Chapter 237: Whose Nightmare

After Annan helped Benjamin up, he keenly noticed that Benjamin was a lot quieter.

Or probably he had become calmer?

After picking up the lamp, Benjamin held Annans hand and moved forward. He didnt move on to another topic and just concentrated on finding a way.

Did Benjamin realize something?

In the beginning, he never stopped talking to Evelyn.

In Annans view, Benjamin was awkward in picking up a topic to chat. He was too excited to talk about the Necropolis fortress with Evelyn. It felt like he was talking about new military equipment for an afternoon with his girlfriend, who was an artist.

I wonder how the real Evelyn will respond to him.

Would she just keep smiling and listen quietly?

Eh

? Benjamin said, puzzled, Why is this door open?

The last time he came here it should have been closed

Whats wrong? Annans heart tightened slightly and asked softly, Where is this place?

He had noticed that his original sp.a.w.n point was in front of them, which was the cell.

I remember this My teacher has mentioned it.

Benjamin frowned slightly, trying to recall, This seems to be the place where the corpses are stored.

Corpses? Annan was startled.

Isnt this the dungeon cells?

Benjamin asked worriedly, Are you afraid? We dont have to look at this if youre scared.

Will there still be bodies in there? Annan replied.

Definitely not. Benjamin replied, The Silver Sire Church had come to clean this place already.

Then I want to take a look, said Annan softly.

Benjamin was silent for a while, then held Annans hand a little tighter, Alright.

He took Annan to the dungeon cells and raised the Green Fire Lamp in his hand.

Only then did Annan finally clearly see the internal environment of the cells.

This place seemed like a public bathhouse. It was much larger than Annan initially imagined.

Inside the -shaped room, a low, square wall that was filled with Inscriptions stood right in the middle. Apparently, the Inscriptions on it were violently crossed out with sword slashes. The low wall was just over a meter high, reaching exactly half the rooms height.

There were handcuffs installed along the low wall as well; all of them were attached with chains with two meters distance between each other. There were about twenty such chains and handcuffs devices.

In the beginning, Annan was at the position closest to the door.

Whats this? Annan asked subconsciously.

Benjamin somehow knew what it was, Do you know about the Half-dead Enchantresses?

Benjamin replied in a low volume, The Pale Princesss priestesses arent living humans. Therefore, although they are priestesses, they have no place in the Pale Tide.

They are both living and dead; neither living nor dead the Pale Tide only allows the dead to join. So, if they want to partic.i.p.ate in the Pale Tide, they have to fix their bodies here first.

As Benjamin explained, he subconsciously walked to the shackle closest to the door, which was the shackle that bound Evelyns wrist in the dream world.

While pointing at the shackles, Benjamin explained to Annan or Evelynn carefully but absentmindedly, Theyll put their necks or wrists in here and then release their souls. My teacher had once said that the Half-dead Enchantresses could detach their souls out from their bodies. But, if they leave their bodies for too long, they can never return. They will no longer be Half-dead Enchantress but stray ghosts.

As you see Theres a tiny blade here. If the cuff is under heavy pressure, the blade will come out gradually and make them feel more and more pain over time.

As the Half-dead Enchantresses feel the pain from their body getting stronger, they will stop lingering in the Pale Tide and immediately return to their body, their souls homes.

Is it like a clock? Annan asked.

He knew that there were already clocks that could work as timers in this era.

Benjamin nodded, Yes. In fact, its like a stopwatch The one I showed to you previously! It wont run like an ordinary pocket watch, but it can be accurately timed. After activating it, the time displayed will flow in reverse and make a

ding

sound at 0:00. It is said that the Alteration Wizards have this thing for experiments

Um

, sorry.

Realizing that he was going off-topic again, Benjamin stopped abruptly.

But Annan had already obtained the crucial information he needed.

For Half-dead Enchantresses, the body is the home of the soul.

He immediately remembered his main mission in the dream world.

Go home

At that moment, Annans pupils shrank slightly.

In the dream world, Annan would hear the reversed singing from the reflection in the lake.

After each death, he would return to reality from the dream.

The mission required Evelyn to keep her limbs intact in the dream.

The sacrificial ritual must be completed in reality.

Also, the Pale Princess was known as the Bondless Princess. Her priestesses couldnt fall in love with anyone, including themselves.

Of course, Benjamin was no exception.

Annan glanced at Benjamin subconsciously.

He probably understood the situation.

Evelyn might have already been dead for a while, and that so-called dream should be at the church that her soul saw after leaving her body.

Ordinary people would get seriously ill simply from a glimpse at the Pale Tide, even if they immediately ran back and hid in the house. Lets not forget that Evelyn was obsessed with watching the Pale Princesss entire dance up close.

She was probably dead by then.

But obviously, the Pale Princess was interested in her pure soul.

Just as the Venerated Skeleton kept the dead Elle alive for a while Evelyn could be the Pale Princesss Elle. Currently, Evelyn was already a Half-dead Enchantress. That was why she could hear the ghosts voice faintly from time to time and enter the dream world.

For Evelyn, this was a prophesying dream.

Instead of seeing the future, she entered the real Pale Church in a soul state!

Therefore, when she smashed open the cell door in the soul world, the door in reality was also opened.

The fallen soldier statue at the door might also be because the David in the dream violently moved it away.

Evelyn suddenly asked Benjamin to accompany her to the Pale Church, probably because the ritual of transforming her into a Half-dead Enchantress required Benjamin to complete the final step.

Evelyn fell into the water and fell down the stairs again, perhaps because she instinctively refused this matter she hoped that Benjamin could get out of here.

However, if Benjamin left this place, she couldnt be reborn as Half-dead Enchantress as the Dancer under the Moon would abandon her. Instead, she would die completely when she returned home.

That was why the mission Annan received in reality was Dont go home!

If she gave up the sacrificial ritual, she would lose the Pale Princesss favor and turn into a corpse.

This might have been Evelyns original ending.

If she loved Benjamin, she wouldnt be willing to let Benjamin cut off her head, given that she had such a pure heart that even the Pale Princess was impressed.

Therefore, the main mission that Annan actually got would guide him to the next main mission.

He would have to go through the dream world a few more times before he could acquire the real main mission that finally made him leave the nightmare!

That being the case, there was only one question left Whose nightmare was this?

Credits to MindMatrix for editing this chapter and improving the readability.