Fu Ge and his manticore and spirit guardian were thrown out of the Nightmare Realm headfirst. Luckily, he landed on soft dirt; otherwise, the impact would have snapped his neck and killed him in the most embarrassing way, earning him a spot in "Players' Top Ten Weekly Logouts" and becoming yet another timeless highlight on the forums.
But even more embarrassing than landing face-first was the possibility that Caspar had seen right through his little scheme.
The moment he landed, he scrambled to his feet, covered in dirt, and reached up, trying to grab the rapidly closing Dream Gate. But without Caspar's help, he was a physical being and couldn't touch the immaterial dream at all. His hand grasped at nothing, and all he could do was watch the smoky Nightmare Realm close its doors above him.
In the final vision, he had clearly seen Caspar facing the raging Nightmare Tyrant as she burned with her own power. And, at the very top of the dream, now wavering on the verge of collapse, a familiar streak of light had flickered.
Fu Ge had seen that light before. More than once.
He knew it was the Scepter of God, hurled down by Lord Murphy!
Its appearance meant that their "Dream Hunters" team had completed its duty. They had secured a transdimensional lock on Baphomet, who had been causing trouble from within the nightmare, and the Scepter of God's causal targeting had taken effect. No matter where Baphomet fled, it could no longer escape that earth-shattering strike.
It was as good as dead!
Even the Lord of the Hunt, a Chaos-born evil god steeped in the power of Chaos, couldn't withstand a single shot from the Creator's radiant bolt. A mere Old God, imprisoned for a thousand years and weakened as a