People in the League, Masters of Time Management

"Sister Kashina?" Lux opened her eyes, her two slender willow eyebrows frowned, "I almost fell asleep just now, why did you call me?"

"Because we are in trouble..." Kashina drew out her long sword with a dignified expression, "Look at your most trusted demon hunter..."

"Ok?"

Lacus turned her head to look, and suddenly found that something was wrong with Mu Bai.

His face was ashen, his whole body twitched, his closed eyes were covered with a faint black mist, and he looked very strange.

"This is……"

"Don't ask me, I don't know." Kashina dragged Lux ​​to her side involuntarily, "but I think we should wake him up."

As she spoke, she patted Mu Bai lightly with the blade of the sword.

The latter still didn't wake up, but the convulsions became more serious. His upper body was almost twisted into a ball, and the sound of bones rubbing and cracking kept coming out, which was creepy.

"It seems that he failed..." Kashina stepped back half a step, with deep fear in her eyes, "He was bewitched by the black magician..."

"This..." Lux was a little at a loss for a moment.

If Mu Bai is really bewitched, then there is no doubt that he will become a terrifying murderer when he wakes up.

"Let's go outside and find someone first, maybe the townspeople will have a solution."

Kashina decided to abandon Mubai almost without thinking about it, and directly pushed Lacus out.

The latter was delicate and frail, so naturally he was powerless to resist, so he had to take one last look at Mu Bai before leaving.

But it’s okay if she didn’t look at it, seeing it made her go limp from fright—the curtain behind Mubai was pulled open at some point, and seven or eight townspeople crowded around the window, grinning at herself .

Men, women, children...even the mad murderous priest and the long-dead nun...

Their faces were pale against the moonlight--a sickly paleness--no, not the moonlight...

Their eyes were wide open, blood oozing from the lower rims of their sockets; their mouths were wide open, rows of fangs exposed to the air.

They are laughing.

"Let's go!" Kashina also noticed this, and immediately ran to the other side of the church with Lacus.

At the same time, the "townspeople" outside the house also broke in through the windows one after another, chasing after them with strange screams.

Lax panicked completely, her mind went blank, and she could only follow Kashina blindly.

This church is not big, and the direction of the gate has been blocked by the townspeople. The two of them ran and suddenly found that there was no way to go.

"Damn it..." Kasina clenched her long sword tightly and stood in front of Lacus, her not-so-majestic back contained an aura of death.

"I'll hold them back, you take the opportunity to use magic to escape..."

"do not--"

Before Lux finished speaking, Kashina rushed over.

The weird laughter continued, but the sound of the sword's cry quickly disappeared.

Lux collapsed to the ground, extreme fear and despair covered every cell in her body.

But what was even more unacceptable to her was still to come.

Mubai walked out from the corner unsteadily, staggering, with a strange expression, grinning and muttering non-stop:

"Come...Miss Laxana...join us...taste the darkness..."

"Don't come here..." Lux was cornered, "Please...don't come here..."

She would have liked to illuminate them with brilliant light, but she could not - her magic was suppressed, and no amount of effort could bring it together.

"Come on..." Mu Bai was still approaching.

But the female knight Kashina who rushed into the crowd suddenly appeared beside Lacus.

The latter's desperate heart felt a glimmer of hope, but soon fell into deeper despair - Kashina was not normal.

"Hee hee... Lacus... Did I trick you just now... In fact, I am the same as them... Hee hee..."

Everyone is laughing.

Their mouths were grinning to their ears, and their eyeballs were almost popping out of their sockets.

"Don't...don't..."

Lux curled up in the corner, her eyes full of fear.

"don't want--!"

With a piercing scream, everything around him suddenly disappeared.

Lux's eyes were no longer bright, and there was only darkness as far as the eyes could see.

After an unknown amount of time, her vision gradually returned to normal.

Then she saw Kashina.

The latter looked dignified and said something she was familiar with:

"Because we are in trouble... Take a look at your most trusted witcher..."

Chapter 45 A dream within a dream

Lux sat up quickly, took a deep breath, took a deep breath, and wiped her face covered with cold sweat with her hands.

It was... a dream...

I fell asleep...and then had a nightmare...

"What are you doing?" Kashina's voice came again, "Don't be dazed, we... are in trouble."

Lux looked in the direction of the voice.Her eyes had grown accustomed to the darkness enough to make out Kashina's tall figure.

Her heart was full of fear, her mind was still a little confused, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

"Come here!" Kashina yelled anxiously, and even grabbed the opponent directly. "That witcher has—"

"Already what?"

