Using similar lines and a similar process, the Pink Knight quickly persuaded another Sleepless Knight to change sides. Then, with a wave of that strange little wooden stick, both Nightmares vanished from reality.
Only then did Insomnia emerge from the corner. His expression was exceedingly ugly. He tried his best to suppress his rage, but clearly failed, because the hand braced against the wall had already crushed the bricks.
Of course, he knew full well what Nightmares were like. In the Nightmare Dimension, they followed the natural law of the strong devouring the weak. Every one of them was selfish and self-serving.
He had thought that, with the Nightmare Stone in hand, he could command them through fear. But they had betrayed him far too quickly—far more quickly than he had expected.
It felt like humans desperately fleeing a sinking ship and scrambling onto lifeboats.
But he was not facing any grave crisis, was he? Neither Deathstroke nor Dream had discovered him. Although that useless Christopher had been captured by Batwoman, he no longer had any direct connection to that man, so it was not a problem at all.
Then why had the Sleepless Knights betrayed him and joined that Frenzied Sleep Knights group?
After pondering for quite a while, he arrived at an answer: the stakes offered by the other side were too valuable, vastly outweighing the fear he had imposed. The knights were willing to take enormous risks just to seize those benefits.
So the key was still that repeatedly mentioned Nightmare Town of Isolation? It sounded like a place name.
He did not know the specifics yet, but since so many Nightmares wanted to go there, it had to be a good place within nightmares. After all, the name sounded terrifying, which suited the Nightmares' style.
Besides,