Chapter 169: Dreaming Again
Hearing Gawain's words, everyone was shocked: "Eternal Sleeper?!" β
This was completely unexpected, even the always calm Hetty could barely hold her staff, she stared at the leader of the mercenary who fell to the ground with wide eyes: "This mercenary is pretended to be a cultist of the Eternal Sleeper?!" β
"No, he's just being used as a springboard by the Eternal Sleeper," Gawain rubbed his eyebrows as he said the information he had received from the cultist, "This guy probably had a bad nightmare sometime in the past, and a powerful Eternal Sleeper cultist used the nightmare to leave coordinates in his mind, so that he became a one-time 'carrier' that could allow the cultist to 'come' quickly if needed." β
Such a strange fact gave Amber goosebumps: "How can this kind of cultist sound more evil than any event?! β
"The Eternal Sleeper is indeed more bizarre than the end of all things," Pitman said in a deep voice, as a true Druid who has received the inheritance, he knows a lot about the cultists, "The Eternal Sleepers are the fallen and transformed Church of the God of Dreams, they were originally pastors who soothe people's hearts and expel nightmares, but after the Fall, they have become experts in weaving nightmares and fears, the most powerful Eternal Sleeper bishops have the ability to walk in people's dreams, and they can connect people and people's dreams, So as to make yourself more elusive and unpredictable. Their special abilities make them more feared than the average cultist, but the good news is somewhat...... The Eternal Sleepers are not as bloody as the End of Life or the Children of the Storm, they simply pull people into all sorts of nightmares or visions, occasionally kidnapping, but rarely take the initiative to kill. β
Hearing this, Herty also said thoughtfully: "I have also heard about the Eternal Sleeper Order, they do rarely cause large-scale deaths, but their actions are more bizarre and grotesque than other cults, I personally feel that they seem to have some huge plans hidden, and they usually don't kill people are more terrifying." β
Gao Wen felt the same way: "As long as it is a dark sect, there is nothing that is not dangerous, and if they don't kill people, it can only mean that they will do things that are more terrible than killing, and those things are more unpreventable than making killings." And besides...... The Eternal Sleeper is the only dark cult other than the Children of the Storm that deals with the Mortal Society, and the Dead and the Children of the Storm are both cruel and bloody sects, and the Eternal Sleepers can get along with them...... It can't be good. β
"The more I listened, the more panicked I became," Amber couldn't help but rub her arms as if she was going to get goosebumps off, and then she looked up at Gawain curiously, "And you were dragged into their 'nightmare' by the Eternal Sleepers just now?" And then what? Did you run out? β
Gawain smiled: "We competed in the world of consciousness for a while, and then that guy died, most likely not a powerful character." β
Amber sighed, and Hetty looked at her grandfather with admiration and convincing, only Pitman looked Gawain up and down suspiciously: "The one who can perform the Mind Descend...... Will it be a small role? β
"Not as good as me anyway," Gawain shrugged, "Anyway, that guy is dead, and it doesn't matter how good he was when he was alive." β
Hetty looked a little worried: "But the point is why a Sleeper cultist would attack you...... The last meeting was an accident, the real target of the fallen druids was Tanzania, but this time the Eternal Sleeper is clearly coming for you, and the mercenary leader clearly called out your name when he was 'occupied'! β
Gawain's expression became serious, and he knew that Hetty's concern was justified.
Gawain Cecil, who has come back from the dead, has indeed begun to attract the attention of some dark forces.
The memories that could be read from the remnant of the cultist were not many, but they could piece together some of his thoughts and experiences in the most recent period. Gawain could be sure that the cultist had been operating in the South for many years, and that he had left nightmare coordinates on the thousands of victims in the area, and that the mercenary leader happened to be one of them, and that his capture by Gawain during the slave hunt was itself a coincidence - but the Eternal Sleeper behind the mercenary leader was not eyeing him for a day or two.
From the conversation, it was learned that the cultist was very concerned about Gawain Cecil's secret voyage and the so-called "Eternal Dark Sea", so after Gawain unveiled the coffin and spread the news, the cultist was probably already planning this contact.
And the leader of the mercenaries who happened to fall into the hands of Gawain just gave him a perfect opportunity in advance, but the cultist himself would not have thought that he would be directly planted in this good opportunity......
An Eternal Sleeper bishop died in such an unknown way, but this does not mean that the attack is over, and Gawain thinks that there must be other dark sects or mysterious organizations watching him - the so-called "Eternal Dark Sea" and "Secret Voyage" may involve a huge secret, which is enough to make the most vigilant and hidden cult bishops take risks, and naturally arouse the curiosity of other hidden people.
