1241: The Dream Dungeon's First Trial

The Dream Dungeon's First Trial

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Ding!

[You have entered the {Ancient Dream Dungeon of the Sea Dragon Guardian}, where the last Dreams of the Guardian of the Seas rests.]

[To advance to the Last Stage, you and your party must first face Three Trials.]

[Upon Completing Each Trial, a part of the Dream Bridge will be formed, and proper rewards will also be granted to those that complete them.]

[If a Trial is failed, those in the group that failed will be expelled from the Dungeon and can only enter again after 24 hours.]

[The First Trial shall begin immediately upon entering.]

Millions of these pink and purple-colored bubbles began gathering into a single spot in front of us. Transforming and combining into a gigantic mass of Dream Essence of the purest quality. These were the dreams and memories of Aquarius, interestingly enough.

SPLAAAAASH!

And before we could even gather our thoughts or say a single word, the entire world changed, the dreams created some sort of Dream Domain encompassing us inside, and we were submerged into the depths of the sea.

Beautiful and colorful reefs greeted us, enormous schools of countless types of fishes, giant sharks and eels, divine monsters and more, all living together in the harmony of the sea.

"This is… What's going on?!" Yuki panicked. "I-Is this how Dream Dungeons work?!"

"We're literally drowning in the depths of the sea but… Huh? I can just talk and breath just fine." Pekora noticed.

"Something's odd here, the monster seem to not be even seeing us either." Tisha analyzed.

This place… it is not about us, but about something else. Someone's else memory, and I am fairly sure he has finally arrived.

FLUOOOSH!

A large Sea Dragon resembling a Sea Snake similar to Leviathan, but with legs and a long paddle-like tail appeared from the faraway waters, moving rapidly. It was big, but not enormous. Was this Aquarius?

"T-That's Aquarius! But why is he so small?!" Sapphire wondered. "He was an enormous dragon, hundreds of meters big but that one must be a juvenile, only about a few dozens of meters…"

And then, several monsters noticed him swimming across the seas. His face quickly panicked as gigantic beasts started chasing him down, several times his size.

I think I am beginning to get it now…

Ding!

[You have entered the First Trial.]

[In Ancient Times, Aquarius was given the ultimate trial of surviving in the Dangerous Wild Oceans for his entire childhood. In this place he hunted and defeated countless monsters, raising in power until he became as strong as he was in the future.]

FLUOOOOSH!

A gigantic shadow began appearing from within the seas, so big it dwarfed even my dragon form. It had the shape of a massive shark, but it also had tentacles and several eyes all across its body.

[On his youth, Aquarius challenged many powerful monsters known as {Sea Kings}, amongst them, his hardest trial and the one where he almost died was the {Tyrannical Shark of the Dead Seas}, a monstrous Sea King of Rank 9!]

"GROOOAAAARRRRRR!"

The gigantic beast roared even while being on deep water, generating shockwaves around the entire sea and suddenly brainwashing the nearby monsters. A massive school of fish-like monsters and all sorts of other sea critters began emerging by the thousands- no, maybe even millions?!

[Assist Aquarius on defeating the Monsters and killing the {Tyrannical Shark of the Dead Seas} to complete this Trial within the time given!]

[Available Time: 30 Minutes.]

I knew it, this is a part of Aquarius past that shaped him and changed him. Now we need to assist him on completing this trial once more, even within just Dreams.

"Damn it, did that thing had to show up now?! I am barely Rank 7 Peak Stage, how can I even defeat it?!" Aquarius said. "Mother, why did you have to give me such harsh trials?! If I end in that thing's stomach, it's all your damn fault!"

The young Aquarius gritted his teeth, facing the enormous army of Monsters head on. A blue jewel on his forehead began shining brightly, as he started to manipulate the seas themselves to his advantage, creating spiraling vortexes and a bubble around him for protection.

"[Divine Ocean Magic]: {Sea Dragon's Ocean Vortexes}!"

FLUOOOOOOSH!

The vortexes shaped as hundreds of sea dragons, attacking the thousands of monsters swarming him. Their powerful attacks quickly began tearing the sea beasts apart one after the other, clouding the entire seas completely red.

However… several more came from behind him, beginning to chase him down. His magic was powerful, but he simply couldn't handle them all by himself. If he truly survived this, the difficulty shouldn't had been so high, could it be that the dream itself has increased the difficulty?

Well, whatever's the case, we've gotta help!

I immediately explained things to everyone through Telepathy and it didn't took us a single second to begin fighting the sea monsters. I quickly began to shapeshift my body as I swam as fast as possible towards Aquarius to save his life, suddenly gaining sea dragon-like appearance, such as gills, paddlers, and more.

My sea dragon bloodline was rather weak, but it still allowed me to gain a Sea Dragon's advantages in the oceans. With this, my swimming speed skyrocketed and I reached him in seconds while Benladann and Miranda tore apart any monsters in our path.

"[Divine Primordial Ice Magic]: {Frozen Chains}!"

FLAAASH!

The water around me began freezing instantly, turning into beautiful chains wrapping around hundreds of monsters at once, as I arrived right in front of Aquarius before his protective bubble were to be destroyed by five powerful Rank 8 monsters at once.

"How about you take someone of your same damn size?!"

I swung my arms with all the strength I could, freezing the water around me and shaping my fists into gigantic spears made of ice, piercing the monsters one after the other and filling their bodies with holes.

"Huh?! W-Who are you?!" The young Aquarius was flabbergasted.

"Well, let's say I am your big bro!" I smiled back at him. "I've come to help out my lil' brother with his Trial!"

"I-I have a big bro?!" The young Aquarius felt surprised.

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