Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

The sky between day and night quickly turned dark, and the sudden black cloud swept down the downpour of rain.

Leaving the hospital, the footsteps seem to have found the destination instead of consciousness, and set off along the way back that has long been engraved in the memory.

The icy rain was accompanied by a sudden drop in temperature, cooling the body temperature to freezing point.

Suddenly remembered that the schoolbag was still left at the front desk of the hospital, but the footsteps did not mean to stop at all. I thought that this kind of thing would be fine, but I couldn't help but feel a little irritable.

"What the hell is this..."

Before I knew it, I had walked back to the door of the house. I took the handle of the door and fumbled in my pocket for a long time but couldn't find the key, so I remembered the fact that the key and the mobile phone were in the schoolbag.

I let go of the handle in distress, turned around and leaned against the door. My father must be very busy with the hospital, and I don't want to go back to the hospital to see Chen Yong. Leaning feebly against the door, I slid down to the doorstep and sat down.

Suddenly, delicate whispers sounded in my ear, as if someone was whispering in my ear.

[Hey❤You will encounter the same thing countless times in the future, no matter how hard you try, you will only get the same result, powerlessness will continue with your life, but even so, you have to struggle~]

——That god whispered to me with a thousand-faced voice.

"No... I won't do what you want."

Although it was a voice I was very familiar with, the morbid love in the tone cruelly engraved the fact that "she is not Qianyan" on my cognition.

[If you are not willing to struggle desperately, then you will become boring, and you will be no different from other toys. Come on ❤I have great expectations for you, let me see a side of you that is different from other people~]

I couldn't bear to cover my ears, trying to drive away the voice that broke into my ears.

"Since reality and the domination war are toys at your disposal..."

Why do you have to force yourself to accept a world where things are always beyond your expectations and out of your control?

Why take it for granted that nothing can come true, no matter how hard you try?

There is clearly a better world out there - no pain, no misfortune, no unexpected disasters, and even the power to control the situation is in my hands, and it doesn't take much effort to succeed.

yes. I have no reason to ask for trouble at all, do I?

As for this absurd and cruel reality, just discard it, it has nothing to do with me.

The torrential rain has never stopped, washing away the town where only I was isolated, and at the same time washing away my consciousness stuck in reality. I lowered my gaze with a strange sense of relief, and the halo-filled field of vision suddenly went dark.

The dazzling sun renders the extreme blue in the sky, and the golden beach spreads heat waves.

I raise my arms to shade the sun. Still a bit sleepy, I lazily turned to the side, and what I saw was the same beach as before, but it was vaguely wrapped around my chest.

My mind pursued the traceable weirdness, so my drowsy consciousness woke up the moment I found the answer.

Yesterday the children were clamoring for the fireworks show. Since Su Erin and I didn't know the structure of fireworks, we had to use a barbecue show instead, and we spent the whole night on the beach.

At this time, besides me, there are only barbecue grills and firewood piles scattered in all directions on the beach.

I immediately raised my elbows and stood up unsteadily. I can hear the beating of my heart without the silence of human voice.

Thick gunpowder smoke rose from the direction of the center of the town, and the sound of the waves rushing to the shore was like the sound of a bell. I hurriedly took steps, and with faster and faster steps, accompanied by the stumbling figure, I ran towards the depths of the town.

"Su Eirin...Su Eirin..."

He kept chanting her name, and the colorless vision seemed to be inserted into a black and white photo.

At first, I was thinking about where Su Erin would go, but gradually I found that I couldn't even see other people, and the residents in the town seemed to have disappeared, no matter where I was, I was the only one.

Silence turned into tinnitus. The empty town in front of my eyes seemed like the last three weeks were just a dream. It seems that those children have never appeared before, and the daily life of reunion and getting used to it is just fantasy.

My increasingly disturbed thoughts began to change, and I ran to Leah's house while thinking about where other people would appear——

"Go away! Go away! You are not allowed to get any closer to my sister!"

