"… You're Lulu?"
As soon as Sisya stepped through the door, he saw a grayish gargoyle with wings on its back, a pointy mouth, and a pig's nose not far away. This gargoyle didn't turn into a statue. Instead, it was sneakily looking at the curtains on the right side of the hall. Its head poked left and right as if it wanted to lift the curtains and look inside, but it seemed to be afraid of something and didn't dare to.
Siscia's sudden call scared the guilty gargoyle. It shivered and even the bony wings on its back shrunk.
With fear, the gargoyle was like a jammed puppet. It paused and tilted its head, then met Siscia's eyes.
Siscia carefully observed this sneaky gargoyle. The more she looked, the more familiar it seemed. This small gaze, this timid look, and those seemingly useless wings were exactly the same as the gargoyle guard at the second entrance of the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
With confusion in her heart, Siscia called out again, "Lulu?"
After staring at each other for a few seconds and being called out again by Siscia, the somewhat silly gargoyle finally reacted. Its red eyes gradually lit up.
Its ugly, ferocious, and strangely timid face seemed to be illuminated by the bright and beautiful sunlight, and suddenly bloomed with a strange brilliance.
"Ji ji gugu gu, di di yaya …" The gargoyle looked as if it saw its family and quickly pounced on Siscia, muttering in an unknown language.
Seeing the gargoyle's reaction, Siscia confirmed once again that this was Lulu!
But wasn't this a bit too absurd? Why was Lulu also in this dream? If Lulu was here, then where was the other gargoyle, Coco?
While Siscia was thinking, the gargoyle Lulu had already charged over. Siscia skillfully dodged the gargoyle's pounce and then kicked it hard from behind. The gargoyle Lulu was sent sprawling on the ground.
This series of dodging, turning, and kicking was executed smoothly by Siscia. It was so smooth and practiced that it was as if it was engraved into her muscle memory.
As for the gargoyle Lulu that was sent sprawling on the ground, it didn't feel sad like it had been countless times before. Instead, it was so excited that it was about to cry … This long-awaited feeling of being kicked by the Saintess, it didn't know how long it had been since it felt like this.
Lulu's tears were running down his cheeks as he continued to babble in an aggrieved and coquettish voice.
Siscia didn't pay attention to what Lulu was saying. Instead, she swung the left leg that kicked Lulu with confusion in her eyes. Although everything feels very real, the strength of this leg is different from my original body. Is this a flaw in this dream? But if it really was a dream, it would be easy to create everything. There was no need to have such an obvious flaw.
Siscia couldn't understand why this body would change like this. But it didn't seem like it was her body.
However, even if there was a flaw in this dream, this dream's, it's's body,'s's's, it's's' At least ten thousand years ago, Siscia had only seen realistic illusions. She had never seen a dream that was this realistic. After all, the sorcerers were still in control of illusions. With control, they could constantly modify and perfect it. It was not impossible to create an illusion that was exactly the same as the real world. For example, the world level illusions that covered a wide area in the illusion department.
However, a dream was just a bubble in the Dream World. Dream wizards could only borrow the bubble, but they couldn't create it. There was a fundamental difference between him and the illusionary wizards.
While Cissy was deep in thought, a pair of sharp claws covered in gray stone shells wrapped around Cissy's thigh.
Siscia looked down and saw Lulu crying while hugging her thigh. It was also mumbling something pitifully.
"You …" Cisia wanted to ask Lulu to let go, but when she saw Lulu still sobbing on the ground, she suddenly remembered something.
Judging from the strength just now, Lulu shouldn't have been kicked to the ground. Lulu was one of the weakest gargoyles in existence, but it was still a monster from the Abyss Plane. How could the other monsters in the Abyss Plane accept this?
Even if Lulu was an illusion created by Angor in the dream, it should at least follow some rules, right?
"Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak …"
Before Siscia could get far, Lulu's voice brought her back to reality.
She was sure this "Lulu" was fake, but it looked too much like the real Lulu. So much so that she couldn't bring herself to expose it.
Let's talk to it then. The more they chatted, the more it would expose itself.
After all, it wasn't Lulu at all.
