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Chapter 527 – Friends, huh?
Chapter 526 – Success
Chapter 525 – Angry Aria
Chapter 524 – Taking a Bit of Blood
Chapter 523 – Sharing a Life
Chapter 522 – Establishing Authority
Chapter 521 – The Yearly Meeting Starts
Chapter 520 – No Resistance
Chapter 519 – It’s Over!
Chapter 518 – Assassination
Chapter 517 – Desperation of the Upper Layer
516 Chapter 516 – Truth of the World Nick asked for a couple of names from Aria and cross-referenced them with the black book. Sure enough, none of t
Chapter 515 – Peaceful Protest
Chapter 514 – Classified Code
Chapter 513 – Trapdoor
Chapter 512 – A Surprise
Chapter 511 – Tyranny
Chapter 510 – Ten Times the Manufacturers
Chapter 509 – Tax Change
Chapter 508 – Fall of Corruption
Chapter 507 – Construction
Chapter 506 – Announcement
Chapter 505 – Ghosty’s Insight
Chapter 504 – Birth of Sky Dream
Chapter 503 – Dark Dream’s End
Chapter 502 – Simon Leaves
Chapter 501 – Markus
Chapter 500 – Do You Accept?
Chapter 499 – Goodbye, Julian
Chapter 498 – Look at This City
Chapter 497 – Difference
Chapter 496 – Liaison
Chapter 495 – Zephyx Manipulation
Chapter 494 – Night
Chapter 493 – Dusk
Chapter 492 – The Champion
Chapter 491 – Halls of Remembrance
Chapter 490 – Flying Over the Ocean
Chapter 489 – The Desolate Continent
Chapter 488 – Interrogation
Chapter 487 – The Risky Plan
Chapter 486 – Sniper Duel
Chapter 485 – Chaos
Chapter 484 484 – Unexpected Surprise
Chapter 483 483 – Ally
Chapter 482 482 – Not Everything
Chapter 481 481 – The Same Thing
Chapter 480 480 – Stressful Stealth
Chapter 479 – 479 – New Ability
Chapter 478 – 478 – The Big Negotiation
Chapter 477 – 477 – Surrounded by Danger
Chapter 476 – 476 – Sincerity
Chapter 475 – 475 – Meeting with Ghosty
Chapter 474 – 474 – Finalizing the Plan
Chapter 473 – 473 – Streak of Black
Chapter 472 – 472 – Expert
Chapter 471 – 471 – Vision
Chapter 470 – 470 – Endless White
Chapter 469 – 469 – Eternity
Chapter 468 – 468 – Deepest Darkness
Chapter 467 – 467 – The Fiend of Darkness
Chapter 466 – 466 – Taking a Risk
Chapter 465 – 465 – Rhombus
Chapter 464 – 464 – Getting the Elixir
Chapter 463 – 463 – The Death Pact
Chapter 462 – 462 – Elixir
Chapter 461 – 461 – Could you?
Chapter 460 – 460 – Control
Chapter 459 – 459 – Voted Suicide
Chapter 458 458 – Who Accepts?
Chapter 457 457 – Selling Specters
Chapter 456 456 – Dark Dream Becoming Powerful
Chapter 455 455 – Covered Up
Chapter 454 454 – Dark Future
Chapter 453 453 – Two Years
Chapter 452 452 – Plan for the Future
Chapter 451 451 – Ten out of Ten
Chapter 450 450 – Regretful Ability
Chapter 449 449 – What’s the Time?
Chapter 448 448 – Double Deal
Chapter 447 447 – Eye Contact
Chapter 446 446 – Another Blood Specter
Chapter 445 445 – The Red Tub
Chapter 444 444 – Eternal Abilities
Chapter 443 443 – The Dark Room
Chapter 442 442 – The Berry Bush
Chapter 441 441 – Working More Than 24 Hours in a Day
Chapter 440 440 – Old Acquaintance
Chapter 439 439 – Long Day at Work
Chapter 438 438 – Governor’s Crossroads
Chapter 437 437 – Surrender
Chapter 436 436 – Corals
Chapter 435 435 – Strings
Chapter 434 434 – High-level Battle
Chapter 433 433 – Manipulator
Chapter 432 432 – The Battle Begins
Chapter 431 431 – Bait
Chapter 430 430 – Two People
Chapter 429 429 – The Three
Chapter 428 428 – Most Likely
Chapter 427 427 – Mundus Stairwell
Chapter 426 426 – Useful Only on Paper
Chapter 425 425 – Ratio
Chapter 424 424 – The Gambler
Chapter 423 423 – Blood Cat
Chapter 422 422 – The Bitch
Chapter 421 421 – Difficult Work
Chapter 420 420 – The Blaze
Chapter 419 419 – Servant
Chapter 418 418 – Coral People
Chapter 417 417 – Mission
Chapter 416 416 – Welcome to Dark Dream!
Chapter 415 415 – Many Ways
Chapter 414 414 – Irwin
Chapter 413 413 – Irwin’s Fate
Chapter 412 412 – Shame
Chapter 411 411 – Disbelief
Chapter 410 410 – Unsavable Situation
Chapter 409 409 – Emotions Running High
Chapter 408 408 – Image
Chapter 407 407 – No Evidence
Chapter 406 406 – East
Chapter 405 405 – One Friend
Chapter 404 404 – Endless Blue
Chapter 403 403 – The Forbidden Zone
Chapter 402 402 – Jump
Chapter 401 401 – Deadweight
Chapter 400 400 – Roles
Chapter 399 399 – 18 Months
Chapter 398 398 – How Much Money in a Day?
