[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 212: Looking at the Dust Behind the Clouds (1)

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Olivia tried to open her eyes, but it felt very heavy, as if she had not opened her eyes for many years.

Even so, with his consciousness gradually recovering, his nerves instantly stiffened, and made him wake up in an instant.

He got into a sitting position, then looked around.

A familiar sight, but this felt unreal. Then he realized that he was now in a collective dreamland.

"It's bad."

Olivia still vividly remembers what happened before she was made to sleep with the fog. Unmistakably, in the outside world, Noelle was fighting against 'that figure', a figure she did not know at all.

He tried to get up from his position, but his legs were so numb that he could not stand up.

With enough effort, he was finally able to get up and stand up. One hand rested on the wall to support his body which was still unbalanced.

After looking around her a little, Olivia was almost certain that this time she had risen in the same place as before.

It was a beautiful Gothic cemetery. The stone wall with its top adorned with a railing of thorns was the only thing that separated it from the outside world.

Olivia tries to use《Oath of Blood》 to check on Noelle's condition, but that connection has been severed ever since she entered this collective dreamland.

As a result, he could only wait until his feet recovered, then go around to gather information.

He remembered that before he entered the dreamland, the figure named Noir was doing something that he could only call 'controlling the strange black asp'. After the black smoke blurred with the natural fog around her, Olivia was immediately dragged into the dreamland.

Only from this alone can be concluded that Noir is the one who made himself enter this dreamland. The question is, how did he do it? Based on the results of Olivia's discussion with Noelle while they were still on the ship, they both had the same conclusion; that this place was created due to the fight of the gods that occurred in the past.

All the strange things that exist in this area can happen because of the remnants of the power of 'They' are still attached to the environment. The fog that drew one to dreamland was the effect of the power of the Night Guard Goddess Zelica, and it should be an absolute authority considering 'She' was one of the powerful Orthodox Gods.

After marking all the points, Olivia finally came to a conclusion, the same conclusion that Noelle had.

"Six gods fighting together .. That sounds absurd because I'm just a mortal being who doesn't know the power of 'They', but .. All points lead to the same conclusion. 'They' were fighting Noir then, and this area of the ocean was the place that became the seal to hold Noir."

Even though Noir was a powerful figure, it would be difficult for 'Him' to face the six true gods at once.

After the gods left this area, Noir had isolated along with the remnants of the 'They' power, which allowed him to use his authority to control all the remaining power.

Shortly after Olivia voiced the conclusion she made, she immediately stepped her feet outwards, finally recovering from her condition.

He got outside the cemetery and looked around.

The view was the same as what he had seen before. Only, this time there was a large ancient ruins located not far from there.

Olivia approached the ruins while preparing for any attack. She had already seen how Noelle was doing as she fought Noir, and she had finally come to a single thought.

The opponent Noelle had in the real world was not Noir's true body, but rather just a projection or avatar that 'He' controlled to interact with the real world.

Given how this seal was formed by the six true gods, there was no way he could break through it completely. At the very least, he could only divulge a little of his strength.

It only meant one thing; noir's true body was still trapped in the collective dreamland, and could strike at any time. That's why Olivia has to be extra careful than before.

His gaze went around in order to extract every piece of information he found. However, a wisp of black smoke suddenly appeared and covered all over the place.

It instantly made Olivia increase her alertness. He immediately pulled the rapier Achto hanging on his waist.

As soon as his gaze recovered, he immediately realized that everything around him had suddenly changed.

There were no more mysterious ruins. Now everything has been replaced by dozens of giant stone slabs arranged around the area in a circular pattern. The arrangement of the stone reminded Olivia of Stonehenge she had seen in her father's journal on earth.

Only, the gap created between the rocks did not display the scenery on the other side, but was completely pitch-black as if leading to absolute emptiness.

Then, he woke up. He is not alone in this place. At least, there were some others who were stuck with him. Among them are Stella, Anzu, Werli, Erwin, and an unknown man.

Olivia's attention focused on the man. She had shiny black hair, as well as the beautiful black word obsidian, similar to her own. The most striking part of the man was his clothes that resembled an ancient mage robe, accompanied by a black crown floating above his head.

It was Noir.

Noir smiled as he looked at Olivia who was already aware of her existence. Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly while raising one hand.

Instantly, a gigantic black spear appeared in the air, and prepared to attack him.

The black spear was about eight meters long, and it had two sharp edges, making Olivia instantly recall a cake fork.

The spear retreated slightly from its position, then darted rapidly towards Olivia.

Olivia was intending to dodge, but her movements were suddenly blocked by a stone wall that appeared out of nowhere.

Not staying still, he then directly kicked the wall into collapse, then moved to avoid the spear attack.

Just a little more. If only he had jumped a split second too late, then he would have ended horribly.

The remaining stone wall had become the object pierced by that spear. Previously the stone wall looked sturdy, but now it had melted into dust in just a matter of seconds.

At this moment, everyone who was also trapped with Olivia finally came to a realization.

They dumbfoundedly looked at the place where Olivia was standing before, then turned to look at Noir.

His appearance was still fresh in their memories, so it was impossible for them to mistakenly recognize him. 'He' was the 'person' Noelle had fought before, the 'person' who made them return to this collective dreamland.

Without caring for all of them, Noir continued to create the same spear and attacked Olivia using it.

Every time the spear failed to hit Olivia, it would turn into black smoke and return to a spear near Noir, ready to attack anyone he wanted.

(He can't create two spears at once. One spear that has been fired must be 'broken', then 'reformed' before it can be used again .. I hope I can take advantage of this .. )

Stella who was already aware of the situation immediately tried to find a way to attack Noir, but she could never find a chance. Miraculously, his arrow also entered the collective dreamland, allowing him to attack enemies. Merely, all of his attacks did not exert any effect on Noir.

