Did the villainous professor survive today?

Chapter 85 The Origin of Nightmare

"You agree, Professor Klenk Ludwig?"

Hearing Mengxiang's laughter, Krenk's heart tightened.

Goosebumps instantly erupted on my scalp.

Holy crap, she knows I'm not a "V"!

Looking at Meng Xiang across the table, Krenk instantly imagined himself in the image of Alaire, who had assassinated him three weeks ago. The person opposite him was also someone he couldn't afford to offend, the same tableside interrogation, the same side balcony.

He glanced at the balcony of the study out of the corner of his eye, where an eerie blue light was still pouring in from outside, like the reflection of light from a swimming pool.

He immediately abandoned the idea of ​​escaping.

The gap between the two sides is not small, and moreover, this is the other side's home turf. He doesn't even know how he got here.

Then, Kroenke suddenly thought of something.

It means that the other party could have easily killed him, but didn't.

Explain that you are useful to the other party.

There is still a chance to save him.

Kroenke breathed a slight sigh of relief and made a gesture of surrender: "Alright, my poor acting didn't fool your sharp eyes."

"Professor Klenk, it's a pleasure to meet you. I apologize for not introducing myself first. You may call me Mengxiang."

"I feel more at ease being addressed as Lord Mengxiang."

Kroenke pledged his loyalty without hesitation.

After all, if the other party wanted to, they could easily crush him.

"Having Kroenke's help is like adding wings to a tiger for me."

The phrase "Dream Feast" clearly expresses the attitude.

I don't care if it's "V" pretending to be Kroenke or the real Kroenke doing things for me.

What I care about is Kroenke doing things for me.

Krenk asked, "Is there anything I can do for Lord Dream Feast?"

"We can discuss this later. Regarding the previous mission to send 'V' to assassinate the professor, please allow me to express my apologies first."

Meng Xiang waved her hand, and a tea set instantly appeared in front of Krenk: "What does the professor usually like to drink?"

"black tea."

In the blink of an eye, the bone china teacup in front of me was filled with steaming hot black tea, its aroma refreshing.

Krenk reached out and pinched the tea stem, took a small sip, and showed an expression of appreciation: "Thank you, Lord Mengxiang."

"I have something I'd like to show the professor. Please come with me."

Mengxiang got up and went to the balcony.

Seeing this, Kroenke hesitated for a moment, then got up as well and walked towards the balcony.

Following the direction Mengxiang was facing, Krenk saw—

A door.

But to be precise, what stood before Krenk was a door made from a massive, almost vertical cliff.

The cliff face was smooth, and looking up, the top was almost invisible. In the very center of the cliff, a huge crack divided it into two halves. The crack was extremely wide, with simple yet sharp lines. A deep blue light emanated from the center of the crack, which was the source of the blue light he had seen coming from outside the balcony earlier.

Krenk was overwhelmed by the ancient and majestic aura of the giant gate, as if it had been cleaved in two by a god wielding a giant axe that split the heavens and the earth, and then brutally carved the gate's patterns into the cliff face with that same axe.

Directly in front of this giant gate is a perfectly circular altar, with countless runes flowing around it.

At the very center of the altar, a huge stone pillar stands, covered with dense bas-reliefs. At the very top of the pillar, a tiny human figure can be vaguely seen.

Because of the great distance, the figures on the stone pillars were not visible to the naked eye.

Krenk instinctively activated his spiritual vision, trying to figure out what this was.

Krenk saw a woman with waterfall-like black hair and skin as white as porcelain dancing on a column.

Spinning, stepping, tiptoeing, the woman before me danced with all her might. It was no exaggeration to describe her dance as graceful and light as a feather, with bright red silks and ribbons fluttering with her movements, like blooming flowers.

But for some reason, Krenk sensed a trace of sadness in the vibrant dance before him.

【Galo】

[Death Threat: S]

Eastern names —

As Krenk was lost in thought, warm liquid streamed from the corner of his eye and slid down his cheek.

Immediately afterwards, a pale, chapped hand blocked Krenk's view, pulling him away from the woman named Gara's unrestrained dance.

"I'm sorry, I was rude."

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from his cheeks.

Krenk paused for a moment when he saw the bright red stain on the white handkerchief.

He didn't shed tears at all; it was blood.

Immediately, a sharp pain swept through Krenk's brain, as if a steel spike was churning inside his head.

Krenk pressed his forehead in pain, and at the same time, three lines of text flashed before his eyes.

You have saved Galo from witnessing her inevitable death.

[Points +20000!]

[Current points: 30000!]

Despite the excruciating pain, Krenk did not summon Alice.

For some reason, after learning that the artificial vampire and Alice had developed a bloodline immunity phenomenon, Krenk believed that Alice and the Silent Order had some connection, and he would not summon her until he knew her origins.

"Professor Krenk, how could you look directly at Him with spiritual vision?"

Krenk noticed that Mengxiang referred to the woman named Galo as "him".

