Chapter 46: Wait, Where's the Dark Magic You Promised?!
Learning Nightmare Magic was even more difficult than Theo had imagined.
It wasn't until he persisted for more than two hours and slept four or five times that he understood the helplessness of the Somnolent family members from generation to generation.
The practice of this magic was too harsh.
The first step alone was enough to make most people back down.
Because to practice Nightmare Magic, the first step was to stay awake in the dream...
What was staying awake in the dream?
That was when you were dreaming, you realized that you were dreaming, and then you tried to control and master your dream while staying awake in the dream!
Anyone who had dreamed knew that it was difficult for a person to realize that they were dreaming while sleeping.
People who could realize that they were dreaming in the dream were already one in a hundred.
Not to mention staying awake after waking up and then controlling their dreams.
Even if they realized that they were dreaming, the dream would wake up when they stayed awake in the dream...
Therefore, the hard condition that practicing Nightmare Magic required a strong soul power was not just talk.
"Toby, what time is it now?" Theo asked, rubbing his eyes.
He had slept several times. Every time he just realized that he was dreaming, he woke up, and all his efforts were wasted...
"Young Master Theo, it's 4:21 PM now." Toby's voice came from the second floor.
He was making afternoon tea and preparing snacks for Theo in the kitchen on the second floor.
"It's almost half past four... I can sleep again!"
Theo said, picking up the old wand next to him and pointing it at his head again.
"Somnium!"
The white mist spread out from the wand, and then Theo rolled his eyes and fell asleep again...
Fortunately, with the help of the spell, this kind of sleep would definitely have dreams.
Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to practice this magic if he just fell asleep without dreaming.
Theo just fell asleep and started dreaming.
In the dream, Theo was leisurely sitting in a beautiful garden, drinking afternoon tea and reading a book, feeling very happy.
Thanks to his understanding of the principles of magic when studying Occlumency and his repeated practice of this magic.
This time Theo quickly realized his true state.
Theo sighed and put down the teacup and book reluctantly.
Compared with the previous few dreams, this dream could be regarded as a beautiful dream...
After Theo realized that he was dreaming, the fragrant tea lost its taste, and the interesting book became blank.
Like the end of the previous few dreams, the whole dream began to collapse as he woke up...
The originally beautiful garden seemed to be covered with a black and white filter, losing all its colors.
Suddenly, the collapse of the surrounding environment stopped.
At the same time, outside the garden wall, countless white mists suddenly appeared, slowly climbing over the wall and spreading towards the garden...
Theo immediately began to retreat when he saw the mist.
This scene had also been seen in the dreams he had experienced several times before.
When he touched these mists, he would wake up immediately.
According to Theo's understanding, these mists should be a concrete reminder provided by magic.
Otherwise, Theo, who was deeply trapped in the dream, would not be able to know when he would wake up.
At this time, Theo had retreated from the table in the middle of the garden to the wall.
The white mist had spread over and was less than a meter away from him.
Theo couldn't help but sigh. It was too difficult to get started with this magic.
From waking up to the collapse of the dream to the white mist infecting himself, there were only ten seconds.
In an emergency, Theo felt that he couldn't do anything in time!
As the white mist approached again, Theo felt his body pressed against a cold wall.
This was the wall of the garden. At this time, he had no way to retreat.
"This wall is really strong... If I could use a wand in my dream, I could just blast the wall open..."
Theo was stunned before he finished speaking to himself.
Because he found that he had a wand in his hand at some point!
"Why do I have a wand? Am I not dreaming? How did the wand get into the dream?"
Seeing that the mist was about to touch his toes.
Theo didn't have time to think about it. He turned his head and pointed his wand at the wall.
"Reducto!"
"Boom!"
The solid wall collapsed like it was hit by a shell!
Theo wanted to rush out with joy, but he stopped as soon as he exerted his strength.
Because he found that there was nothing outside the wall! The surroundings were a vast expanse of nothingness!
And the entire garden was suspended in this boundless nothingness!
If he had been one second slower to find out just now, he would have fallen into the void!
Theo was very frustrated. He was almost able to escape the white mist, but he had no way out.
"Tsk, if there was a way..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a white path stretched out in the distance!
Seeing this scene, Theo couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"This is... controlling the dream? That's right! I should control the dream after I stay awake! What was I doing just now?! Why didn't I do anything and just stared blankly?"
Theo understood in an instant that he thought he was awake in the dream just now, but he wasn't.
He was just half-dreaming and half-awake!
Because although he realized that he was dreaming, he didn't remember that he had to try to control the dream!
It wasn't until just now that he inadvertently made a wish in his heart and then got a wand that he became alert.
Finally, when his wish for a way was fulfilled again, he was completely awake!
Remembered what he came to the dream to do!
Just when Theo remembered everything, the white mists froze in an instant and then slowly dissipated in the air, as if they had completed a mission...
Theo took a deep breath.
"Change!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire dream world changed dramatically!
Before long, Theo found himself standing on the streets of London.
The streets were crowded with traffic and people.
But the farther away from Theo, the more illusory the street scene became, until it disappeared into a void...
Theo didn't really arrive in London. The London scene in front of him was the London he manipulated the dream to create.
At present, it could only simulate a corner of the street scene, and it wouldn't work any more...
Outside this street scene, there was still an endless void.
However, this still showed that Theo had successfully changed his dream!
Just when Theo was about to change the dream again and change it to another scene, he suddenly felt a burst of pain in his head.
Then, the world turned upside down...
Theo suddenly opened his eyes and looked around in a daze.
It turned out that he had woken up from the dream.
At this time, Theo, who had just woken up, felt sleepy and couldn't cheer up at all...
Theo struggled to take out another bottle of cheering potion from his arms and gulped it down!
After a while, Theo finally recovered.
Manipulating the dream and creating the street scene of London consumed a lot of his soul power and mental power, making him very tired.
However, after slowly recovering, Theo was pleasantly surprised to find that his soul power had grown a bit!
That was to say... this Nightmare Magic, although it couldn't last for a long time, could exercise his soul strength and enhance his mental power?
A dark magic that didn't give the caster a negative state but added a buff to himself? Was this reasonable?
"Wait... where's the dark magic you promised?!"
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