Suddenly—the boy's immature voice broke through the reverberating tinnitus, and suddenly took my attention away. I immediately turned my feet and ran to the retail store where the sound sounded, and climbed on the edge of the door to look inside the store.

It was the boy who always yelled that he would protect us. He was posing with round eyes and spreading his arms in front of Su Erin. The man with his back to me had red hair like flames, and a mocking sound came from his mouth.

"Tch... Why are there so many boring little devils here! Hey, I said you just let the children protect you?"

While shouting loudly, the red-haired young man waved his palms to touch the center of his body. All of a sudden, dozens of afterimages flashed from his figure, and he quickly spread his avatars around, surrounding Su Huilin and the boy.

Just when the young man used his dominance ability, I suddenly realized the identity of the opponent's dominator. The young man and all his avatars swung their right hands and drew a slender silver sword from the air.

I didn't have time to think about how the other party broke in here. As the flames in my eyes flashed, I immediately pulled out the looming sickle behind my back, took a step forward without hesitation, and swung the sickle towards the clone blocking the front.

The four severed bodies turned into foam and dissipated into the sky. But this also shows that I didn't hit his body.

"Brother, you..."

Su Eirin, who was forced to the counter, was a little flustered. Her reaction at this time made me suddenly realize the problem that I have been ignoring all this time—Su Huilin here seems to have no ability to fight.

"Who is it this time...!"

The young man near the scythe fidgeted with the side of his neck and turned his head towards me. His dead fish eyes filled with the word "boring" suddenly showed abnormal excitement, he raised his eyebrows suddenly, and took another look at Su Huilin.

"Oh... that's right! So the owner of the dream is not her!"

The young man stretched out his index finger and shook it regularly, pointing at me while laughing maniacally.

"Don't you think this is fate? Hey, this is your kid's dream, 'Dark Death'!!"

As he spoke, the young man struck out sharply like a hunter aiming at his prey, and the avatars immediately rushed forward. I immediately took a step back to distance myself, and followed the chattering young man closely.

The purpose is to drive away the intruder without doing unnecessary things, so all I need to do is kill the main body.

As long as the main body disappears, the avatar will also be easily solved.

I avoided the clone attacking from left and right, and hung the sickle on the back of the young man's neck. I gripped the handle of the knife again to make sure it was correct, and swung the scythe to the right as hard as I could, and the sharp edge of the knife directly split the opponent's body.

Is this the end?

I turned around immediately, only to find that the other avatars hadn't disappeared, and the azure crystal shards I had imagined hadn't appeared—the young man who had been struck smiled, and his figure scattered into foam.

The vicious smile gradually distorted in the foam, like metal dissolved in acid.

Inevitably, panic flashed in my heart, and I glanced at the youths who couldn't find any difference in appearance one by one, as if I was in a bottomless maze, and I couldn't find the only exit.

"Hey! I said it before? Absolutely, I will definitely find a way to take revenge on you!"

As soon as the words fell, a dangerous light flashed from my back and right, I quickly took the time to take out my left hand, and raised a new sickle out of thin air, and used the hilt to withstand the blade of the opponent's swing. The quivering weapons briefly created a confrontation.

After the calculation, I haven't fought for nearly half a year. Even though I returned to the dream world in these three weeks, I didn't do any special combat training.

In comparison, the opponent seems to have never stopped fighting in the dream world, and the coordination of dominance ability is almost like a fish in water.

Looking at the young man's sneer, I realized that this battle is destined to be my side's disadvantage.

"let's go."

After all, the avatars that followed swarmed over and oppressed him. I tried my best to block the young man's sword with my left hand, and my right hand followed the body that turned half a circle. The sickle swung a sharp arc in the air, as a gesture to deter the approaching clone.

The young man in front of him couldn't be said to have no impression at all. When I participated in the Domination War for the first time, I was in charge of monitoring the actions of Clock Number One at that time, and he was the leader of Clock Number One.

【Absolutely... will definitely find a way to avenge you! 】

Now, the other party came here as an intruder by mistake.

