Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes

Turning around and stopping in front of a booth, he leaned slightly and carefully looked at an item in the booth.

It was an ancient brass lantern.

"Hi...do you have a fancy item?"

The stall owner is a quiet girl with dark hair, dressed in an ordinary Pamir uniform. Seeing Anweisi stop in front of her booth, she asked a little shyly, as if she was not very good at interacting with people.

"May I have a look at that lamp?"

Anweis looked at the girl with a smile, and pointed to the lantern on the booth.

"Of course, please."

The girl nodded, and stretched out her hand as a gesture of invitation.

After obtaining the girl's stall owner's consent, Anweis gently picked up the lantern on the stall and put it in front of him for a closer look.

The style of the lantern is very old, and the whole is made of brass-like material.

Two brass supporting columns extend from the left and right of the base, which are connected with the top of the relief, and the handles of the same material are hung on the supporting columns.

In the center of the lantern, in the elliptical cylindrical transparent lampshade, the slender wick presents a unique faint blue translucent shape, like a clear crystal, which looks very mysterious.

Although the magic power has not been injected at this time, the lantern itself is exuding an inexplicable aura.

‘Imitation of the Nightmare Lantern? But it does have a hint of nightmare power. '

With the help of the magical vision strengthened by the pupil of mercury, Anvis could see clearly. In the faint blue wick, there is a hint of weird gray energy.

In the course of relics, Anweis has been exposed to many special powers and experienced their effects, including the power of nightmares.

Therefore, when he saw it again, he immediately recognized its essence.

"That's the Lantern of Good Dream."

Seeing Anweisi carefully inspecting the lamp, the young stall owner took the initiative to introduce.

"Put a magic crystal in the base to light it up. A standard magic crystal is enough to light it up for one night. Under the light of the lamp, it can ensure that professionals below the third level will not have nightmares when they sleep."

"And, its lighting effect is also very good, it can be used as an ordinary magic lamp..."

Listening to the girl's introduction, Anweis' eyes flashed a little strangely.

The Nightmare Lantern uses the power of nightmares to attack and defend, and usually absorbs the user's nightmares to nourish itself. It is not an exaggeration to call its imitation the Good Dream Lantern.

But pros have nightmares?

Unless you have some special curses, or are affected by some negative effects.

Not to mention how rare those situations are, even if they do happen, the first choice is definitely to ask someone to undo the spell, rather than forcefully suppress it with the lantern effect.

As for using it for lighting?

One standard magic crystal a night, this is probably melting gold coins for lighting.

"That... it's just a low-level alchemy item, so it only has these effects. If you want it, I can sell it to you at a cheaper price. How about fifteen gold coins?"

Seems to understand that its effect is a bit tasteless, the black-haired girl explained with some embarrassment.

Fifteen gold coins?

Anweis smiled, but didn't answer, just asked again.

"Is there a higher-grade lamp like this?"

"A higher level?"

The girl lowered her head in embarrassment, her voice lowered a little.

"Sorry, I'm just a first-level alchemist, and I can't make a higher-level dream lantern for the time being..."

"Is that so—"

Anvis nodded in understanding. Then, the conversation suddenly changed.

"So, can you sell me how it was made?"

When he said these words, his eyes looked at the girl's lavender eyes as if unintentionally.

"Manufacturing method?"

The young stall owner was stunned for a moment, and a flash of vigilance flashed in his eyes.

"Yes, I'm interested in how it works."

As if unaware of the vigilance in the girl's eyes, Anweis took out the silver magic crystal card casually.

"How about a thousand gold coins?"

"...sorry, I can't sell you how it's made, it's not a matter of price."

Seeing the magic crystal card, the girl's eyes widened slightly, but then returned to their original state. If Anweis hadn't been paying attention to the girl's expression, he might have overlooked this detail.

‘In other words, she is the qualified person selected by the Nightmare Lantern, and she is not well-off now. '

Analyzing the girl's words, Anweis thought in his heart.

This is normal, sub-professions are very expensive in the early stage. Even ordinary little nobles would find it difficult to spend thousands of gold coins every month.

Although the aristocratic family has a big business, most of the income is spent on guards, servants, equipment, food, etc., and there is not much real liquidity.

"Well, that's all right, how about exchanging your identity mark? When you can make a higher-level lantern, you can contact me."

With a sudden change of mind, Anweis no longer mentioned the matter of purchasing and manufacturing methods. Instead, he took a step back and instead hoped to exchange identity marks with the girl.

This is a small technique of retreating, when your first larger request is rejected by others. The second lesser and smaller request, others often become willing to accept.

Anweis had already expected in his heart that the girl might not choose the way of transaction production, because it might involve her fundamental secret.

"As for the thousand gold coins, it will be my deposit."

In the endless stream of people, the pale young man with light blond short hair looked at the girl's violet pupils, smiled and handed out the magic crystal card in his hand.

The sunlight reflected on the silver-white surface of the card, refracting a heart-pounding holy brilliance.

"Exchange identity marks... okay."

The black-haired girl showed a troubled expression, but after looking at the boy's face and glancing at the brilliant silver card from the corner of her eye, she finally agreed to the proposal.

After exchanging their identity marks, Anweis smiled and raised his hand, tapped three times on his chest, and gave the girl a mage salute.

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Anvis. It's an honor to meet you."

The girl was taken aback for a moment, and then returned the gift as well.

"Hello, Anvis, I'm Emily."

The Nightmare Lantern is a very special high-level fantasy item. There are only a few records in an isolated volume classified by fantasy in the family's large library.

If Anweis hadn't read that book, he would have missed it at this time.

Its core function can actually be summed up in one sentence:

In the dream world, find the way back.

For Anvis, this strange object is very important. In his plan, the trip to the dream world is a very important part.

Only by getting the real nightmare lantern, can he guarantee his safe return instead of being lost forever in the vast and deep dreamland.

Moreover, just this is not enough to make him, who is a direct descendant of Olivendi, attach so much importance to him.

In fact, the nightmare lantern itself is also an imitation made by a ninth-level dream master i.

It's a key, a treasure map, pointing to a uniquely epic item:

The glimmer of light penetrating the sea of ​​darkness—[Dead Sea Lantern].