Outside Penacony Grand Theater—
Robin followed behind a veiled woman with a confused expression on her face.
"Miss Black Swan... my brother, he..."
"Don't worry."
Black Swan smiled gently.
"Your brother will be fine."
"...T-That's good..."
The final battle couldn't be won through Trailblaze and Remembrance alone.
The Philosophical Fetus—
Though not a true Aeon—
Had already surpassed Phantylia's Ambrosial Arbor incarnation by an enormous margin.
Even Evan wasn't fully confident he could kill it in a single strike.
And worse—
The shattered dreamscape might very well be restored by the thing again.
The Philosophical Fetus was absurdly difficult to kill.
The moment Ena's Dream descended once more—
All those people who had just awakened would immediately fall back into the dream.
And once that happened—
Its power would become endless again.
At that point—
Evan would once again be dragged into a battle over whose control over dreams and consciousness was stronger.
A prolonged fight was bad news for him.
As Ena's Dream temporarily collapsed—
The massive divine body before them visibly trembled.
"Move now!"
Evan shouted immediately.
"We don't have much time!"
"The Philosophical Fetus is stronger than ordinary Emanators!"
"If we don't finish this quickly, it'll be too late!"
"Got it!"
The moment the words fell—
Dan Heng transformed directly into Imbibitor Lunae and soared into the sky!
This wasn't Dominicus anymore.
This was the Philosophical Fetus—
Septimus the Great.
He had to use everything he had.
Meanwhile—
Evan had already begun preparing to summon the Taixuan Sword God.
As for March and Stelle—
The two girls were even faster.
Without hesitation, they launched themselves straight at Septimus!
Outside the Grand Theater—
Robin stared worriedly toward the building before her.
Though she hadn't entered yet—
She could clearly hear the discordant melody mixed within Harmony's voice.
Just like what she saw at Dreamflux Reef.
Her brother—
And Mr. Gopher Wood—
Were the true traitors to Harmony.
Or rather—
Even she herself had merely been another sacrifice prepared by Gopher Wood from the very beginning.
Which meant—
Penacony should never fall into the hands of Order.
And her brother...
He needed to leave this place.
He needed to see the real universe with his own eyes.
If her brother remained forever high above the world—
Never truly stepping into mortal life—
Then sooner or later, he would be consumed again.
Penacony was a land where dreamers chased dreams.
It should never become a lifeless paradise ruled by Order.
Behind Robin—
The radiance of Harmony bloomed brilliantly.
What was Harmony?
To embrace all things.
The strong helping the weak.
To truly understand everyone.
Robin walked out of war—
Only to walk back into war once more.
Ever since childhood—
She had always longed to become a free bird.
Even if she knew wounded birds could break their wings when they tried to fly again—
Birds still belonged in the open blue sky.
Not inside tiny cages.
Gopher Wood took in her and Sunday.
Yet all he ever wanted—
Was to keep them as birds trapped in a cage.
Only by truly flying outward—
Toward the boundless heavens—
Could one understand what Harmony truly meant.
"Miss Robin."
Black Swan stopped walking.
"I'll leave you here."
"That Emanator really loves causing trouble for us Memokeepers."
"If we don't repair the dream soon..."
"This world will collapse into the memoria void."
She smiled softly and handed Robin a tarot card representing herself.
Then turned and left the Grand Theater.
Leaving Robin standing there alone—
Holding the card in silence.
After a long while—
Robin lowered her gaze toward the tarot card in her hand.
Then—
Without hesitation—
She stepped into the theater.
...
Was the Philosophical Fetus truly the fetus of an Aeon?
After all—
It was born from Harmony and Order together.
Even the Dreammaster himself never expected the overwhelming power he controlled—
To be severed so abruptly.
At this moment—
The only power remaining within the Philosophical Fetus came from the notes of the hundred thousand Oak Family members.
The rest—
Had been completely isolated by a mysterious force.
Ena's Dream—
Had shattered.
Shattered by that multi-Path Emanator standing before him—
And his bizarre authority.
The energy surrounding the Philosophical Fetus had visibly weakened.
Authority over consciousness.
Who exactly was he?!
How could someone possibly defeat him in a dream world?!
The Dreammaster simply couldn't understand it.
Almost at the next instant—
Dan Heng suddenly noticed something enormous appear before him.
A gigantic Xianzhou vessel.
Then—
Countless Starskiffs materialized around it!
It was the Xianzhou Luofu!
No—
Wait.
That wasn't the aura of the Hunt.
It came directly from Evan himself!
Only Welt truly understood what it was.
The authority of the Herrscher of Truth.
This guy...
Actually reconstructed an entire fleet.
Welt himself once did something similar.
Back when fighting the Second Herrscher, Sirin—
He reconstructed an entire armored army.
But Evan?
This lunatic summoned an entire Xianzhou fleet!
...
Robin froze completely as she pushed open the doors and stepped into the center of the theater.
An endless fleet was unloading firepower toward the gigantic divine figure before them.
And above the battlefield—
Countless floating cannons filled the skies!
W-When did all this appear?!
How could such a massive fleet exist within the depths of a dream?!
This wasn't scientific at all!
This shouldn't even be possible!
Then—
As a Harmonizer of Harmony—
Robin instinctively sensed something from the black-haired, amber-eyed young man in the distance.
The aura of Harmony.
And even farther away—
She sensed her brother's presence clearly.
Inside that towering golden figure!
"The Harmonizer of Choral Praise...?"
Every Family member was deeply familiar with the image of the Harmonic Choir.
One of the Thousand-Faced God's incarnations.
But when Robin looked closer—
Though the golden appearance and divine radiance still resembled Dominicus—
The aura around it...
Was completely different.
Order.
"N-No..."
Robin's pupils trembled.
"That's not my brother."
"That's the incarnation of Order!"
The Dreammaster clearly sensed it as well.
The moment the dreamscape was torn open—
That consciousness suppressing his authority shattered the entire world directly.
Then immediately afterward—
Countless Memokeepers replaced his control over the dream.
The power he could draw upon became weaker and weaker.
At this moment—
The Dreammaster prepared to unleash Genesis of Existence once again.
The strongest ability of the Philosophical Fetus—
Septimus the Great.
Everything beneath Order's law.
Destroying every voice that did not belong to Order.
"Now."
"The solo begins."
"Danheng—"
"Imbibitor Lunae!!"
"Ice-carved rain of arrows—!"
"Pseudo Black Hole—!"
"Taixuan Sword Art—"
"TAIXUAN SWORD GOD!!"
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