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Natasha hid behind Fina. If this suddenly appearing mage knew she'd only made things worse, wouldn't she just incinerate herself with a fireball...?

The town-sized collective dream was destroyed three or four times in half a minute, but Freddy dared not stop repairing it. Without the dream-enhanced teleportation ability, he feared he wouldn't last more than a few seconds. Due to the excessive extraction of accumulated fear, many deep personal dreams had collapsed, and the people trapped inside appeared in the collective dream.

Everyone who had just appeared saw Blaze displaying his incredible power and quietly hid in a corner; not one dared to make a rash move.

Blaze breathed a sigh of relief. That felt good. No need to worry about potential asset losses. It was just so satisfying to blow things up.

Freddy stopped as well, catching his breath. In his opinion, the mage's magic power should be almost exhausted.

Before Freddy could utter a sarcastic remark, he saw Blaze lightly tap the air with his staff, and a massive magic circle instantly enveloped the entire collective dreamscape. Spatial anchor, locked successfully!

From this moment forward, in this place, the vast majority of spatial spells are prohibited without Blaze's permission.

After depriving Freddy of his ability to escape, Blaze raised his staff, and specks of blue light began to appear in the sky above the dreamscape of Elmtown. Each speck was a fireball that was gathering, one of Blaze's most proficient spells—Meteor Shower.

Seeing this scene, Freddy was so frightened that he swallowed back all his witty remarks. He took off running towards Blaze, ready to cut off the damage dealer directly.

Seeing this, Natasha was about to step forward to help, but Fina stopped her, saying, "Don't worry, that nightmare is courting death. My teacher was a mid-level knight before becoming a mage."

Intermediate Knight? Natasha looked at Blaze, only to see him loosen his grip on the staff, then flick the end of the staff, and a rapier appeared in his hand.

Goodness, this staff is a multi-functional item. After all this time, the outer shell can also be used as a sword sheath!

Freddy was stunned, but he couldn't stop in time and crashed into the sea of ​​sword light in front of Blaze, where he was shredded to pieces.

The next second, the dreamscape of Elmtree Town shrank, and Freddy was reborn at the edge. He looked up at the meteor shower that was about to erupt.

If you can't win in close combat, and you can't win at ranged combat either, then you can only run away!

"Teacher! Catch them alive! It's expensive to keep them alive!" Fina shouted.

Blaze paused, slightly adjusted the trajectory of the meteor shower, and focused his main target on the dream, directly destroying the small dream in one fell swoop, even causing some impact on the collective dream network of nearby humans.

After escaping the dream, Gundy and Des quickly restrained their subordinates. They had all witnessed Blaze's power and, having barely survived the dream, did not want to die again because of the most despicable.

Fina jogged to Freddy's wreckage, and the marker in her hand popped out containment lines, capturing Freddy inside the marker.

"Fina, don't be too greedy. When facing enemies in the future, consider the potential gains last..."

Blaze walked over to Fina and whispered instructions. Before he could finish speaking, Fina jumped up and flashed her points at Blaze. "Teacher! I've saved up a lot of points! I can help you pay off your debts!"

“I’ve read the points instructions. One point can be exchanged for a lot of high-purity mana crystals! If we do this a few more times, you won’t have to stay in the alchemy workshop anymore, Teacher!” Fina’s face lit up with a bright smile. “By the way, Teacher, what were you saying just now?”

Blaze didn't know what to say. A friend in need is a friend indeed. He used to be so independent, but now that he was in trouble, he still had people helping him. He was lucky to have such people help him.

He placed his hand on Fina's head and patted her. "Teacher, don't worry. Mage Kieran has already rejected part of the council's punishment. You should use these points to stabilize your realm. If you don't stabilize your realm properly when advancing in battle, you can easily slip back down."

Upon hearing this, Fina examined herself and exclaimed, "Wow! I've advanced to a full-fledged mage!"

“Yes, I’ll send you the spell model of the miniature fire element pool later. You can use this as the foundation for your formal mage career. If you want to use spell models of other schools or other elements, I can’t help you with that,” Blaze said. His most valuable possession right now was the knowledge in his mind.