Chapter 397 397 – Perception
Chapter 396 396 – The Talker
Chapter 395 395 – Funny Name
Chapter 394 394 – Final Specters
Chapter 393 393 – Moving Specters
Chapter 392 392 – The Floors
Chapter 391 391 – Start of the Move
Chapter 390 390 – The Yearly Meeting
Chapter 389 389 – Regular Topics
Chapter 388 388 – Significant Contribution
Chapter 387 387 – Solace’s Success
Chapter 386 386 – The Abductor
Chapter 385 385 – Talking with the New Specter
Chapter 384 384 – Hoard
Chapter 383 383 – Democratic Soldiers
Chapter 382 382 – Strong Leader
Chapter 381 381 – The Strongest Human
Chapter 380 380 – Champion of Light
Chapter 379 379 – Answers
Chapter 378 378 – The Envious Researcher
Chapter 377 377 – Private Meeting
Chapter 376 376 – Asking for a Meeting
Chapter 375 375 – The Old World
Chapter 374 374 – Payment Plan
Chapter 373 373 – Back at Dark Dream
Chapter 372 372 – Black Hair
Chapter 371 371 – Way Back
Chapter 370 370 – The Machine
Chapter 369 369 – The Ruin
Chapter 368 368 – Steel
Chapter 367 367 – Brave and Stupid
Chapter 366 366 – Silk
Chapter 365 365 – Dark Specter
Chapter 364 364 – The Mountain
Chapter 363 363 – The Desert
Chapter 362 362 – Small Slimes
Chapter 361 361 – Currently Busy
Chapter 360 360 – Not as I do
Chapter 359 359 – Could That Work?
Chapter 358 358 – Result of the Search
Chapter 357 357 – Searching
Chapter 356 356 – The Swallowing Swamp
Chapter 355 355 – The Corrosive Dust
Chapter 354 354 – The Infestation
Chapter 352 352 – Two Adversaries
Chapter 351 351 – The Outside
Chapter 350 350 – The Team
Chapter 349 349 – Adult Nick
Chapter 348 348 – Pressured to Leave
Chapter 347 347 – Manufacturer Problems
Chapter 346 346 – Hell Gates
Chapter 345 345 – Metal
Chapter 344 344 – They Are the Enemy
Chapter 343 343 – Argument
Chapter 342 342 – Discussion
Chapter 341 341 – Chatting with Albert
Chapter 340 340 – Albert’s House
Chapter 339 339 – The Upper Layer
Chapter 338 338 – Entrance
Chapter 337 337 – The Good of the City
Chapter 336 336 – A Visit
Chapter 335 335 – New CEO
Chapter 334 334 – Selling Dark Dream
Chapter 333 333 – Entering Anatomy
Chapter 332 332 – Congratulations
Chapter 331 331 – Exchange
Chapter 330 330 – Dispute
Chapter 329 329 – Contract
Chapter 328 328 – Goal
Chapter 327 327 – Death
Chapter 326 326 – The Situation
Chapter 325 325 – Want and Need
Chapter 324 324 – Wish
Chapter 323 323 – Hatred
Chapter 322 322 – Guilt
Chapter 321 321 – Friends
Chapter 320 320 – Investment
Chapter 319 319 – Apathy
Chapter 318 318 – Veteran
Chapter 317 317 – Preparing for Work
Chapter 316 316 – The Blinding Light
Chapter 315 315 – Young
Chapter 314 314 – Blood Wolf
Chapter 313 313 – Solace
Chapter 312 312 – Longevity
Chapter 311 311 – Zephosis
Chapter 310 310 – Wrapping Up
Chapter 309 309 – Back to Business
Chapter 308 308 – Retelling
Chapter 307 307 – Nick’s Fate
Chapter 306 306 – End of the Shift
Chapter 305 305 – Who?
Chapter 304 304 – Grips
Chapter 303 303 – End of the Ladder
Chapter 302 302 – Red World
Chapter 301 301 – Manual Labor
Chapter 300 300 – The Underside
Chapter 299 299 – Not As Valuable
Chapter 298 298 – Incident
Chapter 297 297 – Outsider
Chapter 296 296 – Busy
Chapter 295 295 – Status
Chapter 294 294 – Assessing
Chapter 293 293 – Red Wall
Chapter 292 292 – Crimson
Chapter 291 291 – Traitor!
Chapter 290 290 – The True City
Chapter 289 289 – Terror
Chapter 288 288 – The Red Mist
Chapter 287 287 – Suppression
Chapter 286 286 – The Big Barrier
Chapter 285 285 – The Red Sea
Chapter 284 284 – The Approaching Finale
Chapter 283 283 – The Screamer
Chapter 282 282 – Guards
Chapter 281 281 – Team Leaders
Chapter 280 280 – Office
Chapter 279 279 – Hole
Chapter 278 278 – Light Layer
Chapter 277 277 – Abnormality
Chapter 276 276 – Infiltration
Chapter 275 275 – Shadow Shroud
Chapter 274 274 – Assassinations
Chapter 273 273 – I Trust You
Chapter 272 272 – The Perpetrator
Chapter 271 271 – Frustrating
Chapter 270 270 – Scattering
Chapter 269 269 – Different Perspective
Chapter 268 268 – House
Chapter 267 267 – West to East
Chapter 266 266 – Specter Cage
Chapter 265 265 – Shots
Chapter 264 264 – New Home
Chapter 263 263 – The Can
Chapter 262 262 – Future Eternal
Chapter 261 261 – Mouths
Chapter 260 – The Prison
Chapter 259 259 – Caravan
Chapter 258 258 – Renegotiation
Chapter 257 257 – The Parasite’s Influence
Chapter 256 256 – Trade Offer
Chapter 255 255 – Honesty
Chapter 254 254 – Dreams
Chapter 253 253 – His City
Chapter 252 252 – Opening Up
Chapter 251 251 – Gloom
Chapter 250 250 – The End of the Incident
Chapter 249 249 – Shady Business
Chapter 248 248 – Unconscious
Chapter 247 247 – Troublemakers
Chapter 246 246 – Office Problems
Chapter 245 245 – Blood Horse and Blood Ancestor
Chapter 244 244 – Hyper Regeneration
Chapter 243 243 – Blood Hawk
Chapter 242 242 – Empath
Chapter 241 241 – New People
Chapter 240 240 – Special Containment Unit
Chapter 239 239 – The Money Sink
Chapter 238 238 – Monica
Chapter 237 237 – Can’t Tell
Chapter 236 236 – Reward
Chapter 235 235 – Secret Mission
Chapter 234 234 – Humanity and Cities
Chapter 233 233 – Conviction
Chapter 232 232 – Not the First
Chapter 231 231 – Simon Francium
Chapter 230 230 – Aegis
Chapter 229 229 – Conflict
Chapter 228 228 – Envy
Chapter 227 227 – The Captain
Chapter 226 226 – Arrested
Chapter 225 225 – Starving Child
Chapter 224 224 – Entering
Chapter 223 223 – Risk
Chapter 222 222 – Room
Chapter 221 221 – Where’s My Money?
