Chapter 2328 Two Rooms <TOC> Chapter 2330 Synchronize
Translator: SumTLMan
Angel extended his index finger, gently stirring the air, as if specks of starlight danced at his fingertip.
On the other side, Freud stared blankly at the reflective surface of the window glass. The glass faithfully mirrored the starlight at Angel’s fingertip, acting like a mirror itself.
By this moment, Freud understood Angel’s implication.
“Are you suggesting that these window glasses could also serve as a medium for the Mirror Wraith?!”
“Yes,” Angel nodded again.
The so-called Mirror Wraith is not merely confined to mirrors; any physical material that can reflect reality can serve as its host. Should its abilities evolve further, the Mirror Wraith could even use the calm surface of water as a dwelling place.
The ghost of the farm owner, having not been dead for long and without any special circumstances, should not be able to inhabit water surfaces. However, glass, being a physical material, could indeed become a medium for its transition and habitation.
“Almost every room in the factory has glass windows. If even glass surfaces can become its dwelling place, doesn’t that mean the entire lumber factory is under its surveillance?”
“But… the Mirror Wraith has never appeared on glass surfaces before, and I’ve never sensed its death aura on window glass. Moreover, if it could transfer through glass surfaces, it could have killed many more people in previous cases with its murderous nature,” Freud expressed his confusion. He wasn’t doubting Angel’s judgment but was puzzled as to why, if the Mirror Wraith could indeed use glass as a medium, it had never shown this ability before.
“On a logical level, any abnormal behavior can be interpreted. While ghosts normally lack intelligence, any action taken towards a goal can be considered a survival instinct,” Angel explained. “Consider the Mirror Wraith not as an entity but as a wizard with the ability to traverse mirrors. Since you are protecting Little Seim, you are in opposition. If you think from this perspective, why do you think it hasn’t shown you the ability to traverse through glass?”
Following Angel’s line of thought, Freud placed himself in the scenario.
“In a battle where information is unknown, understanding the opponent’s psychology can be key. If it were me, I certainly wouldn’t want my opponent to know my trump card. The main reason for hiding my trump card would be to… appear weaker.”
Angel inquired, “And why would you want to appear weaker?”
“To make the enemy overlook this trait, aiming for a decisive strike…” Freud paused, seemingly realizing something.
The ghost of the farm owner didn’t come to kill Freud or the knights and wizards of the Silver Heron Royal Family; its target was Little Seim!
It chose to reside in mirrors and not traverse through transparent glass surfaces to create an illusion, suggesting it couldn’t move through glass, thereby lulling the opponent into a false sense of security.
When they truly Overlook the Glass Surface, it will provide an opportunity for it to achieve its goal, to kill Little Seim!
But now the question arises again: how can it feign weakness to make its way to the mountainside to kill Little Seim?
The traversal through the glass surface was indeed overlooked by them, but the Mirror Wraith’s ability to perform spatial jumps on mirrors or glass has its limitations in distance. They are at the foot of the mountain, and the mountainside is still far away; the Mirror Wraith simply cannot jump directly to the mountainside.
Unless, in the midst of this mountain journey, there exists other pieces of glass to serve as stepping stones for it.
However, Freud is very clear that from the foot to the mountainside, besides the flora and some wild beasts, there really isn’t anything else.
Could it be that he overlooked some detail?
As Freud pondered, his gaze inadvertently shifted outside the window. From here, one could only see the pitch-black forest and the vaguely discernible mountain ridges in the distance.
On the distant mountains, Freud could faintly see several moving lights.
Freud knew that those lights came from the torches held by knights patrolling the mountain. These knights were arranged by Eniya to search for the ghost of the farm owner, diligently guarding… Wait, knights?
Could knights carry glass surfaces with them?
A spark of insight suddenly flashed through Freud’s mind.
Knights rarely carry mirrors or glass, but Freud remembered that Angel had mentioned, “Any material entity that can reflect reality can serve as a host for it,” and indeed, there is such a material that reflects reality on the knights… that is, their armor.
“Lord, can the shiny reflective armor serve as a dwelling for the Mirror Wraith?” Freud hastily asked.
The armor of the Royal Knight Order, apart from a few alloy armors, are basically all silver armors. Once polished, they are incredibly shiny and can completely serve as mirrors.
“It can,” Angel nodded.
