Episode 521: Declaration of war (2)
“Declaration of war? Hahaha!”
At Zero Order’s declaration, Nirva burst into laughter as if she was having fun.
“Your sense of humor has improved a lot in the time we’ve been together. Yeah, there’s nothing strange about it. Because you have had different intentions from me since long ago. Even among fellow apostles, this is especially true.”
“gibberish. “You alone had different intentions than all of us.”
Not all apostles are friendly.
However, this did not mean that he had a seriously hostile relationship with the other apostles.
There is only one exception.
That was Nirva, who was causing the sleeping sickness crisis right now.
“That is a bit misleading. “I, like you, have the same idea of fixing the wrong world to normal.”
“normal? Am I misunderstanding the meaning of the word normal? “What is normal in this world right now?”
“It’s more than that. This is the cradle for the salvation of all. Even lowly people who do not know the truth can receive the grace of the goddess.”
“Does that grace allow you to sleep from which you will never wake up?”
Nirva looked back and nodded.
“The world of dreams is a place where everyone’s hopes are realized. “If living here for the rest of your life isn’t a blessing, what is it?”
“It’s just escapism.”
“This could become a reality. “If the Goddess wakes up again.”
“She’s a goddess.”
Zero Order turned its head and stared at the giant obelisk.
An irregularly shaped lump sleeping beneath it.
Although she looks like that now, she was one of the goddesses who gave dreams to all things.
Until its sovereignty was usurped by its god, Lumensis.
“That’s not a very positive reaction.”
“Didn’t I tell you? “Making everyone live in a dream is just an escape from reality.”
“Aren’t you just jealous that a goddess exists in me?”
Nirva sneered at Zero Order.
“Which apostle is still alive and well now? Is it just you and the dragon princess? It’s a shame. There is no god who is an apostle and whom he serves. So, isn’t he really no different from the devil that people talk about?”
“What do you want to say?”
“The reason you are trying to disturb me is not because of the cause or anything. “I’m saying this because I think it may be for a very personal reason.”
“You’re talking nonsense. “Did you sleep so long that something happened to your hair?”
“My mind is clearer and purer than ever. “Sleep is rest for me, so the longer I sleep, the more normal it is.”
“It’s strange to even say something like that.”
Zero Order turned its back, as if it didn’t want to listen anymore.
In any case, his purpose was to declare war on Nirva and check the state of the depths.
“Are you trying to go?”
“why. “Are you going to catch me?”
“haha. No way. “Why should I do that?”
Nirva’s voice as she said that was full of composure.
The confidence that can only come from someone who has the entire situation in their hands and is in control.
In fact, Nirva was fully qualified to show such arrogance.
“When the Goddess wakes up, all living things on the continent will fall asleep through her power. Aren’t you already looking forward to it? “How will Lumensis react when she sees the birds in her beautiful cage sleeping as if dead?”
“well. “I don’t know anything else, but I know for sure that what you’re doing is no different from that guy from Lumensis.”
“That is a bit of an intolerable insult.”
From the moment the name Lumensis was mentioned, a subtle anger was flowing from Nirva.
To Nirva, Lumensis was a usurper who arbitrarily took his place without even knowing the subject.
The arrogant Lumensis has made this world its own cage or fishbowl.
Just because it is easy to observe.
How can you compare yourself, who has noble will, with someone like that?
Nirva could not help but be extremely displeased.
“It doesn’t matter if you disparage my will as you please. But insulting my goddess is difficult to overcome.”
Hwioooo.
Golden sand began to swirl around Nirva like a storm.
Even in the face of that bloody scene, Zero Order showed no signs of being scared or discouraged.
Nirva also clicked his tongue and gained momentum at the sight of Zero Order.
The Zero Order here is not real anyway.
He simply sent a form that was close to his own alter ego down here.
It would be easy to remove it from here, but even then, there would be no damage to the main body.
“okay. Take the declaration of war seriously. So is that all you have to say? I’m a little disappointed. “I thought you would come down yourself.”
“There are many people other than me who want to kill you. “I also plan to support those guys in my own way.”
“ha ha ha. “It’s the same as before and now, avoiding getting your hands dirty and doing things in a shady way.”
“Think whatever you want.”
