SWNOVELXO Chapter 1498: Morpheus' New Strength
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I looked at Morpheus' Status and the many Abilities or well, the Spells he obtained after his new upgrade, and they were all rather powerful.
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Abilities: Dream Manipulation, Nightmare Manipulation, Dream Storage, Nightmare Slash, Dream & Nightmare Distortion, Dream Destruction, Nightmare Absorption, Dream Restoration, Dream World Travel, Summon Nightmarish Skeleton Knights…
Dream Soul: Morpheus' Soul is made out of Dreams themselves, and cannot be easily destroyed or extinguished, while also being able to regenerate by absorbing Dreams and Nightmares.
Nightmare Curse: Conjure a powerful Curse upon a target that will torment them with Nightmares even during the day, with different effects each time its conjured.
Soul-Eating Nightmare Domain: Unleash a small domain made of Nightmares that is capable of slowly devouring the exposed soul of any foe inside. If protected, the soul's protection will begin taking damage instead until it breaks.
Summon Cursed Nightmare Undead: Harness Mana and Spirit Energy to summon powerful Undead made out of Nightmares coming in all shapes and forms that will obey the master no matter what and attack any foe with an assortment of curses and techniques.
Summon Spiritual Dream Fae: Harness Mana and Spirit Energy to summon powerful Fae made out of Dreams coming in all shapes and forms that will heal and protect the user or any of their allies with an assortment of special spells.
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Dream Soul seemed to be purely an innate ability of Morpheus himself, it allowed him to have a powerful soul made of nightmares and dreams, I believe this could help him resist soul-damaging attacks from other Nightmares for example, or even demons or powerful wizards like Merlinus, who knows.
It would certainly make him even more resilient than before, and perhaps his soul can also grow larger and stronger as he consumes dreams and nightmares, however you even do that is not within my knowledge though, but he probably knows, maybe instinctively.
Nightmare Curse seemed like the weakest, but I cannot really underestimate it either way, it still sounds very annoying and could potentially make someone's life miserable, though it seems like the type of spell an evil witch would place on someone, and I am not an evil witch!
Soul-Eating Nightmare Domain was pretty interesting, devouring a soul through a domain is very scary and could potentially make battles an easy win, but they could also end up hurting people too much more than I would want someone to be hurt as well.
But I'm all in for it anyway, and I might spam it as much as possible against almost any foe I battle from now on. It's also good that it can diminish soul protections too, but I wonder what's even the Mana and Spirit Energy costs, it doesn't specify like video games would specify so I need to try it out and calculate later.
Lastly, Summon Cursed Nightmare Undead and Summon Spiritual Dream Fae are both really interesting and potentially the most useful spells, if I could make little armies of helpers and fighters with the scythe alone and some Mana and Spirit Energy, we could be able to get things done much more easily.
Though, I think I could probably summon Plant Monsters if I try hard enough, right? Also the Draconic Beasts too, I think that Skill is Soul Bound? Is it? I have to check later, but yeah, there should be more options as well, but these seem like the quickest options and also the most accessible within the Dream and Nightmare Realm, where things might be kind of weird and not work the same as this planet of existence.
"Alright! I think we're finally done for now," I sighed in relief. "Maybe Rita and Lily could get upgrades too? But I don't think they would think it is as urgent… But my daughter and maybe her friends. Although I don't plan to bring everyone. I was thinking that we should just go the two of us. Dragging around my friends into danger when they have their own lives is a bit…"
"Yeah I understand how you feel," Mark nodded. "But I doubt we'll be able to go without Elena or Monica, they'll come along to matter what. Also if we ask Rita, Lily, and Jenny, they'll probably come running either way, even if its dangerous… You know how they are."
"That's why I kind of don't want to tell them…" I sighed. "Lily is in the kitchen right now so maybe we should keep this a secret for the moment?"
"Hm, are you sure?" Wondered Mark. "I guess we could, sure, but even then… Their help would be appreciated, and at least Rita and Lily are attuned highly with spirits as well."
"Hmmm… But having such a huge team has its disadvantages…" I said. "I guess the Druids should remain mostly here, right?"
"Yeah," Mark nodded. "What do you think, Grandma Jannis?"
"I believe you should invite your friends. It might be a perilous adventure, but you've fought and defeated demons before, right? The goddess even fought the avatar of the Goddess of Decay and won! I believe it's possible for you to protect your friends and for them to protect your back as well." Jannis said. "And as you said, we shall remain here and protect your home in your stead. The people of SWORD are also present too, right? I am sure it won't be the same as before."
"I sure hope so, yes," I nodded. "Well, I don't think it'll take us too long, right? If we hurry and fly as quickly as possible, maybe a day… and no more than that, let's hope!"
"Yeah, I know, let's go eat for now," said Mark. "Then we can talk about it with everyone else."
As we finished with everything at long last, we quickly moved to have dinner with the family, it was mostly all ready, so we enjoyed a delicious meal while we talked about the new Divine Forge within our Domain, and the many benefits it will bring to our IRL lives.
While talking about that, I also told them about the plans we have, Lily was present, so she heard about everything herself as well.
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