Upon hearing this answer, Freud’s heart skipped a beat: “This is bad!”
If the Mirror Wraith can indeed use the shiny armor to perform spatial jumps, then it can completely move through different knights’ positions, performing multiple jumps, and eventually relocate to the Star Lake Castle on the mountainside. Because, now the mountains are full of knights called in to patrol!
“Today, I haven’t felt the death aura of the farm owner’s ghost all day, and we haven’t found it nearby. I suspect, it has already gone up the mountain!” Freud’s gaze turned towards the window, where the Star Lake Castle on the mountainside was brilliantly lit, but at this moment, in Freud’s eyes, it was inexplicably shrouded in an ominous shadow.
Since Angel had just arrived here and was not familiar with the specific situation, upon hearing Freud’s words, he immediately became alert.
Without any hesitation, Angel activated the Gateway of Fantasy from his spell position, aiming directly at the mountainside!
The next second, Angel and Freud appeared outside Star Lake Castle.
When Freud emerged from the Gateway of Fantasy, the scene before him allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief. At that moment, Drew was directing the nearby knights at the castle entrance, and some royal wizards were patrolling the skies.
With these individuals present, the Mirror Wraith likely wouldn’t dare to intrude into Star Lake Castle at this time.
However, when Freud turned his head towards Angel, he suddenly felt something was amiss. Angel was staring intently at the third floor of the castle, his brows deeply furrowed.
And on the third floor was precisely where Little Seim was currently located!
“Is something wrong, my lord?” Freud asked, and at that moment, Drew, who had noticed their arrival from afar, hurried over to greet them.
Angel didn’t respond but instead lightly propelled himself into the air.
Freud, manipulating the power of the soul, followed suit.
“Look there,” Angel pointed towards a window on the third floor.
Following his gaze, Freud saw that Angel was pointing in the direction of Little Seim’s room.
The window was not fully closed, leaving a slight gap. However, looking from the outside in, it was pitch black.
Apart from the darkness, Freud didn’t feel anything else out of the ordinary… But the darkness itself was not right.
Even at night, even if the room had no lights on, it shouldn’t be so utterly dark. It was as if something was devouring the surrounding light.
While Freud was observing, Drew also flew up on his broomstick to join them in mid-air. He saluted Angel from a distance and then turned his gaze towards the room on the third floor.
However, Drew didn’t just use his eyes; he simultaneously extended his mental tendrils towards the window.
As his mental tendril penetrated the window, Drew exclaimed, “Such a heavy death aura, this is bad, it’s that ghost!”
Due to Angel’s presence, all the wizard apprentices around were silently observing the situation. So, when Drew exclaimed, it immediately caused a stir.
As all the apprentices turned their gaze towards the window on the third floor, everyone sensed trouble.
They patrolled outside the castle daily to guard against that ghost, never imagining that the ghost would sneak into the castle so quietly when they were not paying attention!
Most importantly, this happened right under Angel’s watch!
The reason they were willing to patrol here for a young one was to please Angel on behalf of Lady Eniya. Now, it was Angel who discovered the anomaly first.
Their faces instantly lost all color.
After the embarrassment came anger towards the ghost. Even though they knew dealing with a ghost wasn’t easy, at that moment, they all wanted to rush into the room and teach the cunning ghost a lesson.
One after another, six wizard apprentices had already entered the room.
Freud felt uneasy because after they rushed into Little Seim’s room, there was no further news, as if they had merged with the darkness.
Freud wasn’t too worried about these wizard apprentices. After all, they had been in the Wizarding World for many years, and even if they encountered special ghosts, they wouldn’t surrender so quickly. What worried him more was Little Seim. Turning to Angel, Freud asked, “My lord, how is Little Seim?”
Angel replied, “He’s been injured a bit, but it’s nothing serious for now.”
With Angel’s confirmation, Freud breathed a sigh of relief, not surprised that Angel could see the situation in the room.
At this moment, Drew, who had not entered the room, also came up respectfully, wanting to say something.
But before Drew could speak, Angel directly said, “Don’t worry about those wizards who went in. It’s just an illusion constructed from death aura; they’re just temporarily trapped.”
Upon hearing this, Freud said, “Ghostly Obfuscation? The farm owner’s ghost has mastered Ghostly Obfuscation?”
Angel shook his head, “It’s not Ghostly Obfuscation, but a special kind of illusion, seemingly created through a mirror as a medium, containing a bit of spatial structure… quite interesting.”
