Above Sleepless City, a "meteor" streaked across the sky like a flickering shadow.
In the end, the "meteor" landed on the highest point of Sleepless City — the Never-Ending Clock Tower.
At the top of the Never-Ending Clock Tower's arc, the light of the meteor slowly became clear, revealing three people wrapped in the meteor … To be precise, it was three people, a bird, and a dog.
"Hey, Angor, what's with that frog? I think it respects you a lot," Shan began to gossip as soon as they landed.
"It must have mistaken me for someone else." Angor quickly changed the topic with a serious look.
"Fine, it's fine if you don't want to tell me … But why did you bring this dog with you?" Shan pointed at the dog in Angor's hand. Thanks to the Illumination spell, she could see that the dog was a spotted puppy with black and white fur. It was about the same size as Toby, and Angor was holding it by the scruff of its neck, which made it unable to move at all. The puppy raised its short tail to cover its important parts.
"We'll need its help to find someone."
Shan was stunned for a moment. "You're saying that you're relying on a dog's nose to find someone?"
Angor did not answer. His eyes looked gloomy. He didn't know if the puppy had the same sense of smell as ordinary dogs. He brought it here because Froggy told him that it was the only one who knew where to find the prototype puppet. When Yorkshire kidnapped those people, the puppy had been following him all the time.
Angor didn't want to talk about the secrets of the Nightmare Realm, so he didn't want to talk about it.
However, Shan believed that Angor's silence meant that he agreed. A mortal puppy could only rely on its natural sense of smell to find people.
Shiliew, who had been quiet all this time, looked at the puppy in confusion. Why didn't she hear any blood flowing inside the dog's body?
"Let's not talk about that now. We need to find Nausica as soon as possible. The longer we wait, the worse it will be." Angor looked at Toby. "Toby, is Lady Greya awake yet?"
Toby shook his head.
"Wake her up. I have something important to tell her," Angor said.
Toby nodded without hesitation and landed on the top of the tower. He closed his eyes and tried to sense something.
Shan and Shiliew looked at Angor in confusion. "Lady Greya? You mean the one we're looking for? "
Angor put a finger on his lips and kept his eyes on Toby. Not long after, a figure was released from Snowy Feather by Toby.
It was a young girl. She was yawning and rubbing her messy hair. She complained to Toby, "I just rested for a while and you woke me up. What happened?"
"Lady Greya, please, come here." Angor's voice reached Greya's ears.
Greya looked back and saw Angor walking to the other side of the Never-Ending Clock Tower, away from the others.
Greya checked her surroundings and confirmed that she was still in Sleepless City. She quickly put on a serious expression and approached Angor. When she walked past Shan and Shiliew, Greya gave them a cold glance, which made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
"You're pretty good, Angor. You got two girls in such a short time. One of them is a big girl, and the other is a little girl. It's just that … I don't like it. "Greya did not hold back her words, which surprised Shan and Shiliew.
"They're my friends," Angor explained. He then gave Greya a meaningful glance. "Lady Greya, I have something urgent to tell you."
Greya nodded. She waved a hand and set up a soundproof barrier around the area.
"Tell me. What happened? Why did Toby have to wake me up so quickly?" Greya's teasing expression was replaced by a serious one.
"I've received news that the entire Sleepless City will be turned into a mezzanine in a short period of time. The owner of the interlayer is called Yorkshire, "Angor said quickly. "Once the mezzanine reaches the entire city, it'll be even harder to leave."
"Besides, Yorkshire, the owner of the mezzanine, has absolute control over this space. It'll be hard for us to turn the tables."
Greya frowned. Who's Yorkshire? She still didn't know what an interlayer was, and she didn't know what Angor was talking about. However, judging from Angor's anxious tone, she could tell that the situation was extremely dangerous.
"What do you want me to do?" Greya didn't beat around the bush.
