Chapter 873: Pain

Dreaming Venomous Primate tried to defend against the barrage of attack. He couldn't believe that a creature from the real world possessed this much power. This creature didn't even know how to use the power of Dream Realm.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several explosions occurred. Smoke covered a huge part of the aura.

Dreaming Venomous Primate coughed a mouthful of blood. He looked down and saw that he suffered a few injuries from that barrage of attacks.

Wait...!

If he only suffered this then Souta's target...

He turned his head to the side and used his energy to blow the smoke away.

Whoosh!!

The thick smoke disappeared and he saw his subordinate's head rolling in the air, splashing blood in all directions.

Souta had a huge smile on his face as the blood of his opponent splattered across him. He turned his head and stared at Dreaming Venomous Primate.

"This is fun, right?"

Souta bent his knees and kicked the air. In an instant, he arrived in front of the Sovereign of the Ming Region.

"Don't worry, you will follow them soon."

Souta said before he swung the sword in his hand.

Bang!

Dreaming Venomous Primate blocked the attack with great effort. He gritted his teeth but the seven doppelgangers attack him before he could even do anything. He didn't have anyone fighting along with him so all of Souta's skills and abilities were concentrated on him.

ROAR!!!

He roared and he easily destroyed the seven doppelgangers in just a few seconds.

But Souta was already prepared. A black hole appeared behind the Dreaming Venomous Primate and the gravity force appeared once again pushing him toward the black hole.

Bang!!

Souta dashed and attacked his opponent.

[Darkness Bite]!!

A large amount of darkness landed on Dreaming Venomous Primate. The darkness pierced through his defenses and caused a deep wound across his chest.

Argh!!

Dreaming Venomous Primate roared angrily as he forced himself through the gravity field. He ripped the black hole and threw a vicious punch at Souta.

Bang!!

Souta didn't back down. He simply slashed his sword once again at his opponent.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two exchanged hundreds of blows in just a second.

"You! Foreign creature!! You didn't belong here!!"

Dreaming Venomous Primate roared as he gathered his remaining energy in his mouth.

[Bestrou]!!

Souta fired his own attack and the two beams collided, causing a huge explosion that covered everything within a diameter of three kilometers.

[Crimson Moon]!!

A giant energy blade appeared and sliced through the smoke. Dreaming Venomous Primate quickly reacted as he moved his body to the side. Then, he threw another fierce punch in the direction where the energy blade came from.

The energy that Dreaming Venomous Primate was exuding was totally powerful. It was beyond the scope of any other peak fourth stage monsters. He was a Sovereign and he resonated with the core of the Vanko Land. He was far stronger than the ordinary peak fourth stage. Souta couldn't use his [Shadow Bind] nor any other tier 1 spell since the best feram of the Sovereign was disintegrating it instantly.

Whoosh!!

Souta phased through the darkness and dashed forward. He avoided the punch and arrived in front of his opponent. He moved his sword swiftly.

[Darkness Bite]!!

Dreaming Venomous Primate moved but he couldn't completely avoid the darkness. It ripped his shoulder apart along with his right arm. His blood splattered everywhere.

The blood turned into sharp spikes that flew toward him. Dreaming Venomous Primate reacted once again. He avoided the blood spikes but he didn't expect that Souta was already behind him.

With a slash, his left arm flew and rolled in the air.

Dreaming Venomous Primate groaned in pain. He turned around, only to hear Souta's voice in his ears.

"You've entertained me..."

Souta slashed his sword once again. Then, he followed it by firing [Bestrou] using the four spider limbs on his back.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Seven doppelgangers rose within Souta's shadow. Each one of them grabbed a blood spear and stabbed it through the Dreaming Venomous Primate's body.

Bang! Bang!

Dreaming Venomous Primate was still alive so Souta dashed forward and used his skill once again.

[Darkness Bite]!!

This time, the darkness destroyed the target's body. The target's defense crumbled and darkness spread out inside the body. Organs, blood, and flesh scattered everywhere.

Thud!!

Souta landed on the ground and his body turned back to normal. The debris of the destroyed floating lands fell and caused the ground to shake.

*Ding!*

[Congratulations on completing the Quest!]

