Episode 505 Dangerous thing in the depths (2)
The swaying space created a landscape as if reflecting something on the surface of the water.
Rudgar’s eyes widened.
“This is…”
“You came to ask me to find this, so you must have seen it once, right?”
Rudger nodded.
The surrounding scenery is a fragmentary sight that Ludger saw through the fragments of the Relic.
It was the depths of Dreamland.
It wasn’t quite like what I saw then.
As you can infer from the mottled mix of colors here and there, the scenery here changes frequently.
But the grasslands, forests and deserts are sparsely mixed, ruined ruins and colorful skies.
I couldn’t think of any other place.
Rudger wondered.
“I have heard that only one person has ever seen this spectacle. But how can you implement something similar to this? Somehow…”
“Do you want to say that I have been to the depths of Dream Land?”
“It’s so sophisticated that I can’t help but think so.”
“Hall hall. It wouldn’t be strange if you thought so. But if you know anything about dreams, you quickly realize that it’s not like that. Let’s walk for a while.”
Clara took the lead, tapping her wand.
Rudger also walked behind Clara.
The two walked in a space that imitated the depths of Dreamland.
It is said that he imitated it, but Ludger wanted to capture the landscape as much as possible.
‘It’s amazing.’
This spectacle is a kind of magic embodied in a tiny bit by bringing dreams into reality.
However, the sensations felt were as vivid as reality.
It is said that one simply cannot feel the five senses in a dream, but when first entering this space, the five senses reacted as if they were mixed together.
With such a simple thing, it was difficult to judge what was a dream and what was reality.
This place is real, but it was also a dream at the same time.
dream and reality.
A place that is both and neither.
“You look confused.”
“….”
“Are you wondering if this is a dream or reality?”
Clara knew what Ludger was thinking even though she never looked back.
He didn’t answer, but it was actually an affirmative silence.
Clara replied that she knew that.
“Everyone thinks the same way. Because my room is a little different from reality. But unlike normal people, you are more calm. I’m not panicking, I’m trying to analyze where this place is somehow.”
“Because that’s where I need to go.”
“But does it matter? It is a dream and a reality, and only the fact that you are seeing it in front of your eyes at this moment is the truth.”
There was an intelligence in Clara’s voice that was hard to fathom.
At the same time, it was telling me that this space was by no means an ordinary place.
“Only this moment is true…”
Rudger muttered to Clara.
When we got out of the dreamy forest that seemed to have risen from the still water mist of dawn, what was unfolding was a sandy beach.
The sky over the golden dunes was still full of stars.
The Milky Way was a mixture of purple and blue-pink, and it was beautiful like a painting.
I walked up the sand dunes. It was like standing in the middle of a desert at dawn.
Shaa.
The wind blew and the sandy ridges of the desert moved to and fro in the wind.
The sand moved like waves.
Scattered stone structures have emerged throughout the turbulent Dead Sea.
It was an old ruin.
A half-collapsed stone column. An arched structure that has been eaten away by the wind. A dome-shaped roof full of holes.
I couldn’t understand how in the world such a structure could exist in a dream.
“Isn’t it amazing? Dreamland must be in people’s dreams, but there are ruins like that in it.”
“Is it because it is influenced by the human unconscious?”
“I guess so. It is an established theory that Dream Land was created when humans began to dream after they were born.”
“I have heard of the origin of Dreamland. It is said that it was created from the time when humans who could think for the first time appeared and when they began to divide the conscious and unconscious.”
“It’s like sediment in the lower reaches of the river. In the flow of time and history, countless lives repeat birth and death. Little by little, a world was created in it, like sand deposits.”
Dream Land was, after all, a huge world where all human thoughts were gathered.
This was the reason why different people could enter the same Dreamland even if they dreamed in different places.
It is a place where all human spirits are united.
It’s the same with those stars that are piled high in the sky right now.
It was that star that shaped the dreams of people who were sleeping somewhere.
Clara continued.
“But this dreamland was not created only by humans. Because it’s not just humans who have dreams.”
“Are you talking about sub-species?”
“They dream too. Even animals that cannot speak have dreams. So, the origin of this Dreamland can be seen as not being the first of mankind. It was probably made much earlier than humans were born, and humans were just the first to discover this space.”
How many sand ridges did he cross?
This time, a vast field spread out.
“It was a pretty interesting reasoning. But I am not here to know the origins of Dreamland.”
“okay. I was wondering how to get to the depths.”
It was an attitude that could have been quite rude, but Clara accepted it with a big smile.
Clara, who was leading the way, stopped.
Ludger, who was following him, also stopped.
“Didn’t I just tell you? There are sleeping beings in this world who should never open their eyes.”
“yes. It was.”
“That is it.”
Clara’s gaze turned to the front.
Rudger was finally able to find something across the field.
It was a very large structure.
At the same time, he remembered what Marias had said to Rudger earlier.
“That’s…”
A gigantic structure standing alone in the depths of Dreamland.
Resembling an obelisk, unlike other ruins, it boasted a smooth surface even in wind and waves.
It was pitch black, and the green light flowing softly along the pattern engraved in the gap was not ordinary at first glance.
“What is that?”
“I call that a stake.”
“pile?”
I strangely agreed with the word pile, but I had one question.
“Isn’t a stake usually used to receive something?”
“yes. And use it to immobilize it.”
Clara took a step back.
Ludger naturally followed her as she headed toward the stake.
“You mean there’s something near that pile? Is there something you just said you can’t open your eyes about?”
“You understand quickly.”
“That is strange. If so, what is it and who the hell put that stake?”
