The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 166 Nightmare
Looking at the blood-red moon in the sky, Richard fell into deep thought.

Isn't he in the Hive World? Isn't the Hive World always dark? Then what's going on with this moon?

How come he changed places in the blink of an eye?
Richard looked around and found that his surroundings were very strange. A layer of black and red mist covered the surroundings. Although the mist was not thick, it just made it difficult for Richard to see the surroundings clearly. When Richard looked back, he suddenly froze in his place.

Behind him, a black spire more than ten meters high stood.

"This is... my wizard tower?"

He was very familiar with the black spire in front of him. As it was the place where he had lived for decades, he knew every tree and blade of grass here very well.

Richard looked at his surroundings again and found that the mist around him seemed to have dissipated a little. He could now see the entire yard clearly.

This yard is the yard that comes with his wizard tower.

"This is so strange, it's like a dream."

Richard was a little confused when looking at his surroundings, but he subconsciously put up a magic barrier and activated his bloodline transformation.

The environment before him was too strange, which suddenly made him alert.

But after he put up the magic barrier, Richard suddenly felt that the environment he was in had changed slightly.

The yard around him seemed to have become a little more gloomy, and every blade of grass and tree seemed to be hostile to him, and the extremely familiar wizard tower in front of him now felt like the residence of the final boss of the game, which made people feel afraid just by looking at it.

"The environment has changed because of my mood." Richard looked at the black tower and fell into deep thought.

As a wizard, rationality is one of the most important qualities.

Panic when encountering difficulties will only bring trouble. Calmly analyzing the current situation is the best way to solve the difficulties.

Although the surrounding environment was strange, it was not enough to scare Richard, who had become a wizard, into panic.

There are so many worlds conquered by wizards, all kinds of strange races, and countless mysterious and bizarre worlds, but these seemingly terrifying worlds eventually became the back gardens of the great wizards, and the races living in them either became slaves or specimens.

As a wizard, it was hard for Richard not to develop a subtle sense of self-confidence when listening to such rumors on a daily basis.

This confidence made Richard believe that as a member of the wizarding community, he could also overcome the difficulties before him and explore the mysteries with wisdom and strength.

After thinking calmly, Richard decided not to enter the wizard tower in front of him. After all, this thing looked too much like it was deliberately prepared.

Apart from the wizard tower, the only place he could explore was the world outside the yard.

Richard took a deep breath, feeling the temperature, humidity, and magic concentration around him.

"Temperature 21%, humidity 50%, magic concentration three times that of the wizarding world..."

Richard frowned again. The environmental conditions of this strange place were exactly the same as those of the living area.

It was as if he was really in the Wizard Tower on the residential level of the Tower of Truth.

"It's getting more and more interesting..." Richard touched his chin, with a subtle curve at the corner of his mouth.

To be able to restore it with such precision, there must be something seriously wrong with this place, and Richard had a vague guess in his mind at this moment.

He turned around, opened the gate and left the yard.

The environment outside the yard seemed to be covered by mist from the inside, but when Richard really entered, the mist turned into a thick fog that was pitch dark. And the weirdest thing was that even if Richard used his mental power instead of his eyes to observe the surroundings, he still saw a thick fog.

It seems that this mist can block the detection of mental power.

Richard walked outside for a long time relying on his senses. During this time, he tried various methods to observe the surrounding environment, but all in vain.

Casting a spell into the thick fog was like entering a black hole. There was no sound, no air wave, no trace of explosion. It was the same even when Richard cast a spell at the ground beneath his feet.

Richard tried to open the secret realm, but the secret realm seemed to be isolated by the thick fog. No matter how much magic power he input, he could not open the space rift.

All the means that Richard relied on to survive as a wizard lost their effect in this thick fog.

He seemed to have turned back into a normal person.

As Richard went deeper, a faint voice was heard in the fog, but the voice was too vague, like a ghost lingering in Richard's ears.

Richard stroked his chin and calmly analyzed the current situation:

"It's interesting. The surrounding environment seems to be constantly inducing fear in me. And judging from the situation in the yard, once I feel fear, the environment will change, inducing me to feel more fear."

As Richard walked, the view in front of his eyes suddenly brightened. The thick fog that had covered an unknown area finally dissipated.

But Richard took a closer look at the surroundings before him.

The black tower, the garden, and the gate that was opened but not closed.

He walked around outside and returned to the starting point.

"It's getting more and more interesting." Richard looked at the black tower in front of him, his eyes showing excitement, "It seems that I have to go into this wizard tower."

Without hesitation, Richard held up the magic barrier and walked into the wizard tower confidently.

There's no need to be timid when entering your own wizard tower.

The interior layout of the wizard tower was exactly the same as Richard remembered, even the stains on the walls and the scratches on the handrails were exactly the same.

The only difference was that the wizard tower in front of him seemed to have been vacant for a long time. There was a thick layer of dust on the floor and furniture, and the cabinets in the corners were covered with cobwebs.

