Frankly speaking, Lucrecia's mind was blank for a moment. It was blank for nearly two or three seconds before she regained her ability to think and realized what was happening.
Being trapped in a nightmare eroded by the pollution of the descendants of the sun, what is even more terrifying is that in the depths of this nightmare, he suddenly saw his father who had returned from the warp. What is even more terrifying than this is that the sickle in his hand is chopping towards his father's neck.
Now, the sickle has lost control. The dark green fire spreads on its black blade and handle. It is like it has entered another dimension and cannot be controlled anymore. Lucrecia is stiff and tries in vain to keep holding the sickle. After a long while, she finally says: [You... the sickle in your hand is really unique]
[Do you always do this without thinking when you are nervous?] Duncan finally let go of his hand, and the green flame dissipated.
What is going on here
As the flames faded, Lucrecia finally felt that the sickle formed by the power of dreams and curses was back in her hands. She hurriedly grabbed it and stepped back half a step, ready to answer her father's question, but the next second, a sense of crisis suddenly came from nearby.
Those [inferior bodies] of the descendants of the sun finally reacted, and they obviously would not give them the opportunity to chat peacefully. With the light and shadows constantly flickering and jumping in the sunlight, several shadows pounced behind Lucrecia. Without a chance to think, Lucrecia turned around abruptly, and the sickle in her hand immediately turned into a whip wrapped with thorns. However, just as she was about to swing the whip hard, the shadows that pounced over suddenly paused in mid-air and revealed their figures, and fell to the ground one after another as if they had lost their source of power, and struggled violently.
At the same time, Heidi, who was controlling several personality clones and barely holding on, suddenly felt the pressure around her ease.
She transferred her [self] from a dying personality to another personality that was still in good condition, and then watched in amazement as the black-clad figures around her fell down one by one, like fish being grilled by Lieyou, struggling hard on the ground.
Deep inside their black coats of unknown material, they kept swelling and wriggling, and those horrible limbs began to rot and decompose rapidly. Along with disgusting sounds, terrible stench, and foul pus and blood gradually spread from under their bodies.
Even though she was a professionally trained psychiatrist, Heidi couldn't help but take two steps back when faced with this scene. Then, as if she realized something, she subconsciously raised her head to look at the sky - but the moment she looked up, she forcibly controlled her impulse.
The terrifying experience she had when she looked up and witnessed the [Descendant of the Sun] was still deeply imprinted in her mind, making her dare not verify her guess.
At this moment, she heard the stranger who suddenly appeared in front of Lucrecia say to herself: "It's okay, the sky is safe."
For some reason, this sentence seemed to carry some powerful force. Although there was no reason, Heidi suddenly thought of it.
A strong impression came over me: the sky was safe.
She slowly raised her head and looked at the sun that was hanging high in the sky, shining and radiating heat.
The [thing] was still floating quietly above the forest, countless twisted and entangled tentacles and pale eyes piled up like a randomly grown mass of flesh, and the light was like a raging flame, rising and burning on the surface of this deformed and horrible [mass of flesh] - but deep in the flames, a hint of dark green was spreading and quickly covering the entire surface of the entity.
The moment she saw those twisted tentacles and pale eyes, a trace of fear emerged in Heidi's heart uncontrollably, but she soon realized that her mind was not corroded by this "witness".
The pollution of the [Sons of the Sun] seemed to be blocked by the spreading green flames, or rather... eroded and assimilated by the latter, thus becoming harmless.
The dying struggles and screams of the [Inferior Creatures] tortured Lucrecia's eardrums. Those inhuman creatures in black were dying quickly under the alienated sunlight, just like they were dissolved in strong acid. She looked at this scene in confusion and turned to look at Duncan: [What's going on?]
[I polluted their temporary sun. Now, this sun is "toxic" to them.] This is what I learned from the "Black Sun Incident" in Pland. These "residues" can only survive in a specific [sunlight.]
Duncan spoke calmly, then raised his head and stared at the twisted being that was still floating quietly above the forest.
He thought of the [Black Sun] that he had glimpsed through the [Golden Mask] before, and thought of the pale ancient god who was dying under the burning of Eumen. However, compared with the [Black Sun] he saw at that time, the thing hanging high in the sky of this dream world was obviously not only one size smaller, but also much weaker in power.
