Chapter 2240 Art Exhibition <TOC> Chapter 2242 Marlaya Mountain
Translator: SumTLMan
Dulmatin viewed the paintings at the fastest pace, not seeking any secrets but simply moving on after viewing them. After he finished looking at the paintings, he approached Angel, not to inquire about the paintings themselves, but to speak with a complex expression about his previous conversation with Rhine: “I took a glance at the Tidal Wave Garden, and indeed, there was an elemental creature of water there, but…”
“It’s unattainable,” Dulmatin sighed softly, his expression fraught with indescribable feelings.
It wasn’t that Lord Rhine was unwilling to give it, but when he arrived at the Tidal Wave Garden, he found “Leaf Blossom” Nian Yesevei, “Old Whitehair” Wallace, and Tree Spirit all seriously gathered around a flying fish creature, studying it.
And this flying fish was the only elemental creature in the Tidal Wave Garden.
Seeing their demeanor, Dulmatin understood that he definitely couldn’t ask for it and gave up straightforwardly.
“Then it all depends on whether I’m lucky enough to encounter the right elemental creature,” Angel replied.
Dulmatin nodded, but he didn’t believe for a second that Angel could be so fortunate to encounter a wild elemental creature. In his view, the only option was to wait for Angel to return to the Savage Grottoes and get more login devices from him to conduct research on extraordinary creatures.
While they were talking, Rhine and Iron Armor Granny were still admiring a series of oil paintings.
With their ability to analyze information, they could glean a lot from just one glance at a painting, unraveling many details both within and beyond the painting. For instance, from a winter forest scene, they could deduce a lot about the setting, season, plant species, biodiversity, and even the direction of the wind, just by grasping the details, combining them with the season, plant life, biodiversity, and even the direction of the wind, analyzing the content of the painting thoroughly.
Even their guesses about the location of the paintings were generally accurate.
Among them, through several cityscape paintings, combining architectural styles with cultural displays in detail, Iron Armor Granny could even very accurately determine that the city in the paintings was the capital of the Central Empire on the Revelation Continent.
Because of such judgments, they began to think that these paintings were discoveries made by Angel on the Revelation Continent.
However, as they delved deeper into the paintings, many peculiar contents emerged: despite it being summer, ice traces appeared; although on water, there were scorching flames…
These peculiar paintings began to proliferate, and the previously certain locations started to gradually waver.
Ten minutes later, after viewing the entire art exhibition, Iron Armor Granny, Lord Rhine, and Liana gathered at the entrance of the exhibition.
Angel asked, “What do you think?”
Liana was the first to answer, “Truly, as works of the Magic Painter, each painting is filled with deep meaning and possesses a sense of historical weight…”
The group: “…”
Dulmatin commented, “I didn’t quite catch the historical weight, but from what the paintings made me feel, it seems the Magic Painter was very relaxed during most of his painting sessions… As for the stories beyond the paintings, I couldn’t see them clearly.”
After Dulmatin finished, he looked towards Rhine and Iron Armor Granny. He had glanced over the paintings casually, but Rhine and Iron Armor Granny had examined them closely, perhaps they had discovered something.
However, Rhine remained silent, shaking his head: “I can’t really tell.”
Iron Armor Granny’s answer was similar to Rhine’s.
Since even Rhine and Iron Armor Granny couldn’t provide a definitive answer, everyone turned their gaze to Angel.
Facing the curious looks, Angel gave an explanation, essentially reiterating what he had previously told Liana.
“…In any case, I don’t know if there’s any secret hidden in these paintings. So, for now, they’ll be displayed here. If any other wizard discovers something, I hope they notify me immediately.”
With that, Angel excused himself from the exhibition, citing other matters. However, to the others, Angel’s hasty departure seemed more like an unwillingness to elaborate further.
“It seems Angel is hiding something about these paintings,” Dulmatin murmured softly.
“Could it be that Angel has discovered a studio ruin left by the Magic Painter?”
Liana raised this question, but it only earned her a series of strange looks.
“Cough, I’m going back upstairs. If I don’t return now, my tea will cool down.”
“I’ll join you. I think I’m onto something new with the Monument of the Strange Ring.”
Iron Armor Granny and Rhine turned and walked towards the exit, quickly disappearing from the exhibition.
Dulmatin also prepared to leave, but before doing so, he sighed softly and said to Liana, who still looked puzzled, “Although the Magic Painter was an artist, he only painted during his travels and never left behind a studio. Rather than suspecting Angel has found the ruins of a studio, it’s more likely that Angel found a ruin of a wizard who collected the Magic Painter’s works.”
After saying this, Dulmatin too disappeared within the exhibition.
