038, Dream Adventure (1)
When night fell, Talos and his party still found no trace of the black dragon.
Before, Talos would have been more or less frustrated and worried, after all, there were also professionals from the United Kingdom looking for the black dragon on Mozambiek Island, and the secret that Urban I had hidden in the Frost Crown was worth worrying.
But now, under the influence of the third primordial desire [laziness], the most important thing for Talos is sleep and rest, followed by food, and the purpose of this trip is to satisfy these two needs, the Black Dragon and the Frost Crown.
Coupled with the fact that laziness has just awakened and has not yet experimented with the ability to dream, Talos prefers to fall asleep quickly and completely relax and sleep beautifully than to continue searching for the black dragon in the hot and humid rainforest night.
His wish was soon granted, and when the two crescents rose into the night sky, the group began to camp by the river to rest.
Talos struggled to eliminate the food as fast as he could, and then under the slightly surprised gaze of Dolores and Mular, he was the first to enter the river, and lay down on the stone bed built for him by the Grand Druid, ready to sleep, surrounded by a magic circle to ensure that no other fish or monsters came to disturb him.
According to the traditions and habits of the Naga clan, with Adelaide, the fourth-order knight, and two other female Naga, it was not Talos' turn to keep vigil anyway.
Therefore, he calmly immersed himself in the water of the river, and after saying goodnight to Dolores and Mular, he happily closed his eyes and began to experiment with dreaming.
The moment his eyes closed, Talos entered a special state between wakefulness and sleep, somewhat similar to the meditations he had often performed as a mage, but a little deeper than meditation.
As his dream method grew, the soul fire trembled slightly, accompanied by a strong sense of weightlessness, and Talos felt his consciousness advance rapidly in a bizarre and narrow and winding tunnel, squeezing out of his body.
When I opened my eyes again, the surrounding environment had undergone earth-shaking changes, and everywhere was filled with colors that were so rich that they could not be dissolved, bright and colorful, like a beautiful oil painting.
A touch of blue is the clear, warm water of the river, dotted with countless swimming fish, large and small, weaving through large expantries of corals and sea anemones, and clumps of bizarre, fat, and lush seaweed swaying from side to side with the current.
What most attracted Talos's attention in this classicist oil painting was the shrunken fluorescent jellyfish of different colors, sizes, and shapes.
Some of them floated in the river, some hung in the air, some emitted a faint rainbow light, and some were hidden under a cloud of billowing smoke, and there were many of them, like the stars in the sky.
The moment his eyes fell on one of the jellyfish, Talos naturally understood what these jellyfish were, each representing a dream.
It's just that because Talos has just awakened to laziness, he can't be sure whose dreams these jellyfish belong to.
However, judging from the fact that there are few jellyfish around him, and the dense and starry situation in the distance, these jellyfish correspond to the environment he is in.
The muscles on the tail of the Talos snake contracted and pushed his body to swim towards the nearest jellyfish, who knew that he had just been born with this idea, his body had already arrived in front of the jellyfish, and he could even faintly see a primeval jungle reflected on the jellyfish's soft, almost transparent body.
The four-armed Naga carefully stretched out a finger and gently touched it at the jellyfish suspended in front of her, and the surrounding environment changed dramatically again, and the water area was replaced by a primeval jungle.
At the same time, Talos noticed that his appearance had also changed, and his upper body was still a four-armed naga, but the originally thick and slender snake tail had become a swirling cloud vortex that was large and small at the top and small at the bottom, spiraling and constantly spinning.
Purely in terms of appearance, Talos at this time resembles the legendary god of lights in his previous life!
Because of this, his mode of movement changed from crawling and swimming on the ground with his tail to floating in the air, making rapid progress through this primeval jungle, and soon found the owner of this dream, a frogman.
At this time, a dry wood fire is being staged in the frogman's dream, and the two frogmen are intertwined, gasping in desire.
They didn't notice Talos' arrival, in fact, even the Dream Master wouldn't be able to detect his arrival if he wanted to.
Everything that unfolds in the dream is like a video that is completely and vividly presented, which is very magical.
Talos observed for a while, and felt that the frogman's process of creating life was really a bit polluted to his eyes, and he had a mischievous idea.
As Talos's thoughts were injected into it, the content of the dream was quickly affected.
The female frogman's body slowly grew and swelled, turning into a python that lived deep in the rainforest, and swallowed him before the excited frogman could react.
In the next second, Talos was ejected by the dream, and the jellyfish that had just floated in front of him had disappeared.
The dream was shattered.
Meanwhile, in a dense forest on Mosanhoek Island, a frogman wakes up from a dream with a scream.
His companions cursed under their breath as they were woken up, and the frogman wiped a cold sweat from his forehead, and his heart palpitated.
"Talos...... Talos ......"
Just as Talos found it interesting and was about to enter the second dream, a mysterious and affectionate call suddenly came from afar.
As far as his eyes could see, Talos could not see the source of the sound, so he could only move with the help of many jellyfish in his line of sight, constantly following the summons.
I don't know how long it was, but finally, Talos found the thing that called his name, a giant fluorescent jellyfish.
This jellyfish was the size of a sailboat, dragging soft and slender tentacles, emitting a faint white light, floating in the air like a white cloud.
"Talos...... Talos ......"
The call was clearer and stronger.
Who would call his name in a dream, could it be an acquaintance?
And judging from the size of the jellyfish, this dream is definitely more real and intense than the frogman just now.
After a brief hesitation, Talos decided to go inside and have a look.
Anyway, as long as he wants, he can leave the dream at any time with the help of the soul fire, and wake up in reality without being harmed.
Fingertips tapped on the jellyfish, and a new dream slowly unfolded.
The scorching waves of air rushed to the face, and the sound of clanging came and went.
This time, Talos was presented with an arsenal of metal and flames, a construct-based arsenal.