Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the Dungeon

Sitting on the bed, Asia falls into a deep sleep.

You wear a mask connected to the flask, and she closes her eyes with a calm expression as she takes a straight breath.

He looks very comfortable and pleasant to know that powerful sedatives have been injected, but it makes him strangely nervous.

The manager looked at me and said,

“I'm afraid you won't be able to experience it. ”

“I don't need it. ”

I'm not sorry at all.

I have already experienced fake illusions in the market world.

I don't think the machines running here will experience anything greater than that.

Even so.

I didn't want to fake it.

I didn't want to experience any fake happiness for a moment.

But...

“What are you standing there for! ”

“If you can't breathe, get out of the rope! ”

“I have to dream! ”

The number of people who wanted fake happiness continued to ask for a meeting with their manager.

‘I need you to step aside. ’

“Mind if I take a look around? ”

“Of course.”

A girl in a white dress nods softly.

I turned my gaze and looked around.

The Lurium solution in the flask, which is connected to sleeping humans, was dwindling.

It was fine, but it was clearly noticeable as long as I kept watching.

‘It's dangerous.'

Lurium.

A substance Isaac called Apostle's Blood.

< Use Lurium to exert the power you normally cannot exert.

< It is only vaporized when used as the substance of transformation. preserved quietly

But that doesn't change.

I remembered what he said.

I don't even know what transformation is when I'm dreaming.

“Is this okay? Looks like we're running low on Lurium soon. ”

At this rate, it will definitely be over in a few days.

The moment I accidentally spit on myself.

“That's right.”

A black-clothed employee nods and interrupts.

“72 hours after he fell asleep,

All of the individually allocated lurium is gone. ”

Embermere does not have a large population.

The fundamental amount distributed to humans for civic reasons alone is two liters.

It also accounts for a substantial amount of Lurium held throughout Embermere.

‘It's only been gone three days. ’

It's a terrible story.

Lurium is powered by all machines in Ember.

< I'll find everything!

< Withdraw all 2 liters.

Ember's citizens line up long lines in front of the bank and rush to Lurium.

"Too soon. ’

Write it down at this rate.

How does war work?

Tick, tick.

A sharp sound echoes.

“One minute.”

A polished, glaring employee suddenly spits out a word.

“Huh...? ”

Obviously, the second hand moved.

Nonetheless, the employee is not one second.

Say one minute.

“What are you talking about? ”

“The brain can accelerate time 60 times in a dream. With the liquid developed by our noble master, it is possible to do so without undue effort. ”

“The owner...?" ”

I feel a strange feeling of camouflage.

The employees in black call the girl the owner.

“Is that weird?”

“You mean serving others as owners in Embermere? ”

“Sympathy is a choice. ”

“Obedience is also a choice. ”

Other employees slip through.

“He is the living salvation. ”

“It's our ideal just to exist. ”

Is he brainwashed?

I thought I'd have to ask more details to get the same answer, so I turned around.

“So... people wearing masks are one minute an hour? ”

Six months of dreaming.

In that case.

Sometimes it's okay to come down and have a little fun.

A little deviance wouldn't hurt.

But the staff laughed.

I pointed to the flask.

Tick, tick.

Seeing the movement of the second needle on the big clock above the flask, the staff in black said.

“Flask-linked computing aids help with intracerebral information processing. Machines can feel 60 times faster over time without overloading the brain. ”

“Then……. ”

How much is 72 hours?

The people who are remembering

I was speechless as if the answer was out.

“10,800 hours.”

“That's 30 years. ”

If the citizens of Ember use all the Lurium that they are given.

It can survive a generation of .

Separate worlds.

Completely in his own ideals.

Then I heard a voice nearby.

She was a girl who came to guide people to me for a while.

“Xiao will live there for 150 days. a dream that is entirely your own. ”

The girl whispered like a little petal. Reality, which was only a scar, was a temptation to collapse to the bottom.

“Oh……. ”

As the girl approached, the staff shivered in horror.

There is even an employee who shed tears with an overwhelming expression.

What are you doing? ’

Girls naturally receive groveling.

