On the 211th floor of Rainbow Castle in the Thousand-Story City, on the floor of the Hundred Towers, next to the Royal Academy of Magic in the Star Vault, in the magic tower of Associate Professor Duncan Flashstone.
It's very safe, safe, secure here...
Duncan the Dwarf likes to be safe.
After traveling into such a petite body, Duncan has never been more eager for safety than he is now.
In the background cg of the game, the death of the mage is as simple as drinking water.
Apprentice backstabbing and experimental errors occurred so frequently that even three occurrences a day would not make it into the Stardome Adventurer Daily.
Not to mention death by being stabbed to death by a pitchfork, or "accidentally triggering a protective spell when having sex with a real dragon that took the form of a human and dispelling the opponent's transformation".
Fortunately, there were more mages alive than dead in the end.
And there was no doubt that Duncan Shinestone wanted to be part of the living.
----------
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
Then, dark clouds covered the crimson moon.
Now is the most suitable scene for a murder to occur.
But the dwarf Duncan was not afraid at all.
In the bedroom of the Magic Tower, Duncan Flashstone was not asleep, but was sitting on the bed, flipping through a book boredly.
Of course, a mage needs to rest for 8 hours a day in order to recover his mana and memorize spells with a clear mind.
However, unlike the subconscious judgment of stupid potential raiders - the need to rest every day does not mean the need to rest "every night"!
In fact, Duncan has rested enough during the day - he is not willing to close his eyes in the silent night, it is too dangerous. As a gamer, setting the rest time to daytime itself will not bring him negative status
.
His bed (the kind suitable for children) is surrounded by a hemispherical golden force field. This is a magical protection created by him using ritual magic [Shelter Cabin].
The [Guard Glyphs] with spells are stored on the bedside tables, bed corners, windows and doors, quietly waiting for intruders who are almost impossible to dare to appear.
There is a [Magic Mouth Magic] attached to the wall painting. Once Duncan is injured or transformed into a stone statue, a sheep or something, it will be automatically triggered, and he will pray to many usually well-intentioned gods at the same time - obviously not out of piety, but
Comes from security awareness.
The invisible magic dog [Richard's loyal dog] composed of a magic force field lies on the ground. Even invisible enemies and intruders from the [spiritual world] cannot escape its keen senses.
Of course, intruders from another world may not be able to enter, because a constant [Richard's Secret Chamber Technique] envelopes the bedroom, blocking space teleportation and plane travel in the room, except for a small area deliberately set aside -
—Used to allow the mage to cast teleportation spells to escape. [Chamber of Secrets] also blocks all types of prophecies, divination, detection, and detection.
Outside the window, the little devil Mephi is flying around the house - the little devil that can turn into a small animal and is always invisible is an excellent scout pet. It is always maintaining telepathic communication with its owner, and when needed, the owner can
You can directly switch the senses using it.
In addition, although he was reading a book, Duncan Flashstone was actually maintaining [Detect Magic] to observe any fluctuations in magical aura.
If it weren't for the fact that Duncan had not yet become an eighth-ring mage, he would have moved to the demiplane he created long ago, and would have placed his spare body in other demiplane bases.
The night is so quiet.
Duncan Flashstone turned another page of the book.
The sound of turning pages was clearly audible in the silence.
Suddenly, Duncan frowned.
The [spiritual link] between him and his familiar was terminated.
Did the little devil Mephi disappear out of thin air?
What's going on?
Mage Duncan put down his book, pricked up his ears, and listened to the sounds around him - there was no doubt that he clicked on the Perception skill.
The invisible [Richard's Loyal Dog] was lying on the ground without any abnormality, the [Shelter Cabin] was not destroyed, [Detect Magic] did not detect new magic fluctuations, and the [Guard Glyph] trap was not triggered.
Outside the window, the scarlet crescent moon hung in the dark sky.
There was only the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves.
Duncan breathed a sigh of relief.
He stood up from the bed, preparing to summon some weak elemental creatures to go out and check.
Suddenly, Duncan shivered, a biting chill penetrated his spine, and countless goosebumps rushed out of his skin.
That's not the howling of the wind!
Duncan Flashstone turned his head and moved his gaze out the window. His gaze was through the glass, looking at the red moon on the black velvet night. And the red moon was also looking at him——
This is not a metaphor. The bloody crescent moon is growing rapidly and becoming full at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if time goes from the beginning of the month to the middle of the month in the blink of an eye.
In just a few seconds, the crimson crescent moon turned into a full, bloody full moon.
As the moon grew and became full, Duncan could see that in the center of the blood moon was an eye that took up half the size of the moon! The process of the red moon from new to full happened to make this eye slowly open.
There were no screams outside the house.
Perhaps only Duncan himself could see such a scene.
The world around him became more and more blurry. Only the red moon outside the window remained as clear as ever.
Duncan understood in an instant why the spiritual connection between the demon pet Mephi and himself was severed, but Mephi did not disappear.
He himself is the one who is disappearing.
At the last moment, Duncan picked up the [Messaging Stone] on the bedside and started the communication to Chabron. The dwarf mage clenched his fist with his other hand, trying to freeze time in an eternal round as much as possible.
What surprised Duncan was that the time traveler's ability to freeze time actually encountered obstacles at this time, like a dangerous embankment consolidating water——
Even though the mysterious power in his body is still operating, trying hard to fix the flow of time at this moment, time is still like water between fingers, continuing to pass, but so slowly.
——————
"Help me," Duncan's voice came from the magic crystal, and he immediately changed his words, "No, it's too late. Now, listen to me -"
Chabron and Mera looked at each other - the beautiful black-haired girl was also very surprised, and her usually calm childlike eyes were now a bit sharp.
In [Messaging Stone], Duncan's voice became more unreal and ethereal, as if he was gradually being stripped away from this world. He spent his last time telling the information he wanted to tell Chabron:
"Jacx, Anluo, and Arya are the brothers, sons, and daughters of Her Majesty the Star Queen who disappeared 13 years ago. They use pseudonyms.
"Her Majesty the Queen is the king's puppet! Not only her, but all the monarchs in history and present have been taken away by the king. This is the abnormal project [5-08].
"Don't tell anyone else this secret or it will fade from your memory.
"at last······"
Duncan's voice stopped suddenly. This chapter has been completed!
