Aalto was even more like a graveyard in real life. Apart from the few sorcerers who were watching the city walls in different areas far away, only a few pedestrians were wandering on the street.
On the empty road, a 'horse' car drove by quickly without any sound of hooves or wheels, as if it were an envoy from the silent hell.
The 'horse' was so fast because it did not have wheels. The four horses running in the front, on the other hand, were all hazy, as if they were made of pale mist. Only their heads were burning furiously, and there were two bouncing red spots where their eyes should be.
"Is this the legendary 'nightmare'?" Inside the carriage where the window was half open, a rarely-seen mezzo-soprano voice echoed. It was rather attractive and tempting.
Antec's magic robe had turned into a suit with a collar that extended to the back of his head. It was rather fashionable, but he was particularly uncomfortable. He kept pulling different parts of his clothes, as if he could barely catch his breath. "Yes. This is a special horse that my teacher created that can directly enter dreams. It's made of the combination of the specter horse and the demon 'Dream Manipulator', who boasted special abilities."
There were too many kinds of demons. Even the most knowledgeable legendary sorcerers could not boast that they could identify all of them. Also, knowledge sharing was not a trend in the Magic Empire. Nobody would share their unique knowledge without offering something important. Even the spells and knowledge that were their trump cards would not be shared at all. Therefore, even though some kinds of demons had been discovered, only a few people knew about them. For example, Fernando had never heard of the 'Dream Manipulator' that Antec mentioned before.
"A nightmare is pulling a carriage? Is the party in a dream?" Fernando, the glamorous' girl ', was enlightened.
Antec laughed dryly. "No, I borrowed it for the purpose of meeting. Now that I have a partner, I have to make it more grand."
"It seems that you are not completely hopeless after all," Fernando complimented him in a special way. Fernando used his unique habit to express his praise. On his delicate and beautiful face, his bright red eyes were especially bright, like lightning shining in the dark night, extremely attractive.
Antec held his head high at first, but he soon hunched his back again and sighed sadly. "It will be even more painful when we are mocked later. 'Look, the partner that the idiot found after all the trouble, and the partner that the Nightmare sent to him was taken away so easily. A loser is a loser.'"
The tone of the latter half of his sentence was very vivid, and he even deliberately pinched his throat. Obviously, he was imitating a companion who often mocked him.
"It's better than the past when you didn't even have the right to participate." Fernando didn't know if he was comforting him or mocking him.
Antec thought for a moment and said, "Fair enough … It's not a bad thing to make progress every time. After all, I don't really expect to find a female companion. After I become an archmage, I will have as many female companions as I want in my dreams."
"Don't mistake an illusion for reality." Fernando calmed himself down and reminded his friend solemnly. After so many years, he found that Antec was more and more obsessed with dreams.
"Why can't illusions become reality? Why can't a dream become a real world? " Antec suppressed himself for a long time and sounded rather excited. "It's the common hope of all the sorcerers of the school of illusions."
"So, the highest achievement of the school of illusions is to deceive yourself?" Fernando's mouth was much sharper than Antec's.
Antec shook his head. "No, it's not a deception. It's really becoming reality …"
Before he finished his sentence, the Nightmare had stopped. Before them was a solemn and gloomy villa.
"We're here. Let's not discuss illusions in a hurry." Antec pulled his collar again and walked out of the carriage. Then, he turned around and extended his hand to "her" according to the etiquette that Fernando taught him. Fernando was much more experienced than he was in that respect.
"You can still be saved." Fernando nodded his head and held Antec's hand like a professional actor. He was short and rather appropriate next to Antec who was tall and slim.
Antec immediately blushed suspiciously. His left hand moved unnaturally, and he felt that the indescribable part below Fernando's neck was plump and bouncy.
"Is — Is — Is it real?" he stammered. His body was so tense that he seemed to have been tied up by a giant snake.
Fernando said proudly, "Don't doubt my magic skills. Even the legendary sorcerers couldn't have made such an effective and constant transformation before they got that item."
"But I still feel weird …" Antec led Fernando to the gate stiffly.
"Hehe. You don't even have the chance to enjoy 'weirdness'. Seize the opportunity," Fernando said with a smile that was as brilliant as the sun.
Antec found that Fernando was so talkative and sleazy that he had to look up to him. He could only shut his mouth and climb up the stairs with both hands and feet.
"Do you think that the demigod strength that Pope Gregory demonstrated in Lance was real, or did he take advantage of the divine power defense that Lance deployed?" Fernando suddenly changed the topic.
