The Unexpected Intruders

Sleeping really was the most comfortable thing in the world.

As his consciousness sank into darkness, Hervey still could not help voicing that heartfelt sentiment in his sleep.

Nothing soothed the soul more than getting a deep, dreamless sleep after being utterly exhausted.

Nothing!

He had heard that the Arnor Kingdom had even opened deep-sleep experience centers featuring Dream Eaters. The business was thriving among adventurers: adventurers paid for products from Zane Dungeon to hypnotize them into a good sleep, replenished their Spirit Power, entered Zane Dungeon to adventure, then paid to be hypnotized again after coming out.

Did that count as paying to go to work?

Like wage slaves buying their own coffee at work to improve their productivity.

Gong Qiying could not care less about how outsiders made money. He had lowered the Dream Eater capture rate a little, just to make those merchants spend more time in the dungeon.

At first, he felt nothing. But the longer his unconsciousness lasted, the more Hervey felt his consciousness rising and falling in a dark sea. Strange, grotesque creatures swam around him in the darkness, terrifying him.

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

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

"Hero Appears!"

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

"AAAAAH—"

Hervey woke with a scream.

A ray of sunlight passed through the window and fell across his body, which was wrapped in bandages from head to toe. It felt pleasantly warm.

"So it was a dream. I must have gone crazy from fighting Gargoyles lately to dream about something like that."

He wiped the