What happened afterward was no longer shown in the dream, but Ebner could roughly guess. It was nothing more than Vicente using the water of the River of Eternal Darkness to suppress the contamination of the "Mother Goddess of Depravity" on Orneia, causing her to fall into a slumbering state similar to Antigonus.
The situation is quite clear. The ring Rhine gave Orneia as a gift protected part of her soul at the critical moment, preventing her from completely falling into the hands of the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity.' In the end, she even waited for Vicente's 'rescue.'
Hmm, Orneia's dreams are most likely triggered by stress. Whenever someone enters the room where she sleeps, they will go through those dreams engraved deepest in her memory, almost like following a set procedure!
And 'Gluttony' most likely couldn't survive the dream that mutated because of the 'Night Emperor'… The fact that he managed to bring the 'Heavenly Banquet' away from here and even had his memory altered means either Vicente left behind some method, or he happened to encounter Danitz from seven hundred years ago.
As for the purpose of Vicente or Danitz letting 'Gluttony' leave with the 'Heavenly Banquet,' it's still unknown… but it's probably just laying the groundwork for some later plan.
Additionally, the 'Ring of Orneia' that Karen used when dealing with 'Gluttony' was probably taken out by Roselle when he explored this dream. Later it was passed to Karen's mother, Madam Helen.
After connecting the information revealed in the dream with the intelligence he had previously gathered, Ebner finally withdrew the projections of the two divine descent vessels. He then turned to the ladies "Greed" and "Sloth" and said:
"You can open your eyes now."
Closfia immediately raised her eyelids. Her beautiful eyes looked around and found the surroundings gray and hazy, with nothing present. It was clearly the state of having "no dreams."
"It's resolved?" Ksenia also asked after opening her eyes.
"It's resolved. We can leave the 'Blood Moon Queen's' dream at any time and return to the dream castle now," Ebner replied with a smile. Then he noticed a man lying unconscious not far away in the "void."
It was none other than the man who was either unlucky or fortunate—the "Iris" Baron Francis.
"He's actually still alive? Quite lucky!" Ebner stretched out his hand and pulled Francis's body to his side. After checking him over, he said with some emotion.
Since they had successfully infiltrated this "trial" by borrowing the baron's identity, Ebner didn't plan to just leave him here to fend for himself. He used the secret technique "Mage Hand" to lift the man's body and then said to the two ladies beside him:
"Let's leave now to avoid someone else accidentally coming in and triggering the 'Blood Moon Queen's' dream again."
"Aren't we going to search for other treasures?" Closfia asked.
The most valuable thing here should be Orneia's body and soul… but unfortunately, we can't take them away for now…
As his thoughts turned, Ebner smiled and said, "The historical knowledge revealed by the 'Blood Moon Queen's' dreams is already an enormous treasure… We shouldn't be too greedy."
Miss "Sloth" thought about it for a moment after hearing this and then nodded, clearly agreeing with Ebner's reasoning.
Although Ksenia had the title "Greed," once Ebner had made a decision, as his believer she naturally didn't dare oppose him.
Thus, very quickly, the three of them—no, four people—disappeared from that gray space.
…
On the Sonia Sea, aboard the Future.
John, who had just finished wiping the floor of the lower deck cabin while completing a task from the "Life Counterattack System," had just pressed the "Submit" button. Before the reward could be issued, a golden pop-up window that was extremely eye-catching appeared before his eyes. It read:
"You have been favored by 'Luck' and have obtained a 'Random Premium Task.'
"Task content: Shout the word 'Issis' in front of Frank.
"Success reward: Gain one opportunity to divine the location of a 'Crown Jellyfish Venom Crystal.'
"Failure penalty: Randomly forget the main ingredient of one formula."
Looking at the so-called "Random Premium Task," John's expression changed repeatedly. He was both tempted by the "divination" function and wary that this task might contain some kind of trap, because it was simply too easy.
Previously, John had been tricked by seemingly simple tasks, so he appeared extremely cautious. After reading it many times, he finally gathered the courage to knock on the door of the lower laboratory.
Soon, Frank came out. He was wearing light blue trousers made of thick canvas and a white shirt with the top two buttons undone. He looked at John in surprise and asked:
"What's the matter?"
The "Eye of Wisdom" hidden within John's mind looked at the number-two figure of the "Star Pirates," who resembled a giant bear, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly:
No matter how I look at him, he doesn't resemble the 'Goddess of Life.' It seems the main body really did overthink things.
At that moment, John standing at the door took a deep breath and said:
"Issis."
"What?" Frank looked confused.
But he didn't notice that inside the laboratory, the "artisan" Sharf—whom Frank treated as a "consumable"—revealed a strange smile after hearing the word "Issis."
…
Observer Castle, inside the second-floor corridor of the dream castle.
The "Dream Tapir" was examining Ebner and the other two in a combat stance, with both confusion and hostility in its eyes.
This was naturally because Ebner had canceled his "transformation" after entering Orneia's dream and then forgot about it after coming out.
He had wanted to pat the Dream Tapir's head, but it almost bit him.
Seeing this, Ebner sighed and thought that this creation of Rhine had rather poor intelligence—it recognized aura but not people!
He placed the "Iris" Baron on the floor of the corridor and then devoutly made a wish to himself:
"I wish for my spirituality to recover."
As soon as the words fell, he raised his right hand and snapped his fingers with a snap, fulfilling the wish and restoring his spirituality to its peak state.
—Earlier, pulling out the projections of two divine vessels had seemed easy, but in reality his spirituality had almost been exhausted. He could only rely on a "miracle" to recover.
As for the limitation of the "wish" ability—the problem that a "Miracle Invoker" cannot satisfy multiple similar wishes from the same supplicant in a short period of time—it wasn't difficult to solve. They simply needed "Sloth" and "Greed" to alternately make wishes asking for Ebner Braien's spirituality to recover.
After doing all that, Ebner pulled out another "Moon" card and inserted it into the slot of the stylish belt at his waist.
Accompanied by a burst of passionate music, Duke Rhine Carendia descended once again. The Dream Tapir once again allowed Ebner to place his hand on its head.
"Let's go!"
Because the transformation time was limited, Ebner didn't waste any time. After calling to the two ladies beside him, he took the lead in climbing the stairs.
However, the moment the three of them stepped into the third-floor corridor, Ebner suddenly heard a voice coming from the room directly opposite the stairway:
"Welcome to your arrival… future 'me'!"
(End of Chapter)