Wizard's Journey

Chapter 514 The Lord of Dread (Part 4)

"Who are you!?"

On the ravine-strewn ground, a terrifying creature from a nightmare world roared.

A fallen being, appearing out of nowhere, possessed the ability to remain completely hidden and suddenly launched a sneak attack on him, leaving him utterly unable to retaliate.

Now, this terrifying creature from the nightmare world has collapsed twice, losing nearly ten thousand units of fright power, and its body has shrunk from its original ten-meter height to a mere five meters.

It can't go on like this!

Once a Fallen One begins to collect the power of terror and embarks on the path of the Dreadlord, the most difficult time is in the initial stage before reaching five hundred units of terror power.

At that time, the Fallen did not even have the ability to create Nightmare Shadows; they could only collect the power of terror by relying on uncertain factors.

For example, the powerful obsession of the witch apprentice, Nightmare Shadow, that Green discovered when he first entered the Nightmare World.

Bang!

The Grimm Horned Skull Magic Wand slammed down, shattering the terrifying creature of this nightmare world once again. His body could clearly feel himself absorbing over a hundred portions of the power of terror once more.

Roughly calculated, the opponent had lost nearly 15,000 points of shock power, while Green had absorbed about 300 points, an absorption ratio of about one-fiftieth.

This speed far exceeds the speed at which Grimm creates Nightmare Shadows to collect the power of terror.

With the Nightmare Power growing stronger with each battle, combined with the Awakening Light and the concealment ability of the Wizarding World's primal will, Green is practically the natural enemy of all other terrifying creatures in the Nightmare World!

In that case, it's no wonder that Green named himself "Nightmare Hunter".

"Roar! Whoever you are, I will report this to the Earthshaker, you intruder's minion of the Nightmare Sludge Dreadlord!"

With a roar, the terrifying creature from this nightmare world, which had already been destroyed three times, was reborn once more, blurring into seven identical bodies. Each body was only about three meters tall, and its power of terror was greatly reduced as a result. It then fled at incredible speed in four different directions.

Even though this terrifying creature from the nightmare world was originally of similar strength to Grimm, it had no way to fight Grimm on equal terms against this completely invisible enemy, and could only flee.

"Hmm? Is this its nightmare power? That's quite interesting."

Clearly, using this Nightmare Power can effectively protect one's Fright Power from being completely depleted by powerful enemies, but it is useless in normal times because the condition for using it is that one has to sacrifice a portion of Fright Power to activate this Nightmare Shadow ability.

Even so, it's still much better than Green defeating it time and time again, reducing it to a lowly nightmare world horror creature with zero fear power.

Green selected a clone to chase after it, leaped high into the air, and brought down the Ram's Horned Skull Magic Wand.

It seems that Green only manifests when he absorbs the power of fright.

In the eyes of the other clones, a Fallen being over ten meters tall leaped high into the air, and its rough, hairy giant hand covered in long red fur pressed down on the clone. The earth trembled, and a palm print over ten meters long easily spread across the Nightmare Mud.

After a brief reappearance, the fallen one became invisible again, chasing after its other clones.

After half an hourglass incident, Green, who killed the fourth clone and absorbed more than thirty portions of the power of fright, lost interest in chasing the other clones and walked forward to find new prey.

Two hourglasses later.

A hazy, nightmarish fog shrouded the village, which consisted of about a hundred households.

Such villages are most likely to become strongholds for terrifying creatures from nightmare worlds.

The reason is simple: people living in relatively poor conditions can hardly experience the so-called beautiful fairy tales. Similar to the time when Grimm was a child, not only did he not experience fairy tales, but he was also constantly plagued by nightmares.

Even though the old butler of the Viscount's mansion had long since died, Green would never forget the hateful old man's face from his childhood nightmares.

"Terrifying creatures" is Green's term for the creatures of the Nightmare World, who call themselves the Fallen.

