“Miles, run!” Coin shouted in his mind, but he was calm. Calmer than ever. Because he had nowhere to run to. That simple, he couldn’t run away, so he had to carve his way out by killing whatever stood in front of him.

“Calm down, buddy.” He said in his mind with an even pace.

“How can I calm down?” Coin exclaimed. “That is a Nightmare Liger!”

“A low-tier Nightmare Liger.” Miles corrected. “I got this.”

“How can you?” Coin tried to convince him, but it was too late. All of a sudden, the room vanished. The mighty beast vanished. Everything disappeared. All that was left was darkness and nothing else.

“Hello Darkness, my old friend.” Miles saluted. “You came to talk with me again?”

“Be careful Miles. A vision is softly creeping!”

“It had already left its seed while I was sleeping.” Miles shook his head in laughter.

“What are you talking about?” Coin asked aghast.

“Do you remember the two clashing forces I was feeling inside of me?” Miles asked then elaborated. “Just after I returned from the forest when I first learned that I can change my pure energy to lightning. I felt a hurricane in Makwa’s body, then felt these clashing energies, although a bit more distanced.”

“You mean?” Coin started.

“Yeah. Those were Culga’s main elements. Darkness and Light. They were growing in me. It was a vision planted in my brain ever since I tamed Culga. And it still remains. Growing ever so slowly within the sound of silence.” Miles, after being drawn into the darkness, felt it. Felt the connection he had with Culga was stronger than ever. And within that bond, there were energies, seeping into his body ever so slowly.

I was always in the dark. I am no stranger to darkness. My whole life was a nightmare. I was an outcast, an Oafish. A cripple. Although I had a good family. A loving mother and supporting father. A brother who took care of me, although he was an asshole at the beginning. I had Uncle Adam, Kenway. Roger, Gordon, Raynold, Serzen. And many others.

I had Carl, Mae, and Val. I have Alex, Maya, and Milosh! I have been walking in the light. My life was a dream. Friends and relatives had always supported me, despite the failure I was. They were always with me.

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What is a nightmare? What is a dream? Is the dark evil and light good? What makes a monster scary and a human hero? What is light and what is dark?

“Let there be light.” Miles intoned softly. His voice was so smooth that it was almost inaudible. And just like that, the darkness was pierced by a beam of light, banished. What stood in front of Miles, was the mighty creature that raised its paw to tear the minuscule body in front of it to the pieces.

“You want claws? I will give you claws!” Miles directed energy into his hand and changed the structure of his arm at the cellular level. His bones, skin, veins, muscles, and even nails shifted at rapid speed and a claw appeared attached to his forearm instead. But this time, it looked different. The claws were darker than normal and they were even sharper.

“Feel my wrath!” He hissed and brought the claw up from the ground. The five fissures appeared in the air, and in the next second, 6 pieces of flesh dropped to the ground in a nasty rumble.

“Miles!” Coin called out in surprise. “Can you use the Dark element? And the Light?”

“No.” Miles shook his head. When he was first taken into the nightmare, a flash appeared in his mind. It was the epiphany when Culga first gained the ability to use the Light element. After all, Culga's main element was the Dark element and she couldn’t use the Light element. But when Miles left the Elemental Mineral with her, she, by changing the dark to its anti, learned how to control light as well. She evolved into a different creature. And when Miles felt those emotions and experienced the birth of the light, he too realized how elements were working.

“Dark and Light elements are too advanced. I still can’t change my energy into those, but I can destroy the nightmare, thanks to Culga.” Miles said slowly. He felt grateful. Grateful to Culga.

“Another core.” Coin said. Miles looked down and saw the rolling core. It was as dark as a night. “A dark elemental core.”

“Milosh said the element bosses have is the element of the tower,” Milosh said there were bosses on every 10 floors. And all bosses would have the same element which would be the same as the towers.

“So it is not the blood element.”

“Theme is Blood, Dark, and Nightmare, but the tower is Dark Elemental alright.” Miles shook his head. "It will probably be a Mind Seed. I thought I could give it to Val since she will eventually create an ultimate in that branch, but it seems like it is a no-go."

"Val is Water Elemental." Coin sighed. "So is mother."

"Yup. Not many people who created Mind Seed have Dark Element. This seed might be useless after all." Miles lamented. "If I knew, I would have created a mind seed. That way, I would be able to use the seed after I learn how to use the Dark Element."

"That is a stupid mindset, buddy." Coin said with disgust. "Your ultimate is pretty strong and suits you a lot too."

"You are right." Miles nodded. "Maybe the stupid Dark family has someone among them who fits the criteria."

"Are you willing to sell the seed to them?" Coin asked in disbelief.

"Why not? Prince Dark and Lord Dark aren't criminals. At most they are gray."

"True."