The space around Mary twisted, and then several monstrous creatures with single horns, pitch-black bodies, and ferocious appearances emerged, closing in on Carlotta.
This sight sent a chill down Carlotta's spine.
Though she didn't know Mary's Transcendent rank, even if it was higher than hers, it couldn't be by much.
There was no way she could turn dreams into reality, and such monsters shouldn't just appear out of thin air... unless this was already a dream!
But when had she entered her dream?
Carlotta didn't have time to think too much. If she was already in a dream, the first thing to do was to escape from it, and the way to escape...
The knowledge she had learned in class quickly surfaced in Carlotta's mind.
"Range! Dreams have a range!"
Carlotta decisively charged toward the nearby window, crashing through it with a loud bang and leaping out of the corridor onto the ground outside the dorm.
What appeared before her was a pitch-black environment, devoid of any scenery. The entire world seemed to consist only of the corridor behind her, because this was already outside the dream.
The next moment, Carlotta's vision twisted, and she found herself back in the corridor.
Behind her were Avery and others, lying on the ground groaning after being defeated by her. In front of her was Mary, blocking the staircase with a strange expression.
"You actually saw through my dream..." Mary murmured, seemingly astonished that her dream had been broken.
Seeing this, Carlotta was about to swing her sword and charge, but as soon as she took a step, she felt something was off.
Had she really broken out of the dream?
Almost as soon as she took the first step, Carlotta abruptly turned around and rushed toward the corridor window again, leaping through it and shattering the glass to reach the outside.
What appeared before her was still a pitch-black environment, with no buildings, no scenery, nothing, because this was outside the dream.
"Another layer of the dream, damn it..." Carlotta couldn't help but curse.
Fortunately, as a transmigrator, she was very interested in magic and often read various related books.
After finishing the books in class, she would also borrow books from the library, so she had some understanding of dream magic.
Otherwise, she might have really thought she had escaped the dream.
This was a common tactic of dream magic.
When it was difficult to keep the target trapped in the dream, the caster could create the illusion of the target breaking free, while actually bringing them into a second layer of the dream.
The next moment, the space in front of Carlotta twisted again, and she re-entered the corridor.
Behind her were still the groans of Avery and others, and in front of her was still Mary, though now Mary looked somewhat surprised.
Without hesitation, Carlotta charged toward the corridor window once more, crashing through it with a loud bang and landing outside.
She rolled on the ground, then smelled the scent of grass and plants.
Looking up, she saw the orderly arrangement of buildings within the academy, and in the distant city, numerous pointed arch structures gradually appeared, with a red moon hanging in the far sky.
This time, it wasn't a dream!
Perhaps a powerful enough Transcendent being could construct the image of a city in a dream, but Mary, who was still an apprentice, clearly couldn't do such a thing.
Now that she had escaped, Carlotta didn't hesitate and rushed toward the mentor's dormitory.
Behind her, Mary hurried to the broken window of the corridor, watching from afar as Carlotta once again cast dream magic, trying to keep her trapped.
But the feeling of dizziness only appeared briefly, and Carlotta decisively activated the Elven Butterfly Dance.
Her entire figure became elusive at this moment, fluttering like a butterfly, making it impossible for Mary to lock onto her, and she could only watch helplessly as Carlotta flew away like a butterfly.
"What a joke, I'm a third-tier apprentice, and I let her escape?" Mary couldn't accept this situation.
Moreover, Carlotta's actual situation was vastly different from what she had known before.
It was one thing for a first-tier apprentice to become a second-tier apprentice, but she had even mastered the renowned knight manual, the Elven Knight Manual. Where had she learned that from?
...
Carlotta quickly distanced herself, feeling her blood boiling within her. Since her transmigration, she had never engaged in such intense exercise.
At the same time, she was truly furious, furious at Soren's scheme against her.
In the world she had transmigrated from, people's longing for freedom had reached its peak, with everyone advocating for various forms of freedom.
She, too, was someone who yearned for freedom, so she deeply detested magic like the Master-Servant Spell, which forcibly turned others into servants, and she loathed Soren, who maliciously used such magic.
Not only did the other party want to forcibly turn people into servants, but upon realizing she couldn't be controlled, she even sent someone to deal with her.
Carlotta had reason to believe that Soren wanted to silence her, as the Master-Servant Spell was clearly not accepted by the mainstream, and Soren didn't want this matter exposed.
This person was now her sworn enemy!
"Even if you're a noble, you can't just manipulate me so easily!"
Carlotta gripped the Rose Thorn tighter and tighter.
Suddenly, a sense of danger emerged in her heart, and without thinking, she activated the Elven Butterfly Dance, swiftly fluttering and turning in place.
The next moment, a wooden arrow whistled through the air, grazing past Carlotta and embedding itself deeply into the soil of the nearby flower bed, the arrow trembling violently.
Who was attacking?
Carlotta didn't have time to think, maintaining the Elven Butterfly Dance while quickly scanning her surroundings to locate the attacker.
Soon, a second arrow was fired, and Carlotta detected the attacker's position, a girl with a hunting bow, standing under a tree a hundred meters away.
Under the crimson moonlight, the girl's golden hair took on a sinister hue, and her emerald eyes were devoid of any emotion.
It was Soren Carlisle!
Carlotta caught sight of her figure, her heart greatly shaken. Has this noble lady finally come to face her personally?
After dodging the second arrow, Carlotta saw Soren place three arrows on her bow and draw it to full tension. At that moment, an intense sense of danger instantly enveloped Carlotta's entire body.
It was a Hunting Magic Path!