At that moment,
he planned to stealth his way over, figure out a way to distract those gatekeeping demons, and then enter the castle.
Yet before he'd taken more than a few steps,
a familiar voice rang in his ears:
"Eh?"
"Matthew?"
"Are you interested in Beckman's treasure as well?"
Matthew turned around to look.
On a nearby hillside, that miniature Yellow Jade Dragon was casting its gaze in his direction.
That voice was unmistakably Mr. Clayde's.
"Is that really you, Mr. Clayde?"
Matthew said somewhat embarrassedly,
"Your size and presence are a bit different from before... I thought I'd come across a different Yellow Jade Dragon."
Clayde laughed heartily,
"What you're seeing is indeed not my actual body. My body is still on Eternal Island, soundly asleep,"
"Let's put it this way, this is an improved version of the 'Blue Veil Dream'—
Dudley has just discovered a new type of fungus, which I'm calling the 'Ghostly Blue Fungus.'
