DOOM [C167]

After introducing themselves to Pyrus Ignait, the group followed Yubei Kelos, since Shu Himo wanted to take the test as soon as possible.

Pyrus Ignait, Faithe Malkia, and Hynvers Azharde did not follow the four, each going to their own room.

While the test consisted in a fight with a monster generated by everyone of the Winger Freaks, it was fine as long as they were in the ship, there was no need for them to enter in the same room as the one where Shu himo would attempt the test.

While they were walking towards the room where Shu Himo would attempt the test, they passed through hundreds of corridors, making the three wonder if Yubei Kelos got lost.

After ten minutes of walking, they were in front of a metal door.

"Let's enter." Opening the door, Yubei Kelos narrowed his eyes, 'Normally I would be sure that he would fail… but after that divination, I'm unsure…'

"Very well, you will attempt the test in this room. You see that white orb at the end of the room? Insert your Qi in it, and sit on a chair to fall asleep."

"Fall asleep?" Shu Himo asked, believing to have heard wrong.

Noticing Shu Himo's frown, Yubei Kelos explained, "You are going to fight in a dream, a fight between you against all the other members of the Winged Freaks. We will take control of a monster inside of the dream, and you by yourself have to fight that opponent."

"Eh? A fight in a dream?" Shu Himo's bleak voice proved his disappointment.

He was excited to attempt a hard test, where he would be able to test his new strength as a Nascent Soul realm expert… but to think it was just a fight in a dream!

At that moment, he felt as if he had just bought the videogame he considered the hardest in the world… only to find out that it was classified as a PEGI 3!

Truly a disappointment!

Seeing Shu Himo's frustrated expression, Yubei Kelos sighed in relief, 'After the divination of that idiot I was scared for a moment... but luckily it seems like he never trained to fight inside a dream.'

Not noticing Yubei Kelos' relieved expression, Shu Himo sighed and walked toward the white orb. He placed his hand on top of it, injecting some Qi. After he did that, he walked to a random chair and sat down.

In the white orb flashed a light for a moment, acknowledging the Qi from Shu Himo... and then it returned to its same white as before, as if nothing happened.

"There wasn't any reaction?" Yubei Kelos was shaken. After the initial flash of light, he knew that the orb would have darkened according to the talent regarding the control of the dreams of the cultivator who injected Qi... but he had never thought before that someone could be so untalented!

Disappointed, he shook his head and sat down on a chair on the side, knowing that he needed to fall asleep to enter the dream. After asking Yubei Kelos if it was possible to spectate the battle, Aura Azusa and Phylia also set down on other chairs.

While Phylia usually preferred to watch over Shu Himo as she did not need to sleep, it was not impossible for her to sleep when she wanted... she was quite curious to see the others' reaction while they were being annihilated by Shu Himo's Kingdom after all.

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In various rooms of the ship.

Inside a room filled with food, a fat man sighed, "Someone is attempting to get the position as a leader? How annoying… I wanted to continue eating…"

Inside a room made completely in cotton, a cultivator who was sleeping on the fluffy floor mumbled, "Leader… funny… fight… death…"

Inside a room loaded in training devices, another voice resounded, "A leader test? Who is it this time? Is it again that bastard that keeps trying every couple days?!"

Apart from these three, many cultivators in other rooms stopped doing what they were doing and regretfully went to sleep, wanting to see if it was again the same person who bothered them every couple days...

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After he fell asleep, Shu Himo entered immediately in the dream and found himself seated on his usual throne, so he fell in thought.

'Everyone from the Winged Freaks will assume the control of a monster and fight me… should I show them a bit of my strength? After all, I will become the leader... it would be bad if they considered me a weakling!'

"Your Majesty, your command is our will." Kneeling down, a servant awaited his words.

Nodding, Shu Himo commanded, "Mobilize the special DOOM self-aware weapons to eliminate the enemies that are approaching from outside the Kingdom."

"The DOOM weapons?" The servant shivered, 'What sort of terrible enemy are we facing?'

"Yes! It will be done immediately!" Not daring to waste time, the servant ran to mobilize the weapons.

The Destructive Ordinance Offensive Mechanism, also called DOOM self-aware weapons, was one of the latest creations of Shu Himo, and while they were nowhere close to his strongest creations, they were made especially to fight against 3 stars threats!

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Inside the dream, on the border of a small village consisting of about 30 houses.

"Damn it, it's again her?!" An enraged voice resounded.

"No… today it's not me…" Another voice replied, sounding half-asleep.

"What?! Then who is it this time?" For unknown reasons, from its earlier enraged sound, the voice calmed down quickly, as if trying to appease the other party.

"I have no idea…"

"Still, to think that our combined strength would manage to create such a monster." Ignoring the bickering of the other two, a third voice exclaimed.

With over thirty meters in height, the monster looked like a huge orc, also due to its green skin. He had gray gauntlets on its hands while on its waist a huge sword over ten meters in length.

"Compared to the Demon Queen and the Strongest Angel… how much do you think this monster is strong?" A fourth voice joined the conversation.

"Are you an idiot? There is no comparison at all… remember that we are inside a dream, this monster should be able to kill both of them with just a thought. Maybe it will even be able to destroy a continent with a single spell... besides, why would you make a comparison with them, and not with the strongest among us?"

"You say that, but there are many of us that never displayed their strength… how am I supposed to make a comparison?"

Apart from the four voices who spoke earlier, there were many other consciousnesses connected to the monster, all able to give a command to it. While most would think that their commands may conflict with each other impairing the movements of the monster, at their level, achieving a perfect coordination was extremely simple.

"Oh well, do you see that red line? Let's go, once we surpass it we will enter the area where the 'leader' is preparing his attack."

"Yeah, you all, stop making us lose time… I want to return back to train after this…"

As they were about to take a step forward, they stopped in shock when they noticed that a dark shadow covered them.

Their sight was blocked as an immense figure emerged in front of them, walking over the red line.

With over 500 meters of height, a massive golem presented itself. Its back was emitting steam, while on its belly, a word was printed in red: DOOM.