Chapter 160:

Chapter 160:

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[David Lance POV]

He charged at me again, a feral grin on his face. I side-stepped his charge and then grabbed him by the horns, using all my strength to lift him off his feet and slam him into the ground. The impact sent shockwaves through the ground, but Trigon quickly got back up, unphased by the attack.

I knew none of this mattered.

It was a dream.

A mental battle.

One that would not end until I found a way out, and if my suspicions were right, that way out was linked to whatever knowledge I had forgotten. Like why Trigon was after me, to begin with, all I remembered was going bowling with Dinah, and that's it.

Nothing more than that.

But I remembered enough to know I was missing some key components. Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

I needed to remember.

The question was how.

Nothing, when it came to the wonders of the mind, was ever easy.

Based on Trigon's words so far, if they were to be trusted, we have already fought multiple times through the loops, meaning our clashes with a constant variable in each run, regardless of how each run started.

I doubted giving up would break the loop, so seeing that wasn't an option I was willing to take, it left one path, avoiding the conflict.

But how?

I was in a dream, a lucid one, which meant I should have control over the dreamscape. However, I didn't seem to have much control over it; the scene was the same, a dark forest, the stage Trigon had set for my nightmare, which meant that so far, he had more control over the dream than I did.

This was, however, my mind, so if I could find a way to change the scene, to take us out of the dark forest, it was possible that Trigon's grip on the dream would loosen, allowing me to gain some control over the loops.

The problem was finding a way to do that.

Taking a deep breath, I tried thinking of a different place, a happy memory, anything that would take us out of this dark forest, but every time I tried, nothing changed. I simply remained in the same place, clashing with Trigon in what seemed to be a stalemate.

It was almost as if this forest was part of my subconscious mind.

I guess it was time to change my approach. If I can't will us out of the forest, it was time to move us out of this stage physically.

"So we are stuck in a loop, kind of sad, considering you're a celestial being, and I'm just a mortal," I taunted him, looking down at him with a smirk. "Having trouble breaking my will?"

There was a reason I was taunting him. To make sure he would follow me without hesitation.

Trigon let out a low growl as he pushed himself off the ground, his eyes narrowing into dangerous slits. "You're stalling," he accused me.

"Am I?" I replied with an innocent smile. "You're the one that hasn't been able to land a single hit so far. I mean, sure, this is a mental battle, but still, I kind of pity you."

"You will regret those words," Trigon snarled, launching himself at me.

Good, that didn't seem like the response of someone that has already seen that interaction through a loop, he was either a very good actor, or I was making a new path.

Either way, I had a good feeling about this development.