Episode 561 Nursery Lime (1)
The [Nursery Lime] used by Noksanna gave dreams to everyone.
What most people had was a nightmare.
They struggled in their dreams, unable to escape, and were forced to revisit painful memories of the past over and over again.
Didn’t kill it.
Noksanna, the goddess of death and dreams, was a goddess who was generous to humans.
Even if humans reveal their teeth to him, he chooses to subdue them instead of killing them.
Because dreams embrace everything.
Even though it may be painful now, you will be happy again when everything is over.
However, there was a fact that Noksanna overlooked.
That there was a person who did not break down even in any nightmare.
That they choose cruel reality over sweet dreams.
She didn’t know.
The more one ignores a painful dream, the more one becomes immersed in pain.
But Ludger and Clara Franz did not.
They did not ignore their wounds.
Holding the wounds of the past in my arms every moment of every day.
Because that’s how I lived.
That small mistake created a variable.
One by one, the people who had fainted began to come to their senses.
If the current situation had continued a little longer, all those who fainted would have been mentally broken and lost their will to fight.
However, thanks to Ludger and Clara Franz’s quick action, people were able to come to their senses in time.
The emotions of those who opened their eyes were not agitation, fear, or doubt.
It was intense anger.
Compared to God, humans are insignificant.
But no matter how much it was, there was no one who would tolerate playing with other people’s memories like this.
Just as the saying goes that even an insect squirms when stepped on, ironically, the expression of charity committed by Noksanna became a catalyst for human anger.
“I feel bad.”
growl.
Pantos made an animal sound inside his mask.
Pantos was more arrogant than anyone else, but there were memories he didn’t want to recall.
The experience of failing to hunt for the first time and feeling a bitter sense of defeat.
Even though it was an opponent that was far from the original goal, it was a huge shock to Pantos, who had never lost a fight against a strong person before.
A man with a hideous red glow in his eyes, clad in enormous magic and mysterious power, who overpowered him with great ease.
Ludger Chelsea.
Following his words was not due to submission.
Since I received a promise to fight again later, I was only helping out as part of the deal.
But at some point, I started to enjoy working with him rather than rejecting it.
Maybe this is where I should be.
I had that thought while encountering various colleagues with Ludger.
I thought they were a different species that no one could understand, but the people gathered here were also different species with their own stories.
okay.
‘I liked these different species.’
However, Nightmare deceived Pantos like this.
Are you satisfied with just living like this?
Don’t you want to take revenge?
Do you want to do it?
I definitely thought I wanted to do it at the time.
‘But not now.’
Rather, what made Pantos angry was the shallow intention of daring to shake his mind with such trivial memories and whispers.
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A black chain was held in Pantos’ hand.
A huge harpoon on one side and a huge anchor on the other.
His complete weapon was embodied in a mental image.
“Everyone, wake up.”
Pantos spoke quietly to Owens, who was still staggering.
“wake up. And get angry. Fight against this injustice.”
“I was planning on doing that even if I didn’t say it.”
Violetta also bit her lip at the bad memory.
The scar on her face was erased, but the memory of the day the scar was engraved was a trauma to her.
-How dare you be so arrogant and believe in a lower-class woman? Do you even trust that handsome face?
Those are the words the fire-manipulating idiot said while laughing at himself.
-Let’s see if you can still be so arrogant even if your face turns hideous.
Flames flickering before my eyes.
Even intense pain felt on one side of the face.
Violetta smoothed the spot where her scar was over her mask.
“Are you okay?”
Arpa approached Violetta and asked.
Violetta, who was trying to say it was okay, was startled when she saw Arpa’s expression.
“Arpa you….”
“Yes? “Why are you doing this?”
“Why? “Your expression right now…”
Arpa’s face, which had always smiled brightly, was distorted with sadness.
Arfa touched her face with her hand and belatedly realized her emotional state.
“Yes. “This is what really makes you angry.”
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“hmm. Honestly, I don’t feel good. “It brought back a strange memory.”
“Strange memory?”
“yes. It’s a memory of a little child who couldn’t protect his only sister. “He was a poor child who was violated by power without being able to do anything.”
