Chapter 2523 Freed <TOC> Chapter 2525 Creative Fashion
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“Respected lord, your companions have successfully returned; this is indeed a joyous occasion. How could the illusion at the Rainbow Illusion House ever withstand your might?” Surekha, in an attempt to convince Angel that he had truly pledged his allegiance, seized every opportunity to offer flattery and praise.
Angel replied: “This is a trivial matter, unworthy of joy or celebration. Or do you secretly hope this minor issue escalates into a major one? Hmm… Perhaps it would be better if none had returned?”
Surekha hastily shook his serpentine head: “How could that be? Absolutely not, I have never thought so. I am about to become your most loyal servant, naturally hoping everything is safe and sound.”
“Is that so?”
With those words, a scroll of leather, emitting a faint glow, appeared in Angel’s hand.
“There’s no need for ‘about to.’ You can become my servant now, if you sign this contract.”
Various symbols circled the leather scroll. Although Surekha could not discern their meanings, he felt the unique binding power of the contract.
Surekha stared at the glowing contract and suddenly stiffened.
“What’s wrong? You don’t want to? It seems what you said before was false…”
Before Angel could finish, Surekha suddenly interrupted, displaying great distress and sorrow: “My lord, please don’t misunderstand, it’s not that I refuse to sign the contract. I could become the gatekeeper of the princess’ room because I had previously signed a contract with her, yes, that malicious woman has bound me.”
Seeing Angel narrow his eyes, Surekha hurriedly said: “However, I would not willingly bow down to that demon. The contract I signed with The Princess when she was only three years old was not a master-servant contract, but… an equal contract.”
Angel, noting Surekha’s theatrical performance, mentally commended his responsiveness but remained calm outwardly: “Which means, you can’t sign a contract with me.”
Surekha replied: “Even if I can’t sign a contract, I am willing to become your most humble servant.”
Pausing for a moment, Surekha continued: “If my lord feels that only a signed contract can earn your trust, perhaps you could discuss with the princess to annul the contract.”
Angel said: “Discussion is out of the question. If I were to approach the princess, it would only lead to a fight to the death. However, if the princess were dead, it seems that would also dissolve your ‘equal contract.'”
Surekha, restraining his excitement, nodded: “Yes, that is one way to dissolve the contract.”
Though Surekha had managed to control himself, his emotions were still clearly detectable to Angel, who had a keen sense of emotion: “You’re excited?”
“Er… I, I am excited at the prospect of escaping from the princess’ clutches.”
“Is that so?” Angel responded casually and then turned away, as Ms. Melo and the group of talents approached.
The expressions of the talents varied, but their eyes all held a sense of relief. Clearly, their experiences had not been pleasant.
“Lord, everyone has arrived,” Ms. Melo said respectfully.
Angel nodded. “Good, the Gray Crow Wizard below has started to make his move; I estimate they’ll be up here in no more than two minutes.”
Hearing this, the talents all showed signs of anxiety. Ms. Melo couldn’t help but ask: “Shall we leave now?”
Angel replied: “Not yet, the other two haven’t finished changing their clothes, and there’s something else I need you to do.”
Ms. Melo immediately said: “Lord, please command.”
Angel took out a wooden disk from his bracelet and quickly carved several symbols and lines on it with an inscription pen.
“Is this a magic formation?” Ms. Melo was a bit confused, it looked like a magic formation, but something seemed off.
When Ms. Melo mentioned the magic formation, Surekha, on the other hand, showed a flicker of change in his gaze. Did this wizard also understand magic formations?
“It’s not a magic formation, just a little trick that can temporarily fool the energy conduits of a magic formation.” Angel handed the disk to Ms. Melo, then said: “You put this plate into the hole on the door, the one that the door spirit had come out of earlier.”
Did that mean there was still a magic formation here? Ms. Melo was puzzled since Surekha hadn’t mentioned it.
Although it felt a bit strange, Ms. Melo didn’t ask any questions and took the disk toward the main door.
