Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

"As expected... I must have seen him!"

I couldn't help but speak out what was in my heart, but Xia Yinci just squinted her eyes and looked at the tavern.

"It's best not to go in now. Since it's an alliance, there may be more than one Dominator clock in it."

Xia Yinci's meaning is obvious, we only have 3 people now, Su Huilin doesn't even know the current situation, rushing in rashly may only make us the rulers who will be killed first.

Just as I nodded to express my approval, two pairs of eyes looked towards this side, and I instinctively looked over there, and the two sides were silent for a few seconds, and then they spoke in unison——

"Why are you here?"

Shocked by the simultaneous questions, Elus and Chart raised their eyebrows, as if signaling us to explain first.

"Followed someone who cared all the way here... how about you?"

"I heard from Uncle William that there is a small town under the ruler's clock, and there is a sea of ​​stars on the edge of the town."

Well, this is actually a random encounter, right?

It's just... Elus, I can understand a little bit, but I didn't expect Charte to have such a leisurely mood.

It is truly indescribable...

...Damn it!

I don't believe that Chart is here for this, he must have some other purpose!

"I heard that Xinghai has some clues about the rules governing this war."

Sure enough, because of reasons like these, I knew... At least I knew that Chart was the kind of player who purely wanted to win. Well, I really like this guy's frank and straightforward side. People who always hide things and say nothing are really a headache!

Don't look at other people, I'm talking about you, Xia Yinci! Cough cough... If I dare to say it directly, really...

"The Alliance of Dream Thieves?"

Elus seems to have lost interest in us at this time, just blinking at the line written on it. She turned her eyes, raised her staff and pointed at the door. A magic circle appeared in the void.

"Timeback! Your former face, now here!"

"Hey what are you doing idiot!"

I felt a bad premonition, and hurriedly took a step forward to stop her, but the magic circle first released its magic power towards the house number, and in a blink of an eye, the fragments of the name board scattered on the ground were reassembled and replaced the house number. And that line of writing also disappeared from the door plate. The only thing left is the four characters "Xinghai Tavern" on the name plate.

"Let's go..."

I raised my eyebrows, feeling my face twitching constantly. We had already planned not to provoke these dream robbers now, although they lost our ruler and wanted to trap us in the dream world, but now we are few in number, so we can only bear with it a little bit up. And this magic cat actually did it without saying a word...

"Why, Chalt came to check Xinghai, so it's more convenient to have this tavern~"

"At the end of the day, you are curious about what was originally written on it, right?"

I grabbed my hair fiercely, looked at her frantically and said.

"Hey~ I got hit~"

Elus tilted her head slightly with an embarrassed look on her face.

"I didn't praise you, idiot...don't be so cute, let's go!"

I always feel that the position between me and her now is like a picture of a fat house trying to abduct a cute little girl...

No, you can't kill yourself!

At this moment, it seemed that they had sensed the commotion outside, and several people rushed out of the door, all casting fierce gazes here. But these few people exude the same aura as the people in the town. In other words... not a ruler? While thinking this way, someone suddenly walked out slowly. It was the familiar man just now.

"He...he is Ruler No. 1 of Clock No. 9."

Chart on the side seemed to recognize him. Clock number nine?

Isn't that the clock where there were only 9 people at the beginning, and suddenly there were 12 people after two days?

—and the same clock that previously trapped us in their dream world.

Looking at each other, I found that there was also a trace of surprise in his eyes.

"Who is it?"

A deep voice came from inside the tavern, the tone was as emotionless as reading a text, which made people laugh.

"It's nothing! It's just the residents of the town!"

While looking at us, he said towards the inside.

what happened? Doesn't he see that we are the rulers?

Impossible!

Or is he going to let us go on purpose?

Although I couldn't understand why he did this, I still looked back and motioned to Xia Yinci, and I picked up Elus and ran back.

Really... I really don't want to use this method if it is not necessary. I always feel like a bad person.

But this is all provoked by you, so you can't blame me.

I silently searched for an excuse in my heart, and looked back at the ruler. He also looked at me with complicated eyes, and at the same time shouted a few times pretending to be fake.

"I don't know what to do! We are here to participate in the election! Didn't you see the words "Dream Stealer Alliance" pasted on the door? Get lost!"

These words were no longer written on the door plate he was referring to. What caught my attention was that he also mentioned the word "campaign". However, at this moment, a voice seemed to spread throughout the cracks in the dream!

