Episode 551 Dream Compatibility (1)
“Oh. really!”
Sheridan kicked the floor in frustration.
“Hans, you bastard. Just hope I catch you! “He died in my hands!”
Sheridan gritted his teeth as he remembered Hans, who had disappeared.
Hans was definitely with him until he was swept away by the sands of Nirva.
However, when he came to his senses, the only person left by his side was Ludger, who had fallen asleep.
Sheridan couldn’t sit still like this, so he walked through the labyrinth with Ludger on his back.
Because of the size difference, Ludger’s legs dragged on the floor, but whatever.
It was better than dragging me by my legs.
If Hans had been there, she wouldn’t have had to do this hard work.
When Sheridan met Hans, he planned to return more than the pain he had experienced.
“You idiot.”
Although I was annoyed, I didn’t know why Hans was away.
Hans, who was more loyal to Ludger than anyone else, could not have run away and left him behind.
That fool thought he couldn’t control his instincts, so he ran away on purpose.
Because he didn’t want to go out of his way and hurt someone like before.
“You’re cocky. “Who cares about whom?”
Sheridan was planning to catch Hans, who had run away, at least by force.
If you don’t listen, I’ll hit you, and if you get reckless, I’ll at least put a leash on you.
With that in mind, Seridan, who was carrying Ludger, decided to fix this uncomfortable posture first.
“Let me see.”
After thinking for a while, Seridan decided to make a ‘stretcher’ to drag the injured person.
I couldn’t find any ingredients around here, but it didn’t matter because this was Dreamland.
“stretcher. stretcher. stretcher.”
Sheridan closed his eyes tightly, muttering to himself.
Things like bombs could be made right away without having to close your eyes, but other things required a lot of concentration.
“stretcher!”
When I opened my eyes and shouted like that, a stretcher had been created next to Ludger to carry the injured person.
It looked somewhat sloppy and crude, but it seemed capable of performing its role as a tool.
Sheridan whimpered with his small body and placed Ludger on the stretcher.
Then, he tied the rope at the end around his waist and started walking again.
Sloppy.
Because it was easier to carry than when he was carried directly on his back, Seridan’s steps were much lighter.
“More than that, when will Nari wake up?”
A rare sight unfolded: a petite dwarf girl dragging a grown man on a stretcher.
* * *
“It’s so hard to get together once.”
Alex finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the members gathered in one place.
It took a considerable amount of time to merge in a three-dimensional maze-like space.
Not only was the space itself strangely distorted, but because they were only talking about what they wanted to say, the delay was twice as long as it should have been.
“and. “The sight you see here is different, isn’t it?”
When Arpa grabbed the railing and tried to look down, Violetta hastily stopped him.
“Hey! Arpa! “Don’t wander around as you please!”
Arfa pouted her lips at Tyra’s words.
“If you were a teacher, you would have explained it kindly.”
“I am not the owner. And in times like these, individual action is not possible?”
While watching Violetta nagging Arpa, Alex muttered those words without even realizing it.
“What kind of mother are you?”
Violetta’s head turned when she heard those words.
Alex’s shoulders flinched involuntarily at the sight of her twinkling expression.
“You can’t be a mother to someone who isn’t even married!”
“Uh no. It’s just… similar. I’m not saying that’s actually the case. ha ha ha.”
Arpa, who was listening to the words next to him, seemed to be contemplating something and then said with a smile on his face.
“It certainly seems like that!”
Arpa honestly revealed what he was thinking.
“Then are you the father?”
“What what…?”
“If you have a mom, it’s natural to have a dad, right? And to me, the only person who is like a father is my teacher.”
Arpa asked cautiously, looking at Violetta’s notice.
“Oh, did I say something rude?”
“That’s hmm. “Not really.”
Violetta, who quickly managed her expression, spoke in a soft voice.
A completely different reaction from when I glared at Alex a moment ago.
“Hmm. Arpa? In a situation like this, you shouldn’t act too arbitrarily. got it?”
Now, isn’t even her tone of voice becoming calmer, as if she has truly become a mother?
“…Hi. “They are doing well.”
Alex shook his head.
What matters now is how to escape this bizarre space.
No, there is a way out.
