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Exuding an aura of dejection, the Nightmare Mirror knew that its interrogation this time was going to end in failure.
"Brave Mino, you've won..."
He uttered those words with utter humiliation, and unsurprisingly, the Nightmare Mirror immediately heard Mino's triumphant laughter:
"You vile demons, how dare you try to extract my most precious memories of the bond between us from me!"
Mino curled her lip and sneered, "You want me to submit in a dream? Another hundred years..."
[Ding—The interrogation mission has been refreshed]
[Torture Mission: You are being interrogated by the Seventh Demon's Nightmare Mirror. Can giving something away in a dream really be considered giving it away? Of course not! So, please give away as much as you want—]
[Mission Reward: A blissfully sweet dream]
"We don't care about the past hundred years, we only need to seize the day!"
Mino's expression softened, and she picked up the cloud-shaped cushion from the floor, her eyes widening in a sweet, innocent way:
"I admit it!"
"???"
The Nightmare Mirror stood frozen in place.
—Was it a dream...? When?
"What...did you just say?" Nightmare Mirror asked in disbelief.
“I’ll confess! All you want is a tiny bit of memory, right? As long as it’s not a public execution like that Meow Fruit incident, I’ll do whatever you want!” Mino opened her arms wide: “I confess!”
The next moment, something resembling a videotape, enveloped in the power of dreams, actually jumped out of Mino's body!
This is a precise memory that can only be extracted when the other party is completely at ease, activated by the Dream Authority of the Nightmare Mirror! Although only short fragments can be extracted, under the constraint of the authority, the other party has no possibility of forgery!
"It...it worked?!?"
Holding the fragments of memories, the Nightmare Mirror seemed somewhat dazed.
The next moment, an unprecedented repulsive force surged in from all directions. The Nightmare Mirror was horrified; this repulsive power was something even its authority couldn't withstand... What on earth is going on with this hero's dream?!
No one could understand the Nightmare Mirror's feelings at this moment. Because it possessed the authority over dreams, only it could be aware of the changes in the entire dream at this moment.
This is a terrifying force that defies common sense and reconstructs the entire dream world!
This hero... does he actually possess such unfathomable power within him? Compared to him, my so-called authority over dreams is nothing but child's play.
The Nightmare Mirror subconsciously reflected Mino's figure in the center of the dream, and even at the last moment when the dream excluded him, he still couldn't calm down for a long time.
What is the reason that would make the strongest human hero with such power give himself away for free?
……
Outside the Demon King's Castle, outside the prison.
As a violent fluctuation spread uncontrollably outwards, the Nightmare Mirror's form solidified, appearing somewhat weakly in the corridor.
"How are you? Nightmare Mirror?"
Svir and Apophis, who had been waiting nearby, stepped forward together and cautiously transferred their magic power. As non-living entities, the Book Demon and the Magic Sword could best replenish the Nightmare Mirror's consumption of magic power.
The demon strategist Swell was somewhat surprised, not expecting that even in Mino's dream world, which had already taken on the form of a mortal, the Nightmare Mirror still consumed so much energy!
Has that hero's strength gone this far?!
"I...I'm fine, it's just that the dream of the hero Mino was strange..." The Nightmare Mirror's aura was somewhat disordered. As the power was replenished, the mirror regained some of its luster, and it then straightened up, still shaken, and said:
"The power hidden within him can even surpass my Dream Authority and completely dominate the entire dream!"
“What…” Swell was somewhat shocked.
Although the authority of demons is like a double-edged sword, with both advantages and disadvantages, it is also their most core and powerful means. However, right now, in the area where the Nightmare Mirror is most proficient, Mino is able to easily suppress it!
"What exactly did he do in his dream?" Swell couldn't help but ask, his mind racing as he flipped through the pages.
"I don't know..." The Nightmare Mirror flickered, revealing a hint of confusion: "In the very end, all I heard was him shouting:"
"—I'm going to start fantasizing!"
Chapter 172 The Demon's Shura Field
"Italian silver..."
Swell's voice was somewhat puzzled. These were words that had never been recorded in its knowledge. Could it be... that this was the ultimate power of human dreams?
"Let's not talk about that." Suppressing his doubts, and watching the Nightmare Mirror's magic gradually replenish, Swell asked with concern, "Was your interrogation successful this time?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the three demons who had been pretending to be calm while gazing at the starry sky at the window by the corridor all perked up their little ears—
"This...it's a success." The Nightmare Mirror hesitated for a moment, and ripples spread across its smooth surface. Then, a phantom videotape projection emerged from within its body.
"What... shape is this?" The first to be puzzled was the book demon Swell, who could not find a similar appearance to the thing in front of him in any book.
"The way dreams appear is a manifestation of one's own psychology." The Nightmare Mirror shook its head.
"In short, because dream memories can only be held for a limited time, the complete memories have been cut off, leaving only the most core part. By touching this thing, you can see the memories of the hero Mino."
