Chapter 619

So… we were actually already too late?! As everyone outside the city stared dumbfounded at Leon, who was dressed in attire that should belong to the Nightmare King and smiling as he walked out of Moshin Ice City, the Strawman Nightmare, who had personally torn open Moshin Ice City, immediately lost all composure and started babbling incoherently: “You… you… me… so what about them?”

“We were almost successful!”

The Swamp King Snake, covered in bite marks all over its body, emerged from the shattered dream and roared with fiery eyes: “You damn fool! How dare you let him loose?!”

The Green Tide Sea Monster, also covered in wounds, followed out of the broken dream and exclaimed with a face full of sorrow: “It’s over, completely over this time!”

“Don’t waste words! Act quickly!”

The Sand Dune Giant Worm, whose body was dried up by half, emerged from the dream with a violent gust of sand and blocked the side of Dream Leon directly. With eyes full of caution, it shouted loudly: “Stop him! He hasn’t run away yet; we still have a chance to…”

Accompanied by a scream of pain, a large number of bizarre beetles with black and gold markings drilled out of the Sand Dune Giant Worm’s body and began to furiously gnaw on its not yet dried-up half-body, causing it to crash down in pain and start rolling around in a death-like manner.

If it hadn’t been for a cold wind carrying joyful songs brushing past, freezing all the crawling beetles in place just in time, the massive body of the Sand Dune Giant Worm would probably have been devoured entirely in no time.

“You guys mustn’t be mistaken.”

After lowering the finger pointed at the Sand Dune Giant Worm, Dream Leon blinked his black and gold pupils, which resembled beetle shells, and slowly said:

“The reason I don’t run is not because I can’t, but because there’s no need.

From the moment I opened my eyes, I, Leon Lane, the destroyer of the Dream Realm born from the fear of the entire Dream Realm, became the strongest nightmare in the entirety of Soulfall Black Abyss.

Even if I do nothing now, the power of your nightmares will naturally flow towards me, towards the sole nightmare in the hearts of all creatures of the Dream Realm that represents supreme terror!”

“…”

Dude… why are you pretending again?

Looking at Dream Leon far away, who had raised his head, closed his eyes, spread his arms, and stood proudly against the wind with an air of arrogance like “I am the king of the world,” the real Leon instantly felt extremely awkward, as if his toes inside his shoes were scratching until they sparked.

Watching someone else use his face and body, dressed in flashy attire, exuding confidence enough to challenge heaven and earth, and delivering lines filled with youthful arrogance, was truly an experience that made one feel unbearably tense.

It was akin to when you were a kid and secretly wrote a unified world plan in your homework notebook, only for it to be publicly announced and subjected to public execution, evoking a sense of shame…

…

Just as Leon was feeling an unbearable itch all over his body and wanted to dig a hole under his feet to directly burrow into the Central Earth, the Strawman Nightmare, whose brain was completely stunned by the sudden situation, finally managed to recover.

And looking at Dream Leon’s familiar outfit and the shiny Mirror Diadem on his head, the Strawman Nightmare couldn’t help but explode with anger, shouting loudly: “Scoundrel! Why… why are you wearing the crown of the Nightmare King?”

“Hmm? Are you talking about this?”

After hearing the Strawman Nightmare’s words, Dream Leon touched the crown on his head and then looked up at the Strawman, whose eyes revealed fear, and replied with a smile:

“It is indeed strange, why does the crown that should belong to the Nightmare King appear on my head? Hmm… what do you think?”

Although he already had some guesses in his heart, he really didn’t dare to think about that incredibly terrifying answer. Looking at Dream Leon’s face laughing wildly, the Strawman Nightmare, whose heart and gallbladder were both shattered, couldn’t help but roar and control the giant Leon to swing a punch down with great momentum.

“What happened to the Nightmare King? What did you do to it?!”

However, strangely, this terrifying punch formed from the fears of hundreds of thousands of nightmares, powerful enough to make even True Gods temporarily retreat, wasn’t even as effective as a gentle breeze in front of Dream Leon.

The grand attack of the Strawman Nightmare dissipated before reaching Dream Leon, turning into countless streams of dark smoke of varying thicknesses, wailing as they desperately fled from Dream Leon’s side, not daring to linger for even a moment.

And with each futile effort, the figure of the giant Leon controlled by the Strawman Nightmare gradually changed, slowly resembling the Dream Leon standing in front of it.

In the end, the giant Leon even stopped attacking and quietly stood on the surface of the Nightmare River, facing the Dream Leon with the same strange smile appearing on its face.

Move! Move quickly!! Seeing his biggest reliance losing control and having no reaction despite repeated attempts, feeling the oppressive despair in front of him, the Strawman Nightmare’s body couldn’t help but tremble violently.

And at this moment, Dream Leon, who had not retaliated and was just smiling while watching it resist, suddenly praised with a smile:

“Nice job, nice job. I admire your loyalty, and since you’re so loyal, I’ll tell you about the situation of the Nightmare King~”

What he meant… could the Nightmare King still be alive?! After hearing Dream Leon’s words, the Strawman Nightmare couldn’t help but shake all over, instinctively looking toward Dream Leon. In its two-tenths hope and eight-tenths fear gaze, Dream Leon suddenly licked his lips with his tongue, then abruptly stretched his mouth wide open and whispered maliciously: “The taste of the Nightmare King… it’s quite good, very satisfying.”

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??!!! Watching the exceptionally evil-smiling Dream Leon and the other seven silent Nightmare Messengers in the distance, the Strawman Nightmare’s last line of defense was thoroughly breached, and it fell to its knees with a thud.

The hundreds of thousands of nightmares who had offered their own fears and condensed into the giant Leon also knelt down simultaneously at the moment it collapsed, staring up in terror at the Nightmare that had descended into “reality,” not daring to make the slightest move.

It’s over.

Feeling the [Nightmare] flowing out from the hundreds of thousands of nightmares in front of him, continuously surging towards himself, Dream Leon couldn’t help but reveal a pleased expression and then slowly walked to the fallen Strawman Nightmare.

“Come.”

Extending his right hand to the fallen Strawman Nightmare, Dream Leon smiled and said: “Their [Nightmares] already belong to me. Now give me your [Nightmare] too!”

“Never!”

Trembling and pushing away Dream Leon’s hand, the Strawman Nightmare glared with hatred and said: “Nightmare King… even if you devour the Nightmare King and obtain all the [Nightmares], you’re still just a fake! Those people fear not you, the nightmare born from fear, but the true destroyer!”

“That’s right, I’m indeed just a fake, a nightmare born from the ‘Leon destroying the Dream Realm’ nightmare.”

Upon hearing this, Dream Leon nodded and then smiled, asking in return: “But what does that matter?

Although I am a fake, the true destroyer won’t suddenly come to the Dream Realm and compete with me for the position of Lord of Nightmares, so… hmm?”

(The chapter ends here)