◈ Episode 534 Holy Library (1)
“What, what is it? When did you come?!”
Julia asked, sweeping her chest like someone facing a ghost in broad daylight.
Clara just sighed and laughed.
Seeing that, Julia was embarrassed for nothing, and her face flushed red.
This is Julia, who has always treated her Master with dignity and behaved in a calm manner.
Then, when I revealed my true feelings, I couldn’t help but feel ashamed.
“Oops. What about our youngest? I’m worried about Master.”
“It seems like yesterday that I was a baby, but I am all grown up.”
Julia lowered her head at the words of the seniors around her who helped each other out.
Clara looked at him admirably, then opened her mouth.
“okay. Let’s stop joking around here, let’s move on to something more serious.”
The Dreamwalkers who had been teased by Clara’s words all nodded, saying they knew.
In this way, those who lead the people met at the convergence point.
“It is truly an honor to meet the famous Dream Master. My name is Elisa Willow, Chancellor of Ceorn.”
“Hall hall. The fame of the beautiful girl has made my ears tingle. My name is Clara Cowen, the Master of the School of Dreams.”
“I’ll go ahead and tell you the main point. Do you think you can solve this situation?”
direct question.
Instead of answering, Clara raised her wand and pointed in one direction.
The dream flowed from the end of the wand formed like clay and drew a rough map of Dreamland.
Everyone focused their eyes on the scene.
“To be honest, I am at a loss as to how to resolve this.”
These are the words from the mouth of the head of the Dream School and a master-level Dream Walker.
Of course, the weight had to come to a large extent.
But no one said anything to Clara.
Because in this atmosphere, it was important to acknowledge the reality we are facing right now rather than forcibly injecting hope into it.
“The upper floors have completely collapsed. All that remains is the middle layer, but even that, the Island Devourer ate away all the islands above.”
Even the Island Swallower was descending in real time.
With the determination not to leave any islands above their heads.
I did clean up a few of them on the way, but even so, it was only a little more grace time.
“The number of victims is not insignificant. Among those who fell to the middle class, many changed their lives.”
Of course, out of 100 people who fell, the victims were less than 5%.
Considering the environment of the middle class, the survival rate reached a miracle.
But even that 5% was no small number.
The entire population of Ledervelk was caught up in this avalanche.
At 5% of that, at least 10,000 people died.
“In addition, monsters who introduced themselves as members of the family appeared. I managed to subdue them, but there’s no guarantee that they won’t appear again.”
There is no way to get back, and dangers that strangle lives in real time are everywhere.
After listing the situations one by one, I couldn’t be this desperate.
“In the end, we have no choice but to solve the underlying problem quickly.”
“An old man named Nirva… … I mean. Do you know anything about him?”
Clara nodded.
“It is recorded in the ancient documents of the Dream School. An old man from Meburiko. A ghost that makes people fall asleep by sprinkling golden powder on them. Sandman by another name, John Blunt by another name.”
It has various names, but its origin is always a hooked-nosed old man with long limbs.
“The old man’s true identity is a demon that has existed on this continent since a very long time ago.”
“… … devil.”
Stories of demons were no longer legends of the distant past.
The recent situation in the capital of the Exsilion Empire was also talked about by someone saying that it was the work of the devil.
To say that it was absurd, it was hard to ignore when considering the testimony of eyewitnesses at the time.
Even so, that demon would do such a thing in Seorn.
“What is the purpose?”
Elisa remembered Nirva.
The old man invited people to the world of dreams.
What are you doing to keep people dreaming?
Are you thinking of confining yourself to a dream for the rest of your life?
However, it took an action to remove the dangerous molecule by sending his own people.
Should I say it’s a bit inconsistent?
“I don’t know either. It’s just that the dream devil is doing it, so it must be something unusual.”
“… … .”
Elisa thought for a moment.
Nirva was blatantly leading people into the depths of Dreamland.
It was the appearance of the landlord going beyond inviting guests and forcibly pushing them in.
But that didn’t mean everyone was welcome.
It also took action to explicitly remove the risk molecule.
But why?
The dream devil, who exerts absolute power in Dream Land, is worried about what does he do?
Suddenly.
A thought passed through Elisha’s mind.
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“A sacrifice.”
At that word, everyone’s eyes turned to Elisha.
“When it comes to demons, they are sacrificed for human sacrifice.”
It’s an almost instinctive answer.
The leap of logic that he jumped in the middle until he inferred the correct answer was about dozens of stepping stones.
In order to prove it, I had to retrace the whole process step by step.
If it was a wizard, it should have been.
But now it’s an emergency.
Elisa decided to trust her intuition.
“Perhaps that demon named Nirva is trying to sacrifice us to Dream Land.”
* * *
“A sacrifice, huh?”
same time.
Standing in front of the huge door, Sedina asked Rudger.
“okay. What Nirva wants is a sacrifice. The goal is probably to awaken a being that is sleeping in the depths.”
“The devil is trying to wake him up. Could it be a pagan god?”
“Similar. I don’t know if he’s a pagan, but he’s definitely a godlike being.”
The expression of the party became devastated when they heard that the purpose of the sacrifice was the resurrection of the god.
It was impossible to approach realistically on such a large scale.
“Isn’t this a dream?”
“you idiot. This is Dreamland, so it’s a dream.”
“I guess so.”
“no. But, in fact, is this also reality? I don’t know.”
Hans and Sheridan exchanged meaningless conversations.
But no one ever reprimanded them.
My head was dizzy. Even if you don’t relieve stress like this, it’s hard to endure.
“Perhaps Nirva will push us deep into Dreamland. That is why Dreamland is being destroyed from the outside.”
“I have to push it further in, so I can extract some kind of energy from people and eat it. Of course, that energy must be a human dream.”
