As the sun sets, the afterglow is like fire, and the real Alto is even more like a cemetery. Except for a few magicians guarding the walls of different areas at a distance, there are only a few pedestrians wandering on the street.
On the empty road, a "horse" carriage passed quickly without causing any sound of hoofbeats or wheels, just like a special envoy from the silent hell.
The reason why this "horse" cart looks like this is because it has no wheels. The four horses running in front are all hazy, as if pale mist has condensed. Only the head is burning with blazing flames, and the eyes are jumping at two points.
red light.
"Is this the rumored 'Nightmare'?" In the carriage with the window half-open, a rare mezzo-soprano sounded, slightly magnetic and extraordinarily seductive.
Antaike's magic robe turned into a dress with a collar that went to the back of his head. It was bright and fashionable, but this made him particularly uncomfortable. He kept pulling on different parts of the clothes and seemed to be out of breath: "Yes, this is the ability created by the teacher.
The special horse that can directly enter the dreamland is made step by step from the fusion of undead creatures such as ghost horses and the demon 'Dream Controller' with special abilities."
There are so many types of demons that even the most knowledgeable legendary magicians cannot boast that they can identify them all. Moreover, the Magic Empire does not have a trend of knowledge sharing. If it does not come up with something important enough, others will not share their unique knowledge at all.
, and even some of the spells and knowledge used as trump cards are not shared at all. Therefore, even if some types of demons have been discovered, they are only known to a few people, such as the "dream controller" mentioned by Antaike.
Fernando had never heard of it before.
"'Nightmare' pulls the cart. Is the party in a dream?" Fernando, the bright and fiery "girl" said suddenly.
Antaike laughed dryly: "No, I lent it specially. Now that I have a female companion, I have to be more solemn."
"It seems that you are not completely hopeless." Fernando expressed his praise with a unique habit. On his delicate and beautiful face, his bright red eyes were exceptionally bright, just like lightning lighting up in the dark night, which was extremely attractive.
human heart.
Antaike straightened his chest at first, but soon became rickety again, and sighed sadly: "It will be even more painful when you are laughed at later." Look, the female companion that the fool finally found was specially lent to Nightmare.
The female companion who came over was snatched away so easily, the loser is the loser."
His tone in the second half of the sentence was vivid, and he even deliberately raised his voice, obviously imitating a certain companion who often laughed at him.
"It's better than before when I was robbed and had no qualifications." Fernando didn't know whether he was comforting or sarcastic.
Antaike thought for a while: "That makes sense... It's a good thing to make progress every time. Anyway, I don't really expect to find a female companion. When I become an archmage, I can have as many female companions as I want in my dreams."
Girl companion."
"Don't mistake illusion for reality." Fernando calmed down his expression and seriously reminded his friend, after not seeing each other for so many years. He found that Antaike was showing signs of becoming more and more addicted to dreams.
"Why can't illusion become reality? Why can't dreams become a real world?" Antaike suppressed it for a long time before, with a slightly excited tone, "This is the common hope of all magicians in the illusion department."
"So, the highest achievement of the illusion system is to deceive oneself?" Fernando's mouth was much more poisonous than Antaike's.
Antaike shook his head: "No, it's not a deception. It's just that it really became true..."
Before he finished speaking, "Nightmare" had stopped. In front of him was a villa with a serious style and gloomy colors.
"Here we are, don't discuss the illusion in a hurry." Antaike tugged on his collar again, stepped out of the carriage in vain, then turned around, followed the etiquette taught by Fernando, stretched out his hand, and led "her" down - this
In terms of performance, Fernando is much more experienced than him.
"You can still be saved." Fernando nodded, and took Antaike's hand with a "professional ethics of an actor". He was short in stature, so it was quite appropriate to stand next to the lanky Antaike.
A suspicious blush suddenly appeared on Antaike's face, and he moved his left hand unnaturally, feeling that the unspeakable part below Fernando's neck was full and full of elasticity.
"This, this, is this true, is it true?" he stammered, his body tense, as if he was entangled by a giant snake.
Fernando said proudly: "Don't doubt my magic level. Even a legendary magician may not be able to achieve such a good effect of constant transformation before getting that item."
"But I still feel weird..." Antaike stiffly led Fernando towards the door.
"Haha, you usually don't even get to enjoy the 'weird' stuff, so seize the opportunity." Fernando said with a smile, as bright as the sun.
Antaike found that Fernando's arrogance and vulgarity had reached a level where he needed to look up to him, so he had no choice but to shut up and step on the steps together.
"Tell me, is the god-like strength shown by Pope Gregory this time in Reims real, or is it the use of a magical secret lock arranged by Reims?" Fernando suddenly opened his mouth to talk about other topics.