"All the rulers of clock number 12 will be wiped out, and the killer will be the ruler of clock number 2. A death penalty will be added to clock number 12, and the death time from 4 hours will be extended to 8 hours."

etc! It said clock twelve? I remember being up there and seeing all their rulers gone. And most importantly, mentioning our clock when calling the kill? Who is the one? Naturally, it has nothing to do with the five of us. Could it be William? Or what happened to Lin Yu?

And there was no time to pursue this matter, upon hearing the news, four or five people from the tavern suddenly rushed out, pushing away the fat boy blocking the door. The leader among them was a man whose height was less than half of ours, but his suit and track record added a little serious charm. But when he spoke, it was just like what he heard just now, the tone of reading a text.

After running not many meters, I was suddenly blocked by a certain air current, and I took Elusi to hit a barrier like a transparent wall. Xia Yinci and the others behind me seemed to have noticed the lesson of my predecessor and stopped step. That is to say, except for me and Elus who I was holding, no one directly bumped into it foolishly! Cough... what a shame.

"You bastard is an idiot! It's fine if you bump into it yourself, why bring me along..."

Elus sat down on the ground, snorted aggrievedly, and rubbed her head angrily.

I didn't want to respond to her, and tried to reach out to the front, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't reach further. That invisible wall locked us in this space.

"It's probably the dominance of one of them." Xia Yinci said calmly, narrowing her eyes slightly. This also answered my doubts. She murmured with some concern, "Tsk... This kind of object is not within the range of my group to control the ability, and there is no way to make it invalid."

"Chen Yong, I guessed right. If someone hadn't been killed, I would have come out to take a look, and I would have been kept in the dark by you." He pointed hard at the chubby boy's chest, obviously he should use a The tone was more excited, but there was no emotional fluctuation at all, "You secretly passed the number two clock? You came here to be a second or fifth boy?"

"no!"

The boy named Chen Yong shook his head vigorously, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. It seemed to be the eyes that wanted to escape from something, but were involved in it.

"You feel guilty about the number two clock, so you want to help them?" It seemed that what he was thinking in his heart, Chen Yong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't answer. The speaker sneered, and held up the clock The palm of his hand slammed hard on his face, "Oh? So this is the realization you got after I forgive you?"

Chen Yong was speechless, the leader turned his head slightly, and said to the other rulers in an orderly tone:

"I'll leave this to you first. Don't let me down again!"

As soon as the words fell, he took Chen Yong and the two of them and disappeared in front of our eyes.

I always feel that Chen Yong seems to have something hidden, but now is not the time to care about them! Because those rulers who rushed out of the tavern had already picked up a few iron sticks at the door and rushed towards this side.

The ruler who rushed to the front covered his whole body with his armor, only his head was exposed. He waved his hands, and the "wall" behind him shrank inwards, crushing me who was standing on the edge, and I hurried in. ran a few steps.

Chart seemed to be about to move, but Xia Yinci grabbed his shoulder, shook his head, and said softly and quickly:

"Don't use it casually, that ability of yours is the trump card of our "death together". Please~"

Xia Yinci's words made Charte frowned, but he agreed after thinking about it. But I added, "It's because our attributes are incompatible." Xia Yinci just responded with a smile, and suddenly lowered her hands, and the few people who rushed were instantly pressed to the ground by a strange force.

Not only the other party but also I felt a strange gravity. His legs were as heavy as lead.

The faces of several people were tightly pressed to the ground, and supporting them with both hands would only sink them into the ground. And one of them raised his hand with difficulty, and flames burst out of his hand in an instant, flying directly towards Xia Yinci's side. The moment I stepped forward to let her avoid it, she stretched out her hand She swiped across her eyes and snapped her fingers, and the flame disappeared within a few centimeters of her.

"Can even this kind of dominance be ineffective against me?" Chalt seemed to know, and sighed softly, "It's easier to control than me, but..."

"The flaw is that it can only work on yourself."

Xia Yinci spoke the next words instead of Chart.

But is it really okay for you to just pick up the flaws in your own abilities in front of the enemy?

When I looked up at Xia Yinci helplessly, I immediately noticed something was wrong, the effort in her eyes disappeared my extravagant hope that I might be able to escape here easily. I have a hunch that if she continues to use this ability, it may have some negative effects on her because it exceeds the scope of her ability.

I suddenly remembered what I had forgotten...

Fragments of childhood—

The young Xia Yinci ran to my house holding Su Huilin, who had a high fever and was unconscious in the rain, and passed out from exhaustion.

