"Something came out of our hearts in the dream..."
Morian rubbed his chin and repeated the words in confusion. He had never heard of anything like that in all his experience. The old knight turned and looked at Veronica. "Your Highness the Princess, this sounds somewhat like a wizard's handiwork."
"You mean Mind Illusion?" Veronica frowned. "These soldiers seem to have suffered tremendous fear before they died, while the commander showed signs of madness... It certainly looks like they fell victim to a wizard's Mind Illusion, but I've never heard of any illusion having such a powerful effect, let alone over such a wide area—everyone stationed at the Chaos Boundary is a battle-hardened veteran, and each of them has undergone at least a year of willpower training. Their resistance to illusions is extremely strong."
Hao Ren watched from the side without offering an opinion. In fact, he knew far more than Veronica and Morian combined—he had witnessed the most powerful soul forces in the universe and faced a Mind Storm capable of driving an entire city mad. He knew that many powerful supernatural minds in the world could accomplish what had happened here, such as the Firstborn's whispers and the Guardian Giant's murmurs in its dreams. But such things were difficult to explain clearly to the local natives.
Moreover, he couldn't determine exactly what the soldiers at this watchpost had encountered. He had seen no traces of Firstborn tentacles moving inside or outside the watchpost, nor had he sensed the aura of a Guardian Giant. A Mind Storm might indeed have occurred here, but its instigator had not appeared.
After thinking for a while, Hao Ren asked indirectly, "Have you ever encountered Chaos monsters skilled in mental attacks?"
"The very existence of Chaos Minions can interfere with the human mind,"