Last day on Academy. [LDOA]

"Wow..... it's so vast! B-but it's quite chilling. Hey Kyou why do I feel a little wierd here?" With Sunny's reply Hàorán appeared from his behind.

"Whoa! What the fuck bro! Do you wanna give me a heart attack!" Sunny grumbled rubbing his chest.

"Ohh sorry sorry, hahaha..... I just wanna prank you and don't worry here you can't die as your physical body is still in cafeteria bench. And about the wierd feeling you can felt must be your perception of reality.

You already know that, this is an illusion but can't comprehend what's real what's fake. You can play as much you want, as here a day means a second in reality. So play without any care but remember I can't change the theme now. As it would consume lot's of mental energy to reconstruct this realm." After providing him the information we played for 2 days but it was getting boring.... fed up with surroundings we returned back to reality.

"You really didn't lie, only 2 seconds were spent in reality but we were able to remain until 2 days inside the illusion." Sunny voiced out with excitement. Listening his outburst both of the girls looked away making a pouting expression.

After eating we waited for the sun to set down. Instructor Rock gathered every Sleeper in foyer of Sleeper Centre and led them outside.

Other awakened were also leading their own batches to medical centre.

After entering the medical centre, instructor lead them to comparatively deserted floor and then opened the doors to a spacious gallery.

There they saw rows of wheelchair. In each wheelchair there was a person with blank,

strangely peaceful look completely silent and motionless. They didn't show any reaction to the appearance of guests. They seemed empty lacking very important piece which differentiated them from us.

Instructor Rock looked at empty people with solemn eyes, "There's a reason I bought you here. look well and remember. Those're called hollow.

Each one of them was either a sleeper or an awakened. Some were strong & some were weak. Some of them incredibly powerful, all of them perished in dream realm."

Rock looked at everyone faces before saying, "So don't die out there."

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Half an hour later sleepers were led to their personal rooms and preparing to enter their pods.

In one of the rooms, Cassie was trying to orient herself in the unfamiliar place. Instead of tears there was determination within her eyes to reach him..... the one who ...

In another room, the legacy Caster was staring listless at door and remembered his task given by the clan. His lips were trembling rapidly also his body too.

Somewhere Else, Changing Star, Nephis, Immortal Flame Clan Heiress, was looking at her hands. The hands which were soaked with the blood of her clan members. Her face contorted in a grimace of harrowing agony.

And beside her room was, Shadow Slave Sunless, lost from Light, turned away from his sleeping pod glancing at his shadow.

"Well are you ready?"

His shadow shrugged and didn't answered.

"Yeah me too." Sunny sighed.

Finally there was, Last Shard of Carnal Axis, Hàorán Kyoujiro, Dimension Traveller, Partner with Devil, Beginner Harem King touched his chest.

"Please protect me Mother Alcina."

With that, he stepped forward and climbed into the pod.

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In vast echoing darkness, he heard:

[Welcome to the Dream Realm, Hàorán.]

He was expecting the similar experience in his first nightmare. The time rewinding and flowing back again, he wanted to feel that again which helped him to get enlightened.

Instead, after hearing the spell greeting, I found myself gasping for air on plain ground.

He realised something, he was covered in dust, cold and down right naked.

"Huh!?"

Really, who would realise clothing would disappear when entering dream realm. Still it was cold and unbearable. Then he remembered of his friends, he closed his eyes focusing on finding them.

With Sharingan he had identified each thread connected to him. Cuz Sunny, Nephis and Cassie had dark red shaded lines depicting they would become most important in my life.

With reference to that, I searched for them. I was inside a labyrinth which had many puddles of water in the hallway. I walked towards the destined line which felt shorter and near to me.

While I was walking, I kept my guard up and summoned Alcina Clone (Echo) guarding my rear. There were many sea weeds on trails and edges of labyrinth walls.

I started collecting them, as I decided I would make some underwear for myself. I have learnt some sewing and crafting from Master Julius.

After walking a mile or something, I came across creatures..... nightmare creatures having two cores. (Fuck, I'm already in hard mode, for my friends it would be plain suicide. I have to hurry and clean this up fast.)

I asked Alcina to clean of the nightmare creatures. The creature was two and half metres tall, looking like a weird mix of a demonic crab, a centaur, and a nightmare. it had four pairs of long, segmented legs that ended in scythe-like protrusions.

At the front, a human-like torso was protruding from the carapace, also clad in thick chitinous armor. The head was situated directly on top of the torso, with no neck in between. It had two narrow eye slits and a viscous-looking mouth with several slimy mandibles. Instead of hands, the monsters had two enormous pincers.

(Fuck what's with this abomination CrabXCentaur. There armour look so thick and could be only broke through with the help of awakened or higher memory weapon.)

After that what occur was carnage, within a thirty seconds. Alcina was able to decimate the whole group of those abominations.

[You have killed Awakened Beast Carapace Scorpion.]

[You have killed.....]

[You have acquired a memory.....]

[You have acquired an Echo.....]

Alcina gutted all the nightmare creatures with her left extended claw. And in her right she carried a empty Caracas of the creature. She collected every Soul Shard keeping them inside the Caracas like a hand bag.

I didn't have time to worry about spells notifications, (I have to search a way to get out of this labyrinth.) At that time Hàorán didn't knew that, far away from his location a water tide was razing around.

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