◈ Episode 540: A gap in a grain of sand (1)
Dreamland’s mid-rise mid-rise.
Merilda trembled as she walked through the place where the dream ghosts held hands and prayed endlessly.
“I can’t believe there is such a terrible place.”
Those things made of wood were surprisingly alive.
Dreamwalkers said that this is the end of those who fall into this world.
Merilda shook her head.
Expanding one’s knowledge is a pleasure for a person who seeks knowledge, but this place was too dangerous to just enjoy it.
“Selina. are you okay?”
Merilda asked Selina, who was walking silently next to her.
Selina, who joined, was strangely silent.
Rather than feeling shocked by this incident, it was more like I had something to worry about.
“Selina?”
Merilda called her name again.
Only then did Selina come to her senses and look back at Merilda.
“yes?”
“… … are you okay?”
“Well, I’m sorry. “There are so many things to worry about.”
Selina smiled brightly as usual. But that smile was somehow weak.
Merilda couldn’t ask Selina any more questions.
This would have been the case in the past, but now the situation was so critical that it resembled a wartime situation.
Nothing should break concentration even for a moment.
Otherwise, this thin membrane protecting her body will react to her slackened mind and collapse.
“Be careful. “They say here that if you don’t come to your senses, you will be eaten by the world.”
Merilda gazed into the dream maw beyond the translucent membrane.
There was a bit of pity and a lot of fear in her eyes.
The fear that if I make a mistake, I might end up like that.
My fear doubled when I heard that most of those praying people were dream workers.
“yes. all right. “Thank you for your concern.”
Selina nodded.
I was grateful for Merilda’s concern, but it wasn’t enough to make me worry.
Her mood was as calm as a forest at dawn.
So much so that not even the sound of grasshoppers can be heard.
He was just concerned about his own spirit, Esmeralda.
Esmeralda defeats Mirage and disappears herself.
Rather than leaving somewhere, he was reverse-summoned by his own will.
If I find myself in danger again, or if someone wants to summon me, I will respond to that call.
That wasn’t what mattered to Selina.
‘What on earth was it?’
When I see Esmeralda, I feel an unknown emotion swirling around me.
Until then, when it was in the form of a small fluff, I didn’t think much of it.
Ludger said that it was a dark spirit and that it was very rare, or rather, I heard that it was a spirit, but that was all.
First of all, he looked cute, and he thought it was okay since he signed a contract with him.
The change in thinking must have happened before.
Mirage of the Daydream, one of the five clans of Nirva.
A man who could create anything through his dreams, he was a terrifying enemy that one could not even imagine.
It was Selina who defeated Mirage.
No, in fact, Esmeralda did it all.
‘I couldn’t do anything.’
Some people may ask whether it would not be natural for the spirit master who summoned the spirit to take the credit.
As for Selina, I couldn’t like her that much.
The power Esmeralda used was different from what she could do by giving orders.
Especially that look.
The sight of Mirage’s changed appearance after absorbing the dream power used by him shook Selina’s emotions in a complex way.
It was a perfect imitation of a person.
Spirits do not take on human form.
They are beings born and raised in nature and resemble parts of natural objects, but even though animals and plants are included, humans are always excluded.
The exception is Quasimodo, who was created from a human soul.
However, Esmeralda took human form.
From this, it was said that it was definitely not an ordinary spirit.
‘I’m not saying it’s dangerous though. No, it actually helped. Besides, he tried to save me.’
I don’t know anything else, but I definitely felt this one thing.
That Esmeralda truly cherishes herself.
Selina decided to shake off useless thoughts.
First of all, focus on this moment.
A large number of over a hundred units is moving.
To head to the Holy Library, beneath the middle floor of Dreamland.
The current situation on our way there was so dangerous that it could be considered walking on thin ice.
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I didn’t have time to waste my energy on useless things.
It was the time when Selina made that promise.
A huge tremor shook Dreamland.
A single wave echoed from deep underground.
The monkfish that were quietly praying with their hands together fell down, and the slowly moving dream walkers were also surprised and formed a defensive formation.
“What is this?”
“What’s happening all of a sudden?”
“Everyone stay still!”
Clara Cowen was equally surprised.
Her eyes, which were so deep that it was difficult to understand their meaning, looked towards the floor, the source of the vibration.
