Chapter 49: Ancient Magic!

"I see, you can also see these blue lights..." Livid muttered as he nodded. "What on earth are these blue lights? And what does it mean to be able to see them?"

"It means that you and I actually share the same trait. Have you ever heard of... ancient magic?"

Livid's eyes widened involuntarily, "Ancient magic?!"

Before transmigrating, Livid had encountered the concept of ancient magic in a game called *Hogwarts Legacy*.

It was a powerful magic... one that only a few wizards could master and utilize. It could be said to be the protagonist's greatest trump card in that game, essentially their ultimate move...

"It seems you already know. Then I don't need to explain much."

The eccentric figure didn't ask how Livid knew about it either.

He merely glanced at the tabletop, and instantly, an exquisite teapot and two teacups appeared upon it.

The teapot rose into the air, automatically pouring tea into the two cups, after which one of the cups drifted over to Livid.

Livid was immediately greeted by the rich fragrance of black tea, yet he didn't touch the cup in front of him.

"Although all of this is a dream, the sensations it brings you are real. So, why not take a sip of tea before continuing with your questions?"

Hearing this, Livid had no choice but to pick up the teacup and take a sip... a lingering fragrance remained between his teeth.

"Tea like this probably only exists in dreams... Why do you also know nightmare magic? Are you a member of the Somurnot family?" Livid asked again.

The eccentric figure shook his head and said, "I am not a member of the Somurnot family. I know this magic because I created it myself. However, decades ago, I did indeed teach this magic to someone from the Somurnot family."

"Impossible. The manuscript recording this magic has a history of at least several centuries. How could you have taught it to them decades ago?" Livid immediately spotted the flaw in his statement.

"There's no help for it. Who told you to specifically pick a magic from several centuries ago when choosing your dark magic? I had to resort to certain methods to make that manuscript appear sufficiently aged..." the eccentric figure said with a hint of helplessness.

Livid looked at the eccentric figure in surprise, "You were even watching when I chose my dark magic?"

The eccentric figure sighed, "Vider, I understand you much better than you imagine..."

"In fact, after I discovered that you possessed the same trait as me, I had already wanted to chat with you in your dreams."

"It's a pity... you were too far away from me, exceeding the maximum range of this magic. Even for me, I could barely manage to appear before you without being able to utter a single sound."

"Until I discovered that you had accidentally inherited the Somurnot family's tower, and happened to possess a lighter carrying the aura of ancient magic..."

Livid said, "So you guided me to find that scroll of nightmare magic, and then had me practice it. Only when I also learned nightmare magic would you be able to speak in my dreams? And then you used the lighter to lure me here?"

"Yes. I had to find a way to bring you before me," the eccentric figure said.

Livid fell silent for a long moment before suddenly asking, "Those white mists that appeared in my dreams... were those your doing too?"

"Yes..." the eccentric figure nodded.

"No wonder... Thanks to the reminders from those white mists, I was able to grasp the threshold of nightmare magic so quickly," Livid said.

"It's... because I don't have much time left. I couldn't afford to slowly wait for you to learn nightmare magic, so I had to give you a push. If that offended you, I apologize in advance..."

Livid stared intently at the eccentric figure before him, "Right now, apart from you and me, who else possesses the trait of ancient magic?"

"No one else. Currently, I have only found you," the eccentric figure replied.

Livid took a deep breath. Could this eccentric figure possibly be the protagonist of *Hogwarts Legacy*?

That was a ruthless individual who would take down seven or eight people just walking to class!

To think they would end up in such a state...

"Why couldn't you just find me directly instead of going to such great lengths to contact me in dreams? Even now that I've arrived here, why can't you show me your true appearance?" Livid asked in one breath.

"As I said at the beginning... I am a pathetic wretch enslaved by power. I failed my teacher's expectations of me back then... and absorbed far too much ancient magic power," the eccentric figure's tone was filled with bitterness.

"By the time I realized there was too much ancient magic power within me, it was already too late. I paid the price for my own arrogance... I could detonate at any moment, and the power of my self-detonation might be enough to destroy an entire city!"

"At that time, a friend of mine who was exceptionally accomplished in alchemy... made a cloak for me. This cloak can temporarily freeze all the ancient magic power in my body, delaying the time of my death."

"But at the same time, my own physical body was also frozen..."

"For safety's sake, my friends moved my body here, far away from civilization. Then they slowly tried to figure out a way to solve my problem... As a result, I have stayed here for decades."

"By now, my friends haven't come to see me in a very long time. Perhaps they have already passed away; I can no longer sense them..."

"Ancient magic... I can't leave, and my friends are all dead, so I can only contact you through dreams."

Livid asked suspiciously, "If you can't even come out, how did you discover that I have this nature? And how do you know so many things about me?"

The eccentric figure replied, "This brings us to nightmare magic... Do you know how I came to create this magic?"

Livid shook his head.

"You can probably imagine how bored I was, sitting alone in this place, completely unable to move. At the same time, how terrifying that feeling of helplessness was..." The eccentric figure's tone grew stirring.

"Later, with nightmare magic, I wasn't so bored, not so desperate... As time passed, I discovered that the power of my dreams could actually extend outward and observe many, many things..."

Livid understood immediately that nightmare magic was created because he was simply too bored.

A dreamscape that could change at will according to one's desires was most suitable for someone who couldn't even move.

Livid thought that perhaps it was precisely because of nightmare magic that this eccentric figure hadn't been driven mad by the endless emptiness and loneliness.

No wonder his nightmare magic had reached such a level...

To think he could even use the power of dreams to observe the outside world? Truly terrifying...

"Then your friends just left you here and ignored you? Why didn't they leave someone behind to keep you company? They could have taken turns staying with you for a while, couldn't they?" Livid asked doubtfully.

"I told them to leave... I am a powder keg ready to detonate at any moment. It wasn't safe for them to stay here..." The eccentric figure's tone was full of helplessness.

Would he have wanted to face this predicament in loneliness if he had a choice? But...

"All of this was my own fault to begin with... I promised my teacher back then that I could control this power, but in the end..."

Livid asked, "Then how do you want me to save you?"

"You also possess the talent to control ancient magic, so... absorb me! Absorb a portion of the ancient magic power from my body! Only then can I regain my freedom!"