Chapter 183 – 183. You Need to Sleep to Grow

A chain sticking out of the abdomen.

A kitchen knife that gets stuck in the shoulder and thigh and takes root.

A magic cannon that would have pulverized me even if the angle had been slightly off.

Enemies whose strength is on a different level from those we have encountered so far.

I barely escaped from them, suffered serious injuries, and fell into a treatment capsule.

I just fainted. I had a dream in that state.

It was a very deep dream.

There was no Agaf in that dream. Completely alone, I floated up and continued to swim in the pitch black darkness.

Infinitely, as if I were moving alone through one side of the universe without anyone interfering.

I’m having a long dream. Maybe the real me is receiving treatment in a treatment capsule.

Yes, I took too much damage and fainted.

‘Then is this… A lucid dream?’

Maybe so. While I was dreaming, I realized that this was a dream.

So how can I wake up from this dream?

It’s my first time lucid dreaming, so I’m not sure. However, right now, I am aware of the fact that this is a dream, but on the other hand, I am accepting it as reality.

I recognized this as reality in the realm of emotion, beyond my understanding or reason. This feeling was truly strange and strange.

Why do I feel this is not a dream but the real world, even though I know it is a dream?

For a moment, I had many questions and wanted to keep following what was leading me, but my body was soon sucked into a huge vortex.

‘What, what.!!’

Even if I asked, no one answered.

My consciousness was cut off again.

******

“Ugh.”

When I woke up again, it was an unknown meadow.

A wide grassland. It was a slightly alien landscape, with grass blowing in the wind, stars twinkling in the night sky, and a blue moon.

I feel like I’ve fallen into the middle of another world.

‘No way…’

Maybe I am now in ‘someone’s dream’.

Maybe it’s because of the secret I took a while ago.

[A bottle full of mystery: The bottle is full of ‘mystery.’ If you open or break the bottle, all the ‘mystery’ inside will come out. You can have pleasant dreams.]

This allows you to enter another being’s dream with a certain probability.

But actually, I haven’t slept even once since accepting the mystery. That’s why it seems like the jackpot hit the moment I lost consciousness as if I fainted today.

‘Then whose dream is this?’

I walked through the meadow.

I had no choice but to wander around until the owner of my dream appeared.

‘There is nothing.’

There was scenery, but no life. Perhaps because it is a dream, there are no bugs, birds, mice or anything.

Only the blue moon rose steadily, forcibly illuminating a world immersed in darkness.

“The moon.”

I quietly looked at the moon.

Perhaps the most unusual thing in this space may be that blue moon.

[You. Who is it? Why are you here?]

It was the correct answer.

As I was staring at the moon, the moon started talking to me.

No, that wasn’t the moon in the first place.

‘Blue eyes.’

The owner of this dream has been keeping an eye on me since a while ago.

“I came in by mistake. “I don’t know how to get out.”

I told the truth. I don’t know how to get out.

[I just need to wake up.]

The moon answered.

Soon the world was plunged into darkness and then became bright again.

It looks like he blinked. Isn’t this a sign that he will wake up soon? Then this dream will break, and I too can wake up.

‘Can I wake up from a dream if I wake up or kill the owner of the dream?’

I do not know. Dreams themselves are a very unfamiliar and difficult area for me.

[There is one thing I want to ask before I wake up.]

“Yes?”

What is it all of a sudden? I waited for the question. I was a little nervous, not knowing what to ask.

[Why is there a void in your soul?]

I couldn’t give any answer to Blue Moon’s question.

‘Vacuity? What bullshit. Is it because of skill?’

Are any of my skills related to the void? Or is it because of Agaf? Maybe it was because of the magical energy of the demon I had just fought. Maybe it’s because of the mystery.

Actually, I can’t understand what they’re saying at all.

Even if the void was suddenly mentioned, it was difficult for me to answer because I was not some sort of Xel’Naga and had nothing to do with the void.

I just answered it as it is.

“Well, what is void?”

The moon blinked once again at my question. The world was immersed in darkness and then stepped on again.

[You don’t seem to know anything. Be careful of snakes.]

The moon whispered.

Be careful of snakes.

It sounds like something is coming out of nowhere. The void and the snake. What a combination.

[Okay then, leave again. Tiny creature.]

I was kicked out of the dream.

My soul bounced at the speed of light, jumped across the middle of the universe, and returned to my body…

******

“Khaaa!!!!”

Boom!!

Woke up I was still in the treatment capsule. I got up in a hurry and hit my head on the capsule.

Perhaps surprised, the tentacles paused for a moment and started caressing my wound again.

“Chew.”

[What is it?]

“I had a dream.”

[Dream?]

“Uh. That Sinbi I ate last time? That gas parasite.”

[Ah. I had a shared dream.]

“Uh. “That.”

Agaf immediately understood the situation.

[So, whose dream did you enter?]

“It was a strange dream with a blue moon and endless fields.”

[…

Agaf was speechless for a moment.

‘Huh? What is this?’

As I adjusted my posture a little while waiting for Agaf’s answer, I could see that she was holding something in her hand.

It was like a bright blue jewel.

[Blue Moon Stone: An old hunter’s treasure. In the case of an absorption bow, the effect of ‘moonlight’ can be given to the weapon. Additionally, ‘lunar eclipse’ is engraved on the body. Finally, you can summon ‘Woe’.]

“What is this?”

[Huh? I even received a gift.]

“No, it’s in a dream? Is that okay?”

