Wizard Alchemist

Chapter 848 Dream Lord (4-in-1)

In the blink of an eye, several months have passed.

The new year has arrived.

A magical potion was created within the Nehebul Wizard Tower, controlled by Roy.

He has turned his time and energy to more important matters, such as recuperating the Beast God's body and the interdimensional war.

This non-urgent formula was then handed over to the wizards under his command for research and development.

So many apprentices and disciples weren't just there to make up the numbers.

Besides helping to identify materials and producing apprentice-level and first- and second-level items, I will gradually be able to handle the development of formulas.

Roy was very satisfied after examining it with the Eye of Hermes.

"A Fairy Tale Dream: The Potion of Farabu (Level 1)..."

A magical potion that induces sleep and allows the mind to enter a dreamlike dimension, embarking on a fairytale journey.

It can be diluted, mixed, and have excipients added to change its function; the specific formula affects the corresponding world.

Its manufacturing cost is around 1 magic stones, which is quite expensive.

However, this first-grade original is a concentrated potion. If you want to give it to ordinary people, you can just dilute it with water.

If calculated based on the diluted amount, the total cost is less than 100 magic stones.

Moreover, this is not a one-time event.

Once you've entered the dream world of a fantasy dimension, your body will remember the feeling and then repeatedly re-enter it.

Until adulthood or the anchor of dreams is worn away.

This corresponds to the Nightmare Potion.

Some of the witchcraft in Nightmare Towns can repeatedly torment a target, not through brute force, but through things like mental anchors.

The key lies in the choice you make in your heart.

"This also shows that the human spirit and will are indeed a wondrous thing."

It can transcend the limitations of physical laws to some extent, and things like bonds, love, and friendship can become an engine driven by emotions...

These underlying principles are all interconnected.

Roy offered his sincere assessment.

He then instructed everyone: "Find some test subjects and test it out."

Serafina said, "That will require the use of the Seven Towers Alliance's resources."

Just as Fengrangyuan controls the Wolf World and has the identity of the Moon Goddess, the Seven Towers Alliance also has its own world and resources within its own territory.

Roy immediately handed the matter over to her.

After submitting the application, you can redeem it by consuming some of your own merit points.

He had fought many battles and exchanged for a lot of items, but he still had a considerable surplus, which was more than enough to do these things.

……

Several months later, on another day.

Upon re-entering the dreamlike plane, Roy felt his spirit enter a strange place filled with seven-colored light.

Like a beautiful, oil-painted emerald leaf, a void holds it up, forming a dreamlike, ethereal place.

The monk's mansion has already been set up there.

Compared to the past, it now has an external connection, and the courtyard gate has finally been opened, creating a platform leading to the outside world.

In time, the surrounding open space will become wider and wider, and the place that encompasses a world will become larger and more colorful.

"Meow! Master, this place is so much fun!"

Just then, a large black cat came running with its tail held high.

This is Domi.

It clung to Roy's leg, acting all cute, its face full of joy.

"I think I can change the environment here!"

Roy nodded.

"That's normal, after all, it's a dream-like world."

Although demiplanes like this are extremely fragile compared to the material world.

But it also has one advantage: it's easy to shape.

It can freely change into any shape desired by its controller.

Of course, this is also related to the foundation of the world.

The fairytale world of dreams is the nature of this Akasha konjac, and the resources that cultivate it are the "essence of pure fantasy".

This can't possibly turn into a nightmare or a wet dream.

The world's tone is not right.

Roy looked around and then focused his attention on the colorful red light floating in the sky.

"That is the boundary of the world, a thin film similar to the crystal wall of a plane."

However, due to the power of the laws, the protection for the spiritual body is still quite strong.

Things like succubi, lustful demons, nightmares, and ghosts have a very hard time infiltrating.

This is a law of the universe, and the "essence of pure fantasy" extracted from the spirit and will of children does not include these anchor points.

There is no means of arrival.

……

A few months later.

