The Skeleton Soldier Failed to Defend the Dungeon - Chapter 195: An Old Friend (11)

"A theory?" I asked.

Isaac had taken over me entirely.

Standing in front of a mirror, he examined every inch of it. "This world… is like a single great barrier."

"A barrier?"

I had never considered that thought before.

"A living trap, if you like. Or a waking dream. Maybe I'm the one trapped inside it."

Isaac was a sorcerer who could easily ensnare others in nightmares. Perhaps he had become so obsessed with barriers that he ended up believing he was trapped in one himself.

Click!

I suddenly took off my helmet.

"There's something here. I can feel it. The more I focus, the more I study, the more it drives me mad. There's something my eyes can't see… and I had to know what it was."

I thought of the mocking words that always appeared in the status windows.

I kept speaking. "Eyes. Reins. It felt like there was something watching us from above. That thought kept haunting me."

I listened quietly to Isaac's theory. Not only because...