[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 196: Dream fog (1)

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While everyone was rejoicing at being reunited with their comrades, the gray mist that was lining their surroundings slowly began to thicken, making them naturally sense that something was amiss.

"What's going on? "

Norman had calmed himself down and immediately walked over to Noelle. However, Noelle herself did not have anything that could answer her.

Without waiting for them to understand the situation, the fog became even thicker as their vision began to fade, becoming darker than before.

Noelle carefully keeps her arms around Olivia, convincing herself not to let go of the girl. However, before long, his consciousness began to fade, as if it had been drawn by a mysterious power.

In her attempt to stay awake, Noelle looked around, and found that everyone had fallen to the ground, breathing softly as if they were sleeping. Even the wolf Brackas fell asleep with them.

The force on Noelle's legs began to weaken, and she slowly fell to the ground. He looked at the figure in his arms, and found that Olivia had fallen asleep first.

It made the power slowly leave Noelle's body, and made her lose the will to wake up.

Shortly after, it had not been five minutes since they were all brought together, a strange situation had already re-occurred.

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Olivia very heavily tried to open her eyes, and naturally felt around her. However, for whatever time she tried, she could not feel Noelle's presence.

That made him a great reaction. He woke up with eyes sweeping around him. Her ability in detection has been maximized, and tries to search for Noelle's whereabouts by all means.

As a result, he found it. Eve Noelle's existence can be felt, but she can not detect it with the connection created between her and Noelle.

It's obviously a strange situation. Olivia knows every characteristic of Noelle's presence as she understands every inch of her body. Even so, it is undeniable that he still relies a little on the relationship made《Oath of Blood》 to detect his presence.

What exactly happened, so Olivia could not feel the connection of《Oath of Blood》? The question puzzled her for a moment, but Olivia soon recovered her composure and began to turn her attention to her surroundings.

Before he starts to go looking for Noelle, he must understand the situation around him himself, so that no mishaps will occur.

Olivia stood up, and looked at every corner she could find.

From that, he knew that he was on a cliff, overlooking a giant black castle with many pointed towers around it.

Under the cliff where he stood, a river unknown how deep it flowed so heavily, it might easily wash away everyone who fell into it.

The water in the river was slightly blackish in color, as if it had brought a very thick mud from somewhere.

Olivia turned around, and found a wilderness with a lot of presence of beasts from her. But it all feels so strange.

The thin gray fog that was thicker than before made it a little difficult to see, but he could still sense everything there clearly, as if the fog was not there.

Based on the presence of Noelle that he managed to feel, he knew that Noelle was on the other side of the cliff. However, he could not go carelessly. There was also a proposal to use gravity magic, Olivia had already locked it after trying it a moment ago.

Magic still works, but it has a much weaker effect, and a shorter duration than it should.

Olivia's first conclusion was that the gray fog that enveloped this area must have dampened her strength a little. If Olivia forced her to fly to the other side of the cliff—area where the huge castle was located, she would definitely lose control of her magic. That was due to how thick the mysterious fog that enveloped the area was.

Olivia with a slightly anxious face tried to speed up her pace, hoping to find a way to the other side of the cliff.

On her journey, Olivia is attacked several times by various monsters. Most of them were strange monsters that could fly.

Their bodies were small, and their forms were slightly humanoid, with two pairs of grayish-white wings growing on their backs. Their faces were hideous, and their bodies were so thin that those pale gray skin clearly accentuated all the bones in his body.

They were all not a problem, as their body's endurance was quite weak. However, their agile movements while in the air were really troublesome, so Olivia had to wear the《God Speed》 to increase the accuracy of her sword slashes.

As soon as she reached the middle of the forest, Olivia looked up at the sky—looked at the cloudy dark sky with the blood-red giant moon, which was a blood-red one, it shone on everything beneath it with a faint and pale red glow.

"The moon is completely different .. There are no stars either, I have no directions … "

Olivia shook her head, telling herself that just complaining would not solve the problem. He simply continued walking, following his instincts and occasionally walked around to avoid the powerful monsters whose presence he suddenly felt.

At that moment, he felt something that made him panic even more. Noelle's previous presence .. Becomes weaker!

It was probably because the distance had widened a bit with Noelle, but Olivia immediately refuted that conclusion, thinking that she should still be able to sense Noelle's presence clearly from here.

Various things came to Olivia's mind, making her even more anxious about Noelle's state.

He immediately ran, in the direction he set out with the help of his instincts.

Olivia's own instincts were already like a prophecy, so it should be accurate. But, no matter how far he traveled, he still could not find a path connecting between the two cliffs.

So, the only way available to him, was to cross the river directly.

To do that, he had to find a lowland that could match the height of the river. With that, he could think of various ways to get to Noelle's place.

For example, he could freeze the surface of a river for a period of time, and take advantage of the opportunity to cross it.

But, with how thick the fog was with the effect of《Magic Interference》 down there, Olivia could not estimate the exact time for her magic deadline.

Olivia starts running again, trying to replace her worries with the motivation to meet with Noelle.

