Chapter 285: Drowned in Sorrow
It is speculated that a [Holy Grail] level treasure will be fully controlled in the fourth stage.
When one's strength reaches the fourth stage, one will have enough strength to develop the abilities of [Holy Grail]-level treasures and fully achieve the effect of mastery.
It is no longer as rigid to use as before.
Alka looked at the mirror in his hand and came to this conclusion.
At this time, Alka was in his own dream world.
He looked at the mirror in his hand. During this time, he thought about his abilities and wanted to find a reasonable path to match them.
This will enable him to go further and faster on this road.
He just discovered this problem.
Alka in the dream world is far more powerful than in reality.
According to Alka's current speculation, the strength exceeded by at least one stage, which is still a relatively conservative estimate.
Because Alka couldn't find the corresponding dream character at all, Mirmi's memory fragments showed extremely vague about the strength in the dream.
But Alka now speculates that it will only be one stage or so and not much more.
This was a problem he had already discovered.
"It seems that a great shortcut has been discovered."
Alka couldn't help but say.
Reality and dreams.
For Alka himself, the only thing that makes him feel the difference in strength is his physique, and the spells that rely on the magic power in his body and cannot be activated by the mind and soul.
For the rest, dreams and reality are common.
Including treasures and some spells.
This creates a very strange imagination. Once out of the body, Alka can experience in his dreams the strength that he will be able to obtain in the next stage.
In reality, once the body's strength reaches a new stage, it can quickly adapt to changes in strength.
In other words, others need to reach the fourth stage of strength before they can know what they can do in the fourth stage, and then begin to strengthen and upgrade their abilities based on the characteristics of this stage.
However, Alka began to experience the level that can be achieved in the fourth stage in the third stage.
The only thing that requires slow adaptation is the improvement in physical fitness.
As long as the power in his dreams is always stronger than the power in reality, this effect will always exist.
For example, now.
In his dream, he was able to fully unleash the power of two Holy Grail-level treasures.
You will no longer be unable to fully control it or use its demonstrated abilities at will due to various reasons.
He hadn't noticed this situation some time ago, because the changes brought about by his dreams were so many that he was overwhelmed.
He had been using the Dream Catcher in his dreams before, and the Dream Catcher became noticeably smoother and freer to use.
For example, he discovered that he could connect his dreams with other people's dreams through the dream catcher.
But at that time he thought it was the effect brought about by royal power or the descendants of God, and did not think about it in this direction.
Until this period of time, in order to sort out the road ahead for himself, he began to spend more time on the [Mirror] in his dreams.
He finally discovered this.
Because he inexplicably had a similar experience with the [Mirror].
This shouldn't happen, because the mirror doesn't have any properties related to dreams.
But he wasn't completely sure yet.
Because it is very likely the bloodline of the descendants of God that caused this situation.
Alka looked at the mirror in his hand, and the image of a deer appeared on the mirror.
This deer is none other than the image he has projected through memory fragments and reference illusions.
Isn't the best person to simulate Mirmi, whose strength once reached the sixth stage or even the seventh stage?
The control of the mirror allowed him to simulate through his own memory , because he knew Mirmi well enough.
After all, he obtained so many memory fragments of Mirmi. These memory fragments were called fragments, but in fact they spanned more than a hundred years.
However, considering Mirmi's life span of several thousand years, the memory fragments of a hundred years can only be described as fragments.
But for Alka, it's good enough for simulation.
Not to mention that he has a new creature, Huan, which was reconstructed based on Mirmi's original form.
It can be obtained from fragmented memories.
Huan is equivalent to the original Mirmi, which was his childhood.
The combination of the two makes Alka's simulation almost perfect.
And Alka's complete control over the mirror was also demonstrated at this time.
The main capability of a mirror is simulation.
But previously Alka could only simulate some of this by wearing a mirror on the face.
That is to say, simulate a part of the body, such as limbs or some organs, and then produce some changes.
This is why he keeps using Dream Death.
The core on the waist of the Dream Grim Reaper accounts for almost all of his strength. As long as the core is simulated, his strength can be fully simulated.
This brings an extremely exaggerated advantage compared to other creatures.
Therefore, the Dream Death directly became a simulated permanent form.
But it's different now.
With complete control, Alka can simulate almost half of the abilities. Although it cannot be perfect, this half of the simulation can be integrated with his own strength.
It is no longer as simple and crude as before.
This is equivalent to Alka's own strength being 1, and half of the fusion will be strengthened on this basis by adding the characteristics of 1 based on the object being simulated.
In order to achieve the strength of 2 during the simulation, if the sum of the two is appropriate enough, it can even exceed 2.
As Mirmi's figure appeared on the mirror, it could be seen that Mirmi in the mirror was an enlarged version of the illusion.
It was not the distorted scene formed by blood-colored mist that Arka had seen before.
That was the former, uncontaminated Mirmi.
