In the sky, the ancient and magnificent city of Aalto stands on the banks of the Belém River, staring at the land.
Its city walls were different from the black that most magicians liked, with a dark yellow color, as if they had lived through countless years, just like the eternal and unchanging starry sky.
Although Fernando did not dare to fly, he traveled day and night and arrived at the current core city of the empire a few days later.
He straightened his clothes and walked towards the city gate, where there were more than a dozen magicians guarding, and the leader was unabashedly flamboyant, he was an archmage!
At this time, it was noon, but the number of farmers, vendors, and citizens entering and leaving the city did not decrease at all, but was still bustling, making people feel the prosperity and vitality of Aalto.
"Stop!" A mid-level magician guarding the door saw Fernando approaching and waved his hand vigilantly to stop, no one wanted to fall victim to the night watchman in extraordinary times.
Because Fernando was wearing a bright red magic robe, the guards' attention was diverted, except for the archmage, their expressions were slightly solemn, as if they would shoot mercilessly at the slightest change.
Fernando said in a loud voice: "I am from the Great Holm area, and I am here to find my friend Antek, who is a student of His Excellency the 'King of Nightmares'."
Antek is just a high-level mage who has just entered the Sixth Rings, and his reputation is not well-known, so in order to avoid accidents, Fernando directly brought out his teacher, the legendary magician "King of Nightmares".
The ultimate profession of their lineage is the "King of Nightmares", just like Muskillen, who ruled the city in the past, there are only two legendary professions in his "Book of Astrology and Elements", "Prophet" and "Elemental Ruler".
If you want to get more legendary professions, you can only make enough contributions to the empire before you can enter the "Tower of the Gods" in Antifleur to study - during the heyday of the Sylvanas Empire, magicians had expanded their confidence and thought that the legendary powerhouses were mortal gods, and different professions were gods in different realms, so they named the Imperial Library "Tower of the Gods", but the rise of the Church of Truth caused these "gods" to fall into the dust.
"Your Excellency, the King of Nightmares?" Hearing that it was a legendary magician, the archmage guarding the door put away his careless attitude and became much kinder.
Fernando nodded lightly: "Yes, but I don't know him, I am only familiar with his student Antek."
He disdains to cling to legendary magicians.
Strange honest guy...... The magicians present did not understand Fernando's pride, and took it for granted that he was the type of person who studied magic and made himself stupid.
The archmage guarding the door smiled and said, "I know another student of His Excellency the 'King of Nightmares', Stannis, and I have heard the name Antek from his mouth, so you go in."
Oh? Faced with this kind of treatment, Fernando didn't get used to it, so he went in so easily? They didn't even ask their names!
The archmage was wrong, thinking that Fernando didn't remember Stannis and didn't dare to believe his words easily, so he lowered his voice and said: "Stannis is the best student of His Excellency the 'King of Nightmares', you should have heard Antek mention it, right? He already recognized that the world was semi-solidified half a year ago and was regarded as a quasi-legend, hehe, maybe we can see a rare sight, two 'Nightmare Kings' are in the same city."
"He already knows that the world is semi-solidified?" Fernando originally thought that he was the leader of the "young" magicians of the same generation, but who knew that Stannis, who was not much older than himself, had actually come to this point.
"Yes, maybe he will try to be promoted during this time, he is a true genius in the realm of illusion dreams." The archmage could not hide his envy, the Nine Rings and the legend were only a thin line, but it was the difference between heaven and earth.
Fernando didn't nod, and said eagerly: "I also have a deep study of illusion."
What he didn't say was that he hoped to communicate with Stannis this time to see if this "real genius" lived up to his name, so that he would not praise, jealousy and look up to anyone!
The gatekeeper archmage looked stunned, thinking that this magician who was good at illusion had come to ask Stannis and the "King of Nightmares" for advice, which was not uncommon, especially since he was also familiar with Antek, a student of His Excellency the "King of Nightmares".
"I don't know what to call you?" From the moment Fernando mentioned the "King of Nightmares" just now, he felt the need to get to know this high-level magician, "I am Nice Brown, you can just call me Nice directly."
Fernando thinks this is the formal procedure: "I am Fernando Barista, and I like to be called Fernando."
"This surname seems to belong to the Arthurian Empire?" Nice paused and asked hesitantly.
Fernando nodded: "Yes, but my teacher is a mage of the empire."
Nice didn't make further confirmation, as if to be sure that Fernando's words were true, he smiled and said: "Fernando, go in quickly, Antek is waiting for you, we will exchange magic knowledge if we have the chance."
"What? Antec is waiting for me? Just go in? No need to check to verify my identity? Aren't you afraid that I have surrendered to the church and become a night watchman?" Fernando felt that after he and Douglas got to know each other, the problems were increasing day by day.
