Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

When I opened my eyes again, the surroundings were unusually spacious, and all the sounds were silent.

Streets that were deserted except us.

The surroundings are like a mess after the end of the world, with chainsaws scattered all over the place.

I breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the chainsaw with great interest, pulled the chain, and then swung the starting chainsaw into the air.

Holding a chainsaw in your hand does have a sense of tension in doomsday survival, and it’s not a bad thing to have a little fun in a dream...

"In a desolate empty city, human beings are lingering like ants! Show your cowardice before the wrath of nature!"

I waved the chainsaw and said these lines like a scream, and then I noticed the strange look in the girl's eyes.

It's rare to release your middle school soul once, don't look at me with such contempt for bugs...

"Tch, middle school illness..."

"Hey, why do you even say that to me!"

I stopped what I was doing and glanced disapprovingly at her attire. Su Erin said that I have a second-degree illness and I can barely accept it, but if someone dressed like her evaluates it as a second-degree illness, I can't accept it.

"Although there are no ruins here, it's pretty desolate, isn't it? Ha..."

I laughed dryly, but to my surprise, the nearby buildings were instantly aged and faded. In a blink of an eye, all the buildings were turned into ruins, and two buildings even smashed to the ground with a bang. The bustling city lost its glamor in an instant.

"Uh...don't tell me I did this too? So my power of domination has grown beyond control?"

shut up! Don't say this kind of monologue about the second disease!

Why is it that the more I think in the direction of secondary school, the body will not be controlled by me to act shamelessly!

I slapped myself hard.

"I really want to knock you out! Please stop dreaming about strange things, okay? When you just entered the stage of lucid dreaming, the ability to control is very likely to be out of your control, and any delusions may materialize. It is prone to dream collapse!"

"Feel sorry……"

"The world of dreams is a world of cognition. If you don't know how to discipline yourself, you can't help doing things that you don't usually dare to do under the influence of dreams. So please restrain your stupid behavior."

After a long time, it was my subconscious mind that caused me to do the series of shameful and secondary behaviors just now!

"However, this level of involuntary self-control is a rare phenomenon..."

The girl raised her chin and watched me carefully.

"Is this a provocation? Can I understand your words as a provocation?"

"No... If it's just because you mentioned the dream palace, it shouldn't cause this level of alert. I think there is something wrong with Charte, and your dream sensed the intruder, so you entered this place. state."

The girl bit her lower lip lightly, feeling a little worried.

"So he really arrived at the Dream Palace before us?"

The girl nodded her head, and recalled the previous purple ring again. This time, the distance between the three white dots representing the ruler is quite close, which also shows that Chart is near us.

I looked in the direction indicated by the circle, and hesitantly noticed a hospital standing among the ruins, but it looked like new.

Although the hospital's doors were open, the atmosphere was clamoring not to enter. I don't know why I don't want to approach that hospital from the bottom of my heart.

This allowed me to make eye contact with the girl.

"No matter how you interfere with the dream, the dream palace will not change. In other words, that hospital is your dream palace."

She narrowed her eyes, her tone filled with excitement.

"Is there still time for me to get cold feet now...?"

Hearing this, the girl took a step closer to me, stretched out her index finger and shook it left and right, and replied word by word:

"no!"

The depths of the hospital are like an abyss, exuding an atmosphere that refuses anyone to approach. The girl grabbed my arm tightly to prevent me from escaping. I swallowed hard, as if I wanted to swallow my timidity.

"Remind you in advance. You can't use the control ability in the dream palace."

"Who made this unequal treaty!"

There are many patients crowded in the hall of the hospital. I tried several times to make them disappear before my eyes, but they were all unmoved and did not have any influence on them.

He was able to use his abilities all the way, but now he was suddenly deprived of the right to control the dream, so he couldn't feel at ease. I had no choice but to hold on to the chainsaw in my hand, thinking that if I ran into trouble later, I would use it to deal with it.

