Chapter 2476 Clock Forest <TOC> Chapter 2478 Essence of Space
Translator: SumTLMan
The voice beside his ear lingers, but before his eyes, everything has transformed into a void.
The experiences prior are like fleeting mirages, yet the moment of eye contact with the Time Thief felt as real as if it had genuinely occurred within the twisted fabric of time and space.
Angel doesn’t understand what happened, nor does he know if the Time Thief truly saw him across the dimensions, but that scene, deeply etched in his heart, made him feel as though he had witnessed a miracle of time and space.
Setting aside these nebulous and surreal experiences, he returns to reality.
Regardless of whether the whispers of the Time Thief are real or not, what Angel can ascertain is that the barking of the spotted puppy is undoubtedly true.
However, turning to look around, he finds that clock forest has transformed into nothingness, unattached to heaven or earth, merely a directionless void. At a glance, other than darkness, there is only darkness. The appearance of the spotted puppy is nowhere to be seen.
But Angel is utterly certain that he heard the puppy’s bark, and it was precisely because of this bark that clock forest dissolved into nothing.
Now, why has the spotted puppy disappeared? Is it unwilling to come out to see him, or is it playing a game of hide and seek with him?
“Good puppy, I heard your bark…don’t hide anymore.” Angel speaks into the surrounding void with a tone used to soothe children.
However, the surroundings remain silent, without any response.
“You are a grown-up puppy now; you should come out to see me on your own. Playing hide and seek is very childish.” Angel then switches to a tone adults often use, a “you’ve grown up, we can talk as equals” manner, attempting to coax the spotted puppy out.
Unfortunately, the spotted puppy doesn’t take the bait.
It seems the spotted puppy has decided not to see him for the time being.
However, from the previous bark of the spotted puppy, it can be inferred that it is probably observing him from a corner. Moreover, Angel vaguely guesses what happened just now.
The spotted puppy showing him the clock forest may have had some significance. Unexpectedly, the Time Thief could affect the present Angel from the past, forcing the spotted puppy to bark loudly and dissipate the illusion.
If this speculation is correct, at least the spotted puppy’s intentions are still aligned with his. Therefore, his safety here should still be assured.
As for the spotted puppy not coming out to see him, perhaps it has its reasons? Perhaps it’s confronting the Time Thief? Angel speculates casually.
Since there’s no immediate concern for his safety,
Angel decides to calm down and wait, seeing if the spotted puppy will come out after it’s “busy.”
As for exploring the surroundings? If there were obvious particles of light, or clear landmarks——such as floating platforms, drifting ruins, dream forests, twisted pathways… then he might explore. But now, surrounded by pitch-black void, without a single indicative thing, what is there to explore?
Certainly, remaining still is just a temporary measure for the moment. If after a long while the spotted puppy still does not appear, and there is still no change in the surroundings, Angel would naturally go around to explore.
Besides, Angel’s choice to stay put is also motivated by another thought.
Angel believes that what the spotted puppy does must have a symbolic meaning. Just like when he was on the platform and saw a point of light, reached the point of light, and was sucked into another void by the clock, seeing the clock forest…
It’s like a “guidance” in a process, and behind this must be the handiwork of the spotted puppy.
If it is not guiding now, perhaps it’s because the guidance is already in place, and all that is needed is to wait.
Combining these two thoughts, Angel decided to stay put.
As time slowly passes in this purely dark void, Angel can’t be bothered to calculate how much time has passed. Perhaps a few minutes, or perhaps a few hours.
During this process, Angel did not move at all, other than allocating a part of his attention to his surroundings, all his other thoughts were focused on reminiscing about the gains from witnessing the birth of the mysterious.
The quiet sedimentation, along with Angel occasionally materializing a few objects filled with a mysterious aura in his hands.
All of these indicate that Angel’s understanding of the mysterious powers is getting deeper and deeper.
At this moment, Angel even feels that, given the right spatiotemporal environment and matching materials, he is confident in creating a Mysterious Object… or at least, a half-step mysterious one.
Of course, this is just what Angel “thinks”, the actual situation may be different.
