Start with the Readers Chapter 20: Nightmare Town

Just when Abner put away the page of the diary that contained "spiritual pollution", his spirituality was suddenly touched. This was not because he was aware of danger, but because he sensed the disturbance of the "River of Destiny" !

Not yet a minor disturbance, with a tendency to slide rapidly towards a tributary.

"It's not the fate of me and Hugh...it's that Mr. Michel?" Abner locked on the target after a little inspection, after all, the "source" of the disturbance is in his hands right now!

"This diary has already substantially polluted Professor Michelle, so after I took it away, that gentleman will have a deflection of'fate'?

"But the change... seems to be shifting in a bad direction!"

Although Abner didn't know Professor Michel well, he couldn't ignore the crisis that his actions brought to him. After all, this was one of his principles.

After thinking for a while, Abner asked Hugh to go out and wait, while he himself returned to Professor Michel's bedroom in a "flash".

Seeing this, Xio knew that something had happened, so she didn't say much. She only recited the honorable name of Mister Fool after she was ready to support at any time, and asked that great existence to take care of Abner.

On the other side, as soon as he entered the bedroom, Abner found Mr. Michel lying on the bed with a pale face, sweat soaked in his pajamas, a grim expression on his face, and muttering something... Obviously he was going through a period of time. nightmare.

My act of taking away "Roselle's Diary" made him fall into a certain nightmare?

Frowning, Abner made a simple "prophecy" and found that although Mr. Michel's "tributary of fate" was quite dangerous, but the probability of extreme results was very small, he was slightly relieved, and then No more hesitation, simulated the ability of "dream walker", turned into a dream elf, and entered the sea of ​​collective subconscious.

Because of Mr. Michel's spirit and breath as the positioning, Abner quickly found his position.

The destination is a quiet town shrouded in darkness. There is no light, no sound in the town, and even the air looks extremely cold, as if it has been abandoned for a long time and there is no human habitation.

But Abner could clearly feel that a group of people were gathering in the church in the small town at this moment, and the Professor Marshall he was looking for was among them.

"This town... no, there should be something wrong with this dream...

"Generally speaking, there is not too much difference between the scenes reflected by the collective subconscious and the reality. Even if there are some scary places, it is generally normal...

"But now, it seems that everyone's fear has been concentrated, and what is displayed is probably an extremely pure 'nightmare'!

"That is to say, what people are afraid of, what will appear here! If you are killed by a monster that appeared in a nightmare here, you may be sluggish for a long time to recover after waking up in reality... and the spirit is relatively Weak people are likely to fail to recover and suffer from serious mental illness.

"The reason why there is still no movement in the town now is that the people who fell into the dream are hiding in the church, relying on the goddess' holy emblem to prevent the formation of monsters...

"After all, the goddess is the 'Queen of Calamity and Fear', the 'Lord of Sleep and Silence'! Even if her holy emblem doesn't have any extraordinary power, it can still protect ordinary people in this level of nightmare.

"Heh, according to the routine of ordinary movies, at this time, there will definitely be unbelieving brats running out of the church without authorization, and then leading to the destruction of the group...

"But the people here seem to have gone through the stage of being at a loss for a long time. Although they are afraid, they don't panic... Is it because similar things often happen and they have experience?

"If it is a normal situation, it will be safe when they wait until the 'nightmare' is over and the dream returns to normal... But since the fate of Mr. Michelle who strayed here has been deflected... then it must be concluded A bit of a surprise!

"So that's how it is... The power of Roselle's diary page is somewhat related to the nightmare here, so Professor Michel, who was infected by the diary, entered this town after falling asleep.

"He may often have this dream after falling asleep before, but most of the time he should only enter the normal layer. Even if he occasionally enters the collective 'nightmare' layer by mistake, it will end soon. So nothing really happened.

"Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for ordinary people to remember the experience in the dream. At most, they can recall fragments, so Professor Michelle did not pay attention to it and did not seek help from the church.

"But today, when I took away the 'diary', the source of some spiritual pollution on Michelle's body disappeared, which may trigger changes in the depths of the dream, so this 'nightmare' has gone deeper Signs of 'decadence' at the level!

"This is the root of the danger... After all, if you really fall into the depths of the collective subconscious sea, even a 'dream walker' may get lost and never return to reality..."

Abner opened the "Pure White Eye" and used the advanced "analysis" ability to quickly figure out the root of this nightmare town.

