The ancient stories told by Onyxia were very interesting, and everyone, including Sharlayan, was attracted by her melodious tone and the content of the stories.
Due to too much concentration and the fact that they did not think there would be any danger in Moonglade, the headquarters of the Cenarion Circle, the group became somewhat relaxed about the changes in the surrounding environment after landing ashore.
As the narrator of the story, Onyxia did not fully participate in the story. Because of some past experiences that she did not want to look back on, she always maintained a certain degree of wariness against the outside world.
After receiving Onyxia's reminder, Sarlayan and others noticed that a thick fog had filled the area around Luna Lake.
"Is this... a thick fog created by magic?"
Sarlayan raised his eyebrows. He could only rely on his poor arcane perception to vaguely feel that something was not right about the mist, and subconsciously turned his attention to Stellagosa and Jaina, two professionals, for answers.
The frowning Stellagosa and Jaina exchanged glances to confirm that the other party had the same idea as hers.
Under the encouraging eyes of Stellagosa, who had a gentle and humble personality, Jaina took a deep breath, took the initiative to step forward and began to explain the current situation.
"You guessed it right, this thick fog is not naturally formed. It contains some traces of magic that I cannot fully understand."
Jaina paused for a moment, gathered her thoughts before continuing: "If I have to say it, this spell is similar to the green dragon's dream power, but it is more aggressive."
"More radical dream power..."
Sarlayan's eyes flashed: "Incubus?"
As early as the last time he went to the Wandering Island, Sarlayan knew that Enzos had found a new Dream Demon King after Xavius was killed by the formation.
But since then, the new Dream Demon King, whose identity remains a mystery, has never been seen again.
Because of many chores, Sarlayan gradually placed this low-priority matter at the back of the to-do list.
Unexpectedly, after many years, he would feel the power of the dream demon again in Druyin's lair, and Sarayan immediately sounded the highest level of alarm in his heart.
"Why didn't Remulos notice the invasion of the nightmare power that was so close to Chi Chi?"
Thalayan was very confused about this. As the son of the forest demigod Cenarius and a high-ranking member of the Cenarion Council, Remulos was not someone who neglected his duties. Thalayan did not think that he would ignore his eyes. The changes happening underneath.
Onyxia added with a calm expression: "In other words, the invasion of the power of the dream demon is not large-scale, and it only occurs in this small area on the east side of the inaccessible Luna Lake, near the Stormrage Cave?"
Stormrage Lair is the retreat place where Malfurion fell asleep and entered the Emerald Dream. Since Malfurion escaped from the dream, he has never returned to this place.
Druin, who advocates nature, does not have as many red tapes and formalisms as human nobles. Even though Stormrage Lair was a site once used by Archdruin Malfurion, Remulos did not send anyone after it had not been put into use for a long time. I come here often to clean and tidy up.
According to Remulos himself, no one has visited Stormrage Lair and the surrounding area for many years.
It was precisely because of the quiet environment that Remulos suggested that Sarlayan come here to meditate.
Perhaps the new Incubus King took advantage of the cognitive blind spot of the Cenarion Circle and quietly transformed the area around Stormrage Lair into his own territory.
There is a saying in the world where Danmaku is located, it is dark under the light, or the most dangerous place is the safest place.
The Moonglade guards headed by Remulos never expected that the new Dream Demon King would make small moves under their noses.
Since they accidentally broke through the little trick of the Dream Demon King, Sarlayan and his party naturally had to find a way to solve the trouble here.
If Sharlayan's prediction was correct, the fleeting signal released by Goldrinn was probably related to the incubus.
When business came to their door, the six people in Sarlayan quickly stopped their vacation mentality and began to work together to explore the surrounding situation.
According to the exploration and speculation of the three members of the magic team, Stellagosa, Tinagosa, and Jaina, while Onyxia was telling the story, everyone present had unknowingly entered the dream world.
And it is another dream sub-plane different from the Emerald Dream, a new dream world led by the King of Dream Demons...or Enzos.
Thousands of years have passed since the ancient gods entered the Emerald Dream along the roots of Andrassil. After such a long time, Sharlayan did not think that En'zoth, Yogg-Saron and C'Thun would simply corrupt the Emerald Dream. .
When their main bodies are sealed and their power is insufficient, they cannot copy the blueprint world of the original Azeroth, such as the Emerald Dream. However, after learning from others, it is not impossible to create a dream subplane of their own on a small scale. .
Opening up sub-planes is an exclusive ability for those who have reached the realm of demigods. According to the different strengths and professional skills gaps between demigods, the size of the sub-planes that each demigod can open up is also very different.
