Angelis could not refuse Dane's request. She readily told Dane Gabriel's whereabouts.
Dane originally intended to get up and leave, but Lucifer called out to him.
He looked at Dane helplessly: "Even if you're leaving, shouldn't you at least let me finish speaking first?"
Huh? Do we still have something to talk about?
Dane thought in surprise.
He himself vaguely guessed that Lucifer's gentle attitude towards him must be related to his own future.
Dane had seen Watchmen, so he understood that there was a form of life as complex as Dr. Manhattan.
When he obtained the Shazam Force, he had imagined whether he would one day become like Dr. Manhattan.
Becoming a "worm" entrenched on the timeline. Now, from Lucifer's behavior, it seemed he would succeed in the future.
This discovery excited him, not because he would ultimately achieve such results, but because it confirmed that his efforts were headed in the right direction.
But after the excitement, he felt a bit flat. It was like you just started an experiment, but someone from the future had already come back to tell you that you succeeded.
There was a sense of dissatisfaction from being spoiled.
So, at this moment, another thought arose in him.
What if he didn't want to follow the predetermined fate of the future, but wanted to choose a new path?
What would happen then?
If "Fate" could stand here at this moment and hear his inner thoughts, he would surely throw that messy page from the Book of Fate in his face.
Telling him that was the answer!
Lucifer had already discovered the problem with Dane: he had no fear.
It wasn't that he had little fear, nor that he overcame fear with his will, but that he simply had none at all.
In all his years of walking the human world, Dane was the only "person" he had ever seen who felt no fear towards anything or any being.
Without fear, it was naturally difficult to speak of reverence, so Dane also lacked a sense of awe.
Lucifer even suspected that even if God himself appeared, he would remain completely unmoved.
It was as if emotions like fear had been excised from him.
Precisely because he was fearless, he dared to be disrespectful to Lucifer as he was now.
Even if Dane wouldn't achieve such accomplishments in the future, Lucifer couldn't punish a person who had no fear at all.
This was also why he could only let Dane be; of course, his own cultivation was indeed good.
"You sit down first, young man, always so impetuous..."
At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into an old man, muttering to himself.
But once Dane sat down, he resumed his previous elegant demeanor.
"I was looking for John Constantine, originally intending to use his soul to exchange for something."
"However, since he is your subordinate, perhaps this matter should be entrusted to you. Don't worry, you won't do it for nothing!"
He had figured out Dane's approach: state the benefits directly. No matter the attitude, as long as the profit was large enough, he would spontaneously do it.
If there was no profit, even if God came, if he didn't pay attention to you, he wouldn't.
Dane asked bluntly: "What do you want to exchange his soul for? What can I get?"
Lucifer smiled: "What you can exchange for is what you can get. It is an artifact."
Upon hearing this, Dane's eyes instantly sharpened. An artifact! When it came to that, he wasn't sleepy anymore!
"What type of artifact?"
"It's called the dream sand..."
dream sand, good heavens, Lucifer, you're really not human. Isn't this one of the Dream Lord's three artifacts?
If I took that thing, wouldn't he come looking for a fight with me! Oh, wait a minute.
Dane stroked his chin, lost in thought. This plot seems to be from 'The Dream Lord'.
In the prequel, the Dream Lord Morpheus, in order to save the Universe from destruction, exhausted all his power to activate the Dream of a Thousand Cats, restarting the Universe.
As a result, he lost all his power, and was then summoned to Earth by a magic spell cast by a shoddy cult, and imprisoned by them for seventy years.
However, this cult had some peculiar methods; they used a magic circle to trap Morpheus and cut off his contact with dreams, preventing him from consuming dreams for a long time and thus unable to recover his power.
Morpheus almost endured until the second Family Head died before finding an opportunity to escape, but by then, he was extremely weak from not having consumed dreams for so long.
And the three artifacts that carried his power were also stolen by the cult members and scattered among humans.
The initial story of 'The Dream Lord' revolves around Morpheus searching for his three divine artifacts.
This gave Dane a lot of information: first, Dream Lord Morpheus was currently very weak, and the current Dane should be capable of handling him.
Second, his divine artifacts were now scattered and ownerless, and most importantly, Dane knew their whereabouts!
Dane looked at Lucifer thoughtfully: "You actually knew all along that the Dream Lord was trapped among humans, didn't you?"
Lucifer looked at him in surprise. How did he know about this?
It couldn't have been Death who told him, could it? So doting?
He calmly lit a cigarette for himself and shrugged.
He didn't say anything, but that was also a kind of answer.
In fact, the other members of the Endless Family should have also been aware that the Dream Lord was trapped in a human magic circle, but not one of them came to rescue him.
Perhaps they felt it wasn't necessary, as humans could never truly harm him, and this matter would probably just cause him to lose face.
It was clear that this guy wasn't very popular within the Endless Family.
He asked Lucifer: "That divine artifact you mentioned, is it on Constantine?"
Seeing how detailed he knew, Lucifer couldn't help but ask: "Where did you get so much information from?"
Death couldn't have shown him the Book of Destiny, could she!
So, it's true then? Dane thought in surprise.
Good heavens, Constantine is sitting on a treasure mountain without even knowing it!
He probably doesn't know the relationship between that divine artifact and the Dream Lord.
He might not even know the Dream Lord's identity.
After all, the Endless Family doesn't need faith like other gods; they are self-existent and eternal.
But the Lucifer in front of him clearly didn't have good intentions either; he deliberately didn't mention this matter before, obviously wanting to see him and the Dream Lord clash.
And now, the Dream Lord is basically powerless to resist Dane's strength, and there's even a possibility of him being killed by him.
The concepts represented by the Endless Family do not truly die, but the bodies that carry these concepts do.
After their bodies die, a new body will be reborn, fully inheriting the memories and powers of the previous generation.
It's essentially a direct rebirth with a new skin, similar to Dr. Who, but without memory loss.
However, Dane remembered that after Morpheus died, he chose not to undergo 410 rebirth, but instead allowed others to inherit his power.
Should Dane be tempted by this power?
He was definitely tempted, but he was unwilling to be bound by rules.
Inheriting the power of Dream would inevitably mean adhering to the rules of Dream and fulfilling his responsibilities.
Fulfilling responsibilities is fine, but not being able to kill those he wants to kill is not acceptable.
For example, what if one day he was unhappy with God and wanted to mess with him?
Without being Dream, it might still be possible, but once he became Dream, it would be impossible for his entire life.
Moreover, Morpheus is Death's brother, after all. If he just killed him and stole his power...
How would he face Death later in the Land of the Unlit (Death's domain)? Their relationship would never progress... So, he could only settle for second best: not killing Morpheus, but finding a way to steal all his divine artifacts.
This would prevent him from recovering his full strength, and also enhance his own power.
Dane did some quick calculations, estimating that the new green lantern central power battery would be completed in a few days.
At that time, he would first strengthen himself with infinite energy, and then go collect the Dream Lord's artifacts.
Then he would wait for Morpheus to come to him for negotiations, and he would tell him to scram, feeling utterly delighted~
So, he could only take Lucifer's bait, but was he the type of person to suffer a loss?
"I probably understand what you're trying to achieve. Personally, I don't mind, but those artifacts can only be considered spoils of war I confiscated during my work; they cannot be counted as your compensation."
Lucifer raised an eyebrow: "What do you want?"
Dane sat up straight, a business smile on his face: "I want..."
"Your Key to Hell!"
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