047─Dream Among Dreams
“That’s annoying. It doesn’t feel good because it coincides with the death of birds for no reason.”
At the words of Sepia walking beside him, Farnese quietly fiddled with the holy water he was given.
It can heal even wounds that are close to fatal, and if sprayed directly on monsters, it exerts a powerful exorcism effect.
It is a miracle that only those who have been appointed as saints or popes can create after long prayers.
Since it was given to everyone as a supply, it must be the chief priest’s will to spare no support.
However, apart from being grateful for such support, Farnese was surprised that a saintess who was only half of her could perform such a miracle.
No, come to think of it, is it rude to be surprised?
It is the antipode of the demons created by mankind over a long period of time.
No matter how half it is, it would be ridiculous if it couldn’t even perform a miracle like this.
It was the result of how desperately mankind struggled.
And the more so, Farnese felt no small amount of joy that he was the only person who could grasp the concept of being a saint.
‘If the process of purifying the demonic realm could be an interesting sight for him…… ‘
Me too.
Can I be given a nickname?
Recalling the traces of the nickname that had been engraved in his dream for a while, Farnese touched his belly.
At the end of the journey, we reached a safe mountain area.
The demons hid in the cave at the entrance of this place, and the demon hardening proceeded, and the period was approximately 1 year and 7 months.
It may sound obvious, but the difficulty of purification increases depending on how long the formed demonic landscape has been maintained.
Because the torsion inside becomes so extreme.
“It seems that it is already affecting the outside world. It seems to be a special case because it is near a cave.”
Sephia takes out a small dagger and stabs the tree in front of the cave, cutting off the bark.
Then, bizarre flesh-like things wriggled inside, beating like a fetal heart.
The majority of people naturally looked at Hysteria, the eldest daughter of the Margarita family.
Waiting for her overall coordination and decision, as she is effectively the head of this pack.
“It’s burdensome. First of all, it’s a cave that is divided into two from the entrance, so I’ll divide it into groups of 10 people. I take on one side, and Mr. Sepia leads the other side.”
“Thank you for trusting me. Hysteria lady.”
Sepia, who responds with a pretentious laugh, stands to the left of the forked cave entrance.
At that, some women clicked their tongues and showed disapproval.
It was easy-to-understand jealousy and envy, but in other words, except for those few women, they didn’t vomit too much.
This was proof that Hysteria’s status was that high, and at the same time, it meant that most people recognized that Sepia’s military power was worth leading a group.
As a mage, her designated element is brain.
The concept of germination was the most difficult to obtain.
Considering human perception of lightning from the distant past to the present, it has the best and strongest symbolism among numerous designated elements.
“Farnese.”
“…… Yes. Sister.”
And in the process of making her group, Farnese came to her side at the words of Sepia, who called herself for granted, and immediately after that, they were divided into groups of 10 and entered the inside of the Devil’s Palace.
* * * * *
Hwareuk!
Stepping ahead of him, Farnese ignited her own flame and drove away the darkness from him.
“Hmm. That’s interesting. It’s too much to keep its original appearance.”
Then, Sepia struck the cave wall with a faint current through her dagger, and had a puzzled look on her face as the stone fragments fell.
Magic.
The monsters that were like the nuclei of that place were able to change the surrounding environment as much as they liked.
Not only that, but it could also apply strange phenomena or rules.
In other words, it is said that you can freely preoccupy the most advantageous location, but this place is following the existing environment too much.
“If you say that the environment has hardly changed, it must mean that there are no less unusual phenomena or rules applied.”
As they approached as cautiously as possible, they advanced deep into the cave, but before long, 10 people, including Farnese, stopped walking.
Because there were bloodstained writings carved on the walls of the cave.
“Kuhm. I-I wish I could tell you what it says.”
Because most of the people recruited to Solenda were commoners, there were many people who couldn’t read properly.
It was embarrassing to reveal the fact directly, but it was useless pride in front of the cost of life.