However, there were no monsters "manifested" around him. First, he used the "Social Death Prevention Technique" he developed before going to the Hall of Honesty to curb his thoughts, and second, it was because of what he was really afraid of. Nightmares at this level still cannot "reveal".

"Speaking of which, the environment here is actually very similar to the "Trial of Courage" in the first level of the Elf Trial Temple!

"I don't know how it was formed...

"However, the top priority is to take Mr. Michelle away from this nightmare as soon as possible... If he leaves, this place will stop getting closer to the depths of the nightmare, and everyone else will be fine."

Thinking of this, Abner walked quickly to the door of the church, just about to ring the doorbell, but suddenly thought of something and withdrew his hand.

"If you just ring the doorbell, there is a high probability that they won't open it. In such an environment, you might be scared to death when you hear the sound suddenly...

"Go straight in!"

As his thoughts turned, Abner used the ability to "open the door" and appeared inside the church.

Then, more than 30 men, women and children dressed as villagers came into his eyes. They gathered together in twos and threes as a family unit, with nervousness and doubts in their expressions, but not much fear.

Of course, except for Professor Michel who was alone in the corner.

At this time, the villagers in the church were obviously taken aback by Abner's visit. For a while, various weapons such as shovels, dung forks, and old-fashioned firecrackers were raised and aimed at him.

But even so, none of them made a sound.

"I have no malice, I'm just looking for someone." Abner spread his hands, indicating that he has no weapons.

Hearing his words, the people in the church who were quite calm just now showed terrified expressions, and even more horrifying expressions burst out in their eyes, as if Abner had done something extremely terrible.

But after waiting for a while, nothing extra happened, which made them fall into doubts again.

"I am the goddess' favored person. With me here, simple communication is fine." Seeing this, Abner explained with a smile, and brought out the goddess to increase his persuasiveness.

"Really?" At this time, Professor Michelle, who was hiding in the corner, couldn't help but ask first.

But the others immediately looked at him, glaring.

Michelle ignored it, and ran to Abner in a few steps, and said excitedly, "Can you take me out of here?"

Seeing that the people dressed up in the villagers were determined and refused to communicate, Abner did not answer immediately, but secretly prepared the ability to escape from the dream, and asked Michelle:

"Do you know where this is?"

Michel gave him a strange look, but still replied: "I know, this is the town of Kabas."

The town of Kabas? In the north of East Chester, the town of Kabas on the border with Winter County?

At the Tarot Club yesterday, Miss "Justice" also told me privately that she found clues about the "Queen of Calamity" in some folklore and folk songs in this town, and she also led the "Psychological Alchemists" to respond to it. If I am interested, I will explore it within a week or two...

Hmm... "Kabas" does mean "nightmare" in Elvish.

And Goshnam was separated from the "Book of Scourge" by Russell who was looking for the "God's Box". He must have had an intersection with the other party, and was even imprisoned here by the other party...

If my guess is correct and Goshnam is really in the deepest part of the nightmare in the town of "Kabas", then it's not surprising that the residual power in Roselle's diary can pull Michel here.

But the question is, how did Goshnam, who was already trapped in the depths of the nightmare, project his spirit into the shallow sea of ​​collective subconsciousness, and was discovered by Miss Justice?

Or, could this Coshnam in the depths of the nightmare be the one I've seen before?

Hmm... I don't have the memory of "God of Luck", so I can't judge what kind of relationship I have with the Queen of Calamity, so I don't want to rashly explore... It would be good for people from the "Psychological Alchemists" to explore.

The top priority now is to bring Mr. Michel back to a safe place~IndoMTL.com~ While thinking in his heart, Abner's secret technique to quickly escape from the dream has also been prepared, and there is only a complicated rune It appeared at Michel's feet, shining brightly in the dark environment.

Immediately afterwards, Professor Michel's body disappeared in the light.

In reality, Michelle, who was lying on the big bed in the bedroom, also shot up with a jerk, and then flashed her waist...

After rolling around in pain for a few times, he finally found a relatively comfortable position. After wiping off the cold sweat on his forehead, Michelle woke up completely. ..."

At the same time, the darkness in Nightmare Town receded slowly, and a sun that was much larger than normal also rose rapidly, illuminating every corner of the town.

The sun symbolizes hope and courage in people's hearts, and is also a reflection of the collective subconscious.

But Abner, who still did not leave, glanced at the only church that was not illuminated at this time, and said thoughtfully to himself:

"It's probably the root of the town's nightmare!

"This seems to be an imitation of 'Kingdom of the Night'?"

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