Give children a little self-destruction shock to their worldview.

The Guardian could no longer sit still when she realized that the calamity in her dream was about to befall her.

She didn't intend to take the magical girl to experience this shock, and chose to face it alone.

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However, even the clown who gnawed on dreams had to cry foul after learning of Hitomi Tono's complaints.

He originally intended to use this world without magic to teach the magical girls a lesson, make everyone have nightmares, and gain enough nightmare energy.

For a strange person who can manipulate dreams at will, as long as he can maintain control over the dream, he can easily control everyone.

But he overlooked one point.

The anti-magic rules in this dream not only apply to magical girls, but also to him.

He had never seen a dream like this before... Why, even though he lived in a world full of magical girls, could he be so convinced in his dream that magic didn't exist?!

Doesn't the person experiencing the dream find it jarring? How can they so firmly believe in such a strange worldview?

The Dream-Eating Clown was completely unable to exploit any loopholes in this dream world; instead, he tragically became a prisoner of the dream world.

Moreover, he could not completely seize control of the other party's dream under any circumstances... The other party's mental resilience had far exceeded the Dream-Destroying Clown's expectations.

In other words, the Dream-Eating Clown can now only act like a clown, struggling to escape with his round body supported by his thin, bamboo-like legs after losing the magical power to control dreams, taking a heavy step he has never taken before.

The NPCs in this world treat him like a monster, and they will attack him whenever they see him, forcing him to run away desperately.

However, without the support of magic, it is difficult for such a deformed body, which does not look like a normal person, to move.

His legs could hardly support his excessively heavy and massive body, causing his knees to ache, his lungs to wheeze painfully, and his throat to feel like it was about to explode.

Even worse...

"Don't come any closer, waaaaaaahh ...

Due to the limitations of his magic, he could only undergo a brief catalysis before fully entering the rules of this dream, and had no idea what a "nightmare" was to this world.

The naive clown grinned and said: "How terrible can a human nightmare be?"

At worst, he can just eat it. Even without magic, the Dream-Eating Clown can still feed on nightmares.

But... but why...?

Why an insect?

The clown who gnaws on dreams is completely helpless against insects.

Normally, I get startled if I see a caterpillar on the roadside while walking. If I see a cicada on my door, I'm too scared to go home and will immediately call the Abyss Gentleman who lives nearby to come and help.

Moreover, the insects in his dream were hundreds or thousands of times more terrifying than the ordinary insects he knew. Not only were they strangely shaped, but they also left no vegetation in their wake and would attack humans frantically.

Even he wouldn't let it go. The Dream-Eating Clown was almost bitten and was about to be eliminated by this dream!

What a dangerous dream this is! How dangerous is this dream?!

If I had known there was such a dark-minded person around, I would never have chosen to attack!

The clown who was obsessed with dreams complained bitterly.

He ran away, panting, as everything behind him gradually fell silent.

Birds flew halfway up the sky, then fell to their death and turned into skeletons. Beasts let out mournful howls before closing their eyes forever. The earth seemed to be wailing as well. The dream behind him gradually disintegrated and collapsed. Infinite calamities were chasing him, even pushing his back with a twisted sense of humor. Death's guillotine swept across the clown's back countless times.

The Joker has never seen such a horrific scene since he was born.

The world has become a purgatory, roasting living flesh. Flesh peels away from bones, turning into meaningless filth, maggots laugh among the corpses, life becomes a playground of calamity, and the remains that should be respected are stripped of all dignity.

This is not a nightmare caused by the Dream-Eating Clown.

After all, for Mayumi Haga, there was no such thing as a peaceful and tranquil dream in her subconscious.

No matter how wonderful the past may be, it will eventually lead to a destructive end.

This was a nightmare from the very beginning, not an ordinary dream that could be interfered with by the Dream-Eating Clown.

Despair is not created by eccentrics; it naturally surges in from all directions, bringing a tidal wave of lamentation.

However, the Dream-Eating Clown being chased by calamities in his dreams is already considered lucky.

After all, this is a dream, not reality.

Suddenly, a blurry figure appeared in front of the Dream-Eating Clown.

The other party was riding a black and gold vehicle that resembled a motorcycle, getting closer and closer to the Dreamworm Clown.