“Something is going on down there.”
“If it’s below… … “Are you referring to the lower part of the middle level, our destination, the Holy Library?”
When Elisa asked, Clara shook her head.
“No. “In fact, it goes much deeper than that.”
“If it’s much deeper.”
Elisa’s expression hardened.
Below the library, there was only one left.
“What the heck is going on deep down?”
Clara’s voice was full of worry.
“We have to move quickly.”
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A Buddha statue made of light appeared behind Ludger’s back.
A long arm of light stretched out from behind the Buddha statue, aiming at Nirva. It seemed as if a fan made of beams of light was wide open.
That number is a whopping thousand.
Compared to 10,000 lightning bolts, that number is only one-tenth.
But it was more threatening to Nirva.
Even a slight amount of divine power was felt in the deadly attack, where each shot contained the energy of perm.
It is dangerous if touched.
“Is that the power of the god you serve?”
Nirva asked, blocking the Celestial Arhat’s attack with dream sand.
The huge sand dunes rippled like waves, as if they were alive.
Cheonsu Nahan’s attack could not penetrate the thick sand dune barrier.
Instead of answering, Ludger responded with another magic.
Good!
72 evil spirits appeared and rushed towards Nirva.
Each and every one of the evil spirits screaming was terrifying and threatening.
Even Nirva, who was confident, couldn’t help but think that he didn’t want to touch that thing.
“Are you planning to push it with numbers? “Then I will do the same.”
When Nirva lightly stamped his foot, the dream sand that made up the ground suddenly shot up.
Then soldiers made of dream sand arose.
Arranged in rows and rows, they look as if they were made of baked clay rather than sand.
[Somnus Terracotta]
Soldiers made of dream sand raised their spears and swords towards the evil spirits.
The evil spirits that imitated Solomon’s 72 demons were quite powerful, but they could not overcome the soldiers who pushed forward in quantity.
There was an overwhelming difference in numbers.
The endlessly generated soldiers were destroyed when one was broken, five were destroyed, and when five were broken, ten took up arms and oxidized with evil spirits.
Flash!
A huge beam of light spread from the sky, and pillars of light fell towards the soldiers.
[Ladder of Heaven]
A barrage of light reminiscent of a shower swept away the soldiers mercilessly.
The infantry could not move in the face of bombardment.
It was not Nirva who would just sit there and watch.
“Are you challenging me to a power struggle here?”
The soldiers approached Ludger, who was floating in the air and firing indiscriminately.
It was not because they moved, but because the desert floor the soldiers were standing on rose like a tsunami.
A tidal wave of sand and the soldiers riding on it targeted Ludger.
Ludger made a light sign with his hand and hurled it towards the soldiers.
Pow!
At the center of the dream sand tsunami, a huge hole was created by the imprint of a palm.
Its power was not only enough to pierce the tsunami of sand, it even aimed at Nirva beyond it.
Nirva’s body was shocked by the unexpected attack.
Taking advantage of that opportunity, Ludger’s body took on a black shadow.
The burning black shadow disappeared like a candle going out.
It was behind Nirva’s back that Ludger, who disappeared together, appeared.
Nirva lifted his finger and caught the sword stick aimed at his neck without even looking.
“I don’t want to experience having my head cut off again.”
“And what about the heart?”
Phew!
It was a fist with a dream twisted into a swirl in its left hand.
It pierced Nirva’s heart so easily, but Ludger’s expression turned cold.
Nirva’s body turned into sand and grabbed Ludger’s hand.
‘Fake to deceive the eye. Then the real thing is… … .’
Ludger’s gaze turned to the soldier on top of the tsunami.
One of the soldiers in the lead looked back at Ludger and grinned.
Suddenly, the soldier’s appearance changed, and a golden glow appeared in his plain sandy eyes.
At that moment, Nirva’s clone, which was holding Ludger’s arm, exploded like a balloon.
Fine dream powder particles covered Ludger’s entire body.
‘smoke screen? Or poison?’
Ludger changed the plague doctor mask on his face into a gas mask that covered his entire face.
However, the dream sand could not be completely blocked.
The dream particles that entered through the respiratory tract had already greatly shaken Ludger’s mind.
“… … !”
Nirva smiled in remorse at that sight.
“How about it? “It’s a poison that gives you very enchanting dreams.”
