Chapter 635 – The Bottom of the Dreamland

Chapter 635 – The Bottom of the Dream Realm
Shirley felt like she had been sinking in a darkness for a long time – all the way down, as if the whole world had suddenly turned into a void, and she would be in a permanent slumber in the midst of this sinking.

Until a great strength suddenly came from her arms, and Dog’s voice rang directly in her head, “Shirley! Wake up! Wake up! Don’t sleep!!!”

Sherry finally woke up from that ever-sinking dream, and then her whole body practically jumped in place, “Dog! Fire! The city’s on fire again!”

The horrific scene of flames spreading across the sky seemed to still burn in her lingering memories, the horrific pressure of the entire city being engulfed in flames made her heart thump, and she couldn’t remember how long it had been since she’d had a nightmare like that, so much so that in the moment of awakening she wasn’t sure if she’d already woken up or if she’d fallen into her next nightmare of impending combustion.

But Dog’s voice pulled her back from her panic, “Sherry, there’s no more fire, it was just a dream, there’s no big fire here now ……”

Shirley finally came fully awake, she shook her head, the scene in front of her was still a bit blurry, but she could see the lush greenery in her field of vision, she heard the chirping of the water running in her ears, and she saw Dog beside her – this made her finally let go of her mind, and subconsciously leaned against Dog while catching a few breaths of air: “That fucking scared the shit out of me …… So what was that all about before …… Why is the city suddenly all on fire? Now we ……”

“We’re in the Dream of the Nameless.” Lucrecia’s voice suddenly came from the side, causing Sherry, who was chanting, to stop instantly.

Shirley looked up in the direction of the voice, and as the odd blurring in her vision finally faded, she saw that the “witch” lady was standing on a tree stump not far away, and at the same time she could make out the lush forest around her, as well as a stream flowing through a clearing not far away.

After two or three seconds, Shirley finally realized what the situation was, and she hesitantly stood up straight, observing the surrounding forest scenery while whispering, “We’re back in this forest again?”

Immediately after, she suddenly thought of something else, her face suddenly panicked, “Wait, what about the real world side? We’re in a dream again now, so is the city ‘out there’ still on fire ……”

“There is no such thing as the real world anymore, Shirley, at least for Lightwind Harbor at this moment, reality has been swallowed up by Silantis’ power,” Lucrecia calmly looked at the girl who was panicking again and explained patiently, “Remember? When my father contacted us earlier, he told us that Lightwind Harbor in the real world had disappeared – from that point on, we had fallen into Silantis’ dream world along with the entire city, and that the forests that had invaded the city-states, and the city-states that had been invaded by the forests, were all part of the dream world.”

Shirley’s face held confusion, as if she hadn’t smoothed out the state of affairs in front of her for a while, but Lucrecia just shook her head gently at the sight, “Just like before when the elves in the city-state would disappear into thin air after nightfall – those who are swallowed by Silantis’ dream world disappear into the real world, but we always thought we could ‘vanish’ in This form of ‘disappearance’ is only the elves, now it seems …… that even the city-state itself can ‘dream’ under the influence of the ancient gods.”

Sherry finally slowly opened her eyes wide, the fact that the entire city-state had been swallowed up by the dream world made her feel doubly horrified, and after a long time, she only spoke with an expression of bemusement, “So …… what’s the situation now? How did we get to this place again ……”

“This is another layer of the dream realm – Shirley, look up, this is no longer the ‘forest’ we are familiar with.”

Listening to Ms. Witch’s words, Shirley finally realized with hindsight that there was something different about the scenery in the forest, and noticed the …… strange “sky” that was revealed from among the treetops.

She hesitantly raised her head, and a boundless, amazing structure supported by huge branches and trunks that looked like mountains in the sky came into her eyes.

It was like another forest hanging upside down in the sky, the amazing scale of the canopy structure intertwined into another land above the plains and mountain ranges, and there were vines and light spore clusters emitting radiant light hanging down from the treetops, and the starry radiant light illuminated every corner under the canopy, and the branches whose diameters and lengths were impossible to visually measure crossed the field of vision, and intersected at the very far end to become a giant peak-like “tree trunk”. “In the spreading path of that branch, there were countless “thin branches” falling down, all the way down to the earth.

Those “thin branches” dropping place, will grow full of dense plants, in the sky under the canopy, forming a forest.

“This …… this thing ……” Shirley opened her mouth and stuttered several times before finally organizing her words, “Silentis! ”

“Yes, Silentis, we’ve finally met her,” Lucrecia raised her head, quietly gazing at the “canopy” that almost completely covered the sky, and the structures that could be seen between the canopy, as if they were man-made buildings or settlements, “This is the “canopy” that sleeps in the sky, the “canopy” that covers the sky, the “canopy” that covers the sky, and the structures that can be seen between the canopy, as if they were man-made buildings or settlements. “This is the Tree of the World …… that sleeps deep in the memories of the elven race is even more spectacular than I imagined.”

