Star Forge Titan

The hovering flying carpet is softer than any mattress, and the undulating velvet surface makes people feel like floating in the sea, with the ups and downs of the waves behind them.

"What? You want to solve the problem by yourself again?" Frey asked softly in Ivan's ear.

"I have to admit, a little." The young Titan descendant nodded slightly but did not really take any action.

"But I always feel like this isn't the right way to go. Even though nothing seems to be wrong now, there's no telling what might happen in the future."

"Well, strength can solve many problems. But what if you encounter a problem that strength cannot solve?" Frey said in a gentle tone.

"Then push your strength to the level that can solve the problem." Alvin gave the answer almost instantly, and then was bitten on the nose by the ancient dragon beauty.

Sparks flew in front of his eyes and his nose felt numb and itchy. Titan, who had been attacked by the ancient dragon, looked calm, the tank of tanks.

After grinding her teeth, Frey finally opened her mouth and glared at Ivan angrily.

“Who’s struggling?”

"it's me."

"Who wants to help you?"

"It's Fleur."

"Who's arguing?"

"..."

A heavy feeling comes from my chest, which is a sweet burden and also a responsibility.

Phew, seeing Ivan's silent expression, Afrediya couldn't help but let out a giggle while leaning on his chest.

"I know that you will have to face many things beyond your imagination in the future." After saying this, Frey lowered her head again to prevent Ivan from seeing her expression at the moment.

"But you won't be alone." The boy saw the girl's hand holding his clothes tightening little by little.

"Yeah." Alvin subconsciously slowed down his voice and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"If you keep grabbing me, my clothes will be torn."

"Ha!" Frey immediately looked up and glared at this unromantic guy.

"Then you might as well not wear it!"

"Wait...wait! Your Majesty, this is outside, we can't do this!"

"Hey, who is that!?!" A light was heard in the distance. It was the park manager on night patrol who heard the noise approaching.

"Stop making trouble, let's go."

"It's all your fault!"

"Blame me, blame me."

When the administrator rushed over, he only saw a flying carpet floating away.

"Young people nowadays are really..." The middle-aged bald administrator took a deep breath and shook his head in dissatisfaction.

On the flying carpet, Frey sat far away with a red face, but not long after, she came back over without any expression.

"Is there anything else to do next?"

"Let me think about it, I always feel like I have forgotten something." Alvin scratched his chin, with a suspicious blush on his face.

"Ah, I remember." He slapped his thigh suddenly and looked up at the tiny bright spot in the starry sky that was almost impossible to capture with the naked eye.

Others might not know, but Alvin knew that it was the excavation battleship New Logillas, hovering outside the camouflage layer and keeping orbit synchronized with the City of a Thousand Towers.

Back in the desert, he had promised to help the female magician Heidi find the relevant rituals for advancing to the fourth level. It had clearly been delayed for quite some time. Of course, judging by the time horizon of the immortal race, it hadn't been that long either.

After a brief thought, Ivan remembered that the intricate lower levels of the City of Thousand Towers contained a plot dungeon related to the Witch. Based on his experience in Virtual Paladin, a group of Transcendents of Level 2 or 3 strength was required to complete the entire quest chain and receive the rewards.

Now...

"Ahem, Frey." He turned to look at Afrediya, who seemed to realize something instinctively and was looking at him suspiciously.

"Would you like to experience the life of an adventurer?"

"It sounds interesting." His Majesty the Demon King's eyes lit up and he immediately nodded in agreement.

As a result, the lower level area of ​​the City of Thousand Towers was forced to become extremely lively and noisy tonight.

The rumbling sound continued all night until the sun rose the next morning.

"The reward is in hand." Alvin, who was unharmed, raised an ancient artifact with both hands in the ruins. The surrounding area was scattered with mechanical fragments and the head of a powerful puppet golem.

Behind the boy stood Afrediya, who was bent over with laughter for some reason, and Heidi, who was woken up in the early morning and landed in the City of a Thousand Towers yawning.

The latter's expression was complicated at the moment, and he looked speechless.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?"

Chapter 176: The Witch's Dream

"What I promised you."

Ivan casually threw the 'clearance reward' in his hand into Heidi's arms.

