Why Should I Seek an Audience with the Mad King? He Should Come to Me!

The first Fusion turned the memory crystals into junk. Rasputin's and Ousikas's memories were all jumbled together, making no sense at all.

Xu Lang knew the process well. He had expected this.

In the past, he would have panicked. Now he stayed calm and kept feeding memory crystals into the process.

The second Fusion worked a little better.

The third worked a little better still.

With each Fusion, the core elements in the memory crystals were gradually refined.

At last, Xu Lang went all in, fusing nine memory crystals into a special item.

[Nightmare Eye · Court Guard's Time Crystal: Use the time crystal to experience scenes from the lives of nine court guards, or consume the item to manifest a court guard selection tournament. Participate in person and win the championship to gain an audience with the Mad King.]

"An audience with the Mad King?"

"Why isn't he coming to see the Nightmare Lord?"

Xu Lang crossed one leg over the other, pressed the fingers of his right hand against his forehead, and swept his hair back. He looked impossibly defiant.

He was dreaming, after all. He might as well be arrogant.

He wanted to choose both options. What to do?

Start a Simulation, naturally!

In the simulated dream, Xu Lang was inside Demon King Castle when he used the Court Guard's Time Crystal.

The dream shifted, and Xu Lang became a young nobleman.

That young man was Rasputin!

Xu Lang glanced at the rate his Nightmare Essence was being consumed and stared wide-eyed.

"This time crystal is absurdly high-quality!"

"None of these nine court guards led ordinary lives!"

"I'm not in the mood today. I'll run another Simulation later!"

"..."

The simulated dream ended.

Xu Lang stared at the alchemy furnace before him, his face