"yes, I totally get ......"

Annan muttered.

What is certain is that the pigment that imprisons the soul is made from Elle's body.

This means that Elle is probably dead after the first ritual. It's just that her body is still in action and doesn't realize that she is dead......

So the question is, how does a corpse get pregnant?

As we all know, the umbilical cord needs to be obtained after the birth or death of the baby. Amos was able to swallow the umbilical cord, indicating that the baby was dead by that time...... Why did he soak the baby's corpse in wine instead of discarding or destroying it?

It's that he doesn't want to...... Still don't dare?

The ball of flesh that burned with colorful flames exuded an extremely terrifying aura. Annan is basically sure that although he doesn't know whether it's a men's ball or a women's ball, he will definitely not be able to beat that ball.

In its original history, it was only with the help of a number of "insiders", that is, official transcendentals, that many people died before it was subdued.

Why does such a stillborn child, who has been dead for six months, have such great power?

All of this has an explanation:

Its father was not Amos at all.

— but the skeleton.

Newspapers said that Elle Morrison suddenly disappeared at the end of January in 1458.

The stillborn baby is conceived in the womb for about six months.

The time of this dungeon that the Stray Child is now working on is June 12, 1547...... It's Elle's birthday.

Maybe it's a birthday, and it has some special meaning in the ceremony.

Even if the stray child hadn't feigned illness, Amos had planned to send "Elle" to the basement for the ceremony. In the copy of Annantongguan, maybe he will be taken to the basement after eating his birthday cake.

In short, Amos will get the left eye that belongs to Elle during this ritual.

And Elle was lying on the bone bed, suddenly completely unconscious......

is already pregnant with the child of the skeleton male.

A key question is...... Every nightmare is born from the erosion of the world by the curse left by the transcendent after death.

Since the main perspective of the nightmare is the painter Amos. Then the owner of this nightmare, should have a direct relationship with him.

And the standard difficulty of this nightmare is twisted.

In other words, the highest-level battle in this nightmare requires a gold rank to complete...... It should have been born by at least one gold-level transcendent who died here full of resentment and no one to collect the corpse.

So...... In this nightmare.

Who is the transcendent who died?

Is it Amos? Is it Elle?

Is it a sheriff? Is it a police officer?

I'm afraid not.

Most likely to ......

- The owner of this nightmare is actually the baby that Elle gave birth to.

It is the son of the skeleton who was united with a human in a dream and gave birth to an heir!

In this case, the first sentence is also explained.

Annan suddenly realized.

In the first nightmare that Annan enters, although he plays the role of the bodyguard John...... But the owner of the nightmare is Don Juan Geraint.

Because John wasn't transcendent at all. The phrase "those who betray must die" that Annan heard may not be John's wish, but belong to Don Juan's obsession. It's just that he subconsciously pinned his obsession on the guard John, hoping that John could save him.

But in any case, the positions of both of them are unified.

And in Nightmare: Gallery,

The whisper heard upon entering the dungeon was an old and frail voice.

"Don't look back...... Definitely don't look back......"

Here's what he said.

Then the question arises.

Since the owner of this nightmare is the stillborn, then this obsession is saying, don't let anyone turn back?

If Amos ends up dismantling or killing Elle for sacrifice, then why does he have the audacity to call out to Elle in the Negative Layer? Why did he think Elle could protect him?

This land...... And why was he cursed by the Skeleton Male?

There is only one answer.

Although Annan can't see the nightmare of the back layers now.

But he's pretty much certain.

Amos should have been at the end of the day, suddenly realizing everything. Although there is no point in turning back, Elle is dead, and "Amos" has many lives on her back...... But he still regretted it.

He gave up his way to becoming Elle, thus exonerating himself and gaining a new lease on life.

At the last moment of liberating Miko, he still hesitated.

So on the third layer, Amos coughed up Rey's eyes, corresponding to the memory that he regretted eating Rey's eyes.

According to this reasoning, he should have coughed up different parts of the next layer. They correspond to the parts that Elle is about to lose in this nightmare......

The obsession of the dead baby is to ask Amos to "not look back", firmly complete the final ritual, let Amos die, and "reborn" Elle.

…… And then stuff it back and regenerate it again?

In other words, the content of the strategy that Priest Louis said to Annan at the beginning was surprisingly correct.

"Don't look at the painting", "Don't look back".

You just need to go on firmly.

And stopping in front of each painting means that the remaining half of Amos's conscience is preventing him from completing the ritual.

If Amos completes the ritual without regretting and never looking back, then the dead baby will be reborn and the Son of Bones will be born.

As for what will happen after that, Annan does not know.

Although I don't know, why Amos hesitated in the end.

In the end, it was his conscience that found it; Or out of hatred for the son of the bone duke, he deliberately sabotaged his ritual and sealed his divine son; Or turn it all into a perfect work of art and shout at the skeleton...... Annan didn't know.

These are hidden in the nightmares of the back three floors.

But he was sure that the child of the Skeleton Male came to the ground, and it was definitely not to appease the artificial intelligence robot Xiao Skeleton who was "listening" to the people and his father every day.

"Absolutely ......"

Annan was dumbfounded.

He never expected that he would come back in the end?

Louis's strategy is actually right?

He was sure that Priest Louis had absolutely no idea of the mechanics of this nightmare. But instead, he stumbled into it and was blinded by the correct way to clear this dungeon......

However, this should only be NE, the normal ending.

In this nightmare, the normal ending is a bad ending......

Annan believes that in the end, through the basement on the negative floor, the completion of the true ending may be more complete.

But no matter what. One thing is certain.

If you don't look at a single painting, you will directly endure the fear of layer by layer, and go to the end...... Yes, it can be cleared.

However, that must be very dangerous.

…… No, danger is not important.

Thinking of this, Annan looked at the time.

At 5:53 a.m., it was almost dawn. Stray kids, this one shouldn't be finished......

Looking at the barrage is pleading him, anyway, the copy can't be cleared normally, so it's better to fight with Amos directly, maybe there will be a surprise.

Annan quietly mixed in with the carnival crowd, and posted several barrages in a row:

"—The mechanics of this quest seem a bit complicated."

"—Child, why don't you ask Don Juan? Maybe there's a hint of something. ”

"—yes, go and ask. Since the little master told us that this copy may have amnesia, it means that he knows about this copy. ”

"-I think this dungeon already involves the main quest, so it's probably useless to ask......"

"—but the child god has the highest opinion right now, and he is most likely to ask about something, right?"

These barrages were all sent by Annan alone.

Thankfully, the barrage system is anonymous and doesn't have much of a shielding feature......

Otherwise, if someone casually blocks it, it turns out that the screen is directly clean, then it will be fun.

“…… It seems to make some sense. ”

Hearing this, the homeless child nodded thoughtfully.

"What makes sense?"

Amos asked, curious.

The stray child just glanced at him, too lazy to talk. I don't continue to play anymore.

He's just waiting for the quest to end......

Suddenly, at the moment of dawn.

The dazzling golden light, coming out of nowhere, tore apart the entire world of the stray child in the blink of an eye, including himself.

His whole consciousness was immersed in the warm sunlight, and he felt the coldness in his body, especially in his abdomen, gradually dissipate, as if he had fallen asleep.

And when he opened his eyes again, he found himself still lying in bed.

Outside the window, the sun had risen with the triple golden runes.