This wizard only wishes to be a teacher

That was a card.

At this time, the face of the card depicted a complete Adeline, holding a Lilia doll; the back, however, was a pale pink vortex that seemed capable of devouring all dreams.

Under the augmentation of this odd card, the power that drifted from the Dream Layer seemed to suddenly find a home, rapidly converging towards the vortex on the back of the card, while the reality that had been tainted and even twisted by the power of dreams also began to heal swiftly.

The trees that had resembled doodles gradually regained their textures, then their thickness and detail, and finally, the green canopies, which had been reduced to mere color, quickly differentiated into leaves and slender branches...

And some of the Wizard Apprentices who had been turned into dolls yet had not been taken by Helen Wizard were now seeing the power of dreams within their bodies recede rapidly, their fleshly forms gradually returning...

"What kind of Witch Tool is that!" Many Formal Wizards also noticed the peculiar card in Lucien’s hand, and when they saw that the card could actually absorb and manipulate the power of dreams, a glint of greed appeared in the eyes of many Formal Wizards.

Of course, this greedy gaze was mainly concentrated among the Formal Wizards outside the academy, as those inside were more concerned about how to escape with their lives.

"Power of Dreams?" Luotu Wizard too showed a hint of interest in his eyes, but he wasn’t worried.

After all, according to his estimation, Helen Wizard had at this point ascended to the level of a Second-level Wizard, a nightmare being. While there were some risks involved, these were not applicable to a First-level Wizard but rather were a means for him to knock down and win over this newly promoted Second-level Wizard.

Yet at this time, Helen Wizard was filled with unspeakable terror.

She struggled to move her body, finding that it had completely slowed down, even shifting her eyeballs felt extraordinarily difficult.

"It’s that... card..."

As the Song of Adeline rapidly absorbed and utilized the power of the Dream World, its sealing power over Helen Wizard also strengthened.

Helen Wizard soon felt her thoughts slowing down, and this sluggishness was not due to her mind being restrained, but because in her own "dimension," the timeline began to fade away.

"...Why...how..."

Quickly after, Helen Wizard’s consciousness froze completely, her personal timeline also stopping at that exact point.

The time of dreams is unpredictable; if a dream’s duration were continuous, then upon waking, that dream world too would be paused!

Whoosh—

The very next moment, Helen Wizard’s body vanished as if a bubble had popped!

Without any warning, she just disappeared!

"My... my head doesn’t hurt anymore; my Spirit Sea seems normal too!"

A Wizard Apprentice incredulously released his grip from his own head. His Spirit Sea had been in a semi-shattered state just moments before under Helen Wizard’s attack, but in the blink of an eye, he found his Spirit Sea fully restored, as if everything he had just experienced was nothing but a nightmare.

"Me too..."

"I..."

In contrast to the apprentices’ joy, the Formal Wizards were struck with immense shock.

Because a Second-level Wizard, a lofty, imperious Second-level Wizard, had just been erased from existence right before their eyes.

There were no traces of witchcraft, no disturbances, the confrontation—if it could even be called that—was exceedingly brief.

That was a Second-level Wizard, a being powerful enough to establish a new witchcraft faction!

Yet such a formidable existence had vanished so completely without a trace.

Even if it were just slaughtering a chicken or dissecting a frog, there would be some bloodshed, some commotion, right?

And if he could directly "erase" Helen Wizard, then could he not do the same to other Formal Wizards, even to a Second-level Wizard?

Silence, stillness, disbelief.

Many Formal Wizards looked at Lucien with disbelief, with deep wariness and horror in their eyes.

"Impossible!" Outside Greybone Academy, Luotu Wizard who had been watching the excitement suddenly stood up, astonishment and a touch of panic on his face.

The astonishment was due to Helen Wizard’s inexplicable disappearance, even making him feel abrupt, and the panic was from the fear of the unknown danger.

After all, if someone could wipe away Helen Wizard so silently, perhaps they could just as silently erase him as well.

"No... Helen Wizard doesn’t seem to have died, but her condition has become very peculiar..." Wizard Luotu quickly sensed a part of Helen Wizard’s presence with the more acute and stronger spiritual power that came with being a Second-level Wizard. However, this neither-alive-nor-dead state gave him a tingling sensation that shuddered from his scalp to his tailbone.

After all, at his level, he knew that sometimes death wasn’t the worst thing to happen; the worst was not being able to die...

