Traveling through the game world

Dark City is very large, but the distance from Krent's house to Sharan is not too far. However, Lian Yang and Alice felt that this short distance was incredibly slow.

Alice is undoubtedly the most beautiful NPC in DNF. Even when she appears as the final boss in the Time Gate dungeon in the later stages, she still gives people a stunning feeling.

Lian Yang is a veteran DNF player. Although he's played many other online games, DNF is the game he played before he transmigrated. Well, to put it simply, he's a fangirl... always having all sorts of fantasies about NPCs. So when the real people appeared before him, and were even more amazing than in the game...

Hmm, throughout the entire journey, Lian Yang's eyes were constantly fixed on Alice, secretly, openly, feigning composure, and intensely. In short, his eyes never left Alice.

As for Alice, although she was born in the Demon Realm, she was probably only around 20 years old. As a bard, she was always very emotional. Along the way, she was constantly being stared at by Lian Yang's undisguisedly intense gaze, which made her heart flutter and her face flush. Surprisingly, Alice found that she didn't feel any dislike for Lian Yang at all.

"Ahem!" Baron coughed and shouted, "This is the Magic Academy!"

"what!"

"Oh!"

"We've arrived so quickly?" Lian Yang and Alice suddenly said in unison, then simultaneously fell silent.

"Hey!" Gunner Alice said helplessly, "What else do you want to do? How much longer do you want to walk? Hmm, how much longer do you want to stare at that little girl?"

"Ah!" Lian Yang explained helplessly, "Oh, no, what did you say!"

"Giggle..." The bard Alice couldn't help but giggle, seemingly finding Lian Yang's current state quite amusing.

With the pass given to them by Krent, Lian Yang and the others quickly found Sharan, the chief mage of the Dark Elf Kingdom and president of the Magic Guild, who was meditating.

Upon seeing Lian Yang, Sharan greeted him warmly, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Sharan, the chief mage of the palace, currently serving as the president of the Magic Guild and the dean of the Magic Academy. I know you, Lian Yang, Agamemnon's disciple, a very outstanding young man."

With her tall figure, dark and shiny skin typical of dark elves, long, wavy silver-gray hair, a large purple-blue rose on her head, and even her lips and long dress being purple-blue, Sharan, immersed in black and purple-blue, exuded an indescribable sense of mystery and charm.

Lian Yang replied politely, "Please give my greetings on behalf of my master. I've come mainly to inquire about the destruction of the Spider Kingdom."

After careful consideration, Sharan said, "The Spider Kingdom? According to records, after King Babu of the Spider Kingdom passed away, Prince Nicholas and Princess Angelina engaged in a fierce power struggle. The kingdom exhausted its resources in the internal strife and was eventually destroyed by the invading dwarves."

Sharan's tone was normal, after all, it was a story from a long time ago, but upon hearing that his country had been destroyed because of his and his sister's struggle, the Spider Prince Nicholas couldn't help but shed tears and said softly, "Hello, Ms. Sharan, I am the Spider Prince Nicholas."

"What?" Upon hearing Spider Prince Nicholas's words, the elegant Sharan exclaimed in surprise. She carefully examined Spider Prince Nicholas's body with magic and said in astonishment, "Incredible! I can't be sure you're Spider Prince Nicholas, but you are indeed the Spider-Man who has vanished."

Lian Yang stepped forward and said, "I'm sure he's the Spider Prince Nicholas, because we brought him out of the drifting cave, where the atmosphere is very eerie."

Lian Yang began to tell Sharan in detail what happened in the Spider Kingdom ruins in the drifting cave, explaining everything without missing a single detail.

After listening to Lian Yang's account and pondering for a moment, Sharan said, "Judging from your description and the presence of this person before us, the Spider Kingdom's timeline should have reverted to the point after Emperor Babugang's death. I don't know why this is the case; perhaps a powerful force is involved."

Shaking his head, Lian Yang said, "I suspect that the energy of the Destruction Era and the Black Nightmare appeared together, which is why Nicholas was resurrected, but we don't have the means to detect the energy."

"A means of detecting energy?" With that, Sharan took out a transparent crystal ball and said calmly, "Nicholas, put your hand on it and feel the energy within."

Spider Prince Nicholas took the magic ball from Sharan and entered a meditative state. Nicholas, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, couldn't see it, but Lian Yang and the others could see it clearly: the magic ball in Nicholas's hand was emitting a dark light, and the aura within the light felt very familiar to Lian Yang.

"Black Nightmare! It's Black Nightmare!" exclaimed Alice, the bard standing nearby.

Bard Alice, sensing the surprised and suspicious looks from the crowd, explained, "The shadow of the Apostles has always been present in the disasters that have occurred on the continent of Arad. They have attempted to invade our Arad, and the Black Nightmare is their weapon and means. It should be that the energy of the Destruction Era has covered the aura of the Black Nightmare, but under Sharan's magic ball, I was able to see the Black Nightmare hidden deep within."

Alice is certainly familiar with the Black Nightmare. Although she has always been deceived and manipulated by Hilder, the Weeping Eye, she is actually a very kind human who wants to save Arad.

Her adventures along the way had exposed her to many Black Nightmare Infected, so the moment the magic orb lit up, she was absolutely certain that this was the energy of the Black Nightmare.

"The Black Nightmare?" Lian Yang muttered, then thought about it carefully and said with certainty, "Yes, this is indeed the aura of the Black Nightmare. Nicholas, do you have any special ideas, such as conquering the world?"

Shaking his head, Spider Prince Nicholas said, "You know, I'm just a prince now, still vying for the throne with my sister Angelina. Right now, all I want is to save my people under Angelina's rule. As for conquering the world, every king has that thought, okay? On the contrary, I woke up with an urge to destroy everything, although I've suppressed that urge."

Sharan, who had been pondering, said, "It seems there's no mistake. It was the combined energy of the Destruction Era and the Black Nightmare that caused the Spider Kingdom ruins in the drifting cave to revert to the point in time when Babu had just died. However, the Black Nightmare itself should have split in two. If I'm not mistaken, your sister should be incredibly insane and brutal right now, because you probably didn't receive as much Black Nightmare as she did."

While Spider Prince Nicholas might have thoughts of destruction, he could ultimately control them. Lian Yang recalled the game; in the game, Spider Princess Angelina acted like a complete madwoman. Therefore, Lian Yang was certain that Sharan's claim that Spider Prince Nicholas received less Black Nightmare than Spider Princess Angelina was true.

"Looks like we have no other choice!" Lian Yang shrugged. "Nicholas, we have to get rid of your sister, or the world will really descend into chaos."

Talking about killing someone's sister in front of his brother, even though the two siblings were mortal enemies, Baron Arthur couldn't help but cover his head and think, "Could you have put it more tactfully?"

"Uh!" As expected, Nicholas was momentarily speechless at Lian Yang's words, and after a long while, he said helplessly, "That's true, but could you be a little more tactful? But it seems I have a more legitimate reason now than before, um, I'm going to save the world!"

The resurrected Spider Prince Nicholas actually started joking, something he never dared to imagine before, and of course he thoroughly enjoyed it.

"What's the point of being tactful?" Lian Yang said nonchalantly. "My Spider King, don't you want to save your kingdom as soon as possible?"

"The Spider Kingdom is destroyed," Prince Nicholas said calmly. "Then let it be destroyed. Now I only want to save the world. As for the throne, I suddenly don't care so much about it anymore."