Richard touched the dust on the floor and furniture, looked at it carefully in front of his eyes, put it in and tasted it, and finally determined that it was just ordinary dust, nothing special.

Richard took his finger out of his mouth and said calmly:

"There's so much dust accumulated. It seems that No. 1 and No. 2 have been slacking off since I left."

As soon as Richard finished speaking, there was some noise coming from the room on the first floor.

With a creaky sound, the old wooden door that seemed to have not been opened for decades was opened from the inside, and a humanoid creature walked out of the room.

This humanoid creature has animal ears on its head and its body shape is similar to No. 1. The only difference is that the face of this humanoid creature looks very strange. It has no facial features and its entire face is as smooth as a mirror.

The humanoid creature bowed slightly to Richard, his voice hoarse like a witch in a fairy tale. "Master, you are back."

Faced with such a strange scene, Richard did not do anything extreme, such as throwing two Hearts of Annihilation or something.

On the contrary, he was like he was back in the real wizard tower, and he scolded harshly:
"Number One, what have you been doing all these years? Why is there so much dust on the ground?"

Facing Richard's scolding, No. 1 showed no fear at all and continued to repeat:
"Master, you are back."

"I'm asking you a question, Number One!"

"Master, you are back."

“Is this the only thing you can repeat?”

"Master, you are back."

"...Yes, I'm back." Richard replied helplessly, "Go prepare a meal for me."

"Yes, Master."

Number One turned and went into the basement to prepare the ingredients.

As Number One went about his business, Richard went up to the second floor, where he saw Number Two, who looked equally strange.

When faced with Richard's questioning, No. 2's reaction was exactly the same as No. 1's.

Sending No. 2 aside, Richard checked his laboratory.

His laboratory was designed with a dust-free magic circle and equipped with a self-charging circuit, so when he entered the laboratory, it was as spotless as he had imagined.

The light of the magic stone lamp changed to a strange dark red, which looked very ominous.

The things in the laboratory were still the same, and the various instruments were even still functioning, with all the responses being very accurate, exactly as Richard remembered... even though Richard hadn't placed the magic stones in them.

Going downstairs, the strange No. 1 and No. 2 were standing by the dining table, quietly waiting for Richard to eat.

On the table, the food was exactly the same as what Richard had eaten before he left.

"It seems the result is clear." Richard said lightly.

This strange world before his eyes was entirely made up of his memories, and everything that appeared was exactly as he remembered.

The reason why Number One and Number Two are so weird is that he thinks that after so many years, Number One and Number Two must have changed a lot, and he doesn't know what they will look like.

Based on the current information, Richard was 90% sure that he was actually dreaming.

And it's a nightmare that constantly induces fear in myself.

"But how am I going to get out?" Richard thought with a frown.

Although suicide is usually the norm at this time, he doesn't want to do so in this strange environment.

He was trapped in a dream, not some special illusion.

It only takes a big stimulus to wake up from a dream.

Thinking of this, Richard flew to the top of the wizard tower, looked at the ground and smiled.

In the dream, three flights of stairs could wake him up, and now that it has been replaced by a wizard tower, it should be enough to wake him up.

Then Richard jumped without hesitation.

……

Outside the dream, Richard suddenly woke up with a twitch of his body.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at his surroundings.

A faint black and red mist, a blood-red moon in the sky, except for the absence of the familiar wizard tower, the scene was almost exactly the same as in his dream.

Now he seemed to be in a wilderness, with black weeds tall enough to reach his knees. Among these weeds, Richard could feel an inexplicable hostility.

This time the hostility was not caused by his fear.

"Dream within a dream?" Richard carefully analyzed his current situation, trying to find a reasonable explanation.

But a faint voice made his heart tremble.

"Gah, Richard! Can you hear me?"

"Gah, Richard! Can you hear me?"

"Ulises' voice!" Richard was startled and responded quickly, "I can hear it."

As Richard answered, a black shadow rose from his left shoulder and turned into a black crow.

"Gah, I knew you would wake up." Ulises looked at Richard and shouted excitedly, "You are so worried that you can't be fooled by a nightmare. That old mushroom said you were finished and that you should separate your luggage and go back to your homes. When you go back, I will definitely give it a good beating..."

Looking at Ulysses who suddenly appeared, Richard felt inexplicably at ease.

At this moment, nothing could soothe him more than Ulises' nonsense.

The fact that Ulises was still talking nonsense showed that the matter was not very serious and he had a way to solve it.

"So where am I now? Ulises." Richard interrupted, "I was in the Hive World just now, how come in the blink of an eye, I am in this damn place."

"Where are you... this..." Ulises hesitated, "Based on my experience, you should be in the dream dimension now. This world should be the nightmare wizard world corresponding to the wizard world."

"Nightmare Wizarding World?" Richard frowned again when he heard this strange name.

"Then how am I supposed to get out?"

"Well..." Ulises said a little embarrassedly, "I'm afraid you won't be able to get out in the short term."

(End of this chapter)