But at this moment, he couldn’t understand what had happened to Helen Wizard.

After all, she was only facing a First-level Wizard, and moreover, it was a First-level Wizard without any assistance and under public scrutiny!

"Is it related to the Dream Layer?" Wizard Luotu speculated in his mind, yet he felt a chilling sensation and hastily set up an isolating defensive witchcraft around his body. He feared to come into contact with the special power of dreams and being transformed into some kind of peculiar being.

And if the several Second-level Wizards felt a chilling vigilance and wariness towards Lucien’s actions and Helen Wizard’s disappearance, then the other Formal Wizards were now somewhat panicked.

After all, if even a Second-level Wizard had disappeared so abruptly, how could they, the Formal Wizards, possibly cope?

Therefore, many of the Formal Wizards who had been prepared to show off, and who were the first batch to rush into Greybone Academy, were now collectively "slamming on the brakes," fearing that strange manner of death might befall them.

They looked at Lucien with horror and awe, their eyes filled with a profound fear of the unknown.

How did he do it?

What kind of witchcraft was that?

What is this?

"Wahaha, kneel before the great Power of Dreams! In the face of ’Illusion,’ reality appears so insignificant and laughable..."

Count Sanaxis seemed to feel the emotions of the surrounding wizards, and his laughter became especially unrestrained and wild. His body began to grow slowly, expanding from the size of a grain of rice to that of a green bean.

"Quiet down a bit." Lucien, annoyed, tapped Count Sanaxis with his spiritual power, and right then, the "Song of Adeline" he held in his right hand had already completely sealed.

At that moment, the figure engraved on the front of the card had fully changed from Adeline to the likeness of Helen Wizard. However, the Helen Wizard depicted on the card was conspicuously more sinister than usual, with more prominent nightmare demon characteristics showing on her body.

"A Second-level Wizard-tier nightmare demon..." Lucien gently shook his head, being the first owner and creator of the "Song of Adeline," he was all too aware of the terrible state Helen Wizard was in now.

If Helen Wizard had a choice, she would probably prefer death over being sealed within the card, awaiting to be summoned time and time again, right?

Lucien slowly lowered his hand, allowing the card in his hand to slowly disintegrate into seven similar yet slightly different cards.

These were the keys to summoning Helen Wizard or Adeline, and after seven summons, these cards would recombine and directly use the special power of the Dream Layer to transport and disappear, seeking their new owners...

Lucien pondered, while looking at his surroundings, he took out the first Seal Card.

With the power of a Second-level Wizard-tier nightmare demon, he could easily escape from the Dream Layer with Carly and others, evading this current assault and attack!

Even after that, he would still have six opportunities to summon a Second-level Wizard-tier fighter, and this fighter had no fear of death...

"But I still feel a bit unsatisfied..." Lucien looked at the Wizard Apprentices around him, whose faces showed a trace of panic, and he sighed inwardly.

Yet he also understood that he simply couldn’t protect everyone.

"Let’s take it one step at a time." Lucien sighed to himself.

But now, with the "Song of Adeline" as his trump card, he wasn’t particularly flustered facing those Second-level Wizards outside. In fact, noticing their vigilant and scrutinizing gaze, Lucien’s lips slightly curled up. Then, under the watchful eyes of numerous Formal Wizards, he pulled another card from his pocket.

Seeing the blank card in his hand, many of the Formal Wizards betrayed a flash of fear in their eyes, and quite a few of them began retreating hastily, as if they had seen a ghost, away from Greybone Academy!

Having witnessed the fate of Helen Wizard, they flatly refused to gamble and certainly would not risk themselves but instead cast inciting or tempting looks at their companions, seemingly hoping for someone else to voluntarily offer themselves as the next sacrifice...

However, they didn’t leave directly, instead watching Lucien with a wary, scrutinizing gaze.

Without a doubt, they knew that the kind of card capable of erasing a Second-level Wizard, even if it could be mass-produced, probably wouldn’t be in great abundance.

They were simply wary of becoming the next sacrifice but were unwilling to give up the advantages they were about to gain.

And the several Second-level Wizards laying siege shared a similar mentality. They communicated quietly and were also searching for potential weaknesses in the card in Lucien’s hands.

But Lucien understood that the card in his hand was just a bluff; if they really charged in recklessly, he didn’t have a good way to cope.

Just as the standoff was about to escalate into a final conflict, an overwhelming spiritual pressure suddenly descended.

"All of you, cease fighting!"