After the battle for Behemoth, all parties seemed to have quieted down, either digesting their gains or dealing with the aftermath.

While Roy's side was far from being completely carefree, it was relatively peaceful for the time being.

He is also making the most of his time to get busy.

However, as a great wizard, he would not easily fall into the trap of mediocrity.

During this time, I also took the time to learn more about the Dream Dimension and the Dream World.

In the definition of "plane studies", the dream plane is a plane that is more like the outer plane. To some extent, it is similar to the divine kingdoms of many demon gods, as well as places like heaven and hell.

However, it is ultimately more closely connected with the material world.

Therefore, the characteristic it exhibits is that humans or similar beings of silver rank or higher can freely enter and exit it.

However, unlike demons and devils who project themselves into the material world and have physical forms, almost all intelligent beings reside there temporarily as spiritual beings.

However, the service and support are provided by the dream itself, and the connection method is to enter the dream, which is calculated and changed according to the laws of the plane and the will of the world.

During this process, some particles of spiritual energy are extracted, and spirituality is infused into them, becoming the foundation for continued operation.

This could explain why some people experience dizziness and headaches after having nightmares, while others are preoccupied with something and lose their appetite.

"Overall, it's like a massively multiplayer online game..."

The more I look at it, the more it resembles the real thing!

Roy couldn't help but sigh at this.

At this time, he also learned from the books provided by the Seven Towers Alliance that some wizards were unwilling to become gods, but instead roamed freely in such a world, and even became kings and overlords.

The wizards have also conquered several nightmare worlds, and even the tangled hair of the demigod-level monster, the Lord of Nightmares, which they absorbed into their own ghostly bodies, came from this.

Just as the Shadow Dimension intersected with the Nightmare World, leading ancient scholars to mistakenly believe it was the only path to that place…

Some bizarre dimensions are also connected to dreams, and many strange creatures possess dream-like laws and abilities, allowing them to manifest and wield power within them.

In the past colonial wars, many great wizards made a fortune from them, which even gave rise to a profession called "Dream Lord".

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A few days later, at the end of June.

Roy closed a brown-covered hardcover storybook and placed it on the coffee table beside him.

On the cover, the words "Doraemon's Fantastic Dream Journey" gleamed in gold foil under the magic light.

Freya sat opposite him, holding the same book in her hands, her eyes shining, seemingly deeply attracted by its contents.

However, she read slower than Roy, and it took her quite a while to finish reading.

"So, what are your thoughts?"

Roy gently tugged at Domi's ear, which was nestled in his arms, and then stroked its head.

Domi snored as it shook its cat ears.

"A typical fairy tale of adventure."

Freya commented.

"Stories of obtaining treasures from dreams began to spring up like mushrooms after rain in the era when wizards and mages successively invaded the dream world."

In this story, the protagonist encounters three small animals whose names contain the characters for "do," "la," and "mi," enters a fantastical dream, experiences an adventure, and eventually wakes up.

I thought it was just a bizarre, absurd dream on a midsummer night, but unexpectedly, several treasures I brought from the dream actually appeared beside my pillow.

Roy said, "Similar stories seem to have circulated among the lower-level apprentices as well."

Although they are much more realistic and complex than children are, their essence should still be the same.

But now that I think about it, how could an ordinary person possibly take away actual material things from a dream?
This must be a secret realm meticulously designed by a senior wizard, a powerful desire that draws people into dreams, where they can obtain rare treasures as a reward.

Freya agreed, "I've looked it up. The author of this book, 'Old Man of Dreams,' shares the same name as an author who wrote other witchcraft manuals. He might be the alchemy master Orama Oreo from the Tower of Okmi."

However, after he advanced to the fourth level of Grand Wizard, he did not continue to improve and died of old age after his lifespan was exhausted.

However, his academic ideas and his expertise in witchcraft have survived, including the "Auramar Dream Creation Technique," which utilizes spiritual energy to create objects from the void.

"I've heard of this thing before."

Roy said.

