Chapter 255: Chapter Thirty: Imminent Danger

Afterward, Casu and Saphia also came over to imbue him with Defensive Curse and other types of Protection Magic against magical damage.

After all, they weren’t truly sending him off to die; necessary protections were still required.

Otherwise, in case there were similar assessment segments later on, who would they send first?

Simultaneously, Saphia gave a talisman-shaped detection device to the man clad in snow-white, flowing robes, which integrated various Detection Arrays to ensure his heroic sacrifice served the greatest value.

“Sorry, stranger, please do your best.”

Alisa was the last to come forward, and as she applied the magic, she spoke in a barely audible, somewhat reluctant voice.

As a knight, her sense of justice made her uncomfortable with actions that went against the knight’s spirit. However, a teammate was always more important than a stranger with an unknown background.

Yet, she still activated her pendant, granting the man clad in snow-white, flowing robes her twice-per-day Sixth Rank Protection Magic.

The other three Spellcasters, though not fully agreeing with such actions, silently acknowledged her character.

The Half-Elf player, layered with shields like a lightbulb, had no choice but to step forward cautiously and place his hand on the door.

Fortunately, no curse or trap was triggered, just a panel popping up a dialog box: Please enter the answer.

He breathed a sigh of relief and cautiously entered the answer Annis had told him.

The lilac door flashed, and suddenly the Half-Elf player’s figure vanished.

“It’s okay, his current condition is normal, this is not a trap door. However, his position feedback is rather special; the spatial coordinates indicate that he hasn’t left this world, yet he does not exist in any actual location.”

Watching the fast-flowing inscriptions on the Magic Cube, Saphia announced the detection results.

Rellying on the detection device given in advance to the Half-Elf player, she successfully captured the situation on the other side of the door.

“So, does that mean, the next trial location is situated in the deep space of this Dream World?”

Anvis nodded knowingly, this part of the trial process hadn’t changed.

Deep Space corresponds to Deep Dream, essentially the structural foundation of the Dream World. Unlike the surface of the Dream World, there is no light or matter, only the chaotic spacetime of the Dream World itself.

The strong members of the True Knowledge Society have carved out a small area within it to serve as the next stage of the test.

Unlike the trial in the surface world to find stone slabs, the upcoming trial features no combat.

Moreover, according to Hemorso’s Mystery’s magical framework, there is more than one exit from the door. Which exit one emerges from depends on the answer given when entering the door.

In ancient times, this Spell was often used on the doors of treasure vaults; only by answering correctly could one enter the real treasure vault. If answered incorrectly, the door would lead to a dead-end or to a decoy vault as a guise.

After explaining the principle of Hemorso’s Mystery to Alisa, they all approached the door, pressed their hands on it, and thought of their answers simultaneously.

“Place three cups of fine wine at the summit of Dibilos Peak, setting numerous obstacles along the path; the first to climb up shall have the wine.”

“Concretize the three cups of fine wine, fixating them within the goblets. The drinkers can only taste it within a defined range; once they leave this range, the consumed wine will return to the cups for endless fellow drinkers.”

“Give the three cups of fine wine to a skilled brewer, deduce the brewing process, and then brew endless identical fine wines to share among the endless fellow drinkers.”

“Transform the fine wine into stars, letting the starlight illuminate the path ahead of all fellow travelers.”

Several flashes of light passed, and in an instant, everyone’s figures disappeared.

Upon reopening his eyes, Anvis found himself in a familiar room.

The room was small and plainly decorated, upon closer inspection, it was actually his residence in the academy.

There was no one around, after casually surveying the environment, Anvis opened a window, only to see the completely distorted and blurry scenery outside.

This environment wasn’t real, but rather an illusion dream created from his own consciousness.

This was the second of the three trials, to solve a series of problems within the illusion, and ultimately find the exit and leave this illusion.

Due to the characteristics of the Deep Dream, the environment here is not merely an illusion effect, and its power is sufficient to affect High Rank Professionals.

Normally, not to mention these second and third level Pamir freshmen, even a Fourth Rank Professional wearing a Talisman against Illusion Techniques would be affected, leading to mishaps.

One can only pass through decoding step by step, realizing that they are in the Dream World and eventually exiting the illusion space.

However, for Anvis, who has prior knowledge and is close to Seventh Rank in strength, he needs to restrain his conscious activity as much as possible to prevent this world from collapsing too quickly.

But just as Anvis was about to feign compliance for half a Magic Time, a powerful sense of danger v2 surged through again, causing the illusion space around him to dissipate.

“Something is not right, this feeling…”

Due to this incident, Anvis could not care for anything else and immediately went into alert mode, activating his Sixth Rank Detection Ring to scan the surrounding environment extensively.

At the same time, his hand unconsciously reached into the pocket of his dress uniform.

There, holding the Rai’s Egg Shell he had obtained from a deserted island, Anvis cast a Protection Magic.

As a pale white crystal Shield enveloped his surroundings, that intense sense of danger weakened slightly.

“A massive danger is approaching, but it’s unpredictable. The protection from the eggshell is somewhat effective, but it cannot completely withstand it.

Initially, the first sense of danger appeared in the surface world, and upon entering the deeper world, the danger still persists and has even intensified.”

“It’s either a High Rank Hunter that has followed me from the surface world, or it is an unimaginably large and wide-scale danger, and its level exceeds my control.”

Quickly concluding the possibilities, Anvis hesitated no longer, and directly channeled a surge of spiritual power to activate the Crystal Bird Pendant on his chest.

….

“…so, two small Dream Worlds colliding require nearly three Magic Times? Are you sure that’s enough?

The examination duration for their generations usually lasts about two Magic Times, and it’s rare for it to exceed two and a half Magic Times.”

At this moment, in a darkened room in the Empire Capital of the Gloria Empire, the black-robed person who had activated the giant Array was looking at the Crystal Ball before him, raising questions.

“My friend, you must understand that the flow of time is relative.”

In the crystal ball, a figure in a cloak, blurry and almost ghost-like, slowly spoke, their voice echoing and overlapping, making it difficult to discern their gender.

“Indeed, to us, they crossed the gateway between the surface Dream and the Deep Dream in a blink of an eye.

But for the independent Dream World of that time-space area, crossing the surface layer will consume a whole Magic Time. This means, the actual time left for them to clear is only about one and a half Magic Times.

The fastest record in the history of True Knowledge Society, is one Magic Time and fifty-four minutes.”

“…well, I guess I don’t quite grasp these profound theories of space-time.”

The person in the black cloak paused for a moment but decided not to dwell on this and instead raised another question that came to mind.

“But, even if the world collapses and the spatial coordinates are confused leading to inability to transmit, it should still be possible for the Ninth Rank of the True Knowledge Society to pass through, right? And Duke Karlars should have also left a Transmission Beacon on his descendant.”

“True Knowledge Society Ninth Rank? Duke Karlars?”

The figure let out an echoing laugh.

“Soon, you will know—”

Meanwhile, in the City Lord Mansion of Karlars City, Duke Carrot suddenly sensed that Anvis’s Talisman had been activated.

Seeing the calm environment around Anvis in the live feed before him, the Duke’s mouth twitched, uncertain.

After thinking it over, he finally decided to go for the rescue.

If breaking rules is needed, so be it; Anvis wouldn’t have called him suddenly without a reason.

But if it really was just Anvis finding the test too difficult and activating the family talisman to seek help, the Duke intended to let Anvis learn the cost of recklessly breaking the rules.