Wizard's Journey

Chapter 506 Dawn Naturally Awakens

Two years later.

Using the brief periods each night when the tricolor sprites appear, Green observes, analyzes, and summarizes their observations. Every day, he follows the trail of the tricolor sprites, moving step by step through the nightmare world, hoping to one day find the source of the rules governing these tricolor sprites.

That place is very likely the location of the Saint Mark Wizard of the Judgment Staff!

It was also the only time Green left the nightmare world...

"Hmm? What a strange ability. Your nightmare power is concealment?"

Grimm, who was carrying the Awakening Lamp and following the trail of the three-colored sprites in the darkness, was startled by the sudden sound. He leaped and appeared more than ten meters away. Under the mask of truth, his two-colored eyes pointed coldly at the source of the sound with his Ram Horned Skull Magic Staff.

The voice that suddenly appeared was in the language of wizards.

In Green's view, a hideous monkey with long red hair gradually emerged from under the mud. It was about three meters tall. Although it was much shorter than some of the giant long-haired monkeys that Green had seen before, which were seven or eight meters or even more than ten meters tall, it was much taller than the small monkeys that Nightmare Shadow was usually less than a meter tall.

This terrifying creature from the nightmare world casually wiped the mud off its face and stuffed a few disgusting black worms into its mouth.

"A new ability I've never seen before in this area. Did it come from other parts of the Nightmare World?"

The terrifying creature from the nightmare world that emerged from the mud ignored Green's tense defensive state. Anyone who was in stealth mode and was suddenly recognized by others would probably react like Green.

The Grimm it saw seemed to be the same as the Grimm seen by the witch apprentice when Grimm first arrived in the wizarding world, or rather, just like itself—an ugly monkey with long red hair.

Although the incident happened very suddenly, Green, as an elite demon hunter dark wizard, had already considered countless ways to deal with it in that instant.

This is the dark wizard's instinct, with survival as its most basic ability.

Meanwhile, Green's skills in disguise had become incredibly refined through countless demon-hunting expeditions.

"Who are you?"

Green's words were simple, and the simpler the words, the less likely his identity would be exposed.

The terrifying creature shook its body like a wet puppy, shaking off all the mud from its fur, and said in a low voice, "My name is Mengting. The power of nightmares is earth hearing, so although I can't see you, I can hear your presence through the nightmare mud."

Green pondered for a moment, seemingly trying to understand the way the terrifying creatures in the nightmare world communicated by listening to their language.

"I don't like talking to strangers, as you know. My nightmare power is stealth, and I think I should leave."

"Wait a moment!"

Mengting suddenly stopped Green, whose eyes flashed with a cold light and a fierce glint.

"Don't get me wrong, I just wanted to ask... heh heh, do you want to be reborn?"

Green stared intently into the other's eyes. For the terrifying creatures of the nightmare world, Green naturally understood the meaning of rebirth.

His breath hitched, and Green asked, "What do you mean?"

The long-haired, ugly monkey grinned, revealing its neat, white teeth. After licking its lips with its scarlet tongue, it pointed behind it.

"Over there lies Bitter Cliff Mountain, inhabited by the most powerful Fallen in this region, the Dream King. It possesses the ability to peer into the desires of dreams and is the third servant of the great Nightmare Mud, the Dreadlord. And now, it is summoning all the Fallen here to Bitter Cliff Mountain, where a wizard from the wizarding world has already shown signs of falling."

Trapped?

Is the Nightmare Shadow Curse activating?

"Hmph, even if there were a chance to be reborn, it would definitely be the Dream King you mentioned who would be reborn. What does that have to do with me?"

After saying that, Green turned to leave.

The rebirth of these nightmare creatures is achieved by influencing the will of humans in the wizarding world through nightmares. Theoretically, as a member of the terrifying creatures in the nightmare world, Green could also use this method to "rebirth," but this is not what Green wants.

What Green wants is to leave this world!

Moreover, if wizards are really that easily parasitized...

"Hmph, this world is growing weaker and weaker. Those foolish wizards of that wizarding world are dragging us toward destruction! If we don't launch a counterattack soon, we'll have no chance left. In at most four eras, this world will perish along with the wizarding world!"

Four eras!

Green already knew that the heart of the Wizarding World was constantly collapsing. Because the coordinates of the Wizarding World had left the original coordinates of the Endless World, the balance rules of this world cluster had been disrupted. Without the replenishment of the balance rules of the Endless World, a small wound in the heart of the world was constantly growing and tending to collapse.

However, the first time Green heard the exact time of the wizarding world's destruction was from a terrifying creature in the nightmare world.

Four eras, or forty thousand years.

Forty thousand years is far too long, even for a formal wizard.

Although, in principle, no formal wizard's soul can withstand the passage of ten thousand years without decaying, thus naming ten thousand years an era, in reality, most formal wizards' souls begin to decay gradually after six or seven thousand years, and very few wizards can reach the limit of ten thousand years.

Forty thousand years?

This is truly an amazing secret!

The Wizarding World did not spread this news because the True Spirit Wizards did not want the powerful Wizarding World to lose confidence and fall into panic, but the Nightmare World had no such concern.

What the dreadlords, the rulers of the nightmare world, need is the struggle and madness of all nightmare creatures together.

Because Green's mindset was still that of a wizard and he had not yet truly transformed into a nightmare creature, he could not understand the significance of the four eras for nightmare creatures.

"Hmph, even if the Nightmare World is about to be destroyed in four days, the chance of rebirth still won't be mine, nor will it be yours. What does this have to do with you and me?"

"Of course it's related..."

Meng Ting gave a mysterious laugh, then said in a sinister tone, "Hmph, this dark wizard has an astonishing number of human slaves! Once the King of Dreams completes his rebirth, he will use the bloodline magic possessed by wizards to transform and strengthen these slaves, thereby widening the world rift. Then, using his dream-gazing abilities, he will guide us to find their dream desires, triggering their curse of damnation and plunging them into a nightmare world, giving us a chance to be reborn!"

Black Wizard!

Human slaves!

Unleash the Mark of Depravity, also known as the Shadow of Nightmares!

I received some amazing news. Although it was somewhat dangerous, it might be an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the rules of the nightmare world and find a way to leave it.

"A wizard shows signs of being trapped in this world. Why would the Dream King summon all the fallen ones in the vicinity instead of completing his own rebirth?"

Green wondered.

"Because the King of Dreams could not fulfill this wizard's desires, thus breaking the wizarding world's natural awakening rule at dawn, he left her in this world forever, to complete the awakening in her place."

Green's eyes flickered.

Besides the protection of mental strength and willpower, are wizards also protected by the natural awakening rules of the wizarding world at dawn?

(End of this chapter)