“That is also a problem we have to solve.”
The stake that stood tall was getting closer.
I thought it was huge even when I saw it from a distance, but when I got closer, the size was beyond my imagination.
A gigantic size comparable to the World Tree.
Even if I bent my head to see how high the stake was, I couldn’t see the end.
However, Rudger’s gaze was naturally directed downward rather than upward.
down the huge pile.
Because there was ‘something’ there.
“That’s…”
Rudger’s voice sounded wary.
“What is it?”
Even Ludgar, who had seen a lot of things, couldn’t help but express his doubts the moment he saw that.
That’s because that something didn’t take any definite shape at all.
“I don’t know either. I just know it’s very dangerous.”
Embedded under the stake was something dark.
It is like a gas or a liquid that has not been properly implemented in shape.
Would it feel like that if a child roughly clumps mud mixed with filth near a wastewater treatment plant?
It looked like it would wriggle and move if you touched it right away.
It was basically a dark shade, but on top of that, a bizarre mixture of colors.
It was like watching oil floating on water.
“Don’t worry. It’s been dormant since it was discovered. No, perhaps the word “seal” is correct.”
That disembodied thing was impaled on a stake and slept soundly.
“Have you heard of the Dreamwalker who first entered the depths?”
“…yes. He said he dived into the depths and saw something huge.”
“okay. This scene also brought the scenery he saw as it is.”
“If you brought it…”
“It’s already been several decades.”
Clara’s voice murmured like that, filled with longing and sadness for the past.
“The name of the wizard who entered the depths of Dreamland is Nathaniel. He was the former head of the Dream School and my husband.”
“…Did he see all of this?”
“It is. This is the last artifact he left behind. And it is also a warning. You must never go into the depths…”
Rudger nodded.
But I was curious. Why did Nathaniel think of going into the depths?
According to the information Marias Selmore gave me, it was because of the exploration of the new world.
Was it really for that reason?
“Why are you telling me all this when it’s such a dangerous place?”
“If I say this, you think you’ll take the risk and give up on your own?”
Clara let out a light laugh.
“My child, you will never stop even if I show you this sight. i can tell You see the same side of him as Nathaniel. The choices they make are the same. Even if there is destruction at the end, we will keep going.”
Clara turned her head to face Ludger.
Those eyes belonged to someone who fully understood Rudger.
“Isn’t it?”
“…”
“You’re a shy kid. This is different from Nathaniel. When he said this, he smiled broadly and affirmed it.”
“I am not that person.”
“I guess so.”
Clara shifted her gaze to the huge stake.
“There are quite a few Dreamwalkers in our Dream School. And they are all excellent wizards. Recently, Julia, the youngest, has been showing outstanding prominence. Perhaps she will be able to become a master of the School of Dreams in the near future.”
“yes. I know that by hearing it.”
“But there was one more mage who was expected like Julia in the first place. He was also young, full of guns, and full of talent.”
“If there was one more…”
“That child’s name is Franz. The adopted son of Nathaniel and I, he was once the most promising Dream Walker.”
Franz?
It was definitely the first time I had heard that name.
But Rudger seemed to have a vague idea of who he was.
“The child wanted to somehow explore the depths of Dreamland, which drove her father crazy. But when I didn’t allow it, he eventually left the Dream School and tried to continue his research on his own.”
“That means that even now Franz is still conducting in-depth investigations.”
“okay. And someday I will jump in there.”
“Do you want me to stop him?”
“All old people, how can you force the way of young people? But I just want someone else to go instead of me if that happens anyway.”
“You were a harsher person than I thought.”
“You want to go inside and I want someone else to send in place of Franz. Are there conditions that are more suitable for each other than these?”
Rudger stared at the stake.
The Franz Clara is talking about is probably the man who was by Zero Order’s side.
In order to explore the depths of Dream Land, they must have joined hands with Zero Order to create a dwelling on the surface of Dream Land with dream magic.
‘I can’t believe his goal is also Dreamland.’
If it comes to zero to help with that.
Does Zero Order also mean that Dreamland has a purpose?
What the hell does Zero Order want?
At the same time, what he really wants to find is in Dreamland and that the evil Zero Order is involved in it.
‘Is this really just a coincidence?’
At that moment, Rudger saw.
“hmm?”
Something of an indeterminate shape that had been stuck in a stake.
Something very subtle, but procrastinating.
“Isn’t that moving now?”
“Did you move?”
Clara asked, puzzled by that statement.
“No way. It stayed asleep. I’ve seen this sight many times, but it never moved. Above all, this is just a realization of a scene recorded in the past with my magic.”
This is the embodiment of Nathaniel’s dreamscape.
To put it bluntly, it was like replaying a videotape that had been filmed in the past.
Clara said that it had never moved before.
Then, of course, it was correct not to move.
“But just…”
But Rudgar clearly saw that something of an irregular shape wriggling.
okay. like right now
Bogrrr.
Bubbling bubbles appeared on the surface of the irregular existence.
Something popped up on the surface where bubbles burst several times.
It was an eyeball.
Dozens of large and small pupils looked around and stared at Ludger at the same time.
“….”
“….”
Neither Clara nor Ludger were stunned and unable to speak.
It was a sight that was so sudden and beyond common sense.
That moment.
Intense pain stabbed Ludger’s skull.
“Kuk!”
Rudger unconsciously grabbed his head with one hand and lowered his head.
────! ──!─────!!!
A voice rang in Rudgar’s head along with ear-splitting tinnitus.
A voice that could never be heard because of the seal.