“Wait, I’m a bit messed up, I have to smooth it out ……,” Shirley said quickly, while at the same time involuntarily looking up at the astonishingly huge tree that seemed to be able to cover the entire world, “We’ve now reached the Nameless One’s Dream of a deeper level, where the real Silantis sleeps, and then what? Let’s go talk to this tree? See if she can continue to sleep?”

Lucrecia, however, did not open her mouth to respond, but sank down with a serious face.

“Rabbi.”

The rabbit’s voice immediately responded in her mind, “Rabi is listening oh~”

“What’s the situation on that ship right now? What are those cultists doing?”

“Rabi was just about to report to you, the situation here seems to be a bit strange ……” The rabbit’s voice sounded lowered, as if it was carefully responding while hiding from the sight of someone, “Those cultists Suddenly they’re all hiding in the room, and the rabbit heard them saying something about …… the Saints sensing a bad omen in their destiny, and that all operations have been temporarily halted, and something about a warning coming from the Final Preacher that a new great void is about to appear, and that they need to stay away from it as soon as possible …… “

“Bad omen? Stay away from the Great Hollow?” Lucrecia’s eyes instantly changed slightly, “You mean the cultists sensed some kind of danger and are running away?”

“It seems so, the ship is running at full speed in a certain direction, before it had been just drifting slowly,” the rabbi said cautiously, “Mistress, the rabbi suddenly panicked a bit, the rabbi wouldn’t have been exposed, would he? Could it be that the cultists have sensed Rabi’s presence and been scared off ……”

“No, you’re not worthy yet,” Lucrecia said without hesitation, “You’re not even a match for that ‘Saint’ – that ‘Saint’ is afraid that he has gotten some other kind of information ……” “Then …… what should the rabbi do now?” The rabbit’s voice sounded as if it was really a bit terrified, this evil spirit that specialized in acting in nightmares seemed to suffer greatly in the real world, “It seems that these cultists don’t intend to enter the Dream of the Nameless One any more, and there’s no way for the rabbi to return to you through the dream world again …… “

“Hide honestly and I’ll come back for you,” Lucrecia said quickly, “Don’t worry, I’ll appear before you – and if I can’t find you, my father will, don’t forget that you have seen him. See what I mean?”

As soon as the words left her side, the nightmare bunny let out a near-broken scream, “The rabbi understands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Lucrecia ended the communication with an expressionless face.

Shirley was still standing nervously next to her, seemingly waiting for a response from the “witch”.

“The Annihilationists seem to have sensed something, and they’ve paused in their actions,” Lucrecia exhaled softly and said to Shirley, “We don’t know yet what has changed in the actions of the other group of Sun Followers.”

Shirley reacted for a moment after hearing that and spoke with less certainty, “That means we don’t have to worry about encountering those Annihilationists here?”

Lucrecia, however, just gave her a calm look, and spoke only after two seconds, “No, it means that this dream world has changed beyond that group of cultists’ plans – once again, they’ve made a big mess they can’t even clean up themselves, and we… . are now in that big basket.”

Shirley was startled by the sudden, somewhat somber tone of the Witch of the Sea, and she froze, just as a slight clattering sound suddenly caught her attention.

The sound was coming from the direction of the stream, and at first it sounded as if it was just the normal sound of water.

But soon, a strange noise appeared in that water sound, and the noise spread around again, and seemed to start affecting the dirt, rocks, and shrubs around the stream ……

Sherry saw tentacles made of flesh and blood rising from that stream.

The dirt began to wriggle like the epidermis of a mollusk.

There were sharp teeth chewing on something in the shadows of the bushes.

And in the closest tree to her, at the end of the greenish branches, the leaves slowly opened their eyes.

Shirley drew in a slow, cool breath.

The entire forest seemed to have begun to writhe.

She finally let out a mid-air scream, “I know why those cultists aren’t coming – RUN!!!”

……

Vanna opened her eyes in a cloud of wind and sand.

It was as if the impression of a sudden fire in the city still lingered in her mind, as if the noise and explosions coming from the streets still echoed in her ears, but after a long moment of darkness and a feeling of falling, she realized that she was once again back in that familiar place.

“Traveler, we meet again.”

A familiar voice came to her ears, and as the wind and sand died down along with it, Vanna looked up and once again saw the pale giant clad in tattered cloth robes.

In the first moment, Vanna figured out the current situation.

She had fallen from the city-state where she had entered the dream to a deeper level of this dream.

“This is our last meeting, traveler.” The giant said again.

(End of chapter)