Arfa looked down at her palms.
Although it looked like a human hand, it was made up of countless steel parts.
Even if this is a dream world, the same is true.
The real self could not be human.
Arpa’s gaze turned to Ludger as he clenched his hand.
teacher.
Arpa called out to him with her eyes.
When I first opened my eyes.
The teacher’s sad face came to mind as he looked at me and spoke softly.
I didn’t know at the time. Why did Ludger make that expression?
Even now, I still don’t know the inner thoughts of the man who gave me a name after looking at me.
It would just be very sad.
All I knew was that he must have swallowed it desperately.
‘These are my memories.’
The dream Noksanna showed me showed all the memories deep within the soul of a being.
Thanks to this, I was able to remember everything about Arpa.
Who you were. And what was that precious thing you were looking for?
‘that’s right. I had a younger brother.’
I had to meet that kid. I wanted to meet you and apologize.
Although the body changed from human to cold steel.
Arpa’s soul clearly belonged to a human boy.
So I couldn’t just sit here.
Ironically, I was somewhat grateful to Noksanna for making me realize the truth, but I had to fight.
The same was true for Bella Luna and Sheridan.
These women, who were ostracized by their own species and driven out to the human world, also had many unspeakable hardships.
But Sheridan didn’t complain about that.
Instead, her eyes turned to a small ridge covered with dream sand.
Sheridan approached there and spoke to something covered in sand.
“hey. Are you going to stay there?”
There was a large animal there, buried in a pile of sand and crouching like a coward.
The silent cries of a young man who was trying to do whatever he could to suppress his wild nature that wanted to jump out at any moment came to Seridan’s ears more clearly than anyone else.
“We are going to fight. “I guess everyone here thinks the same.”
“….”
“What do you want to do? Are you going to keep running away like this? Or are you going to hide like a coward? “That’s not it.”
“….”
“That’s not what you want.”
Sheridan held out his hand.
“Let’s go together. “Everyone wait.”
“….”
There was no answer.
But the response to those words came back right away.
suddenly.
The sand ridge rose up like a balloon and then shrunk like a deflated balloon.
A human hand stuck out weakly from a pile of sand that had shrunk in size.
Sheridan saw the trembling hand reaching out and smiled, showing his teeth.
“I know that? “You were the last one.”
Sheridan grabbed Hans’ hand and pulled him with strength.
Hans, who emerged from the sand pile, did not have the appearance of an animal, but rather a human.
Sheridan laughed out loud when he saw Hans, who had such a complex face that seemed both sad and relieved.
“Ahaha! Why are you making that face? “Let’s go!”
“…I understand.”
All Owens members gathered in one place.
Ludger welcomed Hans with his eyes. Hans was grateful for that silent action.
All the Dreamwalkers came to their senses, and Seorn’s teachers also woke up one by one.
“So how do we destroy that thing?”
Elisa Willow stared at [Nurse Lime] with narrowed eyes.
The bell, which rang once upon first summoning, remained quiet for now.
But everyone in the room felt it.
If that bell rings one more time.
At that time, everything is really over.
“Intercepting from a distance is meaningless. Noksanna will also do her best to protect [Nursery Lime].”
Everyone nodded at the words of Franz, who had information about Noksanna.
“It may be dangerous, but you have to get up there yourself and destroy it. “With this.”
Franz showed the dagger in his hand.
It was a weapon that had a record of killing even Nirva, the apostle of dreams.
To those who saw its power, it seemed quite possible.
“Then that means getting to that place is the top priority.”
The distance from Noksanna is at least a few kilometers.
She was so large that it ignored perspective, so it wasn’t obvious, but running all the way there was virtually impossible.
However, not everyone could fly and move like the Dreamwalkers.
Of course, there will be people who fall behind, and if that happens, we can only picture a future where everyone is defeated.
Like horsemen in the Middle Ages, everyone had to band together and attack at once.
“How can there be no way?”
At a time when everyone was worried, Seridan made an opinion.
“How about making an airship and moving it?”
At those words, people’s eyes turned to her.
From the look in his eyes that asked who he was, to the question of whether that was possible.
