Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

"The observers said at the time that "the body in reality returns to the gap between the dreams and cannot leave", and emphasized that they cannot return to reality, but they did not explicitly mention "cannot return to their respective dreams". Therefore, I think we have Taking advantage of the opportunity of each dream."

After Xue Xueer finished speaking in a soft voice, she raised her eyes and observed our reactions carefully. However, she suddenly seemed to have thought of something else, and hastily added:

"Of course! According to the style of observers, it is possible that they did not mention their dreams because there are rules that need to be hidden. And of course it is best to find a place to live in this town, but just in case we It’s not a bad thing to prepare your own dreams.”

Xue Xueer's speech really surprised me. There are indeed doubts about the performance of the observers. They left without announcing the rules, but selectively answered a few questions, and finally seemed to be worried that we would think of other problems, ignoring us to leave in a hurry.

That kind of strange performance, no matter how you look at it, makes people feel that there is something to hide.

"I... I'm just giving my opinion. You can correct me if I'm wrong! Can you...don't keep silent?"

Xue Xueer's figure has shrunk to the edge unconsciously from a position level with us. There was a look of grievance in his eyes.

"Don't just look at me... talk? Did I say something funny?"

Until Xue Xueer was so shy that she approached the emotion of "fear", Yingzi was the first to notice the change in her expression, pulled a reassuring smile, and said in a warm tone:

"No. You're not wrong, but very good. So we're thinking about your question."

"Yeah. Let me tell you, I really didn't expect you to make a lot of money by talking nonsense. It's such a good question."

"Well... But why do I feel that you pulled me to Lulu's level to mock me?"

Xue Xueer frowned and felt that the matter was not simple. And Xiao Lulu looked at me from time to time, and observed Xue Xueer from time to time, and realized that something was wrong. Only Tong Xiyu, who was sandwiched between the two, looked ahead casually, as if he didn't notice anything.

"Although I don't understand what you guys are talking about... But why do I feel that something is wrong, as if I was suddenly called an idiot by two people?"

There was a dangerous aura coming from behind. It seems that although the stupid cat has a low IQ, its intuition seems to be full, right?

Um. From now on, I can't imply that she is an idiot in front of her. I feel that the flesh on my waist is not very safe.

Back to the topic. What Xue Xueer said just now unintentionally brought me some inspiration. Thinking about it carefully, the observers' answer on another matter seems to be a bit subtle.

"I think. His suggestion is good. At this stage, let's do what this gentleman said?"

Oh no. Facts have proved that seeing is not necessarily believing. Xue Xueer is not "Mr.", but a beautiful girl from the Ministry of Information.

I deliberately glanced at Xue Xueer's reaction, and saw that her cheeks were reddish, she was biting her lower lip lightly, and she didn't explain the meaning of gender to Arquette clearly. I'm afraid that all the girls in ancient and modern China and abroad who disguise themselves as men have the same psychology as her at this moment, right?

"Ah, Arquette, are you going out? I don't have much to prepare. I can leave you 6 hours. Do you need me?"

A hoarse and dry voice came from the direction of number three on the clock. The magician Silver rubbed his greasy hair, and walked over with his staff. Arquette turned around with a slight smile on her face.

"Of course, it's just what I want. If you encounter trouble, you can also use communication magic to notify the backup."

Arkaite patted Silver on the shoulder, and Silver laughed dryly, his hat brim covering his bloodshot eyes, and he slowly staggered away from Arkaite's shoulder and walked to the edge of the clock.

"Is my role only to call for backup? Hehe...you really underestimated me."

In short. I, Xiao Lulu and Xue Xueer at the second clock, Arkaite, Yingzi and Yin at the third clock, and Tong Xiyu at the eighth clock, the improvised seven-member team embarked on the journey of finding a future habitat. journey.

"By the way, idiot Lin Yu..."

Halfway away from the clock and halfway to the town, Xiao Lulu quietly leaned against me.

"Please, call me brother."

I enunciated word by word and clearly emphasized the title. Xiao Lulu glanced at me in disgust, and compromised helplessly:

"Yes, yes, the dead sister who recognizes my sister everywhere."

