Celia's awakening was not a direct wake-up call, but rather a guided approach that allowed their dreams to gradually come to an end.

She approached Anthony, sensed him, and her expression became even more strange.

Why is your dream about self-sacrifice?

The girl shook her head and came to Goref.

"This mercenary is so normal, he just marries Pamisa and reaches the pinnacle of life."

At this moment, Pamisa, who was the first to be awakened, slowly regained consciousness. Her cheeks were flushed, as if she was still savoring the beautiful dream she had just had.

Celia walked over and smiled, "You're awake?"

Pamisa realized, "So that was just a dream?"

"Hmm, the aurora effect at the ruins is dream-like. Looks like you had a good dream," Celia said with a smile.

Pamisa blushed. "It's quite good."

At this moment, Manika also woke up. She looked around in a daze and suddenly saw Pamisa talking to Celia. She was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening and quickly lowered her head, her heart pounding.

Pamisa noticed her reaction and asked curiously, "Manika, are you alright? Did you have a nightmare?"

"A nightmare?" Manica nodded quickly. "Yes, yes, I had a nightmare, it was so scary!"

"What was the dream?" Pamisa asked.

"It was horrible, I can't describe it." Manica lowered her head guiltily.

Anthony woke up too. He touched his body and said, "I'm not dead. Thank goodness."

Pamisa leaned closer, looked her over, and scoffed, "Dreaming of your own death? Useless thing, it would be better if you were dead."

Upon seeing Pamisa, Anthony's face flashed with embarrassment.

Celia knew the reason: in her dream, after Anthony died, Pamisa rushed over and hugged him, begging him not to die. Anyone would feel awkward facing the real Anthony.

Pamisa didn't ask any further questions because Gorif had also woken up. When he saw Pamisa, the aftereffects of the dream made him call out, "Sasha, get me a glass of water."

These words immediately made Pamisa look over, frowning. "What did you just call me?"

“Sa…” Gorif froze, then broke out in a cold sweat. “I’m sorry, Miss Parmisa, I didn’t mean to. I think I’ve fallen into someone’s illusion.”

“It was a dream.” Pamisa stared at him and asked, “What did you see in your dream?”

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Goref shook his head repeatedly.

Looking at the four people, Celia thought to herself, "These four people all have dreams about Pamisa. I feel like I'm just superfluous!"

Ross laughed and said, "You can also have a dream and have Pamisa appear in your dream."

"She can't appear unless I can completely control the dream."

My dream...

As Celia thought of the beautiful dream Ross had given her, she felt a slight warmth rise to her cheeks.

However, now is not the time to discuss dreams.

Seeing that everyone was awake, she interrupted Pamisa as she continued to question Goref: "Miss Pamisa, the aurora on the ground today is quite unusual. It not only covers the entire camp, but also continues to spread to the camp over there. We need to be prepared to deal with any possible attacks."

Parmisa looked at Celia: "An attack? What kind of attack could there be?"

"Yes, the aurora of the ruins will also affect the monsters in the vicinity, and can even create monsters. When its concentration reaches a certain level, monsters will definitely appear."

Goref said, "They're just monsters, don't worry about them. I can't deal with these strange aurora dreamscapes, but I can kill dozens of monsters with a flick of my wrist."

Celia smiled slightly: "There might be fourth-tier monsters appearing."

Pamisa said, "Fourth rank? Then we can only ask Mr. Gorif for protection."

Goref fell silent.

"Miss," Manica said nervously, "shouldn't we leave quickly?"

Pamisa frowned, looked around at the dreamlike colors, and then looked at Anthony. "How's the photo shoot going?"

Anthony said, "I had already taken pictures before I started dreaming, but now that the aurora is all around me, it's harder to take pictures."

"Alright then, let's leave."

“Don’t leave yet,” Celia said. “I’ve set up a magic circle around the camp. The magic circle can prevent the pollution that comes with the aurora from entering the camp. If you go out, you will fall back into the dream, and this time it will be a nightmare.”

Pamisa said, "But didn't Miss Hiro just say that a fourth-tier monster would appear? If there is a fourth-tier monster... we'll be stuck here forever."

“It’s not like we can’t fight fourth-tier monsters.” Celia waved her hand. “The most dangerous thing is for you to be attacked by fourth-tier monsters outside when you leave the protection of the magic circle. At least here you won’t have to worry about being trapped in a dream.”

Goref looked at Celia, "Miss Shiro seems to know a lot."

Celia waved her hand, "Not much, just a little bit."

Pamisa said, "Then what do we do now? Just wait here?"

Celia nodded: "We can only wait for the aurora to end, keep an eye on our surroundings, and watch out for monster attacks."

As she spoke, she looked towards the mercenary camp in the distance: "There's no way to warn them now. Hopefully, they'll retreat on their own."

Goreve said, "If they're dead, it's just bad luck, it has nothing to do with us. They were thinking of robbing us during the day."

Just as Celia was about to say something, her sense of danger suddenly triggered a feeling of crisis.

Without hesitation, she cast a lightness spell on herself and added an ice shield to the soles of her feet.

Bang!

A loud crash came from beneath her feet, and her body was sent flying into the air, arcing through the air before landing on the ground a short distance away.

A monster resembling a seal flew out from under the ice that had been lifting Celia.

“There’s an ocean underneath here?!” Celia raised an eyebrow.

"drink!"

Goref charged forward with his greatsword and slashed hard at the seal.

Ding!