Dawn is less than an hour away. This is the most peaceful moment in the wizarding world, but also the last splendor of the nightmare world!

With a creak, Green opened the wooden door of a house at the entrance of the village.

In the nightmare world, the doors of houses seem to be a kind of rule, representing that Green has begun to intrude into other people's dreams. Even if it does not have a substantial impact on these dreams, Green will appear in some form in an inconspicuous corner of these people's dreams, passing by as a passerby.

That's why there was that creaking sound as the wooden door was pushed open, breaking the silence of the nightmare world.

"Waaaaah..."

As soon as he entered, the sound of a little girl crying came from the rift in the world. Soon, Green found a rag doll wrapped in black and gray.

It's unclear what happened in the little girl's nightmare, but judging from her sorrowful sobs, it must have been a nightmare for her.

"Is it just a fleeting shadow of a nightmare? Or is a terrifying creature lurking here?"

After thinking for a moment, Green separated a portion of his frightening power and began to distort part of the room's layout, wrapping the rag doll in a layer of frightening power.

"A talking doll?"

Gradually, Green saw the little girl in his dream. She was only five years old and always had a talking doll to play with her in her dream.

Because her parents went to work in a far-off city, her elderly grandfather had to work in the fields all day, and her grandmother died last year, the little girl was lonely every day. There were no children her age in the village to play with her or talk to her.

In her dream, a talking doll keeps her company and they play happily together.

But today, for some reason, the doll stopped talking. It was terribly silent, and no matter how the little girl called out to it, it didn't speak. The little girl shed sad and painful tears because of this.

Losing something beautiful that doesn't exist is also a nightmare.

"wrong!"

With the wisdom of Wizard Grimm, he quickly realized that something was wrong with this nightmare, because this talking rag doll did not fit the meaning of the nightmare's creation at all. It was not some obsession of the young girl, but rather something forcibly added by external forces.

It seems this is indeed the stronghold of a terrifying creature from a nightmare world.

Thinking this, Green withdrew all his fear, opened the door with a creak, and left the room with the Awakening Lamp, searching for the other houses in the village one by one.

Squeak!

After searching through more than thirty houses, Green finally spotted a seven- or eight-meter-tall long-haired monkey curled up in a room, looking at him.

It couldn't see Green, but it could clearly sense that something foreign had entered the room of the dream. The creaking sound after the door was opened was so eerie in the silent nightmare world.

"A Fallen One with the ability to become invisible?"

This terrifying creature from the nightmare world instinctively looked around defensively, its silvery eyes scanning the surroundings, hoping to find the potential Fallen One, or at least ascertain the other's purpose.

At this time, it is at its weakest point because the shock value that was invested has not yet been automatically withdrawn after the black sun rises!

"Hmph, creating obsessions through a series of beautiful dreams, then suddenly cutting them off to create nightmares, your nightmare power is quite interesting."

Roar!

With a roar, the terrifying creature from the nightmare world flew out of the room. The house in the nightmare world was in ruins. The seven or eight-meter-long hairy monkey, with one arm severed, lay on the ground, a ditch slid out of the ground beneath its feet. It looked around nervously, but still could not see anything.

He attacked randomly in all directions a few times, hoping to find the invisible enemy by chance, but to no avail.

"Why! Why are you attacking me? I have never joined the battle between the Dreadlords."

The fallen cried out in despair.

boom!

Green's Ram Horned Skull Magic Wand struck the hairy monkey's head, shattering it instantly. After Green absorbed over a hundred points of the terror's power, the monstrous creature blurred and reappeared dozens of meters away, having completed its resurrection.

The terrifying creature fled, facing an unseen enemy of overwhelming power, with no chance of victory.

Moments later, however, he was caught up by Green again and defeated once more!

Investing in the power of fright is also an extremely dangerous thing for the terrifying creatures of the nightmare world, because it means weakening oneself.

Fortunately for this terrifying creature, the black sun gradually rose over the nightmare world...

(End of this chapter)