"Go find my professor and tell him what I just told you." Angor looked at the two girls who were still looking at the barrier. "I was going to send Shan and Shiliew, but they aren't immune to parasites, so I'll have to rely on you, Lady Greya."
Greya was still confused. "But what's an interlayer space anyway? Why is it so dangerous? "
"I don't know how to explain it right now. But both the interlayer and Yorkshire … "Angor paused for a moment before continuing," If I'm not mistaken, my professor is fighting against Yorkshire right now, and Yorkshire might have lured him into the interlayer. That's why I need you to go find him, Lady Greya. "
Greya nodded. "Sure. But how did you get this information? Aren't you going to find your professor now? "
"Froggy told me. As for who Froggy is, my professor knows about it too. I have something else to do right now. A friend of mine is trapped here, and I need to go find her. " Under Greya's suspicious gaze, he had no choice but to continue, "By the way, the fox zither player who trapped Lady Greya is also on her way to attack you."
Greya's eyes lit up in anger. "That arrogant fox is here too? This is great! I'm going to find him! "
"Do you know where Sunders is right now?" Greya quickly asked.
Angor took out the blood orb Sunders gave him. "Lady Greya, can you use this to find my professor?"
"Your professor gave this to you?" Greya accepted the orb with a surprised look.
Angor nodded and explained what the orb could do to Greya.
Greya clicked her tongue and gave Angor a more cautious look. "No wonder people say that Sunders is becoming more and more like a light wizard. So it's true."
Greya tossed the orb back to Angor. "I know where Sunders is, so I'm going now. You take care of Toby and yourself. "
With that, Greya flew into the sky and disappeared into the darkness like a wisp of smoke.
While watching Greya leave, Angor glanced at the darkness around him with mixed feelings.
Not long ago, he learned something important from Shiliew, which led him to believe that Yorkshire kidnapped Gank and Nausica.
But why did Yorkshire want to kidnap them? That was something he couldn't figure out.
Since he couldn't figure it out, he decided to ask Froggy about it.
Froggy did tell him that Yorkshire was planning to turn the captives into prototype puppets, which was why Yorkshire wanted to kidnap people and turn them into puppets.
The so-called prototype puppet was actually artificially modified into a container that could carry a mezzanine space.
Yorkshire had absolute control over the interlayer space at the center of the city. However, monsters in the Nightmare Realm had to meet certain conditions to gain control over their interlayer spaces. Yorkshire only had control over the interlayer space because he had the help of other creatures in the Nightmare Realm.
In order to cover the entire Sleepless City, multiple interlayer spaces had to be combined. Yorkshire could only control one interlayer space, which was the best he could do. The only solution he could think of was to use humans as containers to contain the interlayer spaces.
Froggy meant that Yorkshire wanted to turn Nausica and Gank into prototype puppets so that they could contain the interlayer spaces.
Firstly, once the prototype puppets were successfully created, a new interlayer space would be added to the one at the center of the city. This meant that the entire Sleepless City would soon become an interlayer space.
As he told Greya, it would be very difficult for them to leave the city.
Secondly, once they were turned into prototype puppets, they would lose all willpower, potential, and the ability to evolve. They would become "fake Guardians of Nightmares".
It would be a disaster for Nausica, who had been pursuing immortality for a long time.
If Nausica was chosen as a container, Angor had to save her before she became a prototype.
But … was it too late?
Angor looked into the distance and sensed a familiar energy wave slowly merging with the interlayer space at the center of the city. This meant that another proto-embryo had appeared.
I hope it's not you.
Angor walked to Shan and Shiliew and ignored their questions. "Nausica is in great danger. We'll talk about it after we save her. Now, follow me."
It was a race against time. Toby transformed into a giant griffin, carried the three people and the dog on its back, and dashed away in the direction Angor pointed at.
That was where the dog was barking. He wasn't sure if the dog was barking in the right direction, or if it was just barking randomly.
But there was no other way. If he wanted to find Nausica, he had to let the dog lead the way.
Nausica's life depended on how long she could hold on.
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