I carefully looked at the patients around me who were staring blankly in front of me, and found that none of them had a complete human form.

Falling objects, rolling stones, hammering, splintering, chipping, bruising, crushing, crushing, bruising, choking, running over, slicing, cutting... all kinds of scars send shivers down my spine , There was a bout of nausea.

Although the patients just lined up quietly, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it seemed that a curse ceremony was in progress.

The place I dreaded the most since I was a child is probably the hospital.

The unbearable smell of alcohol, as well as the desolation of exhaustion everywhere, approached the inpatient department but became lifeless. These feelings were mixed together, and in the depths of my heart, there was an unspeakable fear that hit the soul.

"In order to avoid trouble, try not to meet their eyes. As long as we keep our heads down all the way, they shouldn't notice us."

I responded, and walked into the depths with a calm head. From time to time, people would look in my direction, and I couldn't be deterred, so I had to bite the bullet and continue to move forward. Finally, I passed the hall and walked into the corridor.

The corridors of the hospital did not turn on the lights, but the light and darkness inside and outside did not change at all.

"I said... the Dream Palace is decorated based on what the dreamer fears the most, right?"

The girl glanced at me and nodded slightly.

Sure enough.

After turning around in the corridor several times, the corridor began to have a slope. After a long time, I realized that the height of the floor was getting higher and higher without knowing it. Looking out from the occasional window, there is only dark clouds surrounding it, and no other buildings can be seen at all.

I understand that the dream maker doesn't want me to enter the dream palace, but why do this step.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—"

A hoarse scream came from the nearby ward, and the piercing scream seemed to melt me ​​from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet.

"Don't look back. Don't pay attention."

There was a soft touch in the palm of my hand, and the girl's little hand took mine vigorously, as if wanting to prove to me that I am not alone here. I adjusted my breathing, tried to divert my attention to other places, and went deep like this.

Finally, we stopped in front of the ward at the end of the corridor, no patients or doctors passing by.

The girl and I breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed our sore necks that had been lowered for a long time.

"You really never had a lucid dream before?"

The girl confirmed to me while straightening the pointed hat on her head.

The blood on her face has not yet recovered, and my complexion must not be much better than hers.

"That's right. Why do you still have to ask this question?"

"Because of your memory town and this dream palace, everything in your dream seems too mature. Including the guards you met on the road, they are also quite scary. It's really not like a novice in lucid dreaming."

I looked at her pupils trembling slightly due to confusion.

"Isn't it usually like this? But I'm definitely a novice."

The girl hesitated to speak, but finally she squeezed out a smile and said:

"Forget it... let's talk about it later~"

I had no choice but to nod my head, and the girl saw that I didn't say anything, and drew a circle in the air again.

"The location is very close..."

The three white dots on the ring almost overlapped at the same point.

"But why haven't I seen your companion..."

My throat suddenly tightened, my eye sockets turned black, and I suddenly felt someone strangling my neck.

I firmly grasped the arms that bound my neck, and with the help of the faint candlelight lights on both sides of the corridor, I vaguely caught a glimpse of the hem of the long windbreaker from the corner of my eye. The girl in front also showed a look of astonishment and relief, and the purple ring gradually dispersed into particles.

"Wait for Chart, let him go first!"

The girl hurriedly took a step forward, but Chalt didn't intend to let go at all, and still grabbed my neck tightly.

Breathing heavily. His breathing came clearly into his ears.

"Although I fell into the trap of your dream, the plan can still be carried out until now. It's just that finding the exit is more important than now."

Charte threw this string of words to me as if chanting a spell, and at the same time strangled my arm with more force

Fortunately, the girl abandoned me without seeing Charte. She raised her staff and slammed into the floor, and a wave of shock swept through the air immediately separated me and Charte to the two sides.

"Hey, he's really a novice, this is his second lucid dream! He's not pretending to be stupid like you thought before!"

