Chapter 176: Nocturne: The Incarnation of Fear and Nightmare

[“Fuck, again?”]
["What exactly is this?!"]
[“This is totally unreasonable. Just say hello and then start killing.”]
[“Could it be a shadow demon? A demon born from darkness and shadow?”]
[“So ruthless! Although his appearance was a little milder than Fiddlesticks, it was still scary, crawling out of the wall in the middle of the night.”]
[“It’s weird, it’s smoking and has no legs, and it looks like a ghost.”]
Just as everyone was complaining, the next plot was revealed.

"Dawn is coming."

This prosperous city welcomes the morning with bustle and noise, and the city is bathed in sunshine.

Every window shone with light, including Selwyn's bedroom window.

There was a voice from the other side of the door, followed by the soft knock of a child's hand.

"dad?"

The doorknob turned slowly, and Abel pushed the door open a narrow gap. "Morning!"

The boy entered his father's room, the shadows retreating as the door opened.

The darkness shunned the morning light.

But somehow it seemed slower and more reluctant than usual.

"Dad? Where are you?"

Abel yelled, fear creeping into his voice, and he looked around the room.

In the darkness.

There was no sign of his father, or anyone else.

However, the boy could not shake off the thought that something was watching him, huddled in the darkest corner.

Abel coughed, not noticing the faint frost in his breath. Instead, he turned and walked towards the living room, closing the door behind him.

The scene ends here.

Looking at the boy's back as he closed the door and left, everyone looked incredulous.

"what?!"

"His son is still alive?"

"How can this be?!"

In the previous plot, the audience thought that the black shadow monster swallowed Abel and then turned into Abel's appearance.

The result was unexpected.
Everything is an illusion.

"What's going on? It's so confusing. I can't quite understand."

"It's better not to understand it. This makes the monster more bizarre and unpredictable."

"is it possible"

"Is it Inception? This is all Selwyn's dream, or Abel's dream, and it keeps repeating itself."

“It’s become abstract again.”

Jury seat.

Chen Kaige stared at the last picture for a while, thinking, "The boy is fine, but his father is in trouble."

"This shows that the plots before this were half true and half false, such as Abel being eaten by the bed, which was Selwyn's dream."

"And when Selwyn woke up, Abel inexplicably appeared beside his bed. That was also fake."

"It's all an illusion created by the monster."

Liu Ciping was silent for a long time after listening to this, and finally scratched his head and said, "It's quite brain-burning."

Suddenly, he remembered something and added, "But the last two details hint at everything."

"One is that there is something curled up in the dark corner, and the other is that Abel didn't notice the faint frost coming from his breathing."

Chen Kaige seemed to have some understanding, "That makes sense, it proves that monsters really exist."

At this time, on the stage.

Su Xinghe put down his pen.

Then he began to narrate:

"We have talked about this before. There is a mysterious magical energy in Runeland."

"Although, all magic can be dangerous and unpredictable."

"But there are some forms or types of magic that even the most accomplished wizards and sorcerers shy away from."

Su Xinghe looked down at the stage and raised a suspense: "So, what is it?" He did not give an answer immediately, but revealed it with a short story.

"More than 1000 years ago, an unprecedented war broke out in Valoran."

"At that time, almost the entire Valoran continent was at war."

“And all this is because:”

"People discovered the magic in the runes and believed that whoever possessed the runes would rule the world."

"so."

"In order to seize the runes, Valoran was in flames and all the people were devastated."

"This is what we often mentioned before - the Rune War."

"In the later stages of this war, magicians from all sides have become bloodthirsty and will do anything to achieve their own victory."

"So they started looking for any way to suppress their opponents."

"Then, the first group of people appeared who abandoned their physical bodies and entered the spiritual realm."

["Rune Wars?"]
[“I’ve heard about this special era many times, and it turns out to be this background.”]
[“Well, magician, abandon the physical body and enter the spiritual realm, then what?”]
Su Xinghe continued:

“I’ve talked about the spiritual realm before.”

"This is a soul space that corresponds to the real world."

"The creatures in this space cannot have a physical impact on the real world, but they can have a mental impact."

"Because they are no longer bound by the laws of material reality, the way these magicians fight is almost incomprehensible to ordinary people."

"For example, they can create ethereal assassins to carry out orders."

"so."

"They are called——"

"Shadow Mage."

The previous suspense is now revealed.

The audience looked surprised.

[“Shadow Mage.? Sounds pretty awesome.”]
[“Sounds good? That’s right. It must have something good to keep other wizards and witchcraft away.”]
[“The spiritual realm is like being in a group of demons. The damage of spiritual attacks is much higher than that of physical attacks.”]
[“So? That black shadow monster is the work of the Shadow Mage?”]
[“Since this is how Su Shen’s story is told, what else could it be?”]
"For the Shadow Mage."

"This ability to kill people without them being seen is extremely effective once used."

"But--"

"Affected by these shadow magics, a monster appeared in the spiritual realm at some point in time."

"It has no form,"

"And don't understand any emotions."

"It is the physical embodiment of fear and nightmare, and its darkness taints the thoughts of mortals everywhere."

"It drains their fighting spirit, invades their dreams, and lets nameless fears bite them day and night."

"It even led some people to commit horrific terrorist crimes against their fellow countrymen."

"As time went on, people came to call this terrifying existence—"

"Nocturne."

[Dusk is falling]

【I heard the sound of blood flowing.】

Are you my nightmare?

【I am your nightmare! 】

[“The mystery is finally solved!!”]
[“I didn’t expect it to be a monster.”]
[“Born from the spiritual realm, the embodiment of fear and nightmare, absolutely a demon!”]
[“This name, Nocturne, sounds like a dark villain.”]
[“It doesn’t feel as good as Fiddlesticks.”]
"With the appearance of Mordekaiser."

"Those shadow mages who entered the spiritual realm were killed one after another."

"This demonic creature howls in the spirit realm, desperately lashing out at those who gave it life."

"All I did was to hope to end my suffering."

(End of this chapter)