Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

Aloe was equally decisive; she strode toward the gate of the fortress.

Several guards lay at the entrance, each with a ball of light above their heads representing a beautiful dream. Sakura and the others seemed to think the fish were too small and not worth wasting their time on, so they abandoned them.

Without hesitation, Aloe Vera said, "Let's see how the Dragon Queen's methods work."

She reached out and touched the ball of light.

Fan Kou and Mu Suogen did not hesitate and raised their hands as well.

The next instant, the three of them inexplicably appeared on a crimson lake, in the center of which stood a rack. The guards at the gate were bound hand and foot to it.

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Isn't this... completely unprepared?

Fan Kou was short-sighted; his life was confined to the territory of 1555, and he only knew the names of many things, not the details.

He looked at the guards on the rack and asked in surprise, "What's going on? Weren't we supposed to be fighting? I feel like if I just slash this guy down now, he'll be dead!"

Aloe vera also frowned slightly.

Musogen then said, "The Dragon Queen is known as the 'Dragon of Dreams,' possessing the extraordinary skill of manipulating dreams. It is said that when she bestows a reward, she can give a person a dream of smooth sailing and a fulfilling life, a dream that can last for decades or even centuries, from birth to death; when she punishes, she can make a person suffer hardships and torment in their dream, until the dreamer's body dies of old age..."

"Right now, she must be manipulating the dreams, making them dream that they are being tortured. That's why we are seeing this."

Fan Kou and Aloe exchanged a surprised glance.

"Well……"

Just then, the person on the rack woke up.

He first looked around blankly, then looked at the three people in front of him, and suddenly began to struggle.

A silent struggle.

The rope binding his hands and feet was just ordinary hemp rope, which not only had no magical power but was also not tied tightly.

Logically, he should be able to gain his freedom soon if he struggles.

but……

His struggles were futile; he merely twisted twice symbolically, but never managed to break free of his restraints.

Aloe understood, thinking to herself, "It's an implication. The Dragon Queen is implying that he can't break free from the restraints, so he didn't really struggle, only offering symbolic resistance... As expected of the leader of Community 2, this kind of bizarre ability is truly shameless! Once she's trapped in a dream, who can compete with her?"

Without the slightest hesitation, she immediately conjured several stone nails, pierced through the guard's body, and nailed him to the rack.

Immediately, the dream shattered!

The three of them, Aloe and Aloe, suddenly realized they were back in front of the Hessian Wall.

The golden orb above the guard's head, who was previously dreaming, was no longer there.

His eyes were wide open, blood was flowing from his seven orifices, and he seemed not to understand why he had died.

Fan Kou, still shaken, exclaimed, "Truly terrifying! No wonder she's the Dragon Queen... I could practice my whole life and still not master such a technique!"

Musogen was also amazed. He touched the Book of the Rootless: "If nothing unexpected happens, the Hesei clan might perish here."

After a moment's thought, Aloe Vera immediately said, "Come with me."

Where to go?

Fan Kou followed closely behind Aloe Vera.

Aloe vera clearly had a specific goal. She walked through the barren streets, occasionally passing by a few dreamlike orbs of light, but she paid them no heed.

Unable to contain himself, Fan Kou asked, "Aloe Vera, where are we going?"

"Find Leonard."

"……what?"

"The descendant of the Earth God is skilled in civil engineering. When Leonard came here, he invited me to participate in the first phase of the construction of this fortress. I know where he is hiding now."

"what!"

The explanation about aloe vera made Fan Kou laugh out loud.

He looked at Aloe with a narrowed eye and asked, "And then... you were kicked away by him?"

Aloe vera glanced at him coldly and said in a chilling voice, "There's nothing I can do about it. I hadn't met General Tianwang back then, and even if I knew I wouldn't be accepted, I still had to serve Leonard."

He let out a cold snort: "That sounds nice!"

Aloe continued to lead the way, saying, "Leonard asked me to build a sturdy underground defensive facility, strong enough to withstand a Supreme attack, and I fulfilled his request. At the same time, I secretly dug a passage that can bypass the heavy guards and directly appear in the inner core... Now, I will lead you through the secret passage."

Is this even possible?!

Fan Kou wasn't very credulous and asked curiously, "Really?"

Aloe smiled slightly: "As I said, the descendants of the Earth God are skilled in earth and wood arts. Our expertise in this area surpasses that of anyone else."

As they were talking, Aloe pushed open the window of a house and climbed inside.

