After glancing at Nightmare Leon inside the Dream-wandering Lantern, the Aquarius Director continued to hold the lantern while searching for the target dream realm, replying calmly:
"If it were just the King of Nightmares alone, it might indeed not achieve the effect I want. But it previously devoured countless Dream Realm creatures, even though it’s lacking in ’quality,’ its ’quantity’ has already reached the threshold of Pillar God-level."
Pillar God-level... hiss...
After hearing the response from the Aquarius Director, the Raven Masked Man’s expression tightened involuntarily, gazing at Nightmare Leon with a hint of fear and apprehension in his eyes.
Even though battles beyond the True God level emphasize differences in ’quality,’ compared to merely the strength of power, one’s ’status’ and mastery of ’Authority’ often become the decisive factors. But this doesn’t mean ’quantity’ is completely meaningless. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⦿fire.net
The most obvious example is the Scarlet Hair Lady. Although her understanding of authority is quite poor, ranking as second-rate even among typical True Gods, the sheer number of over a billion [Slaughter Blood Hair] she can unleash is sufficient to make any being below the Pillar Gods tremble with fear.
As for this seemingly low-status King of Nightmares, who has just barely reached the True God threshold... considering it has consumed so many Dream Realm creatures, it might be able to exhaust its current self with just two accompanying Divine Artifacts.
"Then make sure to keep a close watch on it!"
After evaluating his overall strength compared to Nightmare Leon and realizing he might not be able to handle this ’object,’ the Raven Masked Man’s face fell, and he muttered while following behind the Aquarius Director:
"Even with the passage you opened, sending down even this amount of power required a considerable cost. If this creature manages to escape, I won’t be able to handle it!"
"Don’t worry, it’s perfectly safe now."
Facing the Raven Masked Man’s somewhat dispirited remark, the Aquarius Director replied without looking back:
"The Sagittarius Director was quite heavy-handed before, directly creating a hole in its very ’existence.’ Before it dies and resurrects once more, that hole will persist.
Now, no matter how much power it has, it’ll continuously leak out through this hole, channeling into the Dream-wandering Lantern, becoming my tool to guide the Demonic Soul Abyss... found it!"
Accompanied by a soft call from the Aquarius Director, like Moses parting the sea, under the strange rain curtain, various dream realms spread open like water ripples, revealing a cluster of sweet, pale pink dreams instantly.
Meanwhile, inside the Dream-wandering Lantern, Nightmare Leon halted, his eyes fixed on the pale pink dream realm, displaying an exceptionally disgusted expression.
"Is that the dream realm of the human you’re seeking? Can her dream truly bear the King of Nightmares?"
Having successfully found the target, the Aquarius Director nodded upon hearing Leon, then observed Nightmare Leon’s expression with satisfaction and spoke:
"According to the Clean-up Bureau’s [Secretary Record], among the ancestors of this Kingdom’s royal family, someone once joined the Clean-up Bureau as a Cleaner, successfully driving away the King of Nightmares several times, and thus fell under the King’s curse.
As they age, each direct descendant of the royal family begins to frequently fall into nightmares, endlessly reliving the most regretful past experiences of their lives in their dreams, with the nightmares becoming more frequent and real as they age.
After hundreds of years of nightmares, the compatibility between this bloodline and the King of Nightmares has become excellently integrated, fully capable of bearing the King’s power as a focal point for pulling the Demonic Soul Abyss."
Alright then, since it’s your plan, if you believe it can work, just proceed accordingly.
Having received confirmation from the Aquarius Director, the Raven Masked Man nodded indifferently before following behind, moving towards the small, pale pink dream.
As the two gradually approached, the scenes within the pink dream realm began to reveal themselves under the illumination of the lantern.
"You look truly beautiful today."
A male human, facing away from them, holding a large bouquet of blooming roses, knelt on one knee in front of Princess Veronica, speaking softly and full of affection:
"Actually, from the first time I saw you, I felt a peculiar sensation in my heart, that you are my lifelong partner."
"You... how did you return?"
Faced with the man’s passionate proposal, the princess, dressed in a nightgown, seemed to have just awakened from sleep, speaking somewhat incoherently:
"Leon? Didn’t you have something very important to handle? Why are you here now..."
"What on earth could be more important than you?"
With astonishment written on their faces, the two holding the roses stood up, presenting the dew-dripping roses to the princess, speaking with full affection:
"Veronica, my beloved, accept this bouquet of roses, and agree to my proposal!"
What is going on here? Why is he appearing in this woman’s dream?
Seeing the man with the exact same face as Nightmare Leon, the Raven Masked Man’s lips twitched involuntarily, then glancing at the Aquarius Director with questioning eyes.
I remember you mentioning before that targeting Leon’s family might lead to catastrophic consequences... So what about this situation? Does she count as one of the ’untouchables’? Is our plan still proceeding?
Honestly, I’m not entirely sure right now.
Faced with the Raven Masked Man’s probing gaze, the Aquarius Director pondered for a moment before speaking hesitantly:
"I haven’t tested targeting her before, so I’m unclear about the potential results... But before deciding to act, I attempted to peer into the future several times, and the results were favorable."
"The results were favorable... Does that mean you successfully completed the plan, and we managed to escape unharmed?"
"I’m uncertain about that."
The Aquarius Director looked at him upon hearing this, then frowned and explained:
"My method of peering into the future involves temporarily sending a person to the future, through their experiences to indirectly glimpse some future events, with several additional limitations.
For instance, I cannot spy on beings above the True God level, and cannot fully confirm the authenticity of these experiences; if that future person encountered false information, I would receive false information too. So I’m still not sure..."
"Stop with the nonsense!"
Seeing Leon continuously proposing in the dream, with flirtatious words one after another, the Raven Masked Man pushed impatiently:
"I don’t want to hear this rubbish. Just tell me if targeting her is safe!"