Chapter 220 220 – Report
Chapter 219 219 – The Scary Outside
Chapter 218 218 – Shares
Chapter 217 217 – Power to Change
Chapter 216 216 – End of the Meeting
Chapter 215 215 – Taxes
Chapter 214 214 – Pressure
Chapter 213 213 – Governor
Chapter 212 212 – Last Person
Chapter 211 211 – Family
Chapter 210 210 – Nick Nick
Chapter 209 209 – Aria
Chapter 208 208 – Meeting Room
Chapter 207 207 – Seat
Chapter 206 206 – Chatting
Chapter 205 205 – Vernon
Chapter 204 204 – Specialist
Chapter 203 203 – Floors
Chapter 202 202 – Handshake
Chapter 201 201 – Many Layers
Chapter 200 200 – Capsule
Chapter 199 199 – Lower Layer
Chapter 198 198 – Horrifying World
Chapter 197 197 – The Layers
Chapter 196 196 – Abilities
Chapter 195 195 – Crushing the Puppy
Chapter 194 194 – Promotion
Chapter 193 193 – New Timetable
Chapter 192 192 – A Lot of Zephyx
Chapter 191 191 – Nothingness
Chapter 190 190 – Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 189 189 – New Ability
Chapter 188 188 – Captured
Chapter 187 187 – Elevated Status
Chapter 186 186 – Repelling Cell
Chapter 185 185 – Mutated Ability
Chapter 184 184 – John
Chapter 183 183 – Hatchlings
Chapter 182 182 – The Fog
Chapter 181 181 – 18
Chapter 180 180 – The Puppy
Chapter 179 179 – Six Months Later
Chapter 178 178 – The Dung Heap
Chapter 177 177 – First Day
Chapter 176 176 – Not a Problem
Chapter 175 175 – The Lover
Chapter 174 174 – Blood
Chapter 173 173 – The Bleeding Lady
Chapter 172 172 – Floors
Chapter 171 171 – New Home
Chapter 170 170 – Wrapping Things Up
Chapter 169 169 – Kill Me
Chapter 168 168 – Hospital
Chapter 167 167 – Splash
Chapter 166 166 – Floor
Chapter 165 165 – How?!
Chapter 164 164 – The Torturer
Chapter 163 163 – Protective Order
Chapter 162 162 – Offer
Chapter 161 161 – Tailing
Chapter 160 160 – Teaching
Chapter 159 159 – Useful Ability
Chapter 158 158 – Financial Situation
Chapter 157 157 – Going Back
Chapter 156 156 – The Truth
Chapter 155 155 – The Storage
Chapter 154 154 – Peddler Storage Token
Chapter 153 153 – Fear
Chapter 152 152 – Sneaking
Chapter 151 151 – Running
Chapter 150 150 – Sniper
Chapter 149 149 – Open
Chapter 148 148 – Plan?
Chapter 147 147 – Trickery
Chapter 146 146 – Nick’s Advice
Chapter 145 145 – Brothers Meet
Chapter 144 144 – Sarah’s Death
Chapter 143 143 – A Meeting
Chapter 142 142 – Green Powder
Chapter 141 141 – Investigation
Chapter 140 140 – Waiting
Chapter 139 139 – Three Months
Chapter 138 138 – A Job
Chapter 137 137 – First Week
Chapter 136 136 – Recovery
Chapter 135 135 – Playing
Chapter 134 134 – Men and Women
Chapter 133 133 – Two Methods
Chapter 132 132 – No Thinking
Chapter 131 131 – Whirlwind
Chapter 130 130 – Reynold
Chapter 129 129 – He’s a Great Guy
Chapter 128 128 – A Wager
Chapter 127 127 – Julian
Chapter 126 126 – Mask
Chapter 125 125 – Throws
Chapter 124 124 – Ghost Wire
Chapter 123 123 – Peak
Chapter 122 122 – Advantageous Disadvantage
Chapter 121 121 – Ability?
Chapter 120 120 – Collecting
Chapter 119 119 – Lesson
Chapter 118 118 – Manela
Chapter 117 117 – Special Law
Chapter 116 116 – Dung Heap
Chapter 115 115 – He Has Changed
Chapter 114 114 – Back to Work
Chapter 113 113 – Training
Chapter 112 112 – A Goal
Chapter 111 111 – Rotten
Chapter 110 110 – Therapy
Chapter 109 109 – Switched Places
Chapter 108 108 – Eternal Regret
Chapter 107 107 – The Corpse
Chapter 106 106 – It’s Over
Chapter 105 105 – Wake Up!
Chapter 104 104 – Taking a Risk
Chapter 103 103 – Difficult Choice
Chapter 102 102 – Spy
Chapter 101 101 – Perception
Chapter 100 100 – Distraction
Chapter 99 99 – Something to Do
Chapter 98 98 – A Long Morning
Chapter 97 97 – Effort
Chapter 96 96 – I’m Sorry
Chapter 95 95 – Burden
Chapter 94 94 – Favor
Chapter 93 93 – The Day
Chapter 92 92 – Drinks
Chapter 91 91 – Doing the Deed
Chapter 90 90 – What’s One More?