Then he crawled into the fireplace and opened a hidden entrance.

Squatting at the entrance, a gentle breeze caresses my face.

Musogen frowned and asked curiously, "Commander Aloe, what are we doing now? Assassinating Leonard?"

Aloe slowly shook her head: "Assassination would be best, of course. However, Leonard is no ordinary person. He might be trapped by the Dragon Queen's magic, but it's hard to imagine him being killed without resistance... Therefore, my plan is to secretly take his 'Water God's Source'."

"As payment for helping him build, Leonard taught me two things—first, how to extract the divine source; and second, how to accept the divine source."

"It turns out he lied about the second thing. He didn't teach me anything real;"

Aloe smiled and continued, "However, the method for extracting the source of the god is real, because I truly did it. And now, I intend to use the method he taught me to extract his source!"

Extract the source of the Water God?

This matter was outside the knowledge of Fan Kou and Mu Suogen. The two looked at each other, neither knowing what to do.

Fan Kou asked, "What do you want us to do?"

Aloe vera pulled out an astrological chart from under her skirt and said, "You can't help me. Take this astrological chart and hide somewhere. If the plan is exposed, activate the chart immediately to ensure our safety."

Fan Kou took it and said seriously, "You can rest assured. As you know, I never make mistakes when it comes to serious matters."

……

……

Following the secret passage in the fireplace, Aloe and the other two slowly ventured deeper into the core area of ​​the fortress.

At first, they were a little nervous and dared not move too quickly, lest they make a sound and be noticed.

Through the pre-reserved observation port, the aloe vera made a surprising discovery—

The guards in the underground protective facility were also affected by the dream, and every single one of them collapsed to the ground!

oops……

Soldiers are valuable and quick.

After walking for a while, sounds gradually came through the thick walls. The sounds weren't loud, so they weren't fighting, but rather someone walking briskly.

Fan Kou sensed something and immediately said, "Commander, someone has come in! It must be the dragons who discovered the entrance."

Aloe vera remained unusually calm: "We're almost there."

After a while, the aloe vera finally stopped.

Looking around, Fan Kou realized they were in a small space no more than half a meter high, where even squatting was uncomfortable.

There was no light around them, only the glowing orbs of magic in their hands.

He asked, "Where? Where are we?"

Aloe pointed upwards: "We are currently below the core of the underground protective facility. Two meters up is Leonard's command post."

what……

Fankou asked, "And then?"

Aloe smiled slightly: "Under normal circumstances, there would be no then. But now, as long as Leonard is up there, and we stay here without moving, we can obtain his divine source—the 'displacement method' he taught me, which gives us the ability to retrieve objects from a distance."

Aloe vera raised her hand and pressed it onto the rock strata.

Then, he released his magic.

Musogen wasn't idle either. He also raised his hand and pressed it onto the rock layer. The hard rock suddenly weathered and crumbled, turning into fine sand.

And so, a tiny hole less than 3 millimeters in diameter appeared in the rock stratum two meters away, a stone wall pierced by the old man's magic.

The weathered sand was not wasted; it gathered together to form an eye of sand that watched over Leonard's command post, revealing its interior to Fan Kou and the others.

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Chapter 365 The Devil's Intrusion

In the cramped, secret passage, a sand table stands upright. Yellow sand gathers and sculpts, creating a lifelike model of a room.

After a while, the sand table model became more and more exquisite, gradually acquiring more colors, and eventually became a scaled-down model that reflected every move in the room above in real time.

This was the first time Fan Kou had ever seen such a strange spell.

He was, after all, an adventurer of the twelfth realm. He hadn't seen it before but could guess, so he asked, "Mr. Mu, is this... the view from the room upstairs?"

Musogen nodded: "Yes. My 'Eye of Sand' is different from ordinary reconnaissance techniques. It doesn't steal images through light imaging, but rather uses extremely fine and tiny sand to cover everything and make a rubbing. Because the principle is very different from ordinary reconnaissance techniques, the Eye of Sand is extremely well concealed."

what……

Fan Kou seemed to understand but not quite, and nodded, saying, "Very clever."

In the room reflected in the sand table, runes spread continuously on the floor and walls, as if an invisible hand was drawing an array.

Inside the room, five people were either sitting or lying down.

They seemed completely oblivious to the runes that had inexplicably appeared on the wall, remaining motionless in place, probably under the control of the Dragon Queen, trapped in a deep sleep from which they could not extricate themselves.