Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 1811

“Silence, you cur!” Zeke willed Fortuna to manifest itself. Once the dragon came out of its chest, it roared into the heavens and gulped the old monk in one fell swoop.

Zeke still couldn't fully control the Fortuna dragon, but he could still will the dragon into doing something simple.

Once the monk was engulfed, nobody could disrupt him anymore, so he focused and tried to find a way to break free of the dream.

However, he couldn't come up with any good plan no matter what. Just when he was almost out of options, he heard a girl crying overhead. “Daddy? What's wrong, Daddy? Daddy, I'm scared. Wake up, Daddy!”

That's Missy's voice! Zeke quickly looked up, but there was only a chaotic void and dark clouds hanging above. Aside from that, there was nothing.

Zeke was heartbroken when he heard Missy crying out for him. He reflexively leaped up and tried to locate Missy through her voice. But the moment he jumped, he bumped his head against something, and it was agonizing.

The dream disappeared as everything went dark in a moment.

When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was the ceiling of his room. All right, I broke free of that dream. He felt his forehead throbbing, so he looked around and realized he bumped his head against the headboard.

“Wake up, Daddy. I'm scared. Daddy, please wake up. Don't scare me.”

Zeke looked down and saw his daughter lying on his chest as she tried to shake him up.

He hugged her lovingly. She saved me. If it weren't for her calling out to me, I wouldn't have woken up this quickly.

Lacey woke up when she heard Missy crying, and she patted her daughter's back. “What is it, Missy? Hush now. Calm down. We're here, my sweet girl. We're here.”

Missy cried to Zeke. “Daddy, that old monk's a bad guy! He wanted to hurt you. Can you chase him away, Daddy? I'm scared of him.”

“An old monk? What old monk?” Lacey looked around frightfully. “I don't see any monks here. Did you have a bad dream, Missy?”

Even Zeke was surprised for a moment there. How did Missy know about that old git in my dream?

He realized why a moment later. I bet it's because of her sensing capability again. Missy's sensing capability allowed her to sense spiritual energy and magical herbs. However, that was not all. Apparently, she could also sense mental energy too.

But since she was just a child, she didn't know that that was a dream, and that terrified her.

Zeke hugged his daughter tightly. “Calm down, Missy. What you saw was a dream. Nothing more. There are no monks here. Even if there is a monk, I can beat him up easily.

The girl was still frightened, but the voices of her parents slowly made her open her eyes. When she realized she was lying in her father's arms, she heaved a sigh of relief and stopped crying. “I had a nightmare, Daddy.”

Zeke thought to himself, That was no simple nightmare. It's some Inception-level sci-fi fantasy.

Zeke thought he had woken up the first time only to see his family holding a funeral procession for him. If he was a weak-willed man, he would never realize it was a dream, let alone breaking free of it. Seems like the enemy's going to be tricky this time.

Zeke calmed her down. “You're fine now, Missy. You're awake.”

He would never tell Missy the truth in case she and Lacey started to worry about him.

Lacey took Missy over and hugged her. “It's still early, Missy. Go get some sleep. You too, Zeke. You've been exhausted these few days.”

Zeke kissed Missy and Lacey on their foreheads. “You sleep with Missy, Lacey. I'll get some patrolling done in the meantime.”