Mystery: Start with the Reader

"If my previous speculation was correct... I can think of these now... No, it should be said that the fact that the notebook of the descendants of the giants was sent out of the nightmare was probably the goddess's 'tacit approval', right?

"In other words, the goddess has a laissez-faire attitude toward the exploration of that ruins?"

While Abner was thinking, Mr. Azik's frown relaxed and he pointed at the hot spring stream not far away:

“I remembered some things, but only small parts.

"I seemed to come from somewhere, following the stream, and came here...

"Then he threw a book into the stream and let it float downstream."

Huh? So, the note on the descendant of giants that Miss Gwen picked up was brought out by you, boss?

Have you ever been to that ruin? Could it be that the knight sent by Loen is really the son of the boss?

Hmm... I remember I once guessed that the reason why the Loen royal family trained the second generation Baron Ramd was to let him enter the ruins of a certain "death god" and find the "conqueror" characteristics left by that god... …

As his mind was spinning, Abner handed the note on Descendants of Giants to Mr. Azik and said, "Look at this."

"This is..." After Mr. Azik took the note, he was in a trance, but he quickly recovered, and after thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice, "I recalled some scenes... and they were related to me. Some of the things I remembered before have been confirmed...I probably know what's going on."

Having said this, he handed the note back to Abner and continued:

"I remembered how to enter the ruins. I can take you in now. Do you want to go?

"Well, it should be the same ruins in the dreamland outside Indo that you mentioned before.

"And the reason why there is an 'entrance' there is probably related to the 'dragon-turned' Dreamweaver I killed in the ruins..."

The "Dragon Transformed" Dream Weaver...should be Miss Greedy's missing teacher, right? It turns out she was killed by you...

A piece of the "puzzle" in his heart was once again filled in. After nodding in agreement, Abner asked curiously: "Don't you have to wait for the full moon tomorrow night?"

"That ruin is actually located in the underworld, but it is somehow connected to people's subconscious sea, that is, dreams...

"Everyone else entered the ruins through that special nightmare, so they needed the special nature of the full moon...

"But I don't have to go to that trouble. I just need to locate the ruins directly... and I've been there before..."

Mr. Azik explained as he grabbed Abner's shoulders again and led him into a world of overlapping color blocks.

The three paths of the Black Death War are adjacent to each other. It is normal for the "Reaper" trying to accommodate the "River of Eternal Darkness" to connect the underworld with the nightmare...

Abner nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "Why did you bring a notebook with you?"

"Because I promised the master of the castle in the nightmare..." As he said that, Mr. Azik's expression became dazed again, and the surrounding color blocks quickly faded.

Boss, don't "roll over" at this time, or there will be an accident! Abner regretted asking this question, but before he could "calm" Mr. Azik's spirit, he felt a strong sense of weightlessness, and his body fell involuntarily.

Soon, he landed firmly on the "ground", and Mr. Azik disappeared.

Abner subconsciously opened the "Pure White Eyes" and looked around, only to find that he was in a "dark" "forest".

But there are no real trees in this "forest", only shrub-like things made up of bloody corpses!

"How unique are the shapes of these things...are they in someone's nightmare?"

With a judgment in mind, Abner thought for a moment and walked forward along the path in the "forest".

At this time, the corpses on the surrounding "trees" suddenly started to move, and countless pairs of bloody hands grabbed Abner, seemingly wanting to keep him forever and turn him into a part of the "trees".

But their movements couldn't hurt Abner at all, they couldn't even touch him, they could only roar and watch him gradually go away.

After experiencing the "Trial of Courage" in the Elf Temple on the fifth floor of the "Dream Maze Tower", Abner knew that the source of power of nightmares and monsters in the darkness was human fear!

In such a nightmare where there is no interference from external forces, as long as there is no fear in your heart, you will naturally not be harmed in any way.

He soon came to the end of the "forest", where a one-eyed woodcutter nearly three meters tall was wielding a giant ax and chopping down the bloody "corpse" trees as if they were real trees.

While he was chopping, he kept asking: "Why can't it be finished? Why can't it be finished?"

——Those "trees" will quickly regenerate even if they are cut down...

Looking at this scene, Abner sighed, and combined with the results analyzed by the "Pure White Eyes", he told him the answer:

"Because you are afraid!

"You fear your own death!

"But after your death, your body turned into trees and surrounded you!

"What a nightmare!"

Hearing Abner's words, the Cyclops suddenly stopped swinging his axe, and his face was uncertain. After a while, he finally said with relief: "Yes, I am dead! I am afraid of my own death... ...But he let fear turn into a nightmare and surround himself..."

After speaking, he saluted Abner with the etiquette of a giant: "Great wise man, thank you for telling me the truth and letting me get rid of the nightmare... Can I know your name?"

Abner's heart moved, and after pondering for a moment, he replied: "I am Doctor Strange."

"Doctor Strange...merciful wise man, I will praise your name..."

After saying that, the giant turned into a little bit of light and disappeared.

And as he disappeared, the "forest" collapsed and shattered.

At the same time, Abner, who involuntarily fell into another nightmare scene of ice and snow, suddenly found that a large portion of his "Erudition" potion had been digested!

But before he could analyze the reason, a two-meter-tall female half-giant walked straight in front of him in the wind and snow, and said loudly: "Wise man named Doctor Strange, can you tell me, why is this place?" So cold?"

Hearing this question, Abner looked around with his "pure white eyes", then raised his head to look at the female half-giant and replied:

"Because you are afraid of the heat!

“You were burned to death by the lava in the volcano!

"So you let the cold turn into a nightmare and escape the pain of the burning flames!"

…

As the female half-giant disappeared with a smile on her face, Abner felt that part of the potion had been digested again.

After confirming that answering the questions of these giants trapped in nightmares and helping them "liberate" could indeed complete the role of "Eruditionist", Abner fell into deep thought before the next dream scene came:

"What a coincidence...

"Is this... the goddess's arrangement?"