Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes

Chapter 574 - Capítulo 574: 92: The World of Fairy Tales

Capítulo 574: Chapter 92: The World of Fairy Tales

“If judged solely by the time indicated on the pocket watch, the flow of time here doesn’t seem to differ much from the flow of real time.”

Pink eyes intently gazed at the pocket watch in hand, Anvis fell silent for a moment before tucking the watch away.

“…Excuse me, Lord Anvis, have you finished with your affairs?”

At this point, Emily, who noticed Anvis seemed to have ended the ritual and was no longer paying attention to her, quickly spoke up to remind him of her presence.

She was well aware of the dangers of the Deep Dream World, and it was precisely because she knew so much that she was even more fearful.

“For the time being, I’m done; you may return now.”

Anvis nodded, but before the girl could rejoice, he immediately shifted his tone.

“However, in the coming time, I will probably continue to rely on your strength. If there are no abnormalities in the flow of time within this Dream World, then I will summon you roughly every seven days.”

“Seven, seven days!? I understand…”

Upon hearing Anvis’s words, the girl choked on her breath, visibly paling.

She instinctively repeated Anvis’s statement, but the disheartened tone of her voice made it seem as though he wasn’t discussing the intervals for assistance, but rather that she had a countdown of seven days left to live.

“A will… no need for that, I’ll try to summon you during safe periods, just treat yourself to some good food. Moreover, once this affair is concluded, I’ll also increase your monthly Gold Coin and resource quota.”

Reading the surface thoughts radiating from the girl, Anvis felt a tinge of embarrassment.

Indeed, although theoretically it was a safe period, Emily still faced considerable risks, so her grumbling was understandable.

After sending Emily away, Anvis glanced at the pocket watch, noting it had less than three minutes left, and then slowly directed his gaze to the surrounding room environment.

A minute and a half later, Anvis finished scouring and stood before a small gate with a key in hand.

The room at the bottom of the rabbit hole had been searched once over, but unfortunately, apart from some leaves on the ground, other items lacked physical form and would vanish as soon as they were picked up.

As the key was inserted into the lock, the gate noiselessly opened, and pale golden sunlight spilled from the open crack, casting a shimmer on Anvis’s pink eyes shrouded in darkness.

Behind the opened gate was a world that existed only within illusion dreams and fairy tales.

Mushrooms larger than houses, tiny fairies dancing on vibrant and colorful flowers, and various small animals dressed in formal attire walked a street paved with fine cobblestones, just like humans.

Gazing at these strange little animals, Anvis’s gaze swept over their bodies trying to decipher them.

However, due to the rules of the Dream Realm interfering, he did not obtain any valuable information.

“Mr. Lobert, what are you standing there dazed for? The Duchess is looking for you!”

At that moment, a faint voice suddenly reached him from nearby.

Anvis turned his head and saw that a lizard dressed in a maid’s uniform had somehow already approached him.

“You are… Bill?”

A memory as if real surfaced in Anvis’s mind, the remembrance belonging to the identity of the white rabbit that Anvis had taken over. The rabbit was named White Lobert, and this little lizard named Bill was his servant, as well as the servant of the Duchess.

As to why it could hold both positions simultaneously without question, Anvis did not delve into it, for fairy tales are worlds without the need for reason.

“…I understand, I will deliver the Golden Pepper the Duchess needs as soon as possible.”

Following some information from memory, Anvis nodded and thus the little lizard Bill ran off on his own, seemingly busy with other tasks.

“What a strange world.”

As he watched its receding figure, Anvis felt around in his own pocket, but found nothing.

So, this so-called ‘Golden Pepper’ must be the next task goal.

According to Luo Bet’s memory, before meeting the Duchess, he needed to change his clothes first. Therefore, he now had to find the White Rabbit’s home, where the next task items should be located.

Anvis glanced at his pocket watch, there were fifteen minutes left until twelve o’clock.

Time was tight; he immediately started running, searching for the quaint cottage with the shiny brass door number, based on his memory.

Along the way, the other small animals looked on in confusion as Luo Bet suddenly dashed past them, wondering what madness had struck him.

Due to still being somewhat unfamiliar with the terrain and the fairy tale city being surprisingly large, it took Anvis about ten minutes to finally find the White Rabbit’s house.

But as he was about to enter the room to retrieve the task items, he suddenly noticed several sneaky figures lurking nearby, staring in this direction.

Their appearances were no different from the city’s residents, consisting of a rat, a frog, a parrot, and a duck, each also dressed in different garments.

What caught Anvis’s attention was the glowing, ethereal panel floating in front of them.

Well, there are players here too?

Without a hint of disturbance, Anvis gave the four players a glance and did not expose them; instead, he just used the key to open the door and walked in.

As Anvis expected, the moment he made this move, the players who had been watching him also began to act.

“The task goal seems to have returned and doesn’t look threatening. What should we do? Infiltrate or unleash an all-out assault?”

Kuang Baoshu, the parrot, was the first to speak, eyeing the open door, eager to try something.

“Indeed, that rabbit looks to be only Level Ten, but if you really run over there and chop it, you might directly trigger some defensive mechanism here related to the rules.

Have you forgotten the rating level of this special task, Baoshu? If you want to go get killed, please don’t drag us into it. Haven’t you noticed that we’ve come all this way and haven’t encountered a single battle?”

The frog glanced at the parrot disdainfully and began to share its gaming experience with the three ‘people’.

“According to my judgment, there must be some special rule in place here, and if we don’t want to die again, we must find a way to get through this Secret Realm. But with our current levels, it’s almost impossible to do so.

The system wouldn’t give us tasks that are certain to kill us, so I’m certain that the key to this task must lie with these NPCs, and we need to choose to join a Camp.”

“I think Teacher Gua is right; the dangers of an S-level task aren’t something we can deal with at our current level. Force is of little use; we must outsmart it.”

After listening to the frog, the duck expressed agreement as well.

“Hmph, whatever, I hope you’re not overthinking it.”

Kuang Baoshu hummed, which could be taken as an acknowledgment of the frog player ‘Teacher Gua’s judgment.

“Look, that rabbit came out again, and it seems to have changed clothes.”

At this moment, the rat, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, drawing the other three players’ attention.

By now, Anvis had changed his clothes and found the Golden Pepper he needed. They were stored in a gold-made box, and they looked like gold ground into powder on the outside.