[If her opponent is her… It is possible.]

“No, I mean, who is that?”

[God.]

Agaf said that the being I encountered was God.

[I’m not sure if she exists in this world too, or if she came out of the other world like me, but the Blue Moon Goddess is friendly to humans.]

“Her. If you’re going to be friendly, I’ll protect the Earth.”

Isn’t that friendly enough?

“Oh, and they said to be careful of voids and snakes?”

[Huh? That is…]

“No, what is it? Let me know. “Don’t keep making me curious.”

[It is not the void and the snake, but the ‘snake of the void.’ He is the god of disaster.]

“God of disaster?”

[It is a dangerous entity. It’s better not to even mention it.]

“What the fuck. They say I smell like the void? Am I screwed?”

[What? I have no idea… What on earth did I read from you?]

“What is cause and effect? Cause and effect? “What on earth did you read from me?”

[Hmm. Hmmmm. I feel dizzy. Let’s just not care. It is better to filter out the words of the gods.]

“Is that so?”

[Okay… To be honest, I don’t know either. Why do you smell like emptiness? Hmm. It would be quicker to ask Asmorphia.]

“Oh, that’s right.”

Agap said that since he couldn’t find an answer by paying attention to God’s words, he decided to just cover it up and move on.

Well, there is no point in thinking about it for a long time without any idea what the void is or what snakes do.

But on the other hand, he suggested that he ask Asmorphia if he was also curious.

“Ah! Right. I thought of it because I was worried about disaster. “Maybe it’s because of that demon’s vessel?”

[Huh? Ah. That guy.]

“Uh. “That bastard.”

A demonic vessel that changes things. They say that if you release it, the demon spirit will be released.

[That’s probably not true.]

“Really?”

[Even if you call it a demon… It’s not enough to rub against the Void Serpent.]

“No… What on earth is a Void Serpent? “The devil can’t rub.”

[You can think of him as the best among the gods. One of those guys.]

“. Huh.”

It looks like I got caught by a really shitty guy.

“I have to go out first.”

First, I decided to go out of the capsule. This is because the treatment has been roughly completed.

“Oh, before I leave…”

I squeezed the blue moon rock and absorbed it.

Magical power flows in.

This felt quite different from the magical power of the magic stone that I had absorbed up to this point.

What should I say? If the magical power of the magic stone was volatile and disappeared when used, the magic contained in this moon stone seemed to be a type of magical power that did not disappear.

“It stays in the body permanently.”

[Because a lunar eclipse is engraved.]

“Aha.”

[The magic power you use from now on will contain the energy of the blue moon.]

“Is it good?”

[Of course. It has permed properties in itself, and most beings that are considered evil are purified.]

“Uh. “Over there.”

[Huh?]

“If you think about it, aren’t you an evil being?”

[…

Agaf became speechless.

This bastard is basically a monster that eats its owner and grows. It’s a fetish creature called a beast. He was probably the most evil of all the people around me.

[I am OK. Because of its high acceptability.]

“Really?”

[You can also eat divine power. It may not taste good.]

“Her. It’s invincible.”

I was a little relieved by Agaf’s words.

If this guy disappears, it will be a big problem.

Honestly, I was able to get to the last floor of this fixed labyrinth thanks to Agaf.

If Agaf hadn’t cursed him, he might have died on the first floor. Moreover, I am grateful that he guides me appropriately whenever I am in a crisis.

[More than that, skills have been added.]

“Oh yeah? “Wait a minute.”

It seems like I just ate a moon rock and 3 skills were added.

[Moonlight(-)]

[Effect: Applies blue moonlight to equipment. When used on a weapon, it can shoot out sword energy. When used at night, the firepower increases even more.]

[Handicap: You must have magical power and the skill ‘Lunar Eclipse’ in your body.]

[Penalty: Firepower decreases during the day.]

[Lunar eclipse(-)]

[Effect: Changes the nature of magical power in the body to the energy of the blue moon. The magical power takes on the properties of perm and purification. Magic power is amplified on nights when the moon rises.]

[Handicap: You must be able to retain magical power in your body.]

[Penalty: Magic power decreases during the day.]

[Wolah(-)]

[Effect: Summons Yuua, a wolf made of moonlight. Wolah becomes stronger in proportion to the summoner’s survival level. When summoned at night, Wola’s stats are amplified.]

[Handicap: You must have magical power and the skill ‘Lunar Eclipse’ in your body.]

[Penalty: Moona’s stats decrease during the day.]

“Huh.”

These are great skills. There was nothing special about it as a penalty, and a handicap was meaningless. But the effect is enormous.

‘From the moonlight sword to the summoning of the blue wolf.’

In addition, it even changes the nature of magical power. Maybe it’s because he’s a god, but the gift is so amazing.

‘Even…’

It is said that skills become stronger during the night, and from now on, night will continue in this world. In short, it meant that the skill would continue to be strengthened until the disaster was over, and the sun rose again.

“It was a damn good scene.”

[Because he is one of the few ancient gods who are friendly to humans.]

“She is the goddess of the blue moon. Should I leave water and pray to the moon?”

[At that time, the labyrinth goes around.]

“Hehe. I guess so.”

After coming out of the capsule, I returned to base.

The party that entered the simple labyrinth had not yet returned. I think it will come in about an hour. Because I spent about 6 hours in the fixed labyrinth.

Then I will have to visit Asmorphia in my spare time. I’m really curious why the smell of emptiness exists.