Chapter 239 Nightmare: Reflection, clear the level!
After getting the real main quest.
Annan knew what he should do:
He first dragged the table to the middle of the corridor, then put the note back into the letter. He entered the "beheading room" with the lit candles and lit all the candles inside.
Afterwards, Annan directly lit the candles on the table outside.
He originally thought about entering the beheading room again and cutting off his own head to return to reality.
But it’s no longer needed——
After Annan lit the candle on the table... he felt a trance and returned to the real world again.
At this time, the young Benjamin seemed to have realized something.
He just sat next to the unconscious Evelin, lowered his head and remained silent - he didn't know what he was thinking about, but his mood was not very good.
Should I say that he is worthy of being the future "Master Benjamin"?
The brain is really useful...
"Let's continue."
Seeing that Benjamin didn't seem to want to move forward, Annan spoke softly and took the initiative to reach out and grab Benjamin's hand.
It seemed that he didn't want to break away from Evelin's hand... Benjamin froze for a moment, but followed Annan's strength and stood up.
"Evelin..."
After Annan walked forward in silence for a while, Benjamin hesitated and asked in a more euphemistic voice: "Are you...
"…want to leave me?"
When Annan heard this, his footsteps paused slightly.
Since this is Evelin's nightmare in the future... it means that Benjamin finally agreed to help her perform the ceremony.
Then, Annan shouldn’t need to say too much...
With the attitude of saying too much, Annan just sighed and whispered: "I will only leave you if I leave here with you now..."
This is the solid truth.
As soon as Annan said these words, he couldn't help but feel strange about his own line - he could actually tell the truth in a nightmare, it was a rare experience.
I'm so kind.
In order to achieve a happy ending for both of you in the future, perform your best here.
I am really a kind-hearted single dog.
Annan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
On the other hand, this silly boy, Benjamin, is forcing the person who loves you most to perform impromptu performances...
"Yes, is that so..."
After looking at each other for a while with Annan, I could only read the sincere Benjamin in "Evelin's" eyes, murmuring in a low voice.
After that, he remained silent until he watched Annan walk to the last room and open the door——
Seeing the guillotine without a blade and already in great decay, he froze in place as if he had lost his soul.
Seeing him looking like he had lost his soul, Annan couldn't bear it.
He added in a low voice: "It's okay, Benjamin.
"You in the future...will find me."
"……is that so?"
Benjamin's pupils were slightly bright.
Annan nodded solemnly.
Yes...he just came back from the future.
Benjamin took the position of pope obviously just to travel back in time and cut off Evelin's cycle.
The time when he learned about this matter should have been shortly before he went to the White Tower.
At that time, Benjamin should have obtained the key to the nightmare and understood the truth of that year...
Annan hesitated for a moment, then replied in a low voice: "Yes, because... I came back from the future.
"This place is actually a nightmare."
Immediately, Annan briefly explained the mechanism of this nightmare and what Benjamin would do in the future.
It was just a nightmare anyway, so there was no harm in telling him.
But looking at the child's lost and desperate expression, Annan couldn't bear it... He didn't even know how Evelin could endure it and let Benjamin complete this ritual.
"...I want to believe you."
After Benjamin listened to Annan's narration, he thought for a long time, then slowly nodded and said solemnly: "But it's not because you told me this...
"It's because you are Evelin."
But I told you, I’m not the real Evelin——
Annan was just about to defend himself like this, but suddenly he understood what he meant.
At this time, Benjamin has not yet entered the world of extraordinary beings. Nightmares, cycles, and the future... such things are too far away for him.
From his point of view, it was entirely possible that Evelin had made it up to deceive him.
And what Benjamin meant by this was that even if Evelin made it up to deceive him, he would still be willing to believe such bizarre things.
Annan was silent for a while, the corners of his mouth raised.
He showed a sincere smile.
He handed the rope to the young Benjamin, and he lay down in front of the decayed guillotine.
The next moment, Annan fell into a trance and entered the dream world again.
At this time, he saw another "Evelin" standing in front of him, and wanted to turn around uneasily.
So Annan immediately stopped her:
"Annan...don't move, don't look back!"
Upon hearing Annan's words, "Evelin" immediately stopped moving and stood silently.
Annan paused, thoughtfully.
It turns out that it was during this time period...
He quickly calmed down and continued:
"Get on the ground yourself, hurry up... Bah, you don't have to stick your butt out. Well, in order for you to trust me, I will mention a key word, player and planner. Okay? Get on the ground quickly, don't waste time..."