I don't know how I offended this boy whose face was twitching in anger. After being separated, I had no choice but to take a few steps back, coughing weakly, as if this could drive away the pressure in my throat.

This tightened perception is almost indistinguishable from reality, which made me understand more and more how far dreams can reproduce reality.

"Do you believe his nonsense? He definitely has a plan! You have to know that you don't have a dream maker, and you will definitely lose if you are plotted by him!"

"Why are you so sure?"

"Heh, I wasn't sure before, but I personally witnessed the layout of the traps in his dream. The layout here is unbelievably skilled in all aspects. It is definitely not something a mere novice can do...!"

Before he could finish his words, a figure suddenly flashed behind Chalt.

There was no time for the opponent's movements to be caught by the naked eye. The next moment, Chalt faced the flying kick from behind and slammed into the wall hard.

"Cough—"

Before he finished speaking, he swallowed hard, and blood spurted from his mouth.

There was a long crack in the wall due to the huge impact, and half of Chart's body was stuck in the huge crack in the wall.

It all happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to think. I stared at the uninvited guest in a daze, and the moment I recognized her, I couldn't help but be dazed.

It was the little sister who saved me in Xia Yinci's dream palace before.

"It's... it's you?"

Although I did not see her appearance clearly before, the indifferent temperament exuding from her is the same as before.

Of course, this time I couldn't see her face clearly, as if there was a layer of polished Wanhua mirror between me and her. All I know is that she didn't show any emotion, didn't even look at me.

A seemingly gentle, but absolutely extraordinary feeling.

It seemed that everything was in her expectation, and any change was not enough to make her look surprised.

"This... is this your dream maker?"

The magician took a few steps back in fear, carefully watching the movement of the girl standing not far from my eyes. At this time, I didn't even notice the slightest bit of her arrogant bravado. This oppressive fear undoubtedly comes from the gap in strength.

"My...dreammaker?"

In any case, I at least know that my dreamer has no hostility toward me.

She followed me all the way to Xia Yinci's dream before, and she saved me twice when facing the monster dreamer in the palace and when confronting the strange woman in the water park.

At this moment, Chart had already broken free from the crack in the wall, breathing heavily.

However, he didn't intend to leave him any room to rest. The dreamer raised his hand again, and just waved it lightly towards Chalt's forehead, and Chalt's body was pulled to the wall with a strange force. .

This time he sank a little deeper into the wall, his face contorted in pain.

Suddenly, I remembered that the magician said before that the scars suffered by the ruler in the dream are left on the soul.

"Wait, stop first!"

I don't even know if the girl in front of me listened to the words I shouted with all my strength.

In fact, she didn't stop, but the force on her hand increased several times. Charte's arm was torn apart by a strange force, he cried out in pain, but his voice was trembling with fear.

"What... what are you waiting for, come out and fight!"

Chart struggled to make a sound, calling for someone to appear.

The moment the dreammaker's fist intended to hit Chart, a black shadow suddenly appeared against her arm, causing her fist to stop just a few millimeters away from Chart.

The girl waved his arm and looked at the comer playfully.

"My pretty lady, may I ask why you need to be so cruel as to kill me?"

The man dressed as a magician took off his top hat and bowed unhurriedly.

This is... Chalt's dreamer, right?

I wanted to ask the magician what was going on, but she was still standing there motionless.

It was as if she worried that her every move might piss off some sleeping monster.

"Ruler, may I have your order...?"

"Pull me out first!"

Chart frowned and ordered, his dreamer put the top hat back in place, raised his hands in a calm manner, and pulled to the sides, the wall crack was opened to both sides. He stretched out his arm lightly, catching Chart who lost his support.

However, before regaining his strength, Charter was knocked a few meters away by a heavy blow from the right, along with his dreamer. Although his dream maker stretched out his hand to block the attack the moment he met the attack, the two still failed to parry.

