Did the villainous professor survive today?

"You want me to pull it off?"

Krenk was stunned.

Upon hearing this, Alice nodded vigorously, a look of joy on her face.

"What will happen if this sword is pulled out?"

Krenk squinted at Alice.

Upon hearing this, Alice grinned happily. She stretched out her small, delicate hand and gestured wildly in the air, trying her best to express something.

But Kroenke couldn't understand it.

Olivia approached Krenk, scrutinized Alice's appearance, then looked at the sword stuck in the altar, and said:

"Could this child be a sealed sword spirit?"

"Blade & Soul?"

Kroenke repeated the slightly unfamiliar word.

"Yes, this is a very special and rare spirit," Olivia explained. "The spirit's true form is a weapon, and its soul resides within the weapon. Judging from this, this child is a spirit that coexists with this sword."

Hearing Olivia's explanation, Alice nodded happily from afar.

She then pointed to the sword stuck in the altar, raised an eyebrow at Krenk, and gestured for him to pull it out.

"Professor Krenk, this elf seems to like you."

Olivia said,

"Because the sword is stuck here and can't go anywhere, she wants you to pull it out. In this case, she's planning to acknowledge you as her master."

Upon hearing Olivia's words, Alice nodded vigorously as if she had met a kindred spirit.

"Professor Krenk, you're quite charming," Olivia nudged Krenk with her elbow, teasing, "Both elves are throwing themselves at you."

"A humanoid sword spirit?"

Kroenke frowned.

Humanoid elves and these sword spirits are among the rarest beings in the game, and when these two are combined...

No doubt, SSR is the starting point.

Coupled with her appearance, it's obvious to anyone that this is a character that players need to spend a lot of money or grind a lot to unlock.

But again.

Pulling the sword from the stone or a body and immediately entering the boss battle is a common tactic in game dungeon design.

Given his current situation, it's like flying during a Category 10 typhoon; no one can guarantee his safety.

"I don't think this is a good option."

Krenk closed the door, not in a hurry to draw his sword.

He came to the spiral staircase and slowly climbed it.

Since this is a lighthouse, the highest point is naturally the observation deck.

The most important thing right now is to assess the surrounding environment.

Kroenke and Olivia went to the top of the lighthouse together.

The top is a copper dome, and the bottom is a cast iron lighthouse with delicate brass handrails. Multi-layered flat glass windows form the lighthouse, and the outer balcony is already rusty and looks like it is about to collapse.

A telescope is mounted on a cast iron rotating platform with brass bearings underneath, allowing people to observe the surroundings in 360°.

Krenk went to the telescope and put his eye close to the glass lens.

Whether it was because the environment was too dark or because the lenses were a bit cloudy, even though Krenk activated his spiritual vision, he still had difficulty seeing his surroundings clearly.

Only a very blurry figure could be seen moving in the distance.

"Olivia, come take a look? This direction, activate your spiritual vision."

Kroenke stepped back a few paces, making room for him.

"I can't see clearly."

Even after bringing the binoculars closer, Olivia still couldn't see her surroundings clearly.

"Professor Krenk, do you know what this is?"

"If I could see clearly, would I need to ask you?" Krenk muttered to himself, pinching his Qingming acupoint.

"Okay, step aside, leave it to me."

"Hey, Professor Krenk can't see clearly either, can he?"

"Olivia, is it possible that I have a trump card up my sleeve that I just don't usually use?"

Olivia responded with an "oh".

Krenk went to the telescope, thinking to himself that he would have to step in again.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

[Exquisite Technique: You can draw upon all your magical power and freely allocate it to the spells you cast, thereby exceeding the power threshold of the spells.]

This effect can naturally also include spiritual vision.

The next second, Kroenke suddenly opened his eyes.

The incredibly clear images rushed into Krenk's brain through the telescope's multi-layered prisms.

His brain was like an overclocked computer, with massive amounts of information piercing into his eyes with immense pain, as if it were tearing him apart.