Deterrence only played a negligible role, and the clones of the youth acted at the same time, narrowing the distance between them and me. Even though the sharp sickle cut out several strands of foam, it still couldn't stop nearly ten sword lights from stabbing straight.

"Brother!!"

Su Huilin's mourning sound reached her ears beyond any sound, and it seemed to be stretched forever by the world in less than half a second.

The blade of the sword shining with silver light met my pupils, casting a deep reflection. My body was instantly pierced by several violent pains, and my vision was suddenly clearer than usual, which was magnified together with the pain.

Zero Wrong's sword carved a penetrating wound, as if a storm of pain squeezed all my thoughts out of my mind and washed my will, as if my soul would also shake out of my body.

Deep in his throat, he couldn't help shouting hoarsely, like a cry from the end of his soul.

The body pierced by nearly ten swords lost the strength to support the body, but the body was firmly held in place by the blade of the sword.

"Hehe, the rumors are indeed true. The dark god of death really no longer has the ability to manipulate gravity. Without that ability to control, you are left with a body that is not as good as trash, right?"

The avatars were all scattered into illusory bubbles, and the youth's main body approached me, grabbed my hair fiercely, and raised my drooping head, so that I could face his maddened eyes.

"Do you know? I thought joining the Dream Thief would have a different result, and I waited for their result on the side of reality. Who knew that not only did they not break into the clock dial stage, but even the domination war itself ended inexplicably."

Having said that, the young man snorted and sneered, and the corners of his crooked mouth could not help but climb into a bit of a bitter smile.

"Even if we return to reality, there is still that desperate princess who is chasing after us and killing us. Only now that she disappeared, we were able to start a new plan."

The "Desperate Princess" who is obsessed with sweeping away the Dream Thieves, is she referring to the tea cat?

Consciousness was hanging on the verge of disappearing due to the intense pain. I tried hard to clenched my trembling hands, but the handle of the sickle was still falling off my palm little by little, and finally fell to the ground.

"I didn't expect to see you in any dreamland I chose! Getting the chance to avenge you is the only thing I'm grateful for so far. It's a pity that I'm satisfied with just doing this to you. .”

The moody young man shook my head away in disgust, put away the fanatical smile on his face without warning, took out a tissue to wipe the hand that touched me, and then retracted his elbow and leaned against the counter.

"Dark Reaper, I will regard today's meeting with you as a new beginning."

At this time, Su Huilin took advantage of him walking away to the counter, and hurried to my side. She held my arm tightly, and the concern in her eyes gradually turned into panic. He even showed some shame.

Su Erin did not start a fight with the opponent, nor did she use the Demon King's command. It was as if she had lost all her fighting skills and dominance, and all that was left was the most essential existence that belonged to Su Huilin.

"Okay. I know this is your dream. As long as you stay here, no matter how much damage I do to you, I won't be able to kill you. I'm not interested in killing you thousands of times, so get out of here now."

The young man looked down at me from above, and made a "judgment" against me sharply. He also ignored Su Huilin who ran to me, and seemed to have lost interest in us—or in other words, his goal was not us in the first place.

"You bastard, don't give it to me... you're getting carried away!"

I protested through gritted teeth. The resentful eyes stared anxiously at the young man, but the young man was not provoked by me at all. Instead, he seemed to be enjoying my powerless performance happily, and the corners of his mouth curled up in satisfaction.

"Don't you understand? This is no longer your pleasure-seeking dream, but our stronghold! I have to admit that the characteristics of your dream are very suitable as a site for us to build a "new world"."

"New...world?"

I moved my lips hard to make a sound. All the remaining strength in my body was lost, as if it was evacuated to the extent that it was only enough to sustain my life, and I could only rely on Su Huilin to support half of my body.

The young man laughed wantonly in the swaying field of vision, looked at me in a state of embarrassment, shook his head and said:

"That's right, the new world. Anyway, we just want to gain the ability to dominate reality from the beginning to the end. Since dominating wars can't fulfill our wishes for us, then we have to do it ourselves, find and filter qualified dreams, and treat them as our brand new reality— —a new world ruled and ruled by us Dream Thief.”