Annan didn't even need to search his memory.
Because he can say such things casually...
Seeing "Evelin" in the second week lying obediently in front of the guillotine, Annan looked hesitantly at the rope connected to the guillotine next to the guillotine.
...Do you want me to cut it off?
Annan just had this idea in his mind, but he hasn't done it yet.
He then saw that the rope suddenly burned itself.
——It’s Benjamin in the real world!
The guillotine fell with a roar, cutting off Evelin's head - the head happened to fall and fell into the white flower basket.
But the strange thing is that Evelin did not bleed much after her head was decapitated.
In other words, her blood has been coagulated for a long time.
Seeing her face covered with scars and hairless, her ugly and ferocious head fell into the flower basket... Annan was in a daze for a moment.
...Evelin has indeed been dead for a long time.
Annan thought this and suddenly observed that his body, as well as Evelin's skin in the dream, gradually began to become transparent.
The corpse lying on the guillotine also began to shine, gradually turning into light powder and finally disappearing.
His body absorbed the light powder.
The soul seems to become stronger, and the feeling of transparency disappears.
The knowledge of countless extraordinary beings emerged in Annan's heart... It was a gift from the Pale Princess.
Annan knew almost all this knowledge...but to Evelin, this was a mystery from another world.
At that moment, Annan seemed to have a clear understanding——
Is it at this moment that Evelin from Week 1 came up with this idea, between life and death?
Store your soul in the nightmare...
When Annan was thinking.
Similar to the feeling when using frost swordsmanship, the power of unfamiliar elements flows awkwardly in Evelin's body...
Is this... the power of the silver level?
What is this element?
Annan thought, and gently brushed the rope with his hand, and the rope became complete and bright again. He touched the flower basket, and the pure white flower basket became brand new; then Annan pulled the guillotine to the highest point again, and tied it up again.
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Afterwards, Annan returned to the ground and picked up the chain at the door.
He finally saw——
Countless transparent men, women and children all smiled and applauded themselves, as if they had just given a perfect speech.
Annan lowered his head and looked at his body, which was like a solid body, and finally bowed to them politely.
Afterwards, those people dispersed again and returned to their previous positions.
Annan moved the stone statue back to its original position, took the chain and returned to the "prison" in the basement.
He reached out and touched the door lock, and the door lock was healed again.
He closed the door and fastened the chain. He put his hands into the handcuffs and carefully tightened them - and in the process, Annan inevitably bruised his left wrist... as if he had struggled hard.
Same, leaving some scratches.
Blood—not solidified and dried blood, poured out continuously from Evelin's wrist.
[Health: 80%]
An Nan stared intently at the fresh blood slowly flowing from his wrist.
Turning dried blood into fresh blood...is this also the power of this element?
Restore what is broken to integrity, heal what is old and regenerate...
Evelin's power is not time and mirroring... but some kind of ability related to rebirth.
……I see.
Annan was stunned.
Evelin never travels through time from beginning to end.
Evelin in reality has been transformed into a half-dead daughter.
But she is going to die soon.
Because Evelin is forcing herself, thinking that this is the reality——
——That’s why Annan woke up here in the first place.
Evelin is just a Silver-level transcendent.
Her power is far from reversing the boundary between reality and dreams.
...But if all this is her dream, then it makes sense.
She constructed such a nightmare and kept her soul in the nightmare, neither dying nor devoting it to the pale princess; the price was that she had to repeat this never-ending nightmare cycle.
The only way out is to wait for Benjamin in the future to decipher the nightmare message, cut off the curse, and forcibly intercept her soul.
It's a great achievement.
Such incredible trust.
[Health: 30%]
Annan suddenly felt sleepy, and he subconsciously opened his task panel:
[Main mission: forming a loop (completed)]
[Witness the completion of the sacrificial ceremony (completed)]
[Lighting candles as a half-dead daughter (completed)]
[Return to the beginning (completed)]
[Health: 5%]
…I’ve done everything I can do anyway.
When Evelin wakes up again, she will forget all this.
For "Evelyn by the Lake", this is just a forgotten dream. "Benjamin" in the nightmare will also be reset.
When she comes to the lake, she will see Evelin smiling and chatting...until she throws herself into the lake, returns to another world, and starts a new cycle.
As for how to save your childhood sweetheart... it's up to you to solve it yourself, Your Highness the Pope.