An Unexpected Intruder

So comfortable. Sleeping really was the most comfortable thing in the world.

His consciousness had sunk into darkness, yet Hewei still could not help voicing such heartfelt words in his sleep.

Nothing was more healing than getting a long, dead-to-the-world sleep after exhausting yourself.

Nothing!

He had heard that the Arnor Kingdom had even opened deep-sleep experience centers featuring Hypnos as their main attraction. The business aimed at adventurers was booming. Adventurers paid to have creatures from Sain Underground City hypnotize them into a good sleep, replenished their Mental Power, entered Sain Underground City to adventure, then paid to be hypnotized again after coming out.

Did that count as paying to go to work?

It was like overworked office drones buying coffee out of their own pockets to improve their efficiency at work.

Gong Qiying could not control how people outside made money. In any case, he had lowered the capture rate of Hypnos a little so those merchants would spend more time in the dungeon.

At first, he did not feel anything. But the deeper his unconsciousness became, the more Hewei felt as though his consciousness was rising and falling within a dark sea. Strange, grotesque creatures drifted around him in the darkness, terrifying him.

He desperately tried to open his eyes and see their faces. More and more bizarre figures gathered around him, while the sea itself grew restless.

He finally opened his eyes and, with the help of the faint light, saw the creatures surrounding him!

"A hero has arrived!"

A monstrous fish with Galio's huge face roared at him.

"Ahhhh—"

Hewei woke up screaming.

A ray of sunlight passed through the window and fell upon his body, which was wrapped everywhere in bandages. It felt a little warm.

"So it was a dream. I must have