"Huh? What?" Antec was not on the same "frequency" as Fernando at first. Then, he came back to himself and said, "I don't know. According to my teacher, he was beyond the peak of legendary without any doubt. However, he has never left Lance since the battle was over."
Fernando nodded his head. His mind jumped to a level that Antec could not keep up with. "Will Stanis attend the party tonight?"
It was a party of a small circle. Most of the leaders were legendary students.
"Huh? What?" Antec expressed his confusion with the same words again. Then, he said, "He hasn't been in Aalto these days. He's out collecting materials."
With so many sorcerers gathered in the cities such as Aalto, the materials wouldn't appear out of nowhere. Therefore, the sorcerers would take turns to leave the cities and enter the forests and the Dark Mountain Range to collect resources, or go further to the places with abundant gemstones in the north.
It was an opportunity for the night watchers and the clerics. Assassinations and sieges happened all the time. The sorcerers would not take it lying down and set up traps to kill the members of the Church. Therefore, the cities such as Aalto and Tria were peaceful when there were no battles between the legends, but the areas around them were mired in repetitive battles.
There were some traps that tried to lure the legends to attack, but neither party achieved much.
Therefore, Stanis might have really gone out to collect some materials for advancement, or he might have set up a certain trap.
Fernando had learned a lot about the situation on his way here. He nodded and said, "I'll discuss illusions and dreams with him when he comes back."
"Okay. You can stay in Aalto for a few more days. It will be easier for you to find sorcerers who have potential and are willing to go to Holm," Antec said in delight. That was one of the true friends in his life. There were no more than three of them in total.
Fernando chuckled. "So, my nickname will become 'Antec's Shame'?"
"I think you'd better go back as soon as possible … After all, you've already learned the general situation." Antec looked at his right hand sadly.
"Hehe. I have to learn more about the details of the battle and collect the files of the Grand Cardinals and the Epic Knight in order to deal with them later. So, you'll have to bear the shame for now," Fernando said unconcernedly.
At this moment, the iron gate of the villa was opened on its own, and a high-pitched male voice echoed. "Yo, Antec, where did you find this female companion? Could it be that he was hired by the Pink Mill? "
Sorcerers, dark Knight, dwarves, and ordinary people all had physiological needs. Therefore, prostitutes did not lose their livelihood. The 'Pink Mill' was one of the best. Of course, they mainly provided services in dreams.
"This is my good friend, Nando. I met her in Rentato before." Antec introduced her nervously, fearing that somebody would see through Fernando's gender.
With a brilliant smile, Fernando said, "So, Antec doesn't have a female companion in Aalto."
His tone was filled with surprise, which stunned Antec for a moment.
"Hehe. Somebody has to be interested in him first …" The high-pitched voice gradually died away.
Antec secretly raised his thumb at Fernando and praised his great performance. "He's Beto. He likes to laugh at me the most. His teacher is the 'Lord of Elements'."
… …
In the villa, almost seventy sorcerers roamed in the hall with strange drinks in their hands. They were vaguely surrounding four men and a woman.
A water curtain floated before the four men and the woman, displaying the view around the iron gate.
"Hehe. Antec has a female companion that he grew up with." The shrill voice came from a man with a mustache. His expression was unpleasant and he seemed to be a little embarrassed.
"Tsk. She's quite a pretty girl." A girl who was holding bright green drinks clicked her tongue. "Red-eyed, red-dressed, and passionate. What a stunner."
She was tall and had shoulder-length black hair. Her appearance was delicate and pretty, like a pure and beautiful lady, but the words she spoke were unbelievably rude, but the people around her seemed to have long been used to it.
Beto curled his lips. "Fran, she's just a vulgar woman from the countryside. She's rude and inexperienced."
He belittled Fernando with all his might.
In the eyes of the sorcerers in Antiffler, Holm was a rural, underdeveloped, and rude place.
"But you can't deny that the rural girls who are not corrupted by the decadence in Antiffler and Tria must be innocent and shy." Furan, the beautiful girl, chuckled.
A golden-haired man with a gloomy face snorted. "Are you going to embarrass Antec? He's a legend's student too, and he's quite close to Stanis. "
"How can you embarrass Antec when it comes to such a thing? Hehe. Although you like me, you have no right to interfere with my life, "Furan said sarcastically. She was only making a casual remark, but she was more or less infuriated after the interruption.
The gloomy man shut his mouth and decided to forget the pervert as soon as possible.
Beto thought of something and intentionally said, "The rural girl and Antec have known each other since childhood. They must be very close. Furan, you can't succeed even if you want to."
"Is that so?" Furan knew that Beto was trying to provoke her, but after looking at Fernando on the water curtain, she still said loudly, "Should we make a bet?"
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