"Correction: I just recognized you."

Xiao Lulu waved his hand, threw aside my serious emphasis and listened to it once, and deliberately changed into a soft girl's voice and said:

"Okay, brother ~ don't you need to go back?"

"Go back?" The corner of my mouth couldn't help twitching, I looked away intentionally, "Where are you going back?"

"Of course it's the real side. Don't you need to go back and prepare?"

Xiao Lulu didn't notice anything wrong, so he approached me and asked.

"It's fine. I have nothing to prepare."

I felt a little regretful when I said that, I should have lied to her that I had already gone back.

"But you..."

"Okay, stop chatting! Let's see the way, it's already here."

I pointed at her feet to break the topic, and Xiao Lulu also realized that she was only talking to me, and if she went down further, she would hit the bottom. She glanced at me and stopped asking any more questions, and landed on the ground with her mouth pursed.

"I can't think of many places. Besides, I can't rule out the possibility that someone else is following the same target."

Arkaite stood at the head of the team and gave us a brief explanation, without looking back at us, and walked forward with a sense of self-care. Along the main road of the ruined town, there are many exotic bars.

"These are the first options I thought of, and not too many people should notice here."

Walk into any bar, although you can drink freely, you can't find food to fill your stomach, and there is no trace of a bed for rest.

"Are you going to let us drink until we are full and then sleep on the bar counter? Let me state in advance that I have a few underage students here."

"During this kind of survival game, Mr. Lin Yu actually cared about the issue of underage drinking?"

Yingzi put her index finger against the cherry pink lower lip, and tilted her head in a funny way, making it difficult for me to follow my own line of sight.

"Anyway, I'm still a teacher. This is a matter of principle."

"Although what this idiot said is funny, there is some truth to it, right? It's really not suitable here."

Xiao Lulu put his hand on my shoulder and patted me from time to time. Although his tone was pretending to be calm, he was already smiling from ear to ear.

"Please call me brother, thank you."

"Well, I think it's acceptable here..."

"Student Xue Xueer. Don't think that no one here knows that you are a minor." I ignored Xue Xueer's shy cheeks, leaned in front of her, and seriously emphasized, "You, you are not allowed to drink!"

After leaving the bar, we walked around all the way, and we couldn't find a place that was suitable for accommodation and food in the huge town. On the way, I also met other rulers who noticed the accommodation and living problems, and they were eyeing the same place as us.

However, the people we met were similar to us and didn't want to spend time fighting, so many times we both tacitly avoided fighting.

"What do you think of Xinghai Tavern?"

Before we knew it, we came to the endless sea of ​​stars on the edge of the town.

"Rejected. Xinghai Tavern has been destroyed too many times, and the tavern is already dilapidated."

I looked at the outline of the Xinghai Tavern from a distance, and the mottled walls still haven't faded.

【I don't deny what you said. 】

A voice echoed in my mind. When I passed the Xinghai Tavern, I couldn't help but stagnate for a moment. After what Xue Xueer said just now, I suddenly noticed that the observer's answer to another question was surprisingly subtle.

At that time, Xiao Lulu loudly questioned whether we will be trapped here and cannot return to reality until the end of the domination war. This year's dream maniac responded to her with mania. As for Observer No. 3's smooth answer, "I don't deny it."

There seem to be many ways to understand this answer. In my opinion, we may be able to go back through the Xinghai Tavern.

Or... In fact, we can't go back, Xinghai Tavern is the exit for us to exit?

After a long time. Arket took our group on the delicate and delicate bridge, crossed the lake full of lotus, and came to the opposite bank.

The cherry blossoms withered one after another and fell to the ground, paving a road to the front as if deliberately. At the end of the extension of the path is a Jiangnan building with red tiles and white walls. I looked up at this familiar building, and couldn't help but stop.

"Isn't this the 'Weeping Sakura Noodle House'?"

Before, for various reasons, I came to the Weeping Sakura Noodle House twice. I will never admit my mistake, right?

"Hmm. There are a lot of pasta here, so don't worry about food..."

After entering the noodle shop, Alket pointed us towards the kitchen, where there was still an unrolled ball of flour on the table.