Chapter 89 89 – Pator
Chapter 88 88 – Ardum
Chapter 87 87 – Fist Weapon
Chapter 86 86 – Weapons
Chapter 85 85 – Barriers
Chapter 84 84 – Low Margins
Chapter 83 83 – Start-ups
Chapter 82 82 – The Manufacturers
Chapter 81 81 – Marketplace
Chapter 80 80 – Investing
Chapter 79 79 – Big Profits
Chapter 78 78 – Trevor
Chapter 77 77 – Watching the Coffin
Chapter 76 76 – The Second Specter
Chapter 75 75 – Screaming Coffin
Chapter 74 74 – One More
Chapter 353 353 – The Wall
Chapter 73 73 – Possession Specter
Chapter 72 72 – Trade Negotiations
Chapter 71 71 – Silent Work
Chapter 70 70 – Sustainable Help
Chapter 69 69 – Right Thing
Chapter 68 68 – Creating Corpses
Chapter 67 67 – Scary
Chapter 65 65 – So Difficult
Chapter 65 65 – So Difficult
Chapter 66 66 – Exchange
Chapter 65 65 – So Difficult
Chapter 64 64 – Profiting?
Chapter 63 63 – Sound
Chapter 62 62 – Competition
Chapter 61 61 – Ability Advancement
Chapter 60 60 – Adolescent
Chapter 59 59 – Levels
Chapter 58 – 58 – Growth
Chapter 57 – 57 – Ability
Chapter 56 – 56 – Successful Session
Chapter 55 – 55 – Jenny and the Dreamer
Chapter 54 – 54 – Dark Dream
Chapter 53 – 53 – Interview
Chapter 52 – 52 – Caregiver
Chapter 51 – 51 – Guilt
Chapter 50 – 50 – Diagnosis
Chapter 49 – 49 – Worry
Chapter 48 – 48 – Contemplation
Chapter 47 – 47 – Bad Guy
Chapter 46 – 46 – Responsibility
Chapter 45 – 45 – Liability
Chapter 44 – 44 – Horua and the Dreamer
Chapter 43 – 43 – I Want
Chapter 42 – 42 – Sightseeing
Chapter 41 – 41 – Quest for Food
Chapter 40 – 40 – Horua
Chapter 39 – 39 – Card
Chapter 38 – 38 – Murder
Chapter 37 – 37 – Finances
Chapter 36 – 36 – Bad Dream
Chapter 35 – 35 – Falling Asleep
Chapter 34 – 34 – Work
Chapter 33 – 33 – Charge
Chapter 32 – 32 – Stages
Chapter 31 – 31 – Old Lady
Chapter 30 – 30 – Negotiation
Chapter 29 – 29 – Acquaintance
Chapter 28 – 28 – Uniform
Chapter 27 – 27 – A Bath
Chapter 26 – 26 – Contained
Chapter 25 – 25 – Walking Back
Chapter 24 – 24 – Struggle
Chapter 23 – 23 – Run!
Chapter 22 – 22 – The Climb
Chapter 21 – 21 – Target
Chapter 20 – 20 – Too Much
Chapter 19 – 19 – The Second Swim
Chapter 18 – 18 – Nightmare
Chapter 17 – 17 – Rules of the Sewer
Chapter 16 – 16 – Ruins
Chapter 15 – 15 – Jumping In
Chapter 14 – 14 – The Dreamer
Chapter 13 – 13 – Job Offer
Chapter 12 – 12 – Morals
Chapter 11 – 11 – Where to Start?
Chapter 10 – 10 – Everything Prepared
Chapter 9 – 9 – Null
Chapter 8 – 8 – Kill The Sun
Chapter 7 – 7 – Specters
Chapter 6 – 6 – Wyntor Melfion
Chapter 5 – 5 – Young Man
Chapter 4 – 4 – Zephyx
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People slowly woke up and exited from their derelict houses.
It was early in the morning, but just like always, the sun was high up in the sky, illuminating the streets.
Nick was still holding his sign as he watched the people with boredom.
Over 50% of the people were malnourished, and the remainder could still be called skinny. Only the richest merchants had some visible fat on their bellies.
Even though the sun was shining all day, nearly everyone had pale skin, and a couple of them even had black rings around their eyes as they slowly walked through the streets.
As Nick saw the people, he could tell that most of them were very fidgety and anxious.
Nick knew that this day would be the most dangerous day of the month since people became desperate.
Today was the worst day of the month.
The day everyone dreaded.
Nevertheless, Nick continued holding up his sign as he waited.
Albert, Nick’s mentor, told him he would soon find work as a Zephyx Extractor in the Dregs. He only needed to be visible.
Albert was the powerful Zephyx Extractor that Nick had met two years ago. After Nick had woken up from Albert’s slap, the two of them had gotten to know each other.
Due to the circumstances of how Nick had gained his mysterious power, Albert decided to mentor Nick for a couple of months since he saw a lot of potential in him.
Albert had left around a year ago, and he told Nick that he just needed to remain visible to find work. Apparently, someone would soon appear that would be interested in finding Zephyx Extractors.
This was why Nick was sitting in the marketplace with his sign.
Even though everyone dreaded today, to Nick, this was just like any other day.
Many people passed by Nick, and he also noticed that nearly everyone was throwing evaluating glances at him.
However, no one actually did anything to him.
Many people were scared and looked around nervously, but others seemed calm and relaxed.
All of the calm ones had small pins on their chest in the image of two crossed spears.
These pins represented the Insurance Gang, one of the most powerful gangs that were running the Dregs from the underground.
The people wearing these pins were not gang members but normal citizens that had paid the Insurance Gang to deal with all the matters today.
BANG!
Suddenly, a man with blonde hair got punched, and a group of three men jumped the guy that got punched.
The man curled into a shrimp and held tightly onto something.
The three attackers continued wailing at the helpless man, but they were careful not to break any bones.
“Hand over your credits!” one of them shouted.
The blonde man on the ground didn’t answer and kept holding onto his credits.
The three gritted their teeth.
Killing someone was forbidden, and they were also not allowed to shed any blood.
However, the city wouldn’t bat an eye if they broke some bones.
But despite how things looked, the three men were not psychopaths that wanted the guy to die.
If they stole his credits and broke the blonde man’s bones, they would essentially kill him in the long run.
One of the men grabbed the blonde guy’s hair and pulled back with all his power, but the man on the ground didn’t let go of his wealth.
Even when his blonde hair was torn out, he didn’t let go.
Two of the attackers looked at their last friend with frustrated and angry expressions.
The last one took a deep breath and took hold of his victim’s head.
BANG!
