Humans always have a fear of animals that are bigger than themselves.
For example, if you are facing an elephant, even if you know it is a trained elephant that won't attack you, most people will still be afraid!
In fact, seeing a dog that is about the same size as you is enough to scare many people.
And now, Otiliya is facing a monster much bigger than an elephant, a monster that has never been seen before!
Faced with such a huge Grand Ferocious Dragon, Otiliya was undoubtedly scared.
This is a virtual game, not something you watch on a computer screen, but a game you “experience firsthand!”
This feeling of fear, this pressure, is indescribable in any language!
Although Otiliya had previously seen the even larger, mountain-like Molten Mountain Dragon, it was in the sky, far away. The Molten Mountain Dragon obviously had no interest in humans that were like ants.
But now, a monster is right in front of her!
Otiliya was so scared she could barely move.
Her remaining sanity was still telling her that this was a game, not real, that she wouldn't die!
But, fear had spread throughout Otiliya's body!
The Grand Ferocious Dragon lunged at Otiliya...
Crack—
(Please refer to the scene of the older sister in episode 3 of *Puella Magi Madoka Magica*)
【You died!】
【Fear made you crumble. You died of fear. Coward—】
【Try again?】
【Yes】【No】
When Otiliya came to her senses, she was already in the death screen.
Otiliya instinctively touched her neck. It was still a little cold there—Otiliya felt like her neck had been broken!
Fortunately, her head was still safely attached to her neck!
Otiliya let out a huge sigh of relief.
Compared to her previous deaths, this time was undoubtedly the most frightening for Otiliya. Even now, her heart was still pounding wildly.
The game didn't start the next round immediately like it had after her previous deaths.
“This is a game—This is a game—This is a game————”
Otiliya's eyes were filled with tears as she constantly comforted herself.
This was indeed just a game, but the unusually real feeling, as well as the pain in her neck, made Otiliya feel like she had actually experienced a death!
Otiliya was still young, so not crying out loud was already good enough.
“Hey————This is more like a nightmare game.” The Nightmare Lord's mood was very good. He said, “You know how much food we got from that death just now? 200! More than we got all night yesterday! This is just one death, not counting the food from the fear Otiliya experienced before!”
“Oh… How much did we get from the fear before?”
“60.” said the Nightmare Lord.
“But, there's other food, right? At the beginning, Otiliya seemed to have a lot of fun in the forest. How much did we get then?”
“About 40.”
“Well, it's not as much as the fear and death later, but 40… it’s not bad.”
“Hmph——” The Nightmare Lord snorted, but didn't refute further.
For the Nightmare Lord, his millennia of experience had led him to conclude that fear was the easiest to control and also the easiest to get energy from. He didn't agree with Zhang Xingyu's method of creating a game world—how could a kid who has only been alive for a few years have more experience than him?
However, because of their soul-bound connection, the Nightmare Lord could only obey Zhang Xingyu now.
Even though he wasn't convinced, the Nightmare Lord decided to try Zhang Xingyu's plan. After all, for the Nightmare Lord, a few decades was just the blink of an eye. In the past, the Nightmare Lord's plans were always calculated in centuries!
The Nightmare Lord didn't mind wasting a hundred years to prove Zhang Xingyu wrong.
Of course, during this time, he would also keep some of his old methods.
As for Zhang Xingyu, he naturally knew that if they followed the Nightmare Lord's original plan, they could indeed regain a lot of power in a short time, but the number of people who would die because of the Nightmare power...
Humans have seven emotions and six desires. Zhang Xingyu thought that fear was only one way, and the Nightmare Lord hadn't explored other ways, or rather, the Nightmare Lord's carefree and murderous fantasy era had limited his thinking.
As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome. Zhang Xingyu would show the Nightmare Lord that there were other ways to open up the Nightmare World!
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After a while, Otiliya finally calmed down.
“Game creator, come out here, come out!” Otiliya shouted to the sky, “Do you have to make death so real? It’s scary, okay! It’s going to scare players away!”
Of course, there was no response. Otiliya also knew that her yelling was just a way to vent.
“But, I am the primordial light born from darkness, the daughter of light and darkness, the future Empress of the Night, Ku ku————” Otiliya struck a classic chuunibyou pose, “A mere death experience is a normal operation for the Daughter of Light and Darkness. I'm not afraid at all. Soon, I will conquer fear, and then I will conquer the Nightmare World!”
While saying this, Otiliya clicked "Retry."
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