Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 585 - 103 Are You Moved?

The news of Fiona’s reappearance astonished Marquis Winter.

In fact, since the attack on Pamir Academy, Fiona had constantly been missing, and both the Olivendi and Alfred families, along with other powerful forces of the Empire, had been tirelessly searching for her.

However, neither the two families nor the other powers had any success.

The last known location of her trace led to a long-destroyed underground secret structure, which seemed to have experienced a Ninth Rank Level battle, with all traces wiped away by the aftermath.

The High Rank Prophets’ attempts to divine her whereabouts were either fruitless or pointed directly towards the Olivendi Family’s Moon Castle and the Secret Realm.

It was clear, through some means, she had obscured her fate, interfering with the predictions of many prophets.

At this moment, seeing Fiona’s figure appear in the Dream World, Marquis Winter suddenly understood the ’truth’ of the matter.

So that’s how it is, no wonder no one could find her; she had fallen into the Deep Dream World!

In the vast sea-like depths of the Deep Dream, finding someone without any trace was indeed a rarity.

And the reason Prophets couldn’t predict her location is easier to explain; the Deep Dream World is a place that even Ninth Rank must tread carefully, and to obscure the spells of Eighth Rank Prophets is effortless.

Accidentally prophesying some bizarre entities could even endanger the prophet themselves!

Having understood the causes and consequences, what followed was a surge of ecstasy.

Fiona Olivendi, the alleged ’Star’ existence within the prophecy! The object that both major families would spare no cost to find! According to his secret intelligence, even the Empire’s Royal Family had secretly arranged more than one Ninth Rank searching for her whereabouts!

Now, this highly watched target by so many forces was found by him, Dalton Winters, first!

He was curious, what kind of terrifying secret was hidden within this girl, to warrant the Royal Family mobilizing such strength to find her?

"Right, are there any people from the Truth Circle near her?"

However, at this moment, Marquis Winter suddenly recalled an unverified rumor: ’Fiona Olivendi is suspected to have been last taken by someone from the Truth Circle.’

Concerned about this, Marquis Winter asked.

"Sorry, Your Excellency the Marquis? What is the ’Truth Circle’ you speak of?"

Upon hearing Marquis Winter’s question, Lina responded with confusion.

Unlike other trialists, Lina had once, during her weaker period, by a stroke of luck used her ability to "Dream Eat", completely absorbing a Dream World existing in Yar Continent and gained control over its physical body.

Thus, she could control the body on Yar Continent in a manner similar to sleepwalking.

To acquire greater strength, she willingly became a subordinate of Marquis Winter and received the support of his resources, which gradually made her one of the five major trialist heads.

However, in recent years, due to continuously exploring and challenging the Trial Worlds within the Inheritance Land, she hadn’t heard about the radiant deeds of the Truth Circle.

"Oh, the Truth Circle is a special resistance organization that emerged recently, implicated in deceiving numerous Ninth Rank in the Sky City incident. Their goal is to revive the glory of the Ancient Magic Empire, and their emblem is a special ring-shaped pattern..."

Remembering his subordinate’s experiences, Marquis Winter briefly described what the Truth Circle was.

"...Indeed a terrifying force to reckon with, but I have not sensed any presence related to it here."

After hearing Marquis Winter’s description, Lina shook her head. In these days since entering this world, she hadn’t seen any suspicious entities, nor spotted similar emblems.

"Hmm, no anomalies is good, but don’t be complacent, I will arrange for the Sacrificial Mage Group under me to coordinate with you..."

However, while speaking, Marquis Winter suddenly changed his mind.

"No, I will make the trip personally!"

If she is the ’Star’ forecasted in the prophecy, then aside from her secrets, she might also possess immense luck. Relying solely on his subordinates for action might just cause them to fall short at the last moment.

Only as a Ninth Rank could he hope to forcibly intervene in fate and truly control the other party.

At this moment, within the Dream World, Anvis was still unaware that Marquis Winter had set his sights on Fiona.

The opponent had only just thought of it, and before presenting a real threat, his passive precognition would not react.

Thanks to Fiona’s rule sandtable, he had a clear view of the movements of the trialists.

The black area represented by Lilith of Lust was nearly collapsing, and now it seemed those people were heading towards his avatar.

This would not do. The avatar Dark Tidis still had significant use to him; he could not allow it to be so easily destroyed by these trialists.

Watching the specific locations of numerous trialists, Anvis remotely controlled the Tidis avatar, withdrawing his own Dark Palace’s main body and leaving behind a large area of darkness to confuse his adversaries before he himself disappeared completely.

Moreover, he did not randomly choose a direction but headed directly towards a suspected hiding place of Lilith.

He had seen clearly that after the collapse of Lilith’s represented black area, several spots that previously had no Nightmare Spirits suddenly showed new black dots.

Anvis was unsure whether traces of the other party were within, but by checking one by one, he would eventually find her.

He also received an invitation from Despair’s Black Abyss, but for now, he planned to ’visit’ Lilith first to see if he could take the opportunity to control her.

At this moment, the desperately fleeing Lilith was hidden in a cave within a secluded valley.

This was her weakest moment since becoming one of the Four Nightmares; she could no longer maintain her powerful adult Dream Demon form and could only barely revert to the small Dream Demon form she had when she first transformed into a Nightmare Spirit.

Touching the small horns on her head and the purple wings on her back, Lilith gritted her teeth.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Those detestable, despicable trialists! Lady Lilith will someday bite you all to death one by one! No, I will turn you into perverts who can only lust after the true body of the Giant Dragon!"

But as she was viciously pondering how to torture and deal with those who ambushed her, outside her hidden cave, suddenly came a series of regular knocking noises.

"Knock, knock, knock—"

"Hello, is anyone there?"

Lilith was stunned for a moment, then immediately became extremely alert.

This is a cave, not a hotel; how could someone be knocking on the door?

Moreover, she could feel no presence outside the cave!

Lilith held her breath, completely concealing her aura, and remained silent.

She consoled herself; this might be some abnormal phenomenon within the Dream World, and danger would surely appear shortly. And she was not without the power to fight back; it was just that she preferred not to act to avoid worsening her injuries.

After a while, as there seemed to be no response, the noise outside died down.

Seeing that no other change occurred after a long time, Lilith finally relaxed a bit.

Perhaps it was just her mind playing tricks on her, but for some reason, the light inside the cave now seemed even darker.

Wait, darkness?!

A chilling thought flashed through her mind like a thunderbolt, and Lilith revealed a smile uglier than crying as she slowly turned around.

A figure in a pure black cloak, beneath the hood an abyss-like profound shadow, had appeared there at some unknown time.

"Hello, dear Lilith! As one of the Four Nightmares, hearing you were injured, I immediately dropped everything to ’visit’ you! How touching is that?!"

Looking at the small Dream Demon with fearful eyes before him, Anvis’s face shadow subtly shifted, resembling a smile.