NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2050: Dream Visitor
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Despite what Yuki did, she didn't come to my bed, or tried doing any other advances after that, and once the feast ended, I saw her happily chatting with her friends, so I suppose she decided to take it slowly, and I prefer it that way honestly.
I am still trying to process that she loves me the way she does… I can't stop thinking when she was but a small and adorable Monkey Chinchilla, so… Uh, yeah, it feels strange to me.
But then again, Andromeda was my system, and Miranda was a mass of black miasma and tentacles too, so I guess I already got two… not so conventional wives.
Benladann is literally the only normal girl here, but that's without considering her previous life…
Yeah, maybe I shouldn't really care about that, huh?
A lot of things inside my mind, but I better just sleep… Despite how tired I was, I've been awake for an hour even when everyone else is sleeping, just thinking about things.
A lot happened after all… but whatever, let's meditate and sleep.
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FLASH!
"Huh?"
I could swear I was sleeping a moment ago.
But.. out of nowhere, I saw light.
White light, everywhere.
It was so bright and overwhelming; it was blinding my very soul.
As someone that has mastered dreams, this isn't a dream.
I am sure this isn't a dream at all!
"W-Where the hell am I?!"
I felt my soul, it was there, but nothing else.
Somehow, I was most likely experiencing some sort of out-of-body experience.
I stepped forward, realizing I was alone.
Even if only my soul was here, my spirits and even soul weapons should be here.
But none of them was here.
"This place…?"
As I walked through the endless white, realizing I was on my Dragonoid form, I saw something in the distance.
"There's no way…"
I started running, as fast as I could.
Until finally, I reached it.
"T-This is…"
I couldn't believe it.
"A city…? A human city?"
It was indeed that, a human city.
The skyscrapers, the paved streets, traffic lights, houses, large shops, malls, everything.
There were even cars, trucks, and more.
But it was eerily… empty, there was nothing here at all, a ghost town.
"…"
As I looked around, I remembered the memories I could see through Dream Dungeons, and how they inserted me and my family inside.
Perhaps it was something similar? But how did it happen? Who could be so powerful as to trap me out of nowhere, while I'm inside my damn divine realm?
"Don't be afraid."
"Who…?!"
A voice.
I panicked for a moment, as I heard the voice reverberating through the entire world around me.
It was a strange, distorted voice, but behind the distortion, I could hear the voice of a young man.
It wasn't like the voice of any young man I've ever met, however.
"Over here."
"What?!"
I looked behind me, to the left and right, around the city but… there was nobody.
Where does he mean "over here"?!
"In the sky."
"The sky?!"
I looked up.
FLAAASH!
"Uggh?!"
And in that moment, a blinding light almost made my very soul blind again.
It was so potent and overwhelming; I couldn't even hold myself together.
My soul felt its radiance, completely paralyzed by it.
And amidst the white light, I could see it.
An eye.
A golden-colored eye, with big white eyelashes.
"W-What…?! Who are you!"
I roared angrily, releasing my Divinities, my Ascendancy Law Ring emerged behind me, supporting me.
However, I could barely hold my own! This power was overwhelming, beyond even Chaos and Pandemonium's combined power.
Beyond everything I've faced, not even the presence of Tiamat's soul was this overwhelming!
Is this really a dream realm? No, it cannot be!
This presence… it wasn't divine or demonic, no, it was something beyond that.
"You're… a Cosmic Being?!"
"No, I'm not… Well, not exactly."
"Why did you bring my soul here? You think I'll be defeated easily?!"
"I didn't bring you here to fight, please. The last thing I would ever want is to battle. I despite fighting. I am a very peaceful person."
"What…?"
Slowly, the light became less powerful, allowing me to stand up.
"Answer my question, who are you?"
And I once more asked him that question.
The gigantic eye, glowing brightly as I noticed small white feathered eyes flying around it, seemed to squint at me for a moment.
"You're truly one of a kind, Drake… I was right, you're amazing."
"I guess you don't plan to answer my questions then…"
"Ah, who am I you ask? Well, I am Light, I am Life, I am Souls, I am… well, everything."
"You're God…?"
"Hahaha! God? No, I once was a normal person."
"…Huh?"
"But enough about me, who cares who I am, right?"
"I do! The hell are you?! Are you related with Oberon?"
"Oberon… that man? Ah, he's indeed a very interesting fellow. I am also looking over him, he's very interesting."
"…"
I couldn't figure it out…
Who was he?
What did he want?
Why was I here?
I wanted to ask him all of that, but it felt like talking to a wall, rather than someone.
Perhaps that I am here is merely out of his own whims, without any actual purpose.
"Fear not, you're here for a purpose. I needed to see you up close, because you're so amazing."
"…I do have a few fans, but I never thought an eldritch eye from space would say they're my fan… Should I feel flattered or disgusted?"
"Hahaha! And you have a great sense of humor! Yes, you're indeed someone incredible!"
He acts friendly, but I can't trust him.
And he also reads my mind, fucking shithead.
"Oh my, you're so rude… But it's fine, I suppose I do come as a "shithead", an "asshole", or a "hypocrite" to most people. Every person I've ever interacted always say I am also "narcissistic"! Hahaha!"
"Yeah, I can tell."
"Now."
RUMBLE!
The skies above, resembling an endless sea of white clouds, trembled, as hundreds of gigantic hands rushed towards me.
"What…?!"
"Let me see you from up close, please…"
"Stop it! Agh! Don't think I'll let you harm my soul!"
"Come on now, don't fight~ I don't want to harm you, you're very special. You… or perhaps your bloodline, will shape the destiny of this realm, and the universe."
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