Chapter 103 Dawn Comes

"Yeah, I totally get it..."

Annan muttered.

What can be determined at present is that the pigment that can imprison the soul is made by Ailey's body.

That is to say, Ailey may have died after the first ceremony. It's just that her corpse is still in action, unaware of her own death...

So the question is, how does a corpse get pregnant?

As we all know, to get the umbilical cord, it needs to be after the baby is born or died. Amos was able to swallow the umbilical cord, indicating that the baby was already dead at that time... Why did he soak the baby's body in wine instead of discarding or destroying it?

Is it that he doesn't want to...or dare not?

The meat ball burning with colorful flames exudes an extremely terrifying aura. Annan was basically certain that although he didn't know whether it was a men's or women's ball, he would definitely not be able to play that ball.

In the original history, with the assistance of a number of "industry people" - that is, official extraordinary people, many people died to subdue it.

How can such a stillbirth, who has been dead for six months and not yet born, have such a powerful force?

There is an explanation for all of this:

Its father wasn't Amos at all.

——But the skeleton man.

The newspaper said that Elle Morrison suddenly disappeared at the end of January 1458.

A stillbirth takes about six months to conceive in the womb.

And the time of the copy that the wandering child is currently in progress is June 12, 1457... which is Ellie's birthday.

Maybe it's a birthday, and it has a special meaning in the ceremony.

Even if the homeless child didn't pretend to be sick, Amos should have planned to let "Elly" go to the basement to hold this ceremony. In the dungeon that Annan cleared, maybe he would be taken to the basement after eating the birthday cake.

In short, Amos will get the left eye belonging to Elle in this ceremony.

And while Elle lay on the bone bed, she suddenly lost consciousness...

She was already pregnant with the skeleton's child.

A key question is... every nightmare is born from the curse left behind by the superhuman that erodes the world.

Since the main perspective of Nightmare is the painter Amos. Then the owner of this nightmare should have a direct relationship with him.

And the standard difficulty of this nightmare is twist.

That is to say, the highest-level battle in this nightmare requires the golden rank to complete... It should be born by the death of at least one golden rank superhuman who is full of resentment and has no one to collect the corpse.

Well... in this nightmare.

Who is that dead superhero?

Is it Amos? Is that Ellie?

Is that the sheriff? Is it a police officer?

Probably not.

most likely……

——The owner of this nightmare is actually the baby Elle gave birth to.

It was the offspring born by Duke Bone who merged with human beings in a dream!

"In this case, the first sentence is also explained."

Annan suddenly realized.

In the first nightmare that Annan entered, although he played the role of escort John... but the owner of the nightmare was Don Juan Geraint.

Because John is not extraordinary at all. The phrase "betrayer must die" heard by Annan may not be John's wish, but Don Juan's obsession. It was just that he subconsciously entrusted his obsession to the guard John, hoping that John could save him.

But in any case, their two positions are unified.

And in Nightmare: The Gallery,

The whisper heard when entering the copy is an old and weak voice.

"Don't look back... never look back..."

He said so.

Then comes the problem.

Since the owner of this nightmare is the stillborn, then this obsession is saying, who should not be turned back?

If Amos finally broke up Ellie or killed the sacrifice, why did he have the courage to call on Ellie in the negative floor? Why does he think Ellie can protect him?

Why is this land... cursed by Duke Bone?

There is only one answer.

Although Annan can't see the nightmare of the following layers now.

But he was basically certain.

Amos should be at the very end, suddenly realizing everything. Although it was meaningless to look back, Alley was dead, and "Amos" had taken many lives on his back... but he still regretted it.

He gave up his own way of becoming Elle, thus freeing himself from sin and gaining a new life.

At the last moment of liberating God Son, he still hesitated.

So on the third floor, Amos coughed out Elle's eyes, which corresponds to the memory of him regretting eating Elle's eyes.

According to this inference, he should cough out different parts every time he passes through the next floor. They correspond to the parts that Elle is about to lose in this nightmare...

The obsession of the dead baby is to ask Amos to "don't look back" and to resolutely complete the final ritual, to let Amos die and "rebirth" Alley.

...then plug it back in and regenerate it again?

That is to say, the content of the strategy that cleric Lewis told Annan at the beginning was unexpectedly correct.

"Don't look at the painting", "Don't look back".

Just keep going.

And stopping in front of each painting meant that the half of Amos' remaining conscience was preventing him from completing the ritual.

If Amos completes the ritual without regret and never looking back, then the dead baby will be reborn, and the Son of Bones will be born.

As for what will happen next, Annan has no idea.

Although I don't know why Amos hesitated in the end.

Whether it was his conscience; or out of hatred for the son of the skeleton, he deliberately destroyed his rituals and sealed his son; Do not know at all.

These are hidden in the nightmares of the next three floors.

But he was sure that the child of the skeleton man came to the ground definitely not for the purpose of being a classmate with the artificial intelligence robot little skeleton who "I'm listening" every day.

"Absolutely..."

Annan was stunned.

He never imagined that he would come back in the end?

Lewis' strategy is actually right?

He was sure that Reverend Lewis had absolutely no idea of ​​the mechanics of this nightmare. But instead, he made a mistake and got caught in the correct way to clear the dungeon...

However, this should only be NE, the normal ending.

In this nightmare, the normal ending turns out to be a bad ending...

Annan believes that the completion of the true ending may be higher in the final through the basement on the negative floor.

But no matter what. One thing is certain.

If you don't look at a single painting, just endure the deepening fear, and at the end...you should be able to pass the level directly.

But that must be very dangerous.

... No, the danger is the least important.

Thinking of this, Annan looked at the time.

It was almost dawn at 5:53 in the morning. The homeless child should not be able to finish this fight...

Looking at the barrage, he was slamming him. Anyway, the dungeon could not be cleared normally. It is better to fight with Amos directly, maybe there will be surprises.

Annan quietly mixed in with the carnival crowd and sent several barrages:

"—The mechanism of this copy looks a bit complicated."

"—God, why don't you ask Don Juan? Maybe there is a hint."

"—Yes, go and ask. Since the young master told us that this copy might cause amnesia, it means that he understands this copy."

"—I think this dungeon is already involved in the main quest, and it may be useless to ask..."

"—But the child god's favorability is the highest right now. He's most likely to ask something, right?"

These barrages were all posted by Annan alone.

Thankfully, the barrage system is anonymous and doesn't have any blocking features...

Otherwise, it would be fun if someone just blocked it and found that the screen was directly clean.

"...It seems to make sense."

Hearing this, the homeless child nodded thoughtfully.

"What makes sense?"

Amos asked curiously.

The wandering child just gave him a sidelong glance, too lazy to talk to him. No longer play.

He's just waiting for the copy to end...

Suddenly, at the moment of dawn.

The dazzling golden light, coming from nowhere, tore apart the whole world where the wandering child lived, even himself included in the blink of an eye.

His entire consciousness was immersed in the warm sunlight, and he felt the coldness in his body, especially in his abdomen, gradually dissipating, as if he had fallen asleep.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself still lying on the bed.

——Outside the window, the Luminous Sun with three layers of luxurious golden runes has risen.