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nNick readied himself.

nHe had to do something!

nAt that moment, Nick’s back began to burn, or at least, it felt like it.

nLight appeared around Nick.

nAnd then, something shocking happened.

nThe Dreamer’s eyes burst into flames!

n“SCREEEEE!”

nThe Dreamer screeched, and it did its best to stop its dive.

nNick had no idea what was happening.

n“Nick!” someone shouted between coughs.

nNick looked back.

nWyntor!

nWyntor was standing just behind him, his expensive suit drenched in sewer water!

nAt this moment, a bright fire was burning around Wyntor, and his eyes had turned completely white.

n“Get it!” Wyntor shouted before heaving and looking away from Nick.

nImmediately, Nick felt his ability become active again.

nWhen the Dreamer’s eyes had caught fire, its sight had been robbed from it, which meant that it couldn’t perceive Nick anymore!

nNick immediately turned towards the Dreamer, which was about to pass about two meters above him.

nRage appeared in Nick’s eyes.

nBANG!

nNick jumped with all of his power, the water around him exploding.

nAnd then, he punched.

nCRACK!

nNick’s fist hit the center of the Dreamer’s chest, and Nick swore he felt something break!

nAnd this time, it was not one of his bones!

nThe Dreamer’s body spun in the air, and its flapping became very disorderly.

nNick landed first, and he immediately rushed toward the place where the Dreamer would land.

nSplash! 𝓇𝘦𝑎.𝒸ℴ𝓂

nThe Dreamer hit the water, and Nick jumped on it.

nBANG!

nNick kicked one of the Dreamer’s wings, easily breaking it.

nThe next moment, Nick grabbed the Dreamer’s thick neck with both of his arms and squeezed.

nNick’s ability deactivated again, but that didn’t matter.

nSqueezing someone’s neck didn’t need a huge difference in power.

nRight now, Nick and the Dreamer were tumbling in the horrible liquid of the sewers as he tried to strangle it.

nYet, some seconds later, the Dreamer’s head spun by 180°.

n‘Right, it’s a **ing owl!’ Nick thought in horror.

nThe Dreamer’s beak opened as it tried to tear Nick’s neck apart.

nNick quickly let go of the Dreamer’s neck.

nHis left arm pushed the Dreamer away from his neck as his right arm shot towards its head.

nThe next moment, the Dreamer just saw two fingers become bigger and bigger in its vision.

nCRKSH!

nThe Dreamer screeched as Nick’s fingers crushed its eyes.

nThe Dreamer’s screech was cut off as the liquid from the sewers entered its throat.

nNick gnashed his teeth in rage as his two fingers dug deep into the Dreamer’s eye sockets.

nNick’s thumb grabbed the bottom of the Dreamer’s beak, and he grabbed it with all of his power.

nThe next moment, Nick wrestled with the Dreamer awkwardly until he eventually managed to get behind its back with his fingers still in its eye sockets.

nSplash!

nA splash appeared beside Nick, and Wyntor appeared beside Nick.

n“Keep it like this!” Wyntor shouted.

nBy now, Nick’s legs had also grabbed the Dreamer’s body, and he was doing his best not to drown in the sewers.

nThe Dreamer was still flailing around in panic, and Nick had to do everything in his power to keep it suppressed.

nThe next moment, Wyntor took out some kind of flexible metallic cable and wrapped it around the Dreamer’s neck.

nThe cable quickly started to shine red, and the Dreamer’s struggles intensified.

nHowever, Nick kept it stable.

nAfter around ten seconds, the Dreamer’s struggles became weaker, and half a minute later, it completely stopped moving.

n“Can I let go?” Nick asked.

n“You, huuurgh, can,” Wyntor said with a heave.

nNick slowly took his hand out of the Dreamer’s eye sockets but still kept hold of the Dreamer.

n“Put it in the sack on the shore,” Wyntor said quickly before he had to heave again.

nNick nodded and pulled the Dreamer towards the exit.

nAbout a minute later, Nick reached the exit of the sewers, and he pulled the Dreamer onto the land.

nNow, Nick could actually take a good look at the Dreamer.

nIts chest was caved in.

nBoth of its wings were broken, the second one having gotten broken in the scuffle.

nBlack blood was flowing out of its empty eyes.

nOne of its legs was bent at an unnatural angle.

nMany feathers were missing.

nLuckily, this was a Specter.

nThese wounds were not enough to kill a Specter, and it would recover within a week at most.

nNick took a deep breath.

nAnd then, pain assaulted him.

nTwo of Nick’s fingernails were missing on his left hand.

nThree of Nick’s fingers were broken.

nNick had several cuts on his body.

nHe had three huge gashes going across his back.

nNick even felt some intense pain coming from his ribs.

nHe guessed they had gotten bruised or broken during the scuffle in the water.

nAnd to top it all off, his nose was also broken.

nNick was in a world of pain, and he also knew that the wounds were bound to get horribly infected since they had all been washed quite thoroughly in the disgusting liquid of the sewers.

nHe only hoped that Wyntor had some way to help him recover.

nNick knew if he had to rely on the medicine available in the Dregs, he would die.

nHis ability gave him some resistance to infections and poisons, but he wasn’t sure if that was enough in this case.

n“Huuuuurgh!”

nNick heard Wyntor heave as he came out of the sewers.

nNick turned to Wyntor and looked at him.

nRight now, Wyntor was on his knees and hands as he coughed and heaved like he was about to die.

n‘He wasn’t able to follow me into the sewers earlier, but when he saw me in danger, he actually jumped in.’

nNick’s trust in Wyntor reached new heights.

nWyntor, the fancy heir of the Melfion family, a guy that constantly wiped his hands whenever he touched anything even slightly dirty, had jumped into the sewers to save him.

n‘Maybe he isn’t as stuck up as I had initially thought.’

n‘When it comes down to it, he is actually trustworthy.’

nNick took a deep breath.

nRight now, he felt elated.

nThe risk had paid off!

nHe had done it!

n“Wyntor,” Nick said.

nNick only heard another heave.

n“We did it!”

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