Chapter 264 Nightmare: The Great Hunt

Watching the countless data streams flowing down quickly, Annan clearly felt the familiar sense of weightless falling gradually returning.

It was as if the stagnant air around her was gradually melting.

Annan, who was suspended in the void, also began to gradually fall...

"...Honey, I want you to know that some cursed people don't deserve this, but some people deserve it."

Annan heard a somewhat familiar voice ringing in his ear.

He was a little surprised.

because of that voice...

It seems to be, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince Albert?

The next moment, Annan's consciousness completely fell into darkness.

"...Your Highness? Your Highness Annan?"

He heard a cautious voice ringing in his ear.

At that moment, Annan even thought that he did not enter the nightmare smoothly...

But he reacted quickly.

He noticed that he seemed to be sitting in a chair - and the world in front of him had become much larger.

No, not so.

- He's getting smaller.

"...Sorry, I just fell asleep."

Annan subconsciously showed a tired expression and made a childish voice.

He noticed that he seemed to be staying in an extremely luxurious palace.

He was wearing fur that resembled a mink coat. This exotic fur is an extremely pure white with intricate silver embroidery.

But the strange thing is that even with such a heavy dress... Annan didn't feel the heat.

Annan could clearly feel that the room temperature was about twenty-seven or eight degrees. Seeing the thin clothes of the maids walking around in the palace, Annan could immediately tell that it should be summer now.

It seems that he noticed the movement on Annan's side.

The two who were chatting not far away looked over.

One of them was a woman with long black hair and dark red pupils. She couldn't tell the exact age, but it made sense to say that she was in her twenties, thirties, and forties. She was wearing a dark yellow gauze with black spots reminiscent of the wings of a moth, with a calm expression, bright eyes, and a natural demeanor.

The one chatting with her was a young man who appeared to be in his twenties.

He is nearly 1.8 meters tall, has deep blue pupils, a thin and well-proportioned body, and a straight back. The pure black long hair hangs down to the waist, and it is taken care of to be extremely smooth and supple, and there is no half-raised broken hair.

The youth's skin was as cold and bloodless as jade. He wore the same clothes as Annan's, but unlike Annan's side, he didn't even have a mess of wolf fur on his neckline.

But what didn't quite match with his flawless appearance was that he kept frowning and looked very serious. Perhaps because of the frequent frowning, there are faint wrinkles on the forehead.

"What's the matter, Annan?"

He frowned, walked over and asked plainly, "Are you tired?"

Clearly it was a word of concern.

But in his tone, there is no twists and turns, calm to the level of indifference.

"His Royal Highness Dmitry."

The attendant behind Annan leaned forward slightly with his upper body, put his hand on his chest, and respectfully saluted the young man in front of Annan.

...is this Dmitri Winter?

So what he is using now... is the body of Annan Rindong when he was a child?

Annan immediately realized the era background of this copy.

Taking Annan's fourteen-year-old height as an estimate... This body is currently about nine or ten years old.

Then the timeline should be four or five years ago...

Could it be that what happened when Prince Albert and Kaphne met Annan?

Then this...

Annan's eyes moved to the lady who gave the impression of calm and dependable.

This should be the eldest princess of Noah's kingdom, Elizabeth Noah.

... It's really hard to see that she is in her fifties.

"Yes, I'm a little tired."

But when Annan's thoughts were spinning, he just stood up and lowered his head apologetically: "Sorry..."

"Go to rest when you are tired."

Dmitry replied calmly.

There was no emotion in his pupils and words. As if the whole person is made of ice.

He turned his head and asked Elizabeth flatly: "His Royal Highness Princess, where can I let Annan rest for a while? There are too many people here, and Annan's health has never been very good."

"some."

The eldest princess chuckled and nodded gently to Annan.

Her voice was calm and generous, giving people a strong sense of comfort, in stark contrast to Dmitri: "You can let Xiao Annan go to the garden to rest from the side hall. It was blessed by the Pope of Silver Jue himself. The flower fields have a very good nourishing effect on the body and spirit.”

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at a young maid in a white short-sleeved maid uniform with her hands and fingers crossed in front of her.

"Marian, you're in trouble."

she said softly.

But the maid bowed solemnly and replied, "Yes, Your Highness."

At this moment, an old man not far away stood up silently.

He had a thin, skinny build...with sunken cheeks and deep eye sockets. Even the hair is a little thin. He was wearing pure black clothes like mourning clothes, without the slightest variegation.

He stood silently behind Annan, bowed respectfully and politely slowly, and gave a silent salute to the eldest princess.

Annan recognized him immediately.

—It was the Merlin Manning he had been talking about last night.

The maid glanced at the silent old man with some fear, walked in front of Annan and couldn't help smiling at his tender face.

She bowed and stretched out her hand to Annan, coaxing softly, "Please come with me, okay? Your Highness Annan..."

Annan did not hesitate and passed his hand to the maid. Follow her to the side door where the crowd is sparse, and the old man followed quietly.

At this moment, the introduction task of this dungeon finally appeared in front of Annan's eyes:

"1498, August 8th.

"As the youngest son of the Archduke Winter, Annan Lindong, you followed your elder brother Dmitri and went to the Kingdom of Noah to attend the 80th birthday of the old king in place of the Archduke of Winter, Ivan Lindong.

"This is the first friendly diplomatic action between the Principality of Winter and the Kingdom of Noah since they entered a period of peace. It marks the resumption of formal business and trade between the two countries of Winter and Noah...

"--if everything goes well.

"Very unfortunate, and rightfully so - someone wants to disrupt this hard-won peace.

"And it's very simple.

"Whether it's Annan, Dmitry, Elizabeth...or anyone else, as long as one person dies, this birthday party will turn into a grand funeral.

"And, the fuse for the next war.

"What's more, they didn't want to kill just one person.

"It's going to be a great hunting ritual—

"Perhaps it's too difficult for you, who are only nine years old, to stop all this. But only you can do it...because only you are young at this birthday party.

"Live. Disrupt the conspiracy. Keep more people alive-"

[In this nightmare, you were blessed by "Mr. Yao", and you will continue to recover health and mana pool after leaving the battle]

[In this nightmare, you are blessed by "Silver Sir", and all magic judgments in the "Silver Sir" field +1]

[In this nightmare, you were blessed by the "Mysterious Lady", nullifying the effects of all rituals on you]

[In this nightmare, you were blessed by the "grandmother" and obtained the incapacitated wizard level of your body]

[Main Quest: The Man of Glory]

Immediately, under this line of words, three side quests appeared again:

[Guarantee the survival of "Annan Winter", "Dmitri Winter", "Elizabeth Noah", and "Kaffne Noah"].

【Find and destroy the key ritual】

【Do not reveal your identity】