"As long as you fall asleep with a strong desire, you will have the opportunity to enter the relevant dream and search for the treasures you crave."

In my opinion, this is essentially issuing a 'dream lottery'.

Most people, especially those with complex minds who find it difficult to immerse themselves in such experiences, simply believe they have experienced a bizarre and fantastical dream. However, some people do win big, especially children with purer minds and wills.

In this process, the dream itself is unlikely to incur losses; as long as the anchor point remains, the project can continue to operate continuously.

Freya said, "That's a great idea. Perhaps we can follow suit."

“That’s right, I have now met the prerequisites for creating my own ‘Dream Realm’, and I can do it better than anyone else!”

Roy smiled confidently.

"But before that, I need to write a book as a guiding anchor."

What book should I write?

Freya knew that Roy had written many collections of fables before, so he should be quite experienced in this kind of work, and asked him about it.

Roy thought for a moment and then suddenly had an idea.

"Let's call it 'Domi the Black Cat's Magical Castle'!"

"Ok?"

The big black cat in my arms perked up its ears and raised its head in a daze.

"Meow?"

……

This time, Roy was incredibly efficient, completing his fabricated collection of stories in just a few days.

This is a collection of short fairy tales featuring the black cat Domi as the main character. It tells the story of a magical creature named Domi who lives in a dream world called the Magic Castle.

It possesses a magical ability: it can always find various treasures inside the belly of its loyal servant, the salted fish Lithos, to deal with various crises.

The other main characters in the story are the friends (dream enterrs) from different episodes.

Interact with them from their perspective and embark on all sorts of adventures.

In the end, some sincere and kind children won the favor of the black cat Domi and gave him Pokémon as gifts.

As usual, I submitted the manuscript to Golden Feather Bookstore and commissioned them to publish it expedited.

Roy is now not only a great wizard, but also a senior writer recognized by the bookstore.

So, that's how the matter was settled.

At the same time, Roy did something else.

That is, to make full use of the various artifact fragments and dropped treasures collected at the burial site of Behemoth, and to reverse engineer the creation process.

These items are not of high quality, but the manufacturing process is nothing short of miraculous.

All it takes is to concentrate one's thoughts, collect and forge particles of spiritual energy, and it can become a physical entity.

Therefore, combining his understanding as a fourth-level archmage with the various spells he had mastered in the past, he designed a completely new formation.

Its name is "Phantom Treasure Forging"!
"Phantom Treasure" is also a type of strange object, meaning a fantastical thing, leaning towards the category of spiritual items and other intangible creations.

Combined with the magical energy residing within, it can take shape in the dream world, creating many incredibly powerful and magical treasures.

Those that reach a certain level can even bring their carrier out of the dream world and manifest in reality.

However, due to the nature of the laws governing different planes, some will continue to function, while others will be like those that have lost all their magic and will temporarily fall into silence.

That depends on the quality of the specific creation, but for now, Roy is designing the basic elements of this "transmutation circle" itself.

It includes processes such as automatically collecting dream power, condensing wishes, performing creation magic, and materializing the spirit.

Afterwards, Roy also attempted to implant it into the core of the dream world "Farab".

The dream world "Farabu" is the name he gave to the small world he created for the newly born Akashic Arum.

In the language of the wizarding civilization of Vizel, this word is close to "legend," "drama," "story," etc., leaning towards the connotation of fantasy theater and fantastical journey.

In fact, the foundation of this world still leans towards a fairytale-like quality.

But Roy wasn't content to stop there; he might explore more adult fantasy content in the future, so he incorporated this vision into the name.

This kind of attempt to implant witchcraft into the core of the world and combine it with the world's will is already considered to have reached the edge of the power of law.

Roy is currently at level four and shouldn't be able to do this.

However, he possesses powerful talents such as the Alchemy Godhood and Natural Magic, which allows him to complete the task with ease.

******
December, inside the Wizard's Tower.

The golden dragon, in its incarnation, sat on a chair, as if dozing with its eyes closed.

