Chapter 23: I am the Lord of Dreams, the King of Nightmares, the World’s…

Chapter 23: I am the Lord of Dreams, the King of Nightmares, the World’s…

Louis ignored the narration. He picked up a slice and began the second repair work.

This time, he was fixing Stuart’s body.

“I see some damaged areas on your body,” Louis said as he started correcting the incorrect incantation texts on Stuart. “How did that happen?”

[That was done by the Witch Queen,] Stuart’s tone held a trace of anger and fear. [I was once the Magic Mirror of the previous Witch Queen, ‘Frankischko’. After Her Majesty Frankischko passed away, I slept for a very long time. Occasionally, only the young Ocris and Helen would come and ask me some strange questions.]

Louis scratched his ear. The name ‘Frankischko’ felt somewhat familiar.

If only he had Baidu, he could look it up! Louis had a feeling this Frankischko must be famous. Who knows, after checking, he might figure out what world he had come to!

Of course, it could also just be someone with the same name…

[Later, the Solerndor Empire got a new queen—Delphinia. Frankischko was her foster mother and also her teacher. But I did not want to pledge loyalty to her; I wanted to be loyal to Her Highness Ocris. So, I asked Delphinia to set me free—she, in her anger, tore me out of the Magic Mirror. My body was damaged because of that…]

Hearing this, Louis scratched his cheek. He was a bit surprised that this new Witch Queen didn’t just destroy Stuart for its disloyalty, but only gave it a slight punishment.

Shouldn’t it be the cliche of ‘If I can’t have it, no one can!’?

Louis continued the repairs. This work required some knowledge of Alchemy and necromancy. He remembered two books wrote about it—”A Little Explanation of the ‘Seraphim’-class Divine Colossus, One Two Three – Moria” and “A Brief Talk on the River Styx God Scroll – Rossgard”…

He always felt like he was very familiar with these two authors, but according to the records in the books, the time they lived was so long ago, it was practically the Jurassic era.

Louis remembered something from his hazy memories—the Sanctuary had long vanished into the river of history, and the Storybook was the only inheritance left.

Stuart continued:

[She gave me freedom, but she damaged my body and stripped me of my Magic Mirror… the Magic Mirror, it is like a wizard’s Wand, a knight’s lance!]

[I became fragile. I could no longer move freely in the surface world and could only dwell in the Dark Domain. Once, I was like a god. I was the Lord of Dreams, the King of Nightmares, the master of the mirror world…]

Stuart went on and on. Louis nodded. If the Witch Queen was the beginner village boss, this Magic Mirror should count as the boss’s lieutenant, the second-to-last small boss of the beginner village dungeon?

He repaired the last incantation text.

Suddenly, a powerful blue magical fire burst forth from all the slices covering Stuart’s body. [Oh, oh, Master, look! I used to be able to ignite dream fire like this, but now I can’t… huh? What?]

The ghostly fire flickered a few times and then ignited again.

Then, Stuart stared blankly as those flames extinguished and reignited several more times, but it hadn’t done anything at all!

The flames burned around Louis, but Louis wasn’t harmed in the slightest. With a mere thought from Louis, the flames on Stuart’s body would ignite or go out. It was like playing with a lighter in his hand.

A moment later, Louis nodded with satisfaction.

“It’s almost repaired, Stuart. These incantations can turn any mirror into your Magic Mirror. Of course, your power will be stronger in mirrors imbued with mana,” Louis said, shaking his slightly sore hand.

Stuart looked dumbfounded. How does this wizard understand me better than I do myself?

“Earlier, you mentioned there’s a sealed Magic Mirror in an underground chamber of the academy? I’ll go there later. As for those injuries on you, they will gradually recover as long as you keep absorbing the power of dreams.”

As he spoke, Louis flipped his hand. Then, he transformed the ‘sliced Stuart’ before him back into a confused ‘unicorn’.

What happened?

Did I just get stronger?

Stuart discovered that many techniques it couldn’t use before now seemed usable.

One could see that this unicorn, missing one horn, was covered from head to toe in mysterious and powerful incantation texts. Its legs were no longer distorted, and its other broken horn on its head had also grown a bit.

Although it hadn’t fully grown back, the missing part of the broken horn was covered in dense incantation texts. It was as if an invisible horn had grown there.

Louis flipped through the Storybook and found that in his own character description, a new entry had appeared: ‘Servant/Mount/Steward’.

And a new illustration had appeared in the book—it was Stuart’s Nightmare original form.

This illustration looked like a card, with a purple and gold border. It read: [Epic Nightmare ‘Stuart’, who may leave a legend because of its master].

[Nightmare ‘Stuart’]

[Magical Creature: Mirror Demon (SSR)]

[Attribute: High-level Greater Demon]

[Status: Extremely Weak (Recovering, needs feeding)]

[Strength: 3.9 (8.9) Dexterity: 18 (27) Mana: 8 (30)]

[Knowledge:

Demonology, Dream Master, Master of Mind Reading;

Professions:

Magic Mirror, High-level Tailor, Royal Court Etiquette Officer (Eunuch);

Talents:

Magic Mirror Spirit (Repaired, Magic Mirror missing):

1. Exists between any real world, surface world, and Inner World. As long as someone has dreamed of your name, you can find them;

2. As long as someone has looked into a mirror and you have seen them, you can become them;

3. Immune to most magic below the 5th tier—only the ‘Noble Wizards of the twelve Great Noble Families’ who study the Forbidden Studies know how to deal with such a terrifying thing.

