It must have been a nightmare...
Just moments ago, while unconscious, Dog Bro had vaguely dreamed a nightmare that sent chills down his spine!
At first, he had been wrapped inside a crystal, scattered across an endless ocean along with countless other crystals. The ocean stretched boundlessly, vast beyond measure, like a universe that encompassed the starry sky.
Although it was vast and limitless, it lacked the loneliness of the real universe. Instead, Dog Bro felt very warm within that ocean...
The feeling was wondrous, as if an infant were wrapped inside a womb. An intangible warmth soothed all the fear in his heart. Not only that, the emerald fragments floating in the immense sea made him feel as though they were connected by flesh and blood. The gentle consciousnesses that occasionally brushed against one another were filled with the intimacy of family.
As an only child, Dog Bro had never experienced such a feeling before. He had not experienced it even with his cousins—a closeness that required no verbal exchange, but flowed purely through their blood...
It was the first time in his life he had ever felt it...
That feeling made Dog Bro so enamored that he almost did not want to wake up, but it did not last long.
Very soon, an inexplicable Black Mist swept over from all directions, penetrating everywhere. The warm ocean was dyed pitch-black by that strange Black Mist. The warmth vanished, replaced by a terrifying chill. After being stained black, the Emerald Crystals that had been like his brothers and sisters immediately let out shrill cries, making Dog Bro's scalp prickle.
Then, the blackness slowly began to seep into his body as well. Something like ink gradually drew closer, yet he was powerless to resist. He could only watch helplessly as that