Chapter 77

Reality is swallowed by black fog, but it is daytime in the dream.

The moment he entered the dreamland, he was hit by a dazzling light. Miel closed his eyes instinctively, and opened them again after a while to adjust.

A bright and dazzling world then came into his sight.

The azure sky gives people a feeling of clarity and transparency like spring water, and the river by the roadside is crystal clear with a deep blue color.

Every blade of grass, every flower and every leaf, the colors of the whole world are so clean and bright that it is unbelievable.

If heaven exists, this is what it would be like.

However, in this paradise-like world, creatures called "ghouls" can be seen everywhere.

They were originally running in the same direction, but when they noticed Cthulhu's sudden appearance, they instinctively stopped, turned their heads to stare at Cthulhu and Miyer in his arms for a while, then turned back and continued running.

"They don't attack us?" Miel asked curiously.

"They know what happens if they mess with us," Cthulhu responded.

But just after he responded, he seemed to notice something and changed his words: "No, just pretend I didn't say that."

Miel looked up at Cthulhu's expression and found that he was looking somewhere. Subconsciously, he followed his gaze and saw -

In the direction the zombie is moving, there is a huge tentacle.

The tentacles were pitch black, with countless blood-red eyes on them.

It coiled around several zombies like a python, crushing their bodies until they were deformed, and some zombie limbs were scattered under its huge body.

The ghouls tried to save their companions from its deadly embrace, but their sharp claws scratched through the tentacles' seemingly soft skin and were unable to cause any harm.

"What is that tentacle?" Miel asked.

It looks familiar, but it can't possibly be Cthulhu's tentacle...

Cthulhu: "That's my tentacle."

Miel: “…”

Cthulhu: "Not Lola. Although you can't look directly at my body, you should know that I have more than one tentacle."

Miel: "Yes, I know, but I thought that when any part of you awakens, you will feel it, just like when Hyrum awakens..."

Miel realized something was wrong before he finished speaking. Before Cthulhu's avatars came into contact with each other, they couldn't share memories or feelings, they could only sense each other's location.

So, in fact, when Hyrum just woke up, Cthulhu didn't sense anything. It was not until Hyrum had an incarnation and began to move that he realized his awakening through his change in position.

And this tentacle exists in dreams, which means—

"He's not awake." Cthulhu's response confirmed Miel's guess.

"He is still sleeping, but his consciousness has sunk into the dreamland. I didn't expect to meet my incarnation here, but this is not surprising." After Cthulhu finished speaking, he held Miel horizontally and flew towards the tentacle again.

Then, no one knew what he did, but the tentacle suddenly melted into a mass of black, sticky liquid. Its surface fluctuated, gradually compressing and outlining a silhouette resembling a human.

The zombies entangled by it took the opportunity to break free and stumble away.

Cthulhu's tentacles ignored him, concentrating on adjusting their outline until they made themselves look like a dark-skinned elf.

He had short snow-white hair growing on his head, and his eyebrows and eyelashes were also as white as snow.

He opened his eyes, revealing a pair of bright red eyes, but the whites of his eyes were pitch black.

The human form of this incarnation looks very much like a drow, but the facial features are more like those of the high elves in the plains. They are not deep, but soft.

He stared at Cthulhu and Miel for a while, then said nothing. He turned to face the fleeing ghoul and chased after it at an incredible speed. Using his hand as a blade, he stabbed it from behind and pierced through its body cleanly - killing one in an instant!

Then catch up with the other one and kill it in the same way!

"...Cthulhu, how did the zombies provoke your tentacles?" Miyer asked curiously and confusedly.

"They...are blocking his way." Cthulhu hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to tell the truth.

Miel:?

Cthulhu: "If you care about the lives of ghouls, then I'm sorry to have you see this."

Miel didn't know whether he should care about the life of the ghoul. After all, he might be on the ghoul's diet...

However, it would be inappropriate to kill anything just for the reason of blocking the road.

Never mind, none of this matters now.

He now only wanted to find Dindel as quickly as possible, stop him, wake him up, break away from the dream and reality, and let the black fog return to where it should be.

"Cthulhu, you know that Dindel is..."

Miel was about to ask Cthulhu if he knew the whereabouts of Dindel, but was interrupted by Cthulhu before he could finish his question.

——Not the Cthulhu that was holding him, but the one that was chasing and killing zombies.

"What are you standing there for? Follow me!" The black-skinned, white-haired Cthulhu shouted loudly, tearing a ghoul apart with his bare hands. "Get away from me! You're blocking my agent!"

Miel:?

Miel: “…”

Miel: “Uh…”

"Call me Kule!"

——As if he knew what Miel was thinking, the black-skinned and white-haired Cthulhu took the initiative to say a name that could be used to refer to himself.

A very perfunctory name, meaning "black" in the common language of some areas.

Kesukule rushed forward and killed along the way.

The zombies quickly realized that he would only target the targets that stood in his way, and hurriedly changed the direction of their escape as quickly as possible to deviate from his route.

C'thulorn flew up while holding Miel and caught up with C'sukule's rapidly retreating figure, explaining, "Just now, I shared my memories with him. He knew you wanted to find Dindel, so he was leading the way for you."

I see……

I feel that Kesukule is similar to Kesu Hyrum, with strong action potential, but he doesn’t seem as rational as Hyrum.

Wait, he wouldn't be resisting fusion like Hyrum, right?

Thinking of this, Miel asked tentatively: "Cthulhu, does this incarnation of yours also resist fusion?"

"No, in fact, it's me who resists the fusion." Cthulhu responded calmly, "This incarnation feels too violent. It might hurt you after the fusion, so I want to wait and see for a while before considering whether to merge."

Miel: As expected of Cthulhu who merged with Hyrum, he even inherited the ability to resist fusion?

…

The two Cthulhus moved very fast. Miel only felt that the surrounding scenery was receding at a high speed, so he had no time to see anything clearly. Later, he simply closed his eyes.

It was not until the wind he felt on his body became weaker that Miel tentatively opened his eyes and saw a cave.

Should I call it a "cave"? It's so huge that it looks like a hollowed-out mountain towering into the clouds, but it does have the characteristics of a cave.

Faced with this huge cave, Cthulhu rushed in without thinking, and Cthulhun followed closely behind with Miel in his arms.

Then, at the end of the cave, Miel saw—

A huge woman.

She sat with her back to Miel, her body almost filling the entire cave, making Miel feel as small as an ant.

Her skin was as withered as a mummy. Although withered, her upper body showed obvious features of a human female, and her long gray hair, soft and light like fluff, hung down past her waist.

And her lower half...

At first, Mier thought it was a huge rock and that the woman was sitting on it, but when he looked closely, he realized that it was part of her body - like a giant spider.

Sensing an intruder, she tilted her body slightly.

Miel then discovered that she had more than one arm, but at least three on each side, all of which were as withered as mummies, intertwined with each other, and the ends where the hands should have been were bent into hooks.

Although she moved her body, she did not turn around to face the three people. Instead, she spoke with her back to them.

Her voice was pleasant, but her tone was nothing but gentleness, devoid of emotion, and seemed quite mechanical.

Her voice seemed to be transmitted directly into Miel's mind.

"Miel, save him, save my agent named Dindel. If you can get him back, even if you don't believe in me, I will answer all your questions and fulfill all your wishes."

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The author has something to say: Yes, it is a spider [dog head holding a rose]

Actually, I played a pun about the Dream Lord and Dream Spider, but it’s impossible for anyone to get the Western fantasy background [covering face with laughter and tears]