If one thinks about it carefully, doubts abound.
As for his exact motives, Alka doesn't know.
But there's one thing Alka is deeply concerned about.
That the general is completely unaffected by the pink mist.
Based on what he said at the time, it seems to be due to his unique physique.
A unique physique capable of resisting the dream mist, and this island is a hidden weak point.
It might even be man-made.
In the corresponding dream, there's another powerful dream creature.
A gigantic cloud python also hovers above the dream world of the royal island.
Even beyond its appearance, it's clear it's a powerful dream creature, and its actions seem to protect the island.
And most importantly.
When the general learned that Alka possessed a treasure related to dreams, his serious expression broke into an unstoppable smile.
It was clear how happy he was; he cared deeply about things related to dreams.
These things were connected.
It was hard not to suspect a connection between them.
Arka speculated that the royal family of this island might possess some bloodline or talent related to dreams.
The capital island was guarded by a gigantic dream monster.
If a royal family existed, then so too did Klian and his family, also members of the royal family who had lost in the political struggle.
Is it possible that a corresponding dream monster existed, or perhaps even more dream-related technology?
They brought the monster to the dream corresponding to Exile Island.
Eroding the barrier between the island and reality, then covering up its traces.
While it was unknown what these people were planning, it was certainly not a good thing.
The treasure, deliberately hidden, contained a mysterious item that General Kriel was concerned about.
He'd even thoughtfully prepared two, seemingly hidden, human skin maps.
A trap?
I don't know.
But Alka had already set it all in motion.
An accident, or intentional?
It didn't matter; he just wanted to run.
If he didn't activate it, his chances of escape were extremely low.
If his dream double died, Alka would be instantly refreshed into reality.
It was Alka's activation that made it a weak point, allowing the energy of the dream to dissipate.
He exploited the chaos created by the intersection of reality and dream, and he could also enhance his strength through the boost in dream energy.
This all-round improvement would help him escape faster.
Without the dream-strengthening effect of this environment, Alka wouldn't have been able to break through that strange pressure.
He forced Ashadeti and Lucilia into the mirror and teleported them away.
According to Alka's understanding, such a sinking shouldn't have happened so quickly.
Reality was moving much faster than he'd imagined or realized.
In just a moment, they were pulled into a chasm, separated from reality.
As a result, they had no chance to escape and were trapped there as well.
However, the drastic change in the environment also made the powerful general completely unwilling to pursue.
Clearly, understanding the changes around them was less important than chasing Alka and the others; after all, he was also trapped here.
They continued to chat and think without stopping.
Shaking off these thoughts, Alka said as he ran, "Let's try to get to the beach first, reunite with the others, and then make plans."
The two nodded and followed Alka silently.
In this place already affected by dreams.
With Alka leading the way, things were much better.
Although he could still see the distant scenery and the twisting of the trees nearby,
But having been in the dream for so long, Alka could tell the direction by the brief pauses between reality and dream.
…
At this moment, Jason and the other two were trapped on the island. They noticed that the sea, which was clearly not far away, had completely disappeared.
The changes in their surroundings also made them realize that this seemed to be related to dreams.
Because they had all awakened from dreams before, they had personally experienced the atmosphere and sensations of dreams.
After all, Alka's abilities were there, and who wouldn't want to wake up from a dream and experience that strange feeling?
"What should we do now? We can't even see the beach, let alone reunite with the others," Simon said somewhat helplessly.
"It's related to the dream. Is it possible that this change was caused by Alka?
He might have already taken advantage of this change and the chaos to escape."
Jason said, then stood up and added, "Let's go find the others first. We can't get out anyway."
As he spoke, a spherical black shadow appeared next to him, opening its enormous mouth and biting down at Juanlu.
Juanlu dodged with a backward leap, a bat appearing in his hand.
The ball on top fell off, and he struck it out.
The flying ball slammed heavily into the black shadow creature.
However, the ball pierced through its body.
The shadowy form refilled once more, unaffected by the attack.
"No damage?"
Seeing that his attack had no effect, Juanlu decisively leaped back and reached a safe distance.