A playful voice interrupted Kashina's words.

The two girls turned their heads to look, and suddenly found that Mu Bai had stood up.

His face was no longer ashen, his body did not twitch, everything looked so normal.

"Didn't you just now..." Kashina cautiously drew out her long sword.

"You want to say that I was bewitched by the black magician?" Mu Bai smiled, "But obviously, I haven't."

Lux was caught between the two, confused.

"Don't come here!" Kashina was still holding the long sword, looking a little scared.

And Mubai didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, and said directly to Lacus, "You had a terrible dream just now, didn't you?"

"Hmm..." The girl nodded, her body trembling uncontrollably.

In the previous nightmare, both Mubai and Kashina had turned into that...horrible devil...now she doesn't know who she should trust.

Or maybe, the only one she can trust is herself?

"It's Nocturne." Mubai said calmly, "That demon's name is Nocturne. It forced you to have that dream."

"Without further ado!"

Before Lacus replied, Kashina couldn't sit still:

"Quickly explain your abnormal behavior just now!"

"Abnormal behavior? Why is it abnormal?" Mu Bai asked back.

"Do I need to explain this clearly? Both Lux and I saw it!"

"Oh? Really?" Mu Bai looked at Lax, "Miss Laxana, did you see anything just now?"

Lux covered her head in pain and shook her head desperately.

She couldn't tell the difference between reality and dream.

Yes, she just saw Mu Bai sitting on the ground twitching, but... Did she see it in a dream, or did she see it after waking up?She's not sure.

"It seems that the nightmare has caused you a lot of harm..." Mu Bai said guiltily, "I have neglected my duty."

After finishing speaking, he slowly bent down and untied the cloth strip on the giant sword.

Lux finally saw clearly, it was a dark red giant sword more than three meters long.

"What do you want to do?!" Kashina took a half step back protecting her companion, her face full of uneasiness.

But Mu Bai ignored her, and just explained to Lacus on his own:

"As I said before, that demon, Nocturne, likes to hide in people's dreams. As long as we sleep, we will be affected by it to varying degrees."

"Its best trick is to manipulate dreams, so that people can't distinguish between nightmares and reality, so as to achieve the purpose of crushing people's reason."

"Like the previous priest, he was bewitched in his dream, and after waking up, he regarded other people as monsters in his nightmare. That's why the tragic murder happened."

Hearing this, Lux's fearful mind calmed down a little.

"So... did you also dream about... those monsters...?" she asked.

"Yes, I dreamed about it." Mu Bai said.

"Then how do you stay sane..."

"I killed them all."

"..."

Lacus opened her small mouth in surprise, watching Mu Bai pick up the giant sword on the ground.

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Wait... this is not a dream! Mu Bai, this is not a dream!"

"No, this is still a dream." Mu Bai smiled, and with a flick of his wrist, the sharp giant sword cut off half of the wall in an instant.

As the masonry collapsed, the scene behind the wall also appeared in front of Lux.

Just like the previous nightmare... Seven or eight townspeople stood outside, grinning at themselves...

"Is it the same as your dream just now?" Mu Bai asked, "If there is no accident, we should have the same dream."

"That is now..."

"It's also a dream. A dream within a dream."

"Eh?" Lux was at a loss, a little confused about the situation.

But Mu Bai didn't bother to wait for her to figure it out, he swung his big hand, and the giant sword directly slashed at those weird townspeople.

In an instant, blood overflowed and heads flew high.

"Ah!" Lux screamed, her heart filled with fear again.

Kashina on the side was also anxious, and quickly shouted: "Damn, he was bewitched by the black magician! He is killing people! Use magic to trap him, Lacus!"

"It's really noisy..." Mu Bai raised his eyebrows in displeasure, and turned his sword to slash at Kaxinna.

But just when the blade was about to touch the flesh, he stopped suddenly.

Lux's sanity has almost collapsed, if she kills "Kahina" in front of her...

inappropriate.

"You damn devil, don't even think about hurting Lacus!" Kashina hugged Lacus tightly, putting on an appearance that she would rather die than surrender.

But Mu Bai could clearly see the playfulness in her eyes.

Tsk, what a hassle...

"Stop acting, Nocturne." Mubai said in a deep voice, "Your little tricks have no effect on me, and it will be futile to drag it on."

"You still want the villain to sue first!" Kashina angrily reprimanded while smiling at an angle that Lux couldn't see.

The meaning of that smile is self-evident - I can't do anything with you, but I can wear down this girl's mind.

"Do you really think I dare not kill you?"