Amidst his journey, the fog that enveloped the black suddenly became increasingly thick, and the clouds that covered the sky also slowly disappeared, making the giant red moon emit a crimson red glow that was less pleasant.

Olivia suddenly felt that the temperature around her suddenly dropped drastically. A goosebumping feeling began to run through his body, making him reflexively look around. However, he found nothing.

Olivia then looked up at the sky, staring at the giant red moon. He felt an oddity from there, but could not explain what kind of strangeness it was.

It felt quite familiar, and as if something was connected to it. However, Olivia could not figure out the feeling of familiarity.

By connecting a few dots, he finally had some simple conclusions.

In the first possibility, the giant red moon has a strong connection to the taste of vampires. That's because vampires will become drastically weakened during the new moon phase.

Olivia recalled the sight of the first new moon she remembered, and she felt a sensation similar to the one she felt at the moment.

It seems that the new moon that weakens vampires has something to do with this giant crimson moon. Despite that, this crimson moon did not seem to have any negative effects on her.

(It's strange .. A very similar feeling, but .. The new moon phase in an ordinary place has absolutely no red color, there should also be three satellites here, then … Where did all this come from? )

Olivia had a guess that all this was just an illusion. He could be sure about it because he had memories of him slowly falling asleep in Noelle's arms while they were still in a place filled with that strange mist. In short, Olivia was convinced that this was all just a dream!

Somehow, the fog made them fall into a sleeping state, and made them all enter the dream world.

It was a good foundation for a conclusion, but Olivia was still lacking information.

He continued running, trying to put aside the strange sensation he felt.

After a few minutes of running through the forest, Olivia finally found a slightly descending dirt road, leading downwards.

He unhesitatingly took that path straight away, and occasionally jumped with the help of his ice magic to prevent him from 'slipping' incidents'.

The fog was already getting thicker, and his visibility was slowly starting to decline. But that's not a problem. He could still see up to 200 meters without any problems.

At most he would only meet a monster all of a sudden. If that happened, then he only needed to defeat him.

It didn't take long for Olivia to reach the destination.

Olivia remained silent as she stared at the huge river with such a torrent. As an experiment, Olivia tried to use her spatial magic, and managed to pull out a rusty sword.

(The magic of space still works, which means ... This place still allows us to access some things that come from outside. )

After strengthening her conclusion, Olivia immediately threw the rusty sword into the river, and watched what happened to her.

It didn't take up to two seconds, the sword instantly disappeared, and dozens of pieces of coarse metal occasionally flew along with the force of the current.

Olivia inevitably gulped a little as she watched the terrifying destructive power.

The river was not a living creature, so he definitely had no sense. But, the power he possessed could be extremely destructive, so it would be extremely dangerous for one to enter into it.

(After entering, I will definitely not be able to go out again .. )

Shaking her head, what Olivia did after that was to check the thickness of the fog.

He could still see quite clearly, but the fog was still thick. So, maybe the influence of《Magic Interference》 will be just as strong.

The surface of the river immediately froze, but it instantly shattered in just a few seconds later.

From that, Olivia could tell that there were two things that caused her magic to be destroyed.

The first is the effect of《Magic Interference》 that neutralizes its magic. Then, there is the influence of the swift flow of the river that does not freeze. The strong water pressure caused a severe crack in Olivia's ice, as well as speeding up the melting process.

Perhaps the water in the river had some corrosive properties.

After establishing her mind, Olivia immediately took a few steps back, taking a step to run as fast as possible.

He took a deep breath, and exhaled, then immediately ran while preparing with his magic.

Olivia jumps up, and uses her ice magic to freeze the surface of the river, which then only lasts for less than three seconds. However, that was enough since Olivia directly landed her feet on the ice surface before the ice was crushed. That way, he could take back the momentum to jump.

Olivia repeated the same process several times, while occasionally using a barrier to coat her legs so as not to slip off the ice.

After some time, Olivia finally reached the land separated by the river.

Olivia created a foothold out of the ice, and at the same time created a claw attached to an ice chain. He stuck the claw into the ground in front of him, and pulled himself there.

Olivia gently landed on the muddy ground, having a lump of mud that was crunching away. After which, he could not help but sigh in relief while feeling the various achievements in his mind.

He looked around, then checked Noelle's connection using《Oath of Blood》. The result, still nothing. Her connection with Noelle was still not restored, but Olivia could still feel her presence from where she was standing now.

Noelle's position was not far from him. He began to run impatiently, and tried to reach Noelle's location with only a faint hint of her presence.

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Elsewhere, in a large room with many books and cein lying around, Noelle slowly opened her eyes.

He looked around in bewilderment, before finally feeling a very obvious awkwardness. He started to panic a little, and turned to look at himself in one of the mirrors.

As a result, what he saw was the figure of a black-haired boy with red eyes and had a face that looked expressionless.

Noelle instantly widened her eyes as she understood the situation. He's back as a kid! Moreover, her current appearance was her appearance when she was still Canaria Izaya!

"What happened … "

Noelle was confused, and at the same time panicked. However, he did not let fear take over himself. Taking control of his body, he then began to recall all the things that happened before he woke up in this place.

