Dwarf Among Giants

[Stranger]

[Description: A stranger on the Nightmare route. He seemed to know something about this place.]

"Who are you?"

Yuanfang stood and walked over to him.

The other man's flame and aura were quite strange, rising and falling in his perception like a flickering fire in the wind.

"You may call me Pridhan."

"I was the dwarf you encountered in the dream just now."

Pridhan spoke calmly as he took out a pile of firewood and placed it into the Bonfire, making the flames burn even brighter.

"My name is Yuanfang."

Seeing that the other party seemed to be a self-aware non-player character, Yuanfang stepped forward and sat cross-legged beside the Bonfire. After introducing himself, he questioned him again.

"Do you know what this place is?"

Pridhan fell silent for a moment before replying, "This is a Nightmare."

"Why do you say that?" Yuanfang asked.

"I've been trapped here. No matter which path I take, I can't leave." Pridhan's voice was filled with numbness and exhaustion. "Drowsiness clings to me relentlessly, making me want to sleep at regular intervals."

"And every time I fall asleep, I enter a long and painful Nightmare, until I finally wake up."

"Then I return here and repeat the process."

Pridhan's eyes were bloodshot. Exhausted, he rubbed the space between his brows.

Both his face and palms were withered beyond measure, as though every last trace of vitality had been sucked out of him.

Hearing this,

Yuanfang's gaze drifted involuntarily toward the two paths outside.

They were currently inside a small, dilapidated hut. To its left and right were two roads leading into the unknown. Behind them was a cliff, while ahead stood a towering mountain that disappeared into the clouds.

Pridhan was trapped in this very spot.

After listening, Yuanfang did not immediately ask