Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes-Chapter 604 - 122 Choices and Consequences

After a moment of thought, Anvis cautiously halted his steps toward the world of Fiona’s Dreamland.

What if Marquis Beixi had a sudden whim to test the strength of the Truth Circle and was waiting there to ambush him?

Or, due to the twist of fate, when Fiona and Marquis Winter had their great battle, what if it attracted the terrifying creatures from the Dream Realm waiting nearby to prey?

Sensing this intermittent sense of crisis, Anvis tried divination and realized that the source of the crisis seemed to be related to Fiona.

This was strange, how could Fiona possibly pose a threat to him?

Lying on the huge body of the King of Nightmare Spirits, Anvis scratched his head, somewhat unable to sort out his thoughts.

Although the girl was a bit shocked, it was, after all, fate’s arrangement, and there probably wouldn’t be a big problem...

Right, the Four Nightmares should still be over there; he could first get in touch with them to understand the current situation.

Having made up his mind, Anvis continued to move forward.

....

At this moment, in the Dream World, the Four Nightmares were being chased around by Fiona and her troops.

The first to suffer was still Lilith of Lust, who had been previously ambushed and was the weakest.

Fortunately, before the girl actually made her move, Madness of Desius somehow learned of the girl’s impending action and issued a warning of danger to the other three Nightmare Spirits.

Realizing that something was amiss and having suffered severe injuries, Lilith managed to escape from this world.

Along with her, the other three Nightmare Spirits also fled this world after witnessing Lilith’s miserable plight, too frightened to face the girl in this state and simply chose to flee together.

When the Four Nightmares fled, the other lower-level Nightmare Spirits suffered the consequences.

Those with sufficient strength or enough tricks up their sleeves managed to escape this world while the girl’s attention had not yet focused on them. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

But those Nightmare Spirits without enough strength or means to escape had to try and find places to hide, hoping to be lucky enough not to be found by the numerous Trialists.

What they did not know was, as long as they were still in this world in front of Fiona, no matter where they hid, it was utterly meaningless.

In a Nameless Dream near Fiona’s Dreamland world, the Four Nightmares regrouped and looked at each other.

The gaze of the other three Nightmare Spirits moved onto Lilith and then away again. No one spoke first; the air was so stifling it almost seemed to freeze.

Anvis had previously issued a command against them fighting each other, and they had no experience of coexisting peacefully in a safe place.

Now, seeing the weakened Lilith in front of them, yet unable to act, all four of the Nightmares felt uncomfortable.

"The boss isn’t to be found now either, and if he doesn’t show up, we can hardly withstand any longer.

If the boss knew the current state of the Dream Queen, he would forgive us for fleeing without daring to face her."

In the end, it was Despair’s Black Abyss who first spoke, breaking the almost solidifying tension between the Four Nightmares.

He felt that if he didn’t do something, these somewhat mentally unstable companions might continue to awkwardly gaze at each other indefinitely.

"’Boss’? Where did you pick up this strange term?"

Upon hearing Black Abyss referring to Anvis, Lilith gasped lightly and then gave him a curious look.

"From those ’foreigners’ there. Where else?"

Despair’s Black Abyss also looked back at Lilith strangely, apparently puzzled why she would ask such an obvious and meaningless question.

"Why do we have to learn from those guys, don’t you find it strange?"

Lilith couldn’t help but widen her eyes, the purple Dream Demon wings behind her fluttered restlessly.

"Haven’t you heard the saying, ’The more you know, the more despair it brings’?"

Black Abyss spoke with an air of conviction.

"No way, right? As one of the Four Nightmares, you can’t possibly lack the capacity to embrace new things, right?"

"...Stop arguing, we’re not out of danger yet."

As Lilith’s anger level surged, the Madness of Desius, who had been rooted beside them with eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and imparted shocking news.

"What do you mean?"

Hearing her words, Dark Tidis also lost his composure.

"Before we left that world, Her Majesty the Queen initiated a special mark using Rule as the medium, the effect encompassing the entire world.

It wasn’t just us - it’s likely that all Nightmare Spirits in that world at that time were marked by her."

Madness of Desius swayed his canopy, speaking in an indifferent tone that startled the other three Nightmare Spirits.

"So what should we do? Can we remove this mark?"

Frowning, Black Abyss hurriedly sensed his own presence but found nothing. Yet, he did not suspect that Desius was deceiving them, as there was no reason for Deius to falsely mislead them due to the Contract.

"Unclear, but at least my Authority power has no effect on it."

Deius rustled his dark green canopy, denoting that if it were removable, he would have removed it already.

This mark was clearly not a good thing, perhaps after cleaning up the Nightmare Spirits in that world, they would turn their hands to them.

"What happened?"

But at that moment, a familiar wave of Spiritual fluctuations suddenly intervened among them.

Upon sensing this fluctuation, the expressions of the Four Nightmares varied, but all somewhat relieved.

Simultaneously, within the sight of the Four Nightmares, the massive figure of a black Giant Dragon slowly emerged from the edge of the Dream Realm.

After absorbing what was left of the original King of Nightmare Spirits, Anvis reformed, according to his instincts, a body befitting the King of Nightmare Spirits.

He disliked the form of the black labyrinthine body of the former King of Nightmare Spirits, which might have suited the other, but for him, continuing in that form was pointless.

According to the theory of the Dream Realm School: The form maintained by a Spellcaster in the Dream Realm is a projection of some essence deep within their soul manifested in the dream.

Once his new body was fully formed and after absorbing all fragments of the former King of Nightmare Spirits’ Authority, Anvis gained a special Authority unique to him: [Desire].

Upon seeing Anvis’s figure, the Four Nightmares quickly reported the incidents happening within the Dream Realm to avoid Anvis thinking they had retreated without valid reasoning.

"...I understand, fleeing was the correct choice for you."

Through the connection with Twisted Seed, Anvis spent a few minutes reviewing the surface memories of the Four Nightmares and finally understood the current situation.

Clearly, his provocation plan had succeeded, Fiona truly, as foretold by fate, awakened her own potential, and the effect was unexpectedly good.

Yet, looking at the memory images, at the girl’s gaze as cold as solid ice, Anvis could not help but sigh in his heart.

He had once made what he considered the best decision, and now, he must face the consequences of that choice.