Published at 11th of August 2022 09:28:56 AM

661 Suspicious Skill and Evolution Options

To start with, Ill take a look at [Butterfly Dream]. Depending on its effect, my fighting style could change going forward.

[Dragon Mirror] was another characteristic skill I got as an oneiros, and has been powerful. Perhaps [Butterfly Dream] will have synergy with my existing skills. If possible, Id be happy if it was somehow effective against Gods Voice

Characteristic Skill [Butterfly Dream]

RevI skill that switZ dream reali

HP becomes zers When the user, dream and blurred becomes. between reality

made into a dreamrev Onoccurence, the users death ive in.

This ski oned diss.

My head burns. It feels like my skull has been shaken. I lower my chin to the ground. All the colours I see vividly melt together as my vision sways.

They got me! I never considered the possibility of a skill being booby trapped! I should have known Gods Voice would be capable of this. Rather than me being careless, my opponents abilities were simply too powerful. I never thought to be wary of this.

Guo, guOOOOOOOOOh!

I roar. Something approaches me in a hurry, and a strange light bursts across my vision. I can see Aro and treant again.

are you okay, dragon-god-sama!?

Master-dono! I cast [High Rest], but are you okay?

Th-that light just now, that was treants My nausea and headache are fading.

Is that skill something I cant see? No it might not entirely be due to the skill. It could be something to do with gaining [Naraka Realm], or the level of my [Laplace Interference Authority] increasing. The timing was suspicious, but

Sorry about that. I made you worried.

The strange feeling is fading faster than I was expecting It might be worth trying to look at it one more time. Even if I cant read it, it might be worth memorising what I can so I can guess its effect.

Characteristic Skill [Butterfly Dream]

Revival skill that switches dream for reality.

When the users HP becomes zero, the border between dream and reality becomes blurred.

On that occurrence, the users death is made into a dream, causing them to revive in perfect condition.

This skill disappears once used.

I can read it properly Im not sure what that was about, but thinking about it wont give me an answer. Its an unusual skill, but it doesnt sound like its related to the divine skills. It sounds very much like an oneiros skill. Lets leave that strange phenomenon to the side for now and think about the skill itself.

Apparently, when I die, Ill revive with full HP and MP. Its one time use, but it seems crazy powerful. For one battle, its the equivalent of doubling my HP and MP. If I had this, I probably could have defeated Lilixira or Miia with plenty of leeway.

As a skill gained at the maximum level of [Oneiros], its suitably powerful. Its strong enough to justify evolving into an oneiros all by itself But, Im going to absolutely need to keep it in stock for when I actually fight Gods Voice.

Besides, I cant fully trust it. It feels disconcerting to rely on a skill that only activates when I die, the headache it gave me a moment ago is very suspicious.

Its possible that it could be a Trojan Horse sent by Gods Voice. The worst case scenario would be that when I use it, Gods Voice invades and takes over my mind.

Gods Voices objective is to create a monster powerful enough to have gained the maximum level of [Laplace Interference Authority], and then manipulate that monster into freeing Foren. However, theres no guarantee that the monster would obey. Its entirely plausible that Gods Voice would send me a brainwashing skill in order to take control later. In the worst case scenario, rather than destroying Gods Voice, I could end up dooming the world by using it.

Its only a hypothesis. I dont know the truth, but Im probably better of being cautious rather than delighted about receiving [Butterfly Dream]. It probably goes without saying, but try planning on using it unless Im incredibly badly cornered.

Theres one more thing to check now. My next evolution.

Probably, this will be my final evolution. As my next species, Ill need to defeat Gods Voice.

The divine skills seem to match the Buddhist Six Realms. I have five of them. Theres probably one last divine skill, [Deva Realm], somewhere in the world. Perhaps it would be better to collect all of them before evolving.

However, I want to return as soon as possible and defeat the [Spirit Servants]. The existence of [Deva Realm] only hypothetical. Even Miia had no idea of where it could be, or whether it exists. I dont know the full situation, and I cant afford to delay any longer.

Should the evolution options be displayed?

A message appears. I close my eyes and nod.