The first process was what had happened just now.

When the Sorceress-Apprentice entered the Nightmare World, her dominant aura had almost crushed Grimm's heart, as he was unable to even lift his head. It was almost like he was facing the Sorcerers World's Guardian of Autumn!

This could not be a normal phenomenon.

She came through s.p.a.ce and time and caused some unclear distortions in s.p.a.ce and time. Even the wall clock stopped ticking completely.

'And she called me a monster?'

'In her eyes, I'm a monster in the Nightmare World?'

Grimm dispersed the Princ.i.p.al Will of the Sorcerers World, and placed the Lamp of Awakening into the Dimensional Gap. He looked at his twisted, horrifying palm, and went deep into his thoughts.

Based on his observation of the baby Nightmare Phantom in that room, Grimm concluded that the fundamental essence of the Nightmare Phantom was the guilt of the Sorceress-Apprentice.

In general, psychological trauma would gradually heal through dreams, which was completely normal.

The psychological trauma of the Sorceress-Apprentice was because of the child in her belly that she had murdered after a period of emotional entanglement. She had always felt guilty for what had happened, and had hoped to heal this guilt and psychological trauma through dreams.

Under normal circ.u.mstances, what happened in this room should have started long ago.

Before this Sorceress-Apprentice had entered the room in the Nightmare World, she represented the Law of this World's Will because she was the one who created this dream.

'Nevertheless...'

Grimm lifted some black ashes he had collected in the clear gla.s.s bottle.

Grimm speculated that these black ashes were the metabolic dander of the Horrifying Creatures from the Nightmare World. They surrounded and s.h.i.+elded this baby, thus altering the Sorceress-Apprentice's psychological healing dream in such a way that it became an eternal nightmare, constantly torturing the Sorceress-Apprentice.

If it were a weak-willed creature from another world, it would have collapsed under such an influence. Since the Sorceress possessed spiritual power and knowledge evolutional capabilities, she could maintain her Sorcerer intellect and strengthen her will through incessant meditation.

Therefore, Nightmare Phantoms could only affect her dreams but not her rational judgment!

Before the beginning of the Ancient Sorcerers World, perhaps this was the method used by Horrifying Creatures from the Nightmare World to control other biological groups?

Grimm gathered the clues he had and started to speculate with his Sorcerer wisdom.

After careful consideration, there were too many missing pieces since he had way too few clues. Without a word, Grimm started to sort out his methods of thinking.

The Nightmare Phantom surrounded and s.h.i.+elded the baby, and the baby itself was the carrier of the Sorceress-Apprentice's guilt. It was created by her subconscious mind, in hopes that she would be able to compensate for the trauma through her dreams.

But this baby was wrapped by black ashes. It could turn into an ugly red-haired monkey in his eyes, haunting the Sorceress-Apprentice and turning the dream into a nightmare.

'Her inadvertent behavior broke through the nightmare surface, and replaced the environment with her dream.'

'Does that mean Nightmare Phantoms are projections of Horrifying Creatures?'

'Perhaps I should come back tomorrow to check if the wall clock is still there.'

'Wait a minute!'

'I left something out!'

Suddenly, Grimm trembled in fear as he asked himself, ' Monster? That Sorceress-Apprentice called me a monster and demanded that I leave her baby alone. At that moment, in her eyes, I was a Nightmare Phantom, an ugly red-haired monkey!? "

At this time, Grimm was sure that he had indeed fallen into the Nightmare World and had become a member of the Nightmare World's creatures. In another context, he was sealed in the Nightmare World.

"To tell the difference, I have to check if I'm covered by dark ashes."

Without a word, Grimm took out a small elegant knife and cut some of his hair off. His eyes were locked onto his hair as they fell onto the ground.

"So be it..."

Grimm was relieved by the fact he was not a Nightmare Phantom. Nevertheless, he was indeed trapped in the Nightmare World. He was not the baby, nor an image created by the Sorceress-Apprentice's dream.

'That's right! '

'I might not be a Nightmare Phantom; I am still a living creature in the Nightmare World. Does that mean that I have become a Horrifying Creature in this Nightmare World?'

'The obvious behaviour of a Horrifying Creature is that it wants to leave the Nightmare World. Aren't I the same?'

'If this speculation is correct, the other conclusion is that the Horrifying Creatures of this Nightmare World did not originate from this world, but, like myself, are living beings that have fallen into this Spectral World.'

'Other than Horrifying Creatures, the most powerful beings in the Nightmare World described by Master Peranos are called the Dreadlords. Perhaps they are the first few creatures from other worlds trapped in the Nightmare World?'

Grimm became much more fascinated by what he had concluded as he continued down his journey of deep thoughts.

His breathing hastened gradually.

Grimm mumbled to himself, "To find out if I'm one of the Nightmare World's Horrifying Creatures, I need to conduct an experiment to create a Nightmare Phantom just like that baby."

As Grimm was caught up in his meditation, the black sun of the Nightmare World gradually rose. A new day had begun.

The evening was reserved for Grimm's experiments on the Nightmare World, and the day was spent on Grimm's studies for his promotion in the path of a Sorcerer.

Grimm suppressed his curiosity of the Nightmare World, as he waited for the next evening in the Nightmare World to arrive.

Several hourgla.s.ses went by as the crimson crescent moon made its way among the stars. It was another night in the Nightmare World.

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock...

The pendulum of the wall clock swayed mechanically within the confined s.p.a.ce in its usual manner for the whole night. No Nightmare Phantom visited the room that night.