So...it seems this is the "Son of the Sun" that those crazy believers are talking about.
Now, this offspring of the sun was being rapidly devoured by the polluted flames. The light and heat it emitted was being transformed into something enough to incinerate itself. However, this strange and terrifying [creature] did not show any reaction of pain. It still just hung high in the sky quietly and silently, as if it had no emotions of pain or fear at all.
Simply emitting light and heat, just like a real sun.
However, as Duncan stared into its pale eyes, he always felt that this thing actually had thoughts - it was thinking, it was observing, it had purpose, and it was rational. It was not like the dying black sun that only wanted to extinguish itself, nor was it like those crazy cultists who only wanted to destroy the entire world.
What on earth is this [creature] thinking at this moment
[What are you thinking about?] Duncan couldn't help but ask in his heart.
[Can I go back now?] Deep in the fuzzy lake information sent back by the ghost flame, he heard a voice that sounded calm and gentle, [There is nothing here that I am looking for.]
Duncan's eyes widened slightly in an instant.
However, the next moment, just when he wanted to establish more communication with this [Descendant of the Sun], an illusory roar suddenly came from the sky, and then the burning flame suddenly shrank into a small dot as if collapsing inwards, and the next moment, the ghost flame that had lost its target scattered.
The [false sun] that overlooked the forest disappeared.
A dim and slightly reddish light replaced the sunny sky of the previous moment, and the whole forest fell into a dusk-like atmosphere.
Lucrecia's surprised voice came from the side: [You destroyed it? ]
[No.] Duncan shook his head slightly, and said the information he had sensed just now, [It left. That was not its true body, but just a projection formed by a descendant of the sun in the dream, like a tentacle used for perception. Now it has withdrawn the tentacle from the dream.]
Lucrecia nodded thoughtfully, but soon she suddenly discovered something else: [Wait, where is the Annihilation Cultist just now? ]
[He ran away,] Duncan said casually, [When those 'inferior organisms' died, he kept reducing his presence, and then when the false sun in the sky collapsed and disappeared, he took advantage of the chaos to escape.]
Lucrecia frowned upon hearing this and subconsciously looked around the forest that had already fallen into the dark dusk: [Damn... I was also distracted... I should have left a curse on him...]
[It doesn't matter.] Duncan just waved his hand, [Let him run for a while.]
Lucrecia smiled slightly when she heard this, then raised her head and looked at Duncan: [You...deliberately let him go?]
Duncan did not answer her directly, but narrowed his eyes slightly, as if sensing something, and then smiled and shook his head.
He has seen me anyway.
Then he ignored Lucrecia's expression which changed instantly, and turned to look at Heidi who was standing anxiously more than ten meters away, trying hard to reduce her presence.
He came before the psychiatrist - strictly speaking, before a large group of Heidis - and first confirmed the other party's condition.
There were about seven or eight Heidis with varying degrees of injuries on their bodies. Three of them were extremely seriously injured and were lying on the ground thrashing like dying fish. Parts of their personalities had obviously left them, leaving only some terminal convulsions based on conditioned reflexes. The other two Heidis looked to be in good condition. One of them stood there with a dull expression, and the other nervously avoided Duncan's gaze.
Duncan looked at the group of Heidis in front of him expressionlessly, and sighed in his heart that the psychiatrists in this world were really wild. When they became schizophrenic, they were even more schizophrenic than schizophrenia. Then he walked straight past the nervous and evasive Heidi and came to the psychiatrist with a dull expression.
[Are you okay? ]
The dull expression of the [personalization] was startled, and a lively expression suddenly appeared on her face: [How did you know?] Of course, she had guessed who this tall and majestic man who brought endless pressure was. She was already very nervous. She wanted to use the personality to cover up a little and avoid direct communication with this terrible [subspace shadow], but she didn't expect that not even a second would pass.
[You will use your avatar to protect yourself when you are nervous.] Duncan said with a smile and a friendly attitude, [Of course, I didn't expect your 'avatar' to be so...powerful before, now I am impressed.]
[Sometimes... patients with schizophrenia are more difficult to deal with. If you don't have enough points, you can't beat them...] Heidi explained subconsciously, but then she realized, [Wait, how did you know...?]
Duncan smiled and raised his finger to point at the amethyst pendant on Heidi's chest [Strictly speaking, this pendant is a gift from me...]