Chapter 1401 Infant Spirits <TOC> Chapter 1403 The Perilous Mountain Giant Again
Translator: SumTLMan
In this transaction, Angel hardly invested anything. The white light bullets originated from ghosts, and these ghosts hailed from Black Castle, as did the Infant ghosts.
That’s not to say he gave nothing at all.
Without his weapon, the Prelude of Reincarnation, none of these subsequent events would have transpired.
Angel pressed on. Before long, the second and third white light bullets were consecutively loaded into the cylinder.
Having been ambushed once by a ghost that suddenly burrowed out from below, Angel now kept a watchful eye on the ground to prevent a recurrence of the previous mishap.
However, sometimes danger doesn’t necessarily lurk in unseen corners; it can stem from oversight.
Surrounding witches mostly held back the merged ghosts. The other ghosts, on the other hand, were allowed to approach Angel, trusting him to deal with them using his Prelude of Reincarnation.
It had all gone smoothly up to now, but this time, a grave oversight occurred.
Swarms of ghosts, nearly a thousand in total, surrounded Angel in a siege.
This was the largest gathering of ghosts Angel had encountered that day. Initially, he remained calm and composed. Regardless of their number, without the presence of any unique ghosts or eerie entities like the Infant ghosts, they were easy pickings.
However, when he took action, he sensed something wrong.
A segment of these ghosts, as they neared Angel, began to radiate intense light.
Recognizing the scenario, Angel’s reaction was swift. These were the merged ghosts about to detonate! And not just one — at least a hundred of them were rushing into his vicinity simultaneously.
These merged ghosts have already thrown the inner energy out of balance. Even if Angel were to employ the Prelude of Reincarnation, it’s improbable that the explosion could be reversed.
“How did you all stand guard? How did so many merged ghosts break into our perimeter?”
“Be careful!”
The explosion was instantaneous, and furthermore, it was caused by hundreds of these merged ghosts. Under such circumstances, even if the surrounding witches noticed something wrong and wanted to intervene, they were already a step too late.
A booming sound echoed, and the intense white light illuminated the entire Black Castle Soul Domain.
Dust billowed and, combined with the blinding light, obscured everyone’s vision.
Once the dust settled, everyone anxiously looked towards where Angel was. They only saw a huge crater created by the blast, but it was eerily empty, with no signs of any person… or corpse.
“Phew——that was close.” A relieved voice sounded from a distance. Turning their heads, they saw Angel standing next to Sanders.
Sanders’ staff pointed into the air, and a strange rune emitted from its tip, everyone faintly hearing a shrill cry.
“Nightmare Double!” Upon witnessing this, the others immediately grasped what had transpired.
It was likely that Sanders, sensing the danger, promptly employed the Nightmare Double, tearing through the void and whisking Angel away from the spot.
Seeing this, everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief.
However, while Angel was saved, another problem remained unresolved: How did these merged ghosts appear, and why weren’t they detected?
Reflecting on the previous events, all the wizards furrowed their brows.
Despite their outward appearance as ordinary ghosts, they bore none of the characteristics of merged ghosts… What could have gone wrong?
All eyes couldn’t help but turn to Isabella.
A millennium ago, Isabelle was a leading figure in the study of souls; perhaps she alone could provide an answer.
After a moment’s contemplation, Isabelle remarked, “Their aura seems to be obscured by a particular quality.”
While others were still puzzled, Angel, the one in question, furrowed his brow, pondering another incident from before——
“I encountered a rather peculiar ghost,” Angel conveyed through a mental link to Sanders by his side.
Amid Sanders’ confusion, Angel recounted his experience.
Recalling a recent event, Angel realized the nature of the situation when he saw the surrounding ghosts emitting a white radiance — numerous merged ghosts had broken through their containment.
Due to the swiftness of the event, time was of the essence. Even if his soul astrally projected to depart through the use of Gravity Lines, it would likely be affected. Angel was ready to open a gateway for spatial displacement.
However, just then, a ghost appeared silently behind him, disrupting his gateway opening rhythm.
Angel was taken aback at that moment; the ghost’s silent emergence was unexpected, and it launched an attack on him.
“…And then, I was rescued from the explosion’s epicenter by my mentor’s Nightmare Double,” Angel recalled.
“So, when you mentioned ‘peculiar’, you’re referring to this ghost’s silent emergence behind you?” Sanders inquired with uncertainty.
“No,” Angel hesitated for a bit, seemingly contemplating something. After a long pause, he said, “I have this odd feeling that when she appeared behind me, she didn’t intend to attack me.”
After a brief pause, Angel added, “Perhaps it’s more accurate to say her primary intent wasn’t to attack me.”
“What then was her intent?”
Angel gestured to the revolver in his palm. “Possibly the Prelude of Reincarnation.”