The motorcycle's roar was very close; the front of the motorcycle was clearly visible, which startled the Dream Clown, who immediately shouted to the approaching vehicle, "No, don't come any closer!"

That thing behind is no pushover. If it drags the other person into it and they experience "death" in a nightmare, it would be a terrible sin for the Dream-Eating Clown's conscience.

He only wanted to obtain some energy, but to actually kill someone would be going too far.

In that case, even if he's eating his favorite popcorn, he won't be happy.

However, the white-haired dream NPC seemed completely oblivious to the situation, continuing its charge straight toward the Dream-Eating Clown without slowing down.

"Wait...!" The Dream Clown was shocked and instinctively tried to dodge the other party's collision, but before he could react, only a cold glint remained in his eyes.

The white-haired girl drew a one-handed sword from behind her back at some unknown time, and with a single swift movement, she decapitated the monster!

Although it's called a slash, without the protection of magic, the clown is just a balloon that can be popped with a single poke.

His physical form was not originally human.

After being slashed by the sharp blade, the body fell lightly to the ground, and the core fled in terror, trying to escape from this dream, but was mercilessly grabbed by a hand.

The temperature of that palm was so high that it almost melted the monster's core; it was a temperature that the human body could hardly withstand.

After receiving Lania's blessing, white square patterns climbed up Mayumi Haga's left arm.

In the past, no matter how many times her limbs were shattered and regenerated, it wouldn't have made Mayumi Haga even flinch. But now, the pain struck her very soul, and the raging flames seemed to be burning her left arm into glass.

Now, the Guardians have been able to glimpse the threshold of witchcraft.

She gripped the monster's core tightly, using it to receive the scepter of dreams; the white patterns burned her skin, emitting a burnt smell.

Then, she opened her left hand toward her nightmare.

【——！】

—The shrike sings for her.

Main text: Chapter Forty-Two Nightmare

Blessing [Shrike] - This is a special skill left to Yuga Mayumi by the sorceress Lania.

The name Lania sounds similar to the shrike, so she used it as her wizard name. Thus, she named this magical blessing "Shrike," hoping to accompany Mayumi Haga in battle in this way.

She passed on all her knowledge to Mayumi Haga through a blessing. This power became part of the Guardian by attaching itself to Mayumi Haga's left arm. From then on, the Guardian, with the addition of a witchcraft plugin, was able to use abilities similar to magic.

After receiving the blessing, Mayumi Haga's hair turned white, becoming more and more like the guardian image presented to Hitomi Tono. It was no longer convenient for her to go out and find Hitomi Tono after meeting with Rania, as they had agreed.

In fact, in the original world outside the dream, Mayumi Haga's hair turned white because she received a gift left by the deceased Rania.

But at that time, without sufficient knowledge to assist her, she inexplicably used that portion of her magical talent to enhance her own innate blessings.

That is, to enhance the power of self-destruction.

This adds a bit of sorcery damage to her self-destruct skill, which also gives her a slight increase in spell power.

Fortunately, Rania didn't know about this, otherwise even if her soul was about to dissipate, she would definitely jump up and angrily curse Mayumi Haga as a complete idiot.

Now, because Rania has transferred her magical abilities to Mayumi Haga in this dream, the latter has begun to grasp the methods of using magic.

But that's just a method.

Yuga Mayumi herself does not possess any aptitude for witchcraft or magic. The blessing Lania gave her, [Shrike], should be categorized more as a [weapon] that she can use but has no ammunition reserves than a skill.

She cannot use witchcraft or magic directly like Lania or the magical girls of this world.

This arm can only convert the power of others into its own.

Therefore, she needs to rely on the core of the Dream-Eating Clown to grasp the power that belongs to this dream—even though this dream is her own.

She raised her hand, and golden chains appeared from the air, binding the calamity the instant it approached.

The air froze... no, it should be said that the calamity's "time" stopped at this moment. They were forcibly fixed in the air, only half a meter away from Yuga Mayumi, obscuring the guardian's golden pupils that had become radiant from the use of the blessing.

But Mayumi Haga couldn't hold out for long.

After the calamity appeared, the collapse of this dream was only a matter of time. Mayumi Haga had not yet fully adapted to the new blessing she had received, and could only temporarily freeze the activities of the calamity here, unable to drive them out as they constituted the largest part of the dream.

