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Chapter 79: The City Lord's Quest

After the light subsided, Morana and others found themselves in the majestic castle hall. The first thing that caught their attention was people in cloaks standing in front of them, but before any of them could react they felt dizzy and lost their consciousness.

Well all of them did, except Morana. She instantly became alert. Seeing her companions state, she questioningly glanced at the opponents waiting for them to explain.

With a sight, one of the figures took off the cloak and Morana saw her acquaintance, Acheron.

He still had the same friendly (creepy) smile as he looked at Morana.

"Sorry for being so dramatic, But you have to understand we do not enjoy doing this, for the most part."

Morana just looked at him without a hint of emotion, so Acheron had no other choice but to continue his monologue.

"I know how this looks, but we mean no harm for the most part."

Finally, Morana responded.

"What's wrong with them?"

"They are stuck in their own mental prison." 

His response made Morana frown, so Acheron was quick to explain.

"I know how this looks, And I will explain everything later, but right now we are running out of time. They won't be able to wake up by themselves. You have to go into their minds and take all of them out if you want to save them.

Right now they are stuck in their worst nightmares and fears. You received a red card with an 'X' on it before. It has a type of formation on it where you can activate it and start your quest. Only in the case of completing it will you receive all the answers.

And remember the nightmares will get worse and worse."

Even though Morana was annoyed at the situation she knew she couldn't delay any longer so, She activated the formation.

Once more blinding light covered everything as Morana passed out near her teammates.

"Do you think he will be able to do it?" Asked Tia.

"Many have failed before." Added Baeron.

"To be precise no one has ever completed the quest." Said another childish voice.

"It has been eons since the city lord's quest has been established and no one has managed to complete it, ever." Said Lestat.

"We only have this last chance, I guess we will have to wait and see." Said Acheron as he looked back at the 10 pairs of eyes.

The City Lord's Quest is also known as the 15 horrors. It was the true reason why there are 15 groups in each team. As you need 15 people to activate the quest.

14 people, who need the rescue, and 15th who is the one taking the quest and the bearer of the red 'X' card.

The card-bearer will travel to the minds of each and every one of the members and needs to save them from their nightmares, things they are most afraid of, and the worst things that have happened to them.

The first person's fears are the least scary, while the last ones are the most fearsome.

After rescuing all 14 people the 'X' cardholder needs to face his/her fears and only then will the quest be complete, and the card-bearer will become the city lord and master of The Dream City.

But the nightmares can not be overlooked as everything that happens in their mind happens to their bodies as well, and if Morana dies there she will die in real life.

Well, one must think Morana got to be 'X' card-bearer for her uniqueness but the truth is she got the hardest and most dangerous job out of the 15.

The one who holds the card is not chosen by Acheron or anyone else, but the card chooses the bearer itself, and this time the reason could just have been Morana's bad luck once again.

After Morana lost her consciousness she found herself in a Forest and before she managed to make sense of anything she saw a familiar scene.

"Leonie de Laval, you have nowhere to go. Surrender and I will kill your family fast, they don't need to suffer."

A familiar voice, familiar words, and a familiar forest, but a different perspective.

This was exactly what she saw when she first arrived in this world. Morana soon understood that she was in her brother's nightmare.

Soon, she saw Zoel, who was much younger at the time together with her mother, who was not in a good state from experiencing difficult childbirth in a forest and an ambush right after.

He was running together with his mother and the guards while Leonie was running in a different direction with her younger self.

While Victor himself followed after Leonie he still arranged a large number of people to follow after them.

Morana followed after them as the group ran and more and more people died trying to protect Zoel and Amalia.

She saw her mother fight in a desperate situation covered in blood, hers, and others alike.

Zoel was only 13 at the time and he couldn't do much against the enemy. In the end, they arrived in the field and were surrounded from all sides.

"Zoel stands behind me." Said Amalia as he frowned at the sight of the enemy and tightened the grip around her whip even more.

Amalia de Laval was a well-known warrior, one of the greatest in the upper realm. People called her by many nicknames: Demoness, Devil general, crazy Bi*ch but on one thing everyone agreed, she was not a person you wanted to mess with.

If only she hadn't experienced childbirth not too long ago she would have treated all those people within minutes, but she was in no state to fight.

And young Zoel was witness to it all. He saw as more and more weapons pierced his mother's body and were petrified.

He was never a spoiled brat of a great family but seeing her mighty mother in this situation brought great shock to him.

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