“I think our faction is pretty good.” Fina smiled, then remembered something and pulled Natasha over. “Teacher, this is my friend, and also a member of the Ouroboros Association. Could you help me make some testing potions? The potions in the store are too expensive.”

Natasha was a little nervous. She hadn't expected Fina to be so reliable as to pull her over directly. Blaze glanced at her, then took out a dozen testing reagents from his personal space and tossed them to Natasha. The reagents included some testing reagents for niche professions, enough for Natasha's use.

"Let's go, Fina. I still have some free time, so I'll describe the rest of the way to you." Blaze said, taking Fina's hand, and they used a spatial jump to leave the area.

Chapter 44 Yang Qiu's Rapid Growth (Seeking Recommendation Votes)

After Fina and Blaze left, Natasha was immediately surrounded, with Guda, Des, and the others all staring at what Natasha was holding.

"Can any of you withstand a single Fireball?" Natasha closed the box containing the testing solution and looked calmly at the others. "Or are you all planning to avoid dealing with these professionals altogether?"

At this point, Guda stopped in his tracks. Indeed, those two mages didn't seem like ordinary professionals. Moreover, mages in various stories are often portrayed as having extensive connections and high status. Natasha and that Fina also seemed to have a good relationship. If they were to blatantly rob someone like that, it wouldn't be good for their future development.

“Of course not, we are all upright people. However, this place is remote and dangerous. If you are willing to give up two-thirds of your territory, we can provide you with protection,” Guddar said to Natasha, his tone carrying a hint of threat.

They can't act openly, but they can secretly remove the identification tags and then take action; this is their standard practice.

Natasha smiled slightly, "No need, mind your own business."

She had achieved her goal; in the town, these people in front of her were unlikely to lay a hand on her.

Based on her experience, Natasha guessed that they would probably ambush outside the town. Coincidentally, another group was already lying in ambush outside, making them free thugs. Once chaos broke out, the so-called threat would disappear.

Meanwhile, Yang Qiu was at home looking at the settlement page of Script Seven. He had invested a great deal of mental energy in evolving Blaze this time. With such a high cost, the rewards were naturally good as well.

Scenario Seven: The Wizard vs. Freddy

Synopsis: The greedy nascent nightmare, unwilling to merely reap the fear and souls of ordinary people, sets his sights on the novice mage Fina, who comes to investigate. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand the principle that defeating the young will bring forth the old...

Script evolution result: Excellent

Script evolution products: Morning Star Mage Blaze, Simple Alchemy Workshop, Nightmare Freddy (dying), Single-Layer Clock Tower (fake)

Morning Star Mage Blaze: A great mage proficient in fire elemental magic, possessing strong research capabilities, the physical qualities and combat skills of a mid-level knight, skilled in the creation of various magical potions, knowledgeable in the creation of some magical items, possessing multiple unique optimized spell models, and proficient in most general spells below the level of high-level mage.

Simple Alchemy Workshop: A workshop specifically designed for crafting magical potions and items. The "simple" level limits the maximum level of crafted items, slightly reduces material consumption during crafting, slightly increases the quality of crafted items, and provides self-protection capabilities at the intermediate professional level. It can accommodate up to one Archmage/Alchemist, ten Advanced Mages/Alchemists, and several other professionals simultaneously. The optimal number of participants is ten Advanced professionals and several other professionals.

Freddy the Nightmare (Dying): A nascent nightmare with the talent to manipulate dreams. His overall rating is intermediate professional. He is extremely good at escaping and feeds on the fear of intelligent beings. He can rapidly enhance his abilities by relying on fear. Currently, he is suffering from severe fire damage and is in a weakened and critically injured state due to energy depletion.

Single-layer clock tower (pseudo): The planet evolved in Script 7 is one layer of the clock tower (unevolved). It can accept outsiders to a limited extent, requires additional energy for maintenance, has self-protection capabilities equivalent to advanced professionals, and can consume a large amount of energy to project this layer of the clock tower into the real world.