“Then……. ”

After looking at the long hair of the girl who returned to work.

I was lost in thought.

The crisis is one step closer to Embermere from all sides.

‘This won't do. ’

30 years.

A person living in a dream for 30 years is not considered a citizen of dreams, but a citizen of Ember.

And overwhelming happiness.

It's been 30 years since the ideal.

The density of time will be different from reality.

If one moment is dazzling.

Maybe it feels like 100 or 300 years of reality.

If there's a war on Ember, will they fight? ’

All of Lurium, the fuel for the weapons of war, will be depleted.

whether or not they will remain.

I think I'll just have to scrape it up and hide in here for a little while longer.

Three hours until the final fall.

10,800 hours in a dream.

It's a period of one year and three months to enjoy the ideal flavor.

It was when I was thinking.

There was a small murmur.

There seems to be a problem in front of the manager in the white dress.

“Please... I want to go back to sleep..." ”

A thin man vomits with a dead face. The manager girl shakes her head with a playful look.

“But you don't have Lurium, and you're not a beginner. ”

The man desperately pleaded.

“But please... please... The commission rate suddenly went up in the second half. At first he just let me do it……. from 0% to 10% … 20% … and then 50% ……. It's too hard.”

The manager laughs out loud.

“Ah-ha. You got your consent, right? If you look at the average, it's 25 percent. It's operational costs.”

“But……! ”

“We.”

The girl opened her mouth.

“Happy to as many people as possible.

I want you to enjoy it. I don't want to keep dreaming about the people who did it. ”

Explanation that the Lurium fee was received differently for that reason.

“Yes! Yes! ”

Some time ago, a group of men dressed in black approached the manager.

nod your head.

"50% commission." ’

Anger arises from knowing how precious Lurium is.

“Are you... allowed to squander Lurium like this? ”

She doesn't know what I'm talking about.

It was a completely unknown face.

“What's the problem? ”

“So... everything in Ember is spellbinding, Lurium, and is it really okay to use something like that in your dreams? Do something productive……! ”

The girl tilts her head.

“What a strange thing to say about being useful. ”

“Strange?”

“Is happiness useful? What about pleasure? What about emotion? What about fun? ”

“That's life and purpose. It's got something useful to write on.

I would like to say to you from Ember... ”

The girl looks around with merciful eyes.

“I've created a purpose for life. ”

Awareness is a sophisticated courtesy you can take for a harsh reality.

The purpose of life is to dream.

30 years of ideal experience.

That was the mercy invented by the Embermere girl.

“Oh……. ”

The human beings who lined up in their spiky voices looked at her with their eyes wide open as if they were sensitive.

There was.

It felt more irrefutable because of the atmosphere than the content.

“What's your... name? ”

“Please call me Gloria. ”

It won't work if you try to argue.

First thing we need to do is get Shia out of here.

“Anyway. First of all... my friend... ”

It was the moment I was going to ask you to wake up Shia right away.

Xiaa, lying in a mask, slowly opens her eyes.

“You can take her with you. That's him.

if you want to go. ”

The girl smiled softly.

Her lips trembled a little.

Red eyes stare into the air.

It's only been an hour, actually.

But...

"150 days."

The eyes spin around the air once, then turn your head and look around unfamiliar.

“Let's get out of here. ”

I gestured at Shia, but her eyes did not stay on me.

Xiao looks at the dazed manager and says.

“P-let me sleep. ”

A voice damp with joy and heat.

She smiles softly as if she had expected.

“What the hell does that mean? Definitely resistant to addiction... ”

“No one is addicted to happiness. ”

Somewhere.

Spoken like you're in a different world.

“I'll sleep better. ”

“Wake up! We'll take Duke Laurence with us.

Weren't you supposed to be digging? ”

Even the duc who hated him so much, his eyes were fixed on the girl.

“Are you sure you want to stay? You would entrust yourself to an unknown girl and a machine? ”

Shea Usnore, who was silent for a moment, slowly opened her mouth.

“Gloria of virtue. ”

Obviously.

That's what the girl said her name was.

“What?"

