leonardwarren Chapter 1220: Lost Inside The Nightmare Realm
Chapter 1220: Lost Inside The Nightmare Realm
chapter 1220: lost inside the nightmare realm
(maria's pov)
darkness engulfed us for a split second, before we were tossed into a completely unknown landscape.
using my powers, i was able to protect emily and alma, bringing them with me.
"hahh... hahh..."
"w-what happened?"
the two girls were confused, as they glanced around a completely different world.
a dark garden, with red, black, and purple plants.
a purple sky, illuminated by a crimson moon.
"heheh!"
and...
"mamaaaa!"
"oh no..."
"papa?"
the whisperings of a child echoing everywhere.
small phantoms of someone, a girl with long white hair and silver eyes.
running around, giggling.
constantly, everywhere.
"this is... a fractured nightmare realm."
i stood up, looking around.
"eh?!"
"what?!"
alma and emily couldn't believe it.
"yeah, it's just alma's theory but it could mean that all of us have a tickling time bomb inside of our dream hearts," i explained. "sooner or later, we could all turn into nightmares once enough negative energy is accumulated in our dream hearts... but sofia seemed to have been accelerated with this whole drama. however, i still believe it wasn't just that, but it might have been the last thing to completely trigger it."
"what else could it have been then?" asked emily.
"since when has sofia had her dream heart?" i wondered, as i started spreading my shadows, summoning skeletons and sending them away to inspect the surroundings.
"i... i think she's one of those that was born with one," said alma. "she said she had always had "her talent" from birth!"
"so after the appearance of nightmare realms, not only could normal people gain a dream heart through exposition to the soot," i said. "but also there's people that can be born with one already, maybe because their parents were exposed to it and survived..."
"y-yeah, i think so..." alma sighed. "um, maria...?"
"yes?" i wondered.
"i want to save sofia..." alma sighed. "i-i don't want her to remain as a nightmare, could it be possible to kill that nightmare and save her?"
"i don't know, i really don't know..." i said. "but it's worth giving it a try, right? though, i don't know about this but, do people die if their dream heart is shattered?"
"some die..." said emily. "well, the majority die instantly, dream hearts are said to regulate the soot inside our bodies, making it our power, which then help us manifest dream weapons
and magic or techniques derived from them."
"hmmm..." i nodded. "so in a way, it is as if... as if dream hearts are like nightmares
themselves, but purified, the dream weapon even, it could be something like a "tamed
nightmare" in a way."
"what? that's insane!" emily muttered.
"t-there's no way..." alma cried.
"heheh..."
"hahaha!"
"oooh!"
suddenly, as we continued talking, we heard giggles, the giggles of children approaching.
the little phantoms of little sofia we saw, they were rapidly approaching us, coming from the
dark gardens.
their eyes were red, crying blood.
"hey, hey! let's play!"