A strange dream draped itself around the Good Snake like a veil, turning everything hazy and gray. All around him, things began to warp and transform.
Grotesque, transformed creatures rushed out of the gray mist.
Even the Lord of Omniscience himself underwent a bizarre change.
Tiny gray-black insects flew from beneath the Lord of Omniscience's magnificent robes. The old man standing there gradually vanished, leaving only empty robes and the Aeting Harp.
"When Sandru first came to me, I refused. I didn't want to make an enemy of the Twin Serpents, even when he said he would return Dream God Perth to me if I joined him."
"Then he changed his offer. He said that if I agreed to intervene once you began to lose, he would return Dream God Perth to me."
"I agreed because I knew that even six beings of Supreme Divine Power working together couldn't defeat you. Back in the Second Era, seven gods joined forces against you and still came off worse."
"But you—how could you be this weak!"
The gray mist formed the Lord of Omniscience's enormous face.
He glared ferociously at the Good Snake, as though looking at a hopeless child.
The Good Snake's mind tightened, and his senses grew hazy.
Drawing on Dream God Perth's power, the Lord of Omniscience temporarily suppressed the Good Snake.
But the next instant, the Good Snake broke free.
"Hmph... An insect is still an insect. You know nothing of gratitude..."
The words hissed through his clenched teeth, and a figure of light flew out of his body.
It plunged into the gray mist, revealing a delicate, beautiful face.
"The Goddess of Beauty!"
The Goddess of Beauty then exploded like an overinflated balloon.
Terrifying white light pierced the mist with overwhelming force, shattering the hazy dream in