Bernadette stopped before a black wooden door covered in strange patterns. Reaching out to grasp the handle, she said:
"I've always suspected that the Dream inside is the key to sustaining this place's existence. The Residual Power of Evernight merely made such a development possible."
As she spoke, she twisted the handle and opened the door.
Alice curiously poked her head forward. The black door slowly receded, and a golden ocean appeared within the room.
Amid the dazzling gold, Alice saw the Sun fall from the sky, dyeing the entire ocean gold.
As if answering this scene, an unimaginably powerful aura leaked out slightly. The entire building began to shake noticeably, while dust from above and stone bricks from the walls fell one after another.
The owner of this aura could crush me to death... Wait, is the Dream about to shatter?
Alice vaguely realized this just as she was about to warn the others, but Bernadette had already shut the black wooden door again, and everything returned to normal.
"Even I wouldn't dare enter this place," Bernadette said as she looked at Alice.
"Even I wouldn't dare enter this place," Alice repeated Bernadette's words while bobbing her head, taking it as her response.
As Bernadette's gaze gradually turned blank, Klein turned to Alice and asked:
"You can't beat them?"
Alice honestly nodded.
She, she... was quite lively.
Bernadette's lips moved twice, but in the end, she said nothing.
Amid their silence, Alice tossed the card of unknown material in her hand and smiled at Bernadette.
"Hey, do you know the incantation for activating the 'Black Emperor' card?"
Hm? Could it have something to do with me?
Bernadette shook her head, her probing gaze falling upon Alice.
"What a coincidence!" Alice clapped her hands. "I don't know either!"
She really