“Don’t we need a big vehicle to move everyone at once anyway?”
“How are you going to make that?”
In response to Franz’s question, Sheridan asked a question instead.
“Why not? “This is Dreamland.”
“Not all airships are fast. Also, it is vulnerable to external attacks, and in order to create it, you need to understand the structure and everything, but there is no way that anyone can do that…” “
There is.”
People’s eyes turned to one side.
It was Merilda who said that.
She pointed to Brino, who shrugged his shoulders timidly.
“Considering what Teacher Brino has shown, it is entirely possible.”
“Now wait a minute, Ms. Merilda! “There’s a difference between a steam golem and an airship!”
“But you’re familiar with the blueprints, right?”
“That…”
Brino couldn’t bear to deny those words.
Airships have also made great progress thanks to magic engineering, and Brino delved into that field and memorized it.
“Still, there are many things lacking in terms of stability.”
“Then we can remodel it!”
Brino’s eyes widened when he saw Sheridan smiling brightly.
I thought the girl looked somewhat familiar, but she was the one whose eyes lit up when she saw her steam golem during a magic festival.
Of course, the steam golem disappeared due to an unfortunate accident, but the memory of the girl who recognized the value of the golem at a young age was still quite impressive.
“You…”
“Making something that doesn’t exist.” That’s what people like you like the most. no? “I think so.”
Sheridan’s words touched a desire deep inside Brino.
“It’s an opportunity. Then you should try it. Why are you talking about something like that when you’re about to die? “You can just leave it all behind and do what you want.”
Brino was speechless.
How could it be that that girl was able to see through the wishes that she had, but could not say out loud because they were unrealistic?
‘I see. This child was also the same as me.’
Sheridan looked young and innocent, but when I tried to look into her essence without being fooled by her appearance, I could feel what kind of dwarf she was.
She was an inventor with explosive potential and desire within her.
And the talent to back it up was outstanding.
“That’s what I think. “You’ve even tried this before, right?”
That giant steam golem that was shown when fighting Dejavu in the precognitive dream the other day.
Although it was not a completely finished product, it was clear that it did not exist in reality.
“Even so… I can make something like that simply with my imagination…”
“I’ll be there to help you too. “Wouldn’t it be better if we did it together?”
As Sheridan gave him an earnest look, Brino was confused.
It was Merilda who made the final move.
“Oh please! Are you going to hesitate after coming this far? “I’m saying, be a man and try to make it big here!”
Brino’s eyes widened.
It was surprising that Merilda said that to him, but at the same time, he realized that the people around him believed in him that much.
Teachers who are better than you, high-ranking wizards, and dream walker masters.
Everyone was desperately hoping for their help.
I thought I would never receive treatment like this again in my life.
Brino clenched his fists.
“All right. “I will try.”
“Good!”
Sheridan clenched his fist and raised it.
At that time, someone’s warning sounded.
“Noksanna is trying to do something!”
Before we knew it, a huge dark cloud had appeared in the deep sky.
The dark clouds, as if countless herds of beasts were racing, gathered around Noksanna and spun like a whirlpool.
Beyond the huge hole that had formed above Noksanna’s head, a faint landscape shimmered as if reflected on the water’s surface.
“That’s leatherbelk, right?”
“no way? Are you trying to go to the real world? Right in the depths of Dreamland?”
This was possible because she was the goddess of dreams.
It was obvious what would happen to this world if Noksanna went to the real world.
“Everyone, brace yourselves and prepare.”
The Dreamwalkers nodded with stern faces at Clara’s words.
Before work on building the airship began immediately.
Ludgar called Sheridan.
“What’s going on, Nari? “It’s a very busy time right now.”
“Sheridan. You were like that before. “Your dream is to create the biggest explosion in the world.”
“It was like that. But why are you suddenly saying that now?”
“Now I will give you the starting point to cause the explosion.”
If it were real, a lot of things would have been needed to make it happen.
But this place was different.
A place where imagination becomes reality.
Therefore, it is a place where you can be free and let your imagination run wild.
“Have you heard of nuclear fission?”
This was Dreamland.
