Chapter 874 - Sleep Training
It was too hard to find a lucid dreamer.
Anyone could encounter a lucid dream by chance, which was usually a rather tiny chance that might or might not happen in their lives. Rather than blindly looking for such a case, Angor decided to actively grant lucid dreams to someone.
With the right approach, one could “manually” cause lucid dreams regardless of the physical or mental conditions of the dreamer. Freud also mentioned certain cantrips for this purpose, which were available for Dream Manipulators. But for now, Angor wasn’t going to travel all the way to the Land of Revelation and study a new cantrip he wasn’t familiar with.
There were many books about psychology stored in his tablet that introduced ways of inducing lucid dreams. He found what he needed in no time.
Next, he would need more “guinea pigs”. And since going to Waterford for a second time wasn’t a good idea, he headed to Moonwater City this time.
Princess Tavier had gone to Inkhorn Province to lead another battle after chasing Heylan soldiers away from Moonwater City. Now, it was General Aaron who was in command.
When he saw Angor arriving, Aaron quickly put up his best manners, both to show respect to a powerful supernatural and to declare his loyalty.
Hearing Angor’s request, Aaron had no problem providing criminals waiting to be executed without asking why.
Once again, Angor jumped to success by building the model of “Dream Reading” in his mind without knowing any of the prerequisites, which was usually a risky thing to do. This was only possible when Dream Manipulator arts were related to Nightmare arts in many aspects.
There was another flaw in doing so. Angor had to spend extra time casting these cantrips because he needed more time to prepare nightmare energy beforehand. However, this wasn’t a serious problem since Dream Manipulator arts weren’t used for battles.
He wasn’t going to use Dream Reading on any of the prisoners, who were very likely to attack him in their dreams. Even Leon might do dangerous things to him during a random and possibly chaotic dream. For now, Jon’s lucid dream was the only sure shot he could try the new cantrip on.
Naturally, he couldn’t wait to get back to Padt Manor and hopefully speak to Jon immediately. But he managed to hold back his impulse and stay behind when he saw more of the prisoners showing signs of lucid dreams. Getting more data for his research was also important right now.