Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 739 The Promise of Nightmare

Fikshilo looked very troubled, his expression struggling, and he let out a heavy sigh.

"This……"

“Pridoddan, although the Long Night did not mention that I should not come to see you, He probably did not want me to do so, but I still came, which is already somewhat unfair to Him.”

"But... I promised Him I wouldn't tell you about the Twilight Giant, so..."

After hearing his words.

Pridoddan was somewhat disappointed: "So this is what you mean by agreeing to any request?"

Upon hearing this, Fikshilo was at a loss for words... He had just agreed to it, and now he was saying he couldn't do it. It was indeed a bit too much of a slap in the face.

"I……"

Fikshilo gritted his teeth and made a firm decision.

“I see! Pridoddan, He said it was best not to let me know that you told him this… So, when the Long Night ends and I ascend the Eternal Altar, I will tell you. That won’t be breaking my promise, will it?”

Although he was still unwilling to break his promise, he changed to a roundabout way.

This silenced Pridoddan for a moment.

Seeing this, Ficksillo became anxious again: "Why don't you ask me something else? Or say something else?"

Pridodan suddenly laughed: "...Hehe, Fikshilo, this is the first time I've seen you in such a hurry."

As he spoke, he touched his chin.

"Hmm... even so, you still choose to keep your promise?"

"In that case, I'm not worried that you won't be a good torchbearer."

"Alright, I grant your request."

Fikshilo was taken aback by what he heard.

Then it dawned on him that Pridoddan didn't seem to care at all what the Twilight Giant had done.

What he worried about from beginning to end was whether he could become a qualified torchbearer and lead a better era...

This made him feel as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

“That’s wonderful, Pridodan, thank you so much, this is my life’s dream.”

"Rest assured, before my era ends, I will definitely free you from this nightmare! Believe me! This is my promise!"

Fikshilo solemnly promised.

Then, he breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had realized something.

"No, you just asked that question to mess with me, didn't you!"

However, just as Ficksillo was about to lash out...

Pridoddan then raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Don't rush. Although we can put that matter aside for now, I still need to ask you a question. Your answer this time should be satisfactory to me..."

Hearing this, Fikshilo's heart sank again.

"...You ask."

So, are you male or female? Female or male?

Pridodan asked with a smile.

Fikshilo paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and gritted his teeth.

"...Every time I wake up from a dream state, my gender changes."

"So... whatever gender you think I am, that's the gender I am... are you satisfied now?!"

"I see!" Pridodan exclaimed in sudden realization. "No wonder you were so angry when I said you were neither male nor female!" "You bastard!"

……

"..." There was a moment of silence in the distance.

Pridodan, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on the ground and laughed heartily, showing no trace of his previous fatigue and dejection.

Clearly, he wasn't angry about being trapped in a nightmare, since it was something he had already agreed upon with Fikhilo.

Of course, he was also the one who lost his memory, which is one manifestation of being tormented by nightmares.

This wasn't exactly a happy thing to begin with.

Upon hearing Pridodan's words, Yuanfang keenly caught a point: "...During the long night, Fixilo was sent to extract someone's 'evil'?"

This immediately reminded Yuanfang of the previous incident involving the radiant light of all living beings, or rather, the evil heir, and the description in the [Nightmare Sweat]. (See 519 for details)
It seems that the scourge that Fikhilo brought upon was the wicked heir of the previous king...

“Yes, I asked Fikshiro about it too, but that guy kept his mouth shut and didn’t say a word.” Pridoddan shook his head.

"What then?"

Setting aside other thoughts for the moment, Yuanfang inquired about the most important matter.

"Fixiro should have successfully burned, right? Then... did he tell you about the Twilight Giant?"

“Hmm.” Pridoddan nodded slightly: “Although Fikshiro is a bit impatient and sometimes doesn’t act like a god of fire, he has never broken his promises.”

"So, after the Long Night, he told me about it."

"However, he did not ascend the altar after the long night as he had hoped... because someone else returned, very mysterious, but more suitable than him."

Yuanfang nodded slightly. If he wasn't mistaken, Pridodan was probably referring to the torch of the "Moon Age".

After all, based on the information currently available to Candlefire Island, we know that the Long Night Era is followed by the Moon Era, and the Nightmare Era follows after that.

This aligns with Pridodan's statement.

"So... what exactly is it?" Yuanfang asked.

At this point, Pridodan pointed in the direction of the Nightmare Bridge: "Over there."

“This matter is quite significant, and in order to prevent it from affecting me, Fikshilo sealed it away in another way…”

At this point, Pridodan frowned.

"...I have to tell you that Fikshiro sealed it very thoroughly, and it's not something I can easily break unless it's a higher level of power, or rather..."

"The power of the torch in the long night?" Yuanfang caught up with him. His thoughts raced, and the moment the other person said those words, he thought of something.

According to Pridodan's words, Fikshiro's rampage was quelled by the long night.

Pridodan glanced at him with some surprise and nodded: "You guessed right, that's exactly what I wanted to say."

"However, I can't be sure if this will work. After all, as you know, the world is no longer the way I used to be..."

"Understood." Yuanfang nodded, not dwelling on it. If things went as expected, he would soon leave the Nightmare Route to find Li Miao and the others.

But before that, he had one more question to ask Pridodan.

"...You just mentioned that Ficksillo said he would free you from the nightmare when he was about to extinguish himself..."

"Then why are you still here?"

Yuanfang asked this somewhat pointed question.

Pridodan remained silent for a long while, his voice becoming somewhat hoarse.

"This is also something I'd like to ask you for a favor."

“…Something unexpected must have happened in Fikshiro’s time that prevented him from fulfilling his promise. I can sense this from the slight connection between the nightmare and him…”

(End of this chapter)