"You must be Alka. What do you want? Sifus asked to bring you a ssage: he wants you to face him on Elcott Island on the Day of Harvest. Otherwise, he’s going to kill the previously captured leader of the Treasure Hunting Team, Andre."
Upon hearing this, Chadite’s fury ignited. As she was about to charge forward, Alka quickly held her back.
"Don’t be impulsive. I’ve already gotten the information. I’ll tell you in a bit."
With Alka’s words, Chadite’s anger quickly subsided, and she cald down. She nodded and stepped back a few paces.
Alka squatted before the pirate, staring into his eyes. "How did that death feel?"
"Death? Hmph, it’s rely sothing to aspire to."
Looking at the defiant pirate, Alka smiled helplessly. Once again, he sank into a dream.
Soon, the two other sleeping pirates began gasping frantically, one even screaming aloud, as if they had just experienced a terrifying Nightmare.
Alka, having just erged, watched this scene clearly, a smile on his face.
Death in the Dream Realm causes one’s dream to vanish, forcibly ejecting them. It was unclear if it hard their original bodies; for now, it just seed like they had experienced a Nightmare.
Alka turned to Julia. "Julia, help check if their ntal state has been hard."
Julia smiled and nodded. "Of course, happy to help."
Saying so, she approached the pirates, ignoring their shouts, and began to check their ntal and soul states. Then, she shook her head. "Their spirits are just slightly weary, like they haven’t rested well, but there’s no damage."
Alka nodded in understanding, letting the pink mist once again enshroud the few individuals before him. The pirates who had just woken up fell into a Deep Sleep once more, sinking into a dream again.
This ti, their Dream Bubbles beca very thin and epheral, appearing sowhat unstable. The most imdiate sensation was that the Dream Bubble’s mbrane had thinned; it wasn’t as substantial as it had been during the first dream. The environnt within the dream also appeared sowhat lifeless, with defects everywhere, as if there were texture mapping errors. And even in the dream, these pirates were lying on various beds, in Deep Sleep.
So that’s how it is?
Thus, Alka began experinting with these pirates.
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"Kill ! If you have the guts, kill , you bastard! I’ll—MMFF!"
Sealing the pirate’s mouth once again, Alka controlled the pink mist to envelop him.
Chadite and the others were on deck attending to their tasks, occasionally glancing at the pirates tied to the mast. These four pirates looked exhausted, their faces pale, their lips sowhat blackened. Their eyes drooped lifelessly, the bloodshot veins within them clearly visible. They seed to have been tornted considerably.
Alka had been experinting on these pirates for two days, continuously using them to test various dream scenarios. For instance, he killed them in various ways within their dreams: letting them awaken only to be killed again, killing them while in Deep Sleep, and killing them while they were actively dreaming. He even dragged them out of their Dream Bubbles. Although there was inevitable struggle, Alka succeeded a few tis. Once dragged out of their Dream Bubbles, they would also awaken suddenly. It seed drears couldn’t leave their own Dream Bubbles. Luring them out of their Dream Bubbles simply didn’t work. Without Alka forcibly dragging them out or acting as a link, these individuals couldn’t leave their Dream Bubbles. To Alka, the mbrane was as thin as a bubble’s, but for these people, it was a solid wall. Unless, like Alka, one mastered the Dream Catcher.
Seeing the pirates’ haggard appearance, Alka patted their shoulders, his tone full of gratitude. "Thank you. You’re truly good people. I will rember your contribution. Consider it redemption for your past sins."
Upon hearing Alka’s words, the pirates’ expressions grew agitated again, and they looked ready to curse him on the spot. However, as soon as Alka finished speaking, he killed them and threw their bodies off the ship.
After disposing of their bodies, Alka clapped his hands. "I’m going to experint on myself now. There could be accidents, so please keep an eye out."
Beside him, Chadite nodded.
Alka first switched to his illusory body and committed suicide in the real environnt. The instant the dagger pierced his heart, his physical body, lingering in the Dream Realm, was imdiately ejected, and the persistent Dream Bubble shattered. His body, which had just died from the pierced heart, was instantly restored. It wasn’t that he hadn’t died; rather, at the very mont of death, his physical body was pulled back, appearing as if it had been reset.
Back in his body, Alka gasped for breath repeatedly. Chadite supported him, looking at his face with concern. "How are you? Is anything wrong?"
Alka, gripping Chadite’s shoulder, took several deep breaths before finally calming his frantically beating heart.
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