[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 198: The Mist of Dreams (3)

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As soon as the figure of the Vesperi Goddess Zelica flashed through her mind, Olivia inevitably checked it again to ascertain whether the two were really the same figure or not.

Vesperi Goddess Zelica, also known as the Goddess of the Night Guard. 'He' is an existence that can be equated with Anastasia in terms of position.

His role in the war 700 years ago is not so striking, but many works of literature and history that says that 'He' has a very important role in an unknown place.

Until now, there are still many mysteries about the existence of the gods, including the god called Zelica.

Olivia shook her head, and thought of many possibilities. However, he still could not find any other conclusion other than the fact that the goddess had appeared in the form of a faint projection.

The covered area where it was dirty was probably a former battle or something else that happened in the distant past. How it survived until now is a mystery, but Olivia argues that it persisted because of the influence of the gods who had fought in this place.

In the cut of the scene that flashed through his mind, it was very clear that Vesperi Goddess Zelica was currently fighting alongside several others. Olivia doesn't know for sure who they are, but she can vaguely remember the figure elsewhere.

He remembers visiting the museum with many statues and murals about the gods while still in Eisen. Now, he was almost certain that the figure who was with Zelica there was also a true god.

Night Guard Goddess Zelica, Sacred Light Goddess Lumine, Knowledge God Gerben, True Sun God Qulhod, and Storm God Dargon.

There were five in total, and the only one lacking was Anastasia. They were all gods who were the target of worship from some officially recognized church in the Kingdom.

Other than 'They' whose figure was already familiar to Olivia, there was another woman whom she suspected to be the Fertility Mother of Tvania. 'She' was a little-known goddess, and only a minority of people adored her in the Kingdom.

After confirming the identity of 'They', Olivia immediately staggered back. She carefully balanced her body so as not to disturb Noelle.

Noelle sees the strangeness in Olivia's expression, but fails to find any awkwardness available there.

"What's going on? "

She tried to ask him, but Olivia smiled slightly as she shook her head. "There's nothing here."

She originally wanted to tell Noelle about what she saw. However, considering Kaira who was still here, he immediately undoes his intentions. She decides to tell Noelle when she finds a situation where there is only her and Noelle there.

Noelle very smoothly understood his point, so she gave a brief nod. Even if her physical abilities had been drastically lowered, she still had the appropriate reasoning and way of thinking so as to directly understand everything Olivia meant.

Instead, Kaira understood nothing. She simply nodded, instantly accepting Olivia's answer without any questions being said from her.

He then remained silent for some time, then spoke, "Let's assume that everything is in accordance with what Rico said. What are you gonna do next, Noelle? "

Actually, Kaira had already made some estimates on what she should do next. It was to go find Rico.

With a situation like this, Rico would definitely take things seriously, and try to find some other people. In that case, he would definitely look for Norman.

So, it would be better for Kaira if she followed him.

Noelle thought the same thing. However, in the end he simply shook his head in a fit of resignation.

"Livia, can you connect with Chloe and Brackas? "

The connection that Chloe and Brackas have is fully connected to Noelle, but it does not rule out the possibility that Olivia can also feel it. Fellow vampires might be able to discover each other's whereabouts.

However, this poses a problem. In Rico's explanation, he said that the adventurers he found answered all his questions without a fight. It's clear that it's suspicious.

So, most likely, the people Rico met were only in a semi-conscious state, so they answered all of Rico's questions without taking any action.

One would be very obedient if they were in a semi-conscious state. It was something Noelle knew from her personal experience.

About how they can move freely here, it may be related to the blessings of Anastasia that neutralize the effects of sleep in this dreamland.

At this moment, Noelle suddenly thought about it. If Anastasia's blessing was not attached to him now, then how could she maintain her consciousness, and even be able to move freely? Anyway, the answer may be something complicated. So, Noelle decided to put it aside for a moment.

Shut up for a moment, Olivia then nodded. "I have no inner connection with Chloe and Brackas, but .. I can still feel their presence not far from here. From the looks of it, they were together, and remained silent in place for some time."

To prove his conclusion, Noelle finally made a decision. "Alright, we'll check on Chloe first. What are you gonna do? " Noelle then turned to Kaira.

