Camping in the wild is dangerous in this world of Athoth, which is full of strange creatures, not only because of the possibility of being attacked by monsters at night, but also because the human brain will be defenseless during sleep, and some monsters do not like to eat people, they prefer to draw nourishment from the fear of their victims. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Simon and Sincley have a sense of foreboding in their hearts when they discover that they can't wake up the unconscious Vanessa no matter what, and at the same time, the sleeping Vanessa is in danger.

"Where is this? No, am I dreaming? How is it possible, I am obviously fighting with the president...... Is that the sun? ”

Vanessa looked around blankly.

Now it was almost dusk, and the sun hung on the horizon, and there was not a trace of clouds in the sky. It was the ruins of a camp, small enough to look like it had been set up temporarily. There was no living creature around the camp, it was empty, and the wind blew through the hollows of the ruins, and there was a whistling sound.

"Vanessa, you're finally here."

At this moment, a gloomy voice came from behind Vanessa.

Vanessa sprang forward sensitively, rolling and looking behind her vigilantly.

"Who?"

An ugly, charred corpse emerged from under the collapsed house and stood not far away, its empty eye sockets looking at Vanessa, its dusty teeth clenching up and down. Instead of continuing closer, it tried to communicate with Vanessa.

"I'm Julian, don't you remember me?"

"Do I know you?"

The vague memories in her mind became clearer, and at the same time, Vanessa's whole body began to tremble slightly, which she did not want to recall......

For as long as Vanessa can remember, the world has always been the way it is, so her childhood was particularly monotonous and boring. At that time, she admired the Exploration Squad composed of the elite of the Brotherhood of Steel, and they were also known as the "Hope Troopers" because they carried everyone's expectations. She dreams of joining the Discovery Squad and is eager to find their ideal home. Therefore, she prefers to play with a bow and arrow rather than a sword, and the moment she shoots a bow and arrow to hit the target, she seems to have become a falcon with clairvoyance, and can easily find the home that everyone wants.

"Poof!"

The arrow hit an improvised target not far away, and Vanessa smiled contentedly.

It was already the afternoon of the day, and Vanessa did not find a familiar friend, so she went to the small training ground to practice archery. The small training ground is also where the children of the Brotherhood of Steel play, located on the basement level of the headquarters, the field is flat, and there are many training facilities, but today it is obviously a bit unusual, there are almost no people here.

"Hey! Vanessa, practicing archery again? ”

The person who came was Alan, a skinny boy with short brown hair and small green eyes looking around, and said to Vanessa slyly.

"Vanessa, I have a fun idea, do you want to come along?"

Vanessa turned her head away from Alan and said dissatisfied.

"The last time you said that, we were stung all over the head by a swarm of wasps, and I don't want to join you in those stupid adventures again."

"Don't say that, you'll be absolutely satisfied this time!"

Alan explained to Vanessa with an embarrassed expression.

"With my eldest brother's help this time, we can go outside the city and have a good time!"

I have to say that Vanessa's heart is moved, for them, Silver City is like a huge cage, and they are full of curiosity and longing for the outside world.

"Okay, when are we leaving?"

"Now."

Alan said with a look of anger.

Vanessa followed Eren to a hidden sewer entrance.

"I thought you wouldn't be stupid again this time, but I was wrong, didn't you know that there are a lot of monsters in the sewers?"

Vanessa's face showed obvious disappointment.

"Hehe, trust me, it's clean, and my big brother has already probed it, and there are no monsters."

Alan wiped his nose and said with a show off.

"Okay, lead the way."

Alan was familiar with the place, and Vanessa walked down the sewers and noticed that it seemed to be a frequent use, with torches hanging from it for lighting.

"You found it here?"

"Well, we don't know what this place was used for, but now it's occupied by us as our secret passage, hehe."

"If you let those grown-ups know that you did this, I'm afraid you'll end up miserable."

Alan was taken aback by Vanessa's words.

"Hey, you're not going to snitch, are you?"

"Haha, that depends on whether this adventure can satisfy me."

Vanessa said cheerfully.

"Don't worry, you're not the only member, there are already a lot of friends joining us."

"I'm starting to look forward to it, hee-hee."

Alan didn't go far with Vanessa, and went up the stairs.

Pushing open the drain cover, Alan and Vanessa arrive at an abandoned old-fashioned home.

"Alan, you're here, when are we leaving?"

There were also 5 or 6 children in the room, and one of the fat men said.

"Let's go now, I'll go find my eldest brother, he'll take us out."

The eldest brother in Allen's mouth is the head of the northern outpost, Daniel, and he must have a way to take a few people out.

