And when he came to the side of the "sun" and passed through an energy shield made of golden sunlight, he saw a castle, a huge castle that was pure white.

Carl recognized at a glance that the material of the castle was the cloud iron he had been dealing with for half a month, and he also noticed that the clouds supporting the castle would occasionally separate and float away.

"They say that whatever you think about during the day you will dream about at night. Am I a little crazy?"

Floating below the castle, Carl looked at the magnificent building and for a moment he doubted his own mental state.

Since awakening to his own dream world, Carl has not had any real ordinary dreams.

Everything in the dream is an extension of his own will.

In other words, nothing unexpected would appear in Carl's dream unless something invaded here.

"This building is definitely not something I imagined. If I were to come here, I would probably dream of a mechanical planet similar to Cybertron."

Controlling the mechanical body, the jets on Carl's legs were ignited, pushing him towards the cloud ahead.

The six-meter-tall mechanical body seemed extremely bulky, but fortunately Carl's control skills were very good. After touching the cloud carrying the castle, he climbed up.

The soft clouds were quite elastic when kneaded. Halfway up, Carl felt embarrassed to continue climbing.

But thinking that he was already here, Carl strengthened his will and climbed to the top of the cloud.

Seeing the castle from a closer distance, Carl became more and more convinced that everything he saw was not caused by him.

Because the scale of the Yuntie Castle seemed to be that of a giant, the walls of the castle were lavishly carved with reliefs that were inherited from stone giants, and it looked extremely gorgeous.

Carl's body in the dream was no shorter than an average giant, but when he stood in front of the door, he still felt like a potato.

Karl walked quickly forward, looked up at the gate that was at least thirty meters high, rubbed his palms, and then pushed hard.

The door was much easier to open and close than Carl had thought. He only needed to use 30% of his strength, and the door, which was made of pure white marble, opened with a bang.

A warm current overflowed from the space behind the door, and the orange-gold lines that had stabilized on Carl's dream body suddenly changed in a more complex direction after being enveloped by this warm current.

Carl suddenly felt his mind relaxed like never before, and all the troubles of being trapped in the elemental plane of air were thrown behind him.

I don’t know how much time had passed before Carl came back to his senses and looked behind the door.

The structure of this castle is very simple. After pushing open the door, there is a space somewhat similar to the Giant Hall in the Lonely Mountain Ruins.

The only difference from the original hall is that the original long table has been replaced with a circular round table. A ball of light is suspended in the middle of the round table, emitting soft golden light.

At the end of the room, a ridiculously tall golden chair was placed directly opposite the light ball. Like the light ball, it was located on the center line of the castle.

As he stepped in, Carl's attention was attracted by the more ornate and complex reliefs on the walls on both sides. Those reliefs seemed to be telling a history of giants, but for some reason, once Carl's eyes left a certain relief, he would forget its content.

It’s as if these histories have been covered up by “Gods” and cannot be recorded or explored.

Without noticing the anomaly, Carl walked straight into the middle of the hall.

After walking half a circle around the ball of light, he suddenly turned around and became very interested in the golden chair behind him.

This huge golden seat is also carved with complex patterns, but it seems that in order to ensure the comfort of the seat, these patterns are engraved in relief.

On the front of the chair back, the pattern vaguely forms the runes of two giants.

Carl just happened to know them.

"An... Nan?"

Annan, the father god in the giants' legend.

Carl vaguely remembered that in the DND world view, this was a god so powerful that he could create the world with just a thought.

According to the setting, this seems to be a multiverse-level existence.

The peculiarity of the Giant Rune may come from this.

"Huh? I can't remember the content of the relief on the castle wall, but why do I remember the content on this chair?"

Scratching his head, Carl did not delve into the reason, but turned around and sat on a chair around the circular table.

The chair he chose was located directly below the golden seat, and it looked as if he was leaning against the person sitting on the golden seat.

Just then, Carl noticed a detail on the table.

On this table which also has patterns, there is something that looks like a keyhole.

At this moment, Carl suddenly thought of the fine gold key.

And just as his thoughts were triggered, a dream version of the Platinum Key that was exactly the same as the Platinum Key appeared in Carl's hand.

This scene seemed to be planned in advance, and Carl couldn't help but frown. But he was really curious about what would happen next.

