The Deceitful One

'What a terrifying fucking ability!' Bryan thought inwardly with a sense of terror as well as excitement.

"Is this the power of dreams?" He looked at Benny and asked in a daze.

Benny nodded his head in excitement. But then immediately shook it as he replied smugly, 'This is just the tip of the iceberg! When I become stronger, I can enter people's dreams and even manipulate them.'

Bryan pondered deeply, 'That's right! With an otherworldly ability such as this, one could enter others' dreams, plant ideas, extract information, and even give them nightmares. The greatest ability was to manipulate them while still remaining hidden in the shadows!'

The more Bryan thought about it, the more excited he became. His palms began to sweat unknowingly as he clenched and unclenched them repeatedly.

All of a sudden, Detective Watson's teachings echoed in his mind, 'Practicing spells from other Paths and perfecting it along with your own Path, this is what is meant by cultivating a Secondary Path!'

The moment Bryan had this thought in his mind, it instantly took root! And he couldn't think of anything else. He stayed standing in that position for a long time, deep in thought.

'W-What if…what if I make this my Secondary Path? No, that won't work. No one's even aware of this Path and such a Path doesn't even exist, to begin with.' Bryan began to pace around the restaurant.

All of a sudden he stopped in his footsteps and his body began to tremble as he muttered under his breath, "What if…

What if I create a new Path!?"

When Bryan had this idea, he felt goosebumps all over his body. Outside, in the Dreamworld, the night sky began to shine a purple light throughout the world as if witnessing the birth of something monumental.

All the dream creatures as well as the nightmare creatures residing in the depths of the Dreamworld looked up at the night sky and bowed in reverence.

Inside the girl's dream, Bryan seemed to have come to a decision as his eyes shone brightly with firm determination, "If Medici could create the Theft Path, Why can't I create a new Path as well?"

He took a deep breath and steeled his heart, "So be it…

I shall create the Dream Path!"

BOOOM!!

Thunderous lightning streaked across the entirety of the night sky as it bathed the Dreamworld in a purple hue.

This time, the lightning was much stronger than the time when Bryan had earlier arrived. Benny turned his head as his gaze transcended the dream he was in and landed at the night sky.

pAnDa (ɴᴏᴠ)ᴇʟ​ He thought in astonishment, 'Twice! The motherland has responded to Bryan twice in such a short span of time!'

Benny looked at Bryan with shock as well as excitement, 'Bryan…just who are you!?'

He couldn't understand how a human, who wasn't even a native of the Dreamworld, could get such a strong response from it.

Meanwhile, in the depths of the Dreamworld, in the underwater city of R'lyeh, a humongous figure with a head of an octopus, radiating an otherworldly aura of dread and terror, slowly opened his eyes.

He looked in the direction of Bryan and Benny and muttered in an incomprehensible language, "Dream Path? Interesting…"

The giant figure then closed his eyes and slowly vanished into the depths of the ocean.

Bryan and Benny, on the other hand, had already exited the girl's dream and were now wandering around the Dreamworld.

Benny who was sitting atop Bryan's shoulder, asked him eagerly, 'Bryan! Shall we enter another person's dream?'

"You still have the energy?" Bryan looked at Benny in surprise, "How many more times can you enter others' dreams? Also don't forget, you need to have enough power to help us exit the Dreamworld."

Benny replied smugly, 'Don't worry! I am strong. I still have much power left.'

Bryan began to chuckle looking at Benny's expression. He then nodded with a warm smile, "All right, let's check out one more person's dream, and then let's go back home."

Benny's eyes shone brightly as he jumped down from Bryan's shoulder. He then ran towards another house a couple of blocks away. Bryan could only shake his head and smile as he tried to catch up.

The duo then entered a lavish two-storied house that was right in between the east side of Robinson Street and Augustus Street.

They opened the door and entered without any scruples. If this was the real world it would be completely different. However, here in the Dreamworld, there were no humans, only their dreams!

Benny walked in front of Bryan as he guided the latter through the stairs to the second floor. They then entered a large bedroom.

Bryan had already activated his spiritual sense before entering. Therefore, he was able to see the white glowing ball that was hovering atop the bed. However, this glowing ball was much bigger than the last one they entered.

He looked at Benny and inquired, "What's so special about this one?"

Benny climbed back onto Bryan's shoulder and replied, 'There can only be one reason. This person is a Transcendent!'

Bryan was dumbfounded. A Transcendent was living so close to his house—just a few blocks away—and he didn't even realize it until now!

He then asked Benny, "Will they get to know if we enter their dream?"

Benny scoffed, 'As if! Humans aren't even aware that dreams could be utilized like this.'

Bryan nodded his head and thought that it made sense. Hence, without waiting any longer, the duo jumped inside the dream!

Inside the dream, Bryan and Benny arrived at a large bathhouse whose walls and floor were made up of white marble. At the center of the bathhouse was a medium-sized pool.

However, it wasn't water that filled it, but a red liquid instead! Inside the pool, leaning against one side was a voluptuous middle-aged lady with black hair. Her large breasts were visible while the rest of her body was submerged.

Currently, she was looking at the ceiling with an intoxicated expression. Bryan and Benny followed her gaze and what they saw sent chills down their spine as they drew a collective gasp.

Tens of naked bodies were hung from the ceiling by metal hooks as their blood slowly dripped down to the pool below. The black-haired woman was bathing in their blood!