Vanessa's memories were interrupted after that, she couldn't remember what had happened next, but it was clearly not a pleasant thing.

"No matter who you are, you dare to look through my memory, I will never spare you!"

Vanessa realizes that this may be the place where a forgotten childhood experience took place.

"Julian, what's going on here, who the hell are you?"

Vanessa asked urgently.

"There is fire everywhere, it is He who destroys this place, He is the Angel of God, He is a demon, we are all sinners, this is our salvation. Vanessa, have you come to atone for your sins too? Remember, don't look at him, those eyes, eyes, eyes! ”

Julian's words were incoherent, and he seemed to be immersed in some kind of fear.

"Calm down, what does atonement mean?"

Julian was drawn to Vanessa's words.

"Everyone is guilty, and mine is especially sinful, that thing is in my head, it keeps saying all the time, I don't understand at all, but it keeps forcing me to listen, I'm going crazy, I want to die but can't, please, kill me!"

Julian's face suddenly went crazy, and he pounced on Vanessa.

Vanessa deftly dodged and picked up a sharp shard of stone from the rubble.

"I'm not your enemy, don't we know each other, Julian, stop!"

Vanessa shouted loudly, but Julian had completely lost his mind and still attacked Vanessa frantically.

"Don't blame me for that."

Vanessa gently bowed her head to avoid Julian's grasp, and snimbly passed past Julian, chiseling a hole in Julian's bare head with a return blow.

Julian, who had a hole in his head, fell to the ground and stopped moving.

What's going on?

Vanessa was sure that Julian was not an enemy hidden in her dreams, and she looked around warily, and she had a hunch that that enemy was about to appear.

To Vanessa's surprise, Julian, who had just fallen, began to slowly sink into the scorched earth, as if he had fallen into a swamp. Vanessa heard a vague moan and wail, and the strange combination of these sounds gave the illusion of the sacred, like prayer.

Legend has it that the priests who serve the alien gods prayed in a way that was incomprehensible to ordinary people, so that normal people would be mentally damaged when they saw such a scene, but even so, there were still many people who served those alien gods, which is really incomprehensible.

With an eerie sound of prayer, a figure rode towards the place. The black horse was running fast, and the horse was still covered in armor, and it looked like a heavy war horse. Approaching the ruins, the knight pulled the reins, slowed down slowly, and finally jumped off his horse and approached Vanessa.

Vanessa was sure that the knight was a paladin, and although she didn't know why, Vanessa was able to accurately identify other people's professions and hidden abilities since she was a child, and adults praised her talent and focused on cultivating her.

The terrifying paladin wearing a horn helmet exudes a terrifying aura all over his body. The armor was lifeless in black chains, and five long chains of swinging and vicious barbs and blades at the ends dangled from their chests. He held a terrible greatsword in his hand, the ivory greatsword was in the shape of a sharp triangle, and there were many eyes on the sword, each of which had a different appearance, as if it had been indiscriminately embedded in the eyes of a large number of different races, and these eyes were all looking at the enemy like living creatures, and their eyes were full of curses for everything, and the gaze of those countless emotions such as anger, mania, madness, greed, etc., was enough to drive the onlooker crazy.

"You're not the paladin himself, I'm not wrong."

Vanessa looked directly at the paladin without fear.

"You're right, human feminine."

The paladin's voice carried a surprise that could not be hidden.

"To be honest, I don't have any hope for your meagre memory, but I'm really scared that you've met such a horrible creature and survived, it's incredible."

"Who the hell are you?!"

"We are the Edgeworth brothers, Lord Neham's squires, and your most trusted men, and no one can defeat us in our dreams."

"But I'm the only one I see you."

Faced with Vanessa's doubts, Edgeworth smiled contemptuously.

"Don't speculate on us with your barren imagination."

"Ignorant human, in front of you is a terrifying demon from the Sea of Chaos, the natural enemy of all good things in the world. Our brother is a rare twin of the Nightmare Horrors, far more powerful than their counterparts. My brother may have killed your companion, but he has always been rough, preferring to destroy dreams outright, unlike me, who prefers to play with prey. ”

Nightmare horrors are perhaps the most emotional of the horrors, as they often dive into their prey's dreams and gain knowledge while killing them, often inadvertently absorbing too many useless emotions in the process. While this will make Nightmare Dreads more and more cunning, it will also make it more and more like a creature it hunts for.

"I'm your worst nightmare, now, let me relive it for you!"

Edgeworth laughed wildly, it was too pleased with the avatar, the power was even beyond its control, but it didn't care, because it was a dream, its hunting ground.