Luckily, the One Who Came Was the Original Body
The clock on the wall ticked away. It was still night in reality, and the sound of fists pounding a sandbag in the basement was exactly the same as before he went to sleep.
Time in reality had not changed.
Gerald slowly lay back down, resting an arm behind his head as he considered the situation.
He would set aside that thing from earlier for now. It was clearly not something he could handle at the moment. He might have had a chance to survive if he ran at full speed, but running in a dream... seemed meaningless. He had not entered the dream just to stay alive.
Based on his current judgment, the role the relic played in determining when he woke from the dream was gradually becoming clearer.
The first time he came to River Valley, he obtained the Banshee's Kiss and left the dream by killing himself. That was when the Banshee's Kiss first began to fade in color.
The second time he came to River Valley, he defeated the Banshee Queen, truly winning their direct confrontation. Then, despite his body functioning normally, he fell into an abnormal coma for three months.
The third time was after he received his family's sword. He sparred with the Banshee Queen in the Courtyard and was defeated, gradually becoming familiar with what he saw and heard in River Valley. He also brought Dreammist Essence out of the dream.
During those three periods, the flow of time inside and outside the dream maintained a constant ratio, and he could leave the dream by sleeping.
But after he actively activated the Banshee's Kiss and its color began fading for the second time, starting from the fourth visit, reality seemed to have stopped. There