Chapter 1159: Spider’s Tactics (11)
The phrase "incarnation of nightmares" was, as In Seon-oh said, a term used to refer to the companion of Insomnia.
Insomnia travels through multiple worlds via dreams, gradually consuming reality and turning it into a nightmare. In worlds where abilities are not activated, a companion or incarnation was needed.
So, when Insomnia targeted the world I was in, they asked me to become the incarnation of nightmares.
‘According to the White Tiger, Insomnia wanted me to become the incarnation of nightmares. I didn’t accept that request and instead proposed a chess match to capture Insomnia.’
All of this was information I had heard from the White Tiger, so it didn’t feel real, but it was a logical explanation.
If such a being were to seek to turn the world into a nightmare, I would have made the same choice.
But as I recalled the information about the incarnation of nightmares, something seemed odd.
‘In Seon-oh is a person who Insomnia would want as the incarnation of nightmares. It's not surprising to consider them a candidate. But something’s off.’
Depending on the result of the chess match, I was supposed to follow Insomnia, so I was also a candidate for the incarnation of nightmares.
It wasn’t strange that Insomnia, who travels through multiple worlds, might have other candidates for the incarnation of nightmares besides me.
But the fact that I became a candidate for the incarnation of nightmares was because I had been in a world without abilities.
In Seon-oh, on the other hand, was in a world with abilities and was skilled in manipulating them. So, why did they become a candidate for the incarnation of nightmares? That was the question.