformation room.

"Then give me the body - I will make the medicine for Annan myself."

"……it is good."

——For the first time, Salvatore promised the shadow to borrow his body.

"If you still want to talk to Annan, talk to him first."

Salvatore said in his heart and closed his eyes.

After a few seconds, he fell asleep on the spot.

As dense black runes emerged from his body, full of evil aura, emitting a disturbingly thick black smoke, directly wrapping him in it, and his eyes turned into two blood-red curved lines. The moon glowed faintly in the black smoke.

It seems that it is more suitable for the name "Shadow Demon" than Kaphne.

"What is the need, Annan?"

"Salvatore" asked directly.

"Potions that can increase willpower, potions that improve physical attributes or increase damage resistance, don't increase strength and agility, it's better to suppress strength and agility appropriately. These are the two requirements of the first order.

"The second is the potion that temporarily increases the perception attribute, and then the second is the thing that increases my ability to kill the spiritual body - I will give you my sword, if possible, add this function to my sword. After that, the more the better the treatment. With potions... to what extent can these be done?"

"Don't underestimate me, this level of requirements... within twelve hours, no, I will finish it for you in ten hours."

"Salvatore" sneered and said coldly: "I'm not that waste. Bring the sword... suppress the requirements of strength and agility attributes, and put it in the potion that improves willpower, right? There are other things. needs?"

"No, that's all."

Annan nodded.

"Then there are two bottles of original customized potions, one bottle is to increase willpower while reducing strength and agility by a small amount, and one bottle is to greatly improve survivability. Stoneskin Elixir, a vial of Mind Fortitude Elixir, three flasks of Whisperer's Elixir, a Mind Purification Elixir, a Mind-Deflecting Ring, a Soul-strike Enchantment, and a dozen Potent Healing Elixir... That's the requirement, right? "

"Salvatore" recited Annan's order with a blank expression.

After hearing this, Annan became a little worried: "Why are there so many things? Are you done?"

"Oh, don't underestimate me. I'm the shadow of Salvatore."

"Salvatore" sneered and replied coldly: "Go and do your ceremony quickly. Before you leave, I will definitely come with something."

After saying that, she bit her thumb.

Annan has absolutely no idea how she did it.

I saw that "Salvatore" directly turned into a black wind, whistling like a monster in Journey to the West and flew away.

At least Annan can decide, Salvatore probably won't do this trick...

"They're not very happy."

Sir Silver said slowly.

Annan nodded and said nothing.

What will happen to Zedi Black Tower in the end has nothing to do with him. What tower owner, what senior's senior... Annan doesn't know each other.

— but they were friends and relatives of Salvatore.

If Annan doesn't stop Salvatore, he will surely die. Annan knew the senior and the shadow of the senior - Salvatore was a rational and weak person, and he would realize that his resistance was meaningless to the enemy and could not save anyone at all.

But shadows are different.

What Shadow does is never "what you should do", but "what you want to do". She is Salvatore's most primitive hope, the embodiment of his thoughts of pleasure, revenge, and rage, and the source of all his driving forces.

And Salvatore's own behavior is constrained by morality, law, rules, and reason, and what he does must take into account the income and the ideas of others. The relationship between Shadow and Salvatore is similar to the conflict between the "id" and the "superego" on the personality level.

Salvatore acts with reason and will to contain the shadows... But now, his reason and will are on the verge of collapse. At this time, he will eventually act according to Shadow's train of thought.

This is the essence of his curse, the [Reflection of Sleepless].

An ever-present mirror of self. At the same time, it is also a self-protection mechanism based on Salvatore's even a little divine way of doing things.

When Salvatore encounters problems that he can't handle and difficulties that he can't solve, the shadow will appear to solve it, because Salvatore is a person who won't give up easily; When doing things that are moral, irrational and logical, but you have to do it anyway... the shadow will come out to take the blame and lead the body to fulfill its will.

——That is, the so-called "temptation by the devil".

It's not just Annan, I'm afraid.

With the wisdom of Pope Benjamin, he should have long understood the essence of Salvatore's curse.

That's why he taught Salvatore to strictly control himself, constantly strengthen his self-discipline, and do his best to resist the possibility of "shadow" occupying his body.

In fact, this is to strengthen the wildness of "Shadow"... In order to ensure that at a critical moment, Shadow can do things that Salvatore is afraid to do and unwilling to do.

Because the shadow is his reflection in water.

The more rational Salvatore is, the crazier the shadow is; the more innocent Salvatore is, the darker the shadow is; the more Salvatore thinks about others... the more selfish the shadow is .

The seal imposed by Pope Benjamin was precisely to protect his student.

Not just to keep his life safe.

It also gave him an excuse that he had to make when faced with the choice of his heart - and a newly cast pot tailored for the shadow.

And this is to maintain the integrity of Salvatore's personality, so as not to leave him with regrets.

"... Pope Benjamin really likes him as a student."

Annan sighed.

Sir Silver looked at Annan, smiled gently, and shook his head silently.

He didn't say much, but simply said, "It's time to do your ritual. If it's two hours later, the ice cubes won't necessarily melt."

"Then can you... give me a ride?"

"Why not."

Sir Silver laughed, raised his hand, and a newly created silver coin appeared between his fingers.

He threw the silver coin to Annan casually, and said casually: "Then let the silver coin open the way—"

At the moment when he was hit by the silver coins, Annan was in a trance, as if a bridge composed purely of silver coins appeared, standing in the void.

Without waiting for him to move forward, the bridge circulated by itself.

In the blink of an eye, he reached the other side.

When Annan opened his eyes again, he was already in the Tower of Frost.

——And Geraint and his son and Salvatore have not yet arrived home at this time.