For a while, Kaira just kept quiet without being able to answer. To him, this was truly a dilemma. If he could, he wanted to find Norman or Rico as quickly as possible, but leaving Noelle and Olivia's side was tantamount to throwing away the safest place he could get.

Finally, Kaira can only resign and follow Noelle's decision.

Noelle nodded in satisfaction, then asked Olivia who had been holding her back to walk in the direction where Chloe and Brackas were.

Actually, there was something else that made Noelle and Olivia worried, and it was about Levina. From her physique, she was still a child, and was even younger than the current Noelle.

Although she has many mysteries surrounding her, Noelle and Olivia still can't erase their worried feelings for Levina who is somehow in her condition now.

Unfortunately, none of the two of them had an inner relationship with Levina, and the presence of Levina was not even so strong that it was difficult to feel.

After nearly half an hour of walking past the various oddities caused by everyone's dream merger, they finally arrived at the location of Chloe and Brackas.

As they thought. Both of them were not in a conscious state, and just sat quietly in place, looking at the giant tree growing before them.

The tree soared upward until it pierced through the clouds, so its top could not be seen from where they stood.

Noelle suddenly remembered the message Rico had left before. To make sure of that, he tried asking Chloe a little.

"Hey, what's your name? " ask Noelle.

Chloe remained silent for a few seconds, then replied, "Chloe. Chloe Vanpille."

(It seems there is no problem with his memory, then .. )

"Do you remember where you came from? "

" ………… El-Gustavia Empire."

There was a long pause before the answer came out of his mouth, as if he himself was unsure of the answer.

The answer Chloe gave was in line with what Chloe had said. So, we can be sure that the one in front of her right now is the real Chloe.

"El-Gustavia Empire … "

Behind him, Kaira suddenly muttered and frowned.

"Do you know anything about that? "

Noelle has long been trying to find out the truth about Chloe's past. To do that, he would receive all sorts of clues.

So far, the clue he has is the history stored in the vampire castle, which states that the shadow controllers are descendants of the Abyss Clanman. Moreover, there was also Harold who could most likely be the real proof for the existence of that Empire and clan.

Harold and Chloe have been confirmed to have had a relationship in the past, and it seems that none of them can be sure. Other than Harold, it seemed like only Chloe did not have any sense of familiarity with him.

Kaira was silent for a moment, then replied, "I don't know for sure. I've probably heard similar names from some history books, but I'm not sure. You might be able to ask Anzu about this."

As soon as Anzu's name came out, a fairly clear frown appeared on Olivia's forehead. Fortunately her current position holding Noelle made her manage to hide that expression.

However, without even looking at her, Noelle could clearly feel the change in Olivia's mood.

(I think I said it at a bad time .. )

Kaira fully understood the problem Olivia had with Anzu, so she subconsciously closed her mouth, walked back a few steps, and began to make a thinking pose.

"Maybe .. The Empire you mentioned is closely related to the Minerva Empire … "

This was the first time Noelle had heard of the name of the Minerva Empire. Does it have anything to do with the Minerva language used for rituals? He naturally thought so.

Now, Noelle has found another clue. He could prioritize this one because it was most likely that this Empire encompassed a lot of things that happened in the emptiness century before the Demon King's attack.

There is absolutely no record of the Minerva Empire and the El-Gustavia Empire in the vampire castle. However, looking from the order of its history, the El-Gustavia Empire had many members from the Abyss Clanman, who were then destroyed by the Demon King himself.

Which means, the El-Gustavia Empire has at least been around since the appearance of the Demon King, but it then collapsed so that all the history of it disappeared just as the earth swallowed it.

By this time, Noelle had made some clear thoughts about Chloe and Harold's past. Merely, he had yet to solve the true mystery.

Noelle glanced slightly at Olivia, and was convinced that Olivia shared the same thought with her. The gazes of the two of them met each other for quite some time, then nodded simultaneously.

"Chloe, do you know anything about your past? "

Noelle asked him to be sure of the truth. Chloe may not remember it directly, but there may be fragments of memory left so it could have come to the surface as a familiar 'instinct' and deja vu.

Chloe was silent for a moment, then shook her head. "Not knowing."

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After being slightly disappointed with Chloe's answer, Noelle decides to take everyone to her next destination. It was the location of Norman or Rico.