He could still recall that she didn’t attack him initially but wanted to seize the Prelude of Reincarnation. However, Angel’s keen senses picked up the malevolence lurking behind him, spotting her in the process. Only then did her objective shift from acquiring the Prelude to assaulting Angel.
“Do you remember her features?”
“It wouldn’t make a difference even if I did. When I was whisked away by the Nightmare Double, I saw her entire being begin to radiate light.”
“Merged ghosts?”
Angel nodded. Indeed, it was the merged ghosts, but its appearance was indistinguishable.
Upon hearing this, Sanders’ expression shifted subtly, “I sense something wrong about this situation. I need to consult with Isabelle.”
As Sanders finished his thought, a feminine voice resonated within the psychic link, “If you’re inquiring about those merged ghosts, I couldn’t discern the specifics either, my apologies.”
It was Isabella speaking.
“It does concern the merged ghosts, but it’s a different matter,” Sanders paused, “Perhaps, Angel, you should explain.”
Due to the simultaneous detonation of hundreds of merged ghosts earlier, a blinding white radiance obscured the scene, leaving only Angel privy to the events.
After hearing Angel’s account, Isabelle’s brows knit together abruptly.
“Is what appeared behind you truly a merged ghost?” Isabelle pondered, “I’ve researched this merged ghost before. It’s essentially an integration of fragmented souls through a specific spell, woven together.”
“What’s called a merged ghost, their sole purpose is to be expended. Because compared to ordinary ghosts, they lack a coherent line of action.”
As a witch specializing in souls, if Isabelle exerts enough effort, she can temporarily control these ghosts, making them perform simple tasks.
However, she can’t with a merged ghost can’t. Even the simplest of tasks are beyond their understanding. Their minds are filled with chaos, madness, and a thirst for slaughter.
Yet such a merged ghost, appearing behind Angel, didn’t self-destruct immediately but chose to… whether to attack Angel or seize the Prelude of Reincarnation, something was wrong.
“Speaking of strange occurrences, the Infant Spirits from before were peculiar too,” Sanders recalled another odd event, “With so many wizards around, why did the female ghost with Infant Spirits target you?”
Indeed, with so many wizards nearby, and given that they couldn’t quickly defeat the female ghost, it would be most logical for the Infant Spirits to approach them. Yet, it singled out Angel, which was suspicious.
“What would have happened if I had turned and met the gaze of the Infant Spirit?” Angel inquired.
“You’d be cursed. However, each Infant Spirit has different powers. To know the exact curse, you’d need to consult Isabelle,” Sanders replied, noting that the two Infant ghosts were currently with Isabelle.
Isabelle, who had been deep in thought about the merged ghost, overheard Sanders and responded without missing a beat, “Bewilderment.”
Had Angel turned around and locked eyes with those two Infant Spirits, he might have been spellbound, even potentially controlled by them.
Upon receiving this answer, Sanders raised an eyebrow.
This Series of Unsettling Events certainly points to a specific intention.
While the merged ghosts sought the Prelude of Reincarnation, seemingly targeting it, the intentions of those two Infant Spirits, if they too were after Angel, would extend beyond just the Prelude of Reincarnation to possibly Angel himself.
Sanders voiced his conjectures, to which Isabelle pondered, “If what you’re suggesting is true, regardless of the reasons, the source of chaos must have set its sights on Angel, and she’ll undoubtedly make further moves.”
Isabelle urged Angel to exercise utmost caution.
However, at this juncture, Angel was reminded of another incident. Upon his recent emergence from Black Forest node, he had encountered an odd ghost. Although he had dismissed it at the time, when connected to the current events, something seemed wrong.
That ghost had approached Angel undetected until he became aware.
When Angel aimed the Prelude of Reincarnation to fire at her, she fled immediately. This behavior was uncharacteristic of ghosts; before the shot was taken, a ghost wouldn’t typically know the repercussions of the Prelude of Reincarnation.
Her immediate flight indicated she recognized the potential consequences of the Prelude of Reincarnation.
But at that time, Angel had just left Black Forest node and hadn’t utilized the Prelude of Reincarnation. Even if he had used it while assisting Natasha earlier, the thought process connecting memory, fear, and flight seems beyond the capabilities of an ordinary ghost, doesn’t it?
This reminded Angel of another ghost.
The thirteenth daughter of King Guman.
Back then, when Angel had used the white light bullet, turning King Guman’s daughter into a half-ghost, her reaction to the Prelude of Reincarnation was to flee.
This situation was eerily similar.
However, the face of the previous ghost wasn’t that of King Guman’s thirteenth daughter, was it?
Chapter 1401 Infant Spirits <TOC> Chapter 1403 The Perilous Mountain Giant Again