Hellraum Prison, Sub-level Four.

"So, that's how it is."

Warden Selena slowly opened her eyes, having roughly seen the contents of Hyperion's dream.

Generally, people with severe inner trauma sink this deep into their dreams.

Because in this level of illusion, it represents the most fragile fantasies in one's heart, or irreparable regrets.

They are beautiful dreams destined to be unfulfilled in reality.

And those who break free from the illusion and maintain clarity can see the content of others' dreams from a certain distance.

From this, they can infer the other person's deep-seated pain and weaknesses.

Outside the cells on Hellraum Prison's Sub-level Four, every step taken could lead to falling into an illusion.

Each fall into an illusion would be more severe than the last.

The deeper and longer one is trapped, the more likely their soul is to completely dissolve into the illusion.

For all the prison guards and criminals who set foot on this level, they would fall into at least one illusion upon landing, and the warden waiting on Sub-level Four would be able to see the content of their illusions.

Although the rules of the prison forbade attacking each other, knowing the breach in someone's mental defenses meant that even words could cause unimaginable harm, leading to their self-destruction and demise.

Warden Selena chuckled with pleasure.

As a seventh-tier illusionist of the Proto Empire, she had extremely high resistance to illusion magic and was very good at escaping illusions. Similarly, if she needed to deal with criminals, knowing their inner pain allowed her to tailor illusions that would torment them to the point of mental breakdown.

That was why, even on this level, she would win a one-on-one fight against Antanas, the Great Demon Guardian who had broken free from his restraints.

Even if Antanas was left unattended, he would not be able to walk out of the long corridor of Sub-level Four, [Fallen Sweet Home], on his own.

To the Proto Empire, Selena was a rare talent.

But Selena never considered this place her workplace.

This was her playground.

Whether it was using her words to induce criminals to commit suicide or occasionally breaking prison guards, these were rare pleasures for her.

And a power that belonged only to her.

...

In Hyperion's illusion, she only saw her mother, Iphathia, and father, Mikage, standing in front of a newly opened shop, carrying a cake box, seemingly also preparing to go home.

These were people she should see every day, yet it felt like she hadn't seen them in many years.

She didn't even dare to step forward, afraid that she wouldn't be able to distinguish between dream and reality, and that it would suddenly turn into a nightmare, making her lose this stable and intense happiness again.

But Iphathia didn't hesitate like Hyperion. When she saw Hyperion, she walked over with a smile.

"Look, Hyperion, we bought you a birthday cake. It's said that this restaurant's products are super popular with the residents nearby!"

Iphathia raised the cake box in her hand and said to Hyperion with a grin.

As if she couldn't wait to celebrate her daughter's birthday.

"..."

Hyperion didn't take the cake box for a long time, not knowing what she was afraid of.

Finally, tears fell from her eyes, and she rushed forward to hug the two figures.

"Oh my, what are you doing?"

Iphathia showed a shy smile.

Although she didn't mind being hugged by her daughter, there were still some pedestrians watching them on the street.

Humans, in this situation, should logically react with shyness.

However, considering her daughter's mood, she decided to accommodate Hyperion.

Mikage spread out his right hand helplessly, thinking that it was Hyperion's birthday today, so he would let her be happy.

"By the way, Hyperion, tomorrow is the weekend, and I'm off work. I'll take you to South Wantina Territory. The sea view there is very beautiful."

"Ever since I took you there when you were a kid, you've been missing it for a long time, but you probably don't remember it now."

...

In the high-altitude observation space, the Ice Witch clenched her hands. She, who never showed her emotions, couldn't help but feel anxious for Hyperion at this moment.

Hyperion seemed to be in a very bad state, with absolutely no intention of breaking free from the dream.

When they were getting along in the Kingdom of Athelstan, she thought Hyperion was positive and cheerful, and wouldn't sink too deep into this [Fallen Sweet Home]. Now she might have thought wrong.

There were a total of one hundred and thirty-one floor tiles from here to the teleportation point to the next level. The space on each floor tile would trigger an illusion the moment someone stepped on it, with a short cooldown time.

In the Hellraum Prison's prison guard trial rules, several people could team up to help each other.

For example, let one person step into the area of ​​a floor tile and fall into a dream, and the others enter his dream through the floor tile, and try to wake him up within a certain period of time. Then the others step into the new floor tiles one by one, trying not to let one person fall into a dream continuously, giving them enough time to rest.

But there was also a prerequisite, that was, someone must first rely on their own strength to get out of the illusion.

In addition, the warden, who looked to be in extremely bad mental condition, might also give negative interference.

As for the real Great Demon Trial, it required a demon to walk one hundred and thirty-one steps alone, and walk out of the one hundred and thirty-one consecutive illusions with his own strength, without relying on the help of any other living beings.

Most demons who started the challenge would die within the first ten or twenty steps, drowning in their dreams and having their souls dissolved.

Only those demons whose hearts were evil and firm to the extreme could see through the illusions here, because there was no softness in their hearts, and no flaws or weaknesses. Thus, they could find the critical point between dream and reality in the illusions that were not deep enough, and turn them back.

For some extreme existences, reality and dreams were not much different.

Even in dreams, they could use the most cruel methods to destroy everything.

The more other living beings were inclined to the good camp, the more sentimental they were, the more they would be destroyed in this illusion.

The Ice Witch knew that she could not pass the Great Demon Trial of [Fallen Sweet Home].

She could only pray that the three guys who were suspected to be Resurrection Cultists could help Hyperion.

But at the moment, the three guys were also motionless.

It seemed that they were not completely bad people, and they also had great flaws in their hearts.

Only... the one lying on the ground seemed to be moving a little...

...

Hellraum Prison, Warden Selena observed the five prison guards.

She was basically invincible on this level. After seeing through other people's weaknesses, she could even create illusions that would play with the enemy in the palm of her hand, or play the role of important people.

She clasped her hands together, like a pre-meal etiquette, and couldn't help but taste the delicious pain of the silver-haired girl.

"But..."

Selena muttered, glancing at the black-haired, green-eyed girl on the ground.

The illusion she had fallen into seemed to be a bit strangely grand, and it was still constantly attracting barrier techniques to deepen the realism of her dream. It even caused the entire prison's magic power to begin to be mobilized for her in order to maintain her illusion.

Warden Selena couldn't help but feel puzzled. What was the dream that she couldn't realize in her heart?

It couldn't be that you wanted world peace, right?

So Selena approached the black-haired, green-eyed masked girl slightly.

Deciding to see what this girl was thinking first.

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ps: Please do not forcibly associate it with the old book. If you must associate it, you will find that many settings in the old book are wrong. Forcibly associating it will seriously mislead other readers with wrong plots and settings.

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