<h4>Chapter 199: The Emergence of Dream Wizards</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio <strong>Editor: </strong>Nyoi-Bo Studio
Within the wizard tower, arge number of wizard apprentices were in a hall on the second floor. Everyone was talking with each other.
There were many former apprentices who had graduated from the wizard tower that were sitting in the back seats. They had now be wizard staff members or mentors.
Edward stood in front of the stage to speak. Although he was young, he had alreadypleted his courses in the tower, thus graduating from the tower to be a wizard. In fact, just a few days ago, he had sessfully achieved level four!
But even so, he was still not quite qualified to stand here. This time was a rare exception, as he was giving speech on behalf of the Master of the Tower, Bohr Kelermo. The speech was to focus on some of his pioneering discoveries and progresses that were likely to pave an exciting new path for future wizards.
“Today, I stand here to talk about the idea that, in the future, there will be a new generation of wizards, the Dream Wizards! Most of what I’m going to talk about todayes from the teachings of Anthony, the founder of the wizard tower. Anthony’s notes say that the origin of dreamcraft can be traced back to the divine incantation. It is rted to the rules of origin and mind power interference in reality. Like the Philosopher’s Stone, it rtes to the mystery of mind power.”
He took a breath, then continued. “Since the end of the war between the orcs and the humans, wizards have once againe into contact with priests and Holy Knights. Their divine incantations have developed, bing moreplex and flexible. They can now call up divine creatures and even powerful saints who have passed away. Priests, though they look weak, have great fighting power. They can actually interfere with reality via illusions, thus being able to cause harm to our bodies and kill us!”
As he watched the audience’s eyes widen, he continued. “Their divine incantations are only bing more and more powerful. In fact, they are not even inferior to our Blood Witchcraft! Also, the Church of Light, after the end of the war between the humans and the orcs, though it lost its artifacts and its beloved Saintess, didn’t decline. Hence, in the face of such power, we are still at a disadvantage.”
Edward gave some examples of this in order to illustrate the possibilities of dreamcraft, which immediately aroused the interests of arge number of wizards. As Edward was very young, even though he had earned some reputation among the students, in the eyes of most of the older wizards, he was only an apprentice with some gifts.
Most of the wizards whoe here were just curious about the so-called new witchcraft, and they had alsoe out of respect for Bohr. As such, Edward was also under a lot of pressure to impress them.
Although his mentor, Bohr Kelermo, gave him high praise for his new research, Edward was notpletely sure if he could get others to see its merits.
At the moment, everyone quieted down and became interested in what he had just said. He felt relieved and went on to discuss the main topic. “Dreamcraft isplex, and it includes illusionary techniques, curse witchcraft, andbining witchcraft with mind power force fields. It is a major research tool for all witchcraft. When done right, interfering with reality by using mind power is limitless. In fact, the only limits are our imagination!”
He went on, hearing amazed gasps from the audience, “We can project the scenes in our dreams into real life, thus involving everyone in our dreams. The stronger your mind power, the more powerful your illusionary technique will be.”
He then concluded, “I believe that there are many techniques of dreamcraft that are just waiting to be developed. But, I can’t do it all on my own. This requires numerous wizards to study and explore, just like Blood Witchcraft.”
Everything Edward had just said caused the audience to erupt in a round of big cheers. Everyone seemed to be able to see the great future of dreamcraft. With such a positive reaction, it was very likely that it would be an important branch of witchcraft!
Many people were reading the brochure that Edward had handed out when they entered the stage area, which recorded the characteristics and applications of dreamcraft. Although Lu Zhiyu had given Edward’s dreamcraft notes a nce and had offered a few insights, Edward had relied mainly on his his talent, as well as his contacts with and observations of the priests toplete the rest.
Part of Adenos’ thoughts and research on the Ghost Witchcraft had also been included in Edward’s notes. This was something that Lu Zhiyu had never thought of incorporating in his own practices. As such, he knew that Edward was a genius, and so was his fellow student Adenos.
A mentor suddenly stood up and said, “As far as I know, it’s very difficult for a wizard below level four to have the ability that you have just described. After all, their mind power has not been activated. Although they can use curse witchcraft to impose physical harm, it’s just a lie that one of their illusions could interfere with reality.”
The mentor took a breath, then criticized Edward loudly, “It is impossible to achieve such a thing at all!”
Another wizard stood up. “It’s not difficult for wizards to build perfect dreams and illusions, but dreams are like sandcastles, as they can be destroyed easily. Besides, it’s not practical at all. Do you mean to tell us that every time you use dreamcraft, you have to make a lot of preparations in order to build your dreams?”
Many wizards immediately started to find loopholes in Edward’s premise. After all, this was the wizard tower, where wisdom and knowledge was held above all. As such, any imprecise idea would not be recognized or epted.
But, Edward didn’t panic. He waited for all of them to express their opinions, then picked up a silver crystal that was the size of a bean.
“Here’s the key!” As Edward raised the crystal, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Some could not recognize what it was, but several of the mentors stood up and turned to look at Bohr.
“The Philosopher’s Stone!”
“That’s the Philosopher’s Stone!”
Some of them shouted out at once, immediately recognizing the rare treasure. Everyone had heard of the magic stone! For the wizards, it was holy!
It could transform mind power and make people step into level four. It had originally been prohibited by the wizard tower, but after the return of Uruk, when Wolfe and Wendy went to Y, the prohibition was rendered null and void.
For most wizards, this was the most prized artifact. Without it, wizards couldn’t break through the significant threshold of level four, even if they were strong enough. Thus, it represented the dream and hope of all wizards!
When he realized that the audience did not understand what he meant, Edward went on to say, “Everything you said just now can be solved with what I have in my hand. Yes, it’s the Philosopher’s Stone, but not the original one, as it has been transformed!”
He waited a moment, while many people gasped, then said, “Like Blood Witchcraft that needs magical beasts’ spellcasting organs and bloodlines, dreamcraft also needs something special. That is what I have in my hand! I call it the Stone of Dreams, and it has been made from the Philosopher’s Stone.”
He smiled, then continued. “The Philosopher’s Stone can interfere with reality by creating an illusion, which immediately reminds me of dreams. I then use mind power to consolidate my dreams within the Philosopher’s Stone, then transnt the stone into my body. Then, it bes the Stone of Dreams, which allows my dream to be projected into reality. At that point, the dream that originally was only an illusion will now be a stable dream space!”
As Edward spoke, he pointed to the middle section of his forehead, between his eyebrows. This was where he had transnted the Stone of Dreams and where his mind power emanated from his brain.
Immediately, a silver wolf appeared in the hall. It was being projected by his mind power!
The silver wolf’s image was vivid, and it looked fiercely at all of the wizards, emitting a low roar. Even its fur was waving in the wind that wasing in from the open window nearby.
Many of the students were shocked and turned to discuss with one another what they were seeing...
“What?”
“Is this an illusion?”
“It’s not a simple illusion. It really interferes with reality! It is really just like he said.”
“This is dreamcraft?”
Arge number of mentors and tower staff gathered around and carefully looked at the silver wolf. They watched him run around the hall and jump at Edward, just like a real wolf! But, while it was in the air, it turned into a silver light and disappeared! Only then did they know for sure that it was not a living creature, but an illusory projection!
Edward went to the front of the stage and bowed to everyone. “This is dreamcraft!”
A big round of apuse issued forth from the excited crowd. This young man, along with his mentor Bhor, had pioneered a brand new wizard branch!