Description: The only way to deal with a Magic Mirror is to let its nightmare seed take root in your heart, then continuously cast spells on that nightmare seed. At this point, the Magic Mirror will no longer be immune to your spells (Demon-Banishing Charms are particularly effective)—Use with caution!]

[Magic Spell Studies: …]

In Magic Spell Studies, Stuart knew a great many Magic Spells. However, 90% of the spells were Lv1, the rest were Lv2 and Lv3.

Lv3 could be considered master level, and Stuart seemed to know a few Lv5 spells as well.

Among them was even a 6th-tier spell!

Louis had seen this spell before—Stuart’s Magic Mirror Lv6 (Max).

Some also called it ‘Ocris’s Magic Mirror’—the reason little O’s name was in this spell was because this spell was created by little O’s mother, the previous Witch Queen ‘Frankischko’.

After creating this magic, the Great Demon King Frankischko named it after her daughter’s name.

And Stuart was actually the previous Witch Queen’s eunuch + student. At the same time, he was also the current Witch Queen ‘Little Dai’s’ former pet.

As for the effect of the ‘Ocris Magic Mirror’ spell, to put it simply, it was ‘returning the attack’.

Previously, Louis had seen Stuart use this move on Tyrus and Lufield—all spells that hit Stuart were effectively hitting the attacker instead!

And Stuart would not be affected by the enemy’s spells because it was a Magic Mirror.

Similarly, the previous Witch Queen, who possessed Stuart as her Magic Mirror, would not be hit herself when struck by a spell; the spell would instead hit the enemy.

The previous Witch Queen’s mastery of this spell was undoubtedly far beyond Stuart’s. Moreover, the previous Witch Queen ‘Frankischko’ also had a Magic Mirror.

So back in the day, with just this one move, she earned the title ‘Great Demon King’ from many wizards in the world.

The most incredible thing was, this move couldn’t be defended against. Any protective charms or Artifacts were useless against it.

Little O also knew this magic. Although she didn’t have a Magic Mirror, with a Voodoo Doll, she could still immune some low-tier magic. And for those spells she couldn’t immune, if she got hit, the enemy would also be hit simultaneously because of the ‘Ocris Magic Mirror’ spell!

Therefore, although Ocris’s magic was far inferior to her combat power in dragon form, she was still quite famous in magic circles—like Yingling, they were both wizards who had mastered a unique skill and were not to be messed with.

Louis was very interested in this move.

According to the Storybook, although Louis hadn’t learned this spell before, if he used this magic, little O would find it perfectly natural—because Louis was her ‘true disciple’.

Interestingly, in little O’s heart, only Helen and Louis were her true disciples—the two guys, Tyrus and Lufield, hadn’t learned this move.

However, this move wasn’t suitable for use when doing bad things because it was too recognizable. As soon as Louis used it, everyone would know the user was connected to little O.

Of course, if he practiced this magic to Lv5 or above, then even if Louis used it for bad deeds, others wouldn’t recognize the magic—unless the ‘Great Demon King Frankischko’ was present.

The high-tier spells Stuart knew weren’t limited to just this one. In fact, every Nightmare was a master of spells, but Stuart was the best among all Nightmares. So, in these spells, he had already reached a master’s level.

[‘Repaired’ Taboo. Brain Erosion Lv5 (Max): Devours the life energy of an enemy unit, healing oneself (requires the target to fear you).]

[‘Repaired’ Taboo. Weakening Lv5 (Max): Weakens a person to death (particularly effective against those with weak willpower).]

[‘Repaired’ Taboo. Nightmare Cycle of Reincarnation Curse Lv5 (Max): Awakens the nightmares in the hearts of surrounding people. When you wander in their dreams, you are omnipotent (based on imagination; if the enemy exceeds your imagination, you still cannot defeat them).]

[Note: Currently, your mount is still very weak. You can help it gradually recover and grow strong by feeding it dreams.]

It all sounded impressive, but Louis thought it was just so-so.

The same level of magic was different in different people’s hands.

‘Let’s try out the new pet.’

With a thought from Louis, Stuart, looking utterly bewildered, turned around and cast a ‘Splintering’ spell at some nearby chairs. The chairs then turned into a pile of sawdust, like dandelions blown apart by the wind.

[That wasn’t my spell!] Stuart shouted.

“It was my spell,” Louis pointed at Stuart. Then, Stuart felt some of its Mana drain away again, followed by its whole body feeling weak and feeble, as if afflicted by Weakening. “This is yours—Weakening.”

[???]

[!!!]

With the help of the Demon Command, Louis could use all of Stuart’s power.

Without a doubt, Stuart had now become Louis’s Magic Mirror.