For example, Hela, who is already specialized in this, can use the power of the Shadow Realm to help open up a large-scale death subplane like the Hell Abyss.
Before that, Hela had also created the four elemental sub-planes of earth, water, fire and wind with the full support of Odin, throwing the four kings of elements and all their elite troops into it, completely peeling them off from the material world. .
Even if it is still in a sealed state, the strength that the Ancient God can exert is still higher than that of the half-assed "God of Death" Hela.
Even if it is impossible to open up a huge sub-plane world like its professional counterpart Hela, a mere unknown dream plane is not a big problem.
It's no wonder that Sharlayan can't find any trace of the new King of Dreams. This guy has been hiding in the sub-plane unknown to outsiders, quietly observing the changes in the situation in Azeroth, and will act quickly when he finds an opportunity. A powerful blow to achieve success.
With the efforts of the magic team, Stellagosa and the three of them quickly delineated the limit of one direction of this small sub-plane with the assistance of Sharlayan, Valeela and Onyxia who were responsible for running errands. distance.
As Sharlayan predicted before, the subplane constructed by the New Dream Demon King is centered on the Stormrage Cave that has not been used for a long time, covering the entire southeastern corner of Luna Lake.
Even if ordinary people enter the range of the subplane, they will not easily trigger the hypnotic ability of the dream plane. Sarlayan has the dream bloodline of the green dragon and automatically activates the counterattack program of the subplane after entering the range. Being forcibly pulled into a dream.
"That is to say, our bodies are still sleeping somewhere on the east shore of Lake Luna."
Sarlayan rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "The worst case scenario is... we were pulled into the dreamland in the lake, and our bodies are currently soaked in the water."
As descendants of dragons, Sharlayan, Onyxia, Stellagosa, and Tinagosa can survive for long periods of time without breathing even under water.
Except for the above four people, Valeera and Jaina are just mortals. Jaina, who grew up by the water, may be able to hold her breath for a longer period of time, but Valeera...
"Hiss~"
Sarlayan's speculation made Valeera, who was at the highest risk, feel a little cold in her vest. She hurriedly asked Stellagosa, who she had spent the longest time with and had the best relationship with, "Is there a way to get me out of the dream and back to reality?" ?”
"I don't want to wake up and find my body floating in the lake."
"Pfft~"
Although she knew Valeera was not joking, Stellagosa was still amused by her slightly exaggerated statement.
"Don't worry, the stability of this dream sub-plane is far less than that of the Emerald Dream."
"Now that we are aware of the problem, it is not difficult to escape from the dream, but..."
Jaina took over the topic and said: "The key is how to escape from the dream as secretly as possible without attracting the attention of the dream owner."
"At this stage, the owner of the dream has not discovered our group of people who were sucked into the dream by the automatic defense system."
"In other words, we still have the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on him."
Valeela was also an experienced veteran, and she immediately understood what Stellagosa and Jaina meant.
"I don't know enough about magic, so just tell me what to do."
Tina Gosa, who has a relatively free-spirited personality, shook her finger mischievously: "Don't worry, give us some time, we should soon be able to work out a secret way to escape from the dream."
Onyxia, who has been monitoring the changes in the subplane from the edge of the dream, frowned and reminded: "You'd better move faster. The master of the dream has set up an automatic scanning function in this world."
"We are lucky, the previous scanning wave has just passed."
"Judging from its scanning speed, it will rotate here again in half an hour at most."
Sarlayan smiled and gave a simple solution: "This is simple. Let's move forward slowly behind the trajectory of the scanning wave. This should delay the time of discovery."
Onyxia shook her head: "This is just the best theoretical situation. You can't be sure whether you will encounter a defensive force arranged by the master of the dream when following the scanning wave."
"That's true." Sarlayan lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "Then let's split up for the time being. Onyxia and I will go ahead to investigate the situation and map out a safe route forward."
"Valeela, you and the three members of the magic team stay here to protect their safety and be prepared to escape from the dreamland at any time."
Everyone nodded and agreed to Sarlayan's arrangement, and the six people divided into two groups and took action.
Although Onyxia is not a full-time thief, she has both shadow and earth abilities, both of which can hide her whereabouts very well.
Regardless of whether she uses Shadow Escape or Earth Escape, Oni can very well follow Sarlayan in the stealth state and act invisibly.
After all, in essence, the shadow power controlled by thieves is also a variant of shadow power.
"stop."
Just after walking about 500 meters, Sarlayan in the form of a black panther suddenly shouted stop in the soul link channel.
The orange leopard eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of Sarlayan's mouth raised a dangerous arc: "That's true... I feel Goldrinn's aura again, and this time the signal is very strong."
"He is indeed trapped in this dream."