After he remembered it, he immediately came to a realization. He was in a dream world!

The fog must have forced her to fall asleep, and pulled her towards the dream world. If so, then Olivia and the others should be here as well.

But, where is he now? And what happened to his body? Was he affected by the power that lay behind this dream world?

There was no point in thinking about it, inner Noelle. He immediately looked around, and found a large door.

Without hesitation, he walked towards that door, opened it, and directly walked outside.

Instantly, a crimson red light coming from a gigantic red moon struck his body, making him naturally frown.

Looking around, he realized that he was in a large building; perhaps a mansion. The roof is dome-shaped, and has translucent glass that curves there.

From the glass that the light from the moon can enter.

A thin gray mist he could faintly see filled the room, but there seemed to be absolutely no influence exerted by the fog, unlike the mist that brought him into this place.

Noelle walked to the surroundings, and felt another strangeness. He really gets tired more easily! Is it possible because of his physical being a child again? Seeing from her current condition, Noelle might not be a powerful vampire anymore, but rather just a normal human child like her in the past.

Noelle leaned against the wall, and looked at the mirror that suddenly appeared before her. A second later, he realized the situation. Noelle immediately closed her eyes in an attempt not to look at the mirror for more than three seconds.

Noelle had a lot of understanding of mysticism and various dangerous rituals, so she naturally knew what things she should avoid. One of them, was to stare directly at the mysterious mirror for more than three seconds.

Mirrors are usually used for some dangerous rituals, such as rituals performed to relate to 'outer creatures'. Therefore, staring directly at a mysterious mirror like the one before him right now was a very dangerous thing.

Noelle had already shifted her eyes. Unfortunately, he was a little late.

His mind was blank for a moment, making him stare at the mirror for about five seconds.

Noelle understood the carelessness she had just committed, and could only bite her lips in a resigned manner upon realizing the situation.

He immediately turned around and ran away from the mirror, trying not to see it again.

However, luck did not side with him this time.

In the midst of his escape, several other mirrors appeared from various places around him, displaying a figure similar to his current self.

All the mirrors had Noelle standing still in them, and it was the exact opposite of Noelle who was now running.

Before long, his figure in the mirror slowly began to fade, replaced by the sight of another figure suddenly appearing.

The figure looked like a normal teenage boy. Only, he had white hair, pale skin, and grayish eyes.

Not wrong again, it was herself in the form of Noelle! To tell the difference, the figure of Noelle that was reflected on alone had an extremely terrifying aura emanated from it.

Noelle had already stopped running, and eagerly watched the changes happening to the mirror.

The mirror started to move, and the figure of the teenage Noelle inside slowly walked out of the mirror.

The first one out was his hand, sticking out of a mirror that looked like a calm water genamgan, then followed by his head, upper body, and then his lower body.

A fake Noelle was already standing in front of him, holding two sword blades in each of his hands.

While witnessing this, Noelle already had an estimate of what kind of enemy she was facing. Since he realized that, he immediately tried to run.

"It's no use! I can't beat myself in this form! "

Currently he was trapped in the bodies of children who were his own body while still being an Iza, while the figure he was facing right now was himself, Noelle with a teenage body and real vampire powers.

The difference in strength is obvious! There was no way he could win with the weak body of the little Izaya!

Noelle took a few steps back, then intended to walk away from her clone. However, the earth he had done that, the figure of a fake Noelle had disappeared, then reappeared before him with fiery red eyes.

The fake Noelle immediately kicked the small body of Izaya, thus making her instantly bounce to the side, crashing into the hard bookshelf until smashing it slightly.

The real Noelle grimaced in pain as she realized that her tolerance for pain had completely diminished, making her instantly feel an excessive amount of pain all over her body.

Noelle tried to get up, but couldn't. He then realized that his left leg had been broken. His expression grew increasingly distorted as he realized how weak this body was.

Unable to move anymore, Noelle could only sit on the floor, staring at the fake Noelle who was slowly approaching her, with several sharp swords hovering around her.

"I really can't imagine myself attacking an innocent child … "

Noelle smiled wryly for a moment, then ….

An explosion occurred. It came from the other side of the wall which was quite far from its current location.

Soon, a girl he knew appeared. Olivia's silver hair fluttered as she looked back and forth between Noelle and Izaya.

This should confuse him. However, she unhesitatingly directly advanced, and kicked the stomach beside the fake Noelle whose eyes were filled with hatred.

Faced with the power of a true vampire, the fake Noelle instantly bounced far back. His body hit the object several times, then instantly destroyed it in an instant.

After making sure that the fake Noelle will not interfere in the near future, Olivia immediately approached Noelle who was still trapped in the bodies of Izaya's children.

Olivia instantly gave him a puzzled look, before turning to a very obvious worry.

With her magic, Olivia instantly healed all of Noelle's wounds, then looked at her with a bit of confusion.

"Noelle what happened to Noelle? "

As Olivia asked that, it felt like Noelle could see a faint red hue appearing on the girl's cheeks.

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