But in reality, it was through meditation that he delved into the spiritual realm, and his soul connected with the spiritual world of the dream dimension.

This place is connected to almost the entire material world, and intelligent beings can enter it if they find the right way.

The outside world is vast and boundless, unlike the material world, which has a concept of spatial orientation.

Even powerful beings like Roy, who can maintain a clear mind within it, cannot freely perform their duties.

Unless, one possesses the corresponding vessel.

This is quite similar to the demons and monsters from outer dimensions descending upon the material world. However, Roy has already created a dream world called "Farab" within it.

This provides a stable platform, allowing one to directly reach the designated location.

at this time.

Acacia konjac, above the leaves.

Roy descended from the sky, standing in the void, watching as the giant devil's tongue below began to sprout its second root.

Many of the slightly smaller, tender green leaves also have a width of nearly ten meters.

They are like floating islands, supported by long roots, placed next to the first one.

The surrounding area was filled with the power of ether, and the power of space was flowing within it, about to create yet another small space bubble.

At that time, the two space bubbles, one large and one small, will merge and combine to form a place supported by the two Akashic Arums.

This is actually already a prototype of a small world, or even a demiplane.

This also allowed him to effectively act as the Dream Lord, completely controlling this area.

However, at this time, "Farabu" was still a very monotonous and empty place, with almost no other life except for a few small figures moving around there.

Roy descended.

"Father!"

Thumbelina Maya was directing her people to work when she saw Roy arrive and quickly went to greet him.

Roy stretched out his finger and caught Maya as she flew towards him.

"This place seems perfect for you."

As "human spirits" created using the "Silver-level Soul Recipe," Thumbelina Maya and her fellow humans clearly do not possess full human functions.

But it is precisely because of this that they possess a more innocent and pure nature.

This trait is often more readily accepted by the dream world.

Therefore, she is fundamentally different from herself at this moment, that is, she entered with a physical body, rather than a spiritual body.

"ah!"

Just then, Genita, who had transformed into an elementalist, flew over with lightning and landed on Roy's finger.

She is also another being capable of entering in a physical form.

Following closely behind, the big black cat Domi, the jewel fish Litos, and the angel Alice, among others, all gathered around.

Roy looked around.

Okay, they can all come in in physical form.

I just can't do it myself.

But whether it's material or spiritual, they are originally one.

In this dream world, everything is also restored to a form that exists between spirit and matter.

This is what is called "spirit".

The "spirit" of spirituality, the "spirit" of the soul.

The ancients created these words for a reason; the composition of the word roots alone reveals the inherent connections between them.

It is worth mentioning that whether it is Domi, Alice, or other creations, they all exhibit "dreamlike" characteristics to varying degrees.

This is a state that is difficult to describe in words. If I had to give an analogy, it would be like having a chibi version of a character from an anime.

Even now, in this dream world "Farab," I seem rather cute.

This is the rendering effect brought about by the world's unique characteristics; the entire "art style" becomes softer, cuter, and full of childlike fun.

However, Roy wasn't surprised, since similar landscapes exist in various places such as Heaven, Hell, and the Abyss.

When a spirit dwells within a place, it will inevitably exhibit the characteristics of the corresponding environment.

Even one's spirit and temperament are influenced by the environment.

However, that's a completely different area of ​​research.

Roy didn't worry about that for the time being, and instead went into the mage's mansion inside, where he continued designing and manufacturing in his workshop.

……

When Freya re-entered and found Roy, he was giving instructions on some trivial matters concerning the split brain of the girl's skull: "Retrieve the previous doll diagrams..."

Scattered around him were some toys, bouncing and playing around.

This includes, but is not limited to, building block soldiers, animal dolls, ceramic figurines, inflatable balls, and other similar items.

They were all subjected to activation magic.

But unlike in the past, it seems to have a more vibrant and lively quality.

Freya was somewhat surprised and doubtful: "You applied the results of the Life Stone to them?"