Just as Ms. Melo had walked a few steps, Surekha transformed into a light arrow, aiming to rush towards Ms. Melo.
But before he reached her, an invisible wall of wind blocked him. This wind wall was naturally created by Speedling.
Ms. Melo heard the noise behind her, looked back, and seeing Surekha’s face turn ferocious again, she seemed to understand something, her lips curving into a smile as she continued towards the doorway.
Surrounded by the wind wall, Surekha then heard Angel’s voice.
“It seems your agitation wasn’t about wanting to escape from the princess, but rather, you hoped for a face-off between me and the princess, didn’t you?”
Angel approached, looking at Surekha with a calm gaze.
Surekha took a deep breath, his ferocity subsiding as he returned to a flattering demeanor. “Lord, I…”
“Stop pretending. When you revealed the trap to Ms. Melo but failed to mention that there was a magic formation hidden here, many answers were already clear to me.”
Angel straightforwardly pointed out the truth and even complimented: “Although you clearly know it, I still think your acting is pretty good. Especially after I brought out the contract, your reaction and the way you initially withheld showing them were impressive. Better than that young demon lord over there. Of course, in terms of contrast and narrative, the young demon lord touches me more deeply.”
Hearing Angel characterize his previous actions as a performance, Surekha’s face darkened.
“You will all die!”
“There’s no escape. The magic formation here is beyond your imagination, you can’t escape! You should have seen the one in the dungeon, but this one is many times stronger. There’s absolutely no way, you can’t escape from here!”
It seemed to bolster his own confidence, Surekha repeated “You can’t escape” twice in one sentence.
Angel: “You’re right, this magic formation is indeed stronger than the one at the dungeon.”
The formation in the dungeon could be disrupted by Angel with just a paper, while the one here required an external formation plate to deceive the energy flow of the magical formation, showing a distinct difference in levels between the two.
“This magic formation has many bearing corners related to bloodlines and souls, oddly familiar.”
When Angel analyzed the Scarlet Sovereignty before, he also found many bearing corners related to bloodlines and souls, although the runes were different from here, yet the feeling was similar.
“This must be a magic formation that requires activation by the Guman Royal bloodline, right? You want me to face the princess directly because she can enhance the effectiveness of the magic formation?”
Surekha looked shocked at Angel, who had been following him since entering the room. Angel had hardly moved, yet he was able to perceive the details of the magic formation here and even clarify the method to maximize its activation.
“Don’t look at me with such a surprised expression, it makes me feel embarrassed… I prefer watching your performance.” Angel continues: “By the way, you haven’t answered my question yet, is this the secret related to the princess?”
Surekha remained silent.
“It seems I’m right.”
“Bloodline, soul, magic formation, and also, something that even forces the Gray Crow Wizard to obey her… The threat level of the princess in this castle seems to be even greater than I imagined. However, it appears her control is rather mediocre.”
If the princess had stronger control, Daus might have been detected earlier when he entered.
“By the way, I have another question for you. Does the royal bloodline and soul both need to be present to utilize the effects here, or is one of them sufficient?” Angel looked at Surekha.
Surekha remained silent, seemingly waiting for something.
Not far away, Ms. Melo successfully embedded the plate into the opening, and at the moment the two combined, the hidden magic formation in the room revealed itself, with a faint light flickering and the patterns distinct.
However, soon the glowing patterns began to dim, whereas the plate placed by Ms. Melo started to flicker with light.
Witnessing this scene, Surekha was completely surrounded by a gloomy and sullen mood.
It was clear that the magic formation here had indeed been discovered.
And without his last reliance, he probably guessed what his fate would be.
Therefore, facing Angel’s question, he completely adopted an uncooperative attitude.
Angel, seeing him remain silent, was not annoyed: “If you won’t speak, it’s fine. However, I didn’t expect that discovering the magic formation here would make all the hidden runes emerge… Although reverse engineering is a bit tedious, it seems I don’t need to get the answers from you.”
At this moment, Melo returned.
