Chapter 2651: Wonderland

"Marina,"

I called out as I looked at the marina in this beautiful world; she looked amazingly beautiful and had a wonderful pink halo around her as she walked on the colorful fractals steps.

All types of patterns in vivid colors are floating around me, and I saw many familiar people flas.h.i.+ng in and out; just a while ago, I saw my sister riding a rainbow pony and squealing in delight; I tried to follow her, but she was too fast and disappeared too soon, like marina who had just disappeared.

I am not sad seeing her go; I know she will return, like these pesky Grimms who are floating in and out; I tried to throw them out of this wonderland, but they wouldn't go away.

Still, in this wonderland, I do not hate them as much as I used to, and they even look cute when they change into bright colors and do the frog jumps.

This is heaven, and I don't know why I did not come to this place sooner, but no matter, now that I have come, I am not going to leave this place ever. This is my home, away from all the stress and worries of life, in the embrace of joy and happiness.

"I am coming!" I shouted after the Grimms and lined up to hop like a frog behind them on the colorful circular fractals.

'Wake up Micheal, wake up from these hallucinations'a voice rang out behind my mind. The voice had been an insistence; sometimes it would be faint as a whisper, while sometime it would be loud as the horn-like right now; it very frustrating, affecting the fun I was having.

"f.u.c.k off!" I said loudly and began hopping behind the Grimms.

For a couple of minutes, there was only a whisper before the sound began to get louder and louder, and this time, it was getting louder too faster.

'Wake up, Micheal, wake up from these hallucinations.' The loud sound rang out in my mind; it was the loudest I had ever heard. It is like someone had blown the airhorn by ear, shaking my soul with it.

"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up." I screamed loudly, but despite that, the clouds got louder and louder till I heard nothing else, do nothing else.

The world around me changed, the bright colors darkened, the wonderful patterns became gloomy, and smiling, hopping Grimms showed their real faces, becoming even more horrifying than reality, but still, the voice kept banging in my mind.

Crack!

'WAKE UP, MICHEAL, WAKE UP FROM THE HALLUCINATIONS' the voice said in an even louder voice, and the crack appeared in the psychedelic world.

"You basta"

I stopped screaming midway as my mind cleared for a moment, and I broke out of the psychedelic hallucinations and

I saw it was my clone calling to me with our link and how the wolf continued to attack me, but my s.h.i.+eld was stopping it. The control of the strings is in the hands of my clone, and it is the wisest thing I have done because if not, then I would have been in the stomach by now.

Things are very bad right now, I nearly stopped circulating the soul cleansing method, and most importantly, the psychedelic energy is not attacking my clone through our link. The defenses of the clone are extremly strong, but this psychedelic energy is overwhelming, and it will break through the defenses.

I have to stop; if the psychedelic marks affect my clone, then I will be good as dying.

I knew I did not have much time before I pulled into the hallucinations again, so I did the only thing I could do to survive.

So, I began to circulate the soul cleansing method and started as fast as I could, not caring about the strain my body and soul might have to bear, as no strain or even an injury is not more important than life itself, and that is the thing is one the line here.

The crack closed, and I was once again back in the psychedelic wonderful. My intense emotions cooled down in an instant, and I nearly forgot everything before and was about to let this wonderland consume me like before, but this time it will be impossible to come out of it.

"No!"

I shouted as this knowledge seemed to have triggered a primal reaction inside me and helped me form the connection with my clone, which had been blocked by this psychedelic wonderland.

As that happened, a faint view of the outside appeared around me; the visuals were extremly faint, as if non-existent, but it helped resist the overwhelming psychedelic hallucination and preserved the sense of self. Though every moment is a challenge, the hallucination just wants to sweep me away in it.

Through the waves of hallucination, I again concentrated on the soul cleansing method, which seemed so far away that I even had a problem getting hold of it.

I concentrated hard through the powerful waves of psychedelic hallucinations and finally got hold of the method, which I am barely maintaining the circulation instinctively.

As I got a hold of it, I mustered every bit of the focus I had and began to circulate; it is hard due to the great interference of psychedelic hallucinations, which now have to begin to entice with marina, who is lounging seductively on the couch, sitting on the inviting position.

I concentrated on that and circulated the method faster and faster, even when its difficult.

I continued through the immense resistance, and with time, I felt the grip of the psychedelic had loosened faintly. At first, I thought I imagined this whole world by making me see and hear what isn't real, and it is hard to distinguish what is reality and what is hallucinations.

I don't know how much time had pa.s.sed, but the soul cleansing method began to show greater effort; the faint view of the outside began to get clearer, and my connection with the method started to get stronger, which helped me circulate it even faster.

Soon, the visuals outside became even clear that I could see them without concentrating, and I began to form back a connection with my clone, which immediately helped me strengthen my resistance against the hallucinations, which were still threatening to sweep me in them.

It is a good thing that the attack of the wolf seemed to be a one-time attack; if it had launched such an attack again, there is no way in h.e.l.l I would be able to resist it, no matter the cards I use.

Still, the wolf is very dangerous, considering how it is still attacking me, and it is not the only danger. Earlier, I had sensed the presence of a couple of High-Grandmaster monsters when I was fighting against the wolf; if they decided to attack, then the chances of my survival would nearly reach zero.

I am making progress against the psychedelic energy, but it is very slow; it is too powerful to destroy in one fell swoop.

Crack

I was circulating with all my might when suddenly I heard the loud cracking voice, and at first, I thought it was from the psychedelic wonderland, but I saw no crack on it.

It took a few moments for my slow mind to understand where the sound came from and when I did, my eyes couldn't help but widen in shock.