Chapter 13: Dream

"Lilith?! What an idiot!" Giant King Ormir's voice was like thunder, shaking the very palace of the Giant King's Court.

"This time, I will kill both the Demon Wolf and Lilith!"

In Ormir's single eye burned a mad, tyrannical Twilight Light; the void, life, and even gods would wither within this twilight.

He, Lilith, and the Elf King had once forged an alliance to resist Ancient Gods like the Dragon and the Demon Wolf, but could even the best ally compare to his Queen?

Killing Lilith would allow Giant Queen Omebella to attempt to devour Her!

"After devouring the Demon Wolf, the Dragons, Elves, and Aliens will all have to submit to me! Later, I'll find a chance to eat that bird too!" Ormir's vision was grand enough.

It was just that he seemed to have gone too mad; the Giant King was much better in his divine state.

God of Dawn Badehaier, Goddess of Harvest Omebella, and God of Honor Budelar—these three Giants were not first-generation Giants, and the Characteristics they held were relatively pure, allowing them to maintain their own clarity.

"Father God, the Golden Kingdom is under attack!" Badehaier reported in a booming voice.

"Go and deal with them!" Ormir needed to keep a close watch on that Demon Wolf and still had to scheme against Lilith; his intelligence was nearly exhausted, so he directly ordered Badehaier to go and suppress the attack.

"Yes!" Badehaier held a two-handed greatsword, strode out of the Giant King's Court, and led a powerful Giant troop to set off for the Golden City.

"You became a Dream Angel under the Lord?" Medici's expression was exceptionally colorful.

His loyalty to the Ancient Sun God was beyond doubt; this was something He had verified with His life in later ages.

But this Dream Angel had appeared far too strangely...

Medici shook his head; at any other time, he would certainly have mocked him, but now it was wartime, and he directed his hostility outward, not inward.

Soon, Chumen and Medici arrived outside the Golden Realm.

This place was already very close to the Giant King's Court, guarded by the Giant Race, and from time to time, subordinates of other Ancient Gods approached this area.

And Medici had come here to intercept the subordinates of other Ancient Gods, stirring the situation into even greater chaos.

"It's here! A lone Dragon!" Medici's eyes lit up, the legion behind him also moved, and a formless power was added to Medici.

Medici was now a Sequence 2 Weather Warlock of the Hunter Pathway, and the legion he led was the Hunter Legion that the Sun Kingdom had cultivated at all costs; there were even several Saints among them!

On the mystical level, Medici and the legion had merged into one, his power growing crazily as he stared fixedly at the Dragon descending from the sky.

The Dragon roared and bellowed, its massive body, a mix of black and gold, looming in the clouds.

This Dragon looked just like a large lizard with broad, leathery wings; the smallest dragon scales on its body were the size of a human head, and on its ferocious dragon head were two dark golden eyes.

"Roar!" The Dragon growled low, seemingly sensing danger and guarding against something.

"Winged bug!" Medici opened his mouth and immediately drew the Dragon's hatred firmly.

The Dragon looked at Medici coldly, but the next moment it roared, because a terrifying stream of information had crushed everything, and the entire world had fallen into collapse!

This was a dream!

When the dragon eyes looked down, Medici and his legion were all pulled into the dream.

But Chumen was different; he was immune to dream attacks, and the Divinity Badge gave him absolute clarity.

Using the Sage's Robe on his body, he transformed into a stream of disordered information and tore the dream apart directly.

"A Dragon that has mixed the Characteristics of a Reader and a Spectator, likely barely maintaining its own consciousness under the pacification and treatment of the Dragon of Imagination."

A stream of information flashed through Chumen's eyes as he prepared to forcibly analyze this Dragon.

The Dragon in reality sensed danger; with a flap of its wings, countless spells were unleashed from within—gales, lightning, frost, and shadows smashed down toward the legion behind Medici.

At the same time, mental power spread; the Dragon wanted to jump into the Collective Subconscious Ocean to fight!

But the hem of the Sage's Robe on Chumen's body fluttered, "Mystery Reproduction, Peach Blossom Spring!"

Peach blossoms formed entirely from streams of information fell, making the scene extremely aesthetic, and the main characteristic of Peach Blossom Spring was isolation!

The Dragon could no longer jump into the Collective Subconscious Ocean.

The Dragon's eyes and head snapped toward Chumen, and a strange power surged.

For a moment, Chumen actually felt the discomfort of having his secrets pried into.

"Want to see? Then I'll let you see!" Chumen snorted coldly and directly blocked the Dream Book in front of himself.

Roar!

The Mental Dragon's body and sea of spirit fell into frenzy, unable to control itself, and it plummeted from the sky, cutting off its prying gaze.

However, this Pathway was best at pacifying the spirit; in the next moment, the Dragon's wings flapped again, stabilizing itself, but it dared not use that "Insight" to look at Chumen again.

That had terrified it beyond words; even without glimpsing the true essence, it had nearly caused it to lose control and explode!

"Is that it!?" Medici snorted coldly, charged, and swung his greatsword; countless cyan-white flames condensed into long spears, rushing densely toward the Dragon and piercing through all the spells.

Thick leaden clouds condensed abruptly; Medici swung his greatsword, turning it into sword light, and the leaden clouds immediately erupted with terrifying lightning, flames, wind, snow, and frost!

Roar!

The Dragon roared, and Medici's body stalled; it seemed a virtual personality had been generated within him, competing for control.

Following closely was a terrifying Dragon Breath, which directly submerged Medici.

"Still won't admit you're an idiot?" A taunting voice sounded from the Dragon's back; under the protection of a Shadow Curtain, Medici stepped out from the void and slashed down with his sword, the thunder blazing as it struck the dragon body with full force.

Crack!

A wing fell from the sky and smashed onto the ground.

The Dragon roared in pain and slammed its head into the Peach Blossom Spring barrier.

Insight! An ability from Sequence 3 of the Reader Pathway, said to be able to gain insight into the rules of the world and leverage the world.

The Dragon grasped the fleeting gap in the Peach Blossom Spring, wanting to jump into the Collective Subconscious Ocean once more.

That was the safe haven for Angels of the Spectator Pathway; apart from Angels of the same Pathway, it was very difficult for others to drag them out from within.

Medici swung his sword again, harvesting the Dragon's second wing.

The Dragon could not care about anything else; it only wanted to escape. The prophecy ability it mastered told it that if it didn't leave, it would die!

"Dragon Breath!" Chumen pointed a finger, and a Mental Dragon Breath aimed at the spiritual body slammed into the Dragon's head.

The Ancient One's Glove, a Traveler-level "Reproduction," reproduced the very Mind Breath the Dragon had just directed at Medici.

The Dragon's already poor mental state was on the verge of exploding, and it rushed frantically toward the exit of Peach Blossom Spring.

Bang!

Peach Blossom Spring was knocked open, and the Dragon leaped into the Collective Subconscious Ocean.

Just as the Dragon was about to rely on a collective subconscious jump to escape, it suddenly discovered that it was still remaining in place, its frantic eyes turning dull.

Even its "Insight" pointed toward an open book radiating Dream Phosphor.

Upon it, the power of Dream was surging, constructing a dream that was both real and false.

From the very beginning, the escape had only been a beautiful dream.