Chapter 456 Chapter 456 – Dark Dream Becoming Powerful
Things became more and more problematic.
However, Dark Dream continued to grow, and when it came to Newbies and Johns, they had become legitimately scary now.
Dark Dream's number of Newbies had not increased much. They only went from 45 to 50.
However, six years had passed since they had increased the number of their Newbies so drastically, and many of the Newbies had already become Johns.
Dark Dream now had a whopping 75 Johns!
They had even more Johns than Solace and Gemini, with both of them only having 50 each!
Anatomy used to have more Johns than Dark Dream as well, but they had lost almost all of them, leaving them with only something like 20.
Only Ghosty's Lab had more Johns than Dark Dream, with 170.
Of course, since they were only Johns, they didn't increase Dark Dream's power by a lot.
However, having a lot of employees had some benefits.
For example, the Johns and Newbies stumbled upon way more Specters inside the city.
Ever since the Crimson Sea had been covered, more Specters appeared within the city again, and Dark Dream had managed to catch a few.
For example, they had caught three Hatchling Possession Specters over the years.
Of course, since they were only Hatchlings, they were not worth that much, but they could be used to train a couple of new employees.
That was also the reason why Dark Dream's number of Newbies had increased a bit.
They had also caught an Adolescent Possession Specter, but working with it wasn't easy.
Nevertheless, Dark Dream now had 13 Possession Specters, which was nothing to scoff at.
They had also caught four Adolescent Physical Specters. Two of those could be used to train weak Johns and Newbies, while the other two were just regular Specters, basically.
However, all of these were only Dark Dream's unimportant catches.
As for important catches, they had made two.
One of them was called the Trail of Stars, named after the mythical concept of stars, which were supposed to be objects that were in the sky.
However, these obviously didn't exist since nobody had seen even one of them.
The Trail of Stars was moving trail of appearing and disappearing stars, which seemed to have been made by small children.
The Puppy had been one of Dark Dream's first Specters, but the Specter they had received was worth far more.
It was an Initial Adult called the Icy Ghost.
The Icy Ghost was a floating sphere of something that could only be called coldness.
Anything that approached it would freeze over, and that was exactly how the Icy Ghost became more powerful.
The more things it froze, the better.
However, the reason why it was worth so much was its ability.
Its ability allowed Extractors to infuse things with cold.
Bullets, other people, Specters, anything.
That made this ability insanely versatile.
Many people had been interested in purchasing the Icy Ghost, but Ghosty's Lab had never wanted to let it go.
That was until it advanced to becoming an Initial Adult recently.
Surprisingly, as soon as it advanced, Ghosty's Lab was fine with selling it, which seemed completely contradictory.
Nevertheless, Dark Dream made a good catch with the Icy Ghost, but there were other good things that had happened.
The Dreamer had become an Adult a couple of years ago, and it had already advanced to becoming an Early Adult.
This was great news for Dark Dream since the Dreamer was their flagship Specter and since not every Specter could become an Adult.
However, the Dreamer wasn't the only Specter that advanced.
The Abductor also advanced, and it was now an Initial Adult.
But there was one last Specter that also advanced.
The Grey Room had also become an Adult.
With this, Dark Dream now had nine Adults!
Dark Dream was growing more and more, and Dark Dream's employees felt great about the future.
But then, something horrible happened.
It might not have involved Dark Dream, but it might implicate them in the future.
Anatomy had done something drastic.