American comics: Damn it, I’m surrounded by those who worry about their fathers!.

Chapter 469: Riven looks up to her father as her idol and her father’s deception method!

The Sleepy Man looked at him with a frown.

"I have to pay a price, right?"

He knew that Peter would definitely not hand over the mask obediently.

After the battles with Raven and Zu, he already knew that Peter, as their father, was not someone to be trifled with.

And Hecate also said that Peter Patrick in front of him was a person whose fate could not interfere with, and he possessed extraordinary power.

"No, actually, you don't have to pay anything."

Peter waved his hand forward and the Sandman's helmet mask appeared in his hand.

The helmet is one of the three magical tools, and it is more of a symbol of the identity of the sleeper.
So Peter didn't take the helmet too seriously and just handed it to the other party.

The Sandman took the helmet and saw in astonishment that Peter had activated the power of the ruby.

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed, and the farm was replaced by a burning city.

There was a loud explosion in an office building, and the upper part of the building began to collapse. The terrified crowd fled frantically in the building.

With a "whoosh", a blue figure flew by.

Leila flew to the collapsed building and supported the falling building with her hands.

Peter, who projected a scene of the world of injustice, slowly said to the Sandman: "I will not give the ruby ​​to you for the time being, because I used it to create Leila. She is the hope of the world and my child."

"I know that as the master of the ruby, you have the power of life and death over nightmare creatures, just like Collins, right?"

As Peter spoke, the scene of the unrighteous world slowly disappeared before everyone’s eyes.

What appears instead is a scene of Collins, created by the Sandman, killing an innocent passerby in the dark of night.

Just as he was about to dispose of the body, a shadowy dark figure appeared behind him.

The shadow slowly walked towards Collins. "The things I created must stay in the dreamland and must not come to the mortal world to kill for fun."

When Collins saw the black shadow, he was so frightened that he froze in place, not daring to move.

The black shadow slowly emerged from the black fog, revealing its true form.

The black figure wearing a helmet was actually the Sandman himself.

The Sandman slowly walked towards Collins.

"I don't understand. Didn't you create me just to kill?"

Collins asked his master in confusion: "Why do we only stay in the dreamland when mortals are asleep? Here, in the waking world, we are unstoppable. No one can stop us. We will get anything we want."

The Sandman shook his head and held the ruby ​​up to him.

As the ruby ​​was raised, the dagger in Collins' hand turned into sand, and his body was absorbed into the ruby.

"No, please, Master!"

Seeing that he was about to be absorbed by the sleep demon, Collins immediately knelt down in front of him and begged, "Please, Master, don't do that."

Just as Collins was about to be absorbed, an invisible force appeared behind the Sleeper.

It is accompanied by the chanting of mantras.

The next second, in Collins' stunned eyes, the Sleepy Man was sucked away by an invisible force with a "whoosh".

Collins, who had luckily escaped and had no idea what was happening, fell to the ground gasping for breath.

After Peter reproduced the scene where Collins was absorbed by the Sandman but imprisoned by a group of warlocks at a critical moment, he used the power of the ruby ​​to slowly fade away the scene.

He said to the sleep demon who was in a thoughtful state: "You created Collins, and I created Lyra. You believe that things in dreams must exist in the dream world, but I believe that human thoughts and wishes are also a kind of dream. We are in a dream. Humans cannot distinguish between reality and illusion, and there is no need to distinguish them too clearly."

"No, you are wrong, Peter Padrick."

The Sleepyhead said, shaking his head.

“Why am I wrong?”

"Because although dreams are created by humans, they are not reality after all. If nightmare creatures were in the human world, they would completely disrupt the order of the world."

Peter shook his head. "No, Morpheus, you don't understand humans at all, and you don't understand why those nightmare creatures betrayed you. You don't know humans' fears and expectations of dreams."

"I heard that you gave a human immortality, and you agreed to meet in a tavern every 100 years. The world turned upside down, and you witnessed this human friend 'building a tall building', and then witnessed this human friend 'collapse'. But to your surprise, even though he was in such a miserable state, this ordinary human still yearned for immortality."

Peter looked at the sleep demon whose brows were furrowed at what he said.

"Your friend was also dreaming a beautiful dream, and you were also dreaming, but you are an arrogant egomaniac and you don't want to admit that you are also lonely and need friendship, so you parted unhappily."

Peter tells the story about the Sandman that he knew in his past life.

"Look, you are dreaming yourself, and your dream is also destroying the order of the world."

