Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2114: Chapter 2109: Haste Leads to the Wrong Path

Have they been assimilated? It’s not surprising.

After all, when Marianne and the others took people out of the hospital, Principal Glenn was quite shocked.

Considering his awareness of the deep secrets of this world, the likelihood of the Fallen Star Clan reaching out to him to help is not small.

While introducing the stalker’s identity, Fu Qian also judged the reason for the other’s presence here.

Although it might seem overly imaginative at first, in his view, this is more probable than Glenn finding Esther, admitting her back to the hospital, and using situational role-play therapy.

"Also, he’s just an ordinary person. Sending him over is a cautious role. What do you think is behind their careful arrangement?"

The previous train of thought didn’t even need sharing; the Witch clearly had the same view, expressing curiosity about the motives of those behind the scenes.

"This can be seen as empathetic. After the agent’s sacrifice, even though things seem calm, those of the Fallen Star are probably very uneasy. After all, of the three Divine Artifacts, maybe only one is left."

To this, Fu Qian listed his sins without a trace of guilt.

"From their perspective, the entire event started with a Leytin Nightmare under the Stars Association, luring in Awakeners like Esther, and a strange appearance of the Dark Moon Apostle, which intensified doubts about the world’s authenticity."

The night remained silent, and no sound came from the tavern, while Principal Glenn didn’t seem in a hurry to enter.

And with the Yellowbird behind, Fu Qian practiced empathy proficiently.

"After handling everything, just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, suddenly not only did the Dark Moon Apostle disappear, but even that Nightmare vanished abruptly."

"Such a surprise would clearly make them more firm in their originally mistaken belief, thinking this is the reality."

It’s not nonsense; in Fu Qian’s view, the appearance and disappearance of the law this time were a godsend for the Fallen Star Clan’s mistaken notions.

Believing this world to be the real one, the law-supported Leytin reappeared as a Nightmare.

As a result, the progressively authentic latter, turned by the Witch into a painting within a painting, suddenly broke off its connection here again.

Facing such a change, it’s easy to think that sticking to what they think is the truth has finally led to victory, making them more stubborn in certain areas.

"Eventually, in this situation, faced with the re-emerged Nightmare integration, in my opinion, it’s highly likely it won’t scare them. Instead, it reinforces the previous belief that the Nightmare is indeed invading."

"Although this time not only is the number vast, it’s also blurring the line between reality and Dream, no longer relying on the traditional form of entering dreams but through special connection portals."

Fu Qian pointed to the path he and the Witch came, and the carriage was long gone.

"In the face of such a situation, the primary task should clearly be to sever these ’possible portals’."

...

"But first, we need to find them."

In Fu Qian’s description, the situation faced by the Fallen Stars seemed like black humor, yet the Witch fully agreed.

After the successive experiences, the belief that the present Leytin is real must be like a mental brand to them now, making it exceedingly hard to change.

In a crisis, sending Esther, a special case, to attempt finding the Nightmare portal and then patching it up indeed seems like a highly probable development.

"Using an ordinary person to follow Esther instead of coming in person can fully suffice on one hand, and on the other hand, it can minimize disturbances and increase the chance of discovery."

From this point of view, it also explains why Glenn is the one following.

Though the Fallen Stars don’t know, there are two forces ’from the Nightmare’ that are also not in a hurry to disturb them.

"Indeed, based on my experiences with the Fallen Stars, their greatest ability here is being able to descend upon ordinary people at any time, so there’s no need to worry about them reacting too slowly."

Fu Qian casually added.

"The problem now is, they seem to end up empty-handed."

Pessimistic but true, finding something isn’t that easy.

Experts never rely on coincidences; riding to this place, taking a few steps and bumping into key figures, helping them quickly find interesting things—the development seems overly idealistic.

Though that Glenn is very cautious, sneaking peeks inside, it’s almost certain he will find nothing noteworthy.

"True, should we speed them up?"

The Witch nodded slightly in agreement and casually suggested.

"I think we can."

Without even asking how to speed up, Fu Qian directly agreed and in the next moment, walked towards the tavern with the Witch.

...

How else to speed up? Naturally, it’s to let the Fallen Stars really find something, and then see how they react.

In the blink of an eye, they reached beneath the broken window, where they could clearly see Esther was already behind the bar, standing straight there in front of the drinks.

It was as if instead of a wall of mind-numbing liquid, it was a door to a new world.

Principal Glenn stood just a few meters away, unaware of the two new spectators.

Which was normal; the Witch’s prior concealment tricks weren’t shown for nothing and could evidently be extended to teammates like the Dark Moon.

"It really looks like they’re looking for the painting."

The Witch casually commented as if no one was around, waving her hand casually.

Before Esther, the scene hadn’t become a painting. Instead, behind her, a part of the wall suddenly became soft and sticky.

Shaped like a door, yet seemingly alive, even squirming quickly in some direction, trying to move away.

Uh—

Of course, Esther couldn’t see such a scene, but Glenn beside her could.

And almost instantly, a peculiar sound escaped his throat, and his body became stiff.

His reaction was indeed fast.

Noticing the anomaly and acting instantly, the dedication of the Fallen Stars was such that Fu Qian couldn’t help but commend them.

From past experiences, they’d rapidly descend, taking over the host’s body to inspect the anomaly inside the tavern found through Esther—hmm?

Scrutinizing Glenn, who still appeared somewhat dazed, and realizing he showed no signs of transformation, Fu Qian glanced at the Witch.

"Descent failed, their ability seems to have been affected somehow, leading them astray."

The Witch nodded, indicating the Fallen Stars indeed failed to arrive.

"Set out but didn’t reach?"

Fu Qian found it intriguing.

"Yes."

"So where did they go?"

"Nightmare."

As the Witch spoke, her hand reached out, almost touching Fu Qian’s face.

And though it seemed a gentle caress, the scene before them instantly dissolved into chaos.