Chapter 325 : Coordinates of the Dream Realm Creature Island
Chapter 325: Coordinates of the Dream Realm Creature Island
After Earl-Bloodred's death, Janna had cast the 【Memory Read】 witchcraft on his Soul Flame. From his shattered memories, she learned that he had been a fanatically devout believer of Dim Sun.
Surname Bloodred, origin Shadow World, a follower of Dim Sun, and harbored intentions toward the 【Growth Law Fragment】...
Thunk.
She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
Staring at the sun still radiating dazzling brilliance in the sky, Janna forcefully interrupted her own thoughts, no longer allowing her emotions to sink into anxiety.
"Danger always exists, and the best way to handle danger right now is to stay within the Misty Forest Magic Tower Barrier, and never go out carelessly."
Judging by the casting position of the "Black Aphids" curse, the current enemy still couldn't penetrate the magic tower barrier and could only stir up trouble at the boundary.
Therefore, as long as Janna limited her activity within the barrier and kept away from the Misty Forest’s edge—·her safety should be guaranteed.
At that thought, Janna’s hand instinctively tightened around the White Bone Medal gifted to her by Anthony-Blackcrow beneath her witch robe. The emotion in her eyes shifted from initial panic and unease to a gradually firm resolve.
Then, with long strides, Janna, having finished her classes for the day, gathered her hair behind her back, pulled up her hood, and quickly walked toward the dormitory."Everything in its place一"
The first thing Janna did upon returning to the dormitory was to tidy up the clutter scattered across the floor. Then she walked over to the workbench and looked at the materials for the Contract Ritual that she had already arranged neatly last night.
"It’s about time to begin."
Sitting in the chair next to the workbench, Janna picked up the Mithril Dagger and swiftly trimmed the Deep Sea Mermaid's discarded snake skin into a regular hexagon shape of about one square meter in area.
Then, light shimmered. As silvery-white radiance quickly washed over Janna’s eyes, a tendril of mental energy, under her control, grasped the hilt and gently traced the structure of the Contract Array on the sea beast skin, precisely following the pattern in Janna’s mind. She etched the array into the Deep Sea Mermaid’s shed skin with great finesse.
"Bang一一" As the array was completed, Janna set down the Mithril Dagger and used her element conversion skill to ignite a small flame at her fingertip.
Then she lit the laurel-scented ritual candle placed at the center of the array.
"Drip一—drip一"
Wisps of green smoke rose. At the moment the candle was lit, hot wax trickled down from the candle body, dripping onto the snake skin.
Upon seeing this, Janna evenly smeared the array’s outer rim with bone powder mixed with Spiritual Blood. She then placed a round mirror embedded with a Magic Stone in the array’s center, completing all the array’s preparatory arrangements.
"This time, it only took less than ten minutes to finish setting up the array—not bad."
Glancing at the mechanical clock on the wall, a smile crept onto Janna’s face.
Before advancing to a Third-Tier Witch Apprentice, just engraving the array alone used to take Janna nearly forty minutes. This time, she had completed it in just a quarter of that.
"Next is the final step of the ritual."
Picking up the now-clean Mithril Dagger, Janna didn’t even blink as she lightly drew a three-centimeter-long cut on her left wrist.
"Drip一—drip一"
Crimson droplets trickled slowly down Janna’s pale wrist. As the blood dropped onto the center of the mirror, a lengthy incantation in the language of Mitskis flowed rapidly from Janna’s mouth.
"Great Lord of the Spirit Realm, Ruler of the Vast Star Domain, Overseer of countless dimensional beings, please heed my will and descend with your boundless might—Spirit Realm Resonance!"
Whoosh1
As the incantation ended, the flame blazed higher. Watching the rapidly melting candle, Janna immediately raised the blood-stained Mithril Dagger in her hand,
And plunged it forcefully into the center of the mirror.
"Buzz—"
The silver-faced mirror pierced by the dagger did not shatter. Instead, it rippled like water under layers of vibrating resonance, quickly swallowing the blade. At the same time, the Magic Stone placed on the silver mirror sank rapidly into the mirrored reflection like a stone dropped into a lake.
"Spirit Traverse一"
Watching the mirror’s intense reaction, Janna knew this signified that the Lord of the Spirit Realm had answered her call. Seeing this, Janna did not hesitate. She immediately activated her 【Spirit Traverse】 talent and locked onto the coordinates.
"This time’s locked coordinates are—Dream Realm Creature Island!"
Her spirit detached and plunged into the mirror. Using the mirror as a mediating bridge between the 【Primary Material World】 and the 【Dream Realm】,
In just an instant, Janna’s spirit form successfully descended into the 【Dream Realm】.
"So this is the 【Dream Realm】——"
Flickering lights, rainbow fog. The moment Janna opened her eyes, a fantastical world composed of seven-colored rays and countless bubbles appeared before her.
Like a candy-colored dream, it made the first-time entrant Janna sink into it uncontrollably.
【Dream Realm】, also known as the 【Nightmare World】, was one of the transcendent planes on par with the 【Spirit Realm】, 【Shadow World】, and 【Realm of the Dead】. It was also a companion dimension born in parallel with the 【Primary Material World】.
Mysterious and dreamy, bizarre and uncanny—these were the common impressions people had of the 【Dream Realm】, and also Janna’s first impression upon arrival.
The 【Primary Laws】 of the 【Dream Realm】 were not as numerous as those of the 【Primary Material World】. They primarily revolved around relatively idealistic laws such as 【Dream】, 【Beauty】, 【Fate】, 【Mind】, 【Soul】, and 【Imagination】.
Because of this, the beings born in the 【Dream Realm】 were entities that existed between illusion and reality—called "Fantasy Creatures" or "Mind Creatures."
They had no objective physical form, nor did they depend on material existence. They roamed through dreams, hovered within fantasies. Among the countless dimensional worlds, they were the most brilliant and resplendent of illusionary beings—
And this was precisely the target Janna aimed to summon through this 【Contract Summoning】.
"Since the 【Law of Beauty】 is one of the main laws of the 【Dream Realm】, if I can contract a summoned creature that aligns deeply with the 【Law of Beauty】, it will definitely benefit my comprehension of the 【Beauty Law Fragment】"
Pop一 As Janna was thinking, a bubble floated before her and suddenly popped. Then, ten,
a hundred, a thousand—countless bubbles burst like shattered dreams, vanishing in an instant.
"What’s going on?"
Watching the bizarre scene unfold, Janna remained still, silently observing her surroundings.
"Pop pop pop pop—"
Bubbles burst, colors faded.
In the previous moment, it had been a splendid, dreamlike kaleidoscope of colors. The next moment, all color drained away, revealing a bone-strewn hellish landscape.
"This is... a nightmare?"