Savior Simulator

Chapter 373 The Illusionist of the Emerald City (Subscribe)
This detail is completely copied from the original "The Wizard of Oz".

If you ask the gatekeeper, why do you wear goggles?

He would tell visitors: "The streets and buildings in the city are made of large pieces of high-quality emeralds. If you enter the city without goggles, your eyes will be hurt by the strong light reflected by the emeralds."

When Gao Fei read the original book, he suspected it was a hoax.

In fact, the Emerald City is probably just some ordinary masonry buildings. People wear green goggles to create the illusion that the houses and streets are green.

Considering that the "Master of Oz" in the original book does not know any magic at all, but is just a liar who sells magic on the street, the so-called emerald city is almost certainly a hoax.

The purpose is nothing more than to deceive the innocent residents in this way, thinking that Master Oz really has some amazing magic power, which can turn stones and bricks into beautiful and expensive emeralds.

Full of suspicion, Gao Fei followed his companions through the city gate and onto the road leading to the palace.

There are rows of beautiful houses on both sides of the street that seem to have moved out of a fairy tale. The walls and roofs are shining with a beautiful green luster, and they really look like they are carved from a large piece of emerald.

The skin of the people passing by on the street is also greenish against the emeralds everywhere.

Of course, this is all a view through the goggles.

What happens if you take off your goggles?

This idea fermented in Gao Fei's mind, and he couldn't help touching the back of his head.

The chains of the goggles are tightly bound and cannot be taken off directly.

This little trouble couldn't help him.

After winking to his companion, Gao Fei turned around and walked into a secluded alley, looked around to make sure that no one was paying attention to him, so he put on the "thief mask".

To unlock the goggles, one must pass a DC19 "Sleight of Hand Check", which is surprisingly difficult!

Gao Fei's "skillful hand" skill +6, even if he has an advantage in the test with the cooperation of thieves' tools, he still can't pick the lock.

MMP!It's just a pair of glasses, is it necessary to lock it so tightly?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Gao Fei is increasingly suspicious that this is a hoax!

It doesn't matter if the thief can't pick the lock with his skills, the master still has a trick!

Goofy switches the "thief mask" to "druid mask", uses "wild transformation", and turns into a snake.

As the head shrinks, the goggles automatically fall off.

Gao Fei was secretly complacent, changed back into a human form, looked around, and unexpectedly found that the street scene was not significantly different from when he was wearing goggles, it was still green.

He rubbed his eyes vigorously, looked up at the sky, and was surprised to find that even the sky was green, and the rays of sunlight were also green.

The emeralds that can be seen everywhere reflect the sunlight, and the endless bright green color fills his vision, making him feel dizzy.

System prompt: You are affected by the illusion, you failed the DC21 will save, and fell into the "dazzled" state.

……

Dazzled: the field of vision is halved, and the "perception" check based on vision has a disadvantage!
……

Worthy!

Gao Fei quickly closed his eyes, fumbled for the goggles, and put them back on his head.

At the price of being dazzled, I finally satisfied my curiosity.

So here comes the question, is the Emerald City really made of emeralds, or is it a hoax?

Goofy's conclusion hasn't changed.

This is most likely a scam.

But the deception was more ingenious than he had previously thought.

The problem wasn't with the goggles.

The goggles are indeed protecting the eyes of the residents of the city.

However, the building materials used in the city are not real jade, but an illusion created by illusion.

Someone has wrought magic on buildings and streets, making ordinary brick and stone look like emeralds shining with a green luster.

This is indeed a deception, but the technical content is not low.

The magic that envelops the entire city in an illusion barrier must be at least a 5-ring "mirage", right?

In the Emerald City, who can have such powerful mana?

The answer can be imagined.

It can be seen that, unlike the original book of "The Wizard of Oz", in this fantasy game mod, Oz, the lord of the Emerald City, is probably really a powerful archmage!
Gao Fei caught up with his companions, walked along the street to the end, informed the guards of his intention, and entered the waiting hall of the palace.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the guard opened the door and announced loudly that Master Oz was coming!
Everyone looked at the door curiously, and found that it was a humble dwarf who walked in.

This little old man is only three feet tall, wearing a tuxedo, a top hat, and a pair of monocles. He looks a little funny.

"This is Master Oz?" Jiang Feng muttered in a low voice, "In the original book, he is not a dwarf, could he be a substitute?"

Gao Fei was not sure, so he used the astrolabe to investigate.

The result was still "unable to detect high-level NPC", only that this person was a level 12 "Illusionist"—that is, a mage who specialized in "Illusion School".

"No problem, this is the real Master Oz."

The level of spellcasting is similar to that of the four witches, and they specialize in the school of illusion, coupled with the illusion barrier covering the entire Emerald City, these clues are enough to confirm the identity of Master Oz.

You can say that he is a liar, after all, "illusion" is a kind of advanced deception.

But when you're dealing with a 12th-level "conjurer," it's best to be polite.

The "Illusion School" is at least one of the eight major schools of magic, and it does not lack the means to kill or even kill one's heart!

Master Oz entered the drawing room, seated himself in an emerald armchair too large for his stature, and received the audience of his visitors.

"Dear Master Oz, we have come to visit you to—"

Ma Yun was interrupted by the arrogant dwarf mage halfway through her speech.

"Your name is Dorothy Gale, you come from the world of Vales, and those strange friends around you, I know their origins very well, so you don't need to talk too much."

"Master, so you already understand our purpose?"

"Yes, miss, of course I know that you want to go home, and your friends want to use my magic to remove the curse, and even want to go one step further, gaining wisdom, courage and insight beyond ordinary people, right?"

"Indeed, would you like to help us?"

"Satisfying the wishes of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion is just a piece of cake for me, but you are different, Miss Gail. It is not an easy job to send you home. You are a reasonable girl. Am I working hard for nothing?"

Master Oz stared at the girl, and hinted coldly.

"But what can I do for you?" Ma Yun asked in confusion.

"It's very simple, you just need to help me kill one person."

"Murder..." Ma Yun looked at Master Oz suspiciously, "Who are you referring to?"

(End of this chapter)