A huge black castle in an unknown location.

It was dark, cold, and silent, as if no outsider had set foot in many years.

However, tonight.

"Whew... Whew... Whew..."

Each gasp of dusty air scraped through his lungs like rough grit, and Hawkins felt a burning pain in his entire chest.

The young man with short pale blonde hair could no longer remember how he had come to this huge castle with no edge in sight, and he did not know how long he had escaped in this labyrinthine castle.

But he didn't dare to stop in the slightest.

Trample.. Trample.. Trample..

With heavy steps, Hawkins walked through a pitch-black corridor covered with blurred portraits and rushed into the slightly dilapidated room at the end of the corridor.

"Bang!" slammed the door shut.

Then bring in all the movable furniture in your sight, worn-out sofas, cabinets, bookshelves, tables... All blocked behind the door.

However, he didn't think that this was all right, and when he was done, he rushed towards another exit in the room without even the slightest hesitation.

Hawkins, who had already had several experiences, knew very well that nothing in this building could stop those two terrifying monsters!

That's right, it's the monster in the castle!

Really.

Boom –

When he just ran to the other side of the door, the blocked door had been violently clawed open a large hole.

A limb with wings bent like a pterodactyl and sharp claws at its joints poked in.

Thorn! sting...

The seemingly heavy furniture only added a little obstacle to it, and in the continuous tooth-aching scratching sound, four limbs like wings and claws began to work at the same time.

It's just that it took only a dozen seconds to get all these things flying!

Whoa....

Then he didn't even bother to open the door.

Two snow-white monsters like birds and people rushed in with their broken doors.

They are nearly two meters tall, covered with cold white feathers, with a head that resembles a very common seagull but has some human features, and its lower limbs are a pair of thick and powerful claws like steel bars.

Hmmm-

The beak of the bird, which was covered with tiny triangular sharp teeth, opened and let out a sharp chirp, and even Hawkins, who had already run far out of the room, felt a buzzing in his eardrums.

"Ahh

One of them almost fell to the ground, and he could only lower his head and cover his ears desperately as he ran.

Then I saw the two bird monsters step out of their thick lower limbs, winged their feet, and chased them again in the direction of Hawkins' escape.

As if urging life, the blonde youth had no chance to breathe, and could only run away desperately and run away again.

At this point, he was chased by the monsters.

The further you run, the more dilapidated the furnishings in this labyrinth become, as if they are older.

And in the darkness, there seemed to be countless subtle beings whispering and judging him, and there were even all kinds of inexplicably familiar and nowhere to find gazes projected on him.

It made him feel that in this strange castle, many of his acquaintances were hiding in the shadows to watch his jokes.

But.

Although he felt somewhat familiar with everything in the castle, the terrifying monsters were so close that he didn't have time to stop and wonder why.

"Whew... Bastard!

Panting and weak, he didn't know how many times he had cursed secretly, but it didn't mean anything to his situation.

Boom!

Rushing through a small and hidden door again, Hawkins tried to make it hold back the huge ornibalis for a little longer, so that he could actually shake them off.

However, in this labyrinthine castle, it also has an extremely strange pattern.

After escaping for a long time, Hawkins was clearly unlucky this time.

This is not a great way to escape, but a closed room with various weapon racks like a warehouse.

By the time the panicked Hawkins realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Thorn! sting...

The two huge bird monsters behind him had firmly blocked the only entrance and exit, completely blocking him here.

Raising his winged claws, he frantically scratched at the stone wall by the small door, snapping off a large piece of the wall's stone skin each time.

Obviously, it won't be long before you can kill directly and take the life of the young man mercilessly!

However, even the desperate situation with no way to escape did not make him kill him, but aroused his bravery.

This is also very normal, if it is really a cowering soft egg, how can he take a ship from the Old World alone, across the Black Sea to the New World to join some privateer fleet?

Qiang –

Pulling out a half-sword in the hand of the cold light on the weapon rack beside him, he reflexively rushed to the small door that had been half opened.

"Ah, monster, die!"

【Sail up!】

Collapse –

Between the steps, Hawkins's body was already like a big bow, the force rose from the soles of his feet, and most of the strength in his body was twisted into a thin rope.

The long sword in his hand was like an arrow on a crossbow, carrying a fierce wind and lightning to shoot out.

Stabbed the bird monster in the chest that had already poked into half of its body in the room.

Clang!

However, even if it was the ultimate ability of his swordsmanship at this time, it was only pierced into the tip of a sword, and it was blocked by the high longitudinal bone keel protrusion on the bird's chest.

And the bird monster was just a slight swing of its arm, and it had already knocked him out with a bang, knocking down a piece of weapon rack.

"Whew... Whew..."

As he struggled to get back up, the two harpies had expanded the small door into a large enough space to burrow in one after the other.