“It's not virtuous. He's a gray man, not me. ”

The girl in the white dress blushes slightly.

“One of the three rivers that is more revered than anyone else at Ember and protects Embermere. I... I don't know your face today. ”

"This girl... is the third one? ’

It is even creepier that I did not feel the strength at all.

A harmless girl with long brown hair coming up to her waist.

At least as strong as Gisgelai.

It must be hard to take them by force.

The former Chief of Internal Affairs said something shocking and covered his face with a mask.

“Can you put me back to sleep? ”

A girl with a red face is still manipulating the machine.

“I'll put you back to sleep happily.... Have a good dream. ”

Profit.

The lurium blend in the flask flowed into a transparent mask.

I am.

I had to come out.

* * *

‘Ridiculous. ’

Speaking to Lawrence Tarti, she didn't even react.

You poisoned the former Imperial Chief of Internal Affairs.

No, there was no poison in the first place.

No nerve damage.

‘It's so sweet that it's a problem. ’

Who should I call for help?

I quickly came up with the answer.

Amber's sole chair wishes to see you again soon.

He's the only answer.

Brahms' office was accessible as he asked the passers-by.

You make your way through an alleyway in a dense area as complex as cobwebs to a large but shabby building.

By the time I got to the office, the sun was already slowly coming up.

“Oh, there you are! ”

Kick it. Kick it.

Tai leaf.

It was always going the same way.

- Kirik.

Kiririk.

Except, much more often than yesterday.

Brahms smiles and says, turning his head.

“I'm a little busy. Activate the grid.

We investigated Duke Laurence. ”

“ • •. Already? "

“The Chairman can't spend much time on one mission anyway. We made that day's investigation a top priority. The purpose of the investigation is to investigate recent disappearances and robberies related to……. ”

It followed a short description.

It was a one-day investigation, but the weakening of control due to disappearance, the holding of annual meetings, and the anticipated repudiation forces were detailed.

The duc is the main battlefield, and the outcome of the meeting was an analysis of whether the empire would start a war.

“How do you know this when you're sitting on Ember? ”

“The chairman has poor communication capabilities. It can also be used after quite some time. ”

The fact that it is great does not change at all.

‘Is this war...? ’

It wasn't unexpected at all.

Of course you need to be prepared.

“Then what brings you here? ”

“... Xia has been captured. ”

“Yes?”

The face of the chairman, who had heard the details, distorted.

“Are you trying to keep dreaming? ”

“She said. She's had nightmares ever since she was a child, and she said she killed her family herself in her sleep. ”

It must have been a terrible experience.

But Brahms shakes his head strangely at that.

“You can't kill someone in a nightmare or a dream. ”

“Then?”

“I believe I killed him in my sleep.

You want to. You distort the memory of having to kill your family for some reason. ”

“Did you kill him sanely? ”

I don't think it was on purpose.

No matter how bad he is.

It was a child.

But this time, Brahms shakes his head.

“No, we've developed a gas that can easily do that. It's hallucinogenic gas. ”

“Having hallucinations? ”

“the most horrifying circumstance

It's the act of making a berserker out of a drinker. ”

“o Ugh”

— C •

“I understand it's spread throughout the Empire. It could have easily been used in the capital. ”

”

“If you turn on the gas, you commit a murder, and then you step off, the rest of you will believe that the murder was all your doing. ”

Ig

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There were memories that came to mind.

< I… I….

I will p-punish the evil of the world...

mumbling something meaningless.

Cristina came at me with a red glare.

‘Something like that. ’

Perhaps there was such a gas in the annihilation of the House of Shea Usnore.

“Anyway, I'm glad. ”

“Lucky?”

"Yes, the Duke of the First International Sword is as good as me.

If you actively move... as the threat of war increases, the citizens of Embermere will come back to life, not a dream. ”

‘… Will it? ’

I can see the look on the face of the former head of internal affairs.

Will they ever come back to reality?

In the first place.

We don't even know which side we think is real.

‘That's what I thought. ’

Hope and belief seemed to cover the eyes of the sole chairman like a mist.