He shoved the man’s head into the pavement, and he lost consciousness. 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝙚𝙖𝙙.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Surprisingly, there was no blood, and the blonde man was still alive.
This had been insanely risky.
If anything went wrong, the attacking man would be killed by the city for killing another person or wasting valuable blood.
A different guy bent down and wrestled a small stack of paper notes out of the blonde man’s hands.
After counting the paper notes, he looked at his two friends and nodded.
Then, he handed all the notes to one of his friends, who broke into tears.
The crying man hugged his two friends and bowed several times in gratitude in front of them.
His two friends only assured him that it was fine.
The crying man quickly ran away from the middle of the marketplace and into the arms of a woman by the side.
The woman was also crying a lot.
A moment later, the man let go and kneeled down as he beckoned forward.
Two young girls, not older than eight, came out from behind the woman and hugged the man.
“I have enough for you,” the man said with a quivering voice.
Only a couple of people were watching the event. Most people were used to seeing something like this and didn’t care.
All the people in the marketplace just walked around the unconscious man lying in the middle of the street, treating him like just another piece of rubble.
Nick had watched what had happened, but he didn’t get involved.
What was the point?
There wasn’t enough money to go around, and it was the duty of everyone to protect themselves.
As more time passed, more assaults happened, but Nick just waited.
And then, it was time.
Everything calmed down at about 2:00 pm, and the people became very quiet.
By now, the entire marketplace was filled to the brim with people.
No one was buying or selling anything at this moment.
They all were waiting for the same thing.
Two minutes later, the sound of a gigantic swarm of insects came from one of the streets leading to the marketplace, and the sound became louder with time.
Eventually, five people appeared in one of the streets, and they were accompanied by swarms of huge mosquitos.
The five people wore red uniforms with the symbol of Crimson Fungus City on them, showing their identities as people working for the city itself. Each of them carried a couple of big sacks with them, and they wore black gasmasks, keeping their identities anonymous.
As the five city agents walked down the streets, several mosquitos split off and entered the houses they passed.
They were searching for people that were trying to hide.
After a while, the mosquitos came out of the house again and returned to the five people as other mosquitos entered other houses.
Suddenly, an entire swarm of mosquitos charged into one of the houses.
“AAAAAHHHH!”
A terrifying scream came out of the house, but it rapidly became quieter until it vanished.
The swarm of mosquitos came out of the house a couple of seconds later, and some of them flew into the sky and retreated.
But just a couple of seconds later, new mosquitos replaced the ones that had just left.
After around five minutes, the five people arrived at the entrance of the marketplace.
The five people didn’t say anything for a while.
This content is taken from 𝑖𝑟𝘦𝒶.𝒸𝘰𝑚
Chapter 527 – Friends, huh?
Chapter 526 – Success
Chapter 525 – Angry Aria
Chapter 524 – Taking a Bit of Blood
Chapter 523 – Sharing a Life
Chapter 522 – Establishing Authority
Chapter 521 – The Yearly Meeting Starts
Chapter 520 – No Resistance
Chapter 519 – It’s Over!
Chapter 518 – Assassination
Chapter 517 – Desperation of the Upper Layer
516 Chapter 516 – Truth of the World Nick asked for a couple of names from Aria and cross-referenced them with the black book. Sure enough, none of t
Chapter 515 – Peaceful Protest
Chapter 514 – Classified Code
Chapter 513 – Trapdoor
Chapter 512 – A Surprise
Chapter 511 – Tyranny
Chapter 510 – Ten Times the Manufacturers
Chapter 509 – Tax Change
Chapter 508 – Fall of Corruption
Chapter 507 – Construction
Chapter 506 – Announcement
Chapter 505 – Ghosty’s Insight
Chapter 504 – Birth of Sky Dream
Chapter 503 – Dark Dream’s End
Chapter 502 – Simon Leaves
Chapter 501 – Markus
Chapter 500 – Do You Accept?
Chapter 499 – Goodbye, Julian
Chapter 498 – Look at This City
Chapter 497 – Difference
Chapter 496 – Liaison
Chapter 495 – Zephyx Manipulation
Chapter 494 – Night
Chapter 493 – Dusk
Chapter 492 – The Champion
Chapter 491 – Halls of Remembrance
Chapter 490 – Flying Over the Ocean
Chapter 489 – The Desolate Continent
Chapter 488 – Interrogation
Chapter 487 – The Risky Plan
Chapter 486 – Sniper Duel
Chapter 485 – Chaos
Chapter 484 484 – Unexpected Surprise
Chapter 483 483 – Ally
Chapter 482 482 – Not Everything
Chapter 481 481 – The Same Thing
Chapter 480 480 – Stressful Stealth
Chapter 479 – 479 – New Ability
Chapter 478 – 478 – The Big Negotiation
Chapter 477 – 477 – Surrounded by Danger
Chapter 476 – 476 – Sincerity
Chapter 475 – 475 – Meeting with Ghosty
Chapter 474 – 474 – Finalizing the Plan
Chapter 473 – 473 – Streak of Black
Chapter 472 – 472 – Expert
Chapter 471 – 471 – Vision
Chapter 470 – 470 – Endless White
Chapter 469 – 469 – Eternity
Chapter 468 – 468 – Deepest Darkness
Chapter 467 – 467 – The Fiend of Darkness
Chapter 466 – 466 – Taking a Risk
Chapter 465 – 465 – Rhombus
Chapter 464 – 464 – Getting the Elixir
Chapter 463 – 463 – The Death Pact
Chapter 462 – 462 – Elixir
Chapter 461 – 461 – Could you?
Chapter 460 – 460 – Control
Chapter 459 – 459 – Voted Suicide
Chapter 458 458 – Who Accepts?
Chapter 457 457 – Selling Specters
Chapter 456 456 – Dark Dream Becoming Powerful
Chapter 455 455 – Covered Up
Chapter 454 454 – Dark Future
Chapter 453 453 – Two Years
Chapter 452 452 – Plan for the Future
Chapter 451 451 – Ten out of Ten
Chapter 450 450 – Regretful Ability
Chapter 449 449 – What’s the Time?