But at least, Angel already has ideas and steps for designing the creation of Mysterious Objects… Many alchemists aim at the mysterious realm, but they can’t even touch this realm, let alone create it.
Just with this step alone, Angel has surpassed ninety-nine percent of alchemists.
In the waiting process, besides consolidating knowledge, Angel also occasionally thinks about other things. For instance, the situations of Gruz De Weld, Magnificus De Pawel, Enforcer, and Woof Woof.
Woof Woof should not have any problems; it has a bit of a master-servant relationship with the spotted puppy, and this time Woof Woof asking for the spotted puppy’s help is enough to show their good relationship.
As for Gruz De Weld and Magnificus De Pawel, their situation might not be so good. After all, Woof Woof’s target is these two, and it might have already dealt with them through the power of the spotted puppy.
As for the Enforcer, Angel is somewhat worried.
The Enforcer being swallowed this time was more about being implicated. Angel personally thinks the Enforcer is a very good wizard, but his standards might not match those of the spotted puppy.
Perhaps, the Enforcer is suffering just like Gruz De Weld right now.
When seeing the spotted puppy, it’s necessary to talk about this matter. How Magnificus De Pawel and Gruz De Weld are dealt with doesn’t matter, but it would be better to release the Enforcer.
However, everything is predicated on seeing the spotted puppy.
Spotted puppy, where exactly are you?
……
The Enforcer, whom Angel was thinking about, was at this time by the wall of a pure white chamber, resisting a not-so-strong attraction power while moving by touching the wall.
Since the spotted puppy could enter, it stands to reason that this pure white chamber must have an exit.
The Enforcer was now looking for the exit.
However, two hours passed, and the Enforcer walked around the edge of the pure white chamber without any discoveries. The place was as tightly sealed as if it was alchemically forged as one piece.
Could it be that the exit is not on the edge, but in the middle?
The Enforcer looked towards the center… Gruz De Weld and Magnificus De Pawel were still struggling against the attraction force, unable to move at all.
It’s worth mentioning that at this moment, Magnificus De Pawel had only seven tentacles left.
Magnificus De Pawel had conducted an experiment; it cut off one tentacle, allowing the tentacle still with a strand of consciousness to touch the Mysterious Fruit.
It wanted to see if close contact with the Mysterious Fruit would result in the same blood rain as from the outside.
The result was the same.
Its tentacle turned into a sky of blood rain, staining the center a scarlet red.
During this process, Gruz De Weld also tried to contact the Enforcer, asking him to come help, at least to drag them to the outskirts… But, in a situation where laws and magic vortexes were unusable, the only way for the Enforcer to rescue them was to enter the center himself. Wasn’t that seeking death? Therefore, the Enforcer could only refuse.
But now, he couldn’t find an exit on the outer walls. Could it really be somewhere in the middle?
Does he really have to return to the center? But this is also a feasible way to resist the attraction power.
The Enforcer felt somewhat mentally exhausted.
What kind of existence did they provoke this time… He, a legendary wizard; Magnificus De Pawel, legendary combat power; Gruz De Weld, even as a mere fragment of consciousness, could reach the level of a fifth level wizard.
Such a powerful lineup was actually swallowed by a seemingly harmless little puppy, and moreover, without any ability to resist at all.
That little puppy… what kind of terrifying existence is it?
Is there a Great Demon Lord in the form of a spotted puppy in the void?
Why had he never heard of it before?
The Enforcer massaged his slightly swollen temples, finding it difficult to fathom what kind of existence the spotted puppy truly was. Perhaps it was a creature at the peak of the legendary realm, or maybe even higher…
But such details were no longer of importance. What mattered was the attitude of the spotted puppy towards them.
Ah, Angel!
There must be a connection between Angel and the spotted puppy. Since returning to the center of the Mist Zone, Angel has exuded a sense of boldness and fearlessness to the Enforcer, perhaps empowered by the spotted puppy.
If they could find Angel, maybe they would find the key to leaving this place.
But, Angel… where are you?
