Effects of illusion

Alexander stood on the balcony holding a cup of tea as he looked at the garden full of visitors who came to the Ford family on this special occasion.

 He was thinking deeply about all the possibilities about these diaries he had read

 He's only seen the records used by the Order of the Black Eagle once, so he's not sure if there's anyone out there who could imitate or forge one of them.

 Therefore, he could currently assume that this notebook belonged to a member of the Order of the Black Eagle

 This person appears to be of a high rank within the organization

 From the text that was written in the notebook, the author of these notes is one of the founders of the Order of the Black Eagle, and it would not be a shocking thing if it turned out that he was the head of the organization.

 But there is still something abnormal

 The owner of the notebook mentioned that he had been building the Order of the Black Eagle for centuries

 How long did that guy live?

 The Earth was energy scarce, and there were no energy sources through which you could break through the levels naturally

 This only concerns aura and Qi, because vitae energy can be derived from pain and negative emotions from other beings.

 Therefore, it was impossible for anyone from Earth to break through to the eighth level due to the lack of Aura energy

 As your strength increases, your life span will increase, but if your strength does not increase, it is only a matter of time before your life force withers and dies. This will eliminate the possibility of that man relying on aura.

 So the only remaining possibility was that this man was using Vitae energy, especially since there were traces of evil spells on one of the pages of the diary. But it was not that easy, because the advanced levels required special rituals and huge amounts of Vitae energy. Where can he get all this energy?

 Was that man's mind unclear when he was writing that note because he had been betrayed and besieged from all sides, which made him start writing illogical things?

 This is a reasonable possibility, but Alexander still has doubts

 The next thing he was thinking about was the man called Thomas Dior

 Is he a member of the Dior family that exists in this world?

 The Dior family was one of the super families of this empire

 But there was a lot of mystery surrounding this family because of a lot of strange things

 One of these things is the closeness of the Dior family to the imperial family

 The members of the Dior family did not possess special abilities or possess distinctive combat skills. However, they were present in all the important events in the history of the Empire, from the Age of Chaos until the establishment of the Empire. The Dior family was present even though they had not achieved anything worthy of obtaining this rank or standing beside the rest of the families that made great contributions to the empire

It was as if the Dior family had been forcibly squeezed among other powerful families

 But everything changed because of a disaster that struck that family and killed almost all of its members

 There was one survivor of that disaster

 What happened to the Dior family has not been discovered to this day

 Because on that day all communications were cut off from the area where the Dior family lived, and all electronic devices strangely malfunctioned

The strangest thing is that all the citizens who lived near the Dior family palace suffered from what looked like a state of severe delirium and a nervous state that prompted them to attack everything they saw.

 Returning to the main topic, a member of the Dior family stole something from the diary owner 

 It's not clear what that thing is

 There were many tools that possessed supernatural powers due to their connection to powerful entities

 So it is safe to assume that this thing is one of these tools

 Where did that man get that tool?

  Alexander could not come up with any logical possibility

 Now, the second question is, how did Thomas Dior manage to steal that tool?

 Alexander had no idea how these two were even communicating

 But the Mithraists could have used sacrifice rituals in order to create contact with other worlds. So the diary owner may be able to do this as well

 He came up with two possibilities

 The first is that Thomas was able to create a temporary portal that transported him to Earth to steal the tool and then escape to this world again

 But this raises another question, which is how he created this portal

It requires special portals built by the ancients to move between worlds, and it was unknown how these portals were built, so no one was able to imitate them in our present era. The other way is for the person to be at the Demi-Great One level to be able to move freely between worlds, but this is unlikely

 The second possibility is that Thomas Dior was from Earth and somehow moved to this world after stealing the artifact

 This was hard to believe

 Someone from Earth has arrived here?

 This would definitely be a strange thing

 In addition, there was a person who assisted Thomas Dior, and according to the diary, his name was Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

 Is that person from this world or from Earth?

 Because I had never heard of this Agrippa family name before

The most important question is...why did these notes appear in this trial?

 I don't remember ever reading anything like this before

 Is this diary even real or is it just a fake thing created by an illusion?

 Alexander rubbed his hair. He felt a headache because of the many questions in his mind

 He looked at the empty cup in his hand

 One cup is not enough, I need a whole pot of tea, heh heh... Alexander laughed somewhat sarcastically as he threw the cup away.

 "Kyaa…" An angry woman's scream came from below the balcony. "Where on earth did this cup come from?"

 Alexander fled into the room so that no one would see him

 He decided to leave thinking about these notes until later and explore the garden behind the palace

 But as soon as he opened the door he saw Seraphina standing there

 kuh, these cute cheeks are a deadly weapon... Alexander bit his lip

 He forced a smile onto his face. "Is there a problem, Sera?"

 Seraphina nervously avoided his eyes

 Alexander frowned. " What happened..."

 After a few moments of silence, Seraphina decided to speak with some hesitation. "I heard your father talking about your little brother..."

 Alexander's eyes narrowed

 "Do you have a younger brother?" Seraphina asked innocently

 Anger rose within Alexander, but he quickly suppressed it. He patted on her head. "Forget it, you have to go back to your father quickly."

 Alexander pulled himself together and left

 "Wait..." Seraphina reached out to grab Alexander's sleeve

 But Alexander managed to escape her little hand and continued on his way

 "Please, Alexander, tell me everything will be okay." Seraphina screamed miserably and tears gathered in her eyes

 Alexander's legs suddenly froze and he could no longer move them

 He tried to raise his foot, but it refused to budge

 He grinded his teeth, anger evident in his eyes

 He knew that this illusion was playing on sensitive strings that affected his emotions and psychology

 The trials were not simple at all

 Even Heaven's Gate, which was considered relatively easy, still posed some challenge

 Because during the trial, the person's feelings will become unstable and he will be affected by the smallest things, no matter how high his physical or psychological strength is

 Alexander took a deep breath and regained control of his feet again

 He continued on his way without looking back and ignoring Seraphina's sad calls

 Hmph, just a silly illusion. Do you really think this will affect me?... Alexander snorted sarcastically

 This illusion was exploiting the sensitive part of Alexander's past to make the remnants of his soul turmoil under this pressure

 But even with these weak attempts, this illusion will not be able to overcome him, even after a hundred years

 Just see how I can overcome you faster than a drink of water

 Trumbull!

 Alexander stumbled upon a strange object lying on the ground

 When he took a closer look at this thing, his eyes froze in confusion

 This thing was a golden sculpture of a pig's head. Its left eye was made of ruby, while the right eye was made of emerald. There were red and black lines overlapping with each other to form symbols that had no clear shape or meaning decorating the pig's head.

 Alexander looked at the pig's head in horror

 "Me and my big mouth." Alexander mustered all his strength and started running for his life