The female mage rarely showed a confused look, and after a few seconds she lowered her head to look at the thing in her hand.

Is that a... pillow?

The silk fabric of Angguang feels smoother than ice, its intricate lace edges draping naturally, creating delicate cutouts resembling a blooming flowerbed. Judging from its craftsmanship, it's at least a product of the ancient empire. However, silk is a fabric that is extremely fragile, requiring extremely demanding storage conditions to preserve it for nearly a thousand years.

Obviously, this involves the use of supernatural powers.

However, compared with the appearance and history of this antique, what attracted Heidi's attention more was the strange "painting" embroidered on the front of the silk pillow.

The painting's style is very simple, even resembling a child's sketch, lacking any discernible characteristics of any artistic style, seemingly simply the work of an amateur. As for the painting's content, it primarily depicts a woman wearing a wizard's hat, lying quietly on the ground, dreaming, surrounded by countless flickering stars.

Wait, flickering?

Heidi's eyes immediately began to blur, and an ancient ballad sung by a soothing female voice came to her ears.

"I tell of the giants of the lost ages,

The giants who fed me in the past;

I calculated nine worlds, the great ash tree,

Nine giant roots running underground.

……

Nine worlds, nine dreams, everything is like a bubble."

Ivan watched Heidi in a daze, but didn't say anything.

He had already seen the item description of the witch's pillow in the game, so he naturally knew very well what specific effects this thing would produce.

Ancient witch. The specific name used by this class is now difficult to verify, but it is indeed the most orthodox crown-wearing class in the witch system, and is also the advanced object that most classes in this system can adapt to.

Just as witches use lies to distort reality to create spells, the worldview held by ancient witches is even more bizarre, and that is the fundamental reason why they can perform advanced witchcraft. Ancient witches appear drowsy all day long, but in fact they are extremely clear-headed in their dreams.

So, what is reality to the ancient witch immersed in dreams?

The answer is - dream.

Ancient witches viewed reality as a big dream, so they could distort the "dream" in their eyes in an almost bizarre way. This contradictory state that goes against objectivity will most likely lead to complete madness or complete sleep.

Only a small number of people can escape from the false dream and continue to move forward towards the fifth-level perfect realm in a truly awake state.

As for why this thing appeared in the central area of ​​the lower level, we'd have to ask the previous owner, the unknown transcendent who hid the secret research institute in the most chaotic area of ​​the Thousand Towers City. It likely involves some deep, unknown dark secret.

Indeed, the most chaotic area of ​​the City of Thousand Towers is located near the city center. Aside from the core area surrounding the ancient towers, the lower levels exhibit a strange pattern: order increases as you approach the perimeter. Conversely, the "ring" area sandwiched between the outer ring and the core has gradually become the city's darkest and most chaotic due to factors like lighting and difficulty managing it.

What Ivan hopes Heidi will be promoted to is actually another higher-level job that has evolved from the ancient witch job in modern times.

The only difference between the two is whether one is aware that he or she is dreaming.

"Is senior sister okay?" Afrediya subconsciously lowered her voice, fearing that she would disturb Heidi who was receiving the inheritance.

"If it were someone else, I might have to be prepared for the heir to sink into a deep dream." Even though he mentioned the somewhat sensational possibility, Ivan himself couldn't help but smile.

"But Heidi is different. She has things she has to do."

"Before turning the ice sheet into an oasis, she shouldn't allow herself to indulge in false illusions."

After saying that, Alvin's expression became serious, and he whispered to Heidi, who had fallen into silence, in a very majestic tone.

"Hedy Lamarr, eldest daughter of the dragon hunter Finn, what is the confusion on your face? What is the hesitation in your eyes? Are your ideals so fragile?"

Recalling the fundamental reason why the female mage swore allegiance to him as a member of the Northern Tribe, that unbelievable ideal that seemed like a dream, the young man, who was also a son of the Northern Tribe, did not believe that she would be dragged into the abyss of her soul by a mere dream of inheritance.

Hearing his voice, Heidi's unfocused eyes suddenly closed, countless memories flooded into her mind, and two lines of tears rolled silently down her cheeks.

"My past, the past of my people, those hardships, those separations... are definitely not dreams!"

