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
As Dream saw the behemoth closing in on him, a certain primal fear was spurred in his gut. And along with this fear came the flick of a switch that activated his fight or flight mode.And he chose to fight.*Boom!*Mana gushed out from his body and spread through the entire area in a fraction of a second. And in this fraction of a second he received all the data about the big fish that was still getting closer.[113 meters in length. C+ level mana. Is definitely going to swallow you whole if you don't move.]Although she gave a warning, it seemed like Dream hadn't heard it. Instead, his muscles activated and his mana began to agitate.*Shing!*Suddenly, the speed of the fish slowed greatly and it began sinking in front of Dream. A dense purple fog also began to spread from around the fish. It was blood.[I guess that works.]Very simply, Dream had separated the fish's head from its body, like a chef with tuna. But although he had so easily killed it, the fear he felt hadn't lessened.
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
When Dream and Idona had arrived back at the ship, Ciroc was sitting there already awake.He looked at them with a grin on his face as if he'd been waiting."Good morning you two.""It is isn't it."Dream smiled back at him. At the same time, Ciroc sent him a telepathic message."Was it as good as I think it was?""It was good but not that good.""I see."Dream just rolled his eyes at his slightly disappointed expression.After a small chat and when more people had woken up, Ciroc got up from his chair."Alright, everyone get up and eat your meals. We'll be heading out in an hour."Hearing that, those who weren't awake spurred to life, and those who were began bringing out food to eat.Like that, breakfast passed quickly and everyone loaded into the carriages. Dream also sent off the ship back to the space factory. Its departure was hailed with much emotion.Dream took control of all the carriages and led them back to their primary route, to which it was then handed back to the origin
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 class 4 at the landbridge? Are you serious?"Two men were sitting inside an office. One was a lean man that looked to be no more than 30. He was dressed in a fine suit and sat in an adorned chair. The other was not quite as refined and gave off a masculine and rough aura that didn't seem to match his surprisingly charming voice. He sat across the table and made his chair look tiny compared to his overly muscular body."That is correct. And it's the reason we're back so early.""So what happened? A single class 4 would be no match for you and Idona.""Long story short, there was a stronghold on the choke that led to the mainland. There were 70 class 3's there and our team was able to take them out without much difficulty. But this class 4 had kept himself hidden and attacked one of our class 3's, Dream, who was maintaining the balance of the battle. After that, Idona and I reacted and fought this class 4, but during that time our class 3's sustained heavy losses without Dream to be
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
When Dream looked at his soul, he saw it in two parts.The first part was the nucleus. This is where 'he' was located. This nucleus was a big jumble of interconnected signatures and strings, and it made him who he was. It contained all his memories, experiences, and it's where he processed things. At least this was his speculation. He couldn't be absolutely sure.The second part was everything outside of this nucleus, and this was where the skills were located. All the skills were their own signatures and created a large barrier outside the nucleus like a shell. It resembled a clam and its pearl. This was where half the problem was.Since Sophia had merged with a part of his soul, this meant that her signature not only occupied a part of the shell but also the nucleus. And currently, not only was her skill signature weakened and damaged, but the connection between her shell piece and the nucleus was cut.Once Dream identified this, he didn't ask any questions and started thinking abou