Although the Key of Transformation, most adept at Space Magic, has fallen in the chaos of the Capital, the Divine Knowledge Saintess also vanished after resigning in disgrace.

Therefore, neither the Kingdom nor the Church has made significant progress in the assault on the Black Gate, evident by the infiltration even in the Holy City near the Saintess selection.

Among the Keys of the Door, the Black Dream Key is considered an especially low-profile and mysterious member.

It is said she doesn't kill her enemies, but those who have seen her true face fall into an endless dark dream from which they cannot awaken. Although their souls do not disappear, they are as if eternally asleep, plunged into silence.

The Church even established a specialized medical care facility to house those victimized by the Black Dream Key, hoping that one day they would awaken.

Yet even without these terrifying rumors to scare children in the night, the Hero who sparred with her father and brother understands that Pantheon-level figures are not something she can defeat right now.

She stared at the ramshackle house into which the woman was dragged earlier in the Illusion Realm.

Even though all the Goblins had been turned into ground remnants by her and the Gleaming Scale Serpent, and the Deserted Village was once more bathed in bright Sunshine, that house with a broken doorway remained shrouded in darkness inside.

Suddenly, a chilling premonition surged through the Hero's heart—

[Black Dream Key activated the skill: Not Dream]

[The Saintess's Precepts exceed the Black Dream Key's Perception limit, automatically judged as successful]

[Perfect Star rises, Legendary Attribute unlocked]

1. Pointed

2. What are you afraid of?

3. Signal flare!

4. Sacrifice!

5. Turn around and run

6. Praying Light Dance!

7. Rescue Saint Mark

8. Celestial Scales!

9. Self-Destruction Evil - Extreme

10. Great Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(5)=5

♛: Turn around and run

[The emotion of the Black Dream Key——]

D100=d100(36)=36

1. Joy

2. Anger

3. Worry

4. Ponder

5. Sorrow

6. Fear

7. Love

8. Dislike

9. Desire

10. Great Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(6)=6

♛: Fear

[What the Black Dream Key fears is——]

1.5. The dreams of the fallen Key of Transformation

2.6. The gaze of the Divine Knowledge Saintess

3.7. The Hero of the Great Demon

4.8. The fairy of Dusk

9. Beast Counting Dream

10. Great Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(2)=2

♛: The gaze of the Divine Knowledge Saintess

→☆→☆→☆→✧←★←★←★←

Under the Hero's grave gaze, the half-closed broken door was suddenly pushed open, and the darkness inside the house was dispelled by the dim outside light.

Though initially devoid of any figure and presence, a graceful woman in a black dress and veil slowly walked out, her deep black pupils carrying an indistinct mysterious emotion.

"Who is it——"

In the next moment, black pupils met emerald eyes, reflecting each other's figures, and then both their movements froze.

The Hero felt like prey under a predator's gaze, the instinctive terror made her hair stand on end, as if she had lost control of her body, unable to move.

Meanwhile, the Black Dream Key looked at the Hero's face, dressed in the attire of the Judgement Court; her eyes shifted from indifference, puzzlement, surprise, contemplation, and realization to ultimately land on a slightly stunned fear.

After a few seconds of stillness, the two began to move almost simultaneously.

In the next second, the Hero was engulfed by a Gale, vanishing from the spot, having darted up high into the sky, speeding towards the Holy City without looking back.

[The Hero activated the skill: Gale Power (Agility set to max value 281)]

'It's the Key of the Door herself, retreat!'

'She is the child who subverted destiny in the Capital—the Divine Knowledge saw me through her, cannot let her escape.'

[Black Dream Key activates skill——]

1.5. Not Dream (Defense)

2.6. Black Wall Nightfall (Capture)

3.7. Eternal Falling Darkness (Kill)

4.8. Not Dream (Escape)

9. Construct Real Dream (Negotiation)

10. Great Success/Extreme Failure

D10=d10(2)=2

♛: Black Wall Nightfall (Capture)

Then the Dream Key suddenly raised both hands, and a shadowy high wall rose around the whole Deserted Village, about to trap the Hero within.

[Black Dream Key activated skill: Soul Radiation - Black Wall Nightfall (D Agility + D Perception) ]

D276+d407=d276(89)+d407(403)=492

Preemptive Group Barrier, immobile upon activation, determined by D Agility + D Perception, changes the environment within the Barrier to deep night, forcing those failing perception to fall into a dream, synchronizing with the dreamscape.

[Great Success +30=522]

It was not a tangible thing, but an extension of will and thought,

capable of capturing anyone upon perceiving them, a gigantic spirit to interfere with reality—

In a moment, the Hero had surged into the sky, and from the corner of her eye, the Black Dream Key had turned into a small black dot on the ground.

But before she could breathe a sigh of relief, her eyelids suddenly became unbearably heavy.

The sky darkened in her eyes, as though everyone was plunged into a beautiful dream in the pre-dawn night.

She was like a kite released into the wind, thinking she gained freedom but was suddenly pulled back taut at the highest point.

The long night descends quietly, devouring the light of day in its entirety.

[The Hero's Sunshine was revoked, Universal Attributes -10]

[The Hero activated the skill: All-Domain Super Sense (D Perception + D Intelligence, minimum 100)]

D223+d259+100=d223(96)+d259(166)+100=362

[The Hero's Perception counterattack failed, falling into "Black Dream Coma" state (160), which can only be lifted after taking damage over 160 points]

[The Hero's equipment skill activated: Blessing of Steel Wind, Ice Pure Circulation]

D40+80=d40(22)+80=102

"Fool, wake...wake..." the moaning of another self echoed in her mind, but it wasn't enough to lift the heavy eyelids.

The black wall rose high, the night curtain fell, and the world was painted black in an instant, falling into a silent dreamless dream.

And the girl, who just a moment ago flew like an arrow off the string, was now also in deep slumber, gently falling from the sky amidst the bewildered caress of the breeze.

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