"Ah, what?" Antaike was not on the same "frequency" as Fernando at first, and then he came back to his senses: "I don't know. Anyway, according to my teacher, at that time, his strength was indeed beyond the peak of the legend. There was no
Doubtful, but after the battle until now, He has not left Lance even half a step."
Fernando nodded, and his thoughts jumped again to the point where Antaek couldn't keep up: "Will Stannis attend the banquet tonight?"
This is a gathering of a small circle, and most of the leaders are legendary students.
"Ah, what?" Antaike expressed his confusion in the same language again, and then said: "He has not been in Alto these days and has gone out to collect materials."
With so many magicians gathering in cities such as Alto, materials will not appear out of thin air for no reason. Therefore, magicians will take turns leaving the city and entering places such as forests and dark mountains to collect resources, or go further to the Northern Gems.
A place rich in mineral deposits.
This gave the night watchmen and the clergy an opportunity. Assassinations, sieges and other incidents occurred one after another. The magicians would not tolerate it and also set traps. In turn, they killed church personnel. As a result, Alto, Tria and other cities
When there is no legendary battle, it is peaceful and peaceful, but the surrounding area falls into a situation of repeated strangulation.
There were traps trying to lure Legend into action, but neither side was able to achieve much results.
Therefore, Stannis may have gone out to collect some materials for promotion. Perhaps he was trying to set a trap.
Fernando had learned a lot about this situation along the way and nodded: "We will discuss illusions and dreams with him when he comes back."
"Well, you just need to stay in Alto for a few more days so that you can find magicians with potential who are willing to go to the Holm area." Antaike said happily. This is one of the true friends in his life.
The number does not exceed three.
Fernando chuckled and said: "So my nickname will become 'Antek's shame'?"
"I think you'd better go back as soon as possible... Anyway, you already understand the general situation." Antaike looked at his right hand sadly.
"Hey, I have to understand the specific details of the battle in depth and collect information on the cardinals and epic knights to facilitate future dealings, so in a short period of time, you will have to bear a shameful reputation." Fernando said nonchalantly.
At this time, the iron door of the villa opened without any wind, and a thin male voice said: "Hey, Antaike, where did you find the female companion? Did you pay for it from the 'Pink Mill'?"
Magicians, dark knights, dwarves and ordinary people all have physiological needs, so the "jinv" industry has not lost its space for survival. "Pink Mill" is one of the best, of course. They mainly provide services in dreams.
"This is my good friend, Lando, whom I met in Rentat before." Antaike introduced a little nervously, for fear that others would see through that Fernando was actually a man.
Fernando smiled brightly and said: "It turns out that Antaike doesn't have a female companion in Alto."
The tone was slightly surprised, and Antaike was stunned for a moment.
"Haha, there must be someone who can like him..." The high-pitched voice gradually disappeared.
Antaike quietly gave Fernando a thumbs up and praised him for his great performance: "He is Beto, he likes to laugh at me the most, and his teacher is His Excellency the 'Elemental Dominator'."
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In the villa, sixty or seventy magicians were walking in the hall carrying strange drinks. They were vaguely surrounding four men and one woman.
There is a water curtain floating in front of these four men and one woman, showing the scene near the iron gate.
"Huh, Antaike also has a female companion that he has known since childhood." The person who made the high-pitched voice was a man with a mustache. His face was hesitant, and he seemed a little embarrassed.
"Tsk, what a pretty little beauty." A girl holding a strange light green drink said, "Red eyes and red dress, bright and passionate, she is really a stunner."
She is tall, has black hair shawl, and has a delicate appearance. She looks like a pure and beautiful lady, but the words she speaks are incredibly rude, but the people around her seem to have long been used to it.
Beto, who had a mustache, curled his lips: "Flan, she is just a vulgar woman from the countryside, rude and has not seen the world."
He belittled Fernando vigorously.
In the eyes of the magicians of Antiphore, the Holm area was a rural place with backward standards and barbaric rudeness.
"But you can't deny that a country girl who has not been infected by the depraved and lustful atmosphere of Antipholus and Tria must be innocent and shy." The delicate beauty Fran laughed.
A sullen blond man next to him snorted: "Are you going to embarrass Antek? He is also a legendary student and has a good relationship with Stannis."
"This kind of thing depends on mutual feelings, how can you embarrass Antaike? Hey, although you like me, you have no right to interfere with my life." Fran said sarcastically. She was just talking casually, but being treated like this
As soon as I interrupted, I felt a little angry and wanted to try.
The gloomy man shut his mouth and decided to quickly forget about this perverted guy.
Beto's heart moved, and he said deliberately: "That country girl and Antaike have known each other since childhood, and their relationship must be very deep. Fran, even if you want to, you can't succeed."
"Really?" Fran knew clearly that Beto was trying to stimulate her, but after looking at Fernando's appearance in the water curtain, she still said loudly, "How about we make a bet?"