"No, no, it should be the "ingredient problem". Don't worry. But the cooks have turned into evil spirits. Do you want us to eat noodles that have been stored for countless days?" Bu asked, "Or do you want us to eat flour dry?"

"Is it enough to eat dry flour?"

I don't know if Arquette was joking with us, or if he suggested this to us from the bottom of his heart.

All of a sudden, everyone's expressions became a little embarrassed and embarrassing.

However, a smile flashed across his face quickly, and his eyes turned to Yingzi next to him.

"Arket is kidding you guys~ I leave the cooking to my maid team, as long as there are ingredients, it's fine!"

"Not only the Battle Maids, but also the Cooks and Maids?"

"Hmm, that's not quite right~ Cooking is the basic function of a maid, right?"

"But fighting is not...forget it, why am I complaining so much about common sense in my dream!"

"Then, what about the accommodation?" Xue Xueer pursed her lips and asked softly.

Arquette led us out of the kitchen, walked up the stairs, and said unhurriedly:

"There is accommodation upstairs in the noodle shop, which is more than enough to accommodate the masters of our three clocks."

"After all, it's impossible to have 12 people without a lot." Tong Xiyu looked away and murmured softly to himself.

Others didn't notice what she said, it seemed that only I felt a little troubled after hearing it.

"We can vacate a room as a room to recuperate the wounded. As for the medical equipment, Yin can provide it."

Arquette opened the door of a room near the window sill in the corridor, and stepped back to the door, allowing us to inspect the interior of the room. He turned his pupils to the left, Gin met his gaze, and let out a slightly dull laugh.

"But they are all magical devices, without the sense of technology that modern people yearn for."

"As long as it can be used, it doesn't matter what kind of sense of technology it is in the dream... The ingredients and the chef are all taken care of, and there is no need to worry about the accommodation. The medical equipment is available, and Tong Xiyu has the ability to control "healing". The basic All three problems are solved."

When looking at Tong Xiyu, she rarely met my gaze and nodded her head gently.

"Well, the few hours don't seem to have been wasted."

Arquette's emotion attracted Xiao Lulu's unintentional complaint.

"Then...won't you bring us here sooner?"

"There is also a reason... This weeping cherry noodle restaurant is good everywhere, there is only one serious problem."

Arquette's words made me a little concerned, I roughly looked around the noodle shop, and couldn't help asking:

"What... what's the problem?"

After finishing speaking, Arquette had no time to answer me, there was a loud "bang" from the tavern behind her, and the door was kicked open by someone outside the noodle shop.

The man with his raised feet hanging in mid-air puts his hands in his pockets, the turban on his forehead raises his yellow hair, and a red vest is draped over a beige long-sleeved shirt. He raised the swinging stick behind him and glanced at us defiantly.

"Yo. You can meet in this kind of place. It's really a narrow road to the enemy."

I see. The only serious problem here is too much attention, occupying this place will inevitably encounter other rulers who covet us.

"I don't want to see you either, I can't help it. Disgusting 'Fate', isn't it? The 'Mirror' of clock number one."

The Mirror Master raised the corners of his mouth angrily, closed one eye suddenly, pointed the end of the swinging stick at us, and made a gesture of aiming.

"Stop talking nonsense with me. No one wants to waste your time now, and I don't care about me. If you understand, pack up and get out."

"Ah, okay, no problem."

I raised my hands and gave him a polite smile. After taking a few steps back, I immediately gestured with my right hand calmly. As a result, a group of pitch-black mist spread from Xiao Lulu's feet to the surroundings, and quickly radiated to the feet of the defiant Mirror Master.

The Mirror Master kicked his feet down, and took a big step when the black mist was about to climb up his legs. He squinted his eyes and looked at me from afar.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I really don't want to waste more time, but this is the site we found first. Thinking about it, I really don't want to give it up to you."

The first few times we encountered other clock masters, we all tacitly avoided fighting, so as not to waste extra time.

However, that is based on the premise that we don't like it there, not to mention that this brat is so arrogant, how could he give in?

"I said I didn't want to waste time. But if you insist, I will accompany you."

