The sun set, the afterglow was like fire, and the real Alto was even more like a cemetery, except for a few magicians guarding the walls in different areas far away, only a few pedestrians wandering the streets.
On the empty road, a "horse" carriage drove by quickly, without the slightest sound of hooves or wheels colliding, like a special envoy from the silent hell.
The reason why this "horse" carriage is like this is because it has no wheels, and the four horses running in front of it are all hazy, as if pale fog is condensed, only the head is burning with flames, and the eyes are two jumping red lights.
"This is the rumored 'nightmare'?" In the carriage with the window ajar, a rare mezzo-soprano sounded, slightly magnetic and extremely tempting.
Antek's magic robe turned into a dress with a collar up to the back of his head, glamorous and fashionable, and this made him extremely uncomfortable, constantly pulling different parts of his clothes, as if he was a little out of breath: "Yes, this is a special horse created by the teacher that can directly enter the dream realm, made of the undead creature such as the Ghost Horse and the demon 'Dream Controller' with special abilities step by step."
There are too many types of demons, even the most erudite legendary magicians can't boast of their complete identification, and the magic empire doesn't have a trend of knowledge sharing, and if you don't come up with something important enough, others will not share their own unique knowledge at all, and even, some spells and knowledge as hole cards, that will not be shared at all, so even if some types of demons have been discovered, they are only known to a few people, such as the "dream manipulator" mentioned by Antek, Fernando has never heard of it before.
"'Nightmare' pulls the cart, is the party in a dream?" The bright "girl" Fernando said suddenly.
Antek laughed dryly: "No, I lent it specially, since I have a female companion, I have to be more grand."
"It seems that you are not completely incurable." Fernando expressed a word of praise with a unique habit, on top of his delicate and beautiful face, his bright red eyes were particularly bright, just like the lightning that lit up in the night, which was extremely attractive.
Antek first straightened his chest, but soon rickety again, and sighed sadly: "It will be even more painful when you are ridiculed, 'Look, the female companion that the fool finally found, the female companion who lent the nightmare was easily snatched away, and the loser is the loser'."
The tone of the last half of his sentence was vivid, and he deliberately pinched his throat, obviously imitating a companion who often laughed at him.
"It's better than before, when you were not qualified to be robbed." Fernando didn't know if he was comforting or mocking.
Antek thought for a moment: "Makes sense...... It's a good thing to make progress every time, anyway, I don't have the luxury of really finding a female companion, when I become an archmage, there will be as many female companions as there are girls in my dreams."
"Don't take illusion as reality." Fernando restrained his expression and seriously reminded his friend that after so many years of not seeing him, he found that Antek was becoming more and more addicted to dreams.
"Why can't illusion become real? Why can't dreams become a real world?" Antek had suppressed it for a long time before, and his tone was a little excited, "This is the common hope of all magicians in the Illusion Department."
"So, the highest achievement of the Illusion Department is to deceive even yourself?" Fernando's mouth is much more poisonous than Antek's.
Antek shook his head: "No, it's not deception, it's that it really became a real ......."
Before he finished speaking, the "nightmare" had stopped, and in front of him was a villa with a serious style and gloomy colors.
"It's here, don't rush to discuss the matter of illusion yet." Antek tugged at the neckline again, walked out of the carriage in vain, then turned around, stretched out his hand, and took "her" down according to the etiquette Fernando taught—Fernando was much more experienced than he was in this regard.
"You can still be saved." Fernando nodded and took Antek's hand with a very "professional ethic", he was short, and it was quite appropriate to stand with the tall and thin Antek.
Antek's face suddenly appeared with a suspicious blush, and his left hand moved unnaturally, feeling the indescribable part below Fernando's neck full and elastic.
"This, this, is this true, is it true?" He stammered, his body tensing, as if he was entangled in a giant snake.
Fernando said proudly: "Don't doubt my magic level, even if you are a legendary magician, I am afraid you will not be able to achieve such a good effect of constant transformation until you get that item."
"But I still find it strange......" Antek stiffly led Fernando to the door.
"Hehe, you don't even enjoy 'weird' things normally, so seize the opportunity." Fernando said with a smile, as bright as sunshine.
Antek found that Fernando's mouth was yawning and obscene to the point where he needed to look up, so he had to close his mouth and step on the steps with his hands and feet.
"You say, is Pope Gregory's god-like strength shown in Lance real this time, or is it with the help of the divine magic-type maze lock arranged by Lance?" Fernando suddenly spoke about other topics.
"Ah, what?" Antek didn't share the same "frequency" as Fernando at first, and then came back to his senses: "I don't know, anyway, I heard from my teacher that it was indeed more than the peak of the legend at that time, and there was no doubt, but after the battle, he hasn't left Lance for half a step."
