While the time was too early and the vicious sunlight that was enough to cause "illusions" had not yet appeared, Delen seized the time to make some preparations.

He first went to the grocery store - he was a regular here some time ago, and he came to buy strong laxatives from Aunt Kelly more than once, but today he did not come for this.

"Auntie Kelly~ I want to buy some tobacco leaves~" Delan shouted on tiptoe at the door of the grocery store.

The grocery store in the small village of Door sells a lot of things, from daily necessities to gadgets to livestock feed, from salt, sugar and pepper to powder used by ladies in the big city or tobacco smoked by men. There are even many fresh fruits and vegetables at the door!

This is actually not normal.

In the small village of Door, the main business of an ordinary family is often a single project, such as those who raise animals sell meat and milk, those who make irons sell weapons and farm tools, and tailors sell clothes and shoes... But it is said that Aunt Kelly knows many travel vendors, and people regularly deliver goods to her by carriage from the Belita Market, so she can afford such a grocery store.

Daren screamed a few times, but he didn't see Aunt Kelly's figure. Instead, a small head emerged from behind the fruit pile, blinking in surprise: "Dalren? What are you going to buy?"

"Lydia, why is it you? Aunt Kelly is not here?" Daren was stunned for a moment and scratched his head.

"Mom has something to do and leave for a while..." The girl named Lydia has a slightly fat face, light green and short hair with ears, big brown eyes, and a very cute type. She looks a little timid at the moment, but she still whispered: "Now I'm taking care of the shop, what do you want to buy? That, just tell me directly..."

"Oh, fresh tobacco leaves, the worst kind." Deren nodded.

Seeing Lydia's surprised look, the brunette boy added: "I'm not for smoking!"

"I understand." The girl with round face suddenly realized, nodded quickly, jumped off the bench and ran into the depths of the shop. When Daren stood outside, she could hear her rumbling through the cabinets and the sound of something hitting her.

After a while, she ran out, but with her hands empty, she looked at Daren awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I forgot to ask you how much do you want?"

"It's okay, give me ten copper cloth first." Daren smiled, looked at his purse and said.

"Oh! Oh! OK." Lydia hurriedly ran in again.

Nothing happened this time, she quickly brought out a small handful of green and narrow fresh tobacco leaves.

Only for high-quality tobacco leaves, there will be someone who bakes them in advance until they turn yellow and soft, compact and roll them up, for the rich to enjoy. And this lowest-level tobacco leaves are smoked directly - the smoke after ignition is spicy and choking, which is a cheap stimulation.

However, it has another purpose, which is more practical than smoking - the crushed juice is applied directly around the wound, which has the effect of paralysis and pain relief!

Many people in the small village of Dore use them as herbs.

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After buying what he needed at the grocery store, Daren ran to the southwest corner of the village again.

There is the only winery in the small village of Dore.

The owner of the winery is Grandpa Conrad, an old alcoholic who has been around for many years. But the wine he brews is really not good to drink. There are residues left in the turbid wine. It makes you feel astringent and astringent. The wine tastes very light... But there is no way, who made this the only winery in the village? So you don’t have to worry about business!

Some people say that the wine brewed by Mr. Conrad is not of good quality, mostly because of his laziness, and he still has his skills.

There are two evidences.

One of the most powerful evidence is that he likes to make some private goods with honey! The sweet and intoxicating honey wine is golden with orange and red, with a strong aroma, and is even more attractive than the sweetest syrup. It is a good thing that almost all the children in the village are greedy! Whoever can sneak into the winery while the old man is napping and get a little secretly, even if he is beaten by his parents afterwards and then grabbed him to the winery to pay for money and apologize!

Another less powerful evidence is that his granddaughter Laura actually has good skills in brewing wine. The old alcoholic in the village who knows the tricks will carefully confirm before buying wine. Whether this barrel of wine is from Conrad or his capable granddaughter - even if the two are at the same price, the latter tastes much stronger than the former!

Brewing wine is a job that requires experience... Laura can have such good skills as a teenager, so she must have a good master who teaches her step by step, and this master is most likely her biological grandfather.

When Daren came to the winery, he rarely met Old Man Conrad and was awake.

After a bargaining, spending 20 copper cloths, Delen gritted his teeth and bought the most expensive and strongest flavour of maize wine, which is said to be able to put down the cows in a small cup! It filled a large bag full of... Before leaving, Old Man Conrad patted his chest and promised that it was definitely brewed and distilled by his little granddaughter Laura, and the taste was absolutely good, and it was not good, so it would cost money!

After all the preparations, Daren walked to the training ground with a nervous mood.

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On the training ground.

The sun has gradually risen to a high place. There is no sunshade in the field except for the scarecrow. In addition, the men of the Self-Defense Corps are all practicing here, so the temperature is hotter than other parts of the village.

Even in autumn when the weather starts to get colder, it still makes people sweat profusely.

Daren absent-mindedly waved his sword and chopped off the scarecrow in front of him, and was actually silently waiting for the third appearance of the "fire illusion".

A very simple guess is that the hotter the place, the more fire elements there are... So the illusion you feel at the blacksmith shop will be stronger than the flame illusion on the training ground. After all, Old Hans's house is simply a giant stove, with the temperature several degrees higher than the sun outside.

Deren waited silently, and as the sun continued to rise, the temperature in the training ground also became higher and higher.

At some point.

Suddenly, there was a flame in his sight without any warning! The flame quickly spread to him, and Daren seemed to see his clothes burning, and his flesh smelled burnt... What followed was a strong burning pain.

Daren's body suddenly trembled!

His muscles were tight, his blood began to speed up, and his skin turned red like cooked shrimps... He stopped swinging his sword, inserted the sword to the ground, gasped heavily, and held the huge "Self-Defense Corps Shield" with both hands before barely standing...

Even though he was mentally prepared, the feeling of being surrounded by flames still made Daren almost faint!

He used great perseverance to resist the urge to escape, and trembled and reached out to take out the cheap tobacco leaves that had been prepared. He clamped his five fingers tightly, and the green leaves turned into mud, and the juice flowed out from the gaps between his fingers.

Deren quickly rubbed the juice on his arms and legs, and never let go of his neck and chest - these were the places where he saw the flames burning in the "illusion" and the parts where the burning pain was the most intense.

That’s right, this is Deren’s first idea - to use the paralysis and pain relief effect of tobacco leaves to reduce the pain brought to yourself by the “illusion”!

A faint cool feeling began to come...

But it was useless. The coolness could not conceal the pain. On the contrary, the two stimuli appeared at the same time, causing Daren to take a breath and almost fell to the ground.

[This feeling is even more unbearable...]

Daren quickly pulled out the plug of the wine bag, raised his head, and drank all the Mai Shaojiu in one breath!

Then he continued to hold the shield, struggling to hold on, waiting for the alcohol to explode...

This is Deren's reserve plan - if the juice of tobacco leaves is ineffective in applying to the skin, it means that the pain may not come from the real body, and the illusion may directly affect one's own thinking! The reserve plan "drunk" is an attempt to disturb one's own feelings from the thinking level.
Chapter completed!