Kroenke's hands were bulging with veins as he pinched his right thigh to relieve the excruciating pain in his eyes.

After the pain subsided slightly, Krenk asked breathlessly, "Who is He?"

"Does the professor know about the Advent Church?" Mengxiang asked in return.

"I know, they're all terrorists."

Krenk closed his eyes to ease the pain.

The Advent Church is a genuine cult.

The believers there believed that nightmares were God's punishment for humanity. They were loyal to God and considered themselves the chosen ones, God's apostles.

They also believe that after death, people will return to the sea of ​​dreams and to God's embrace, so divine punishment is also a gift from God.

Therefore, when the nightmare demons are defeated by the sorcerers and the gods are unable to punish the world, they will take the place of the gods to punish the world.

Specifically, this manifests as a wide variety of terrorist attacks.

However, it has now been suppressed to the point of disappearing without a trace by the Holy Kingdom and many other countries.

"He is the God who descended upon the church."

Mengxiang explained.

Wait a minute—so, the one who descended upon the church is a real, existing God?

Kroenke was startled.

Before Krenk could think further, Mengxiang continued, "Professor Krenk, can you still open your eyes?"

"fine."

Krenk's eyes narrowed to slits.

"Now, pay attention to the changes in that door, and don't blink."

After saying that, Mengxiang turned her face towards Jialuo.

Krenk squinted at the massive door.

Visible ripples suddenly erupted from the circular platform where Gara was dancing, sweeping outwards like a tsunami. But when they reached the castle where Krenk was, they seemed to hit an invisible wall and were violently pushed back.

But the door on the other side is different.

The moment the ripples reached the giant gate, the gap that was originally emitting blue light suddenly turned into a bright red light, like magma.

Immediately afterwards, a thick, dark shadow crawled out from the crack behind the door.

The shadows were thick and dense, like a curtain, with several thin black threads extending from them, hanging down to sharp scythes at their ends.

Nightmare.

The nightmare crawled on the ground like a newborn calf. After getting used to it for a while, it flew towards the top of the cliff without thinking.

Krenk swallowed hard. "So, this is how nightmares come about?"

Combining this with the tenets of the Advent Church, he quickly realized that the nightmare was summoned by Gara.

"That's one way to understand it," Mengxiang nodded.

What's behind the door?

"Professor Krenk, it's best if you don't know," Meng Xiang gently shook her head. "Sometimes, knowing too much isn't a good thing."

She walked into the room: "Come on, Professor Krenk, He's about to enter a deep sleep. There's not much to see next."

Krenk followed behind Mengxiang.

Whether it was the sadness that had overflowed from Gara's dance that had left a mark on Krenk's heart, before returning to his study, Krenk unconsciously turned back one last time to look in the direction of the round platform.

The figures on the platform vanished without a trace.

The next moment, Krenk was about to activate his spiritual vision to see where Gara was.

Kroenke paused for a moment.

Is He bewitching me?!

Krenk suddenly realized something, and, startled, he quickly closed his eyes, turned his head back, and hurried back to his study.

"How is Professor Kroenke?"

Mengxiang asked with concern.

"It won't affect anything."

Kroenke shook his head. Although his eyes were still stinging, he could still use Alice to heal himself after leaving this place.

"This is what I want Professor Krenk to see."

Meng Xiang interlaced her fingers and said, "Although it's not convenient to reveal this now, it relates to the original intention of the Silent Order. As compensation, I can answer one more question for you, Professor, as a token of my sincerity in inviting you to join the organization."

"Thank you, Lord Mengxiang."

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

Mengxiang took out a pendant engraved with an eye pattern.

Unlike simply having it teleport directly into Krenk's hands, Mengxiang chose to hand it to Krenk by hand, showing the utmost sincerity.

"This is a tool used to contact me, it's one-sided, so please keep it safe, Professor, and don't lose it, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble."

Why didn't I find this thing on "V"?

Krenk stared at the pendant in front of him for a moment, then seemed to understand something.

That short knife for cutting!

Krenk recalled the night three weeks ago when the hilt of the dagger had the same pattern as the pendant, but he hadn't paid it any mind. Moreover, in order to conceal V's existence, he had destroyed the murder weapon along with the body.

Kroenke took the pendant: "My mission is important, isn't it?"

"Professor Kroenke is a very intelligent man."

Meng Xiang chuckled. "Yes, you are the most important part of the whole plan."

"So what is my task?"

"Do your job as chief professor well," Meng Xiang said. "It's not the right time yet, but when the time is right, I will convey the corresponding instructions to you based on the situation."

"It seems you still don't quite trust me," Kroenke thought to himself. "But that makes sense, since we've only just started working together, how could I possibly reveal everything?"

Meng Xiang tapped the table: "Alright, regarding the promise to answer the professor's questions, I wonder if the professor intends to use it now, or keep it?"

Krenk frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, he asked!

"Lord Mengxiang, what do you know about the current Pope of the Holy Kingdom, who has a son?"