Chapter 19: Feast of the Dream-Eater
Volume 3: System Error – Love.exe Has Corrupted the Gods
Arc 2: Desires Beyond Code
> [System Alert: Zone Anomaly Detected] [Entity Classification: Nightmare-Class Deity – Codename: The Dream-Eater] [Warning: All emotional frequencies will be drained upon contact.]
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1. Into the Sleep Without Dreams
The world around us dissolved.
We hadn't moved—but reality had. The air thickened like syrup, shadows bending in directions that broke sanity. Colors bled into each other. Logic unraveled.
The entrance to the Dream-Eater's domain wasn't a portal. It was a forgetting.
"I can't remember what my own name feels like," Kalysta whispered, gripping my arm.
Lilix had her blades out but trembled. "This place isn't just stealing thoughts. It's feeding on want."
Valtheria's halo dimmed.
"We're inside his feeding ground now. The Zone of Hollowed Lust."
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2. The Feast Has Begun
Creatures drifted through the mist. Not beasts, not ghosts—phantasms of desire.
One of them wore my face. Another, Kalysta's body—but warped, twisted, seductive to the point of madness.
"They're echoes of what we desire most," Celestira said. "Given form. Then corrupted."
The phantasm of Elyria kissed the air, and the real Elyria gasped, staggering as if stabbed.
"It took... a dream I had. About you," she murmured to me.
Rhyssara growled. "He's feeding on imagined lust. That's how he grows stronger."
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3. Dream-Eater: The Devourer Appears
He appeared like a ripple in reality.
A towering figure of shifting flesh and stars. His eyes held every fantasy I'd ever hidden. Every lust I'd suppressed.
"Kairo of Lustcore," he intoned, voice like silk laced with razors. "You who awaken goddesses... feed me your final dream."
I didn't blink.
"I dream of saving them all."
He laughed. "Then I will eat you last."
System Alert:
> [Combat Mode: Emotional Resonance Initiated]
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4. Weaponized Desire
We couldn't strike him physically. Every attack faded like mist.
"Use what he feeds on," Nyxira shouted. "Desire. Emotion. Turn it against him."
I kissed Elyria—fierce, raw, real. She gasped, her eyes glowing with starlight.
Kalysta touched my chest. "Share mine too."
And Lilix, laughing, pulled me into an embrace. "Don't forget me."
Their emotions flowed into me, then out—into the air.
Dream-Eater reeled.
"You... dare use honest love against me?"
"Yes," I said.
And I believed it.
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5. The Glitch of Pure Feeling
Something inside me snapped.
The Lustcore pulsed—irregular, cracked, but whole. A new system prompt appeared.
> [LUSTCORE EVOLUTION: PHASE 3]
[NEW FUNCTION: Desire Purge – Weaponize Uncorrupted Passion]
A beam of pure feeling—memories, laughter, kisses, regrets, longing—blasted from my chest.
The Dream-Eater screamed.
He shattered—not into ash, but into light. Each fragment became a star.
And in the silence, a voice whispered:
> "Thank you... for letting me feel before I died."
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6. The Realm Breathes Again
The Zone began to collapse. But this time—not into darkness.
Flowers bloomed. The air lightened. Dreams returned.
Celestira touched the soil. "He wasn't evil. Just broken."
Valtheria took my hand. "We're not just fixing systems. We're healing souls."
Lilix: "Well then, doc... who's next?"
System Update:
> [Dream-Eater Stabilized. Realm Purified.] [Bond Formed: Fragment of Desire Eternal]
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7. A New Threat Rises
Just as we stepped out of the zone—
The sky turned black.
A scream echoed through every layer of heaven. Every goddess in my harem gasped in pain.
Rhyssara clutched her head. "No... not her..."
System Panic:
> [New Entity Detected: GODDESS OF NULL – The First One Who Felt Nothing] [Warning: She has awakened... and she HATES love.]
I swallowed.
"She's coming for me, isn't she?"
Nyxira looked pale.
"No. She's coming for all of us."
> [End of Chapter 19] [Next: Chapter 20 – The Emptiness That Seduced a Star]
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