So he inserted the adamantine key into the keyhole.

"Crack! Boom—"

Carl stood up hesitantly, then stepped forward.

Some strange impulse drove him towards the ball of light, and vaguely, Carl discovered that his mechanical body seemed to overlap with something.

It was a giant with blue and white skin, somewhat similar to his Cloud Giant Spirit card.

As this thought arose in his mind, Carl suddenly saw himself today from a third-person perspective.

It was a mechanical body covered with gorgeous orange and gold patterns, and it was also a cloud giant with white hair and blue-white skin, looking exactly like Carl.

The two images do not overlap, but the real Carl with red hair and orange irises on their chests is the only thing they have in common.

The third-person perspective flashed by, and when Carl came back to his senses, he found himself under the ball of light.

Carl was enveloped by a warmer and softer feeling than when he entered the castle before. The golden lines on his mechanical body increased again and were completely stabilized by some strange power.

Following a certain feeling in his heart, Carl raised his hands and stretched them into the ball of light.

Unlike the heat Carl had expected, although there was indeed a slight burning sensation, the feel of the inside of the light ball was actually better than the cloud ball he had just climbed.

“Buzz——”

A loud buzzing sound vibrated out from the ball of light and the castle, and Carl's eyes suddenly burst into a brilliant golden light.

Some complex knowledge was transmitted into Carl's brain from the light ball. It was the craftsmanship of the giants, the use of runes, and some theoretical knowledge in the fields of space and mechanics.

Carl suddenly fainted in his dream, and the castle returned to its former silence.

The castle gate slammed shut, but the chair that Carl had sat on before began to show the same golden patterns as on Carl's body.

In the light emitted by the ball of light, the chair also shines brightly.

…

"Carl? Karl? Stop rubbing me, or I'll get angry!"

When Carl regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a bed made of soft cloud iron.

He was holding a girl with red skin and a toned body in his arms, and his hands were being pulled away from her chest by the other person.

"How long have I slept?"

Looking at Hope, who was only wearing a tank top and sports shorts, Carl blinked, his face full of confusion.

He still remembered everything in his dream and knew that he should have gone to the Eternal Furnace.

He also guessed that the ball of light might be the Eternal Furnace, so driven by the thoughts in his mind, he stretched the hands of his dream body into the ball of light.

"Did I really touch the ball of light just now, or was I sleepwalking in reality and put my hand into Hope's tank top? And the feeling of climbing the cloud before..."

Just as he was struggling with his feelings, Hope beside him suddenly leaned over and put his forehead against Carl's.

"Huh?"

Although they are already an old couple, Hope's sudden action still made Carl blush.

He was about to raise his head and retreat, but Hope held his head down without any explanation.

"Don't move. Let me take your temperature. You developed a high fever shortly after you fell asleep. We couldn't wake you up no matter what we did."

Hope breathed a sigh of relief when she felt that Carl's body temperature had returned to normal.

Seeing that Carl was still sitting there blankly, Hope continued, "Nia made a high-quality healing potion for you overnight. Ying and Mitris went out to help her collect materials. They just came back not long ago and are now asleep."

After rubbing the Jingming point above the bridge of his nose, Karl took two deep breaths, and then said apologetically: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Carl's face was clamped by Hope with both hands without any explanation, so that his head was forcibly fixed in front of the other person's face.

"Why are you being so polite to me? All my people are yours! It's only natural for us to help you, since you are our man! But you are not allowed to work so hard in the future! You have to leave here if you can't leave!"

When we were in the dungeon, didn't we already plan to live there forever? Isn't this place much better than the dungeon?"

Although there was a hint of the tough dialect unique to Zom in his tone, Carl could hear a hidden cry in Hope's words.

Reaching out to hug the other person, Carl gently stroked Hope's hair and said softly: "I will do my best in the future, don't worry. But to be honest, I am afraid that my illness this time is not because I have been enduring for several days..."

Just as he was about to continue speaking, Hope seemed to feel that the hugging position was a little uncomfortable, so he slightly twisted his soft yet muscular body.

Both of their bodies stiffened at the same time.

"You're going to die! You just recovered from a serious illness! Nia said that you have to rest and recuperate for the next week!"

(End of this chapter)