Charle felt like he was in a dream, an incredibly real dream.
He dreamt of the deep, sunless seabed, where there was a dry, foul-smelling seafloor stretching for thousands of miles, covered in countless strange, jagged rocks.
He dreamt that at the end of that seafloor, a massive, ancient city was sleeping.
The ancient temple was located in the center of the city, and various grand, fanatical, and absurd ramblings emanated from the temple's tightly shut, massive doors.
In those ramblings, he was sure he had heard a familiar word.
"R'lyeh..."
Before taking the Sublimation Potion, Dak had told Charle that he could find the ruins of the Ancient Ones in R'lyeh, which could be used to concoct the Sublimation Potion.
And in this dream, this word appeared again in those ramblings.
Charle stood in this strange world, feeling his mood sink little by little.
Was the frantic shout he heard from Dak before he fainted real?
Did the Sublimation Potion succeed?
But even if it succeeded, the power of the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell should have left no trace of Dak's body.
As this thought arose, Charle saw a disgusting mass of flesh constantly wriggling on the seabed in his dream.
In just a moment, Dak, clad in a black robe, grew out of that mass of flesh.
But unlike before, at this moment, many small tentacles extended from Dak's body, and drops of green viscous liquid dripped from him from time to time.
Charle's pupils contracted violently.
"Dak, you're not dead?"
"Did you do this?"
Dak also seemed very confused.
"Charle, my friend, what is that expression?"
"You were the one who pointed out the path to sublimation for me. Look, I now possess an unprecedentedly beautiful form. Why do I feel you are very repulsed by me?"
The next moment, Dak seemed to realize something.
"Ah, yes, of course, because you have not yet sublimated, so you are still stubborn with human prejudice."
"How sad this is, my friend, such an excellent mind trapped within a human body, but fortunately, I will soon liberate you."
Dak said excitedly.
"The Ancient Ones who once ruled this world, their era is about to return."
"I have established a connection with you under the witness of the Ancient Ones, my friend. The true me will descend upon this world through you."
"Subsequently, the Ancient Ones will return one after another, and you will become the gateway to open this great era."
As he spoke excitedly, the tentacles on Dak's body also couldn't help but wave like octopus tentacles.
Some even waved in front of Charle.
Listening to Dak's endless excited narration, Charle's body began to tremble slightly.
Dak sighed with an obvious sense of superiority.
"Do not try to resist, do not try to escape. The connection witnessed by Them, even if I have sublimated, cannot be severed."
"Charle, whether you want to or not, embrace me, embrace the Great Old Ones, this is your only choice..."
At the same time, Charle looked at the waving tentacles in front of him, and a thought inevitably surfaced in his mind.
"The main ingredient of the Sublimation Potion is that disgusting green viscous liquid. According to Dak, it is the ruins left by the Ancient Ones."
"Judging from Dak's current situation, this stuff should not be rare for the Ancient Ones, which means that the evolution points they can convert are not high on the Ancient Ones."
"What if I eat a tentacle?"
"The evolution points I get should be much higher than the Sublimation Potion, right?"
After this thought surfaced, Charle no longer felt disgusted by the waving tentacles in front of him.
He only felt as if a large amount of evolution points were dangling in front of him.
His consciousness called out in his mind.
"Deep Blue."
The subsequent mechanical prompt sound completely put Charle at ease.
He didn't know what method Dak used to make him have such a real dream and appear in his dream to play tricks.
But since the Deep Blue system still responded, Charle could eat with peace of mind.
At this moment, Charle raised his head and looked at the tentacles in front of him, no longer able to bear it.
He licked his lips and grinned with a fervent smile.
"Embrace?"
"No, no, no, Dak, I'm too happy. An embrace is not enough to show my joy."
"I'm going to celebrate in my own way!"
The next moment, Charle reached out and grabbed a tentacle that was swaying in front of him.
"So tempting, swaying around here. It's decided, you're the first victim!"
Instantly, Charle opened his mouth and bit down.
With that bite, Dak, who had been eloquently recounting the glory of the Ancient Ones, suddenly paused.
Countless tentacles began to thrash about in panic.
"Wait, Charle, Charle, what are you doing?!"
"What did you do?!"
Charle hugged the tentacle and buried his head in it, gnawing away.
With every bite of tentacle he swallowed, Deep Blue's continuous prompts echoed in his mind.
"Deduction Points +200..."
"Deduction Points +200..."
Charle had only taken a few bites, and the Deduction Points, which had been completely depleted from deducing the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell, had already soared by over thirty thousand.
Charle's eyes were practically green, filled with longing.
Just a few bites did this, so what if he ate an entire tentacle?
What if he ate all the tentacles on Dak?
Wouldn't that be hundreds of thousands, even millions, of Deduction Points?
And what if he ate the Ancient Ones and Great Old Ones that Dak mentioned would descend into this world through him?
Wouldn't the Deduction Points explode?!
Charle raised his arm high.
"Dak, my good friend, you're truly too generous. You didn't forget about me even after getting rich."
"Having a friend like you is truly my Charle's good fortune."
"Quick, my friend, let me eat a few more bites, I'm really hungry!"
At this moment, after having a section of his tentacle gnawed off by Charle, Dak was in unprecedented panic.
"My form, it's disappearing?"
"What exactly are you?!"
Just as Charle opened his mouth wide, wanting to bite off another section of tentacle, Dak's tentacles rapidly retracted.
He himself also disappeared at an extremely fast speed.
Charle looked around, his eyes first showing confusion, then resentment.
"Dak?"
"My friend, where are you!"
"Why did you leave?"
"Didn't you want me to embrace you, to congratulate you? My welcoming ceremony isn't over, why did you leave?"
"You didn't even let me finish one tentacle, you lied to me, you don't consider me a friend at all!"
"Dak, don't go, let me have a bite, let me have another bite!"
Then, Charle said faintly.
"But don't forget, as you said, we have already established a connection under the gaze of the Ancient Ones, one that even you cannot break."
"We will meet here again, Dak, you can't hide from me forever."
"No matter where you are, I will find you."
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