Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

That was the source of these monsters called 'Dead Soldiers' and the evil dragons that exist in this dream world of the dead. However, when faced with this powerful core, the "Doctor" simply tossed the core into the corpse of Kripps.

Just after the "Doctor" threw the core into Cripps' corpse, as the core merged with Cripps' corpse and came into contact with the core, it seemed as if some violent chemical reaction occurred.

The corpses, which had been dead long ago, seemed to be driven by some force and came back to life.

Meanwhile, the body tissues that had been mutated by the 'death warriors' and the evil dragon's poisonous blood began to spread rapidly, eventually completely enveloping Kripps' entire body.

This transformed him into a terrifying monster with an inhuman appearance, opening his twisted human form with those eerie golden eyes that resembled those of countless 'death warriors'.

At that moment, black flames also ignited on his body, burning together with the twisted, monstrous dragon, as if something was being gradually burned.

Some intangible fragments gradually peeled off from Kripps' body, turning into fuel that made Kripps burn even more fiercely, all of which was deliberately done by "The Doctor".

What he burned as fuel was none other than the 'dream' connection that Kripps had with others and that sustained him.

If these bonds are completely burned away, the being named Kripps will also disappear from this world and become a non-existent person.

This is precisely the "Doctor's" experiment and purpose.

The power of this flame is none other than the authority possessed and wielded by the demon god.

With the properties and combustion aid provided by the 'imaginary internal energy', all of this will be achieved the moment the flame is completely burned out.

Once he achieves his goal, Kripps' existence will completely disappear from this world, resolving the aftermath issues he needed to deal with.

As those things gradually peeled off the inhuman monster's humanoid body, at the moment the flames were completely burned away, the man who was once Cripps had now completely transformed into a twisted monster that could no longer be recognized as human.

Even his face was covered by a strange mask-like armor, transforming him into a bizarre humanoid monster with a twisted posture, and at the same time he completely transformed into a non-human being.

The dragon that devoured reality and dreams also digested the connections between Kripps and others, meaning that the existence of Kripps was completely digested at this moment.

However, at this moment, Kripps still had a trace of insignificant connection remaining, which was the last connection between Kripps and his son. This was a connection that could not be affected by an existence with the power of a demon god.

He knew it was because Kripps had given his son an evil eye, but the "Doctor" himself didn't care much about it.

For him, he did not deliberately choose to completely eliminate the existence of Kripps; he only needed to let this flame burn away most people's memories of Kripps.

However, he still needed to make a few minor adjustments to this, adding some altered results to the memory, and then his customized script was complete.

At the very moment when the connection to Kripps was completely and utterly burned away, he also rode on the back of the terrifying dragon that had once killed him, becoming one with the dragon that possessed a hateful and terrifying appearance.

As if transformed into a dragon riding a knight, the oppressive aura and powerful force emanating from Kripps caused the countless 'death warrior' monsters surrounding and gathered there to submit at that moment.

At that moment, they understood who was ruling over them.

born.

The moment I saw my work and the completion of my experiment,

The "Doctor" smiled with immense satisfaction, clapping his hands and laughing maniacally as he spoke.

"From this day forward, there will be no more Knights of the Dawn in this world, only Knights who ride the dragon Usa, the antithesis of the Knights of Favonius, the King of the Dead who roams between dreams and reality, Kripps Legenfind!"

"Let me see just how far you can go with that Evil Eye after losing your father. Now that you have the Evil Eye, you should be able to show me something different from those trash, right?"

Gazing in the direction Diluc had fled into, he couldn't wait to find out what kind of spectacular show Diluc would put on after learning all this.

"Doctor" looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, covered half of his face with one hand, and laughed maniacally.

"Hehe... Hahahaha...!!!"

……

Meanwhile, after using up all the power of the Evil Eye and almost completely exhausting his physical strength, he was now...

Having overcome the final obstacle, Diluc finally managed to escape from the dream world that haunted the undead thanks to the power within his Evil Eye, which could devour and digest the remnants of the demon god within the dream.

Having passed through the fog before him, he returned to the real world once again. Although the world before him seemed no different from the world of the dead, Diluc knew that he had escaped that 'nightmare'.

His icy body walked on the bridge of the real world. Bathed in the heavy rain, he could vaguely see the shadow of the gates of Mondstadt through the rain. The coldness did not extinguish the burning flame in his heart.

It ignited hope in his heart, and filled him with boundless joy.

He knew that as long as he could get to Mondstadt as quickly as possible, he could tell the Knights of Favonius everything that had happened in that 'nightmare'.

Diluc, clutching the still-warm Evil Eye and dragging his nearly exhausted body, desperately wanted to get back as soon as possible, urging the Knights to send reinforcements to help him rescue his father.

But the moment he took that first step, he felt an inexplicable emptiness in his heart, as if something very important to him had suddenly disappeared.

This made him feel a sudden, inexplicable panic as he had just escaped from his nightmare. This ominous premonition made him wonder if something had happened to his father.

This made him turn back to look at the bridge, but it seemed as if nothing existed there.

He didn't have time to think much and could only suppress the inexplicable emotions in his heart.

He tried to stop thinking about the worst-case scenario and instead focused on quickly reporting the information he had gathered to the Knights so they could extricate his father from that 'nightmare' as soon as possible.

As he trudged toward Mondstadt, his body nearly at its limit, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a young man with blue hair and an eye patch through the rain.

This gave Diluc, who was initially filled with panic, a sense of reassurance, calming his previously chaotic mind.

He rushed towards the figure almost immediately, and the figure seemed to breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing Diluc's presence, greeting Diluc.

"Diluc, where have you been? The Knights of Favonius have been very worried about you ever since they found out you were missing."

"Never mind that for now. I have something important to tell you. I learned some crucial information from my father about the Fools' plot. I need to report this to Grand Master Falgar immediately and have him send reinforcements to rescue my father."

Without even having time to exchange pleasantries with his sworn brother, Diluc blurted out everything he knew about him in one breath.