Chapter 164: Dark Oasis

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Gabriel's consciousness had fallen asleep for its own protection from all the pain that it was going through to protect its sanity. However, even when his consciousness was sleeping, it wasn't idle. 

While his soul was being controlled subconsciously, real Gabriel found himself in a different place, as if he was in one of the dreams again, which was the safe place for his consciousness at a time like this. 

As soon as he woke up in the new surroundings, he immediately looked at his left hand. Fortunately, his left hand wasn't missing. However, he also noticed that his Mark of Light was missing, which only happened when he was in one of those odd dreams. 

"Again, a dream? What about the battle with Lira? If I'm dreaming, then I can't be dead yet. But she won't let me leave either."