Fernando nodded, and his mind jumped to the point where Antek couldn't keep up with it again: "Will Stannis attend tonight's banquet?"
This is a small circle of gatherings, most of which are legendary students.
"Ah, what?" Antek expressed his confusion in the same language again, and then said: "He hasn't been in Aalto for the past few days, and he has gone out to collect materials."
With so many magicians gathered in cities like Aalto, materials don't come out of thin air for no reason, so magicians take turns leaving the city and going into places like forests and dark mountains to gather resources, or go further to places rich in gemstone deposits in the north.
And this gave the night watchmen and clergy a chance, assassinations, sieges and other incidents emerged one after another, and the magicians would not swallow their anger, and also set traps, in turn to kill the church personnel, so the cities of Alto, Tria and other cities were calm and peaceful when there were no legendary battles, but the surrounding area fell into a situation of repeated strangulation.
There were no traps to try to lure the legend to make a move, but neither side was able to achieve much success.
Therefore, Stannis went out, maybe he really collected some materials for promotion, or maybe he set a trap.
Fernando knew a lot about this situation all the way, and nodded: "Wait for him to come back and discuss illusions and dreams with him."
"Well, you just stayed in Alto for a few more days, so you can find magicians who have the potential and are willing to go to the Holm region." Antek said happily, this was one of the true friends in his life, and the total number was no more than three.
Fernando smiled and said: "So my nickname will become 'Shame of Antek'?"
"I think it's better for you to go back as soon as possible...... Anyway, you already understand the general situation." Antek looked at his right hand sadly.
"Hey, I have to understand the specific details of the battle in depth, collect information about cardinals and epic knights, so that you can deal with them later, so in a short time, you will have to bear a disgraceful reputation." Fernando said unconcernedly.
At this time, the iron door of the villa opened without wind, and a slightly thin male voice sounded: "Yo, Antek, where did you find your female companion? Could it be that the 'Pink Moulder' paid for it?"
Sorcerers, dark knights, dwarves and ordinary people have physiological needs, so the prostitute industry has not lost its place to survive, and the "Pink Moulder" is one of the best, of course, they mainly provide their services in dreams.
"This is my good friend, I met him at Rentat before, Lando." Antek introduced a little nervously, for fear that people would see through that Fernando was actually a man.
Fernando said with a bright smile: "It turns out that Antek doesn't have a female companion in Alto."
The tone was slightly surprised, and Antek was stunned for a moment.
"Hehe, someone must be able to look down on him......" The thin voice gradually disappeared.
Antek quietly gave Fernando a thumbs up, praising him for his great performance: "He is Beto, he likes to laugh at me the most, and his teacher is His Excellency the 'Elemental Dominator'."
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In the villa, sixty or seventy magicians strolled through the hall with strange drinks, and they were faintly surrounded by four men and one woman.
There was a water curtain floating in front of these four men and one woman, revealing the scene near the iron gate.
"Hmph, Antek also has a female companion I've known since I was a child." The man with two mustaches made a thin voice, his face was unhappy, and he seemed a little embarrassed.
"Tsk, what a beautiful little beauty." A girl holding a strange light green drink said, "Red eyes and red dress, bright and enthusiastic, really a stunner."
She was tall, with black hair and a shawl, and a delicate appearance, like a pure lady, but the words she said were incredibly rude, but the people around her seemed to have gotten used to it.
The mustachioed Beto curled his lips: "Fran, this is just a vulgar woman from the countryside, rude and unseen."
He belittled Fernando vigorously.
In the minds of the magicians who once lived in Antifleur, the Holm area was a rural place, backward, barbaric and rude.
"But you can't deny that a country girl who is not infected by the depraved and obscene atmosphere of Antifleur and Tria must be innocent and shy." The delicate beauty Fran laughed.
A blonde man with a gloomy face next to him snorted: "Are you going to embarrass Antek? He is also a legendary student and has a good relationship with Stannis."
"This kind of thing relies on each other's feelings, how can it embarrass Antek? Hey, although you like me, you have no right to interfere in my life." Fran sarcastically said that she was just talking casually, but when someone interrupted her like this, she was a little angry and wanted to try.
The gloomy man closed his mouth and decided to quickly forget about this perverted guy.
Berto's heart moved, and he said deliberately: "That country girl and Antek have known each other since childhood, and their relationship must be very deep.
"Really?" Flaming knew that Berto was trying to stimulate him, but after looking at Fernando's appearance in the water curtain, he still said loudly, "Why don't we make a bet?"
(End of this chapter)