Simon instantly raised his hand, and the palm of his left arm, composed entirely of constructs, immediately transformed. Two holes emerged, and a red beam of light and a sharp bullet shot out.
These two attacks instantly pierced the dream monster.
However, they still had no effect.
"Neither energy nor physical attacks."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jason's fireball had already passed through, still without any effect.
But Jason gathered his magic power in his right hand, and then forcefully released more than ten diamond-shaped transparent crystals.
The crystals he had released spread out, enveloping the entire dream monster and piercing it.
The crystals that had penetrated it condensed the surrounding distorted light and shadows into crystals.
However, they still had no effect.
The three of them could only stare at the dream monster and slowly retreat.
If this proved to be an unsuccessful solution, they could only consider how to escape.
At this moment, the soaring crystal dragon fluttered its wings and descended, flying towards the black shadow arm formed by the combined arms. Its gaping maw gushed out a stream of rainbow-colored energy.
The energy emanated a dazzling, multicolored glow within the dream.
This time, instead of penetrating, the energy converged on the black shadow arm, freezing it into crystal.
The crystal dragon spun and landed atop the twisted tree, roaring to the sky.
"Roar!"
"I know you're powerful. Come down quickly."
"Boogie!" the crystal dragon cried, sliding down from the tree and crashing into Jason's arms.
"It seems Urulius's dragon breath is a very advanced energy," Simon said, squatting beside the crystal and tapping on it.
The shadowy creature within the crystal was trapped, like a sculpture.
Juanlu glanced around, then turned and said, "Let's go quickly and see if we can reunite with the others."
The two nodded.
Simon stood up, raised his right treasured index finger, and it glowed. He closed his eyes.
He explained to the two, "I'm going to check on the constructs I left behind to see if they've found any trace of the others, and also to see how Alka and the others are doing."
When the structures stopped moving again, he controlled the remaining constructs and moved them towards Alka.
Trying to find out about Alka and the others.
After a while, Simon opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his face.
"Well? Looks like good news." Jason looked at the smile on Simon's face, feeling a strange sense of relief.
Simon nodded. "One of the constructs sent word that Alka and the others have escaped."
"That's good," Juanlu also smiled. Now that they had escaped, they had to think about a way out. After all, they were now trapped on this island.
A powerful fourth-stage warrior was still lurking on the island, so they couldn't afford to be careless.
Thinking of this, Jason said, "Let's get going. Given Alka's abilities, he should be perfectly at home here. He might find us soon."
...
As they walked and talked, Alka had already begun constructing the same detection device he'd seen in his dream, broadcasting dream-like detection waves around.
He wasn't worried at all about his detection waves being detected by the general.
The island was in utter chaos, and such detection waves would flow into it like water into the sea, undetectable.
And Alka's target for the wave was a humanoid, any one 20 centimeters or taller.
Because even the girls of the puppet army were trapped on the island.
"Let's go this way. They're over here." Alka, receiving the rebuke, opened his eyes, and hurried away with the other two.
The sooner we could gather together, the better.
After a while, Alka froze in his tracks, frowning.
"What's wrong?" Sofia asked immediately, noticing Alka's pause, then glanced around warily.
Alka frowned, carefully sensing the incoming signals. "Julia's team has lost their way. They're heading towards the general."
"What should we do then?" Lucilia asked anxiously.
Wouldn't that be like walking into a tiger's den?" At this moment, Sofia had a sudden thought and quickly turned to Lusilia, saying, "Since Alka can sense their location, he can also sense the location of the puppet girls.
Just tell the puppet girls the location and direction, and have them relay the message."
This was a dream world, and birds were useless for transmitting messages.
This method indeed worked. Alka could sense the location of each puppet team.
Immediately, he said, "Have Lu and the others head toward 3 o'clock. Be careful of monsters. Julia and the others are in that direction.
Have Team Nine go straight and quickly. Jason is not far away."
Lucilia nodded at Alka's words and immediately repeated them.
Sure enough, the signals returned shortly afterwards, and the puppet girls began to move.
It wouldn't be long before they would meet.
...
At this moment, Pororo and his companions advanced cautiously, passing all living creatures capable of movement.