But the problem is that he Gawain himself is also curious about what the so-called "Eternal Dark Sea" is!
Now, the only thing Gawain can comfort himself with is that the Sleeper Bishop died very neatly, and he died in the territory of the Cecil family without making a single wave, which may give some snoopers some warning.
Anyway, if there is still the courage to come to find trouble, Gawain has no other way, he can only continue, after all, he is now dragging his family and mouth, and he can't be like the wind without saying a word, right?
Pitman looked at Gawain with a serious expression, and then at Hetty, who looked worried, he sighed softly, and said with the same serious expression: "Lord Duke, I think it's time for you to think about my resignation this time......
"If you really want to run, it's gone now, are you the kind of person who will say hello to the boss before you run away?" Gawain glanced at this druid's shame, and then waved his hand, "Anyway, I'll take it when I come, three or two small fish and shrimp won't be able to make much of a storm, I don't believe that those cultists who have been holding their tails for seven hundred years now dare to organize a wave of troops to fight." β
Then, he glanced at the mage mercenary who was sitting next to him, still groggy and groggy.
Seeing this, Hetty immediately asked, "Ancestor, do you want to continue the interrogation?" β
Gao Wen shook his head: "It's no longer necessary, keep him locked up, and we'll see the situation after a while." β
He didn't think about directly executing this mage mercenary, but he didn't plan to let the other party go - if the rescue of the displaced people in the northern wilderness was regarded as a battle, the mercenary in front of him was a prisoner of war of the Cecil family, according to the law of this era, such prisoners of war would be directly treated as slaves, and used lifelong labor to make up for the weapons and manpower lost by their masters when they captured him on the battlefield, but Gawain had not yet thought about what kind of labor reform to arrange for this kind of "prisoner of war slave".
Cecil is very short of people now, so Gawain doesn't mind letting such a captive play his value by serving as a laborer, which is much more cost-effective than executing or exile, but the other party is a second-level spellcaster after all, and throwing him directly into the mines in the west to mine is a waste, and secondly, Gawain is not at ease, so what exactly should he do...... You really have to think about it.
Herty had no objection to Gawain's arrangement, but she was still very concerned about what these mercenaries were hunting for in the wilderness north of the Whitewater River: "We don't investigate the fact that the Kant family hired these mercenaries to hunt and plunder the homeless?" β
"Ah...... Yes," Gawain couldn't help but rub his forehead, it seemed that the confrontation with the cultist in the world of consciousness still had an impact, he had completely forgotten the original purpose of interrogating the two mercenaries, "I'm a little tired and forgot about it." Alright, Hetty, Pittman, leave this matter to the two of you, and while the effects of the potions and rituals are not over, ask the Kant family why they are catching slaves in the Frost Moon. I'll have to go back and get some rest, and then you can tell me the results of the interrogation. β
After arranging this side of affairs, Gawain returned to his tent.
He was indeed tiredβit had taken so long for the weariness of the spiritual world to surface, and it made him realize that his confrontation with that cultist was not as easy as he had imagined.
Even as a satellite spirit, it is not so easy to mobilize that huge memory to devour another mind.
Not long after returning to the tent, he fell asleep in his bed and fell asleep quickly.
He "opened" his eyes in a strange place and found himself standing in a long corridor.
The corridor is typical of Ansu style, with the same interior and support structure as the castle buildings favored by the southern aristocracy, with the pillars on either side of the corridor half-buried in the walls, each of which is inlaid with a lit magic crystal lamp.
But this was not the old castle of the Cecil family, nor the Leslie family castle in Tanzania, nor the interior of any castle that Gawain remembered.
Almost immediately, Gawain realized that he had probably entered another dream, and it was a dream that he had entered in a conscious state, and the experience of having just come into contact with the cultist made him instantly vigilant, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart:
"Why is there another wave so soon? Are these cultists the gourd babies who saved their grandfather? β
But soon, he realized that this time the situation was different from the previous one - he didn't wake up in a completely chaotic space, and he didn't intrude into his dreams with gods, and he still had the feeling that he could wake up at any time if he wanted to, which was more like a normal dream than being dragged into an imaginary space by the Eternal Sleeper.
The only thing that is different from falling asleep is that I remain unusually awake.
No, there's more to it than that......
Gao Wen looked at his hand with feeling, consciously sketched the shape of an object, and the next second, he found that he had an extra can of canned Coke in his hand.
In this lucid dream, it seems that he can create what is in his heart.