Translator: SumTLMan
The glow from Lady Twilight’s fireplace brightened, reflecting against the sky and setting the distant clouds ablaze with a crimson fire pattern.
As the day was about to end and night was about to fall, Rhine nodded to Angel, bidding farewell to the tranquil ruins.
As Angel prepared to return to the ruins, Tree Spirit, leaning against a tree at the entrance, whispered, “Do you think Sky Mechanical City is genuinely unaware, or are they pretending not to know?”
Angel paused and replied, “In such a significant moment, considering my knowledge of Director Muse and Lord Rosen, the likelihood of them lying is not high.”
“You’re right. It wouldn’t be easy for them to deceive a prophecy wizard. But if they aren’t lying, then that’s quite strange.” Tree Spirit fell into thought. “It doesn’t make sense that the apprentices, who were deeply engrossed in their training in the Endless Corridor, would all go to this ‘Prelude of Reincarnation’ you mentioned.”
Tree Spirit mused, feeling perplexed.
“Perhaps the time has not yet come.”
Tree Spirit looked up at Angel, “That’s the only explanation. They might not require the apprentices now, but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the future… It’s still unclear what happened in between.”
Shaking its head, Tree Spirit decided, “Let’s not dwell on it. For now, all we can do is have Horus keep a close eye to prevent those overzealous apprentices from taking on impossible tasks in Sky Mechanical City.”
Angel didn’t say anything more, as that was the only solution for the time being. Until the unknown future unfolded, the best course was to have Lord Horus in Sky Mechanical City administer a precautionary measure for the apprentices from the Savage Grottoes.
Angel: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading back.”
“Mhm, after Rhine enters the Star Pool ruin, I’ll inform you right away,” Tree Spirit nodded indifferently.
Just as Angel was about to be engulfed by the darkness while opening the gate of the ruins, Tree Spirit suddenly thought of something: “Right, I have something to ask you.”
Angel looked at Tree Spirit, puzzled.
“Today, when I came, I noticed something. In the material storage on the third underground level, you’ve set up a little cottage that looks a bit like True Illusion Magic. It’s a dwelling for Baruba and the others, isn’t it?” Seeing Angel nod, Tree Spirit continued: “I was a bit curious, how come they’ve been sleeping all afternoon?”
Tree Spirit had noticed before that Baruba, as well as the two little ones from the Kulakuka tribe, were all asleep. Angel had brought them back to the ruins not for research on information exchange, right?
Could it be that dreaming is a way to exchange information?
“I’ve been researching the combination of dreams and illusions with my mentor recently. This afternoon, while deploying a model combining dreams and illusions, they were affected.” Angel spoke calmly: “Since I haven’t sorted out my project here, I simply let them sleep for now.”
“Is that so?” Tree Spirit was somewhat skeptical. However, what Angel said didn’t seem to have any flaws. Sanders had indeed been studying the tricks of dream magic recently. Tree Spirit, though doubtful, decided not to pursue the matter further.
After all, those little ones were just sleeping, and at least they were treated much better than the apprentices Tree Spirit had seen last time at Dulmatin.
Tree Spirit nodded and said no more, while Angel’s body completely disappeared into the darkness.
After a while, in the study on the second sub-level, Angel was not contemplating himself or repairing damaged runes. Instead, he was propping his cheek with his hand, eyes gazing at the flickering flame on the candlestick, gradually sinking into deep thought.
He was recalling the message that Maya had sent back earlier through the mini signal tower.
Today was the third day of Star Observing Day. Usually, by this time, the fervor of the exchange would start to wane. But this time was different, everyone was still anxiously paying attention to today’s exchange meeting.
Because, according to Apulia’s statement yesterday, he will consult Lord Rosen of Sky Mechanical City to see if the prophecy of the Doomsday Vision is related to Sky Mechanical City.
Only Angel might have guessed the true nature of the Doomsday Vision as the Box of Reincarnation, so others still treat the Doomsday Vision as a situation from another world. While they claim to be concerned, they actually covet it.
For this reason, everyone is eager to know what kind of response Apulia will have today.
However, Apulia didn’t speak because he used a Recording Stone to broadcast his conversation with Lord Rosen during the Star Observing Day.
At that time, Lord Rosen and Director Muse were together. When Apulia inquired about the Doomsday Vision, both city leaders denied it simultaneously.
Muse waved his hand dismissively: “This is baseless talk.”
Rosen sneered mockingly: “We are completely unaware of this prophecy of the Doomsday Vision. Besides, we had informed all the major wizard organizations in advance about the Purification Garden, so we can’t take all the blame for leading apprentices into a trap.”
The crowd, upon reflection, also felt that Rosen’s words made sense.
To make amends for the trouble brought by the Purification Garden, Sky Mechanical City even opened the Endless Corridor to the apprentices who placed in the competition, a significant benefit.
This also showed the sincerity of Sky Mechanical City.
Since they had such sincerity, there was no need to fall into the trap of deceiving the apprentices of the Novastar Competition again. Moreover, the fact that Apulia dared to place their conversation in front of so many prophecy wizards also indicated their confidence.
In the Doomsday Vision, the appearance of the apprentice might indeed be unrelated to Sky Mechanical City.
Of course, this is the thought of other wizard organizations, including Sky Mechanical City itself. At this moment, they are unaware that the Doomsday Vision is very likely occurring within the ‘Ghost’s Box of Reincarnation.’
From Angel’s informed perspective, it seems impossible for Sky Mechanical City to be completely uninvolved. Besides Angel, in the Wizarding World of the Southern Region, the only other entity that knows the location of the ‘Ghost’s Box of Reincarnation’ is Sky Mechanical City.
Thus, it’s quite possible that the apprentice in the Doomsday Vision was indeed sent by Sky Mechanical City.
Their current denial is probably, as Angel and Tree Spirit previously mentioned——The Time Has Not Yet Come.
Perhaps they don’t harbor this intention now, but the human heart is fickle; who can predict the future?
Yet, Angel is curious about what future event will lead Sky Mechanical City to decide to send an apprentice into the cycle of reincarnation?
Could it be that some unexpected event occurred within the Box of Reincarnation?
While contemplating this, Angel unconsciously focused his attention on the mental model, more precisely, on the Spell Position.
Over this period, the special energy of the Gateway of Fantasy has almost covered 90% of the model of the gateway without notice.
He estimates that it will only take a week or two for the special energy to be fully accumulated.
Last time, it was the Gateway of Fantasy that led him into the Box of Reincarnation. Although Angel does not think he will enter the cycle of reincarnation again, he still plans to wait until the special energy is fully accumulated before trying again.
Entering the cycle of reincarnation to take another look wouldn’t hurt. If he can’t enter, he will follow the guidance of the special energy to see what lies at the very end of the Gateway of Fantasy…