This was because she had previously asked Wise Lulu and the other guards about the situation. The wise man told her a piece of news that wasn't too bad, but it definitely wasn't good either. Lulu and the other gargoyle had been petrified and didn't wake up, so they hadn't been robbed by outsiders. However, because they had chosen to remain in hibernation, they hadn't been awakened even after so many years. Now, they were basically in a "dead sleep" state.
After such a long period of time, the gargoyles had fallen into a deep slumber. Even if there were any signs of life, there was no way to wake them up.
This was how low-level gargoyles lived. Due to their weak bodies, they wouldn't feel anything even if their bodies were destroyed. Instead, they would die as their bodies were destroyed. High-level gargoyles, on the other hand, had stronger bodies. If they "died" in their sleep, they could be awakened by various external stimuli. For example, if a dark gold gargoyle died in its sleep, it could be incinerated with supernatural fire to wake it up.
And because Sisya knew that they were dead asleep, she was sure that the one before her wasn't Lulu.
Even so, Siscia still looked at the crying "Lulu" and crouched down just like she did ten thousand years ago. She patted Lulu's hard and smooth scalp and used her familiar voice to comfort it. "There, there. Don't cry. I don't know about other things, but I'm real. Tell me, I'm listening."
Lulu reacted the same way as before. Thanks to Siscia's gentle voice, it slowly calmed down and began to speak while sobbing.
However, it still spoke in the same "grumble grumble grumble grumble".
"He can imitate my voice and mouth? That's incredible …" Siscia frowned. "Did he use my memory?"
Cisia thought about it and felt that it was impossible. Even if Dream Wizards could do many incredible things in the Dream Realm, they were still not the master of the Dream Realm. She could not think of any other way to silently pry into someone's memory other than a law-level ability.
Besides, Siscia didn't have a body or a soul to begin with. She was just a collection of memories, or rather, a different consciousness. She could tell whether her memory was read or not.
But how did Angor manage to create such a realistic Lulu without reading her memory? All of Lulu's actions were exactly the same as Lulu's.
Even the tone of her voice when she felt wronged … was exactly the same as back then.
Siscia was still wondering how Angor managed to create such a realistic "Lulu". But when Lulu used its familiar voice to "complain" and "ask for comfort", Siscia felt something tugging at her heart, and her vision blurred.
It had been a long time since Siscia felt this way. Everything felt just like it did ten thousand years ago. The skyscraper was still standing, the sun was still shining, her body was fine, and there was a familiar follower beside her.
Siscia found herself indulging in this feeling. It felt so good … so good …
…
However, the former Saintess was always a rational person. She didn't lose her mind even when she was overwhelmed by her emotions.
She knew that this was just a dream.
A long-awaited dream.
Since it was a dream, she would wake up one day.
Siscia didn't want to be carried away by Angor's dream like a headless fly. She forced herself to suppress her emotions.
Now that she was no longer bothered by her emotions, she began to take her surroundings seriously.
Since Angor created "Lulu", she decided to see what he was going to do first.
There had to be a reason for Lulu's appearance.
Cisia began to listen carefully to Lulu's endless complaints, trying to find the core elements that Lulu wanted to express from these words.
A moment later, Siscia looked at Lulu in confusion. "You're asking me where we are? That's what I want to ask you. "
She was going to ask Lulu about the "clues" Angor used to create "Lulu", but Lulu asked the same question before she did.
What was Angor trying to do?
Did he spend so much effort to create Lulu just to awaken her old feelings? And how did Angor know all about Lulu's behavior?
Siscia was getting more and more curious about this "dream".
"You've also just woken up, and you're already here? How long did you sleep? You don't know?! "
Cicia sighed helplessly and looked around. "You woke up alone? Where's Coco? "
Just like Lulu, Coco was also a gargoyle.
Ten thousand years ago, Siscia often went to the Stairs of Hanging Prison to look for her best friend, Margret, so she was quite familiar with the guards there.
Among them, she was most familiar with the two gargoyles guarding the second slit, Coco and Lulu. These two gargoyles were brought to Nether City when they were still stone embryos. They were born and raised in Nether City. They looked fierce, but they were actually very naughty. In addition, normal gargoyles didn't have high intelligence. These two gargoyles were at most like eleven or twelve years old children. Their nature was still romantic and innocent.
Also, because of their pure nature, in Cissy's eyes, they were like children, so she was more tolerant of these two gargoyles. And the result of her tolerance was that every time they came to the Stairs of Hanging Prison, there would be more followers.
