I don't know if it's a delusion...... Celicia felt that the time she had spent awake from the nightmare had become extraordinarily long.

She even felt a little groggy in her head, as if she had slept too much.

It's not the first time that Celicia has purified a nightmare.

She had already had this experience when she was a teenager.

But otherworldly nightmares are too rare.

There are two main sources of otherworldly nightmares.

The first source is almost impossible to achieve...... That is, to go directly to the end of the dream world, to come into contact with the projections produced by other worlds in the dream world.

In this case, the Otherworldly Nightmare is much less profitable - usually a "local specialty" from another world. However, you only need to get the "Dream Egg" to enter this otherworldly nightmare.

The dream world is the intersection of worlds. The world in which these players live is also on the other side of the dream world...... Annan suspected that the world he was in should also be on the other side of the dream world.

If these two similar but different "Earths" can connect to the dream world in a normal way, then the nightmare there can also be called "otherworldly".

However, except for gods who are familiar enough with the dream world, it is almost impossible for mortals to enter the dream world. The connection between the dream realm and the fog realm is the nightmare - to go directly to the dream realm means to "enter the world outside the nightmare".

- In other words, you have to get stuck in the nightmare, and you have to get stuck out of the map all the time. And then you have to avoid other nightmares...... Don't get stuck in other nightmares.

Because mortals can't see the way in the dream world, the slightest carelessness is the end of eternal loss.

And the other kind of otherworldly nightmare is the nightmare left behind by the death of the transcendent above the Truth Order.

Basically, it is impossible to get stuck in the Truth Order—in order to reach the Truth Level, you must have a sublime false body. This means that the elements have been civilized, the crowns of the highest have been completed, and the Book of Truth has been mastered.

At this point, all you need to do is find a perpetual motion machine that you can use and accomplish a great deed to ascend to the gods.

Therefore, except for the special case of becoming a saint or being forcibly killed by a god at the level of truth, basically the level of truth is equivalent to preparing for a god; And if the Holy Bones were inherited while the previous generation of Sages was still alive, then this would not be counted as "Death of the Sages" - because the person who died had been deprived of the power of truth, and his strength had fallen back to the state before inheriting the Holy Bones.

These principles all determine that the conditions for the birth of otherworldly nightmares are very harsh.

- A true nightmare that is born only when a god dies.

Not in the form of projections projected from the dream realm, but as a part of the dream realm impregnated by the souls of the gods—nightmares that can be directly entered in the flesh.

It can be basically equated with the residual consciousness of the dead god tearing apart part of the dream world, and using this "material" to weave a "one-man world" that can continue to live.

It's a fictitious otherworld.

The real otherworldly nightmares all come from one real world after another.

Their power system, world knowledge, and even race may be completely different from the Misty World, but it is indeed the mark of "what has happened" in the dream world.

The Fictional Otherworld, which was born from the fall of the gods, is much more dangerous - because it has no logic at all. It was born only to satisfy the resentment of the gods and to accommodate the thoughts of the gods...... A world full of absurd fantasies.

For example, this nightmare they had just purified.

The skeleton of the nightmare comes from the memories of all those present, and the theme is determined by "Elle and the Skeleton". The laws of the world are completely determined by them, and even things that happen to be missing the level of a certain righteous god can be determined by the will of the Bone Lord.

It's true, and I almost died.

If His Majesty Annan doesn't come...... They were literally sealed in this nightmare forever.

And if Annan came and didn't contact her, it would be even worse...... There is a high probability that her crew will be buried in this nightmare.

But it also left Celicia a little confused.

Why did His Majesty Annan come directly to contact him after he entered the nightmare?

It's like he knew he was going to be there......

…… I'm afraid there is only one answer.

Celicia is not stupid.

She quickly realized...... Annan should have entered this nightmare much earlier than she could remember. This means that she may have revealed some secrets to Annan in the previous cycles.

This made Celicia a little uneasy.

Mainly......

…… Did she withstand Annan's torture? Will you spit out the secrets that the teacher doesn't want to divulge?

No, it's not.

If it were His Majesty Annan, he should not need to be tortured. He has a magic eye that can see people's hearts...... All secrets could not be hidden in front of him.

…… Thinking about it this way, even a leak seems normal.

It's not that she didn't keep it a secret, but Annan guessed it herself.

And Annan said that he knew the purpose of the teacher's betrayal from the very beginning...... This should not be a secret from her. Because the relationship between the teacher and His Majesty Annan is indeed quite close, maybe the teacher has more contact with His Majesty Annan than himself......

Thinking of this, Celicia felt a little powerless and decadent after a long absence.

Ever since she acquired this beautiful and charming body, and obtained the extraordinary power so strong that she could ignore the opinions of others, she felt that her former inferiority complex had been erased like a bubble phantom.

But now when she saw Annan again after a long absence—she hadn't even seen His Majesty Annan, and only heard the words through other people's bodies, other people's mouths, and other people's voices, and the familiar trembling and fear returned.

It was as if everything was under control......

Even though she was already a golden-level transcendent, Celicia was still terrified to the point of wanting to tremble...... But there seemed to be something else beyond that shiver.

…… His Majesty said that he would arrange for me to meet with the teacher.

As for the promise to forgive her sins—it's not that Celicia doesn't believe it, she just doesn't care much.

She wished that she would be forgiven, that is, that she would be able to drive the boat to the surface. The purpose of expanding the scope of action is still to find teachers.

As long as I can see the teacher again-

When she woke up, she searched for Elle.

Although he only controlled Ai Lei's body to speak before, since His Majesty Annan and Ai Lei have a close relationship to this extent, maybe Ai Lei will have a way to contact His Majesty Annan......

And when she saw Elle, her eyes froze.

- Changed.

That's a very noticeable change.

Elle was still wearing a short light white dress without any embellishments, but it was noticeably shorter and the fabric was much less. She wears long white gloves on her arms and silver-white boots and white stockings covering half of her thigh on her right foot.

The biggest difference is that her left foot has become barefoot.

And on her left ankle was a silver shackle, tightly bound to a broken chain, and the sound of dragging on the ground as she walked.

Maybe it's not a broken chain...... It's tethered to something she can't see.

Elle wore a thorn-like silver princess crown on her head, and tied up her pale blonde hair, which had nearly doubled in length and looked like it had been straightened. Her blonde hair hung straight down to the base of her thighs. Her left eye was still closed, and her right eye was a gentle emerald green.

It looks like a girl from fourteen or fifteen years old has suddenly become mature. Her body is mixed with the innocence of a girl, the purity of a girl and the brilliance of motherhood, and it spontaneously shines in the lightless underground, attracting everyone's attention.

It's just a quick sight to tell.

It was the form of a god, a symbol of ordinary people.

Everyone who woke up subconsciously looked at Elle. Maybe it's because of her beauty, maybe it's because of the brilliance that shines from her...... Or maybe it's because of the ambitions she made in her nightmares.

"I am the final judgment of the betrayer, I am the gatekeeper of the gates of goodness and dwelling, I am the light before the eyes of sinners who forsake darkness and turn to light."

It's not just a matter of "betrayal".

From "Atonement", Elle learned a deeper truth than "betrayal" -

"I am the god of rebellion! Judge of all who rebel against the pure and righteous, and the leader of the way of rebellion against darkness and depravity.

"My name is...... Forgiver. ”