Chapter 448 448 – Double Deal
Chapter 447 447 – Eye Contact
Chapter 446 446 – Another Blood Specter
Chapter 445 445 – The Red Tub
Chapter 444 444 – Eternal Abilities
Chapter 443 443 – The Dark Room
Chapter 442 442 – The Berry Bush
Chapter 441 441 – Working More Than 24 Hours in a Day
Chapter 440 440 – Old Acquaintance
Chapter 439 439 – Long Day at Work
Chapter 438 438 – Governor’s Crossroads
Chapter 437 437 – Surrender
Chapter 436 436 – Corals
Chapter 435 435 – Strings
Chapter 434 434 – High-level Battle
Chapter 433 433 – Manipulator
Chapter 432 432 – The Battle Begins
Chapter 431 431 – Bait
Chapter 430 430 – Two People
Chapter 429 429 – The Three
Chapter 428 428 – Most Likely
Chapter 427 427 – Mundus Stairwell
Chapter 426 426 – Useful Only on Paper
Chapter 425 425 – Ratio
Chapter 424 424 – The Gambler
Chapter 423 423 – Blood Cat
Chapter 422 422 – The Bitch
Chapter 421 421 – Difficult Work
Chapter 420 420 – The Blaze
Chapter 419 419 – Servant
Chapter 418 418 – Coral People
Chapter 417 417 – Mission
Chapter 416 416 – Welcome to Dark Dream!
Chapter 415 415 – Many Ways
Chapter 414 414 – Irwin
Chapter 413 413 – Irwin’s Fate
Chapter 412 412 – Shame
Chapter 411 411 – Disbelief
Chapter 410 410 – Unsavable Situation
Chapter 409 409 – Emotions Running High
Chapter 408 408 – Image
Chapter 407 407 – No Evidence
Chapter 406 406 – East
Chapter 405 405 – One Friend
Chapter 404 404 – Endless Blue
Chapter 403 403 – The Forbidden Zone
Chapter 402 402 – Jump
Chapter 401 401 – Deadweight
Chapter 400 400 – Roles
Chapter 399 399 – 18 Months
Chapter 398 398 – How Much Money in a Day?
Chapter 397 397 – Perception
Chapter 396 396 – The Talker
Chapter 395 395 – Funny Name
Chapter 394 394 – Final Specters
Chapter 393 393 – Moving Specters
Chapter 392 392 – The Floors
Chapter 391 391 – Start of the Move
Chapter 390 390 – The Yearly Meeting
Chapter 389 389 – Regular Topics
Chapter 388 388 – Significant Contribution
Chapter 387 387 – Solace’s Success
Chapter 386 386 – The Abductor
Chapter 385 385 – Talking with the New Specter
Chapter 384 384 – Hoard
Chapter 383 383 – Democratic Soldiers
Chapter 382 382 – Strong Leader
Chapter 381 381 – The Strongest Human
Chapter 380 380 – Champion of Light
Chapter 379 379 – Answers
Chapter 378 378 – The Envious Researcher
Chapter 377 377 – Private Meeting
Chapter 376 376 – Asking for a Meeting
Chapter 375 375 – The Old World
Chapter 374 374 – Payment Plan
Chapter 373 373 – Back at Dark Dream
Chapter 372 372 – Black Hair
Chapter 371 371 – Way Back
Chapter 370 370 – The Machine
Chapter 369 369 – The Ruin
Chapter 368 368 – Steel
Chapter 367 367 – Brave and Stupid
Chapter 366 366 – Silk
Chapter 365 365 – Dark Specter
Chapter 364 364 – The Mountain
Chapter 363 363 – The Desert
Chapter 362 362 – Small Slimes
Chapter 361 361 – Currently Busy
Chapter 360 360 – Not as I do
Chapter 359 359 – Could That Work?
Chapter 358 358 – Result of the Search
Chapter 357 357 – Searching
Chapter 356 356 – The Swallowing Swamp
Chapter 355 355 – The Corrosive Dust
Chapter 354 354 – The Infestation
Chapter 352 352 – Two Adversaries
Chapter 351 351 – The Outside
Chapter 350 350 – The Team
Chapter 349 349 – Adult Nick
Chapter 348 348 – Pressured to Leave
Chapter 347 347 – Manufacturer Problems
Chapter 346 346 – Hell Gates
Chapter 345 345 – Metal
Chapter 344 344 – They Are the Enemy
Chapter 343 343 – Argument
Chapter 342 342 – Discussion
Chapter 341 341 – Chatting with Albert
Chapter 340 340 – Albert’s House
Chapter 339 339 – The Upper Layer
Chapter 338 338 – Entrance
Chapter 337 337 – The Good of the City
Chapter 336 336 – A Visit
Chapter 335 335 – New CEO
Chapter 334 334 – Selling Dark Dream
Chapter 333 333 – Entering Anatomy
Chapter 332 332 – Congratulations
Chapter 331 331 – Exchange
Chapter 330 330 – Dispute
Chapter 329 329 – Contract
Chapter 328 328 – Goal
Chapter 327 327 – Death
Chapter 326 326 – The Situation
Chapter 325 325 – Want and Need
Chapter 324 324 – Wish
Chapter 323 323 – Hatred
Chapter 322 322 – Guilt
Chapter 321 321 – Friends
Chapter 320 320 – Investment
Chapter 319 319 – Apathy
Chapter 318 318 – Veteran
Chapter 317 317 – Preparing for Work
Chapter 316 316 – The Blinding Light
Chapter 315 315 – Young
Chapter 314 314 – Blood Wolf
Chapter 313 313 – Solace
Chapter 312 312 – Longevity
Chapter 311 311 – Zephosis
Chapter 310 310 – Wrapping Up
Chapter 309 309 – Back to Business
Chapter 308 308 – Retelling
Chapter 307 307 – Nick’s Fate
Chapter 306 306 – End of the Shift
Chapter 305 305 – Who?