All you have to do is hold on to one of the doors scattered everywhere and move it.
But I wasn’t sure if it was the right path.
What if I open it by mistake and it falls into a strange place again?
“I don’t even know where this is in the first place.”
Franz, who was supposed to explain this, was left behind and couldn’t even meet Ludger, whom he was supposed to meet.
‘If this is the case, the people here will have no choice but to put their heads together and coordinate their opinions as much as possible.’
But since I had no knowledge, I had no choice but to ask someone else for advice.
Alex stared at Pantos for a moment.
“what?”
“No, no.”
“…?”
Alex’s gaze turned to Arpa and Violetta.
Not there either.
It didn’t seem like those two people had any extensive knowledge about this place.
Finally, Alex’s gaze turned to Bella Luna.
His eyes did not stay on Bella Luna for more than a second and left naturally.
“…hey. “Why aren’t you saying anything to me?”
Realizing that she had been ignored, Bella Luna asked Alex harshly.
Alex answered slyly as if he had no idea what was going on.
“uh? When did I?”
“You did it! “You had something to say when you saw me a little while ago, but you just swallowed it and moved on!”
“No way. “I just didn’t think you knew much about this.”
“Excuse me! “I, too, have my own way of knowing about this place!”
“what?!”
Alex opened his eyes in surprise.
Violetta and Arpa were equally surprised.
“…is it real?”
Pantos also uncrossed his arms and listened to Bella Luna.
“…I feel like my evaluation is strange, but I’m probably mistaken, right?”
“No, that’s…”
Wouldn’t it be okay to think about your usual behavior?
Alex barely managed to swallow the words past his throat.
“…It’s an illusion. So what do you know about this place?”
“Mr. Franz said that. “This world is all just a dream.”
“When did you two talk?”
“As we came down together, I asked everything I was curious about. “You answered better than I expected?”
Alex was dumbfounded.
Although he formed a temporary alliance with Franz, they were not trustworthy.
So I didn’t try to keep the conversation going for a long time, but it seemed like this tactless elf girl couldn’t hold back her curiosity and asked everything behind her back.
“This place is a prison-like labyrinth created by the dream demon. Of course, everything that makes up this place is related to dreams.”
“yes?”
“That means these doors are most likely passageways that lead to other dreams.”
Logical and persuasive words.
Everyone listened to Bella Luna.
“I think that in order to escape from here, you have to enter any door and break through to the world beyond.”
“Why did you think that?”
“Dreams are something you have to wake up from eventually. Mr. Franz said so. “That is the foundation of dreams.”
“The fundamental thing is to wake up. hmm. “It strangely makes sense.”
“Opening the door and heading beyond is dreaming a new dream. And as we wake up from there, our consciousness gradually rises to the surface.”
“Is this because it is a prison created for that purpose?”
Alex stroked his chin.
There seemed to be nothing wrong with what Bella Luna said. There wasn’t enough evidence to prove that statement, but Alex’s instinctive sense was screaming that it was true.
The intuition that developed upon entering the level of master also supported Bella Luna.
The fact that Alex made that judgment also meant that Pantos also made the same judgment.
“Then I guess we have to hit it first.”
“Of course! If you see so many doors, each one probably has different characteristics. “Of these, you just need to choose the least dangerous one as possible.”
Bella Luna got excited as everyone paid attention to what she was saying.
She stood in front of the nearest door and spoke excitedly.
“My guess is that this door is the safest!”
As I said that and opened the door, I heard a roar coming from beyond the door.
Wow!
A strong wind accompanied by a roar shook Bella Luna’s hair roughly.
bang.
Bella Luna closed the door again and smiled awkwardly.
“Hmm. “I think it’s a different door.”
“no. “I just like that door.”
“Mr. Far Pantos?”
Pantos stood in front of Bella Luna.
His eyes were fixed on the door.
To be exact, it was focused on the entity that had screamed a moment ago.
“There’s great game in there.”
Inside the door that Bella Luna opened was a jungle with humid air.
It was surprising that a completely different landscape unfolded, but Pantos didn’t even care about that.
The only thing that matters is that the prey that will make your heart beat appears right before your eyes.
“B but…!”
