Capítulo 914: Chapter 331: Frenzied Rhapsody
Alien Machinery City, night, First Central Hospital.
“Nurse sister, you look so tired. Haven’t you had a good rest?”
It was already lights out ti. Seeing the nurse coming for the final check-up, the girl on the hospital bed asked softly, her voice filled with concern.
“Ah, is it that obvious?” The nurse, with faint dark circles under her eyes and an exhausted expression, was stunned and instinctively touched her cheek.
“You need to sleep well at night, otherwise if nurse sister collapses, there will be no one to care for the patients.” The girl’s clear black eyes blinked gently as if sincerely concerned.
“To think a patient would be so considerate…” The nurse chuckled bitterly, shaking her head, “But adults always have many hardships, sigh…”
“Hasn’t the city lockdown been lifted? I see everyone outside seems very happy lately.” The girl tilted her head, looking curious.
“Although the lockdown has indeed been lifted, sigh…”
It was as if the topic the girl brought up had caught her, and the nurse, who had intended to turn and leave, stopped in her tracks seemingly on impulse and couldn’t help but start venting.
“It’s all because of my child, who will turn eleven next month and can choose a profession. Earlier she talked firmly about wanting to be a Prosthetic Doctor, to help mom when she grows up. But recently, after hearing about the deeds of the Saintess from the Kingdom, she suddenly wants to be a Magician!
“We haven’t even finished paying off the mortgage, how can we afford the cost of the Awakening Ritual? That’s a huge sum of money! Not to ntion the expenses afterward…
“But she’s still better than the boy next door, who is clamoring to go to the Kingdom’s Church to beco a Monk! His parents are furious…
“Ah, although I personally am not ungrateful to Lady Saintess, but how should I say, having such a high-profile figure so close to us common people isn’t entirely a good thing. These days, I’ve been unable to sleep well from the children’s fussing every day…”
“Oh oh…” Noticing a hint of helplessness and discontent in the nurse’s voice, the girl’s expression seed to sowhat understand, yet a subtle smile crept onto her lips.
The nurse, after venting for quite a while, finally realized and a trace of awkwardness appeared on her face.
She gave a soft cough, trying hard to restore her composed expression.
“I inadvertently said too much… Anyway, you’re getting discharged tomorrow, right? Make sure to listen to your parents well when you get ho.”
“Mm~”
The girl smiled sweetly, waving goodbye.
Watching the nurse leave, the smile on her face gradually faded, replaced by an indifferent and scrutinizing look.
“Very well… This way, the Magic Power collected through nightmares is about saturated, I’ll let you off tonight.”
Unaware that she narrowly avoided a disaster, the nurse’s tired footsteps grew more distant, while the Nightmare Girl remained indifferent, quietly waiting.
Although she had lost her transcendent nightmare entity, after reincarnating as humankind, she unexpectedly discovered that her efficiency and thods in harvesting nightmares were several levels higher than before.
Nightmares are an existence different from humankind, although they possess high intelligence that allows them to create ever-changing dreams, they ultimately cannot truly understand “human pain”—that kind of complex emotion arising from identity, responsibility, desire, obsession, love, and hate.
Therefore, nightmares wandering in the wild often act on instinct, using dreams full of blood, horror, and death to shock the human spirit.
These crude and direct thods are indeed effective, but also too conspicuous, easily discovered, resisted, or even countered.
But after becoming humankind, she no longer had barriers with those delicate spirits, and understood how to draw out the deepest pain within the human soul.
Through days of observing expressions and behaviors, she accurately and deeply analyzed nurous human psyches and customized nightmares for them, manipulating their spirits with her whims without ever being discovered.
Like that nurse just now, it wasn’t necessary to force fear through bloodshed and horror; just reenacting work troubles, daily misfortunes, family burdens, and rebellious children in dreams, piling them on layer by layer, then slightly exacerbating them, could easily push her to the brink of collapse.
Seeing her state today, with a few more days of gradual progression, her spirit would beco unbearable, falling into hysteria.
But outsiders would only think she was crushed by life’s pressures, completely unaware that a nightmare lay in wait nearby, smirking as it fed on her despair.
Moreover, this is a hospital; although the city has escaped the quagmire of war, this place continually produces sadness, pain, loss, and death day after day.
Even without a nightmare’s machinations, all sorts of nightmares would naturally erge here, so the Nightmare Girl accumulated ample Magic Power in just a few days.
“Getting discharged tomorrow, huh…” she whispered softly.
Before discharge, there would be one last check-up, though it wasn’t really necessary, but after all, she was a VIP patient.
Even though she had completely absorbed the mory of this body and wasn’t worried about being exposed, the large amount of Magic Power accumulated within would still be a bit troubleso to hide from the inspection equipnt.
“In that case, ti for action now—”
The Nightmare Girl pulled up the covers, closed her eyes, her expression peaceful like a sleeping child.
Yet as her consciousness sank into dreams, the trendous Magic Power within her quietly began to operate, and a phantom phase solidified above her head.
—The embodint of the nightmare.
[Nightmare Girl activates Skill: Transform Dreams into Nightmares LV (/2 to maintain turn count)]
D20 40=56 (can be maintained for 8 turns)
Overlooking the “self” asleep on the bed, the Nightmare Sage chuckled wickedly.
While she had lost the nightmare’s body, that intelligence was deeply imprinted in the girl’s soul.
And with her extraordinary Wisdom, constructing an Etheric body using Magic Power wasn’t hard.
Though it could only last for a while, this was undoubtedly a body belonging to a Fantasy Species.
—Just a Beast Spirit Embodint; I can manage that too.
In the next mont, the Nightmare Sage’s figure phased through the window, vanishing into the neon-lit night scene.
[The Nightmare Girl’s luck does not et the standard—]
1.5. Business War (Physical)
2.6. Lingering in Dreams (Girl)
3.7. Wandering Invitation
4.8. Cruising bishop’s Perception
9. Cyber Psychosis
10. Critical Success / Extre Failure
D10=9
♛: Cyber Psychosis
[LV]
D50 20=51
[Location]
1~4. Golden House
5-8. Hospital
9. Ho
10. Critical Success / Extre Failure
D10=6
♛: Hospital
→☆→☆→☆→✧←★←★←★←
“Is this the so-called Golden House…”
Manifesting a familiar embodint, the Nightmare Sage, temporarily regaining the power of a Fantasy Species, weaved through the city’s night, quickly arriving at the site of the Ambassador’s Mansion.
Looking at the seemingly exquisite yet not heavily guarded villa, the Nightmare Sage’s tone was grave.
“To think that little girl from back then could construct such a difficult ritual…”
The na of Sage is by no ans false; with just a slight examination, it beca clear how strongly this mansion was protected and sheltered.
If it were an ordinary barrier, simply slipping into the dream realm would allow easy traversal, but this mansion, though outwardly unassuming, was protected comprehensively and without gaps at a conceptual level.
“Should I try to first partially dispel this ritual… but it’s a bit conspicuous here.” The Nightmare Sage pondered.
In truth, given an uninterrupted environnt and ample ti, opening this Golden House wasn’t impossible.
But it’s obvious such an environnt wouldn’t exist, with policen patrolling the nearby streets 24 hours, and even legends garrisoned inside the mansion.
Lurking in secret to observe was fine, but attempting spellcasting might an being caught before the incantation was even finished.
What to do…
[Perception of Nightmare Sage]
D278=197
[Legendary Cyber Psychosis Attack]
D195=162
Note: Difference of 50 successful prevention.
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