Bathed in the moonlight, Fernando walked to Tuck's ragged villa, trying to consider the problem from the perspective of the trapped archmage.
"First of all, I must be cautious about whom I ask for help. If I ask for help from a random sorcerer who is trapped in the city, I may be exposed. After all, not everybody can infer the real situation like I can. One moment of carelessness and I may be discovered by the mysterious hunters or the legends who are monitoring me."
Fernando had confirmed that at the very beginning. For the trapped archmage, there were few chances to ask for help. There was no time to waste.
"Then, why did he choose me instead of Tuck or any other sorcerer? What's the difference between us? "
Fernando believed that he must have certain advantages that could help the trapped archmage escape. That was why the archmage chose him to enter the dream and ask for help. Therefore, he intended to find that by comparison, so that he could decide his plan of action.
When he thought that his opponent was a legend, Fernando was both scared and excited. His mind was much faster than before.
"I'm a seventh-circle senior-rank sorcerer, and Tuck is in the sixth circle. The gap between us is not huge. Besides, I never performed any senior-rank spells in Kufuray City. The trapped archmage couldn't have judged my real strength. That is to say, strength is not the reason why he chose me. Well, senior-rank strength is of little use when faced with a legendary sorcerer."
"My wisdom? I'm from Holm. Even if the trapped archmage knows me, he definitely doesn't know whether or not I'm good at thinking. "
To be honest, Fernando had basically guessed who the trapped archmage was. Few ninth-circle archmages could put him into a dream when they were heavily wounded, and even fewer archmages could hide right under the nose of legendary sorcerers. Few archmages were so adept at the dream domain. Considering all the conditions, only one archmage met the criteria. It was Stanis, Antec's classmate, whose cognitive world had half-solidified. He was about to become the King of Nightmare. As it happened, he was not in Aalto. The timing and the strength matched the description.
"It's not strange that Stanis heard about me from Antec, but the information is obviously too broad for Stanis to choose me based on wisdom."
"This place is isolated from the outside world. I can't reach out to Antec and Furan either …"
Fernando didn't understand why Stanis would entrust such an important task to him.
"Eh, I used the Transformation Belt and changed my name to Nando. He has never seen me before, so he can't recognize me …" Fernando suddenly remembered that she was now Nando.
However, he soon found the answer to his question. When he was in the Office of Sorcerers, in order to inquire about Tuck's whereabouts, he had made a detailed registration, stating that he was from Holm, that his name was Nando, and that the sorcerers who vouched for him were Antec and Fran. Based on the information, Stanis could guess that he was Fernando based on Antec's description in the past, except that he had temporarily turned into a woman. After all, Antec had few friends, and even fewer of them were from Holm.
"If that's the case, his real body might be hiding in a secret place in the Magus' residence. The most dangerous place is the safest place … Hmm, excluding the factors such as strength and wisdom, is there anything more suitable for me than anyone else to help him escape? Seduction? Hehe. " Fernando ruled out this possibility without even thinking about it. No matter if it was a Legend or a level-nine expert, he couldn't even meet them. How could he seduce them? Besides, with their strength, what kind of beauties hadn't they seen before?
What could it be? What could it be? Fernando paced back and forth outside of the ragged villa, looking for the biggest difference between him and other people and the most impressive thing about him.
Suddenly, he stopped and bulged his eyes. "If I were Antec, I would've described my good friend Fernando in such a way. Sleazy, irritable, impatient, mean, and easy to piss off. His roars are like thunder when he's angry …"
The features that were of no use gradually faded away, and the words' irritable and impatient 'popped up in Fernando's head. "Perhaps, only the irritable and impatient sorcerers can create an opportunity for Stanis to escape. At the very least, that's what he thinks!"
"Then, what will the irritable and impatient sorcerers do? Someone as timid and cautious as Tuck will certainly choose to sneak away. The neatly arranged materials and notebooks are exactly his arrangements to make it less suspicious … "
"The irritable and impatient sorcerers will not wait. They will break out when nobody is prepared … As a result, when the watchers are caught off guard, their attention will be attracted, or the defense magic circles will be activated, which will give Stanis a brief opportunity … Well, since he is bold enough to escape to this place, it means that the King of Nightmare is one of the legends involved in the research. Stanis may have a way to reach out to the King of Nightmare who has set up traps in secret during the brief moment of relaxation.
For a moment, Fernando had the feeling that he was Stanis. It was like the two of them had never met each other, but they could understand each other's thoughts tacitly!
"But in such a case, it's very likely that my fury will be vented. If there's something wrong with the watchers, they will certainly be able to kill Stanis and escape before the King of Nightmare. Is he confident that he can take the risk?"