Angel nodded at her: “The illusion on the second level has almost been broken by Gray Crow, and it’s about time for us to leave. But since we’re already here, before we go, why not leave a little gift for that princess.”
With these words, under the puzzled gazes of everyone, Angel took out a vial flickering with a ghostly glow and walked towards Surekha.
After a while, under the horrified gaze of Surekha, Angel opened the Gateway of Fantasy.
With no magic formation to hinder it, the Gateway of Fantasy could lead directly to the outskirts of Princess Castle.
Seeing the hope of freedom, everyone’s faces lit up with excitement, and they filed out one after another, with Angel walking at the back. After everyone had left, he waved at Surekha.
With his lips, he silently said: “Goodbye, or rather, farewell forever.”
……
After Angel left, less than a half-minute later, a girl wearing a pink princess dress hurried into the room.
Her appearance seemed harmless, but anyone who had heard of her reputation knew that beneath her innocent appearance was a heart filled with filth and darkness.
She was the owner of this castle, the princess.
Upon entering the room, the princess immediately screamed: “My pet, where has my pet gone?! And my canvas, my canvas is gone too!”
The princess yelled hysterically. The fair-skinned boy was the pet she had long had her eye on, and the one with bandages on his hands, his skin was also reserved by her, that was her canvas!
But now, the pet was gone, and the canvas had disappeared!
A furious aura emanated from the princess. This aura, faintly matching the surrounding magic formation, emitted an incredibly terrifying oppressive aura.
At the same time, the plate that Angel had embedded at the doorway also fell to the ground. Obviously, when the magic formation encountered its true master, any deception was immediately rejected.
As the princess freely expended the power of the magic formation in her anger, Gray Crow Wizard quietly walked up and picked up the plate from the ground.
With just one look, he knew that among the visitors, there definitely was a rune wizard.
Such a person was definitely not a nobody.
Gray Crow was somewhat moved and fortunate that he hadn’t exerted his full strength when he had broken the illusion on the second level. Otherwise, a minor mishap from a rune wizard could trigger countless powerful backlashes.
Gray Crow didn’t think that the rune wizard would necessarily be defeated by the princess’ magic formation, but here, the princess was able to make the long princess’ carefully customized magic formation unleash an immensely terrifying power.
While Gray Crow was thinking this to himself, the princess had already stormed over.
“What is this? Give it to me.”
Her tone was questioning and brooked no refusal, which made Gray Crow’s expression slightly unpleasant. However, Gray Crow didn’t say anything and handed it over directly.
Although the princess was young and malevolent, she was certainly not stupid. Seeing the disc, Gray Crow could think of its implications, and so could she.
But with the princess’ reckless nature, she didn’t care about the identity of the rune wizard; all she wanted now was to find this criminal and then use the most terrifying means to tear him to pieces!
Before that, she needed to know who the newcomer was.
“Tell me, who took my pet?” the princess immediately questioned Gray Crow.
Gray Crow replied indifferently: “I came with you, Princess. If you don’t know, how would I know?”
“The illusion on the second level, the magic formation left on the third, who do these pieces of information make you think of?”
Gray Crow indeed had several suspects in mind, but he still said: “I don’t know. However, the illusion on the second level isn’t a clue, because anyone can buy illusion scrolls or magic formations of illusion.”
Only the temporary formation drawn here confirms that the other party is definitely a master level rune wizard.
But although rune wizards are not numerous in the Southern Region, there are still quite a few, and each is broadly connected, making it difficult to immediately confirm who the other party is.
Seeing that she couldn’t get any information from Gray Crow, the princess’ gaze slowly turned towards the pink snake cowering in the corner.
The princess did not hesitate and walked directly toward it.
However, the pink snake shook its head violently at her.
The princess didn’t understand its meaning and even showed anger: “Surekha! You dare shake your head at me, are you planning to betray me?!”
Furious, the princess walked up to Surekha and reached out to grab its neck.
But just as her hand touched Surekha, a thunderous explosion occurred.
The explosion originated from within Surekha, not only blasting it into pieces but also releasing a slow-spreading green mist…