The next second, Goref was thrown back by the reaction force, staggering back several steps before stopping.

He shook his hand and felt a sharp pain in the web of his hand.

"Is this monster's hide made of steel? It's so hard!"

Pamisa had already summoned the puppet, which extended a long sword and charged forward.

Manica exclaimed in panic, "This...this is a legendary fourth-tier monster, isn't it?"

Celia also summoned a puppet, shaking her head and saying, "No, it's only third-tier. It's just that under the influence of the aurora in the dream, it has extraordinary defensive power. As long as you break through its defense, you can kill it."

Pamisa's puppet has become entangled with the seal, and the clanging of metal striking metal can be heard incessantly.

"It's completely unbreakable!"

The puppet was knocked away by the seal's head-flipping motion.

"Let me do it!" Goref roared, his puppet leaping high into the air, his greatsword aimed at the seal's head and plunging down fiercely.

Sensing danger from above, the seal raised its head, stood up on its forelimbs, and prepared to strike the giant sword.

"Delay!"

With a soft shout, Celia's spell took effect on the seal, slowing its movements.

The puppet's giant sword pierced fiercely towards the seal's head.

Ding--

No defense breach.

Goref was horrified.

"How can this be?!"

Chapter 369 Entering the Land of Sleep

Is this still a Tier 3 monster? Even Tier 4 monsters aren't this tough!

Not only Goref, but also Parmisa was shocked.

They all looked at Celia simultaneously.

Celia was baffled.

See what I do?

"Miss Hiro, what's going on?" Pamisa asked.

Celia remained silent for a moment (referring to the divine oracle she was praying to).

"These are monsters that have been affected by the dream... the aurora of the ruins for a long time. Within the aurora's range, it has been strengthened to the point that it is indestructible. Of course, it is not that it actually has such strong defense, but that the aurora has blurred the boundary between dream and reality."

"To put it another way, we are essentially fighting it in a dream, or rather, in its dream. Our weapons are naturally ineffective against it."

Pamisa said, "Doesn't that mean we can't kill it?"

Celia said, "Yes, it's possible. Just nullify its dream, or turn it into a nightmare, into what it fears most, and it will be broken."

"What it fears most..."

While the others were still pondering, Anthony had already taken action. He turned on the projection function of the recording device and projected the image of a polar bear in front of the seal as it rushed over.

The seal immediately panicked as if it had seen a ghost, and the dazzling aurora surrounding it began to flicker.

Upon seeing this, Goref immediately ordered the puppet to attack again.

This time, as expected, the seal was easily pierced and killed by the giant sword, as if it were cutting melons and vegetables.

Feeling the completely different texture, Goref was dumbfounded: "There are such amazing things."

Celia smiled slightly and said nothing.

Ross had already told her about the characteristics of dream magic. The biggest feature of this special faction is that it creates a region that blurs the lines between reality and dreams within a certain area, pulling the target into its own dream and shaping an invincible image within the dream.

This peculiar characteristic, though seemingly terrifying, also follows the ironclad rule that nothing is perfect and has a fatal weakness.

Just like this seal in front of me, which clearly possesses the combat power of a third-tier fighter, it was still panicked and had its dream shattered when faced with its natural enemy, a polar bear.

After the seal was killed, Pamisa was about to say something when she suddenly saw the dead seal's body slowly turn into specks of light and float toward the entrance of the ruins.

Where it drifted by, a road paved with rainbows and starlight appeared.

Pamisa's heart skipped a beat: "Could this be... the real way to enter the ruins?"

Just as she was hesitating, she saw Celia step onto the Starlight Avenue and head towards the entrance of the ruins.

She quickly called out, "Hey, Miss Hiro, the danger level of that ruin hasn't been determined yet, so don't act rashly!"

Celia stopped, turned around, and smiled, "I know, but how can we know the level of danger without an advance team's exploration? This is such a good opportunity, let me be the one to lead the advance team! You wait here for a moment, I'll be right back. If I'm not back, don't wait for me, go back first."

After saying that, Celia was about to continue forward.

Little did anyone know that these were just casual remarks from her, but they stirred up Pamisa's emotions.

She declared with boundless confidence: "Miss Sillo is right. If everyone is hesitant and timid, who will be the vanguard? How could I let Miss Sillo risk her life alone? Count me in for your vanguard!"

After saying that, he took the puppet and walked onto the Avenue of Stars.

At the same time, she turned back and instructed, "Manika, Anthony, you two wait here for me to return. Mr. Gorif, please keep an eye on them."

"Huh?" Goref looked around, and seeing that Pamisa had followed Celia without turning back after speaking, he gritted his teeth.

"The honor of being an exploration vanguard is higher than that of a regular explorer, second only to those who clear the ruins. If you miss this opportunity, you won't get another one. Miss Pamisa, Miss Hiro, why don't you include me? Although I don't know much, just let me know if there's a need for combat!"

After saying that, he rushed forward with the puppet.

Under these circumstances, it's clear that Manica and Anthony, two weaklings, cannot stay.

They had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

Manica cried out, "Miss, don't leave me behind!"

Anthony removed the core of the recording device and put it on his person, then threw the rest of the device into the tent and followed.

Sensing the sounds and footsteps behind her, Celia facepalmed, regretting saying those words in an attempt to look cool.

She said helplessly, "Miss Pamisa, you didn't need to come. This ruin... is very dangerous and polluted. It's highly likely that it's been taken over by heretics. You probably don't understand heretics..."

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