After the script finished evolving, Yang Qiu felt a surge of powerful magic energy rapidly surging through his body. At the same time, his spiritual energy also condensed quickly, and the rapid increase in quality brought Yang Qiu a special experience, as if he had gained another organ. This was the enhancement brought to him by Blaze's materialization.

Even without his scriptwriting abilities, if Yang Qiu were placed in the Avengers from his previous life's story, he would be one of the strongest members, with exceptional self-preservation skills. He's the kind of person who, even if he couldn't win a fight, could definitely escape.

Before he could even fully experience the power within his body, Yang Qiu "saw" Blaze bid farewell to Fina and make a spatial jump toward them.

Blaze then stopped in front of the illusory gate and knocked on it. "Master Kiran, I've come to say goodbye. I'm going back to serve my sentence."

"Come in first." Yang Qiu is more composed now. His strength has officially surpassed Blaze's, and with the help of special items, he can play the role of Kieran well without relying on the script.

"Master Kiran, what teachings do you have for me?" After talking with his disciple for a while, Blaze's emotions and mindset had changed significantly, and he was a completely different person from the one Yang Qiu had first met.

“You don’t need to go back to the alchemy workshop for now,” Yang Qiu said. After all, the simplified alchemy workshop that had evolved was not suitable for Blaze to use. Someone of his level wouldn’t stay in the simplified alchemy workshop even as punishment. “You should stay with the Ancient One for now.”

“The Ancient One? You mean the Sorcerer Supreme?” Blaze asked.

“That’s right. The Ancient One has protected peace for so long, it’s time for us to take over. You go and observe their procedures first. This period will count as part of your punishment time,” Yang Qiu said calmly. This was an arrangement he had come up with after thinking about it for a long time.

The Seven Planets in the script currently have nothing but a simple alchemy workshop, which is not suitable for arranging Blaze. However, placing him directly in the surface world is also not appropriate. The best place for him right now is with the Ancient One, which will not expose his abilities and will not waste Blaze's power.

Yang Qiu now feels that he was lucky to be discovered by Gu Yi that time. If Gu Yi hadn't been there to support him and clean up his mess, he would have had to consider many more things, and his development speed would definitely have been much slower.

"Yes, I'll go right away." Blaze said, but didn't leave. He stood there hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something.

"Speak up if you have any concerns," Yang Qiu said.

"Could you lend me some low-level magical materials? I'm restricted by the Council from purchasing any magical materials, and the Ancient One's school of thought isn't the same as ours. I don't need most of what she has, so..." Blaze said somewhat humbly. Before the incident, he wouldn't even look at low-level materials.

"It's for your apprentice, isn't it? I know her; she's a kind-hearted young girl who's naive and inexperienced in the ways of the world." Yang Qiu smiled. It seemed the master-apprentice relationship was stable. "When the Mage Council distributes the annual allocation materials for official mages, I'll have them give you an extra copy. However, once your punishment period is over, you won't receive the compensation materials. Is that a problem?"

"No problem, thank you, Mage Kilan." Blaze said gratefully. Once his punishment was over and he regained his identity, he wouldn't lack those regular materials, so whether he received compensation or not didn't matter. On the contrary, it would be of great help to his apprentice to have an extra set of materials now.

Chapter 45 Kamar-Taj (Seeking Recommendations)

The Himalayas are one of the coldest places on Earth, yet humans have still established settlements there. The cold has not dampened humanity's enthusiasm for survival, and today a new guest has arrived.

Blaze walked through the heavy snow in his thin robe. The Himalayas were quite cold today. Blaze hated the environment of this place, or rather, he hated all cold places. However, Blaze liked the people here. In his eyes, everyone here was full of the power to survive, and most of the people he had met along the way were very friendly.

Seeing how thinly he was dressed, many people offered him food that looked like roasted sweet potatoes, and some even wanted to give Blaze a coat. After Blaze refused all their kindness, people began to think that he might be an ascetic.

After walking for a while, Blaze came to the door of a strange building, raised his staff, and knocked twice on the door.