From the looks of it, Kaira was able to connect directly with Norman, making her able to sense his location quite easily.

Finally, the three of them reached another place after passing through a valley filled with monsters of various kinds.

The three of them puzzledly looked around, and discovered that it was a truly strange sight!

However, Kaira realized that the scene before her overlapped with what was in her memory. This was all part of the capital of the Kingdom, Zeltis!

Unmistakably, this location is identical to the city of Zeltis that is in Kaira's memory. They now exist in a place similar to Zeltis, or rather this is the southern part of the sub-district of Celle, where it is the center of activity of the lower middle class people.

However, there was something that made the scene very different from what it should be.

In Kaira's memory, Celle was a very crowded city, with an uneven level of education and wealth spread. In the south, conditions are much worse. Someone who does not have a job can certainly be miserable there. They could not become bandits as there were many guards patrolling.

Even if they had a job, their working wage money could only be used to buy food that was barely worth eating, without any money left over to rent a place to live.

There were too many negatives there, and Kaira preferred not to look and ignore them.

The sight of Celle that he saw now, was very different from the one Celle had in his memory.

Celle, who was in front of him today, had a more tidy structure, a healthier population, updated streets and buildings, and several other things that were impossible to find there.

"It's like the steam age … "

Everyone who passed by there would instantly disappear after getting a touch, so it could be concluded that they were all just an illusion. But whose dream is this? Who ever imagined Celle would break into the steam age era? There was only one person on Kaira's mind.

"Normand … "

Naturally Noelle felt that something was wrong, but she could not find out what it was.

In Olivia's arms, she tries to move and heads towards one of the crossroads that have many horse carriages running through it.

The road has been paved quite neatly so as not to make pedestrians and horses difficult, the sidewalk is also quite wide, making pedestrians able to look around and walk quite freely.

Various stone buildings with models that look rather unusual are scattered throughout the city, and all have quite similar characteristics. Most of them are cheap inns or apartments, and almost all of them have blackish smoke coming out of the chimneys on the roof.

A faint yellowish-black mist could be felt scattered all over, making visibility slightly reduced, but it seemed that almost no problems were created from it.

Only then did Noelle discover the strangeness she felt. That is a pretty obvious inconsistency of this dream.

At first the city that manifests from this dream is quite peaceful and quiet, but slowly it turns into worse and worse every time. The yellowish black fog became thicker, and the illusory people passing by also looked increasingly unwell.

Some people have even started using simple masks that will protect themselves from the thick industrial fumes.

Of course, it was all just an illusion, so neither Noelle, Olivia, nor Kaira felt any impact from it all.

Soon, other changes began to occur. The development of the city is becoming faster.

The streets began to use more durable asphalt, and the structure of the buildings around also began to change a lot.

The giant-sized fortress that could be seen even from a distance was also slowly starting to disappear, replaced by many buildings related to the agricultural industry.

Gradually, the landscape of the city changed, from what was once truly an ancient city, to a city that seemed to be set in the Victorian era.

" " " ……… " " "

As long as all this went on, none of the three spoke. All three focus on what is ahead of them, a change that may not happen anytime soon.

The air became clearer, and the fog that was the result of that industrial waste also began to thin.

When things started to develop, something they never expected happened.

The city vanished, without a remnant, as if it had never been there before.

Slowly, all the scenery that was around them also started to disappear as the gray fog once again appeared.

Furthermore, they felt that the gray fog was trying to pull themselves towards the real world, the world where their real bodies were located.

"As expected, this is a dream world, huh … "

Noelle's voice slowly faded as her figure mixed with the surrounding mist. In the end, there was nothing else there.

A second later, Noelle opened her eyes, and realized that she had returned to the flower garden filled with gray fog.

He looked down, and found the figure of Olivia who slowly opened her eyes, and looked at him in a daze.

Noelle also looked at her own body, and heaved a sigh of relief when she realized that her body had returned to normal.

At the same time, various reactions came from the people around them.

Noelle glanced at Kaira slightly, and nodded at each other as if reaching a mutual understanding.

Kaira turned to the surrounding crowd, and clapped her hands, making everyone's attention directed at her.

After which, he finally spoke, "Everything, I have something to talk about. Can you guys get together? "

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