The huge deer, made up of a mixture of light blue and milky white mist, looks like a dream.
The deer's head is topped with antlers that soar into the sky. It is extremely symmetrical and has a natural beauty.
Crystals hung from the antlers, flashing fluorescent light.
Matching their huge size, they look like twinkling stars in the sky.
It really looks like a creature that walked out of a dream.
The image gradually faded.
The mirror surface also began to change.
The originally mirror-like surface turned into a mask with patterns and images.
The human face mask gradually became elongated, like a deer's head, and began to swell upwards on both sides.
A pair of deer antlers appeared on the mask.
The slender mask also had crystal lines on it, making it look like a deer head.
Such changes were completed quickly.
The mask also took on the image of a deer.
This is the full display of the main function of [Mirror].
"call……"
Exhaling, Alka slowly put the mask on his face.
The power of the mirror began to be transmitted to him.
Alka's body became ethereal, like a ghost.
There was also light blue and white smoke emanating from his entire body, which was hanging down from his body.
Alka's legs gradually changed into hoofed, anti-arched feet, like deer legs, and a light layer of fur covered his shoulders.
The fur stretched back to form a cape covering Alka's back.
Lines appeared on the cloak, extending to form the shape of a deer's head.
Alka raised his hands and looked at his current appearance through the mirror.
Even though the mirror turned into a deer head mask, Alka still didn't feel any discomfort.
The mask fit his face exceptionally well, not feeling heavy at all. He just felt a thin film on his face.
"I... became half of the spirit of nature."
This simulation allowed Alka to directly possess half of the abilities of nature's spirit, because Mirmi was essentially a mist-like creature.
The natural essence of the spiritual world.
This allowed him to acquire these characteristics, which were passed on to him like instinct.
"The world is on the verge of death... barely lingering... unable to even scream, the body... is put together like fragments, in pain... numb... waiting for death."
Alka knelt directly in his dream world, curled up into a ball, and held the mask with both hands.
Countless sorrow and pain began to flood into Alka's soul, and the sorrow and pain rushed into his mind with grief.
His tears were like streams of water, he couldn't stop them from flowing.
The exaggerated emotional impact infected him.
The entire dream world was colored by Alka’s emotions.
The dream bubble that was originally like spring began to become like winter.
Pale black snow began to fall from the sky, and then the snow grew heavier, falling like goose feathers.
A creature created by Alka inside a bubble.
Feel the emotions of the Creator.
They stopped their originally energetic movements one after another and fell everywhere, stopping as if dead.
The grief was also passed on to them.
A crisp sound like a bell was heard.
In the drifting snow, Alka has been buried deep in his dreams by his own snow .
The entire bubble was filled with grief like a tide.
Huan walked out from the heavy snow.
Looking at Alka who was kneeling on the ground, crying and shaking all over.
He knelt down beside him, and rubbed Alka's arm with his huge antlers.
There was a crisp sound.
The ringtone is clear and pleasant to the ears.
The antlers emitted a faint golden and silver glow, and the deer head was gently placed on Alka's kneeling thighs.
The gold and silver energies from the crystal pillar in the center of the world emanated like faint spots of light falling on deer antlers.
It passed along the deer antlers and into Alka's body.
Seems to be helping Alka.
Help Alka manage the illusions in the dream world and have a certain degree of autonomy.
…
At this time, Alka's dream palace is in the mirror world in the dream.
The space was not large, but it was enough to hold Alka's own and everyone else's dreams, and the bubble did not seem crowded.
The endless emotions of grief and sorrow began to spread outward from the huge dream bubble in the center of the palace.
The gray, cold, trembling mist began to spread towards the surrounding bubbles.
"snort……!"
In this fog, the fog-like creatures surrounding it were not affected at all. Instead, they worked hard, quickly performing their instincts and repairing the outside world.
Xia Daiti, who was sleeping in bed, woke up suddenly.
He was breathing heavily, tears unconsciously streaming down his face.
There was music echoing outside, and the music was floating in the air.
Xia Daiti lifted the quilt, put on a cloak, and hurried out.
"Xia Daiti, something happened." Lucilia ran out from the doll girl's room next door.
"What happened? Why did the voice of dawn start to sing inexplicably? Or this... this kind of lament?"
Jason, who was on guard, stuck his head out of the window of the observation room and asked.
This situation is so abnormal.
Xia Daiti didn't answer, she just kept wiping her tears.
"Captain, I have a problem?"
"There's something wrong with my eyes, please help me."
"How can I help you? I feel weird too."
Many puppet girls came out, and they were also affected by the sad mood.
"They are tears, but we are puppets and cannot shed tears." Er walked out and said while rubbing his eyes.
Because of Xia Dai's hair, she knew she wanted to cry, but she couldn't.
No tears came to her eyes.
Not only them, Julia, Mathilda, and Juanlu all came to the deck from their resting places.
