In the ruined temple of the Kingdom of Shadows, Todd sat cross-legged on the stone platform, feeling everything around him.

　　 The shadow queen Scarha's voice sounded in his ear: "Tell me how you feel."

　　 "I can see the colors of the world, hear the subtle sounds in the air, smell the fragrance of soil and plants, and feel the touch of the air flowing."

Skaha said: "Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, these are the human senses often said in the world. But if you want to strengthen your soul, you must first set aside these senses and learn how to use the power of soul perception. , Which is commonly known as the sixth sense."

　　 "Sixth sense? You mean super-sensory perception?" Todd was a little puzzled: "Isn't that supposed to be a power?"

Skaha walked to Todd's face: "No, the ability to perceive the soul is an ability that every creature possesses. From the legendary ancient creatures to the small ants shaped like gravel, as long as it is a creature with a soul, it has the ability. This power."

　　 "It's just that when human beings perceive the existence of the outside world, they rely too much on their eyes and ears, and they have long forgotten this innate power."

　　 Todd was a little speechless when he heard this: "Well, how should I get this feeling of being "forgotten"?"

　　 Skaha knocked Todd on the top of the head with the stick in his hand: "It's very simple, just blind your eyes and shield your ears..."

　　 "Wait a minute! I have never heard of such training!"

　　 Todd had just yelled these words, and his eyes were plunged into darkness. No sound was heard in his ears, and there was no more tactile sensation on his skin.

　　Skaha isolated all his sensory organs.

　　 Todd wanted to shout, but found that he couldn't make any sound. Having lost all his senses, he found that the only organ in his body that was still functioning normally was the brain.

　　 After not knowing how long the silence passed, a faint light appeared in Todd's eyes.

　　 It was a kind of weak light in the form of pale blue particles, slowly drifting in nothingness.

　　 Todd recognized this light blue light particle, which is exactly the same as the substance that appeared when Deirdre summoned the soul in the soul space.

　　 Todd tried to touch the light, just like metal meets a magnet, and the blue light entered his body in an instant.

　　 Maybe it was only a thousandth of a second, maybe a whole century, when a door suddenly opened to him, he "saw" a completely different world.

　　Grass, trees, birds, and beasts, these objects maintain their original form, but they are all composed of blue light bodies.

　　 The figures of Meredith and Skaha also appeared in his "view". The former looks like a huge blue giant penguin, while the latter is like a huge sphere emitting a dazzling light.

　　 In an instant, the senses of sight and hearing returned to Todd's body. He looked at the two women in front of him and said excitedly: "I saw it, I saw it! I saw another world!"

　　 Meredith brushed the hair near her ear, and asked with a smile: "Do you know how long it has been since you entered the meditation to the present?"

　　 Todd looked at the frost and fog around him, and replied uncertainly: "One day? Two days?"

　　 "Two months."

　　 Meredith’s answer caused Todd to jump from the ground in fright.

　　 "Two months?! So everything outside?! War, and the kingdom, how is it now?"

　　 Meredith raised his eyebrows and said, "These things are the first thing you care about? Don't you want to know the role of soul perception?"

　　 Seeing Todd's anxious appearance, Meredith shrugged and said helplessly: "Just a few days ago, your original companion, a woman named Rachel, came here to look for you."

　　 Todd stood up: "Where is she?"

"She learned that you were meditating, so she went back first. You also know that the environment here is not suitable for ordinary people to stay for a long time. She brought a message: the church officially declared war on Twilight City, and there are more than 20 people who followed the church to participate in the war. This kingdom has a total force of 16,000. The battlefield is set in the Holy Acropolis, and it is expected that the war will break out in a month."

　　 "I need to hurry back."

　　 Meredith widened his eyes: "Your training is not over yet!"

Skaha suddenly said at this time: "Todd, you have mastered the basic methods of soul perception this meditation. It can be said that you have taken the first step on the road of soul strengthening. This is a very remarkable thing. Achievements, many human beings who have passed the trial spent years or even decades on this step alone."

Skaha changed his words: "However, you should also understand that this time you go back will be your last step into the human world. I suggest you deal with all the trivial matters and make sure you have no worries before returning here. Just go back here. As I said before, your time is running out, and soon you will no longer be able to maintain human form."

　　 Todd lowered his head, looked at his hands, and nodded.

　　 Watching Skarha leave slowly, Meredith beckoned to Todd: "Before you leave, I hope I can talk to you."

The two came to the open space behind the temple. Meredith sat on a broken pillar and said to Todd: "You are not the same as the trialers I have seen. Those who wish to become demigods Some of the people are for power; some are for revenge; others are for immortality... You are the first tester I have ever seen who was forced to walk the path of a demigod in order to protect others."

　　 Todd sighed slightly: "Everyone has their own reasons."

　　 Meredith looked at Todd and said quietly: "Although your starting point is noble, your hard work may not bring a good result."

"……I do not understand you."

Meredith supported his chin with one hand and whispered: "The famous historian Mosiris once said this sentence: What is a hero? A hero is a person who saves people from suffering and disaster. This sentence There are two important points, I don’t know if you understand?"

Without giving Todd a chance to answer, Meredith continued: "First, the hero saved the civilians from the disaster; second, the hero must be a human being. The world often mentions the first half of the sentence~lightnovelpub.net~ but always It’s forgotten that the second half of the sentence is the point of the problem."

　　 Todd chewed the woman's words: "Heroes must be humans?"

"You can think of human beings as narrow-minded creatures. They are afraid of all unknown things, even if this kind of thing saves their lives and eliminates the threat of the world. They still look at everything with a scrutiny or even hostile vision. No matter how much contribution this kind of thing has made, human beings will still gather together to talk about the disasters that this kind of thing may cause in the future."

Meredith combed his feathers lightly, looked at Todd and said with a smile: "The alien species is the best example. I have seen too many cases like this. A alien species stood up for the safety of humans and exposed himself. In the end, his identity was betrayed by humans."

　　 Todd looked at Meredith and was silent.

"You have now mastered the ability of soul perception. As long as you don't use the power of a tyrant, you can be a human being safely." Meredith jumped off the pillar and shook the feathers on her body: "Todd, remember Stay with me. The word "hero", its reality in the real world, is sometimes darker and more desperate than it is literally."

　　Looking at Meredith's back, Todd asked suddenly, "Why are you telling me this?"

　　 "I just don't want to see tragedy happening again..."...

　　

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