[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 197: The Mist of Dreams (2)

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Just as Noelle was about to answer Olivia's question, an explosion occurred again. It was coming from the same direction as the bogus Noelle direction.

For a moment, Noelle was at a loss as to what to do. However, he was soon aware of the impending danger.

With the intention of taking precautionary measures early, Olivia directly hugged Noelle's small body, and gently lifted her up using both of her hands.

Noelle was immediately held in a position by Olivia. It made his pride piqued for a moment, but he soon realized that he did not have dozens of others.

After ensuring Noelle's safety, Olivia runs off, trying to avoid the danger that lurks behind her.

A fake Noelle appeared, and now she had some sharp blood tentacles coming out from the base of her arm.

When you see it, the real Noelle will inevitably feel creeps. It was because he himself would definitely not use such a means to fight.

While her mind was still spinning indistinctly, Olivia who was carrying her with one hand had already jumped far away in the opposite direction.

He then turned around, and prepared with his sword to deal with the fake Noelle.

It's a bad situation. Noelle naturally thought so. He could deduce it that way because he knew the difference in strength and fighting style with Olivia.

Previously, he had already made a guess that the shadow of him had come from a mirror that scanned his figure earlier.

While appearing in the mirror, he was in the form of a child, so it was most likely that the mirror had scanned directly into his soul, and took the strongest form of his own figure.

As a result, Noelle dpat clearly knows how much power his shadow has at this time.

Noelle tries to use telepathy to warn Olivia, but she realizes it's not working. Not only his telepathy, but even magic, physical reinforcement, and all the power of his spirituality were also dysfunctional.

What does that mean, all of his strength disappeared because he had returned to the form of his children, a normal human child who was very weak? Noelle silently concluded. Then, he shook his head, telling himself that this was not the time to think about such a thing.

Noelle was about to warn Olivia, but Olivia had advanced first while drawing her sword forward with terrifying strength and speed. A white mist slowly appeared as Olivia's position approached with a fake Noelle.

Instantly, dozens of ice spears emerged from the ground, leading directly to Noelle's fake body. It made the fake Noelle instantly jump high up, and ready to give her resistance attack. However, Olivia had already taken advantage of the deceitful movement earlier.

Olivia was right behind the fake Noelle, with the tip of her rapier that had shone with a terrifying light. Then, with the power that had been concentrated at the tip of the sword, Olivia instantly unsheathed it.

The tip of the rapier touched Noelle's back, and caused a small explosion to occur, leaving her with severe wounds that were wide open to reveal her bones.

After landing her attack, Olivia directly used gravity magic to increase her weight, then landed on the ground.

After that, he ran straight away.

" ……… "

The real Noelle could only be silent at the sight of Olivia easily defeating her shadow, but the confusion was immediately responded by Olivia with a small smile.

"Although Noelle's appearance and strength had been perfectly imitated by the creature, her level of strength would still be nothing as the mind controlling that power was the mind of a different figure."

Clearly, he said that all great powers would be useless if used by someone who did not understand them.

Noelle could smoothly use all her strength, and used various tricks to increase her chances of winning, it was all because she understood her own strength. However, that did not apply to the enemy that was emulating himself and his strength just now.

From the looks of it, he was just a creature that had no knowledge whatsoever other than how to attack the enemy. He had absolutely no idea how to make full use of his strength, so he could draw with Olivia.

(No, I don't think it's that simple. Livia .. Even if my clone doesn't know how to make full use of my power, you should still lose in terms of raw strength. It's weird .. )

For a while, Noelle would assume that the clone represented the compressed power of the figure she imitated.

That was the opposite of the form impersonation technique used on Barsio. Back then, Barsio's strength had been drastically enhanced by this method, but it cost quite a bit of money. In order to obtain an imitation with greater strength, one had to sacrifice the main body of the figure to be imitated.

In her mind, Noelle suddenly recalled the sight of Barsio's figure that she and Rico saw in the basement.

The imitation was clearly created with a different method, and not using the mirror medium as he had just experienced.

After spending some time thinking, Noelle nodded, agreeing with Olivia's previous words. Now he was truly grateful that only his strength was lost, and not his mind.

Shortly after, the two of them finally arrived outside.

