After Lucrezia left, Liens entered the instance. Next, he prepared to test the specific strengths of the Rebel Army's high-ranking members.

First, he started with the most familiar one, Lucrezia.

The scene shifted.

The view before him changed from a military tent to the forest outside the camp, and Lucrezia, who had just left, stood before him again.

Liens did not immediately make a move. Instead, he continued to probe Lucrezia's situation with his mind.

Previously, due to the etiquette of social interaction, he had paused his intrusion into Lucrezia's privacy, but in the instance, he would no longer care about etiquette. The only things that could restrict his actions were strength and principles.

Because Liens's actions were very direct, Lucrezia easily noticed his probing of her.

The strange sensation of being scanned all over made Lucrezia feel a bit displeased, but on the surface, she still smiled gently at Liens.

"Is there a big difference between me in person and my image in the communication? So much so that it makes you so curious?"

Lucrezia suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and chuckled softly at Liens, subtly reminding him that his probing was a bit excessive.

Liens did not respond to Lucrezia, maintaining a serious expression as he continued to probe her situation.

Seeing this, Lucrezia's brows furrowed slightly.

Liens's attitude made her sense something abnormal. According to the intelligence she had gathered and their previous communication, his personality, in her opinion, should not be like this.

But to say that the Liens in front of her was fake, she couldn't imagine any existence who had comprehended the Grandmaster Realm would disguise himself as a first-tier Knight.

Yes, while Liens was probing her, she was also carefully observing Liens's situation.

When she first discovered that Liens was a Knight, she was a little puzzled.

But upon sensing Liens's aura, which was closely connected to his surroundings, and the inexplicable failure of her own probing methods, she instantly realized that the person before her had already comprehended the Grandmaster Realm.

It was precisely because of this that even though she was somewhat displeased and suspicious of Liens's blatant probing, she did not directly stop his actions.

Even if his identity was fake, the Grandmaster Realm was real, and since he could seize the communication compass from the hands of Liens, who had killed Earl Bard, she might not be his opponent.

If his identity was real, then she would tolerate this slight offense from such a genius. She would just consider it the arrogance of a genius.

Lucrezia silently endured Liens's probing, attempting to use certain methods to conceal her own situation while also trying to find the means by which Liens was probing her.

Unfortunately, after a thorough search, she found nothing. In fact, she felt that her methods of self-concealment hadn't worked much.

She knew that Liens must be using power related to the Grandmaster Realm to probe her, otherwise, she wouldn't have found no trace of the probing, apart from a slight strangeness.

This made her frown deeply, and even her gentle smile became difficult to maintain, as she vaguely felt that Liens was probing her most secret mystery.

Although she didn't know what Liens could see, she couldn't let him continue to look.

Lucrezia's expression hardened, and she directly lunged at Liens. Liens dodged sideways. He didn't sense any killing intent, and Lucrezia had no follow-up actions.

"What is this?"

Liens was a little puzzled. He had thought Lucrezia was too displeased and was about to make a move, but it seemed that was not the case.

"Since you ignored me, I could only use this method to get your attention. Although simple, it can still achieve the goal."

"It's just that you seem very wary of me. I originally wanted to give you a passionate hug... It's truly heartbreaking."

Lucrezia's eyes drooped, as if she was very sad about Liens's evasion just now.

"One question: the connection between a Great Mage's magic power and spirit is so deep, so if the magic power changes, will it affect the person's spirit?"

Ignoring Lucrezia's act, Liens posed a question to her.

"Probably... After reaching the Great Mage Realm, the evolution of magic power will cause the spirit to evolve. So if magic power is affected, it will naturally affect the spirit as well."

Although she didn't know why Liens suddenly brought up such an academic question, Lucrezia thought for a moment and then gave her response.

"How do you maintain the stability of your spirit, or rather, how are you sure you are still you?"

Liens then asked seriously.

Through probing Lucrezia's magic power, he discovered that the cultivation of a Magician was truly unique.

If a Knight's cultivation was elemental stimulation of the body, the body influencing the spirit, and the spirit then drawing in elements, in such a cycle, the body and spirit continuously grew stronger.

Then a Magician's cultivation was the spirit combining with elements to form magic power, the magic power growing and evolving, and the spirit also evolving with it, in such a cycle, the spirit becoming powerful through evolution.

The key among these was naturally the connection between magic power and spirit, and this connection was magic.

Magic power was not simply a mass of energy, but a special structure, a special structure with magical cognition as a template, spirit as a framework, and elements as filler.

Therefore, the deeper one's understanding of magic, the higher the level of magic power, and the spirit naturally followed suit.

This was entirely a cultivation method where cognition determined the strength of one's power.

And he was currently experiencing this method, which was why he asked Lucrezia this question based on his own situation.

"That's quite a convoluted question... What you want to ask is probably what changes I would undergo if my magic power evolved and my spirit was affected by it, right?"

"Indeed, after advancing to the Great Mage Realm, my perspectives have indeed undergone some changes compared to before, but this is not enough for me to deny myself."

"Whether as a princess, or 'Princess Knight,' or the Great Mage of the Rebel Army, Lucrezia, these are all me, different facets of my existence in the world."

"Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Lucrezia smiled as she looked at Liens, her eyes tender, her tone gentle, like a light breeze caressing everything around her.

"Is this your understanding of self? No wonder your magic power's characteristic appears so illusory, seemingly there and yet not."

"Make your move... The foreplay is over, it's time to get to the main event. Let me see what your magic is truly like."

Liens said seriously, and to show the seriousness of his attitude, an invisible killing intent accompanied by the pressure of "momentum" descended upon Lucrezia.

"You already touched my deepest part just now. Did that not satisfy you?"

The pressure of the killing intent made Lucrezia's expression subtly change, and she looked at Liens with resentful eyes, as if she were a wronged young woman with nowhere to seek justice, able only to accuse her tormentor with her gaze.

"Zheng ~"

Liens did not respond, merely drawing his sword to show the firmness of his resolve. Seeing this, Lucrezia put away the delicate demeanor on her face, and her expression became serious.

This was the Lucrezia Liens was most familiar with, a Valkyrie who could cleave him in half with a flaming longsword.

"It seems this battle is unavoidable."

Lucrezia said softly, her right hand slightly open, a small magic circle gathering in her palm, and a delicate longsword appeared with it.

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