[You've gained access to Dream Realm!]

[You can enter Dream Realm once a week!]

[It will change depending on your Dream Power!]

[You can exit the Dream Realm!]

Souta exhaled as he glanced at the notifications that he received. It wasn't done yet. He just defeated a Sovereign and stole the title from the Dreaming Venomous Primate.

*Ding!*

[You've gained authority to use Dream Power!]

[You've gained Dream Power I!]

[You've gained the title "Sovereign"!]

[You are now the Sovereign of the Ming Region!]

[You can suppress anyone in the Dream Realm that hasn't resonated with the cores yet!]

[All stats have increased by 150 points!]

Souta nodded when he saw the system notification. Finally, he gained the Dream Power and it would be one of his foundations in the future.

'After I increase my strength to a certain degree, I will leave this land and explore the Dream Realm to find the real legacy of the Nightmare King using the artifact.'

Nightmare King divided his legacy into two parts. Souta only gained one part of it while the other one was in possession of another dream beast. He had to kill that dream beast unfortunately he failed many times in the game.

Even though the Dream Realm would be owned by the Sea King in the future, Souta could still use the Dream Power. The only problem was that since Dream Realm became a part of Cthulhu, it would be useless to use Dream Power against him. Aside from Cthulhu, Souta could still use Dream Power against any other beings.

Souta looked around and decided to exit the Dream Realm. He was the Sovereign of the Ming Region. It depends on him if he would subdue all the dream beasts in this region or not. Some of the sovereigns didn't even bother building a force, they just secluded themselves in a place that no one knows.

"I'm still getting stronger at high speed... I don't know what's happening it's getting harder to control."

Souta could feel that something was wrong in his body. He could hear faint voices in his ears and he felt heavy about this entire situation. It feels like he was about to die.

"I have a bad feeling about this..."

He waved his hand and a light engulfed his body.

Ohm!

When the light disappeared, Souta was already gone.

...

Souta's body was still causing destruction in the space gap. Various cracks appeared and his energy seeped out of it.

His consciousness went back to his body and he stopped moving.

"Argh... What is this...?"

Souta didn't have a time to observe his surrounding as he felt intense pain all over his body. It felt like thousands of needles were drilling into his organs and his brain was about to explode.

"Argh...!!!!"

He grabbed his head in pain. Thousands of eerie voices were whispering to his ears. It was affecting his physical and mental body. Even his soul was affected.

"T-This can't be...."

Souta couldn't help but scream. Various images flashed in his mind and the pain continued to grow stronger.

"SOUTA!!" Eilish noticed that something changed once again. Souta was in pain this time. He wasn't slashing his sword but his energy was still oozing out without control.

She took a deep breath and flew in his direction. She had to figure out what was happening no matter what.

Whoosh!!

"No!"

Souta could still hear the voices and various deaths flashed before his eyes.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, Nooo!!! Stop it!! Stop it!!

IT HURTS!! Someone!!

His body, mind, and soul felt a tremendous amount of pain that no one could have ever imagined.

WHYYYYY?!!!

Souta experienced the deaths of millions of people in an instant. It felt too real to be an illusion. It was horrifying to the point that he wanted to completely die.

By the time that everything ends, Souta felt dry and numb. Nothing could reach everyone.

Huff! Huff!!

Souta woke up and his body was full of sweat.

"W-What is that...?"

He glanced at his hands and saw that he was trembling. He looked around, only to find that he was inside an unfamiliar room.

His eyes looked like it was the eyes of a dead person.

This...

He felt like he lived through thousands of years and through that thousands of years, he only experienced death nothing else.

'Souta, are you alright?' Saya's voice sounded in his mind.

"Hmm...? You are...?" Souta glanced at the sword. It felt familiar and important.

'You... You forgot about me...?' Saya couldn't believe it.

"I don't know, my mind is still cloudy... I... death..." Souta muttered as he held his head.

'What happened to you? I'll make you remember everything! Brace yourself!'

Saya's voice echoed before he felt a slight pain inside his head. It was excruciating pain but Souta only frowned at this feeling. It was then that various images flowed inside his mind and the cloudy feeling was slowly dissipating.

"I... I'm Souta Ieshi!"