Although they said so, it wasn’t actually poison.
In fact, it is closer to the opposite.
Ludger’s body jerked to a halt, like a doll whose strings had been cut.
Although it did not fall to the ground, the sight of it floating in the air and remaining still seemed bizarre at first glance.
The dream powder used by Nirva penetrates the opponent’s mind and causes him to fall into a dream.
And it puts you into a very deep sleep.
A dream within a dream.
And again, into a dream within a dream.
“I will personally make you dream of a butterfly. “I don’t know if Ludger Chelisi will still be there even after he wakes up.”
Nirva slowly approached Ludger.
Since he had eliminated the most dangerous element, he could enjoy the feeling of victory, even if only for a moment.
As Nirva neared the distance from Ludger, she felt something strange.
This was because I could see the faint energy coming from Ludger, even if it was only slightly writhing.
Nirva turned her body to the side.
Immediately after that, the blade of Ludger’s sword stick grazed his shoulder.
Fit.
Nirva’s clothes were torn and for the first time, her skin was scratched.
Golden blood splattered from the cut wound.
In Nirva’s astonished eyes, there was an image of Ludger with his head down and his arms outstretched.
“It’s a shame. “It was a perfect surprise attack.”
Ludger regretted not being able to pierce Nirva’s heart.
After catching the opponent off guard until the end, he tried to strike a blow, but the quick-witted Nirva reacted in that short period of time.
Nirva lowered her head and looked at her wound.
Then he turned to Ludger and asked.
“How on earth did you do it?”
Nirva was more curious about how Ludger was still fine after inhaling the dream sand than about his own injuries.
“It was just a dream to begin with, so there was no way I could sleep there again, right?”
“You probably don’t know that my dream sand doesn’t work for such a simple reason.”
Nirva shook his head.
“Right. My dream sand works by piercing the gaps in the other person’s mind and making them fall asleep. But it didn’t work for you because there was no room for even a grain of sand in that solid spirit.”
Even if it is an iron fortress, there are small gaps between the walls.
Even if it was barely big enough to fit an ant, it was enough for Nirva.
By exploding dream sand from close range, you can put the opponent to sleep.
But Ludger didn’t even have that opportunity.
At this point, I was starting to question whether this was actually a human being.
“Or is that the power you gained while serving a god?”
“It is power.”
Ludger sneered at those words.
Nirva’s eyebrows twitched. Ludger’s reaction was so blatantly mocking their ignorance.
I couldn’t tell if my answer was wrong, or if it was correct but I was bluffing to avoid getting caught.
But one thing is certain.
To Ludger, a half-baked attack would not work.
“This is troublesome.”
Even if you try to eliminate Ludger, it is difficult to kill him because his strength is also formidable.
In terms of pure power output, Nirva is ahead.
But other than that, Ludger had the upper hand in everything that continued the fight.
Psychological warfare that exploits the opponent’s weaknesses, a variety of unusual magic and combat methods, and a strong mental power that can be replaced in any situation.
If it were the outside world, I would have pressed it with force, but Dreamland, where the spirit is greatly influenced, actually acted as a handshake.
When ordinary humans come to Dreamland, their strength actually decreases.
Ludger, who has limitations in reality, was able to use his powers more boldly in Dreamland.
“Is it like giving wings to a wandering tiger?”
The only way to subdue Ludger was to send him into a dream within a dream.
Even with a strong mind like that, it was difficult.
There is no guarantee that a decision will be reached immediately even in a head-to-head match.
In that case, we have no choice but to shake that strong spirit until it cracks.
Nirva knew how.
“You know what?”
When Nirva spoke to him, which was different from what he expected, Ludger was wary of what kind of trick the devil was planning.
“While I was looking for traces of the Zero Order in the middle layer, I found a rather interesting child. “It’s subtle, but I can feel a trace of sacredness, and even my memories have been sealed.”
Nirva snapped his fingers, and a huge hand made of dream sand burst out from the ground and opened wide.
Sleeping inside were dozens of students.
Freuden’s familiar face was also there.
But what caught Ludger’s attention was a girl with ash gray hair whose eyes were tightly closed like a sleeping beauty.
“Rine… … .”
“I read that child’s erased memories through a dream.”
Nirva grinned at Ludger.
“You really did something terrible to that girl.”