She didn't even glance at the calamity, but immediately turned the car around and sped off towards the other dream NPCs.

She still holds the core of the Dream-Eating Clown in her hand, which allows her to sense the location of others.

Everyone must be sent out before the dream world completely collapses.

Her left hand was in the worst condition ever. After being frozen in the dream calamity for less than two seconds, she felt as if her left arm was about to turn into charcoal.

It seems I'm really not suited to using these supernatural abilities...

Suppressing the intense, amplified itch, Mayumi Haga twisted the handlebars sharply with her right hand, accelerating recklessly.

Behind her, the calamity, now unfrozen, swept across the land, and the dream began to collapse.

The black and gold motorcycle burst out of the land shrouded in black mist. Behind it, the sky began to crack, revealing a strangely colored void beneath. The earth collapsed, rivers dried up, and sandstorms rose from nowhere, accompanied by the wails of countless wronged souls.

In just one breath, the sky completely changed.

A crimson moon peeked out from behind the mountains, plunging everything in sight into darkness.

Deep purple lightning and fire rolled across the ground, miasma filled the air, and the temperature made the hem of Mayumi Haga's clothes catch fire; she could feel her lungs being burned just by breathing.

The apocalypse suddenly descended, but Mayumi Haga remained unmoved, simply staring straight ahead.

Ahead of her, at her destination, lay a pristine land untouched by calamity.

She no longer cared about any obstacles in the way and just blindly rushed in.

Whether it was the dough being scorched and carbonized, or almost cooked, or suddenly dehydrated... or the changes in her body under ultra-low temperature conditions, none of it could shake her in the slightest.

Her body couldn't adapt to such an extreme environment, but as long as she was alive, that was enough.

Despite lava overflowing from the ground, scalding water pouring down from the sky, and poisonous gas filling every corner, she was able to survive.

[Eek—] The clown, still retaining a sliver of self-awareness and held in Haga Mayumi's hand, couldn't help but let out a fearful cry, [How terrifying…]

What was presented to the monster was a scene even more terrifying than the hell described in the book.

A world filled with sulfur and ever-burning flames, teeming with terrifying insects, where the sounds of humanity are no longer heard, only the clamor of heaven and earth.

He wanted to speak to Mayumi Haga, even though she had just struck him with a sword but had escaped with his core, so she seemed like a good person: [Hello? Thank you for saving me!]

After he became the core, he could only make faint sounds, and his view was fixed in front of the car, so he couldn't see Mayumi Haga.

The guardians could not hear his voice.

Her eardrums were still healing, she couldn't make a sound when she opened her mouth, and her vision was almost completely black, with only a little light guiding her forward.

Her five senses were far removed from the guardian's, and she could not properly perceive her own body; she only knew that she should keep moving forward.

The constant wounds and self-healing, the bleeding and drying, the burning—the Guardian was almost completely charred, barely recognizable as human.

She was only able to stop when she hit something, which caused her and the car to tumble several times on the ground, leaving her limbs broken and in bizarre shapes.

"Cough...cough cough!" After coughing up the stuff blocking her throat, Mayumi Haga finally felt her senses gradually returning. Her self-healing ability allowed her to recover quickly, almost shedding her skin in just a few breaths.

She got up, and had already changed the clothes in her backpack; she had changed almost everything on her body.

"Guardian?! Are you alright..." The guard at the entrance of the Wizard's Village saw her and was about to come up to help her when he disappeared from the spot and was sent out of the dream.

Chapter 43 You are Mayumi's...

"Let me go!" Hitomi Tohno, bound by the dream NPCs of the Wizarding Village, was on the verge of tears. "I'm really not a suspicious person..."

She was trying to sneak into the Wizard Village via the route she had taken from Haga Mayumi when she was discovered and captured by these dream NPCs, tied up, and thrown into a house.

Kagura Yu approached her with a grim face and interrogated her: "Tell me, who sent you?"

With tears in her eyes, Tono Hitomi said, "I just wanted to come in and find someone..."

Kagura Yu frowned: "Are there other people who have infiltrated the village?"

Especially at such a critical moment?

Kagura Yu was so angry she wanted to curse, but seeing the child's innocent and hateful face, she forced herself to hold it back.

At this time of calamity, the Wizard's Village, blessed by the world, is the only sanctuary.