"Could it be that the level of the dream maker is so different... No, something is wrong, what step is wrong?"

Chart stood up with difficulty, glanced at me with complicated eyes, and glanced at my dreamer.

"Something special...maybe it's not what I imagined."

"Yes. However, even if I am completely unable to defeat her, I can still get you out of here."

His dreamer straightened his top hat and smiled confidently.

"See you later."

He threw a card that he conjured up from nowhere, and threw it at the opposite wall. The seemingly fragile card pierced into the wall, and then the wall gradually became transparent and disappeared, revealing a void.

It's not that I don't have an impression of this void. When I was in Xia Yinci's Dream Palace, it was this void that I fell into.

Just when he picked up Chart and waved his cloak to jump into the abyss, my dream maker took a step forward and instantly shortened the distance to them.

If Chalt is killed by my dream maker, it is very likely that he will lose his dreams. At that time, he who has no dreams will naturally lose his qualifications to participate in the Dominator game, which will also affect me.

Thinking of this, I made up my mind to stop my dream maker. The problem is that I cannot communicate with her verbally.

Only in the most primitive way!

I took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to hug my dreamer directly.

"...?"

Sure enough, even if she was the creator of the dream, she didn't expect me to do this.

Taking advantage of the gap I created, Chalt's dreamer gave me a thankful look and jumped down with him in his arms.

"As long as we find an exit in the abyss of dreams, we can go out..."

Chalt tended to look for the exit, his eyes finally fell on a crack in the depths, and quickly motioned to his dreamer to lead him there. His dream maker quickly threw out the next poker card, and the crack suddenly released a dazzling white light, sucking the figures of the two into it.

"Don't just stand still! Let's go!"

Hearing my voice, the magician finally woke up. She bit her lower lip to confirm that my dream maker would not rush up, and then jumped into the void with lingering fear, and was inhaled by the strange white light together. The unknown world disappeared from my sight.

"call……"

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly there was a clear and awe-inspiring voice in my ears, and my hands were also slammed free.

"Do not touch me."

The voice was cold, but it had a clear outline.

So she can understand me?

Did you pretend you didn't hear me just now?

The girl walked to a messy wall, and with a flick of her white wrist, the surrounding tragedy was easily restored to its original state.

Just now I was worried that she would be angry because of the mess we created, but it seemed unnecessary.

"Come with me."

After throwing down these words, she walked in the opposite direction from where I came, regardless of whether I followed or not.

I looked at her back hesitantly, not understanding what she meant for a moment.

Probably noticed that I was still standing there, she glanced back at me displeased, and I followed.

His mind was blank, only his legs were useful, and he followed the girl at a certain distance.

Do I need to apologize to her?

After all, it was a dream created by her hard work...

While I was struggling with my thoughts, I had unknowingly arrived at the gate of the hospital. As soon as I turned my head and wanted to apologize to her, a strong push back sent me flying.

Consciousness was broken for a few seconds, and he was awakened by the dull pain of the hard ground hitting his back.

I painfully supported the ground scorched by the sun, and finally stood up.

The Palace of Dreams is two streets away. I tried my best to look in the direction of the hospital. I saw the girl coldly glanced here, as if it was natural for me to be pushed out from there. Regardless of my mood, she He just turned around and left.

This empty city not long ago is now crowded with people, and the noisy sounds of the crowd are crowded into my ears, which makes me feel a little unreal.

Thinking of Chalt who freely dominated the dream maker just now, I suddenly felt a sense of envy.

Why can't I even establish communication with my ruler?

What happened to that ice-like young lady?

It's fine if you can't communicate, but what does it mean to throw me out like this without saying a word?

When we met for the first time, she had such a superior look, which gave me the illusion that she was the ruler of this dream.

Unreasonable! Obviously you are my dream maker, and I am the ruler of the dream, right?

"Just wait for me, one day I will let you know who is the master of this dream!"