Peter mercilessly exposes the inner heart of the Sandman.

"You are stubborn and self-righteous. You have no understanding of humans, nor do you know the laws governing the human world. You were born because of human dreams, but you are too arrogant to try to understand the hearts of those who are dreaming."

As Peter spoke, he activated the power of the ruby.

The world before his eyes suddenly changed, and the Sleepman found himself in the tavern where he used to gather with his human friends.

In the crowded tavern, Peter said to him: "I will not give you the ruby ​​and the sandbag, Morpheus, unless you change your heart, learn to apologize, learn to admit your loneliness, and learn to get along with human subordinates and friends. Only then will I believe that you will not hurt Leila."

The Sleepy Man looked at the familiar tavern in front of him and frowned slightly.

He didn't expect that he would be taught a lesson by a human!
“I am not lonely, and I never don’t know how to get along with my friends and subordinates.”

The Sandman said to Peter unhappily.

"Really? Let's make a deal, Morpheus." Peter sat down where Sandman used to sit, tapping his fingers on the wooden table. "We'll meet here once a year at this time. You told me you haven't changed your mind. If you change your mind, then I'll return the sandbag and the ruby ​​to you."

“If you don’t change, it will continue.”

After hearing what Peter said, Sandman had a thoughtful look on his face.

After a long silence, he looked at Peter, "Why do you know me so well? Do you think I will change my mind?"

He was a little confused about Peter's real intention.

Could it be that the other party is really not interested in his magical weapon?

Is he unwilling to hand it over just because he is worried that he might hurt Leila, the girl he created?

"Perhaps we have met in a dream. I believe that after you have traveled through the human world, you will change your mind."

Peter said to him.

The Sleepy Man didn't say anything, but instead lowered his head and thought.

Clark and A-Zu, who were standing next to them, were stunned after hearing what Peter said.

Father (godfather) convinced the sleep demon just like that? !
Can you scare off the sleep demon without doing anything?
Especially A-Zu, he thought Peter would take action to imprison the Sandman again.

I didn’t expect my dad to be so capable!

"How about it, Morpheus? Are you willing to make this bet with me?"

Peter asked him from behind the table.

The Sandman raised his head, nodded at him and said, "Okay, let's make a promise. We will meet here every year at this time. If I change my mind, you will give me the ruby ​​and the sandbag."

"Very good, we have reached an agreement."

Peter poured a glass of wine and handed it to the other party, "Looks like we can celebrate."

The Sandman looked Peter in the eyes and shook his head, "No thanks, I don't need it... You don't think I'd lie?"

He asked Peter if he was worried that he would lie in order to get the ruby.

"No, I believe you are not such a person. I know you, Morpheus."

Listening to Peter's words, Morpheus felt slightly touched.

He was used to being alone, and suddenly he felt a different emotion in his heart.

"This is the key to the Dream Kingdom 'Dreams and Legends'. You will temporarily serve as the Dream God, Peter Padrick, and enter and exit the dream. You can prevent the collapse of the Dream Kingdom."

The Sandman handed Peter a key and said, "If you want me to fulfill my promise, you have to do me a favor."

"what?"

"Capture Collins and take him to the Dream Kingdom."

Peter nodded and agreed, "Of course."

After the Sandman left, Raven looked at Peter in shock.

"Dad, he...he is really gone?"

"of course."

Peter said as he touched the tuft of purple hair in front of Raven's head.

"He was really convinced by his father?!"

Riven felt dizzy at this moment.

She felt a great admiration for her father.

He really is my dad, he can even trick the sleep demon like this.

It seems that I need to learn well from my father.

"I don't understand, Dad, why would he agree?"

Raven looked up to Peter and humbly sought his advice.

"Because he knew he had no choice. Without his magic weapon, he couldn't even defeat you and John, let alone defeat me and snatch the ruby. So - he agreed to the bet."

Peter held the key that exuded a familiar smell in his hand and said to his daughter, "Also, he may be eager to understand the human world and want to learn about human emotions."

"Why do you know all this, Dad?"

Raven asked in confusion.

"If I want to know, I'll know."

A-Zu and Clark next to them also came over.

A Zu asked worriedly, "Dad, when you meet the Sandman in a year, if he really changes his mind, will you give him the ruby ​​and the sandbag?"

He was worried that his father would actually keep his promise.

"That depends on what he thinks."

Peter put away the key and said to A-Zu with a smile.

When they met a year later, he didn't believe that Sandman's personality would change easily.

Even if it is changed, I will still have other ways when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)