Activation, dissolution, and murmured invocation almost proceeded together.
At the very moment the effect of the Scroll of Fortune ended, the glowing sphere began to tremble slightly. A light spot, which shouldn’t have appeared at that moment, because of the fortune moment, was released from within along with the trembling of the sphere.
As soon as the light spot appeared, it seemed restless, as if it wanted to escape the confined space around it.
"Get ready, don’t let it escape!"
Sumishe immediately responded, "Understood."
With those words, Sumishe’s figure flashed, rushing directly in front of the light spot. Angel then gently pushed the light spot through a "Fusion" with the green pattern, and it entered Sumishe’s forehead.
Once the light point embedded, Sumishe’s gaze slowly began to lose focus...
Angel then re-constrained the Principal Body of the Nightmare Domain and retreated to stand beside Sanders and Rhein.
They didn’t say a word, just nodded to each other and focused all their attention on Sumishe.
Rhein was very curious about the entire process of authority fusion and the changes it would bring to the dream body.
Sanders, on the other hand, silently recalculated the probability of Sumishe assuming the authority. This time, Sanders used various formulas for an overall calculation. If Sumishe could successfully bear it, it would be an excellent sample for Sanders, potentially increasing the success rate of assuming authority and preventing authority loss.
The silent atmosphere lasted for quite a while.
"Why is there no reaction?" Rhein broke the silence first, asking curiously.
From Rhein’s perspective, Sumishe exhibited no changes other than slightly dazed eyes.
"It’s currently in the preliminary fusion stage. At this stage, with Sumishe’s ability, he should easily resist the impact of the authority on his Mind Space," Sanders said, who had also previously fused authority and understood this point.
Rhein: "Will he succeed, then?"
Sanders: "It’s uncertain. It’ll depend on his performance during the deep fusion of the authority."
Rhein nodded, continuing to use spiritual power to observe the changes in Sumishe.
At this point, Sanders looked at Rhein: "However, if it were you, my lord, I believe the vast majority of authorities could be easily fused."
After Sanders finished, Angel also nodded in agreement: "Lord Rhein could also attempt to fuse the authority."
Rhein, however, smiled and shook his head. "Let’s discuss it in the future. What the Wilderness of Dreams currently needs is a phase of development and adaptation, not just for itself but also for the Southern Domain Wizard World."
"It is already good now to hide the reality within illusion. If we reverse it, seeking the illusion within reality, I fear that by then even the Barbarian Cave would not be able to contain the scale of the Wilderness of Dreams."
Although Rhein did not specify, his words circled around the core idea of "profit-seeking."
Currently, the Wilderness of Dreams has already shown a strong relevance to interests, enough to change the era. Yet, the Wilderness of Dreams still looks merely like a "dream," with a sense of reality, but upon deeper interaction, it’s known to be mostly an illusion.
Under such circumstances, Rhein feels that with the Barbarian Cave’s foundation, it can still contain the scale of the Wilderness of Dreams.
However, if the Wilderness of Dreams were to become a real... world, a world created with various rules, by then it would inevitably become a target for everyone, possibly attracting the attention of the true giants in the Origin World.
This is not good for the Wilderness of Dreams, the Barbarian Cave, nor for Angel.
In Rhein’s view, the more authority there is, the closer the world approaches reality. Therefore, it’s better to proceed slowly.
Moderated development is more appropriate.
Sanders can understand what Rhein means. He doesn’t entirely agree, because the Principal Body of the Nightmare Domain now consumes very little, and it’s a bit early to talk about moderation. However, he also respects Rhein’s opinion.
Since Rhein is currently not prepared to accept the authority, Sanders didn’t question further, especially since there are still several people on Illusion Demon Island who could take the lead.
Once enough samples have been gathered, and the authority system is fairly organized, targeted selection can proceed again.
...
An hour later.
The long calm expression of Sumishe finally showed a second expression.
His eyebrows frowned slightly, while sweat began to appear on both sides of his forehead.
After another hour, Sumishe’s frowned brows deepened more and more, even his facial features became uncontrolled, appearing ferocious. The sweat on his forehead continuously seeped out, and his once flowing blonde hair became somewhat damp.
"At this time he should have entered the formal fusion; a large amount of information related to the authority is surging like a torrent into his mind," Sanders said. "However, he hasn’t reached his limit yet."
Sure enough, in the next half-hour, apart from Sumishe’s somewhat uncontrollable expression, everything else remained normal.
Until another half-hour passed, and now three hours since Sumishe accepted the authority, his condition finally showed some variations.
"Ah—" A piercing scream erupted from Sumishe’s mouth.
He still did not awaken, but his body’s instincts began to feedback various pains incurred during the bearing of authority.
Originally, Sumishe was standing, but amid waves of agonized yelling, he could no longer stand, collapsing to the ground. A large amount of sweat mixed with blood seeped into the ground.
Sanders softly said, "He has entered deep fusion; success or failure depends on whether he can hold on."
Sumishe’s miserable state did not diminish with time; instead, it grew increasingly terrifying.
Sanders had maintained a cold observance but finally sighed looking at the collapsed Sumishe, "I’ll observe the situation in reality."
After Sanders went offline, he quickly logged back in.
"How is his situation in reality?" Rhein asked.
Sanders’ tone was somewhat serious, "Worse than expected. The mind space’s surging information has caused his brain to react drastically, leading to neural signal disorder, and his body is being impacted likewise. However, with Flora present, there is no immediate danger, but his body is already in a poor condition; if this continues for much longer, his physical body is likely to collapse."
Rhein frowned, "Physical body collapse? How long can he sustain it?"