They realized they had no way to deal with these dream creatures; their attacks were incapable of causing them any harm.
So, forced to flee and try their best to avoid any encounters with them.
The problem was that as the island was dragged along, the distances between them grew thinner, and more and more dream creatures appeared from various corners.
"Stop! Something's coming!" Julia said, crouching down.
The mingling of dream energy and reality had significantly reduced her awareness of her surroundings.
The three hid behind a large, twisted rock, and Julia peered out.
The enormous Pororo could only lie flat on the ground to conceal his presence.
Julia watched the vegetation in the distance, its light and shadows swaying and distorting. She held her breath and observed quietly.
A short figure rushed out, followed by several more.
Seeing the figures, Julia immediately stood up, called out, and waved.
Hearing the calls from the front, Lu ran over.
He looked at Julia and the others: "We finally found you."
"We found us?" Julia was puzzled.
So they were specifically looking for them.
Lu nodded: "The leader sent a message saying that if we go this direction, we'll meet you.
He told you to turn back and not go any further. If you go any further, you'll encounter the enemy."
Hearing this, Julia nodded.
It turned out they were lost.
They immediately reunited with Lu's team and headed off in the opposite direction.
As they walked, Pororo asked, "You can find my location. Does that mean Alka and the others can monitor our position in real time?"
Lu nodded.
"Did they escape? Are they injured? What's their current situation?" Julia asked from the side.
"They're fine."
Hearing this answer, everyone felt relieved.
......
At this moment, outside the village.
The general, his soldiers, and the captured Balazs and others stopped there, showing no intention of exploring.
Looking at the completely bizarre scenery around them, Balazs became a little dazed.
Not only him, but everyone except the general couldn't help but observe the surroundings, even the surrounding soldiers.
However, no one asked what had caused such a change.
Baraz finally couldn't help himself and looked at the general, asking, "What the hell is going on? Why is this place like this? Shouldn't we leave?"
The general listened to Baraz's question, glanced at him, then glanced at the looks the others were giving him.
Standing still, he explained, "This island is being dragged into a dream. Don't even think about leaving for now. We're trapped."
As a member of the royal family, while he hadn't personally experienced this extremely rare weakness in reality, he had seen it in royal records.
So at least he wasn't completely clueless.
"Then... we'll never be able to return," Baraz said with a somewhat dejected look.
He felt incredibly unlucky. Judging by the general's expression, he knew even he hadn't anticipated this unexpected situation.
"Of course not. This weakness won't last forever. In due time, it will return to reality, and then we'll be able to leave."
Although he didn't know if it was true, it was recorded as such. And that was all he could say now, or even his soldiers would despair.
And even he could only hope so.
"Behind… there's a monster behind!"
A member of the Chamber of Commerce suddenly turned to look at the shadowy creature behind him and shouted.
It was a black and silver creature, like a snake, but without eyes, only its open mouth.
Hearing his words, the nearby Chamber of Commerce members turned to look and quickly retreated.
He ran as fast as he could to get behind the general.
Baraz launched the first attack, shooting out a flaming arrow.
However, it had no effect.
The surrounding soldiers, including the general, also launched their attacks.
However, the black mist surrounding the giant black snake was scattered, but it quickly gathered.
Their attacks caused no damage at all.
"It's no use. What should we do? Let's escape!" someone shouted anxiously.
The general narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the shadowy monster.
"Don't worry," a steady voice uttered.
Like a reassurance, it calmed the emotions of those around him.
He looked at the shadowy creature.
He opened his palm, raised his right index finger, and gently scratched it.
A faint bloodstain immediately appeared on his palm, and drops of blood flowed out.
Magic power surged out, mixing with the blood, and he splashed it with force.
The blood flew out with the invisible attack, striking the shadowy creature. The powerful attack immediately scattered it, and the black mist vanished in an instant, never to regroup.
‐‐It transformed into a strange piece of metal and fell down.
‐‐Looking at the slain monster, the general glanced at the bloodstain on his palm.
‐‐ His eyes narrowed, and he was lost in thought.
‐‐One of the soldiers had already retrieved the fallen metal.