"Chris, what is it?" Ben asked.
"Just as I expected. These plants are 'alive'." said Chris, rather thoughtful.
"Alive... Hmm... By alive I believe you don't merely mean that they are living creatures, right?" Ben asked.
"Mmm... They are having their own consciousness just like the Tree of Life in the Kingdom. And they gave me some sort of memory fragments just now regarding the reason for their blood-lusting trait. But the fragments are quite broken, I can't figure out any proper information from it." said Chris, slightly troubled.
"I see... Let's get into the castle, perhaps we might be able to get more clues from the castle." said Ben.
Chris nodded...
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Null dimension. Sky has brought Maria and Ai to a hidden room in his house.
"Just as that special room in the Kingdom, Chris has placed his special magic seal in this room that will allow us to enter the Dreamland with a simple command as well as reduce the risk of trapping in the Dreamland." said Sky, briefly explained the uniqueness of the room.
Ai nodded and looks rather impressed.
"I see... No wonder it gives me a really familiar vibe." said Maria.
"So... If everything is cleared, I will be activating the magic seal after everyone gets into a comfortable position, we will be having a really long sleep after this." said Sky.
Both Maria and Ai nodded while seated on a soft and comfy sofa in the room. After Sky got himself a good position near the wall, he knocked onto the wall thrice, and activated the magic seal left by Chris...
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Ai remembered that she was sitting on that comfy sofa in Sky's house, the moment Sky activated the magic seal, she heard a weird yet soothing melody that caused her eyelids to become really heavy. All of the sudden, without even realising it, she found herself in a totally different place.
It is a very strange place that is somehow similar to the room where she was before Sky activated the magic seal, just that it seems to be a bit cartoon-like with a weird multichromatic colour tone.
"We are in the Dreamland's counterpart of the room where our bodies are right now, and this will be a safe point for us, whenever we are facing some life-threatening situation, we can teleport ourselves back here by closing our eyes and jump as high as we can, as long as our bodies are in that room with Chris's magic seal, thus avoiding the risk of trapping inside the Dreamland." said Sky.
"I see... But I was always wondering about something. As you mentioned just now, even if it's just our consciousness, there will be chances to actually die in real life if we die in Dreamland, right?" Ai asked.
"Well, to be more accurate, it's more like, if we die in Dreamland, we died. There is no such term as 'in real life' here, despite with the name of 'Dreamland', it is not a fake dream, it is a real existing place that is only accessible by consciousness, just that our consciousness is separated from our body temporarily. If our consciousness dies, our body will slowly die without the support of the consciousness." said Sky.
Ai nodded as she got everything cleared.
"Another thing that you need to know, I don't know if you had noticed it during your previous visit, but in Dreamland, we are unable to use our magic force here, the substitute for that here is to use your mind power, for example, you concentrate your mind to your hand and thinking of something like maybe water and... Here! A water ball floating in my hand." said Sky as he demonstrated how to generate a water ball through mind power.
Ai nodded with an impressed look. Then, she focused her mind just as Sky told her to, after a short trial, a golden dagger appeared in her right hand.
"Wow! That's really fast! What a great job. But you don't have to be conservative, don't you want to try making something even more powerful?" Sky asked.
"Nope. I think this is good enough for me." said Ai, kind of satisfied with the dagger she just generated out of her mind power.
"Ah... I see. Oh well, you can always try it later again anyway. One last thing, despite the time perception in Dreamland being quite similar to Kapis Dimension, but it will be a different case if we reached the Afterworld that has a normal time perception, thus, we have to act fast as soon as we reached the Afterworld." said Sky.
Ai nodded.
"Alright, if everything is settled, let's head out." said Sky.
And so, Sky opened the door of the room that lead to a warp portal, then, he walked into the warp portal followed by Ai and Maria...
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As soon as they reached the other side of the warp portal, Ai is amazed by the sight. They are now in a very strange place that looks kind of surreal and deformed where the structure of the place changed about every thirty seconds. Despite Ai visited to this place once by accidentally but that sight is still as overwhelming as the previous time she was here.
"Aside from the structure of the place, our position will be randomly changing from time to time as well, so to avoid getting lost and getting separated, we need to stay connected all the time. Usually, holding hands would be the most direct and efficient way but to avoid any awkwardness and inconvenience when moving we can tie our hands together... Ah..."
Before Sky finish explaining, Ai suddenly grabbed his right hand with her left hand and looked into Sky's eyes with an innocent look which caused Sky to blush a bit...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might cause the writer to stop writing."
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