Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes

Chapter 571 - Capítulo 571: 89 Rabbit Hole

Capítulo 571: Chapter 89 Rabbit Hole

Emily, still in her sleeping robe, appeared utterly baffled as she emerged from the Array.

She had been quietly meditating before bed in her room at the academy and had fallen asleep without realizing it, only to find herself in this dark and murky place.

This was highly abnormal, as a Dream Spellcaster, she should not have uncontrollably entered the Dream Realm, unless some external force had intervened.

She looked around, beneath her was a faintly glowing, strange Array. And next to the Array, a weird rabbit dressed in formal suit attire, wearing white gloves, watched her with its pink eyes.

At the same time, she also felt a strange sensation of weightlessness, as if she was slowly descending?

“Did you bring me here?”

Unable to make sense of the situation but not feeling any danger, Emily cautiously inquired to the rabbit, while activating the power of the Nightmare Lantern hidden within her spirit.

As one chosen by the Nightmare Lantern, this could be considered her Talent Skill. A pale blue Radiance emanated from her body, making her Dream Realm form appear crystal-like.

A faint Lantern silhouette enshrouded her, with the girl in the center resembling the core of a lantern.

“Do you remember me, Emily? I am Anvis.”

Before the astonished gaze of the girl, the formally-dressed rabbit suddenly spoke, and in a very standard Empire Nobles’ accent no less.

More than that, seemingly having seen something in her, the rabbit’s tone took on a somewhat playful note.

“…Do you recall now? Yes, the naive sap at the academy’s free trade zone who invested in you, generously providing a hefty monthly sum of Gold Coins and Cultivation Resources without ever inquiring about your research progress.”

“Ah, haha, you’ve got it wrong, Anvis! What I meant was, you’re someone with noble character and far-sighted vision, indifferent to short-term gains and losses… Also, how did you end up looking like this?”

Caught out by the rabbit’s straightforwardness, the girl was taken aback and, unable to be preoccupied with her confusion, quickly tried to mend her previous somewhat unsavory thoughts and attempted to shift the topic.

Meanwhile, she finally realized her own oversight and hurried to add another layer of protection to her Dream Body, trying to cut off the leaking surface consciousness.

“Miss Emily, while your thoughts are quite superficial and easy to understand, that’s not the focus today. I’ve made quite the effort to summon you to the Dream World because there are some matters for which I need your help.”

Gazing at the black-haired girl in her nightwear, Anvis was serious.

“You need my help? No problem! In the Dream World, as long as it’s not a danger above the Fourth Rank, I can handle it.”

After hearing Anvis’s words, the girl finally understood her current situation and confidently claimed she could handle anything, feeling the anxiety she had earlier start to subside.

In her mind, if there was anything she needed to handle, it surely wouldn’t be too perilous; otherwise, it wouldn’t be her turn to resolve it.

However, what Emily didn’t realize was that Anvis’s intention for ‘needing her help’ might differ from her own assumptions.

“By the way, where is this place in the Dream World? Why are the rules so strange?”

Calm down, the girl also noticed the unusual nature of her surroundings. This Dream World felt exceedingly strange to her, as if its rules were completely different from those she had explored before.

“This place? It’s an Inheritance Land I stumbled upon by chance, located within the Deep Dream World, approximately in the Inversion Layer, the deepest layer known to us.”

The rabbit glanced at her, its pink eyes twinkling in the darkness.

“Any other questions?”

“What did you say? Can I, can I go back now!?”

Hearing that this place was within the Deep Dream World, and even the Inversion Layer, Emily was completely startled.

Although she was a Dream Spellcaster, her lack of strength meant she had never truly delved deep into the Deep Dream World, so she had not realized the true dangers of her surroundings until now.

Now, the poor girl was so frightened that she couldn’t even speak clearly.

“Don’t worry, according to the rules of this Dream Realm, we are currently in a safe period. I will send you back before the next danger arrives.

Moreover, the fact that you can stand here safely and talk to me is the result of my protection. The Array beneath you isolates you from the effects of this place; otherwise, you would have already been erased.”

Anvis hurriedly comforted the trembling girl, as she was a future subordinate he had high hopes for. He didn’t want to scare her too much, or else his investment would be in vain.

Though the comfort was only moderately effective, it was enough for the moment.

As Anvis explained the situation to Emily, their descent was also coming to an end.

The hole was deep, but they were about to reach the bottom. With the help of the girl’s dim blue lantern light, Anvis could already make out a thick layer of dead leaves at the bottom and a delicate little door in the corner.

Suddenly feeling something, Anvis slowly reached into his chest pocket, and then pulled out an ornate Key.

An invisible feeling told him that this was the Key to that door.

Clearly, this object wasn’t on him before, but such occurrences are possible in the Dream World.

Following Anvis’s will, the light blue Array under the girl started to transform and then enveloped her body like a layer of gauze.

This was a creation of Anvis’s ‘Trial Prover,’ containing the special dream vibrations of fragments, to temporarily separate and confuse the Dream World’s rules from detecting them.

Soon, the two landed on a thick layer of dead leaves. They could smell the faint aroma of dry leaves with each breath, and the touch was as comfortable as the softest mattress.

The bottom of the hole was a peculiar space much like a study, complete with a writing desk, cabinets, sofa, and all sorts of complete furniture.

“Tick, tock, tick…”

As the two landed completely, a strange and faint sound suddenly began to echo in Anvis’s ears in the quiet environment.

Anvis looked around, and the source of the sound came from the many twisted clocks on the walls. They made clicking and whirring mechanical noises, moving at various speeds, but each had an entirely different time.

Looking at the walls and the little door in the corner, Anvis’s gaze flickered, and he pulled out his Pocket Watch to look at it once again.

Just as he had anticipated, the hands on the Pocket Watch had started moving again.

But this time, the time on the Pocket Watch was half a Magic Time away from twelve o’clock.

“Is the passage of time a key element in this trial?”

With the Key in his hand, Anvis’s gaze towards the little door gradually formed an impression.

As soon as he entered that door, the safe period would immediately end, and they would enter the next scene of the trial.

Looking at Emily, who was cautiously on guard and did not dare to touch anything around her, Anvis’s gaze rested on her shapely Dream Realm body.

Half a Magic Time should be enough.

“Guh, what are you going to do to me?”

Following Anvis’s thoughts, Emily suddenly realized in horror that her body was out of her control.

Turning into a rabbit hole or something, no way!