The Mirror Master said harsh words and glanced behind him. As if receiving instructions to start a war, the fan-wielding girl braided the hairstyle of a princess, covered the corners of her mouth with the fan, and walked unhurriedly to his right.

As for the left side of the Mirror Master, there appeared a strange man with a pumpkin head emitting a strange light. The person's eyes were bloodshot through the jagged eyeholes. He was wearing an ordinary white shirt with the sleeves folded up several times, exposing his sickly white skin.

"Yo. I said, isn't your green-eyed No. 1 here this time?"

"Misunderstanding, I never said that the dark green pupil is our No. 1. Besides, we are enough."

The Mirror Master set up his swinging stick and threw it towards us. Xiao Lulu immediately raised his hands, moved his right hand to the mid-air to freeze, and quickly drew a circle with his left hand. He turned into the black mist without leaning, then reversed direction and passed away towards them.

Xiao Lulu has become much more proficient in using his own dominance ability than before.

However, when the swinging stick turned back along the path it came from, the same cloud of black mist suddenly appeared in front of the Mirror Master, and immediately a broad palm sprang out from the black mist, accurately catching the stick. Swinging the stick, the other hand clung to the edge of the black mist, and pulled his body out.

The boy in the tracksuit looked at us casually with blank, dead fish eyes, and put his empty hands in his trouser pockets by the way. What stood out about him, however, was the wheelchair beneath him. The wheelchair raised up in the air cut a trajectory in mid-air, supporting the boy to move forward.

"Lulu, this is...your reinforcement?"

"No, where did I get reinforcements from?"

Xiao Lulu responded to me with a face full of confusion, and I suddenly realized something was wrong, so I hurriedly asked:

"Didn't you create the black mist in front of the Mirror Master?"

"Am I sick playing catch by myself?"

The Mirror Master smiled contemptuously, and stretched out his right hand while looking sideways at the boy in the sportswear.

"'General', give me back the cudgel."

The boy whom he called "General" threw the cudgel back to him in disdain, and the mirror master took the cudgel and looked straight at us with full vigor. Then the general stretched out his palm and drew a mark around us, and the black mist that suddenly appeared surrounded us in an arc shape.

"Did you compete with him, Lulu!"

The mirror master suddenly threw the stick into the black mist. According to this trajectory, the stick will travel back and forth between these black mist clusters that can connect space, and we who are surrounded by the black mist will be affected by the stick. Attacked multiple times.

"I do not know either!"

While keeping an eye on Xiao Lulu who was dodging sideways and covered in black mist, I hugged Xue Xueer, who was dazed beside me, and followed Arquette and the others straight to the portal created by Lulu, and jumped in. The exit was extended to the rear of the Mirror Master.

Xue Xueer thanked me softly. It's just that the sound was so soft that I almost thought it was an auditory hallucination.

"I'm afraid you don't have the same ability. This "General" seems to have a "borrowed" control ability."

Arquette turned around quickly, and her tone quickly denied my guess.

"borrow?"

The swinging stick shuttled endlessly among the many black mist clusters, and the flying trajectory showed no tendency to weaken at all.

"Rena, they're at the back!"

The mirror master quickly turned back, while the fan-wielding girl named "Leina" frowned slightly, turned around and waved her fan.

"I personally think that everyone should take care of their own affairs. You don't need to remind me."

There was a sound that seemed to tremble under the feet nearby. From the side of the lake full of lotus flowers, several water columns rose along the water surface, swept to the sky, and flew towards us like sharp arrows.

The magician silver reached into the black cloak, fiddled with it a few times, took out a round shield and put it on his hand, and quickly blocked in front of us. When the water rushed to only three meters away from us, it suddenly seemed to wash against the glass window and was blocked by a distance of three meters.

"Simply put, it means using the dominance ability of others. In a short period of time, he can use the dominance ability displayed within the line of sight, so it is called "borrowing"."

Alket explained briefly, and I observed the general's movements specially, only to see that his dead eyes were always watching here, like a hunter waiting for his prey. It means that the general's borrowing of Xiao Lulu's ability has expired, and he is looking for the next ability.