Who wants to go first?
The illusory videotape floated in the air, exuding an ethereal aura.
“That’s alright.” Swell chuckled, the paper just about to extend and touch the videotape: “Since I’m the closest…”
Swah——
A violent sound suddenly erupted in the corridor.
In the dim light, three small hands, some fair and some delicate, pressed against each other in front of the videotape. A surging wind then erupted in the corridor, revealing the chaotic magical aura in the air.
The three demons stood facing each other in front of the videotape as if they had been there all along.
"Hehe, since that's the case, let's follow the order of the Great Demons and let me, the First Secretary of the Demon King's City, take a look first."
A soft female voice came from the shadows. A pale pink rose dress dragged on the ground. Kletina smiled and stood in front of the videotape. However, her outstretched wrist was firmly pressed down by a small hand enveloped in spiritual power.
"Hmph! You can't say that, Kletina!" The shorter Lolita girl, her golden twin ponytails gently tossed behind her shoulders, gave a soft snort.
"To avoid any unforeseen circumstances, it would be safest to have the powerful magical beasts skilled in mental power, the Horned Demons who are well-versed in memory activation techniques, first examine the memories of this lowly hero... wouldn't that be the most reliable approach?"
With Kleinina's figure firmly locked in, Migo arrogantly raised his pair of demonic horns, about to touch the videotape in front of him.
stab-
A soft, spiritual blue ahoge suddenly stood up, like a sharp miniature longsword, easily shattering the spiritual power tainted by demonic energy.
“Fim, I also want to see it.”
Wearing maid-style leather shoes, her toes gently rose, and a light seemed to flicker deep within Fim's empty eyes as she spoke very earnestly.
The air seemed to freeze in the room.
The three female demons' gazes suddenly met, sparking an invisible flame in the air—!!
"Uh, Your Excellency the Scribe..." Nightmare Mirror tried to speak weakly.
"Don't speak yet, Nightmare Mirror," Kleinna interrupted him in a detached tone, giving the order.
The Nightmare Mirror shrank back immediately.
Swell and Apophis looked at each other, somewhat bewildered: Is this ranking... that important?
"Hehe." Her cherry-pink nails lightly touched her chin, and Kletina's moist eyes looked at the two demons before her, a captivating smile suddenly appearing on her face:
"It seems that today we will have to engage in a 'battle of the magic seals' that hasn't happened in several years..."
"Hmph! Just what I wanted." Migo's bare feet touched the ground, and a layer of dazzling and solid mental energy membrane flowed around him: "Let the outcome of this battle determine the order in which we see the memories of the lowly heroes."
“Fim, I agree.”
The three demons looked at each other, each with an extremely focused expression.
"Um...you guys..." Nightmare Mirror's voice trembled with fear once again.
The magic flowing in the air suddenly froze!
"Three!" Kleinna murmured, as endless magic power, carrying a deep shadow, covered her right hand.
"Two!" Migo's mental energy subtly and imperceptibly descended upon the two demons beside him, and then his hand quickly pushed out.
“One.” Fim stretched out his palm and clenched it into a tight fist.
Thump-thump—
The next second, a violent gust of air blew the dust in the corridor away, leaving only three different hand gestures in the center of the space.
What Fim produced was stone.
Migo pulled out scissors.
Kleinera's choice was cloth.
"A tie..." Kleidina took a deep breath. She hadn't expected that after not playing the Magic Seal Duel for so long, she would accidentally have her mental thoughts captured by Migo, and almost be eliminated first.
"Damn it, so close!" Migo bit her lip in frustration. Fim's emotional fluctuations were so subtle that she couldn't find any flaws!
"A tie." Fim blinked. She had just deduced from Migo's subtle body movements that she would throw scissors, but Kletina's shadow blocked her view, making it impossible to predict, so she wasn't too surprised.
But how should this result be calculated?
"It seems I'll have to play another round." Kleinna was already thinking of a strategy to deal with the situation.
"Um, actually you don't need to argue..."
At this moment, the Nightmare Mirror's voice sounded again from behind, and the magical power carrying the aura of dreams surged slightly. Soon, several identical videotapes emerged from its body:
“True memories and dreams cannot appear in reality, so these are just projections I created using the authority of dreams… I can have as many as I want.”
An awkward, deathly silence suddenly fell over the air.
The three great demons stood frozen in place, slightly turning their heads to look at the mass-produced videotapes, falling into silence.
The female demons exchanged glances, then suddenly adopted an extremely "humble" posture, their expressions softening—
"Actually, I wasn't that keen on seeing it~!" Migo twirled her golden ponytail around her shoulder with her fingertips and snorted nonchalantly, "Kreitina, you're in charge of checking the security of this memory!"
"It's just a memory processed by the Nightmare Mirror, how dangerous could it be?" Kleitina chuckled, covering her mouth. "Since Fim is closer, let him try first—"