Meanwhile, back at the Rosewater Pavilion on the sixth floor, Iron Armor Granny suddenly said, “I always feel that, aside from the paintings done in the Central Empire, the other paintings seem to depict a new world.”
Reflecting on the oddities within the paintings, Rhine mused for a moment and nodded, “Indeed, it doesn’t resemble the native scenery of the Wizarding World.”
“Could it be depictions of otherworldly ecologies painted by Von?”
After thinking it over, Rhine dismissed this idea. From the details in some paintings, he could almost determine the timeline of the paintings, which seemed to be from the same period.
One moment it was depicting the scenery of the Revelation Continent, the next an otherworldly landscape, then back to the Revelation Continent. This clearly did not make sense.
Iron Armor Granny remarked, “On the Revelation Continent, yet it presents a visage not native to the Wizarding World… This leads me to a conclusion.”
Rhine inquired, “A subordinate plane?”
Iron Armor Granny nodded, “Perhaps, the secret Von hid in his painting is actually pointing towards a certain subordinate plane?”
…
Iron Armor Granny and Rhine’s conversation went unheard by Angel.
At this moment, he had already distanced himself from the New City, arriving in a lush, green forest.
Angel hovered in the sky, his gaze quietly fixed on a small hill below, covered with dark green grass and occasionally dotted with little white flowers. At first glance, it appeared utterly ordinary.
However, the reason Angel fixated on this location was naturally not without cause.
Minutes later, the ordinary hill suddenly began to emit Pink Mist. The mist spread quickly, enveloping the hundred-meter hill in just ten minutes.
Angel took a deep look at the pink fog before his figure flashed and disappeared.
When he reappeared, it was still near the small hill and in mid-air. However, this time, he was not alone; Freud appeared by his side.
Freud was originally working in the Initial Heart City, but just seconds ago, Angel’s voice reached his ears, asking him to exit and re-enter the Wilderness of Dreams.
Freud understood that Angel asking him to do this meant he was being summoned to a specific place.
Indeed, when he re-entered the Wilderness of Dreams, he was no longer in his office but had arrived above a forest.
Initially, Freud was unclear about Angel’s intention for calling him here, until he saw the hill far away, obscured by thick pink mist…
“Is that… Sin Fog?” Freud’s most frequented locations were the Azure Tower and Sinful Monster Laboratory.
The Sinful Monster Laboratory was established near a patch of Sin Fog.
Thus, upon seeing the mist, Freud immediately associated it with Sin Fog, even though the fog here was pink, different from the black Sin Fog near the Sinful Monster Laboratory. Yet, the feeling it gave him was the same: solemn and madness-inducing.
Angel nodded, “Yes.”
The black fog of the Sinful Monster Laboratory can be called Sin Fog, but Sin Fog does not solely refer to black fog. Black fog is just one manifestation of Sin Fog, which can have many other forms, such as gray fog, red fog, blue fog, etc.
And the pink mist enveloping the vicinity of the small hill is also a manifestation of Sin Fog.
“The second Sin Fog has appeared too?” Freud murmured, lamenting the fact that the dispersal of the Sin Fog’s power to this land means no one can control when or where the Sin Fog will emerge.
Angel might be able to, but only if he constantly focuses his attention on the Power Tree. If he detects any signs of Sin Fog forming, he must suppress it immediately to prevent its emergence. However, it’s clear that Angel cannot always keep an eye on the Power Tree, making the birth of this Sin Fog truly unexpected.
Upon confirming this is indeed Sin Fog, Freud’s most pressing concern becomes——
“How far is this place from Initial Heart City?”
Sin Fog is a sub-power under the Law of All Things, capable of birthing abominable creatures from nightmares——Sinful Monsters.
For the ordinary residents of Initial Heart City, facing Sinful Monsters is almost like being overwhelmingly crushed. Therefore, if this Sin Fog is too close to Initial Heart City, it would undoubtedly be a nightmare.
“Approximately a thousand kilometers,” Angel estimated, providing this answer.
Freud, upon hearing this, breathed a sigh of relief. A thousand kilometers, though not too far, was similar to the distance to the Sinful Monster Laboratory, and it shouldn’t affect Initial Heart City in the short term.
However, Freud had barely let out his breath when he heard Angel say, “This Sin Fog is still in its infancy and has not yet spawned Sinful Monsters, but I have received feedback from the Power Tree that this pink Sin Fog is also known as the Flying Nest, because the Sinful Monsters it spawns are mostly of the flying type.”
Flying type? Freud suddenly turned his head to look at Angel: “Then, is it possible they will reach Initial Heart City?”
Angel: “I cannot give a definitive answer at the moment, but given the current situation, the future does not look bright, and there’s a significant chance that it will affect Initial Heart City.”
Chapter 2240 Art Exhibition <TOC> Chapter 2242 Marlaya Mountain