The place Noelle was in before turned out to be one of the rooms in the giant castle tower that Olivia had seen before.

The tower was about 70 meters tall, and was entirely black with a hint of dark red. The color reminded Noelle of the vampire castle, but such a size only allowed the giants to live in. Moreover, the tower he was in before was the shortest tower when compared to all the building structures that complemented that castle.

Noelle could not imagine how big the occupants were.

During the trip, Noelle and Olivia share information, which allows them to find answers about the situation they are currently facing.

As a result, they both agree with the fact that they may be trapped in a dream world.

About how they can still maintain consciousness and can interact freely is still unknown, but Noelle assumes that it is because of Anastasia's blessing attached to their souls.

But that does lead to another question. Noelle who is currently Izaya as a child. If it followed the previous incident, then he should have absolutely no blessings embedded in his soul.

Or perhaps, this dream world could only affect his body and the power of his spirituality alone? No, it certainly isn't. Noelle believes that the source of one's magic power or spirituality must be attached to the soul, which is the core of the spirit body itself.

Thus, it was impossible if the blessing from Anastasia was still stuck in her soul, while all the magic power and mana she had had disappeared completely. Except, Anastasia's blessing was something that rejected all sorts of such influences. That way, the blessing will continue to stick no matter what cleaning method is done.

Noelle nodded to herself, and let Olivia choose the route. At this moment, he was not in a condition that could determine the path, so he would leave everything to Olivia.

The fog without any influence was already getting thicker without them noticing; and now, they had finally found the figure of another person in a place quite far from the castle.

She was Kaira who still had a full expression of vigilance on her face. She did not change her way of staring hurriedly at Noelle and Olivia, before finally stopping and staring blankly at Noelle.

Noelle knew what she was thinking, so she immediately cleared her throat and spoke in a somewhat slurred voice, "The story is rather long, I'd be happy if you didn't ask anything. For now, do you have a clue about what we're going through right now? "

Kaira was a little disappointed. She was curious about Noelle's situation, but she herself also knew that this was not the time to ask such a thing.

Kaira nodded slightly at Noelle, and replied, "I still don't know for sure. But, looking at you two, now I'm sure that we're stuck in a dream world. About the details I still don't know, but I think we'll be able to understand if we find Rico soon."

(Rico, yes …. )

Noelle tried to hold herself back to sigh. He in silence tried to think, then nodded.

Kaira shakes. "No, but .. I can still feel his presence not far from here. I intended to go look for him before, but you guys came first."

"Then let's go now."

Noelle wasted no time, and immediately asked Olivia to go in the direction Kaira had told her.

The reason why he seemed rushed was because he did not know for sure the effects of staying too long in this world. If it results in something bad, then it is better for them to leave as soon as possible.

Olivia and Kaira nodded, and immediately ran towards Rico's location.

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They ran for approximately 10 minutes, and during that time, they had faced various types of monsters.

Unlike before, Olivia now faces more strange creatures similar to birds. It's just that, the skin is flexible like rubber, has no fur, and is greenish blue. His skin wings were slightly torn apart, and there were many scars all over his body.

The creature was flying, and made them a bit of a hassle due to its incredible mobility.

In the end, they arrive at the suspected location of Rico. However, they were unable to find Rico's whereabouts anywhere.

Kaira, the person who knows Rico the most here does not make random conclusions. He looked around, trying to find the clues left by his good friend.

Finally, he found a clue. It was a foreign image and symbol created above the ground. The gray fog that was thick enough was slightly blocking him, so he could not immediately find it.

Kaira approached, and looked at the picture. It didn't take long for him to immediately decipher it.

"He's really here. More precisely, he appeared here. But he went west. He left some clues that I don't really understand, do you know what he meant? "

Kaira handed a sizable piece of paper to Noelle and Olivia. The paper included all the code made by Rico, so it was impossible to fake it just like that.

After watching the sheet for some time, Noelle went back to silence. He takes his time to think, trying to find the answer to Rico's signal intent.

Soon, he was finally able to crack the code.

"She said she had met some strangers on the way before finally returning to the starting point. All the strangers showed no sign of resistance, and obediently answered almost all of his questions. After that, he confirmed a few things about where we are now."

