Super Righteous Player
Chapter 482 - 23 Nightmare: Wizard Kill_1

Chapter 482: Chapter 23 Nightmare: Wizard Kill_1

...Artificial nightmares?

Annan spotted something that piqued his interest from the window of the Delicious Wind Goose.

The only person he knew who could create nightmares was Benjamin.

Furthermore, mastering the knowledge of nightmare studies had always been Benjamin’s goal—his initial wish was to rescue Evelyn from the infinite Cycle of nightmares. Therefore, he had started researching nightmares since his Wizard stage.

Benjamin undoubtedly possessed a very solid foundation in nightmare studies.

He was even proficient in Soul Reaping, Transmutation, Shaping, and Idolatry, and for this specialization, he had forsaken all other schools of magic.

And these four schools were the only ones that could be related to nightmare studies.

So, Annan was not surprised that Benjamin could artificially create nightmares.

But how did Eck Shattered manage to create nightmares?

He had no relevant skills and wasn’t even a Wizard...

"...Quite interesting."

Annan mused for a long time.

He took Dorin and found a nearby hotel, booked a room, and even ordered lunch in advance, preparing to watch the Delicious Wind Goose’s first venture into the nightmare.

According to the players’ division into teams, each squad was arranged to have at least one player who was adept at conquering nightmares, to prevent them from getting stuck when facing one—always relying on calling for external help was not ideal.

Nata County was quite crucial because it involved the high-value specialty "Demon’s Blood." To ensure the transportation point in Nata County could be established, Delicious Wind Goose, as the main force tackling "Nightmare: Gallery," primarily focused on conquering nightmares.

This was also why the Delicious Wind Goose, despite being the mightiest force, could not keep watch at night and had to enter nightmares.

If the aim was to clear nightmares and gather intelligence, Delicious Wind Goose was even more useful than a Priest.

The Monster Teacher, being a Priest for Silver Baron, had only above-average decryption skills. It’s safe to say his skills were quite NPC-like... It was certainly not his turn to pioneer the nightmare; it would be more useful to let him explore other outcomes using his life after at least one successful route had been researched.

Among all the players, the most efficient at clearing nightmares were actually the two professional puzzle-solving players, Four Concealed Triplets and Longjing Tea, recruited in the second phase, followed by Delicious Wind Goose.

Although Delicious Wind Goose’s build looked quite intimidating, he was still a serious card game streamer. When it came to intelligence, he was clearly smarter than Roaming Child, Jiu’er, and Lin Yiyi.

Seeing that Delicious Wind Goose was going to tackle a cooperative nightmare and had even started an in-game stream after a long hiatus, other players who were available eagerly tuned into the old goose’s channel, with most choosing the full immersion mode—this was the newly updated content that allowed them to observe the nightmare in the first-person perspective with detailed sensations.

"—First!"

"—Front row, here to watch the old goose’s stream."

"—You guys got here fast, don’t you have work?"

"—Obviously, those who can watch the stream don’t need to work."

"—I logged on as soon as I heard the old goose was streaming. The best part about this game is that it lets me not miss out on anything because I have to sleep..."

After Delicious Wind Goose gradually came to his senses, he opened his eyes only to find a barrage of comments flying past—players were having a great time chatting and even blocked his quest log.

He coldly and calmly shut down the comment system right away.

...I give you something to watch, and you all run here to chat?

Once he closed the comments, Delicious Wind Goose finally saw the nightmare prompt in front of him:

[This instance’s difficulty is Hard.]

[This instance does not provide narrative introduction and offers no decryption reward.]

[Instance loading complete.]

...No decryption reward?

Delicious Wind Goose was momentarily stunned.

He looked around and quickly realized where he was.

He was in a very narrow room, sitting on a chair made of an extremely heavy metal.

Judging from the roughness and dullness of the skin on his hands, "he" seemed to be a middle-aged man in his forties. And he was not a noble, a wizard... most likely a farmer or a fisherman, probably not a Transcendent.

The environment around Delicious Goose was very dim. There was only one very high window in the room... It looked just like a solitary cell in a prison.

And his hands and feet were locked onto the chair, unable to move at all.

In front of him was placed an extremely complicated, yet not very large, bronze machine. This machine was about the size of an induction cooker, with a circular tray in the center, holding a thick, long white candle covered in measurements.

On the side closest to Delicious Goose, there extended thirteen long-handled keys.

The keys looked somewhat like the white keys of a piano. One side was marked with the numbers "1" to "12" while the other side had a simple, almost circular rune. There was also a separate key on the far left, labeled "Spell".

With that light, Delicious Goose could see the wall in front of him. To the left, there was a large [3] painted with blood-like red paint.

On the right, there was a piece of paper nailed with the word "Rogue" written in large letters.

...What is this?

It didn’t seem like an escape room... And wasn’t this a cooperative Nightmare? Where were my teammates?

Could it be Werewolf?

Just as Delicious Goose thought of this, a light screen suddenly flashed in front of him:

[Main Quest: Achieve "Game" Victory]

Immediately afterward, three additional conditions appeared:

[At least one person in the team must survive until the end]

[The victory conditions of the entire team must not conflict]

[Do not let the "Idol Wizard" achieve victory]

Before Delicious Goose could finish reading.

A somewhat familiar voice came from beside him—

It was the voice of "Eck Shattered"!

"Ladies and gentlemen, it’s our game time again!"

His voice echoed in the room like it was broadcast through a loudspeaker, creating a fine reverberation.

"Identities have been randomly assigned, so without further ado—there are ’newcomers’ participating in this game. As per the old rules, I will explain the specific rules of the ’Ritual: Unification War’ to the newcomers!"

...Eck himself has come in?

Was this why he invited the four of us into the Nightmare?

Delicious Goose’s expression tightened, and he refocused his attention.

Soon, under Eck’s explanations, Delicious Goose understood the rules of this so-called "game".

It was not complicated:

This was an elimination game, with twelve people participating in the ritual.

These twelve people, all devoid of spellcasting abilities, were imprisoned in these twelve rooms.

However, under the rules, eight of them could imitate the wizards of eight different schools, each with their own special skill to "emulate the wizard’s spellcasting behavior".

The remaining four identities were Swordsman, Rogue, Hunter, and Priest—unfair as it was, only the wizards had skills. The remaining four were part of the "civilian" camp.

The ritual lasted for four days and three nights.

As for the rest of the rules...

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