Nirva’s words flew behind Zero Order, who was about to leave with those words.
“You know what? Even if I sleep for a long time, I can feel the changes and flows of the outside world. “If you just stay still in this dream world, people’s information and knowledge will come in.”
“What does that mean all of a sudden?”
“What I want to say is this. “For such a long time, from the moment I fell asleep until now, I was able to contemplate the outside world.”
Zero Order turned its head and stared at Nirva.
Nirva grinned at Zero Order.
“I have a rough idea of what your purpose is.”
“….”
“But, like a gentleman, I won’t bother to bring it up. Anyway, when my goddess wakes up, all of that will become meaningless. “But I can make one suggestion.”
“What offer?”
“If you join my will, you too will be able to get what you want in this world. What is it like? Doesn’t this pique your interest?”
Zero Order snorted at those words.
“at all.”
With just those words, Zero Order disappeared from the scene, engulfed in the green light of the ring on his hand.
Nirva stared at the empty seat of the departed Zero Order for a moment and then sat down.
The golden sand formed a chair and supported the frail body.
“You mean the people who want to kill me?”
The fact that Zero Order said something like that probably means that they saved quite capable people.
I don’t know how many there were, but Nirva seemed sure to know one of them.
“It was called Ludger Chelsea.”
I was able to find out basic information about the man through the information I received through the dream.
An outstanding wizard and teacher. At the same time, he is a talented person whose identity is hidden.
However, more than the general appearance, the momentary resistance to the power upset Nirva.
“It’s a strange thing.”
If we had to choose the person with the highest risk, we would have to pick Ludger Chelsea.
And Nirva did not pass over this part in vain.
“Originally, I was planning to take my time and observe the situation, but I think it would be okay to overdo it a little.”
Nirva snapped his fingers.
The sound was so insignificant and weak.
But what about the top?
“Because the small flapping of a butterfly’s wings here will become a storm up there.”
The golden airflow that flowed from the tips of Nirva’s fingers split into five and rose like smoke.
Sentient beings!
Come down. And sink deeper.
Only then will you be able to face your true self.
So get out of this world.
will belong to the eternal world.
* * *
The Dreamwalkers selected as the emergency disaster response team quickly prepared their magic.
“Do not come near here.”
“That golden dust will soon expand its scope. “If you approach, it will only get harder, so back away.”
Dreamwalkers who went on a mission shed their lightness and moved quickly.
The current situation is an unprecedented event that even they cannot ignore.
We had to use all the power of the Dream School to stop it before it escalated further.
“We are ready.”
The Dream School wizards sat in their respective seats on the magic circle drawn on the floor.
They sat down, closed their eyes, and meditated.
“Everyone, stay alert.”
There was no answer to Clara’s question, but that was enough.
Clara Cowen stood in the center of the magic circle and lightly tapped the staff in her hand on the floor.
The wave of magic power that exploded from the tip of the staff mixed with the magic circle and gave off a brilliant green light.
One complete magic circle.
The consciousness of the Dreamwalkers who closed their eyes inside was submerged downward and entered Dreamland.
For a moment, I felt like I was diving beneath an endless sea of mind.
Eventually, the Dreamwalkers were able to reach the upper levels of Dreamland.
The upper level of Dreamland, where endless night exists, was a place they were quite familiar with.
But this time, even the dream walkers couldn’t look relaxed.
“This…”
“The condition is more serious than I thought.”
There were holes all over Dreamland’s upper floors, as if they had been eaten by rats.
Grumble.
The corner of that huge, towering mountain collapsed.
Debris fell into a huge hole in the floor along with a cloud of smoke.
It was originally a huge sinkhole, but has now grown to the point where it swallows an entire mountain.
“What happened to Dreamland….”
“The upper layer of Dreamland itself could not withstand the excessive load.”
Clara responded to Zandman’s mumbling.
“Too many people’s minds have fallen into the upper world. As a result, the load it could bear was higher than it should have been, and it began to break.”
“If this is the case, isn’t the surface layer also dangerous?”
“I guess so. If the middle pillar disappears, the ceiling will collapse in an instant. But…”
Clara felt something strange about the half-ruined landscape of the upper floor.
The upper layer itself does not become desolate to this extent simply because a lot of people have fallen.
