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Chapter 26 - 1.11.3 Dream Demon

Luvi was a bizarre young boy with a solid background. Which he abandoned on his own due to his self destructive habits.

So his parents ended up disowning him. Or so FIX has read.

What was the truth?

She didn't know. But considering the things Luvi does from time to time, she can see that their reasons might be just. He was just that odd to begin with.

Someone with talent that never wanted to deal with the cards he was dealt with. He wanted to be more, but knowing the reality and his lack of talent, he didn't bother putting in an effort to become more.

Of course that is until Luvi obtained that dreaming gift.

But that was the oddest part of this whole ordeal.

From what FIX found, an individual can have only a singular power when they awaken. Which they slowly develop into different forms and mutations.

Meaning an individual, that is not even white star, can't have multiple abilities. Which makes his claim of dreaming the dreams of another world a bold face lie.

So what was the truth?

It would be a lie to say FIX was not curious about it at all. But knowing all of this, she didn't force Luvi to act out of his safe zone. She let him continue his act and even protected him.

Because she can see the boy was trying to help the world in his own way. And his actions also matched her own goals. Making her look forward to what this child becomes later on.

"I should meet up with the other child, check how he is doing." FIX thought as a small drone flew out of her compound, which then turned invisible as it flew higher into the air.

She was going to visit Impala and check on his progress and also procure the items he had created in his hands.

The world needed to know that there was a path for those disadvantaged by birth. The path for the oppressed to take back their urgency and regain the honor that they now lacked.

It was time for equality to be brought back on the menu.

And it will start with acquiring money from the very rich that were the cause of it all.

*****

Ignorant of the actions of his minions, Luvi started his work to type down most of the exercises he could on the Exercise Database he had created, while he set up a price of it after reading the details for a while.

This was a job that no one could do beside him and there were more than thousands of practicing techniques, martial arts and spells given to him in the gift.

Most of it might remain useless, but it still holds research value and they might come handy in future when the material is available.

But this time as he was flipping the pages in his head through the gift, he came across a weird section.

'Hmm?... Forbidden Body methods.'

He had seen Forbidden martial arts and magic, but this was the first time he read something like this for a body training technique.

Flipping a bit ahead, he even came across a similar section for mental methods made for wizards.

"This…"

He closed his eyes and read them deeply while he started to read it one by one.

"This seems messed up."

This was the conclusion he came up with.

There was a reason why these methods were labeled as Forbidden.

"To you who are reading this, we are not proud to create these methods. But the world is not kind, nor can we afford to act kind. Even if the methods and potions make it possible for everyone to practice, it doesn't make everyone strong."

"These methods were created out of desperation for those without talents. These methods provide fast growth and strength, but they take away a part of you or others around you. Calling them evil methods is not even wrong."

"But as the ancients say, it's never the weapon that kills a person, it's the individual wielding it. So we hope that if the need arises, only give this to those whose hearts will remain just while walking this dark path."

It was a warning to Ashen Immortal or Ram for short. He didn't need these methods, but those around him might have needed it and their potency can't be lied to. So it would be stupid to not include this forbidden knowledge in the gift.

'Most forbidden martial arts and spells harm the user… but these techniques harm those around us and dirty the mind as well.'

These techniques were completely about corruption.

One of the body techniques needed the hearts of babies no older than one year.

The other required torturing others to accumulate fear.

There was even one which required you to sacrifice a number of your own blood relatives to birth a corrupted power which eats away at the soul.

'These techniques can't be used, no matter what happens. I shouldn't release them in the open.'

Luvi understood the danger. Once these techniques are in the hands of a wrong person, something bad might happen.

No, it definitely will happen.

Even though these techniques have accelerated growth following the rule of sacrifice, they also corrupt the mind of an individual.

Which was why Luvi planned to completely skip this section. He didn't need cultivation techniques with this kind of danger attached to them.

Though, while he was planning to skip the pages, a particular technique entered his eyes.

Dream Demon Spirit Body(F): Nightmare Avatar; Ability and form dependent on the individual's true nature; Avatar can walk through the dreams of those closer to the main body; Avatar is able to change between real and unreal; Avatar can use other techniques practiced by the practitioner

Accelerate Growth; Increased growth through devouring the dreams of others.

Drawbacks: Nightmare Avatar can only act in reality if it has devoured enough dreams; The nightmare avatar lives on the user's lifeforce; Madness; Unintended Dream Walking.

Requirements: Healthy physique that can sustain the Nightmare avatar and clear mind to offset madness. Those with any mental problem are not recommended for this technique.

Material required: Essence of a dream demon, Nimroot, Blood of a family member…etc.

"This is fucking amazing."

And like that, Luvi forgot his previous fears concerning the forbidden techniques.

"Isn't this just like one of those stands from JoJo?"

That was not all, Luvi was happy that he didn't have to be a liar anymore, if he can practice this technique properly, he might just become someone very amazing.

'Ah, I can even spy on others' dreams this way as well.'

Luvi laughed, as he imagined himself swimming inside the dreams of his compatriots, wondering what kind of embarrassing things went on in their unconscious mind.

How many of them are perverts, hiding their true nature under a mask.

"It's perfect. But sadly, I don't even know if a dream demon exists, how can I even find its essence?"

The blood of a relative?

That was the easiest ingredient of them all. Due to the nature of his family and the danger they usually find themselves in, they keep their excess blood during their time of inactivity, in case it might be needed in future.

He can already think of a total of three times when his father had needed to use the stored blood after a dangerous excursion into a dungeon.

Same was true for his older brother and sister, who both were similar to his father.

Hell, one can say most of the Hunter Families did this.

Of course, to obtain it, he had to meet up with his family again.

'Let's leave it for the future when I can come across a dream demon.'

Of course Luvi was not a fool to ignore the many drawbacks this technique had, it was like a gun which can only be used when enough bullets were collected by his hands.

Bullets that he can only make by devouring the dreams of those close to him. Meaning that this technique requires a high preparation time before it can be used in the real world.

But the advantages were immense as well. The only thing that actually bothered him was madness. But Luvi can also recall a few methods in the mage system that dealt with madness or on methods to suppress them.

Meaning the mage system had done ample research on this aspect, all Luvi had to do was apply that knowledge when he practiced the Dream demon method.

"Hah, still. It's unlikely for a dream demon to appear in this world. I can't even think of it being ever mentioned even in rumors."

*****

"What are we looking at here?"

"For now, we don't have a name for it. But it's an organism made out of pure psychic energy and only feeds on those that are sleeping."

"So the current slang we use for it is a Dream Demon."

In a government facility in Oregon , USA, a group of scientists were looking inside a sealed room where a body laid to rest.

If not for the casual twitching and strong physic fluctuations around the body that might even kill a green star hunter, one might think the man was having a normal and nice sleep.

"This is the fourth victim, isn't it?"

"Yes, the first two times we were slow and lost them, but we were able to save the third but it escaped."

"Which superhero captured it?"

"It was the Impenetrable Man, it would seem his body is not the only thing that can't be broken, his mind is the same. Hence the current situation."

Originally, the demon was able to escape by burrowing in the mind of others without anyone's knowledge and then changing its hosts before starting his feast once again.

But that didn't work when in front of Impenetrable man.

"So the oldest of the Millers?"

"Yes."

And just like that, the dream demon appeared in the world.