With a whoosh, the door opened, and Benedict Wong, seeing the somewhat ugly Blaze, made no attempt to avoid him. Instead, he clasped his hands together and bowed very respectfully, "Mage Blaze?"

“It’s me. I was sent by Master Kiran to find the Ancient One. Is she here?” Blaze said softly.

"Yes, please come with me." Wang had been waiting for Blaze here, and after receiving him, he led him into the inner courtyard.

Along the way, Blaze observed the place. The magical defenses were weak, and he didn't see any constructs like golems. It was more like a temple than the home of a Sorcerer Supreme, except for the students practicing spells.

Gu Yi sat cross-legged inside, instructing her disciples. Slowly, her voice stopped, and she looked towards the doorway.

Yang Qiu had told Gu Yi some information about Blaze. She herself was also very curious about another powerful mage from another school of magic who had appeared in this world. In any case, she was very satisfied with Yang Qiu's current progress.

"Supreme Master, what has happened?" a disciple asked.

“A friend has arrived.” Gu Yi slowly stood up.

Given the difference in status and strength between the two sides, it's normal for Blaze to take the initiative to come and find the Ancient One, but it would be a bit impolite for the Ancient One to remain seated and motionless when someone arrives.

Soon, Blaze walked through the door. As he entered, he glanced at the apprentices below before looking away. The Ancient One was indeed powerful, but the way she extracted power from beings of other dimensions made it difficult to train another Ancient One.

“Master Ancient One, hello, I am Blaze,” Blaze said after giving a sorcerer’s bow.

“Welcome to Kamar-Taj,” Gu Yi said, nodding. This name was her former homeland, and naming the place Kamar-Taj was also a way of remembering her.

"I have spoken with Master Kiran. You are free to move around as you wish from now on, but it is best not to leave here. I will notify you before the operation begins. Is that alright?"

Master Kiran? Master Blaze? I've never heard of these people.

Casillas, sitting below, looked at Blaze with a scrutinizing gaze, as if pondering where this man had come from.

“I will follow your orders.” Blaze ignored Casillas; he was too weak to interest him. “However, if possible, please arrange an area for me. I would like to make some magical potions for my disciples there.”

“Of course, no problem. You can discuss this with the King,” the Ancient One continued. In her magical vision, Blaze looked like a moving ball of flame. Hearing that he also had disciples, the Ancient One had an idea.

"In addition, Master Kiran sent you here to learn the procedures and to allow us to communicate with each other. I am also very curious about the current situation of the Clock Tower. The last time we communicated was more than ten years ago when I met Master Kiran."

Clock Tower? Casillas's doubts deepened. It was another unfamiliar term, seemingly a designation for some powerful force.

“Master Gu Yi, please forgive my disrespect, but our schools of thought are completely different, so communication wouldn't be very effective. Of course, since you've brought it up, I agree, but…”

At this point, Blaze glanced at the Kamar-Taj sorcerer sitting below and shook his head, implying that these people were no good and who was there to communicate with?

Casillas was instantly enraged; he hadn't been looked down upon like this in a long time.

Gu Yi didn't seem to care much, since the other party hadn't made any mistakes in some respects. "Then let's have a friendly spar."

As the Ancient One spoke, the Mirror Dimension unfolded, directly absorbing everyone around. Blaze's heart tightened; he was taken in without any power to resist, the difference in strength was very obvious.

Blaze then stopped bothering to offer any reminders about the destructive power of his magic. He simply placed the Ancient One and Kieran on the same level, reasoning that it would be presumptuous to say anything like that to someone like them.

"Excuse me."

After saying this, Blaze gripped his staff tightly, and the elemental pool within his body surged, with fire element filling the space several meters around him under his control.

This overwhelming power forced all the Kamar-Taj mages back two steps. Even though they didn't see a single spark, they already imagined themselves being engulfed in flames.

Mana surge, fire cycle, multicast, spell maximization.

(Mana Surge: The surge of mana reduces the casting time of all spells, and grants a mana token for each successfully cast spell. Mana tokens can enhance the effects of any spell.)