Although this illusion didn’t have an illusion node, the imaging result was very intriguing, utilizing a bit of spatial energy. If a stable illusion node were added, its capability to trap people could instantly increase by several levels.
This gave Angel a great inspiration, which is why he didn’t destroy the illusion immediately.
While Angel was observing the death mirror illusion, Little Seim was also matching wits and bravery with the two farm owner ghosts.
——Death Mirror Image, the name Angel gave to the illusion in the room.
…
Even though Little Seim was quick to react, it was still difficult to completely dodge the farm owner ghost’s attacks with a fractured rib and an injured arm.
Boom——
Just as Little Seim managed to get up, he was hit by a tremendous force in the waist, sending him flying in a parabola towards a corner of the room.
The loud noise was accompanied by the sound of furniture breaking.
After this fall, Little Seim felt as if his entire skeleton had fallen apart, and his vision turned blood-red. Blood flowed down from a wound on his forehead, obscuring his eyes.
In the blurry redness, Little Seim heard footsteps.
Struggling, he tried to lift his head. His vision was smeared with blood, and the only thing he could see was the farm owner’s eerie and mad face behind the blood.
Am I going to die… I killed him once, and now I have to give back my life…
But I’m not willing… After all, it was he who wanted to kill me first…
In Little Seim’s mind, a series of images flashed, all memories of the past. His birth was marked by boundless beauty, but his growth was marred by tragic desolation. It was only after meeting Angel that he saw the first light of dawn, and now it seemed he was about to fall back into darkness again.
He really couldn’t reconcile himself to this fate.
But no matter how unwilling he was, there was nothing he could do now, as his entire body was in so much pain that he couldn’t move. Facing the ghost of the farm owner, he had no hope of escape.
Just as Little Seim was bracing himself for the despair that was about to engulf him, he suddenly heard an unusual sound.
“Huh, why is there a door here? Io, Bitter Ael, are you behind the door?”
“What’s going on here? Is this the Ghostly Obfuscation created by that ghost?”
Little Seim’s eyes lit up. He didn’t know who was speaking outside, but the fact that they mentioned “Ghostly Obfuscation” meant they had delved into supernatural knowledge. Perhaps they were a wizard trained by the Silver Heron Royal Family!
Little Seim wanted to shout out loud to get the attention of the person outside, but he didn’t even have the strength to speak now.
He tried to muster his thoughts, which were on the verge of falling into darkness, and tried to regain some control over his body, hoping to make even the slightest noise.
But his limbs felt as if they were filled with lead, making it difficult to move.
Was he truly doomed?
Just when Little Seim was sinking back into despair, he heard footsteps, the sound of someone coming closer to where he was!
“Huff huff——” The farm owner’s ghost, which had been focusing on Little Seim, was also attracted by the footsteps.
He glanced at Little Seim and then looked back.
Killing Little Seim was his goal, but in his chaotic thoughts, simply killing Little Seim brought no pleasure; torture was his purpose.
Someone had interrupted his torture, which was unforgivable!
When Little Seim finally managed to regain the feeling in his limbs and wiped the blood from his eyes, what he saw was the figure of the two farm owner ghosts walking away…
Had he been saved?
No.
Little Seim was not that optimistic.
The farm owner’s ghost clearly wanted to deal with the other person first and had not spared him.
What he needed to do now was to take this opportunity to escape from here.
With all his strength, Little Seim endured the severe pain throughout his body and staggered to his feet.
He could no longer worry about the person being chased by the farm owner’s ghost; he could only pray that they would be safe and sound.
Little Seim stood in the center of the corridor, glancing back and forth. Ahead was his room, and behind him was also his room, appearing as if it were a mirrored copy.
Where to go? How could he escape to salvation?
After pondering, Little Seim eventually limped back to the very room he had started from, wanting to take a look outside the window.
This was the third floor; jumping down from here, the likelihood of death seemed low. Moreover, he remembered that right below on the second floor, near a window, there was a drainpipe. If he could manage to grab onto that drainpipe, even if injured, the injuries shouldn’t be too severe.
Holding onto this thought, Little Seim walked up to the window and pushed it open.
Then, he froze.
Outside the window was not as he had imagined. Instead, bizarrely, there was another room, furnished just like the current room but in a mirrored inversion…