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Chapter 480 - 287: Nightmare Octopus King_3

Chapter 480: Chapter 287: Nightmare Octopus King_3

"No."

The elf shook his head helplessly: "The Octopus King’s original form is the ’Nightmare Octopus’, a creature that feeds on the dreams of living beings. Although it devoured us, it won’t kill us immediately, because it still relies on us to produce dreams."

"Even if we woke up our brethren, there would be no hope of escape. It would only make them suffer mental torment in vain. It’s better to drown in the dream and not remember anything, which is actually more painless."

After expressing his feelings, the elf turned to Mu You: "And you? How did you awaken your memory? It usually takes more than ten years for people to awaken after coming here. Yet, you awoke on the very first day, something I haven’t seen before."

"I have some special methods that allow me to retain my memory and exit the dream at any time..."

Mu You didn’t elaborate on this, but urgently asked: "Now I need to know, how many elves are left here? Where are they trapped inside the Octopus King?"

"There are sixty-seven of our elf clan still alive. As for their location...it is said that the position of those who are entrapped in the Octopus King is not fixed, but slowly moves towards the center over time. Seven hundred years have passed, and they’re likely near its heart now."

Mu You was thrilled to hear that. The heart was a serendipitous location as he just got a blood-sucking bottle to extract the Blood of Heart Vessels, achieving two goals in one stroke.

The current problem is, how to move to the heart of the Octopus King without alerting it.

The elf didn’t know what Mu You was thinking. Seeing him deep in thought, he suddenly said: "If you want to save us, there’s no need. Seven hundred years ago there might have been a chance when the dream world of the Octopus King was still in its phase of establishment and was unstable. We often woke up and that was how we got a chance to break free."

"But now, we have been asleep within the Octopus King for seven hundred years. Our bodies have long been wrapped inside it. If you want to save us, it is impossible not to alert the Octopus King. How could it just stand by and watch its prey taken away?"

"So, if you really have the ability to come and go here at any time, I wish you would leave immediately. Return and tell the Grand Elder that all of our Elf Clan which were devoured by the Octopus King are no more. Let him no longer be bothered by us, and then bring back the remains of the Grand Elder to the Elf Clan. For the remains and soul of an elder, I believe the Elf Clan will give you a sufficient reward."

As the female elf finished speaking, a new prompt appeared in Mu You’s mind.

[You have triggered an optional quest: Elf Meryl’s Request.]

[Mission Content: Find the elder Harrington Hugh, and kindly deceive him that all the elves here have perished. Bring his spirit and remains back to the Elf Clan, providing him the opportunity to transform into a Little Sprite.]

[Mission Reward: Elder Token of Harrington Hugh, and an unknown reward from the Elf Clan.]

[Note: ’Elf Meryl’s Request’ is an optional mission, and you can only choose to complete one among this and ’Harrington Hugh’s Last Wish’.]

Looking at the description of the optional mission in his mind, what caught Mu You’s attention first was not the mission itself, but the last part of the mission content: the opportunity to transform into a Little Sprite!

"Can an elf who has been dead for many years also transform into a Little Sprite?" Mu You asked, looking at Elf Meryl.

Meryl was taken aback. She didn’t expect Mu You to suddenly ask this, but nodded: "Yes, but it has to be from a naturally deceased elf, and a pure soul without regrets or lingering thoughts. Since after transforming into a Little Sprite, they lose all memories and become a completely new life form."

The reason why Mu You asked this was because he was reminded of the dead Knowledge Ancient Tree at home, which needed the fusion of a Little Sprite to revive.

And looking at the description of this new mission, it seemed that the deceased elf elder on the third floor satisfied the conditions to transform into a Little Sprite.

If he could help him resolve his only concern, perhaps he could persuade him to go to Earth and actively merge with the Knowledge Ancient Tree!