Unless there is some other reason other than that.
‘The huge vibration I saw in my dream that day. Is it because of that?’
Before Clara could finish worrying, one of the Dreamwalkers shouted.
“master! “I see survivors over there!”
As I shifted my gaze, I saw people gathering in the distance.
The Dreamwalkers slowly approached the group of survivors.
“There are fewer people than you think?”
Zandman took a quick look at the people and was puzzled by the number of survivors, which was smaller than expected.
The fact that the entire Lederbelk people were immersed here meant that the number was in the hundreds of thousands.
However, the number visible to the eye did not seem to be even 100,000.
Of course, it was a large number, but there was a big difference between at least 500,000 and less than 100,000.
“Who are you all?”
At that time, a fat middle-aged man came through the crowd.
Zandman stepped forward.
“We are dreamwalkers belonging to the dream school. “I came forward to resolve this situation.”
A look of relief appeared on the middle-aged man’s face when he heard the word ‘Dreamwalker’.
“Heh heh! You’re welcome! “Then is it possible to get out of here?”
“I’ll have to see that, but who are you? “Is this person in charge of this position?”
“Hehehe. My name is Hugo Bourtegue, and I am a teacher in Seorn. Have you ever heard of it?”
It was a question I asked with some confidence, but the answer I got back was not very clear.
“I don’t know?”
“Are you saying you don’t know the Marquis de Bourtegue?”
“Does anyone know?”
Zandman asked the school wizards.
“I don’t know.”
“Where is it?”
“Is this a famous place?”
At that time, a dream school wizard shouted.
“ah! “It’s called Seorn!”
“Seorn? “Isn’t that where our youngest goes?”
“iced coffee. “So, is this a fellow co-worker named Ludger Chelisi?”
“That’s right!”
Hugo’s expression distorted miserably as he picked up the words.
You think of Ludger first when you hear the name Seorn, without knowing Marquis de Bourtegue?
‘How far does that person go…!’
I felt like my honor and pride as a noble were being tarnished.
But Hugo wasn’t stupid either, so he didn’t get annoyed in this situation.
First of all, if the wizards in front of you are really Dreamwalkers as they introduced.
Because it will allow you to escape from this terrible world as quickly as possible.
“So when can we go out?”
“Where are the others?”
In response to Zandman’s question, Hugo’s eyes widened as if asking why he was asking that.
Still, I answered politely, knowing that the other person was a wizard of quite high rank.
“People fell into holes in the floor and fell down there.”
“It’s a hole…”
“Quite a few people disappeared into the first hole that appeared, and after that, bigger and bigger holes were created. With earthquakes. “If we don’t get out of here quickly, we’ll all be swept away too!”
Although there was a bit of exaggeration in Hugo’s words, he still conveyed the truth.
The Dreamwalkers exchanged glances with each other with serious faces.
They went beyond the surface and immediately reached the upper level, but more than half of the city’s population fell below?
“It looks like it was swept into the middle layer.”
The Dreamwalkers’ expressions became even more stiff at Clara’s words.
If you are on the middle floor of Dreamland, then the environment is difficult for the general public to handle.
I didn’t know how many of those who fell would survive.
“Did everyone hear that?”
Zandman summed up the situation.
“First of all, we have to divide people here. “If people have fallen to the middle floor, there is no time to hang out in a place like this. Divide up quickly and prepare to go down.”
At those words, the Dreamwalkers placed the items they had brought with them on the floor.
It was a large case bag that could fit a whole person.
“What about that?”
Hugo stared at the case with expectant eyes.
It must be important as it is an item that the Dreamwalkers brought with them in this situation.
It was inevitable that it looked like a rope of salvation.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s not what you’re expecting, so stop paying attention.”
Zandtmann struck first before Hugo could say anything.
“Then what is that?”
“If I say wetsuit, will you understand?”
“wet suit?”
Zandmann opened one of the cases, perhaps deciding that it would be quicker to show rather than explain.
Hugo’s eyes widened when he saw what was inside.
“It is the best magical tool used by Dreamwalkers.”
Hugo couldn’t say anything.
His trembling eyes were fixed as if nails were written on the item contained in the case.
[Ludger Chelisi]
Because I realized who the magic tool called a diving suit was made for.
