Ivas has been having strange dreams lately.

He staggered through the flaming maple groves, and the leaves were like flaming butterflies fluttering their wings.

He was covered in burns and blackened by the smoke. It seems like he's looking for something, and it's like he's running away from something.

When I looked up, there was only a dark red in the night sky that was red by fire.

There was no sun or moon in the black-red night sky, only a large, bleeding wound.

It looked like a wound pierced by a sharp blade, and it looked like it had been pierced by a spear. Black, viscous blood trickled out of the wound, forming a sparse waterfall.

For some reason, Ivus in his dream had to go to the bottom of the waterfall with his burns.

But each time, Ivas couldn't get there.

Because as he gradually approached that direction, he would always stagger and fall due to exhaustion of his physical strength. Then he would wake up suddenly, and the clear dream would fade into a momentary of panic and worry, leaving only a vague memory in his mind.

And this time, perhaps because Ivas had taken the "Drunken Dream Tincture" before falling asleep, his dreams became more stable.

He walked a long, long way until he reached the bottom of the wound.

It was a small, empty plain in the middle of the forest. The blood that flowed from the wounds in the sky gathered into a huge lake, and in the middle of the lake was a small island. Above the empty island, there was a two-handed sword soaked in pure black by the sticky blood of the waterfall.

Ivus looked intently at the two-handed sword.

He approached there in distraction.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard the low roar of a bear behind him.

"Roar—"

Ivus's pupils shrank suddenly.

He looked back, but his perspective suddenly shortened.

As if he was no longer a human, but a skinny four-legged beast.

And in the maple forest with flames burning behind him, a giant bear with flames and scarlet pupils slowly approached him.

As it approached, as it paced heavily, Ivas felt the ground around him shake more violently. The whole world continued to shatter and collapse, and the flames of fire rose to the sky. More and more black blood poured from behind Aihuas, and they froze with white foam, gradually drowning Aihuas.

The moment Ivus and the bear met each other, he saw a humane smile on the bear's face.

"Whoever wields the sword, he will be slain with the sword."

A deep voice rang out in Aihuas's heart.

These words were as clear as a knife and an axe, and they suddenly burned into Ivus's heart, and they hurt like scorch marks from fire.

Then, a fierce sense of fear struck Eivus.

He snapped open his eyes and broke free from the dream.

“…… Xiong Tianji? ”

While the memory was still gone, Ivus blurted out.

But Ivas soon realized that he could not have forgotten that moment—

Because he felt that his chest was a little wet and itchy. He could only feel the pain when he reached out to touch it. It was like being stung by a mosquito.

—Ivas unbuttons it, revealing three fresh scars on his chest.

It's like three knife wounds, and it's like a bear's claw tearing through the flesh and blood.

The blood had only just stained Ivus's white foxtail pajamas, and hadn't even soaked through them yet—it was clear that he had only just been injured.

It was the wound in Ivus's chest that appeared when he woke up; Or rather, it was because of this wound that he suddenly woke up.

"Lily."

Ivus sat on the bed, calling softly.

Only two seconds later, Lily walked out of the servant's room next door, barefoot and silent. The soft red carpet didn't make any sound.

She looked probingly at the wound on Ivus's chest, her expression suddenly serious and nervous.

Lily immediately lit a candle and handed it to Ivus.

Evas reached out and grabbed the flames, closed his eyes and prayed reverently. The room that had been lit by candlelight suddenly became dark again, and the flame in Ivus's hand shook violently. The candle flame distorted through the shadow cast by Ivus, like a devil.

In Lily's eyes, the scar on Ivus's chest was healing at a visible rate.

But soon, Lily's eyes suddenly widened—

I saw that the "fire worship" technique, which could heal almost all the pain, seemed to have suddenly failed at this moment......

The scar on Ivus's chest only stopped the bleeding. It did not heal, but was scabbed and covered with an amber residue. But if you tear it hard, the wound will bleed again.

Obviously, Ivas could feel that too.

At this moment, a hint appeared in front of Aihuas's eyes.

[You got the trait: Authoritarian - Brand 1]

[Authoritarian - Brand 1: Xiong Tianji waved the claw of the future, announcing that he would end your life with such a blow.] This is the first imprint, and the number cannot be seven——]

[Your chest will always be seen as a "weak point", regardless of whether you protect it effectively or not; You will always be detected and hunted down by Xiong Tiansi and his apostles; When you fight a target who is chasing you, the battle is always considered a "duel"]

…… It's Xiong Tianji's hunting ceremony.

Instead, Ivas breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes, and let go of the hand that had grasped the candle flame.

The light in the room was stable again.

"What's wrong, Aihuas?"

Lily asked in a somewhat anxious whisper, "Is something wrong?" ”

"It's not a big problem."

Ivas replied lightly.

He chuckled and pointed to the scar on his chest: "This is the imprint that Xiong Tianji left on me. He swore to kill me with such a ferocious blow. ”

- Tear your chest apart with a ferocious claw strike!

If His attack did fall, it would not have been a superficial scar on Ivus's chest.

So the dream was just a routine precursor to a hunt.

Ivus had repeatedly woken up from his dreams because he instinctively sensed danger even in his dreams...... But until he officially took the forenotice, the nightmare would haunt him forever. So that he can't rest normally, and he can't sleep and get promoted.

Eivus vaguely guessed this, so he used the drunken dream tincture to stabilize the dream and took on this challenge.

Obviously, Xiong Tianji was very satisfied with Aihuas's choice.

He even smiled!

Today, the imprint left by Xiong Tianji is like a dotted line that was nailed out with a needle in advance when he "please cut it along the dotted line".

not only predetermined the death of Ehuas, but even chose a way to die for him...... And the final blow of the future was determined in advance. It seems that he has never considered the possibility of failure, let alone the utilitarian idea of "just kill".

"This is the pillar god of the former path of power, the style of the 'Supreme Heaven'......"

Ivas lamented: "The stronger is the stronger, and the strong do not hesitate, never regret, and do not have to think twice." When victorious, the strong will have access to and dominate all that the weak have ......"

That was before the birth of "authoritarianism", the basic law of the world.

The former High Heaven is long dead and resurrected in the realm of dreams. He was elevated to Xiong Tianji again, and had a new constellation.

The imprint that Xiong Tiansi left on Aihuas's chest was to make it easy for his followers and apostles to find Aihuas's location. It's like putting a flare on your prey, and no matter how you run away, you can always find its direction.

After all, he is a celestial priest and cannot easily go to the realm. Therefore, it was necessary for His apostles to take his place and hunt Ivus in the physical realm.

But when Ivas was branded by Xiong Tianji, he was relieved.

Because that's what it means is another thing—

Since you've made a mark on me......

Does that mean you can't just kill me right now?

(End of chapter)