" … Then? "

"The stranger replied that they had been on board, sailing to an island across the sea from Senor. The stranger said that he had come with dozens of people who joined the adventurers' joint team with the famous treasure hunters."

The information that was put in there inevitably shocked Kaira. How not, Senor sea is the name of the ocean which is located very far from the Kingdom of Nothing. Actually, it was on the other side of the kingdom, the southern part of the Gardiant continent.

Before coming to the dungeon, they were all on an island that was thought to be not so far away from the Eisen and Houzen regions. But, why were they in the same place as the adventurer group from the very opposite place?

There was only one answer the three of them could think of.

They had exited the dungeon, and were moved to a completely different place than before!

In one of the clues Rico left behind, Rico explains that they are most likely all in a collective dreamland, which includes a combination of dreams from everyone who is there.

In short, in that mysterious place, everyone's dreams were put together, and they were all put into them simultaneously!

This made no sense, the three of them naturally thought so. There are many things that make them very confused, so they do not realize that a lot of time has passed.

Rico had long since moved from his position, and left a clue as he was sure that someone from his team would definitely get to that spot. But, the clue he left behind was completely insane.

How could everyone's dreams be combined into one, then put them all into it? Noelle could not think of what kind of power was moving behind all of this.

Putting that aside, how could they possibly exist in the same place as the team of explorers who were in the Senor Sea? The Senor Sea has always been famous for its ferocity of waves and unpredictable weather, causing it to be highly inadvisable to explore. In addition, the Senor Sea still holds many unsolved mysteries.

Was there anything that caught the attention of those explorers? Moreover, how did the explorers get to the fog garden before being put into the collective dreamland?

(No, not so .. )

Noelle shook her head and immediately changed her question, "How is it possible, we who were previously in the dungeon, can get to the opposite side of the continent and reach the mysterious area in the middle of the Senor sea …. "

The three of them had come to the same conclusion. It was not the explorers who suddenly entered the garden of fog, but they were the intruders.

Later on, they knew that the one who created the dungeon was an unknown god from the outside world, so it was likely that the god had a lot of power left over, he said, so it could use the spirit gate to transfer them all to that fog garden.

The mist garden itself refers to a flower garden filled with mist, a place where everyone had gathered before. Now, Noelle has guessed that the park is actually in a certain area in the middle of the Senor sea.

"Livia, use your spiritual perception to see which flow is around this place. Is there any weirdness? "

Olivia immediately poured magic energy into her eyes, and looked around. Then, he shook his head. "Nothing strange, but .. Vaguely, I could hear many strange whispers. Also, there were some areas with strange mana density levels. It's as if the place has been damaged, and the mana contained there will cause us to lose control if it absorbs it."

The loss of control that Olivia meant was a berserk condition that would be achieved only if one reached a certain level of mental corruption.

In addition to the accumulation of negative emotions that accumulate over the years, a high level of mental corruption can be achieved if one interacts with something 'damaged', such as:

Mana, or magic power that is dirty and has a lot of evil influence in it, mystical objects created due to evil influences, and so forth. It can all lead to an increase in a person's mental pollution levels, making them able to lose control easily.

Noelle nodded, and asked Olivia to approach the area for further investigation. However, without her guessing Olivia rejected him.

As Noelle confusedly looked at Olivia, Olivia could only smile wryly while lowering her. He then walked towards the place he saw as an area with a terrible concentration of dirty mana.

The reason why Olivia did not allow Noelle to get close to that place was because her condition was still very weak. Right now, they did not know whether Anastasia's blessing was still attached to Noelle's soul or not, so it would be very dangerous if Noelle's mental corruption increased drastically.

As Olivia approached, the whispers her ears heard grew stronger, and various strange sights began to appear in her vision.

What he saw were some figures that seemed to represent a certain group or faction, being subjected to a fierce battle.

One of the figures was a woman, with very pale white skin, long black hair, wearing a black dress that covered her entire body, as well as having a transparent black scarf covering her head and face. Behind him, there was the figure of a giant black wolf, blue-eyed, and had eight legs with two twins in total.

The figure was a little familiar to Olivia. He checked his memories, and found one corresponding figure.

The Vesperi Goddess Zelica!

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