…
In the dark void, Angel sat on glowing moss, half-closing his eyes, silently pondering, quietly waiting.
Time passed, so much that Angel’s thoughts transformed into a wild horse of the mind, galloping through various dimensions.
The change he had been waiting for finally happened.
Angel faintly heard a deep howling sound from above.
He abruptly opened his eyes, looked up into the heights of the void, but saw nothing, perhaps due to the distance being too vast?
After waiting another two minutes, Angel finally noticed an anomaly.
A Golden Meteor, trailing a long tail, was falling downward.
A golden meteor? What was that? Angel strained his eyes to discern the true nature of the golden meteor, but for some reason, whether due to some obstruction or not, he could not make out the components of the golden meteor.
Moreover, strangely enough, although the golden meteor appeared to be falling “downward,” Angel felt a familiar sense of oddity.
As if it was not truly falling “downward.”
But from a higher dimension, descending towards the reality of this dimension. It was this dimension-lowering “fall,” not a spatial distance “fall.”
Angel didn’t know if this was just his imagination, or if his recent glimpses into the origin of the mysterious, encompassing multi-dimensional structures, made him perceive everything in terms of multiple dimensions.
Regardless, the sensation of the golden meteor’s descent was indeed abnormal to Angel.
Setting aside these strange feelings, Angel focused his attention on the golden meteor.
As the golden meteor approached closer, its form gradually became clearer to Angel.
It was not a meteor.
But a drop of golden, glowing liquid falling from an unknown place.
After Angel witnessed a droplet of glowing golden liquid, an image suddenly flashed across his mind.
Not long before, in the clock forest.
The Time Thief attempted to push open the door of clock belonging to Angel but was pricked by something unknown.
A droplet of golden blood rolled down from the Time Thief’s fingertip. The blood droplet fell into the void and vanished without a trace.
“Could it be that the golden liquid is actually the blood of the Time Thief?” Angel pondered as he stared at the golden meteor in the sky, a speculation forming in his mind.
Although it was just a conjecture, Angel had a premonition that his guess was likely correct.
The spotted puppy had shown him the scene of the clock forest, which must have had a symbolic meaning.
Perhaps, the implication was exactly this——that the golden liquid was the blood shed by the Time Thief.
And the spotted puppy, had obtained it!
With this thought, Angel looked towards the golden liquid in the sky, his eyes becoming somewhat excited. Although he did not know the use of the Time Thief’s blood, anything from such a powerful being was immensely precious, let alone a droplet of blood from the fingertip.
So… was this the spotted puppy giving him a boon?
Indeed, my good dog, never disappointing me.
Angel praised silently in his heart, quietly waiting for the golden blood to fall from the sky.
However, Angel’s excitement soon faded as he realized something… that the golden blood didn’t seem real.
Just like the previous scene of the clock forest, it appeared to be just an illusory shadow.
Could it be that the spotted puppy was not really giving him a boon but instead telling Angel: Do you want the golden blood? If you want it, I can give it to you. Go find it! It’s in this void!
Angel silently speculated, feeling somewhat hesitant: Surely the spotted puppy wouldn’t be that cruel?
As it turned out, the spotted puppy was indeed not that cruel.
He remained Angel’s loyal dog.
Because, when the golden blood was only hundreds of meters away from Angel, it broke through the dimensional shackles, transitioning from an illusory shadow to reality.
In Angel’s view.
The droplet of golden blood was now suspended in mid-air, like a spark ignited by fire, shedding its illusory facade and gradually transforming into reality.
The reason Angel was sure of its transformation was because it began to emit an aura.
Previously, the golden meteor lacked any sort of aura, but now, that powerful, surging, majestic aura, reminiscent of the flow of time, began to emerge bit by bit as it shifted from illusion to reality.
This transformation process was not fast, possibly requiring dozens of seconds, or even several minutes, to complete successfully.
Angel waited silently, watching intently.
At first, he was hopeful, wanting to witness the real golden blood at the earliest opportunity. But soon, he became completely captivated by another matter…
Chapter 2476 Clock Forest <TOC> Chapter 2478 Essence of Space