GREED: ALL FOR WHAT? - Chapter 2295: Dream Surfer.

Chapter 2295: Dream Surfer.

The Sleep divine ability was blocked by an Aegis Shield. This could only happen if Black Axe was an undying godclad who could keep his shield always activated or was using a divine artifact and had activated it to prepare for an attack.

Either reason was not a good thing for White Claok. When the attack was blocked, his face paled in fear.

Black Axe sensed the attack through the activation of his shield, but he continued to smile as if he didn’t notice anything.

Then he asked playfully, “How did you know? Was it through his behavior, or does it have something to do with your pathway?”

White Cloak’s fear began to increase rapidly after he determined that he was in danger. The Sleep divine ability is the main attacking divine ability that he has. If it doesn’t work, it means his other divine abilities are unlikely to work.

He decided to plead for his life, so he said, “Let me go. I will give you anything you want.”

Black tutted and admonished him with a shake of his head. “You seem to have the wrong idea. I am not here to bring you calamity. I am here to save you.”

“I am your salvation. I will give you a great purpose. No matter your talent and power, I will make you useful for my goal of achieving greatness.”

“So you’re not in trouble, and there is no need to beg or be apprehensive. You are in luck, my friend. You are blessed.”

As he spoke, he activated the rank 5 Whip divine ability and conjured a phantom whip. The phantom whip appeared above White Cloak and struck him.

White Cloak didn’t have a shield, so the phantom whip struck. The whip passed through his body easily and didn’t damage any part of his body. But his mind was struck by the whip, and the barbs in the whip cracked his mind.

The pain of the injury was so immense that White Cloak shouted in pain and began crying. He was a grown man and a powerful godclad, but he cried just after one hit because the pain had crossed his tolerance threshold.

What’s more, a mark of bondage had also appeared in his mind. The mark of bondage was a black snake with thorns for scales. It coiled above his mind like a serpent stalking its prey.

Black Axe covered White Cloak’s mouth and shushed him. Then he said to him, “I know that you have a way to deal with the mark of bondage. You can try to escape into a dream or even transport the mark into a dream.”

“I will admit that you are going to be difficult to subdue. But I came prepared and will not take no for an answer. So you can either do this the hard and painful way. Or you can let us proceed without any pain. It all depends on.”

Tears were leaking down White Cloak’s face. Even now, he was still feeling the pain of that single attack. But he wasn’t willing to accept defeat just yet. This was evident from the look of determination in his eyes.

He was crying, but White Cloak was determined to fight until the bitter end. This reaction might be considered impressive by others, but Legion thought that it was disappointing.

They said to him through Black Axe’s mouth, “I am very disappointed in you. On one side is greatness. On the other side is death. I thought that the correct decision would be clear at a glance, but you seem hell-bent on dying for nothing. How foolish. How wasteful.”

White Cloak said with hatred, “Your offer also means death. So I don’t really have a choice. All I can decide is how to decide.”

Black Axe nodded and said, “That’s true. But that doesn’t change the fact that choosing to die a useless death is wasteful. Did you pick that option just to spite me?”

White Cloak replied with indignation, “It is none of your business.”

Black Axe stopped smiling and said coldly, “Fine then. Suit yourself. I too shall do what suits me. We will see who gets the last laugh.”

Then he produced another phantom whip and struck White Cloak with it. He covered up White Cloak’s mouth to prevent him from making too much noise during the torture. He also made the mark of bondage entangle White Cloak’s mind in order to enslave him.

The whole process was painful for White Cloak, but he refused to back down. His resistance wasn’t effective just because he was stubborn. He actually had the help of a divine ability.

The divine ability he used to resist was the rank 3 divine ability of the pathway of dreamers called Dream Surfing. This is a divine ability that lets dreamers send a part of their consciousness in the form of a single soul into the dreams of others.

This single soul leaves the body to surf the dream of others. This leaves two souls in his body.

Utilizing this divine ability means that the pain caused by the phantom whip was not being experienced by all of White Cloak’s souls. White Cloak had a soul that could maintain his clarity and resistance.

What’s more, White Cloak could use the rank 2 divine ability called Dream Communication to tell people about what was going on and ask for reinforcement. So even if the pain could eventually overwhelm White Cloak, Legion couldn’t let the torture go on for long, or White Cloak would be able to call for help.

White Cloak’s current state is similar to that of a schizophrenic with two distinct personalities. Even if they enslave one of the personalities, the other personality can still turn on them.

The only way to solve this problem is to make the escaped soul come back and accept slavery. Unfortunately, this is not something they can force in a short amount of time.

They came to this conclusion after they went through the divine abilities that they had on hand. They actually had a divine ability that could bring back the escaped soul but it couldn’t do so quickly.