“Wouldn’t it be nice to break through and see the world beyond the door anyway? Then there is no need to bother looking elsewhere.”
Isn’t it?
Pantos looked at Belaruna with eyes that seemed to be asking for consent.
However, even though he only said he agreed, his sharp blue eyes were full of determination to use force if people did not agree with what he said.
Bella Luna felt suffocated and asked others for help.
But everyone just shook their heads.
“Isn’t it important to just go to the capital anyway?”
“We don’t have a choice anyway.”
“Jungle exploration! “I think it’ll be interesting!”
The result was decided by a majority vote.
Bella Luna slumped her shoulders.
“Goes.”
Pantos opened the door and went inside first.
The group followed behind them, and Bella Luna took the last reluctant step.
* * *
The huge prison created by Nirva swallowed up people endlessly.
infinite prison.
Or a dream labyrinth.
The world where space was distorted and all kinds of dreams were mixed together was somehow dreamy and yet enough to evoke a sense of fear.
“Maybe we should?”
Tacie crouched down and hugged her knees with her arms.
She looked completely different from her usual lively appearance.
But there was no one to comfort Tayce.
The reactions of other students around her were not much different from hers.
The two people watching the scene muttered quietly.
“This is a big deal.”
“I see.”
There are only two people who remain sane.
Aidan and Flora Lumos.
The two people, who did not lose their senses even in this situation, wondered how to get out of here.
“Wouldn’t it be better to go through any door first?”
Brave Aidan insisted that he do something because he couldn’t sit still like this.
“no. You checked it a little while ago. “Beyond the door lies a completely different world.”
I had already opened the door and checked.
I looked through a total of three doors, and a different world unfolded each time.
Deep in the deep sea.
A rocky valley where desolate sandstorms blow.
A swamp full of poison.
No matter where you went, the environment was so extreme that an ordinary person could not survive even an hour and would die.
“If this many people move at once, there are bound to be victims.”
Flora, who values minimal safety, insisted that we should not move hastily right away.
Aidan thought that was right, so he agreed.
“But if things continue like this, everyone will go crazy with anxiety.”
“…yes. “That’s the problem.”
It is realistically impossible to sit still and wait for rescue.
So, you have to be prepared to take risks, but will people really follow your wishes?
‘If it were Mr. Ludger, he would have swayed everyone here with his charisma.’
Flora suddenly remembered that thought and shook her head.
‘There’s someone I’d like to ask to play a role, and it seems like it’s me.’
Flora’s eyes turned to the Third Princess Erendir, who was crouching in the corner.
No matter how much she is the princess, it must be difficult for her to maintain her senses in a situation like this.
My anxiety must be even worse because I can’t even see the child named Line that I usually go with.
At that time, Aidan seemed to have remembered something and came up with an idea.
“Let’s just tear down the wall!” “Maybe we can find out something then?”
“what? “Say something that makes sense.”
“With my magic, I can do it!”
Aidan decided that if things continued like this, it would be neither porridge nor rice, so he took out a staff from his belt and held it.
“sleep…!”
Flora tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
Aidan swung his anti-magic energy towards the wall.
It was fortunate that the wand didn’t break, but surprisingly the wall split, revealing a neat cross section.
Beyond the wall, there was a three-dimensional space similar to where I was currently staying, not another world.
Success? So easy?
It was at that moment that Flora, whose eyes widened in confusion, heard a sound.
A sound came from beyond the dark space that Aidan had opened.
Sloppy.
“What is it? What are you talking about?”
Students stared across the divided space with frightened faces.
Something is coming.
Flora bit her lip and prepared a spell.
Aidan, who split the space, also tensed and strengthened his hand holding the cane.
Something suddenly popped out through the crack.
“huh? what? “What gap is there here?”
What appeared was a girl so young that her nervousness was insignificant.
White hair with cute pigtails and brown skin.
The students were taken aback by the appearance of Sheridan Iron Pit.
“Huh, little one?”
“Tsk sha. “Wait a minute. Can someone help me with this?”
What was even more surprising was that the dwarf girl was dragging something with a rope attached to her waist.
The students were even more shocked when they saw the person shown up on a stretcher.
“Mr. Ludger?!”
Why are you out there?