“The bats are always hanging upside down from the ceiling. Keep that in mind.”
“What?”
“If there are three forks, go to the center, and if there are two forks, move to the right.”
“What are you talking about?”
“If you find a white bone, please do not touch the remains and pray for peace. That way they won’t come after you.”
“…… “
“Even if you notice that someone you didn’t know joined in the middle, don’t ever say it out loud.”
All along.
Continued.
As Farnese read the bloodstained words, he turned around.
“This is what is written on the wall of the cave.”
“…… “
A long silence falls for a while.
Those who felt appalled looked around and even let out a sigh of relief when they confirmed that the current number of people was 10.
“Do you follow the rules and move? Or not, that’s the key.”
Opinions are divided over Sepia’s words.
“There is no end to the decision to make a decision by majority vote. Those who want to move according to the rules raise their hands, and those who do not want to keep their hands down.”
A total of seven people raised their hands.
On the other hand, there are 4 people with their hands down.
Awkward!
The moment they realized the change, everyone stared at a man with a face they hadn’t seen before, stiffening their bodies.
Still, since the result of the vote was decided to follow the rules, no one bothered to bring that fact out of their mouths.
That’s how uncomfortable companionship began.
“…… “
Before he knew it, Farnese realized that he was left alone.
* * * * *
“What…… “
I closed the double speed mode and held my breath while observing, but when something strangely familiar came out, I shook my head.
‘Ah.’
What comes to mind at the end is the Neapolitan ghost story.
And when opinions diverged on whether to move while following the rules or not, I naturally thought that I had to follow the rules.
‘…… ‘
By the way, even though the world was created in a state influenced by the culture of the earth, etc., Can it overlap even these things?
“Ah.”
However, I held my breath when I saw that a stranger was naturally involved in the process of voting.
I feel creepy just watching from the other side of the screen, but the characters in the game are appalling.
Still, I was relieved that no one said the fact, probably because the result of the vote was decided to follow the rules.
The search for the demonic realm begins again soon after.
‘Wow. Seed…… You’ll get motion sickness.’
It wasn’t long before the road came to a dead end, and, of course, there was a hole in the ceiling.
I wondered what it meant to fly and move, but as Farnese increased the flames, bats clinging to the floor were revealed.
According to the rules, bats are always attached to the ceiling, so the floor they are stepping on is the ceiling.
I wonder if the characters in the game realized that as well, and soon after the upside down screen reversed, I rubbed my dizzy eyes with the back of my hand.
A sight where the characters are locked inside a cube, and the cube is randomly moved and placed.
As we proceeded step by step like that, a crossroads appeared, and the white bone mentioned in the rules also appeared.
As much as that bastard’s monster, his nose didn’t show up either.
Does it make sense to enter a dungeon and not see any monsters?
‘I feel like I’ve passed half of the cave…… ‘
I felt like I was going to die of frustration.
Since the time is already approaching 1:00 in the morning, I am quite sleepy.
I wanted to leave it like this and go to sleep, but I can’t because I don’t know.
“?”
It wasn’t long before I was staring at the screen of my laptop, spread out like a half-dead zombie, and I jumped up.
Puffed up.
Puffed up.
Puffed up.
Farnese, of course, and all his colleagues around him suddenly collapse in place.
“What, what is it…… !”
From that point, the screen freezes due to lag.
I wondered if it was a problem that I left it on for too long, so I opened the task manager and tried to restart it after forcibly shutting it down, but luckily the lag was soon resolved and what caught my eyes……
Farnese and his companions are sleeping soundly.
“…… “
The problem is that sleeping in a group in this situation is by no means natural.
Even that sleep didn’t seem like a simple sleep.
‘Crazy. Was this the reason for the lag?’
An unusual sign that comes to mind separately when a designated character dreams.
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(!)(!)(!)…… (!)
They were lined up in so many numbers that I couldn’t dare to count them with the naked eye.
Really, endlessly.