This is the will that the dream robbers have repeatedly repeated and wantonly proclaimed in the more than 30 late nights between the dreams. Up to now, they have just switched the form and used another way to complete the "sincerity" that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

"Is it for... this kind of boring thing again!!" My face seemed to be involuntarily ferocious, and I couldn't help shouting angrily, "Whether it's reality or dominating the war, or even what you Dream Thieves want to do now, Maybe all of this is the Creator's game! You don't understand, this kind of obsession is meaningless!"

I want to grab the other party's collar and drive him and his companions out of my world, but even my body has to rely on Su Huilin's support so as not to fall into a more embarrassing posture.

A strong sense of powerlessness permeated my chest, and thinking that maybe even the current situation is under the control of that god, that sense of powerlessness became deeper and violently hit my heart.

"That's the end of the joke, get the hell out of me. Could it be that you are still planning to fight to the death with me?"

His words made the last gleam of expression that was focused in my pupils disappear. The horizon is drawn into the rendering of the negative, losing color. The young man's words suddenly overlapped with the "curse" engraved deep in my memory not long ago——

[Powerlessness will continue with your life, but even so, you have to struggle~]

Why is this... what is this!

Obviously I have given up on things in reality...Obviously I have made a compromise, given up the unnecessary struggle, and chose to escape to my own world. Why do disasters and misfortunes even refuse to let go of my last holy land?

"Forget it. Since he doesn't want to go, let him stay forever."

Behind him, a middle-aged man's deep voice sounded from the door of the store. I was held in place by countless sword blades, unable to turn to my rear, and could only let the opponent miss my shoulder with unhurried steps and come to the youth.

The middle-aged man fiddled with the short knife in his hand, and the blood that hadn't dried up slipped down the sharp edge of the knife.

Realizing that it was children's blood, anger rushed over my head. My powerless fist was clenched again, and I desperately struggled to free the sword blocked in my chest, abdomen and other places, and leaned out towards him.

"Hey! What the hell did you bastard do? Where did you get them all!"

The man glanced at me disdainfully, ignored me, and continued to talk to the young man:

"Anyway, we also need someone to perfect this new world that 'no one knows' for us. Those children alone are not enough. If we have the help of the Dream Lord, then our project will definitely be completed ahead of schedule."

"Why do you think I will help you?"

Hearing this, the male turned around unhurriedly, squinted at me contemptuously, and waved his hand lightly at me.

"Ah, let me answer your previous question first." The man spread his clasped palms and said casually, "Don't worry. The children will be in their respective jobs in the next few days. Of course - this child will also The same one."

As he spoke, the man pointed to the boy who was standing in front of me and Su Erin with his arms spread out vigilantly. Perhaps realizing that the other party was undefended, the boy immediately pulled out the dagger that he didn't know where it was placed, and ran towards the counter.

The boy's dagger was aimed precisely at the opponent's abdomen. However, the man stopped him half a meter away with one hand.

The broad left palm grasped the boy's head, as if it could crush him easily. The man leaned down, snatched the dagger from the boy's hand easily, and threw it behind him nonchalantly.

"As for the reason why you work for us. It's very simple," the man raised his hand half clenched into a fist, and pointed his outstretched index finger at Su Erin. "Yes, the reason is her. I believe you will help us for her."

As soon as the words fell, the man raised his hands freely and clapped twice in a cross shape.

As if taking this as an instruction, the door behind the counter was roughly kicked open. Two teenagers who were about my age quickly walked up to Su Huilin, took her arms and pulled her away.

"stop!"

My heart twitched violently. I stretched out my palm and tried my best to open the hilt of the sword that bound my body, but I still couldn't pull the blade out of my body. Not only was it futile, but it also caused pain.

And those two teenagers seemed to turn a blind eye to Su Huilin's struggle, and dragged her behind the counter abruptly.

Su Huilin grabbed the young man's hand with difficulty, but she couldn't shake the other half.

"You bastard! If you do something to Su Huilin, I guarantee that none of you will get what you want!"

