It wasn't long before the people inside the carriages had begun smelling the ocean's breeze.The 8 carriages moved along the grassy terrain and soon arrived at the sandy beach. The grassy terrain confused Dream at first, but he remembered that this is probably what a beach looked like before it had been changed by modern society, like on Earth.The carriages pulled onto the sand and came to a stop. Everyone stepped out in confusion, wondering why they had come to the coast.Dream stepped out and smiled as he looked out to the water that wasn't more than 100 meters away. The waves were big, the sand was soft, but there was one problem."The sun isn't out. Damn clouds in the way."The smile was wiped off his face as he looked up at the gray clouds. The sun was being blocked! This was definitely not the most preferable situation.[We can solve this.]'...You're right.'Dream smiled once again after remembering that he could indeed solve the cloud problem. Though right as he was going to

Idona spoke to Dream who hadn't fallen asleep."Sure."He didn't ask questions and agreed. They both quietly walked out of the ship."How are your injuries?"After walking across the cold sand beside each other for a bit, Idona finally broke the silence."Not bad. I'm already pretty much healed.""That's good. We'll need everyone at their peak in the coming days.""Indeed. The number of class 3's that we're encountering is increasing. Though a class 3 demon is generally weaker than a class 3 human, they have the numbers, similar to animals.""Quantity vs. quality. I usually wouldn't be too worried about it either, but going on this expedition is making me more and more concerned. If they have these numbers on the front lines, I can't imagine what they have in their capital city. I know Ciroc and I are here, but they may actually have more class 4's.""It's possible. But we're only here for recon. This isn't a search and destroy mission, so we don't have to wipe out the demons ourselve

As the demons began to lower in number, the humans gradually gained the overall advantage.Though as they became disadvantaged, the demons started employing sneaky tactics to catch everyone off guard.Dream understood that the demons had fantastic teamwork. Though so far, he had only seen this among the class 1 and 2's. There had never been enough class 3 demons in a fight to really highlight their cooperation. But now there were, and Dream began to truly understand how devious they were.At this point, each human had one demon to fight. But at random intervals, a group of demons would suddenly turn their attention to a single human and attack. They would just stop facing their human and all turn to a predetermined target near them to do a blitz, trying to kill them in one go before going back to their previous targets.And if Dream didn't have the reactions, they would have already lost over 15 people. But fortunately he did, and every blitz the demons did was thwarted by this unknow

A week after the recruitment notice was sent out, the three class 4's and thousands of troops were prepared and sent out to retake the kingdom.Meanwhile, Ciroc and Idona just sat back and waited for the news. They had plans to talk to the ones who fought in order to get their opinion. If all went well, they would have additional backers.And so the battle took place. The army of 3 class 4's, 150 class 3's, and 15,000 class 2's marched to the kingdom and launched an attack.The battle was bloody, hard-fought, and although they went in strong and confident, all of that was tossed out the window in only the first few minutes. And by the end, the battle could hardly be considered a success.Although the class 4 demons were successfully killed in a smooth and advantageous battle, it was the opposite for the other forces. Upon making contact with the demons, the humans were instantly pushed on the defensive and into a fight for their lives.The most crushing thing about the battle was that

[While we're at it...]Sophia spoke after she completed the last repair. And like reading her mind, Dream was immediately aware of her intentions.'You want to connect the other signatures to my soul?'[Yes. Only I have a direct connection to your soul, and I'm honestly not sure why your other skills don't. They communicate through wireless forces, but like computers, wired is always better. What do you think?]'Well, the only problem I can see is evolution. I'm going to be having that class advancement soon, and if the signatures are attached to my soul, I'm not sure if they would be able to evolve as well as we want.'[I'm still able to level up despite being attached. This means that, while I may hate it, I'm still able to evolve under the system. So I don't see any problems. Besides, if the system is really as powerful as it's supposed to be, something like this won't stop it.]'I guess. Then go ahead.'[Alright. Though this may hurt since I need to open up some connections in you