All the attacks he launched would be destroyed whenever it would touch Noir.

The same goes for Anzu, Werli, and Erwin. They had already done some way to attack Noir, but all of them only ended in failure.

Olivia was completely unaware of the effort they were making to give her help, but she realized they were already trying to help.

Previously he had seen how the telekinesis ability given Verstand could still use Noelle in the dreamland. This made Olivia realize that she could also try something similar.

Olivia raised her sword, preparing to face the impending attack.

The double ends of the black spear continued to approach every second, until finally–

The tip of the spear collided directly with the tip of the Achto rapier, then exploded.

The spear was partially destroyed, but its movements did not stop. It continued to dart as if ignoring all the damage it had sustained.

Olivia reflexively leaped away from it, but in the place where it landed there were already a few large black spines growing.

His hand instantly emitted a beautiful bluish-white radiance, then manifested an ice spear with a length of nearly ten meters.

Olivia's spear tip stuck into the ground, and gave her the opportunity to change the landing position.

After he landed safely on the ground, the ice spear immediately shattered into a grain of light as if it was already unable to hold its own shape. This is the influence of《Magic Interference》 which is scattered with fog in this area.

It is because of the disturbing effect that Olivia is unable to use most of her magic. He could not fly, and the regeneration he had now was limited to the treatment of minor injuries.

Olivia's greatest power is indeed centered on magic and everything related to it. However, he still had a good ability in aspects other than magic; both sword fighting and bare hands.

For a moment, Olivia was confused as to what she should do. He had already seen how the fight Noelle and Noir were doing, and he had one clear answer; it was impossible against Noir with a direct strike from close range.

Olivia does not have the telekinesis ability that makes her capable of attacking with projectics, and she also cannot rely on her magic considering the magical bully field here is very strong. Even though he managed to send one projectile to Noir, he doubted that it would be enough.

The projectile attack would be useless against Noir.

Which means, Olivia only has one choice; that is to continue to fight without having to 'collide' directly with 'Him'.

This is the kind of fight that takes more time, but tends to be effective in dealing with someone like Noir.

This is the strategy Noelle used before. He continued to attack while keeping his distance, then would attack blindly if he found the slightest gap.

This strategy required Olivia to maximize her ability to exploit the weaknesses her opponent had. To be honest, this was a field that Olivia was not very good at.

He did not include Stella, Anzu, Werli, or even Erwin in his plans because he knew it would be worth it. Noir is obviously not interested in them, so they are relatively safe for now. It was already a perfect situation.

Moreover, Stella and the others clearly did not have the strength needed to deal with Noir.

However, for some reason, Olivia felt that something was wrong.

Noir who was in front of him, felt very different from Noir who faced Noelle.

Is it because this is his main body'? That could be. After all, he was in the collective dreamland, the seal that held Noir back. It made sense that he could roam around freely here.

Olivia thought of that while looking for a way to attack. A black spear re-formed beside Noir, and it instantly slid off without any sign, aiming directly at Olivia.

This surprise attack stunned Olivia for a moment, but her consciousness soon recovered, and she immediately jumped to the side.

However, the spear that failed to hit him instantly turned into a hitter smoke, then returned to being a spear that targeted Olivia.

Although it looked like an ordinary spear, Olivia believed in her instincts to say that it was dangerous. It might kill him in just one stab.

Such a performance continued for several minutes, before finally the smile on Noir's face widened.

" … He's great."

After muttering that, Noir immediately raised one arm and clenched his hand.

Instantly, the spear that had previously failed to target Olivia was now shattered into black smoke, then formed again right before her.

Olivia did not have time to respond, but her trained reflexes with many dangers instantly made her move without having to think.

He jumped to the side, plunging a chain he made from his blood into a stone wall that had long since collapsed.

Olivia wasn't very good at blood manipulation, but forming it into a strong chain was simple. He can do that well.

Even so, the black spear still did not change the direction of his shot. It continued to target Olivia, then hurtled at an even more terrifying speed.

Olivia wanted to jump to avoid it, but a black chain with hutam handcuffs suddenly appeared and held her arms and legs.

At that moment, he saw Noir sneering cunningly and flicking the tip of the black crown above his head. "I'm imitating your fighting style. I think it's pretty good, I like it."

He did not continue his sentence, and allowed the black spear to continue advancing.

However, just before the two spearheads touched Olivia, a figure suddenly appeared and stopped the spear's movement with its own body.

The tip of the spear smoothly pierced his chest and stomach, then penetrated backwards until it almost touched Olivia, but fortunately the spear had stopped.

A second later, the black spear turned into a wisp of strange black smoke, then spread around.

Noir silently watched the figure of it—Erwin who was now lying on the ground.

That's right, the person who saved Olivia was none other than Erwin.

He blocked the movement of the spear by sacrificing his own body, then died instantly.

This was a dream realm, which meant that everyone present here was an astral projection of one's soul or physical body.

It made all the wounds one received in this realm much more painful as it was directly transferred to their relatively weak souls.

The chains and handcuffs that were holding Olivia in check had now melted into black smoke, and Olivia immediately sat down in astonishment as she stared at Erwin's figure.

The kind-hearted middle-aged man, who had previously happily recounted all of his experiences while adventuring, was, the person who said how one should enjoy life before it ends—now has died at the hands of someone whose level of power is still unknown.

He was lying on the ground, with his eyes and mouth wide open, as well as two open holes on his chest.

The spear pierced through his body, and now the effects of the puncture began to be seen.

Erwin's body slowly turned into stone, then gradually began to collapse into a pile of ash.

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