Quack Quack –

The terrifying screams seemed to tell of the excitement of their imminent taste of human flesh, and also sounded the death knell for the young people who had already made their last efforts.

Rustle...

Hawkins sat on the ground and stepped back with his feet on the ground, and the expression on his face began to gradually collapse under the heavy pressure of death.

"Whew. Call.. has not yet been able to get ahead and return home with a large amount of wealth.

Am I going to become food for the bird monster today? Mother... I'm sorry, I broke my promise..."

As if he was talking to himself, he suddenly felt something strange on the floor under him, and the tentacles were unexpectedly cold.

"Huh?"

When I looked down, I saw a small iron door that had been blocked by dust for an unknown amount of time, as if it was an entrance to the cellar.

Hawkins' spirits lifted instantly.

When the two monsters were about to pounce, he didn't bother to think about why he hadn't noticed the little iron door in the first place, and had already opened it.

Whew-

The wind, which was not at all gloomy, rushed out of it first.

Looking down, it was pitch black inside, as if a thin layer of gray mist was still shrouded, and it looked like an entrance to hell.

But at this time, he didn't care about what would be even weirder in the dark underground space, and jumped straight down.

It fell quickly and disappeared into darkness in an instant.

However.

After he disappeared, the two white bird monsters also instantly retracted their attacking movements, and stood in a row like well-trained attendants.

It's as if the previous constant pursuit was just to let the young man enter the small door of the "cellar" by himself.

Trample.. Trample.. Trample..

At this moment, footsteps were heard again behind the small door, and two young men with brown hair and blue hair, dressed in gray robes like mist, walked in.

After passing the two bird monsters that did not move, they walked straight to the entrance of the "cellar".

"This Mr. Hawkins is also a inheritor of the 'White Sail Sword School', which is really surprising.

is young but can travel thousands of miles to the New World to join the privateer fleet, and it seems that he is also a man with a story. ”

"I don't know if he has a story, only that this guy is subconsciously defensive, or has a past that he doesn't dare to face.

Unexpectedly, he subconsciously built such a large labyrinth in the dream realm, and ran desperately for half a night under the mortal threat before revealing the entrance to the lower dream realm.

I'm almost exhausted!"

Even in ordinary people's dreams, the brain will subconsciously create all kinds of conveniences for the owner of the dream, so that he can escape in all kinds of incredible desperate situations.

At this time, it is already the limit to be able to detect some useful information with the help of dreams, but if you want to kill people directly in your dreams, it has exceeded the limit of the two of them joining forces.

Evan automatically ignored the lazy guy's words, and glanced at the entrance to a dark well that had been opened by Hawkins, revealing what seemed to lead to the depths of the ground.

"It's a lot of work tonight, but it's worth it to get a rare talent in business and domestic affairs.

Think about the benefits of him passing the test, you don't have to give me a guest role as a civilian secretary in the future, isn't the motivation coming all of a sudden?"

After saying that, Ai Wen jumped down first.

"Even if I don't need to make a cameo, I don't have much motivation. And didn't we say we wouldn't play this game anymore?"

However, despite the complaints, Milan's body was very honest, and he had already jumped down with Evan.

Through a layer of fog, the two of them have landed in a blink of an eye.

Human dreams have a unique layered structure, although even the guys of the Dream Sect can't tell how many layers there are.

But for ordinary people, dreams are mainly divided into two large layers, shallow and deep.

At a shallow level, people have a certain level of consciousness, and some people can even realize that they are dreaming, and they can also bring some vague memories back to the real world.

But the more you go into the depths of the dream, such as the deep area where many of your secrets and memories are hidden, the more you will merge with those information.

I can't tell the difference between dream and reality anymore.

When the two of them enter Hawkins's deep dreams in the trait robes that have performed rituals and possess unique abilities, what they see happens to be a part of Hawkins' true memories.

And it didn't happen so long ago.

It was a large chamber of commerce with a large number of people and a very imposing appearance.

On the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce, a group of well-dressed staff are working in an orderly manner.

Although he is not very old, Hawkins and his staff are not low, and they are combing through several business contracts with three clerks who are obviously much younger than him.

Like a bystander on the outside, Ai Wen looked at the furnishings and signs in the Chamber of Commerce, and couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise:

"Huh, this is the Egret Chamber of Commerce of the Ilia Kingdom?!"

At the right time.

Trample.. Trample.. Trample..

A middle-aged man with a short beard but an imposing appearance, dressed in a modest aristocratic dress, surrounded by a group of attendants, passed by the separate compartment where Hawkins was, and then walked down the stairs without squinting.

Seeing the emblem with the egret as the main body on the cuffs of that person's body, Aiwen's body suddenly shook, his eyes narrowed dangerously, and he paused word by word:

"That guy is... Wright Nilko... Earl!"