A three-dimensional map appeared before Krenk's eyes. The structure of the entire ravine was exceptionally clear. The dark seawater churned, and dark red unidentified creatures wriggled in the crevices of the rocks, with some dark purple plants coexisting with them.

No matter how many years everything here had been shrouded in darkness, at this moment, it was all laid bare before Krenk, completely transparent.

At the previous location, a dark shadow covered with countless white bone spurs slowly moved.

Its bony spikes were as sharp as teeth, piercing straight out of the dark shadows.

At the very front of the shadowy figure was a greedy maw, filled with barbed fangs like venomous snakes, arranged in a vortex, ready to crush anything at any moment.

It revolves around the clock tower, like a patrolling guard.

Krenk closed his eyes and grinned, saying:

"nightmare……"

Perhaps it was from overusing his eyes, or perhaps it was the worst thing that could happen, but Krenk felt a throbbing pain in his brain.

"Huh? A nightmare?" Olivia's pupils contracted slightly.

"Professor Kroenke, are you sure?"

"Sure."

Kroenke breathed a sigh of relief.

The most prominent characteristic of nightmares is nothingness. Regardless of any other characteristic, the majority of the body is a dense black shadow.

Rumors say that nightmares come from the void at the bottom of the abyss and invade reality through the Sea of ​​Dreams.

Just as deep-sea fish suffer internal organ rupture when they come to shallow waters, nightmares also suffer severe damage when they approach reality from the abyss.

Even so, if those scarred nightmares were to invade reality, they would cause immense damage, requiring at least a seventh-rank mage to deal with them.

Not to mention that he was in the abyss, and even if Principal Abraham were next to him instead of Olivia, he would still be no match for it.

Krenk summoned the water sprite Balette, whom he had just contracted.

Barrett looked around first, then exclaimed in shock, "Master, where...where is this?!"

"The abyss of the sea of ​​dreams."

Kroenke gave a brief overview of the current situation.

"Wow! Master! Although we've only been together for less than a day, it's my honor to be your spirit!"

Barrett, looking as if he were bravely facing death, clung to Kroenke's leg.

"I, Barrett, am willing to take the initiative to lure away that nightmare and create a way out for my master and Miss Olivia."

"I didn't bring you out here for this..."

Krenk thought to himself, "We're barely enough to fill their teeth."

"I just overused my spiritual vision, and my eyes hurt a lot. Please help me relieve the pain."

Krenk knew that Barrett's purification skills could relieve fatigue.

He needed to use his psychic vision again to observe the other areas and the condition of the nightmare.

Once he understands the nightmare's patterns of movement and the surrounding environment, he can begin preparing to leave.

As for Alice, Klenk wished her good luck.

"Yes, Master!"

Upon receiving the order, Barrett immediately raised his hands.

Clear water flowed from its hand, gently washing over Krenk's eyes, a sensation of soreness and coolness spreading simultaneously, as if eye drops had been applied.

Krenk took deep breaths, and after a while, he opened his eyes again to observe the situation around the lighthouse.

Through the binoculars, he stared intently at the nightmare that surveyed its territory like a lion.

suddenly.

Out of the corner of his eye, Krenk noticed an elf with the appearance of a horned shark and a black leathery body, swimming slowly in his direction not far from the nightmare.

After the dogfish reached a certain area, Nightmare, who had been facing away from the dogfish, seemed to sense something and turned around instantly.

"leave!"

A low, intermittent voice came from the nightmare's mouth.

The sound waves spread outwards like ripples, and when they reached Krenk, he could even feel his lungs trembling slightly as the sound waves passed through his body, making him involuntarily want to kneel down.

Whether it didn't hear, or was simply too stupid, the dogfish didn't change its behavior and continued swimming towards the lighthouse.

Seeing the shark continue swimming towards the lighthouse, Nightmare issued another warning and moved closer:

"leave!"

After repeated warnings went unheeded, Nightmare let out a sharp, piercing cry and pounced on the shark, tearing it to shreds.

Watching the dogfish being shredded to pieces by the nightmare's turbine-like saw blades, Kroenke left the telescope.

He made a solemn vow:

"I know how to get out of here!"