Chapter 304 304 – Grips
Chapter 303 303 – End of the Ladder
Chapter 302 302 – Red World
Chapter 301 301 – Manual Labor
Chapter 300 300 – The Underside
Chapter 299 299 – Not As Valuable
Chapter 298 298 – Incident
Chapter 297 297 – Outsider
Chapter 296 296 – Busy
Chapter 295 295 – Status
Chapter 294 294 – Assessing
Chapter 293 293 – Red Wall
Chapter 292 292 – Crimson
Chapter 291 291 – Traitor!
Chapter 290 290 – The True City
Chapter 289 289 – Terror
Chapter 288 288 – The Red Mist
Chapter 287 287 – Suppression
Chapter 286 286 – The Big Barrier
Chapter 285 285 – The Red Sea
Chapter 284 284 – The Approaching Finale
Chapter 283 283 – The Screamer
Chapter 282 282 – Guards
Chapter 281 281 – Team Leaders
Chapter 280 280 – Office
Chapter 279 279 – Hole
Chapter 278 278 – Light Layer
Chapter 277 277 – Abnormality
Chapter 276 276 – Infiltration
Chapter 275 275 – Shadow Shroud
Chapter 274 274 – Assassinations
Chapter 273 273 – I Trust You
Chapter 272 272 – The Perpetrator
Chapter 271 271 – Frustrating
Chapter 270 270 – Scattering
Chapter 269 269 – Different Perspective
Chapter 268 268 – House
Chapter 267 267 – West to East
Chapter 266 266 – Specter Cage
Chapter 265 265 – Shots
Chapter 264 264 – New Home
Chapter 263 263 – The Can
Chapter 262 262 – Future Eternal
Chapter 261 261 – Mouths
Chapter 260 – The Prison
Chapter 259 259 – Caravan
Chapter 258 258 – Renegotiation
Chapter 257 257 – The Parasite’s Influence
Chapter 256 256 – Trade Offer
Chapter 255 255 – Honesty
Chapter 254 254 – Dreams
Chapter 253 253 – His City
Chapter 252 252 – Opening Up
Chapter 251 251 – Gloom
Chapter 250 250 – The End of the Incident
Chapter 249 249 – Shady Business
Chapter 248 248 – Unconscious
Chapter 247 247 – Troublemakers
Chapter 246 246 – Office Problems
Chapter 245 245 – Blood Horse and Blood Ancestor
Chapter 244 244 – Hyper Regeneration
Chapter 243 243 – Blood Hawk
Chapter 242 242 – Empath
Chapter 241 241 – New People
Chapter 240 240 – Special Containment Unit
Chapter 239 239 – The Money Sink
Chapter 238 238 – Monica
Chapter 237 237 – Can’t Tell
Chapter 236 236 – Reward
Chapter 235 235 – Secret Mission
Chapter 234 234 – Humanity and Cities
Chapter 233 233 – Conviction
Chapter 232 232 – Not the First
Chapter 231 231 – Simon Francium
Chapter 230 230 – Aegis
Chapter 229 229 – Conflict
Chapter 228 228 – Envy
Chapter 227 227 – The Captain
Chapter 226 226 – Arrested
Chapter 225 225 – Starving Child
Chapter 224 224 – Entering
Chapter 223 223 – Risk
Chapter 222 222 – Room
Chapter 221 221 – Where’s My Money?
Chapter 220 220 – Report
Chapter 219 219 – The Scary Outside
Chapter 218 218 – Shares
Chapter 217 217 – Power to Change
Chapter 216 216 – End of the Meeting
Chapter 215 215 – Taxes
Chapter 214 214 – Pressure
Chapter 213 213 – Governor
Chapter 212 212 – Last Person
Chapter 211 211 – Family
Chapter 210 210 – Nick Nick
Chapter 209 209 – Aria
Chapter 208 208 – Meeting Room
Chapter 207 207 – Seat
Chapter 206 206 – Chatting
Chapter 205 205 – Vernon
Chapter 204 204 – Specialist
Chapter 203 203 – Floors
Chapter 202 202 – Handshake
Chapter 201 201 – Many Layers
Chapter 200 200 – Capsule
Chapter 199 199 – Lower Layer
Chapter 198 198 – Horrifying World
Chapter 197 197 – The Layers
Chapter 196 196 – Abilities
Chapter 195 195 – Crushing the Puppy
Chapter 194 194 – Promotion
Chapter 193 193 – New Timetable
Chapter 192 192 – A Lot of Zephyx
Chapter 191 191 – Nothingness
Chapter 190 190 – Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 189 189 – New Ability
Chapter 188 188 – Captured
Chapter 187 187 – Elevated Status
Chapter 186 186 – Repelling Cell
Chapter 185 185 – Mutated Ability
Chapter 184 184 – John
Chapter 183 183 – Hatchlings
Chapter 182 182 – The Fog
Chapter 181 181 – 18
Chapter 180 180 – The Puppy
Chapter 179 179 – Six Months Later
Chapter 178 178 – The Dung Heap
Chapter 177 177 – First Day
Chapter 176 176 – Not a Problem
Chapter 175 175 – The Lover
Chapter 174 174 – Blood
Chapter 173 173 – The Bleeding Lady
Chapter 172 172 – Floors
Chapter 171 171 – New Home
Chapter 170 170 – Wrapping Things Up
Chapter 169 169 – Kill Me
Chapter 168 168 – Hospital
Chapter 167 167 – Splash
Chapter 166 166 – Floor
Chapter 165 165 – How?!
Chapter 164 164 – The Torturer
Chapter 163 163 – Protective Order
Chapter 162 162 – Offer
Chapter 161 161 – Tailing
Chapter 160 160 – Teaching
Chapter 159 159 – Useful Ability
Chapter 158 158 – Financial Situation
Chapter 157 157 – Going Back
Chapter 156 156 – The Truth
Chapter 155 155 – The Storage
Chapter 154 154 – Peddler Storage Token
Chapter 153 153 – Fear
Chapter 152 152 – Sneaking
Chapter 151 151 – Running
Chapter 150 150 – Sniper
Chapter 149 149 – Open
Chapter 148 148 – Plan?
