Chapter 254: The Current Situation of

"Good opportunity!" Klein sensed the demon struggling within the dream, so he cast an illusion once more.

The high-Spirituality illusion broke through the boundary between the virtual and the real, giving Leonard's dream a sense of tangible reality.

When a dream possesses a tangible sense of reality, it can be said to have blurred the boundary between the real and the illusory.

This method strengthened the dream, allowing the demon to sink deeper into it.

At the same time, Leonard, having gained some breathing room thanks to Klein's assistance, prepared to draw his gun and fire.

"Roar!" Strangely, before Leonard could even fire, the demon suddenly broke free from the dream and returned to Reality.

The demon did not even launch another attack, but instead smashed through the window and fled.

The demon's speed was extremely fast, disappearing into the darkness in the blink of an eye.

"Don't chase it. That is a Sequence 6 'Demon'; it's too dangerous for us to pursue," Klein's voice rang out.

"Huh? What just happened?" Leonard still held his gun, remaining vigilant.

"I felt it had already fallen into a deep dream." Leonard could not understand.

The "Nightmare's" perception of dreams was the basis for his decision to fire and finish off the "Demon," but now, this very action had caused the "Demon" to escape.

"It possesses a precognitive ability similar to my Spirituality intuition. The moment your gun was aimed at it, it was likely forcibly awakened by its own Spirituality."

Klein stood up from the floor, looking slightly disheveled.

They turned on the kerosene lamp and saw the hall in a state of utter chaos.

"Spirituality intuition?" Leonard nodded as if he understood.

"To think we were targeted by a demon." Klein rubbed his shoulder; he had sustained some impact injuries after all.

"Could it be related to the one you killed?" Leonard put his gun away only after confirming it was safe, looking at Klein as he spoke.

"It must be. This demon was likely watching from some corner when I killed its companion, and now it has come for revenge."

A gold coin appeared in Klein's hand, flipping up and down as he performed divination to reach a conclusion.

"This..." Leonard also felt it was troublesome; being targeted by such a "Demon" was truly difficult.

"Companion... companion..." The gold coin in Klein's hand continued to flip as he walked through the chaotic hall.

"Did you see the true form of the 'Demon'?" Klein suddenly asked.

"Yes," Leonard recalled, "Sleepless" and "Midnight Poet" are both blessed by the Evernight Goddess and can see in the dark.

"It didn't look like a person..." Leonard's expression gradually turned strange, "It looked like... a dog?"

"Right! A dog!" Klein's eyes lit up. The scratch marks at the scene, the silhouette he had seen under the moonlight before, and even in the illusion, the first thing the demon did after killing him was to gnaw on the corpse!

Various clues pointed to one conclusion: the "Demon" was likely not a human, but a dog.

"A Beyonder animal? Did the 'Demon' I killed keep a demon dog?"

And the characteristic of a dog is loyalty!

Klein's mouth twitched. This was not good news; it might mean he would face an endless, life-or-death pursuit by a "Demon."

"Coincidence? Perhaps it's not a coincidence. Even Bishop Chumen bringing us to that banquet might have been to make me kill that 'Demon'..."

"Only then would I eventually be drawn into the 'Demon' incident, and then be pushed along by Fate, sinking deeper and deeper..."

"Is this what it means to be a 'Clown'?"

Klein felt a sense of sudden enlightenment, and he also felt the digestion of his Potion.

Of course, this was not a bad thing; Klein's eyes shone brightly.

I must advance quickly. As long as I reach Sequence 7, I won't need to worry about this "Demon"...

Whether it is the "Diviner" Pathway or the "Dream" Pathway, both will master various powerful abilities at Sequence 7.

While Klein and his companion faced the threat of the demon, Chumen was also meeting two guests from the Southern Continent in his manor.

"Please, sit."

The two guests, a man and a woman, were present. The man wore a white shirt and a black vest; his face was pale, and his eyes were as fierce as a wild beast.

The woman had pale gold hair and azure eyes, with quite exquisite features. She wore a black court dress and a small black soft hat. Her face was also pale and bloodless, like a ghost.

In Chumen's hand, a gold coin was flipping; this was a Dream Gold Coin he had personally given out once.

"Did your teacher send you?" Chumen asked.

"Yes, respected sir." Maric hid his malice and nodded heavily.

"I did not expect Her to still make such a choice." Chumen was also somewhat surprised. Logically speaking, with this coin present, as long as the "Mother Tree of Desire" did not act personally, there shouldn't have been any accidents.

That could only mean that the Angel herself had made a certain Sacrifice.

"Teacher did it to protect us..." Sharon had no expression, though there were fluctuations of emotion in her tone.

Under the schemes and protection of an Angel, the Temperance Faction was better preserved and scattered across the world, while the two of them came to Backlund carrying the Dream Gold Coin.

"No need to worry about Her; that was Her choice, and it will eventually lead to a beautiful ending."

Chumen shook his head slightly. The worst that could happen to Reinette Tinekerr was becoming a messenger for Mr. Fool.

Considering Mr. Fool's prospects, that could not exactly be called a miserable fate.

Moreover, She was also involved in another of Chumen's schemes.

It was just that in the original plan, the person coming here would have been Reinette Tinekerr, but now it was Her two students.

"However, this is also fine; after all, an Angel is a bit too conspicuous."

Chumen nodded lightly, flicked the Dream Gold Coin in his hand, and it landed in Sharon's hand.

"Keep this coin well, and then go find the Sherlock Detective Agency."

"Now is not the time to deal with the Indulgence Faction."

"Yes!" Sharon and Maric both lowered their heads in response.

"However, you can also start cleaning up the Indulgence Faction in Backlund; the people at the agency will help you."

Sharon and Maric soon took their leave, while Chumen pulled the information recorded on the Dream Gold Coin out from the projection of history.

For two hundred years, this gold coin has remained by Reinette Tinekerr's side, witnessing the century-long struggle between the Indulgence Faction and the Temperance Faction, and also witnessing the "Divine Sin" Sua completely becoming a Sequence 1.

A curtain of light manifested in the air; it was a withered mummy bound to a cross.

On the mummy's body, pink light was extending, and those white bandages, stained with Filth and grease, had formed a painting because of these pink patterns.

It was a bizarre tree formed by the combination of numerous human body tissues and tree parts.

It seemed to be rooted in the mummy's body, locking the mummy firmly in place.

And outside the mummy's body, there seemed to be an imperceptible thread connecting to the other end of space-time.

That is the "Divine Sin" Sua.

Chumen looked at this image intently for a long time.

This is the current state of Tuorzina's erosion by the "Mother Tree of Desire."

In order not to let the "Mother Tree of Desire" notice anything, Chumen could only observe this kind of scene through the eyes of Reinette Tinekerr.

"The situation is not bad." Chumen suddenly smiled, dispersed the curtain of light, and then looked toward Backlund, "But it is not yet the best."