Without exception, they kept wiping their tears.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you all crying?" Jason slid down from the observation room and asked in confusion.
This situation is too weird.
Simon also came up from under the deck. He had not gone to bed yet and was still studying something in the manufacturing hall.
I felt some movement on the deck and came up to see what was going on.
Looking at the situation of everyone on the deck, he was also confused.
"What just happened?"
Then he looked at Jason: "What touching story did you tell?"
After all, Jason was the only one who seemed to be fine.
"Don't look at me. I don't know why."
"Ahhhhhh!" A painful wail came from the side.
The sea surface broke open, and Pororo jumped out of the water and onto the deck.
It's different from everyone else who just has tears flowing out and can't stop feeling sad.
Pororo's sorrow was so exaggerated that tears gushed out of his eyes like streams of water, his expression was extremely exaggerated.
"What the hell? Are you crying like this?" Jason, whose sleeves were wet with tears, was dumbfounded.
The elegy of the sound of dawn kept coming to my ears, and the weeping of everyone made the atmosphere on the entire deck unusual.
The sadness was running high.
Simon and Jason, the only ones who were not affected, looked at each other.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Simon was anxious. This was too abnormal.
Julia forced herself to close her eyes, but tears still flowed from her eyes. She had no choice but to begin to perceive the environment around her.
"The environment hasn't changed, but why? Why? My heart and my mind are filled with grief, as if my heart is being torn apart and I am in extreme pain."
"It's not a disease, it's strong emotions invading us." Matlisa said while wiping her tears and checking her condition.
"Calm down." Xia Daiti no longer cared about his tears, letting them flow freely.
Then he looked at everyone.
"Arka is still in the room. Something is wrong with him."
This situation has occurred and Alka has not appeared, so there must be a problem.
"Xuan is gone too? Let me connect..." Lucilia said as she began to connect to Xuan's spirit through the internal network of the bloody team flag.
“Waaaaaah! Wuuuuuu…”
As the connection progressed, tears kept flowing from Lucilia's eyes, and she slid down from Xia Daiti's shoulder on the spot.
Xia Daiti quickly caught it.
"What's wrong? What went wrong?"
"The grief was so overwhelming that it came flooding back like a tidal wave."
This link even affected the surrounding puppet girls.
They all sat everywhere listlessly, rubbing their eyes but no tears came out.
"Hurry up and check if I'm broken, I feel so uncomfortable!"
"I don't know. I don't want to move. I want to... dig my eyes out."
The sadness cannot be vented through tears, and the puppet girls have begun to have problems.
In response to this situation, Lucilia quickly disconnected from Xuan.
The girls felt a little better.
"It turns out that there is something wrong with Alka." Looking at the situation, Xia Daiti confirmed.
"You two were not affected because you were still asleep, and we were all asleep just now."
"Yes, that's right. The contract is also affecting us." Matlisa looked at the contract on the back of her hand.
That was the place where Alka built a palace after becoming the King of Dreams and signed a contract with everyone.
At this time, Mathilda was checking and came to this conclusion.
It is almost certain that Alka is the source of this problem.
In a dream.
"Matrica, Lucilia, both of you come with me to Alka's room."
"The rest of you stay on the deck, Julia, ask the Voice of the Dawn if she has anything to say."
According to the current situation, Xia Daiti quickly made arrangements.
She wiped her tears and hurried to Alka's room with the two of them.
The rest of the people stood around the deck, alert to the situation around them.
The more cautious we are at this time, wondering if there are enemies.
The grief not only brings them tears, but also makes them feel weak and exhausted.
Like they were really sad and heartbroken.
Julia came to the bow and touched the figurehead with both hands.
Ignoring my own tearful eyes, I let the mournful song in my ears echo endlessly.
"Tell me, Dawn Voice, what you sensed from Alka..."
The initiation of the Voice of Dawn is bound to the Dreamcatcher.
This makes Dawn's Voice highly bound to Alka and his treasure, the Dreamcatcher.
Under such circumstances, the Voice of Dawn continued to sing elegies, using words to represent its own crying. It must have felt something.
Apart from Alka who could understand it, Julia was the only one on the ship who could feel what the Voice of Dawn wanted to express through her duties.
"Endless sorrow has buried Alka, and he is about to be dragged into it and sink forever."
Julia grasped her consciousness and repeated it.
Inside Alka's room.
Mathilda placed all four of her arms on Alka's head.
"He is still asleep. He is still in his dream world and doesn't want to wake up."
“His emotions were completely filled with sorrow and grief, and I didn’t dare to test them at all, as that would overwhelm me and put me in the same state as him.
The difference in mental strength may even make me perform worse than him."
"Call Julia, we need her help." Xia Daiti said decisively based on the current situation.
"No, I'm already here."
Julia opened the door and walked in.
She told a few people the information she had just heard.