Chapter 147 147 – Trickery
Chapter 146 146 – Nick’s Advice
Chapter 145 145 – Brothers Meet
Chapter 144 144 – Sarah’s Death
Chapter 143 143 – A Meeting
Chapter 142 142 – Green Powder
Chapter 141 141 – Investigation
Chapter 140 140 – Waiting
Chapter 139 139 – Three Months
Chapter 138 138 – A Job
Chapter 137 137 – First Week
Chapter 136 136 – Recovery
Chapter 135 135 – Playing
Chapter 134 134 – Men and Women
Chapter 133 133 – Two Methods
Chapter 132 132 – No Thinking
Chapter 131 131 – Whirlwind
Chapter 130 130 – Reynold
Chapter 129 129 – He’s a Great Guy
Chapter 128 128 – A Wager
Chapter 127 127 – Julian
Chapter 126 126 – Mask
Chapter 125 125 – Throws
Chapter 124 124 – Ghost Wire
Chapter 123 123 – Peak
Chapter 122 122 – Advantageous Disadvantage
Chapter 121 121 – Ability?
Chapter 120 120 – Collecting
Chapter 119 119 – Lesson
Chapter 118 118 – Manela
Chapter 117 117 – Special Law
Chapter 116 116 – Dung Heap
Chapter 115 115 – He Has Changed
Chapter 114 114 – Back to Work
Chapter 113 113 – Training
Chapter 112 112 – A Goal
Chapter 111 111 – Rotten
Chapter 110 110 – Therapy
Chapter 109 109 – Switched Places
Chapter 108 108 – Eternal Regret
Chapter 107 107 – The Corpse
Chapter 106 106 – It’s Over
Chapter 105 105 – Wake Up!
Chapter 104 104 – Taking a Risk
Chapter 103 103 – Difficult Choice
Chapter 102 102 – Spy
Chapter 101 101 – Perception
Chapter 100 100 – Distraction
Chapter 99 99 – Something to Do
Chapter 98 98 – A Long Morning
Chapter 97 97 – Effort
Chapter 96 96 – I’m Sorry
Chapter 95 95 – Burden
Chapter 94 94 – Favor
Chapter 93 93 – The Day
Chapter 92 92 – Drinks
Chapter 91 91 – Doing the Deed
Chapter 90 90 – What’s One More?
Chapter 89 89 – Pator
Chapter 88 88 – Ardum
Chapter 87 87 – Fist Weapon
Chapter 86 86 – Weapons
Chapter 85 85 – Barriers
Chapter 84 84 – Low Margins
Chapter 83 83 – Start-ups
Chapter 82 82 – The Manufacturers
Chapter 81 81 – Marketplace
Chapter 80 80 – Investing
Chapter 79 79 – Big Profits
Chapter 78 78 – Trevor
Chapter 77 77 – Watching the Coffin
Chapter 76 76 – The Second Specter
Chapter 75 75 – Screaming Coffin
Chapter 74 74 – One More
Chapter 353 353 – The Wall
Chapter 73 73 – Possession Specter
Chapter 72 72 – Trade Negotiations
Chapter 71 71 – Silent Work
Chapter 70 70 – Sustainable Help
Chapter 69 69 – Right Thing
Chapter 68 68 – Creating Corpses
Chapter 67 67 – Scary
Chapter 65 65 – So Difficult
Chapter 65 65 – So Difficult
Chapter 66 66 – Exchange
Chapter 65 65 – So Difficult
Chapter 64 64 – Profiting?
Chapter 63 63 – Sound
Chapter 62 62 – Competition
Chapter 61 61 – Ability Advancement
Chapter 60 60 – Adolescent
Chapter 59 59 – Levels
Chapter 58 – 58 – Growth
Chapter 57 – 57 – Ability
Chapter 56 – 56 – Successful Session
Chapter 55 – 55 – Jenny and the Dreamer
Chapter 54 – 54 – Dark Dream
Chapter 53 – 53 – Interview
Chapter 52 – 52 – Caregiver
Chapter 51 – 51 – Guilt
Chapter 50 – 50 – Diagnosis
Chapter 49 – 49 – Worry
Chapter 48 – 48 – Contemplation
Chapter 47 – 47 – Bad Guy
Chapter 46 – 46 – Responsibility
Chapter 45 – 45 – Liability
Chapter 44 – 44 – Horua and the Dreamer
Chapter 43 – 43 – I Want
Chapter 42 – 42 – Sightseeing
Chapter 41 – 41 – Quest for Food
Chapter 40 – 40 – Horua
Chapter 39 – 39 – Card
Chapter 38 – 38 – Murder
Chapter 37 – 37 – Finances
Chapter 36 – 36 – Bad Dream
Chapter 35 – 35 – Falling Asleep
Chapter 34 – 34 – Work
Chapter 33 – 33 – Charge
Chapter 32 – 32 – Stages
Chapter 31 – 31 – Old Lady
Chapter 30 – 30 – Negotiation
Chapter 29 – 29 – Acquaintance
Chapter 28 – 28 – Uniform
Chapter 27 – 27 – A Bath
Chapter 26 – 26 – Contained
Chapter 25 – 25 – Walking Back
Chapter 24 – 24 – Struggle
Chapter 23 – 23 – Run!
Chapter 22 – 22 – The Climb
Chapter 21 – 21 – Target
Chapter 20 – 20 – Too Much
Chapter 19 – 19 – The Second Swim
Chapter 18 – 18 – Nightmare
Chapter 17 – 17 – Rules of the Sewer
Chapter 16 – 16 – Ruins
Chapter 15 – 15 – Jumping In
Chapter 14 – 14 – The Dreamer
Chapter 13 – 13 – Job Offer
Chapter 12 – 12 – Morals
Chapter 11 – 11 – Where to Start?
Chapter 10 – 10 – Everything Prepared
Chapter 9 – 9 – Null
Chapter 8 – 8 – Kill The Sun
Chapter 7 – 7 – Specters
Chapter 6 – 6 – Wyntor Melfion
Chapter 5 – 5 – Young Man
Chapter 4 – 4 – Zephyx
Chapter 3 – 3 – Protecting Oneself - Reading
Chapter 2 – 2 – The Sign
Chapter 1 – 1 – Nick
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