"That's right, I did indeed use my magical energy to transform life force, giving them true 'life'!"

Roy spoke calmly.

When Freya heard this, it was as if a thunderbolt had struck her heart.

"Give life!"
It's not as simple as activating energy, nor is it a conventional, long-lasting energy storage device...

It's vitality in the truest sense!

Regardless of any plane or world, and regardless of any race or civilization.

The bestowal of life was considered to be the authority of the gods.

Alchemists can be considered experts in this field, some even master-level figures...

It is theoretically possible to master.

But throughout history, very few people have managed to do this.

Because this is the ultimate "creation technique", all subsequent creations are based on giving life.

Although Roy had previously created Thumbelina, Maya, Nefera, the angel Grenita, and others, those were actually more like exquisitely crafted and precious creations, even at the cost of sacrificing his own soul.

Now, it has gone a step further, transformed by mana (magical energy), the spirit of all things.

From beginning to end, this was all within the framework of the transmutation array of "equivalent exchange," but the efficiency was getting higher and higher while the cost was getting lower and lower.

"This also means that you can mass-produce living, animated puppets..."

No, at this stage, it should be an artificial life form on par with high-level magical puppets, and could even be compared to true natural creatures!

After a long while, Freya finally came to her senses and exclaimed in genuine amazement.

Upon hearing this, Roy smiled faintly.

This is indeed something to be proud of, but for someone who has mastered a new talent, it is simply a natural progression.

"correct."

After her initial surprise, Freya remembered why she had come here to find him.

"Over in the world of Fury, Princess Arya and her companions have returned some of the corpses of Behemoth warriors."

******
"Oh?"

Roy heard this and turned around.

"I assigned them to the Fury World to fight the Black Beast Legion, but how come they're starting to encounter Behemoth warriors?"

"Those are super soldiers cultivated by the Interstellar Alliance using biotechnology. Each one of them has mastered berserk mode, their basic combat strength is above that of a high-level knight, and they can use all kinds of high-tech weapons!"

Freya spoke seriously as she handed over a document.

Roy looked at it and realized that it was indeed true.

"Super Soldier, I had some contact with it before at the burial place of the Behemoth God, but I didn't expect it to be used by Behemoth."

"This should be similar to the technology of our bloodline wizards."

Freya reminded her.

"But technological civilization has one advantage over us that can be described as absolute."

That is the industrialized mode of production, which can quickly acquire a large amount of material wealth and can also deliver and deploy it extremely quickly.

At levels zero and one, our apprentices and ordinary wizards are simply no match for technological civilization.

Only by reaching level two or above, mastering more advanced witchcraft, or even achieving a qualitative breakthrough at level three, can one contend with them.

"How is the situation now?"

Roy thought for a moment and then asked.

"The situation is not optimistic."

According to Aria and the others, large numbers of these super soldiers have begun to appear on the ground, and the variety of ammunition seems inexhaustible.

"They dare not approach those alien spaceships, but they're always putting on these fancy things!"

Roy chuckled and said.

From Arya's and others' perspective, this matter was indeed urgent, and even meant that the entire war situation in the world of Fury was inevitably heading towards defeat.

But for him, it really doesn't mean anything.

Furthermore, the fact that the aliens used such a primitive tactic of advancing with ground troops also shows that they dared not approach rashly.

Because what wizards truly rely on are high-level wizards, or even those at the level of grand wizards or higher.

A powerful individual, capable of taking on an entire nation single-handedly, and able to defeat an entire fleet by herself.

Even deeper in the void, there are hidden sixth-level great wizards like Ulanakh.

Once he seizes an opportunity to strike, even a god-level civilization would be annihilated in an instant.

That was a loss they could hardly afford.

Therefore, things like space-based weapons and space fortresses cannot be deployed.

Once deployed, they become sitting ducks.

There are also various large spaceships and space fleets.

The people of Sion are very qualified to speak on this matter.

One of their expeditionary flagships, the Adversaire, was destroyed by Roy single-handedly.