The general's control ability has something in common with mine, both of them can use other people's control ability. But my more purpose is to copy the appearance of others, because the dominance I borrowed will seriously shrink in my hands. And the power of the general didn't seem to weaken at all when he borrowed it. Another difference is how it is triggered. I have to make eye contact with people, and it takes a long time to assimilate. And as long as the opponent shows his dominance ability, he can temporarily use it.

Yin clenched the handshake of the round shield, and a hexagram array suddenly spread out in the center of the round shield, and the invisible force blocked the water flow back.

However, as soon as I blocked the front, an unusually dazzling light pierced into my field of vision, which made me close my eyes in pain. When I opened my eyes again, countless polygonal fragments appeared from behind and cut through the air. And the weirdo with the pumpkin head also put down his hands.

"Thank you, 'Lantern'."

Even as I dodge quickly, the tip of the shard pierces the skin of my chin. After dodging, I quickly straightened up, pulled Xue Xueer to take a quick step, and at the same time turned back to face the direction of the mirror master. I clenched my right hand and let out the flame of my right eye, focusing on the Mirror Master. I wanted to use "one person with thousands of faces" to read his ability, but at worst everyone would use the borrowed ability...

But not only the Mirror Master, but also the general next to him has put his hands in a stance, with the flames remaining in his eyes, it seems that he is borrowing the Mirror Master's ability again. Immediately afterwards, the corners of their mouths tilted to a sly angle at the same time, and they blurted out arrogantly:

"Infinite Mirror Image."

With this sound, the mirror teacher set up the swing stick and swung it towards us vigorously. The swing stick was reflected by the lens and twisted many times. The crystal fragments reflected our reflection, and reflected dozens of swing sticks came out of the fragments and went to We flashed by with an elusive speed.

One person with thousands of faces was interrupted, and a little thrust came from the arm. In the flash, Xue Xueer broke free from my hands and stretched his hands forward, and the white curtain wall quickly spread out of thin air. But this time, it didn't form a high wall standing on the ground, but formed a plate shape to enclose us.

The mirrored stick hits the duplicated stick in the curtain wall. The weight of the force compressed the sticks that were deadlocked to each other from the beginning to the end, and fierce sparks burst out. After a while, dozens of sticks were squeezed into a disc shape and crushed to the ground.

I didn't expect Xue Xueer to be able to change and copy the shape of wooden objects, but it didn't seem easy for her to do so. After only a few seconds, she put down her hand and retracted the curtain wall weakly. And the weird glare from before once again greeted my vision, making me unable to help closing my eyes again.

"Damn it... Where did the light come from?"

Having temporarily lost my vision, I picked up Xue Xueer and retreated from my memory, while calling silently in my heart to summon my dream maker.

Not a tea cat, but a "tea cat" based on her.

"The dominator called "Lantern" by the mirror master possesses the dominance ability named "Bright Light", which will produce a hallucinatory strong light on the vision of the designated target, which acts like a "flash bomb". function. It is not ruled out that he can create other hallucinations."

The sound of sharp objects flying in the air rang in my ears. The moment my vision recovered, the "lantern" that was getting closer to us raised a dagger and hung it in front of us. The reason why the dagger couldn't get closer was because it was blocked by the dreamer in front of me.

From the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a black mist behind the lantern. The reason why the lantern didn't move and didn't distance us was because his chest was pierced by the "tea cat"'s long sword and he was restrained in place. The light in the eyeholes of his pumpkin head is gradually dimming, but the bloodshot eyes are still full of eye sockets.

A dagger was lying in front of Tong Xiyu, Arkaite, and Yin respectively. It seemed that the "lantern" threw it when we lost our vision, but it was blocked by the dream maker. Xiao Lulu's waist was pierced by the dagger, and Yingzi was pierced by the dagger in the center of her abdomen.

Arquette supported Sakurako who was unsteady on her feet. And Xiao Lulu swayed back a step, gradually losing his strength, I immediately stepped forward to hold her by the arm. She tightened my clothes, staring at me a little dimly, and her arms were stained with wet blood from her waist.

Out of the corner of my eye, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of the black mist on the side, and there were four or five sharp blades lying there behind.