Fernando couldn't figure it out at all. He could only choose to believe in Stanis, who must know more than he did.
"After all, if I don't take the risk, I won't even have a chance to take the risk if Antec and Furan approach. I will certainly be killed. Even if I'm going to die, I will die on my way out!" Fernando secretly made up his mind. Then, he sniffed. "That's truly the choice of an irritable and impatient sorcerer …"
He was as mean to himself.
"However, I'll have to observe whether or not I can enter but cannot leave tomorrow, in case I'm fooled." Fernando was not a man who believed everything that other people said.
… …
After spending a night in Tuck's villa, Fernando pretended that his search failed and decided to tour the city. As he expected, nobody left the city at all! The wagons that delivered water and food would change drivers at the city gate!
After confirming his suspicion, Fernando took a deep breath. Looking at the laborers who were carrying water and food, he decided to take action immediately. He would take action when the watchers and the cultists thought that he would return to make preparations!
Pa!
A bolt of silver lightning as thick as an arm flashed in the sky and hit the city gate, shattering the rocks and the mud.
In the meantime, the space before Fernando was twisted, and countless runes congregated into a dazzling gate.
"Chaos Teleportation!"
At this moment, the whole city suddenly glowed. Magic symbols and patterns were highlighted and constructed into a layered magic circle.
The moment the magic circle was activated, mist rose from the Office of Sorcerers and connected to the magic circle.
Immediately, the sun and the stars moved, and the city was hazy. Nobody could see anything one meter ahead of them clearly.
Fernando felt so sleepy that he couldn't help but fall asleep before the Chaos Teleportation.
… …
Struggling to open his eyes, Fernando sensed the existence of his body again. While he was delighted that he was still alive, a quiet, beautiful woman showed up before his eyes.
"Furan, you're here?" Fernando greeted her subconsciously, but the moment he opened his mouth, he realized that something was wrong. Why was it a man's voice?
Furan was as beautiful as an oil painting when she was silent, but the moment she opened her mouth, there was a strong contrast. She smiled coldly and said, "What? Are you surprised that a girl has turned into a man? You're a pervert. You tricked me by turning into a woman and slept with me! "The more she talked, the angrier she became.
"It … It's a misunderstanding …" Fernando suspected that Furan identified the function of the belt and canceled it when he was asleep.
Furan chuckled. "No, it's not a misunderstanding."
While Fernando looked at her in confusion, she said with a vague smile, "I've asked the Lord of Abyss to help you modify your body. It will be a solidified, unremovable body modification. You will always be a girl. Rest assured. I will love you."
"Stop fooling around!" Fernando only experienced it out of curiosity and never thought that he would be changed forever. He immediately roared and tried to stop Furan.
"Go to sleep. You'll always be a girl when you wake up!" Furan giggled.
Fernando struggled to sit up, but the scene before his eyes was suddenly broken. The darkness came again and quickly disappeared.
"Antec?" He looked at his friend in confusion, only to discover that he was in a regular bedroom.
Antec chuckled. "You seemed to have had a nightmare just now? Tell me. I'll help you analyze the situation. "
"My body has not been modified by the Lord of Abyss?" Fernando groped his body, only to discover that it was really a girl's body!
"No," Antec replied in confusion.
Fernando was relieved to see that the belt was still there. "Just now, I dreamed …"
Hearing Fernando's description, Antec couldn't stop chuckling. "That's the fear that you've been hiding in your heart! To be honest, I'm the same. I was scared that Furan would discover it, so I took you back as quickly as possible. So, you'd better go back to Holm as soon as possible. "
"What's going on?" Fernando shifted the focus back to the serious matter.
Antec became solemn and grave. "This is what happened. When Stanis went out in search of materials, he was targeted by 'Aurora Bringer', who ranked fifth among the night watchers. He finally killed the guy at a great price, but he sensed that other enemies were following him. So, he did not dare to go back the way he came and hid in Kufuray City.
"Out of his expectation, when he was about to ask for help, he accidentally discovered that Archmage Prince, the most trusted student of the Original Fire, had joined the Church in secret and became 'Holy Fire', the night watcher who ranked sixth."
"Also, at that time, the Original Fire was conducting an experiment and could not be distracted. So, the whole city was monitored by Prince. Then … Then, what happened to you happened.
"After you passed out, the 'dream transformation' that my teacher secretly set up was activated, allowing him to arrive at Kufuray and protect Stanis. The Original Fire, who came after hearing the news, tried to capture Prince, but he was too slow. Prince was killed by self-detonation, and even his phylactery was destroyed."
Frowning, Fernando asked, "So, it is Prince who is problematic, not the Original Fire?"
That would explain why Stanis chose to take the risk.
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