The Rebel Knight in pink soon left again, proudly going off separately from Gwen. For a moment, that creature of dark nature seemed to give off something called "hope."
The invisible Deathstroke beside them showed no expression, as if he had seen nothing.
More and more nightmares would come here next. It would be like joining a pyramid scheme: one recruit brought in two, and those two brought in four. Su Ming had heard countless versions of that chessboard-and-rice story, and it was just right to use here.
The Sleepless Knights certainly could not all be wiped out. Otherwise, who would tell the newly born nightmares in the future not to stray down the wrong path?
As long as living creatures could still have nightmares, nightmares would continue appearing in an endless stream. Naturally, many of them would refuse to obey Dream; this time, the Insomnia rebellion was merely larger in scale.
Dream had been somewhat softhearted before. Rather than destroy disobedient nightmares, he threw them into the Nightmare Domain and left them to fend for themselves. But now that Su Ming had intervened, there was no way he would be so merciful. He had to make an example of them.
Destroying 99% would be enough. Leave 1% behind as "warning signs," so no ignorant new nightmares would keep popping up in the future without end.
"Meow~ Harley, your dreams will be pretty dangerous from now on, but it'll be fine as long as you don't enter this layer." Kitty settled on Deathstroke's shoulder, rubbed her head against his cheek, and flicked her little ears rapidly. "I'll teach you how to actively divide dreams into layers."
Kitty's motive was easy enough to guess. She had taken a liking to this "Nightmare Town of Isolation" and wanted to come here often