Doubts gradually turn into answers. Xiao Lulu should indeed be able to dodge these attacks, as long as the black mist blocks him, he can dodge. But when Xiao Lulu's vision was blinded by the strong light, he squeezed out the black mist to block other people, so he was unable to take care of himself.

"Eh. Is that the extent? We left the 'Lantern' aside, almost unharmed."

"Tea Cat" drew out the long sword fiercely, and the lantern fell to the ground and turned into crystal chips.

But I gritted my teeth and had to admit that I underestimated their strength after all. Confronting them head-on like this, because they all use actual combat-type dominance, which is different from us, so even if we have a large number of people, we still have a disadvantage.

but--

"We are also unharmed."

Tong Xiyu threw down such a reply lightly, and a trace of doubt flashed in the mirror teacher's eyes. Immediately, a bright green light shone from Tong Xiyu's palms, she clapped her hands, separated them again, and attached her hands to Xiao Lulu's and Yingzi's wounds respectively.

The optician didn't understand her dominance all at once, but instinctively swung the stick at the scattered lenses around us. Sakura, who was leaning against Arquette's arm, stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers, and then there was a muffled loud noise in the air.

My eyes couldn't help being drawn to the sky, and I saw countless girls in black and white maid uniforms coming down, and the girls who arrived near us first split the sticks reflected in the mirror. With the overlapping and intensified footsteps, the lens was crushed and made a crisp sound.

"You lost one, and we... are truly unscathed."

Tong Xiyu withdrew the light in her palm. Xiao Lulu, who had regained his vitality, thanked Tong Xiyu, and then said thank you to me with a blushing face. And Yingzi stepped forward a few steps, and walked to the door of the noodle shop, facing Mirror Master, Leina, and the general.

"I was rude just now. Even though you said to accompany you, I really should spare no effort."

"you……"

Mirror Master stared at Yingzi fiercely, clamped the swinging stick with his right hand in the center of his body, and put the posture as if ready to fight again. However, at this time, Reina frowned, pulled his sleeves, and shook her head left and right.

"You shouldn't waste your time. The dark green pupils are no longer difficult to cope with this girl's ability. Losing four hours of time is not a good deal."

"Then let the general borrow her ability!"

"The "Preparation Control Ability" is useless even if you borrow it."

As the general spoke, he slid the wheels of the wheelchair backwards, and stepped back to the black mist mouth that was specially created by borrowing Xiao Lulu's dominance ability just now. The mirror master clicked his tongue unwillingly, and glanced at each of us separately, as if trying to remember all of us.

"The next time we meet, it will be your death day."

Throwing down this threat, the mirror master waved his stick and received it behind him. The three of them passed through the black mist one after another and disappeared before our eyes.

Seeing them leaving, Sakurako was instantly discouraged, and she immediately ordered the battle maids to return to clock number three to stand by.

"Speaking of which, why didn't you use your control ability earlier?"

"Because it's really too risky~ The world gate on our side hasn't closed yet, just let them come over... If someone runs to our clock at this time, it will definitely fall. By then we will be done playing la~」

After explaining this, Sakura let out a long sigh of relief. But Tong Xiyu next to me fell to the side due to lack of energy, and Xue Xueer, who was closest to her, hurriedly supported her. Presumably it is not an easy task for her to heal two people at the same time.

The two people who changed the situation were originally reluctant, which shows that this time we are completely at the point where the situation will be reversed again.

If they persist in choosing to fight again, it is really uncertain which side will win. It seems that despite the death of the Dream Thief King and the threat of the Dream Thief is gradually weakening, we still cannot relax our vigilance. After all, the group of monster-level players with clock number one was present.

However, this time, the Mirror Master did not know if he leaked his mouth, and told us a piece of information worthy of attention-since the dark green pupil is not number 1 of clock number 1, then who is it? Or did we never see him at all?

"After this fight, the noodle shop has become a mess."

Silver sighed with a slightly complaining tone. Not only has the door of the noodle shop been turned into a decoration, several dining tables have also been completely scrapped.

I turned my gaze back, only to meet Xiao Lulu's suspicious eyes.

"Are you really not going back to reality?"