Heidi suddenly opened her eyes and felt more awake than ever before.

clap clap.

"No matter how painful the real world is, there is no choice but to deny it." Alvin began to clap rhythmically. Frey, who noticed something beside him, followed closely behind him and clapped her hands with the same happy face.

"Congratulations, you are now qualified."

"The qualifications to become a great witch."

"..." Heidi stared at the two of them for a long time, and seemed to finally confirm that she was not shrouded in another dream. She then let out a long sigh.

"My dear and mischievous Khan, please tell me in advance next time and don't give me such a sudden test."

"If it wasn't sudden enough, the inheritance wouldn't be activated easily. It would certainly not allow you to obtain the Great Witch Ceremony with greater potential than the ancient witches."

"Well, it seems I have to say thank you." Heidi shook her head, her face full of a ridiculous expression.

"To be honest, I still can't tell whether I am in a dream or not. Those nine worlds are too real, there is no cold, no disease, and no pain. Nine colorful new worlds, as if I can go back to them with just a stretch of my hand." The female mage's tone was erratic, and she looked like she was about to fall asleep again.

"Of course you are still dreaming." Ivan revealed a shocking fact, which made Heidi and Afrediya look at him in surprise.

"It's just a lucid dream."

Heidi, who was about to show surprise when she heard the answer, was immediately stunned.

After a brief thought, instead of falling into confusion again, her eyes became brighter.

"I see. I now completely understand."

Chapter 177: Spire Meeting

T0 strength, lucid dream witch, Get daze.

As if hearing such a prompt sound, Alvin showed an unconcealed smile.

Most job descriptions on the Path to Transcendence evolve over time, some good, some bad. Each case requires analysis. For example, a special case like mine is completely worthless. In all seriousness, he'd probably only be considered an out-of-the-round player.

The Great Witch is undoubtedly a modern and improved job of the ancient witch. It avoids the fatal weakness of the ancient witch who fell into a deep sleep and went crazy after overusing her abilities, while retaining the witch's unique hissing spell casting system. It can be said to be the most intuitive way of job evolution.

The so-called "whispering spell" uses a special medium called "word spirit" to alter perception and distort reality with lies, ultimately achieving a state of countless incomprehension, as if in a deep dream. Of course, that's the ideal state of complete omnipotence, the theoretical fifth-order perfect power of the witch lineage, but at least no one has truly achieved it yet.

But the Great Witch has indeed made great progress compared to the ancient witches. Only those who remain awake in the dream can modify the "dream" world more accurately with subjective will.

The evolution of the Great Witch, which eliminates weaknesses while retaining or even enhancing strengths, is a characteristic of many new extraordinary professions in the era of the rise of nations.

A normally developing civilization shouldn't be worse off than it was in the past, but the world of Palladia isn't quite normal...

"My respected chief, should I say you are worthy of being me? You always bring great surprises to people without making any noise." Heidi sighed, holding her forehead. Even though she had just been in contact with this job for no more than ten minutes, she had already felt the huge potential contained in it. It was a narrow path leading to a higher level.

Don't underestimate this narrow path. No matter how steep and difficult it is to pass, at least it means that she can see some way forward. Compared with most extraordinary people, she is half a step ahead, half a step towards the perfect fifth level.

She didn't pay anything of real significance, at least from Heidi's point of view, she just provided a little help and upfront investment, but in return she got such an amazing return.

Three hundred percent? No, that's not a rate of return that can be measured in numbers.

He is not trading with others, but looking for like-minded companions.

With this sudden realization, Heidi looked at Ivan with an extremely deep gaze.

Then, the female magician saw that the two guys, whose real identities were Ancient Dragon and Titan, were standing there clapping happily, just like two ordinary tourists who came to the City of Thousand Towers for their honeymoon.

Please pay attention to your surroundings, okay? This is the most chaotic lower-level central district of the Thousand Towers City. Not only are there gangs and bandits, but even mad mages driven to study are a frequent sight. Even the laboratory that Ivan forcibly demolished just now might have belonged to a powerful mad mage.

Oh wait, there's an Ancient Dragon and a Star Forge Titan.

That's okay, just continue having fun.