The smile on Nice's face was slightly weird: "Don't worry, there will be no night watchman in Alto, look, isn't that Antek?"
Following his fingers, Fernando saw a young man wearing a monocle, thin, with messy hair, a pale face, towering cheekbones, a beard on his face, and an unappetizing smell all over his body, as if he hadn't left the meditation room or laboratory in a long time.
"You are still as ugly as before." Fernando unceremoniously hit Antek, "And I don't know how to clean up myself."
Antek said with a bitter face: "Anyway, if I can't clean up, no beautiful female mage will take a fancy to me, hey, only a handsome guy like you is worth tidying up."
There was a hint of envy and jealousy in his tone.
"You won't change your appearance yourself?" Fernando didn't have the slightest idea of taking care of Antek's mood.
Antek thought about it very seriously: "Our magic tower doesn't have much good at physical transformation, and I don't trust other people very much, so I'm afraid that the transformation will be even uglier."
"Hmph, I'm still a coward, I don't dare to try, I don't dare to take risks, I always feel that others will mess things up! You shouldn't have learned from His Excellency the 'King of Nightmares', you should have gone to the 'Tower of Doom'!" Fernando's mouth was unusually poisonous.
The "Tower of Doom" is the half-plane of the legendary magician "Lord of Doom", who has fallen in Antifleur.
Antek was not so timid in front of his friends who had known him for many years, and said slightly proudly: "My teacher said that I have a strong talent in the field of dreams, and I am most suitable for quietly hiding in a safe and hidden place to manipulate dreams and illusions."
"Well, it's very suitable for you as a coward." Fernando yawned.
Antek suddenly smiled: "Fernando, let me tell you a story."
"Huh? Tell a story?" Fernando didn't keep up with Antek's jumping thinking, and suddenly felt that after more than ten years of not seeing him, this friend had something more that he couldn't grasp.
Antek took Fernando through the city gates and into the lively market area, where the vampires with parasols, the elves hugging the sun, the dragons coiled on the roof, the dwarves who drank and swayed, and the busy humans made this place like a garden of all nations, with different styles blended together.
"My teacher's friend, His Excellency 'Lord of the Abyss', is a leader in the field of bloodline fusion and physical transformation, when he was young, he was often ridiculed by another of his good friends, laughing at him for being infected by demonic blood and breath, becoming extremely ugly, and would be feared and feared by girls in his life, but now, he has many mistresses." Antek said without emotion.
Fernando had no envy: "He is a legendary magician, and he has to be willing even if he doesn't want to."
In the Magic Empire, legendary magicians have great privileges, and crimes such as murder are only fines as long as they do not encounter deep backgrounds.
Speaking of this, he chuckled: "So, you rely on this story to motivate yourself? Tsk, it's really inspirational!"
"This is not the point, the point is that when His Excellency the 'Abyss Lord' was only strong with seven rings and was not as good as his good friend, because he was ridiculed, he attacked from behind and killed his friend and turned him into a demon dog." Antek's tone suddenly became relaxed and pleasant.
During the interaction with Antek, Fernando was choked for the first time, and his expression was a little frozen: "Are you asking me to thank you for not assassinating me?"
"Hey, actually I don't dare." Antek replied with a smile, seeing Fernando's expression like this, he was already satisfied.
Fernando was about to roar a few words when he suddenly saw a vampire fighting an elf on the main road ahead, and the aftermath of the high-level extraordinary power destroyed many houses.
"Didn't anyone stop it?" Aalto's decree is so relaxed? Then there is no need for the church to call, maybe after a while, they will kill each other cleanly!
Antek's voice suddenly became strange, half amused and half confused: "Fernando, have you ever pretended to be a girl?"
"How do you know?" Fernando was startled, how could this matter be passed on to Alto?
Antek pointed next to him: "She's here."
Fernando looked to his right in astonishment, only to see a petite red-eyed beauty standing side by side with him, but his figure was slightly blurred.
He was at a loss at first, and then suddenly said: "Is this Aalto City my dream?"
"No, it's our dream." Antek replied with a smile, and when it came to the subject, his timidity disappeared a lot.
"Our? Is it also theirs?" Fernando frowned and pointed at the humans, elves, dragons, vampires, and dwarves around him.
Antek nodded: "This is the dream transformation of all the living beings of the real Alto, when you enter here, you naturally join the dream, and in such a dream, it is difficult to hide the traitor."
"This level...... It's not something your teacher can do! Could it be that he has broken through to the legendary third rank? Impossible, and the third level of legend is also impossible!" Fernando also has an in-depth study of illusion and has read many books analyzing legendary battle examples.
Antek laughed and said, "Have you forgotten? Prince Dracula is in Alto."
(End of this chapter)