Either Lulu or Coco would come with her. As for why she couldn't bring both gargoyles together, it was because the second slit still needed guards. She didn't mind if one of them left, but it would be bad if both of them left.
"Blarrr, blarrr, blarrr."
Siscia nodded. "Coco is behind the curtain. There's a scary old man there. Coco is still in her statue form. You don't dare to go in?"
"You're such a coward." Siscia was a little speechless. No wonder Lulu was sneaking around behind the curtain.
But Lulu said it was an old man?
So it wasn't Angor? Was it Bobota?
Was Lulu created to awaken her "humanity" and tell her where Bobota was?
Siscia was a little confused. She couldn't figure out what was going on. Her mind was in a mess. Without thinking about anything else, he walked directly towards the curtain.
She had to see someone anyway.
Whether it was Angor or the "fake Originator" created by Angor, she had to see them first.
When Celia reached the curtain, she heard rustling sounds and a man murmuring.
"Interesting. I didn't expect a gargoyle to have such a structure. It's different from what I expected."
"Do you mind if I take some fingernails? Don't worry, I'll use a pair of nail clippers. It won't hurt. "
"I'll take some hair too. Don't worry, it's just an external tissue removal. I have scissors, so it won't hurt you."
"Oh, and some blood. Trust me, it won't hurt. It's just a little bit."
Just listening to it made Sisia frown. Similar sounds could often be heard in Nether City in the past. This was because Nether City had done a large number of live experiments. When the experimenters faced the test subjects, they would pretend to be kind.
Siscia was sent to Nether City and had something to do with those experiments, but she didn't like them at all.
Why live subjects? Why people of the same race? Why did he have to use intelligent life forms?
Siscia couldn't find the answers to these questions back then, but she acquiesced to the existence of those experiments.
But now, she heard the same noises again, which annoyed her a lot.
Not only did he fool her with a dream, but he also tried to recreate the exact scene. Cisia was furious.
She flung open the drapery and rushed in.
She was already prepared to make a move, but when she saw the scene in front of her, she was instantly stunned.
"Coco, what are you doing?" Siscia stared at the familiar gargoyle in a daze.
One of her hands was being held by a bony old man, while the other was licking a cream ice cream ball. When she raised her head, her eyes instantly lit up. "Ah! Gulu! Gulu! Gulu!"
"He can eat just by giving him some useless tissue? Are you that greedy?! "
Sisyia frowned and looked at the old man on the other side. "You're Bobota? Why are you studying Coco? Why are you studying Coco? "
"Coco? Is she called Coco? That's a nice name. " The old man didn't mind Siscia's accusation at all. "I'm not Bobota. You can call me Jon. As for Bobota, he's in the dining hall. "
"Speaking of which, this is the first time I've seen you. Are you new here? You and Bobota are old acquaintances? Are you a wizard too? "
Siscia didn't know how to answer Jon's questions.
Coco didn't look scared at all, which was completely different from what she expected. The old man also looked kind and gentle, which made her feel like she was the one in the wrong.
More importantly, he wasn't Bobota either. Jon? Who was this? How many fake creatures did Angor create in this dream?
Siscia scratched her head and looked at Lulu behind her. "Didn't you say Coco was a statue? And this is the scary old man you were talking about? "
Lulu: "Glug … glug …"
Siscia: "You sound scary. Since when did you become such a coward? Have you been sleeping for too long that you're dead? "
Lulu pouted, feeling wronged.
"And you, Coco! How many times have I told you not to trust humans too much? Not all humans are like me and Margret. You'll get screwed over one day! "
Even if everything was fake, Siscia still found the feeling of scolding people again. She didn't mind scolding her two minions. One moment, she told them to be careful, and the next moment, she told them not to be tempted by small benefits.
Jon watched her go on and on.
Chown, on the other hand, was curious. He didn't expect to run into two living gargoyles and an interesting little girl on his rare trip back to Padt Manor.
She seemed to be very familiar with these two gargoyles. Could it be that she was the owner of these gargoyles?
While Jon watched, Siscia scolded, and the two gargoyles lowered their heads in silence, a voice came from nearby and broke the silence.
"Hey, Siscia, you know these two gargoyles?"
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