“But in order to do that, you have to call all the way to your inner bedroom. In order to perform a certain ritual, one’s weaknesses are also revealed.”
“That’s why I sent limbs to remove dangerous molecules that could interfere with consciousness.”
Only Jant shook his head as if he understood why Nirva acted like this.
Getting rid of a few dangerous elements should be fine.
Because the entire population of a large city is now in Dreamland.
There was no way it would be obvious to remove some of them.
If all these people were sacrificed, it seemed that they were definitely gods and could be resurrected even if the grandfather came.
“It is generally accepted that warlocks bring in demons by performing human sacrifices, but now they have gone even further. The devil is trying to resurrect a god by sacrificing a human being. Truly, let me tell you.”
“Maybe this fight will be more speedy.”
“It’s a speed fight… … . It must be stopped before the ritual can be performed properly.”
“Nirva has sent her people. But he failed. Because this is how we are alive and well. Next, I will go out on my own.”
“To think that the devil who commanded that colossus-like monster under his command would step forward himself. Just hearing it gives me goosebumps.”
“And we’re getting into the tiger’s jaws faster than anyone else.”
The gist of Ludger’s words was this.
I was at the forefront of the most dangerous situation, so I was wondering if it was okay.
Even Sandman didn’t know what that meant.
“Are you worried about me now?”
“At the point of delivering Rip Van Winkle, Mr. Sandman’s role was over. Going back and joining the school would be a good option.”
“Teacher, I haven’t seen this before, are you scratching the inside of people better than I thought?”
Sandman grinned at Ludger.
The wrinkles around his eyes spoke of his age, but those eyes did not.
Sandman’s eyes were burning more brilliantly than any other bright star.
“Look, sir. Do you know why we are dreamers?”
“Why?”
“Because they are dreamers. We walk on the dream, explore the dream, and at the end we pursue the dream.”
“Poetic.”
“That’s it. Poetic, romantic, surreal. In this day and age, who the hell pursues something like romance?”
Sandman went on to say.
“Except us.”
Rudger had a look of surprise.
“Is it strange?”
“To be honest, yes.”
“Fight the devil and stop the resurrection of God? What could be more romantic than this? It’s not just me. We’ll all make the same choices. Rather, those children will envy me for being at the forefront.”
Sandman smiled like a child receiving a gift box.
Rudger realized for the first time that a person can smile like that even when he gets older.
I had no choice but to admit it.
These are people who fight for honor and romance, not for profit.
Could it be because Ludger’s gaze towards himself has changed?
Jantmann sighed and waved his hands.
“I can’t say that there isn’t anything personal about it. Do you remember the wooden statues you saw on the way?”
Rudger nodded.
A wooden statue to pray. The demons of dreams encroached on Dream Land.
If it went wrong, I might have joined them in their procession.
“Who do you think are the main people who have come to the depths of this Dreamland and been encroached on here?”
“… … They are the predecessor Dream Walkers.”
“okay. In the past, when Dreamwalkers roamed Dreamland, they always had to face the dangers of the unknown.”
Zandman looked down at the siesta he wore in his hand.
“There was no such thing at the time. I simply believed in my own strong mental strength, and jumped into Dreamland with my bare body.”
However, no matter how brilliant a dream walker is, they cannot be free in a place called Dream Land.
As the number of arrivals increased, they gradually encroached on Dreamland, and the end of it was the Dream of Dreams.
“Those who gather and pray over there are people who have collapsed in their hopes, but I can’t laugh at them for that. rather respect It is because of their efforts and sacrifices that we are where we are today.”
Rudger also stared at the ‘Rip Van Winkle’ he was wearing.
How many Dreamwalkers were sacrificed to make this one thing.
It was the countless data of Dream Land that laid the foundation, but in the end, that data had no choice but to be what Dream Walker personally experienced.
“Dreamwalkers of the ancestors have been working hard even after going through this kind of situation, but if the juniors get scared and back down, that doesn’t save face.”
Sandman’s joining was welcome news for Rudger.
“great. After all, you need a good guide to go beyond.”
“okay. I’ll give you directions, so don’t worry.”
Only Sandtman took a step forward.
The huge stone gate opened slowly.
Considering its size, it wouldn’t be strange to hear a roar, but there was no sound when the door opened.
The inside of the open door was filled with pitch-black darkness.
I couldn’t see what was inside, so the fear of the unknown came over me.
“Keep your mind straight. If you don’t get your mental right here, you will be eaten by your own mind.”
Jantman’s warning made Hans and Sedina very nervous.
“Then let’s go.”
Only Zandt stepped forward and soon disappeared into the darkness of the door.
Rudger followed.
Hans, Sedina, and Sheridan moved along with that unstoppable action.
As the party disappeared inside the door, the huge stone door closed again quietly as if it had never done so.
* * *
The middle layer of Dream Land occupies the largest proportion in Dream Land.
And the lower you go, the higher the dream pressure and the time with reality is distorted.
That is why it is divided into upper, middle and lower parts.
If you tie them to the same middle layer, the risk rises rapidly as you go down.
Of course, it was necessary to distinguish each area to some extent.
Among them, the upper part of the middle floor is where ordinary people can endure as much as possible.
It is a world made up of a huge expanse and countless islands of blue sky.
The place where talented dream walkers can endure is the middle of the middle layer.
It is a place where pure white world, black grass, and ghosts of dreams exist.
And the lower part of the middle layer, a place that only a very few Dreamwalkers can reach.
Surprisingly, it was a familiar place even from the public eye.
“library?”
Ludger spit out such sentiments while looking at the scenery of the lower part of the middle floor.
Hans and Sedina were also surprised. Even that Sheridan let out an exclamation.
At that time, something like black mud came to the party through the bookshelves.