It is true that Xia Yinci has many talents that can be called a genius, but she is not good at far more than she knows. I remember my dad once told me that many "geniuses" are always indispensable in terms of common sense, just as there are many autistic children with extraordinary talents in certain aspects, which are both God's gift and curse.

"It's okay... I'm just a little dizzy~"

My parents weren't there that day, and I was the only one who dragged her petite body and carried her to the bed, while she smiled gently and reluctantly, saying so.

Xia Yinci never admits that she is not good at things, so she always chooses to be brave. She always does what she thinks is right. It suddenly occurred to me that her concealment of what I didn't know was part of her kindness? Is there any reason why she always muddled through and answered in a daze?

"Time stands still!"

Thinking of this, I yelled forward vigorously, and suddenly everything stopped working. I breathed a sigh of relief, walked towards Xia Yinci step by step, and put down her outstretched hands... This should stop her ability. I gently dragged Xia Yinci's body, and dragged her back behind Elus and Chart.

——The state of "overload" has happened to Lin Yu, which means that all of us are too far beyond our ability and may fall into this state. And I think that, like death and injury, it takes a toll on our spirits.

"As expected, you're still not good at controlling the 'Fantasy Clock', Ruler."

Suddenly, a clear voice sounded from not far in front.

The girl with the hood is very conspicuous. Not just because of her appearance... More because, in a state where everything around her is suspended, she is the only one who has changed with the passage of time except me.

"You...why aren't you affected by the stillness of time? What is the imaginary clock?"

Once again, she chose not to answer my question and just stared at me coldly. That kind of gaze seems to say, "I am your dream maker, why do you think I can't do it?"

However, as usual, she turned and left regardless of whether I cared. I moved forward a few steps but couldn't catch up with her at all, and the hands of the clock turned one step ahead. Everything around him returned to normal in an instant. The people nearby all showed puzzled expressions, as if they were curious about the position that had changed in an instant.

"Is it teleportation?"

The rulers who were lying on the ground probably felt that the strange force was gone, and climbed up with all their strength, unable to stand still wobbly.

"If that's the case... Hurry up and let the "Light Speed ​​Star" go!"

"What are you doing?" Xia Yinci's voice came from behind. Naturally, I could hear the anger in her tone, "Did I ask you to do this?"

A tone without any color. Whether people can see that she is angry, if I can't see it after spending so long with her, it would be too much.

While she was staring at me, I activated the time stop again, took a breath, picked up the stick at the door, and hit their heads one by one with all my strength. After completing this round of actions, I returned to the side of the transparent wall, and time started to run again—there was a moment of silence around me, and then the scream of "uah" sounded.

I tried to touch the wall behind me, and it seemed that because of the pain from the stick just now, this obstacle was obviously shaken.

"Idiot, do you want to die? How can you use this dominance ability counted by times continuously!"

Xia Yinci next to me grabbed me, with anger mixed with a little worry in his eyes.

"It's still a little bit closer... As long as you break this wall, you can leave here." Just after finishing speaking, I noticed that Xia Yinci stepped forward to stop me, and I hurriedly wanted to stop time again. A commanding voice interrupted me hastily.

——"Shut up all of you! You two, you should stop your stupid behavior!"

This voice made me stop in my tracks for a short while, and there was a vague shackle binding me somewhere. The time stop that was released just now is invalid. And then, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop the time around me. It's not that the ability is disabled, it's not that it's overloaded, it's just that there is a voice that prevents me from using it as I like.

It's this phrase - "Enough is enough!" that keeps swirling in my head as I use it.

I looked at Su Erin who gave me this command, showing a confused and anxious look, but I found that I opened my mouth, but couldn't utter a word, only a small sound from my throat. The cold sweat on the forehead kept oozing out. Not only me, but Xia Yinci seems to be in the same situation. She wanted to reach out her hand, but something grabbed those hands forcefully, and she was also unable to say anything.

"Another very rare special control ability..."

Chart seems to have some clues about this, and at this moment he is looking at Su Huilin with a strange look.

"'Devil King's Order'? Uncle William mentioned earlier, is this the ability to control, right?"

Elus froze for a moment, watching Su Huilin with a curious look.

"Your name is 'Su Huilin', right?!" Chalt suddenly remembered something, looked at Su Huilin anxiously, and said seriously, "Remember, you can't use this ability casually, it's easy to be backlashed !"

I noticed the strange word "backlash", but I couldn't speak because of this order.