If there were a way to undo the past, I would rather use transport aircraft to send various ground troops and fight a war of attrition against him.

However, when it comes to a war of attrition, the Farrell is still harassing the enemy.

Roy and Siones had a tacit understanding and worked together to cultivate their own power in this corner of the battlefield.

The Sionians are their own bandits.

Am I not also a victim of the Sionians?
There was nothing they could do; they had the Interstellar Alliance above them, and they themselves had the Seven Towers Alliance above them.

In a way, they appreciated each other's talents.

With this in mind, Roy immediately became concerned about the battle situation in the world of Fury.

"Have Ingnim and the others develop a corresponding countermeasure. Let me think..."

Let's start with Behemoth's inherent weakness: its inability to control its emotions.

While their berserk state is powerful, in certain environments, it can lead to the excessive depletion of physical energy and even life force.

"Yes."

Freya nodded and said.

After that, she went back to oversee these matters and supervised Ingnim and others to make targeted arrangements as soon as possible.

As expected, Roy's disciples and followers successfully developed a bewitching potion that could disrupt the Behemoths' minds and cause them to attack indiscriminately.

However, the Kruska people behind this unit immediately adjusted their strategy afterward and also increased their equipment, such as gas masks.

Seeing that this wouldn't work, Ingnim and the others created viruses that could infect through wounds, as well as various fungal variants that parasitized their bodies and rapidly consumed their energy.

The Kruskas simply packed Behemoth warriors into mechs, creating a torrent of mechs with their steel bodies.

Ingnim and others followed suit, creating a product capable of large-scale mind blasts, which they then encapsulated in a simple and easy-to-use Soul Gem artifact.

The latter, provided by Roy, consists of many unfinished products from failed attempts to create life, or recycled relics, all of which contain a large amount of spiritual energy.

Without striving for precision, simply filling it in whole can achieve a powerful psychological impact.

In this back-and-forth, with attacks and defenses escalating continuously.

Two and a half years passed quickly.

……

Wolf World.

Central region, Mahal Plain.

A large number of mechanized troops were assembled; they were products of the Faretol base.

The Beast God Body let out a deafening roar, and its body rapidly expanded in an instant, transforming into a giant beast with a body length exceeding 600 meters.

His thick limbs stomped on the ground, each step causing the earth to tremble violently and leaving footprints several meters deep.

However, thanks to the blessing of the "Sage's Proverb," ​​the giant beast did not fall into the cumbersome predicament of being dragged down by its own weight. Instead, it suddenly accelerated and ran with amazing agility.

Suddenly, he exerted force with his legs, and his massive body soared into the air like a cannonball.

Shortly after, he slammed his fists into the ground, causing the earth to crack and the mountains to crumble.

Like a terrifying meteorite impact, the surrounding area for several kilometers was shrouded in a huge cloud of smoke and dust.

The various technological creations that were just trying to attack were instantly destroyed, like plastic toys in a room.

Roy swung his claws, leaving several visible tear marks in the air, distorting the very air in his wake.

Another large number of ground troops were destroyed.

But the most shocking part is yet to come.

Roy opened his gaping maw, and a blinding light began to gather deep within his throat.

"Roar!"

Soon, a huge sphere of light with a diameter of over 100 meters emitted an astonishingly dazzling light, and an energy cannon tens of meters thick roared out.

Boom!

The moment the giant beast's cannon struck the ground, a massive mushroom cloud rose from the spot, and the shockwave from the explosion swept across an area of ​​tens of kilometers, with a power comparable to a heavy hydrogen bomb.

After this horrific attack, no enemy soldiers were seen moving around on the scene.

The Sions watching from afar trembled, cursing inwardly at how they had come to face such a monster.

Roy ignored them and stood quietly in the center of the ruins, focusing his mind on his body to examine it.

Inside his abdomen, a special, demonized organ was operating at high speed.

"A stomach that overeats..."

"Finally, it's successfully refined!"

(End of this chapter)