The sunshine in the Principality in winter is already dim.
Although the small barrier covering the city can keep out the blizzard... the barrier itself has no lighting function, and the blizzard roaring above still blocks the skylight.
Therefore, in the Principality of Winter, the streets are always dark.
The office of the Grand Duke was equally dark - only by turning the switch on the table could the green fire burn and illuminate the room.
Although the flame is burning green, it emits a bright light yellow light. This is exactly the characteristic of green fire.
The green flame lamp on the table is much brighter than a candle and can effectively protect eyesight.
In terms of brightness, this green flame lamp is about the same as an eye protection desk lamp, maybe a little weaker. Because there is a lampshade on the outside to make the light less dazzling.
It started from the moment Annan entered this room and closed the door.
The whole room was suddenly filled with light.
It is neither dazzling nor scorching. Instead, it makes people feel obviously comfortable, as if they were basking in the sun on a soft sofa in the afternoon when the temperature is just right.
Even the glow of the green light in the room became dim after Annan entered the room.
It becomes as weak as a candle lit under the sun at noon.
This faint light even gives people an inexplicable "well-behaved" feeling.
——Because all lights are tame in front of Annan.
After Annan closed the door, he lazily leaned against the door behind him.
Annan raised his head with a smile, revealing a smile that was so beautiful that it shocked people's hearts.
There is no doubt that it belongs to the field of elemental power.
With just one movement, one look... or even his mere presence in this room, Annan poured endless light into the consciousness of Demetri and Count Melvin.
Yes, in perception - not in eyes.
It's useless even if you close your eyes. It's useless even if you cover it with your hands.
Every drop of light in the room is like a tiny drop of mist, which can even be felt with the skin, breathed with the nose and mouth...can smell the fragrance, and taste with the tongue.
It's like burning rosin, and like a slightly sweet and slightly bitter oil.
As long as you meet Annan once, you will never forget it——
Earl Melvin seemed to have some fear in his heart.
But it just seems.
Because these messy emotions were completely dispelled by the light in his heart the moment they occurred. Just looking at Annan, Earl Melvin's mood became extremely peaceful...
Earl Melvin has lived for decades, but his mood has never been as peaceful as it is today.
All the disturbances outside disappeared. The whole world became silent and harmonious, and all the troubles, even the work that needed to be dealt with, were forgotten.
It's like having a full and sweet sleep, and waking up happily and refreshed. The whole world becomes clearer.
Therefore, even though Earl Melvin knew in his heart that he had to be wary of Archduke Annan, he still unconsciously developed a liking for him.
Earl Melvin immediately calmed down.
Then he used magic to check... and found that there were several more influences on himself that he had either seen or not seen before.
——Low-level influence: The eyes light up.
——Low-level influence: warm happiness.
——High-level influence: flowing light.
Among them, Earl Melvin only knows the influence of [Flowing Light]. This is the purest and most universal influence in the field of aura.
The remaining two new influences are new influences unique to Annan.
——No magic required.
Just existing will change the minds of others, and even just a "look" will have an impact.
There is no doubt that this is a characteristic only possessed by gold-level extraordinary beings.
It's not even the kind of golden level that makes up for the numbers.
Judging from the density of this influence, it is even one step away from the sublimation ceremony and completely constructing the sublime false body...the only "level of truth" that exists in the legend!
The truth level is not a real level. Compared with the gold level, it has not been completely transformed. The soul is still the solid soul of the gold level.
This word is usually used to describe the intermediate state of "having completely transcended the golden stage" but "but not yet becoming a god".
This means that Annan basically only has one more ritual left to go through before he can become a god - he has even been able to recruit believers and establish a church!
...By this time, it was already too late to stop Annan from sublimating.
But when this thought flashed through Earl Melvin's mind.
He suddenly felt something was wrong——
Under Annan's half-smiling gaze, an inexplicable, invisible chill penetrated his body.
It was like an extremely cold breeze blowing in front of him... He was wearing a sweater full of holes and had just walked out of a warm room. He soaked himself in front of him and behind him, which instantly dispelled the tiredness and happiness he had felt not long ago.
.
That's not an illusion.
Rather, it is a field filled with the elements of “understanding”!
Although Annan does not understand the spells of the Soul-Seizing School, the "understanding" elements he has mastered can also be used to read minds.
It's not about "stealing ideas", it's about "understanding ideas".
Just like the elements of understanding can be used to communicate with animals, plants, and even the sky and the earth... Even if a person's subjective consciousness wants to keep a secret, his body will honestly reach a consensus with Annan.
"I see."
Annan said with a smile: "You want to interrupt my sublimation ceremony.
"Then let's talk about it -"
As Annan's voice fell.
Earl Melvin felt that the surrounding environment suddenly became dark.
Only he, Annan, the ground was glowing... Even Dmitri and the table behind him disappeared without a trace. It turned into pure darkness.
The sound outside the window also disappeared, and the whole world instantly became silent. Only his heartbeat increased several times louder, rumbling like a drum. The shock made his eardrums hurt.
...Is this an illusion? Am I in a dream?
Or is it some kind of special field? Or is it pulling me into another space?
The expression of the patriarch of the Melvin family suddenly became stiff.
With his level as a Silver-level Extraordinary and a Great Ritualist, he could not tell the details of Annan's move...
Annan, who was opposite Earl Melvin, stretched out an index finger and drew a line in front of him in a hurry.
Looking from the earl's side, it's really just a line.
But Annan stretched out his hand and gently twisted it a few times, just like cutting paper money, and cut the line into a circle.
Then Annan stretched out his hand and held the disc of light, as if it really had an entity - it shone like the sun, but when Annan took it away, Earl Melvin clearly saw that it didn't exist at all.
"thickness"!
Annan put this "CD" under his body.
It just hung in the air, and Annan sat down gracefully, crossed his right leg, crossed his fingers, and rested on his chin.
Annan didn't know when he had turned back into a pair of azure pupils, suddenly turning into a deep blue like the starry sky. Two complex runes emerged from the depths, looking like lighted constellations.
"Tell me, Earl Melvin," Annan's voice was gentle and non-hostile, "Who is behind the Melvin family? Or rather, what?"
There is a huge gap in the "volume" of existence between the two. If Annan is a star, Earl Melvin is just a hyena on the planet.
Lord Melvin was now completely unable to move.
It's not that I'm restrained, nor that I'm shocked... To put it metaphorically, it means that my authority over my body has been reduced to the point where I can't drive it.
...Is the gap between gold level and silver level so big?!
--impossible.
Earl Melvin immediately rejected his idea.
He has also seen the "God on Earth". That is a senior golden rank passed down from generation to generation - and when the God on Earth is angry, Earl Melvin just seems to see natural disasters such as avalanches, earthquakes, and mudslides.
Although he was so frightened that he could only run away, he was not completely unable to escape.
And now...
Despite his best efforts to restrain himself, his thoughts still unconsciously drifted to the most secret corner.
A name that is somewhat familiar to Annan, but one he has not heard for a long time:
——Gryaznuha.
His former name was Gryaznuhar Winter, and he was a "removed" person.
The expelled members of the Cold Winter family...and the Pope of the dead god Bones.
"...So it's him?"
Annan murmured with some surprise: "I thought it was a worm..."
Or is it that Gryaznuha is the agent of the worm, and Melvin is just a tool?