"Hmm. That's right! I also know this truth, so we can make a deal—the bargaining chip for you is your sister; the bargaining chip for me is to help us perfect this brand new world .”

I was so repelled by the man's rhetoric that he seemed to have everything under control, and I was all too aware of how well he knew me. I couldn't help clenching my teeth, and fell into a whirlpool of hesitation.

It may be a coincidence that I chose my dream when creating a new world, but the investigation of me by the dream robbers definitely started as early as the Domination War.

Although the task of kidnapping me by the Dream Stealer was not completed twice, the information obtained through this cannot be ignored. Men will immediately make a judgment that Su Erin is important to me, and it must be due to the information they collected.

"That thing in the hospital...you guys did it too!"

I remembered what happened over there, and couldn't help gnashing my teeth and shouting at him.

However, the male's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and a trace of doubt flashed in his indifferent eyes.

"I don't understand what you mean. We are not sick and go to the hospital. Okay, can you tell me how you decided?"

The male's tone didn't seem to be perfunctory, obviously he really didn't know about it. I couldn't help being stunned for a short time because of the speculated fault. Could it be that the thing in the hospital wasn't done by the Dream Stealer?

The more you can't find the answer, the more obvious the powerlessness in your heart will be. I clenched the sword in my abdomen with only the hilt exposed, and my gaze drifted involuntarily to Su Erin behind the counter. She looked at me with weak eyes and shook her head.

Regardless of reality or dream, the situation on either side began to develop in a direction beyond my expectations.

"If you can evacuate this town and guarantee Su Erin's freedom and safety..."

I took a deep breath, and reluctantly followed the path planned for me by the other party, making powerless compromises. The man looked at me with interest and sneered disdainfully.

"Is that so, is this your condition?"

The man seemed to be confirming to me, I didn't answer, just looked into his eyes with certainty. When he got the response, he simply shrugged and said casually:

"Never mind. But I have two points to declare in advance. First, your sister's freedom is limited to this town. If she takes half a step out of here, it will be game over, and she will only be left with "safety". Agree ?"

These words made me look at Su Huilin involuntarily. Although the scope of action is restricted, she at least has a minimum freedom. I had to create an environment where she was safe and free, so that she could rebel at any time.

"good."

The man nodded his head in satisfaction, raised two fingers, and continued:

"Second, you must go with us, and you are not allowed to come back here without permission. Ah, of course, I will never allow you to come back. I heard that your sister is in a coma in reality, so it seems that today is a farewell. "

Although there was no provocative tone in the tone, the words clearly challenged the limit of my patience. I clenched the hilt of the sword and took a deep breath, suppressing the deep resentment accumulated in my chest, and nodded weakly in agreement with him.

"Okay. Very good. Without further ado, let's start now." After that, the man showed a cheerful and successful smile, glanced at the red-haired youth behind, and said, "Go, you go and gather those children together seaside."

"Tsk, I know."

The red-haired young man snorted contemptuously, turned around and took the two teenagers away. They casually threw Su Huilin aside, and left through the back door of the store without even looking at it.

"Your job, start now."

The man walked up to me slowly, bent down and roughly pulled out the sword stuck in my body, with a morbid pleasure on his face. His movements didn't mean to stop, and the tearing pain attacked my nerves one after another.

The wound is healing, but the pain is not lessened by it. The man threw away the last rapier stuck in my body, dragged my tired body, and dragged me to the street outside, approaching the seaside of this town.

in the store. Su Huilin came out in a panic, and chased a few steps in my direction, but she was afraid that her behavior would anger the dream thief, so she always kept a certain distance from me and followed me from a distance.

When he reached the edge of the town, the man had no intention of warning her, he deliberately paused for a moment, and then stepped out of the town. I watched Su Erin who was following up, and silently said the words "wait for me" with my mouth.

Su Huilin's pupils trembled, and her steps stopped in place, and she did not chase after her.

After that, what greeted me was a long journey. The goal of the Dream Thieves is actually very simple and easy to understand. They asked me to build multiple cities and towns based on real places as prototypes.

All scenes, even the interior of the building have strict requirements, but in general, the essence of the requirements is that they must have a high degree of similarity with reality. This also made me realize more and more that they want to satisfy their lust to dominate reality.

"Hey, can you take me back to reality?"

The work lasted for a full 21 days, and I almost completed the general outline of all the cities and towns on the map without any breaks. Even the natural environment near the country has undergone initial construction according to their requirements.

"Why? Give me a reason to return to reality."

The dream thief in charge of monitoring me was enjoying the lunch prepared by the children at this time. He frowned displeased because of my interruption, and his nonchalant expression was obviously intended to deal with any reason I had to leave here. .

However, I have long expected that the door will be rejected, and I have considered the reasons why they have to agree.

Through these 21 days of observation, I have a general understanding of the Dream Thief's schedule. Due to their own and force majeure reasons, their daily actions basically show a certain pattern.

The so-called "force majeure" refers to the alternate rotation of time and reality here, and the consciousness will automatically switch between dreams and reality through the two behaviors of sleep and waking.

This "rotation mechanism" seems to be mandatory for them, and the overall performance is uncontrollable sleepiness. Therefore, the dream stealer who is in charge of monitoring me will take turns every day and night.

Of course, Dream Thief doesn't know that I don't have compulsive sleepiness. I actually just discovered it a few days ago.

"I don't know if you have heard of "extreme insomnia". This refers to the phenomenon that some people fall asleep in a dream and cannot wake up."

When Su Huilin was sent to the hospital, she was diagnosed with "Extreme Sleep Syndrome (ESS)" by the doctor.

This kind of long-term lethargy is a disease that did not appear frequently until recently. The main population is concentrated in teenagers. It is nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty Disease" among doctors.

Due to the unknown etiology and the obvious difference from "PVS" (commonly known as vegetative state), many central hospitals have successively provided inpatient departments for patients with extreme sleep disorders.

"Don't talk to me about these bells and whistles, just tell me the reason to return to reality."

The Dream Stealer scolded me impatiently. As he put down his fork, he turned and glanced at the boy serving beside him.

The boy who received the instruction immediately took the empty plate on the table and motioned to others nearby to serve other dishes.

"To put it simply, after staying here for 21 days, I am already very tired and will fall asleep at any time."

"Then you will hold on to me."

I had expected that the other party would reject me in such an unreasonable way, and I had already figured out how to deal with it, so I calmly said the words of retaliation.

"But sleep caused by sleepiness is mandatory here. You don't know that, do you?"

The other party fell silent for a while, which also proved that my speculation that "drowsiness enforced it on them" was correct.

"More importantly, according to the case, patients with extreme sleep disorders will suffer from severe insomnia after waking up. The time to diagnose ESS is a 24-day sleep period. If I don't wake up again, then I am also a member of ESS patients Bar."

"What do you mean!"

"I just think you don't want me to come back before the project is completed, do you?"

Seemingly hearing the threat in my tone, the other party gave me a hard look, stood up and slapped the table vigorously.

"What's more, in order to complete your "new world", I also need to go to reality to collect materials. The information you provide me alone is not enough to complete high-definition objects."

There was a bit of hesitation in the other party's eyes, he clenched his right hand and slammed it hard on the dining table.

"Damn it! If it weren't for the fact that you couldn't be found in reality..." He breathed heavily, pointed at my nose viciously with his index finger, "Anyway, you can't escape anywhere, just listen to me! I only give you 5 hours to come back here. If the time is over, don’t I need to remind you what will happen?”

I nodded without hesitation. Su Huilin's safety is based on the premise that I follow their instructions. Although I am extremely unwilling, I naturally know this kind of thing.

The other party tidied up the wrinkles on the clothes and sat back on the seat. The children in charge of serving did not dare to neglect, and immediately stepped forward to clean up the dinner plates that had been shaken to the ground.

I let out a long sigh of relief, found a random room downstairs and fell asleep.

——Be alone in the empty city.