Chapter 256 Shadow Servant <TOC> Chapter 258 Balance
Translator: SumTLMan
“No wonder this child was able to avoid our attacks just now. He should have an innate ability similar to Immaterial Body.” Promi sounded a little envious as he said: “This innate ability is really great. If one becomes a wizard, this is equivalent to having a formal wizard level instant spell without having to use a spell position.”
When it comes to innate abilities, Angel can’t help thinking about another person: Sleeping Trickle of the Resting Stream.
Innately born with the talent of “qualitative change of water.” She can freely change the properties of a liquid. When compared with “Immaterial Body”, her strength isn’t much different, but the application of the ability is more universal. Most importantly, Trickle of the Resting Stream is still a talent which has unlimited possibilities in the future.
“Let’s go, it’s a good thing we got our purses back or I’d end up killing him no matter which Lord this kid belonged to!” David couldn’t wait to slap the dead child a few times when he thought of losing his purse again.
Promi thought about it, then he picked up the frozen shadow servant as if he were trying to take him away.
David asked in doubted: “Master, are you taking him away?”
Promi nodded and said: “Shadow servants are born wizard servants. Instead of letting him steal outside, it would be better to sell him. Whether this guy is dedicated to a wizard Lord or stays with me, he’ll be better off than he is now.”
Although Promi said so. In fact, he wants to wait for the future to dissect him and study the mystery of his innate ability in his mind. In the end, Promi could extract his bloodline or sell him for magic crystals.
Even though these are his thoughts, he would never openly express it so as to not leave a bad impression with Angel.
Angel didn’t call Promi out on his story. Although he found something odd about what he said, he thought Promi was right. It was better for him to be a wizard’s servant than to steal. This child is still young, and his values can be corrected. So, Angel is happy to see it happen.
Promi picked up the shadow servant and the trio continued their journey to Twilight Deep Well.
Not long after the trio left, a shadow servant who looked like an aristocrat appeared nearby with a group of grey-robed thugs. The aristocrat shadow servant sniffed with his nose and said: “That stinky boy was just here… he shouldn’t have gone far.”
The aristocrat shadow servant suddenly sneezed: “Ah-choo! Why does my nose feel so chilly?”
A grey-robed thug came up to the aristocrat shadow servant and said: “Master, just look down and you will see.”
Since the appearance of the aristocrat shadow servant, he has held his head up high, all the while showing a proud appearance. But when the thug robed said this, he looked down with some doubt and said: “What, why is there ice and frost all over the ground? This is… signs of a wizard passing by! Oh, no! This smelly brat wasn’t taken away by a passing wizard, was he?”
After the aristocrat shadow servant exclaimed, he ordered others to look for him, leaving only the grey-robed thug who had just reported what happened to him. When there were only the two of them left in the street, the aristocratic shadow servant slapped the grey-robed thug fiercely on the face: “Were you just mocking me for being proud and arrogant?”
The grey-robed thug covered his cheek with a palm print and said aggrievedly: “Big young master, this wasn’t my intention.”
The aristocrat shadow servant snorted, raised his head and turned away: “I’ll forgive you this time. The next time this happens, I’ll kill you!”
“Young Master, where are you going?” The grey-robed thug asked.
“I’m heading back to report this to my father. I have to pay attention to the agreement with Red Lotus Lord.” The voice of the aristocrat shadow servant came from far away.
“Young master!” The grey-robed thug gave another cry.
The aristocrat shadow servant impatiently turned back and said: “What’s the matter, what’s going on?”
The grey-robed thug wanted to say something but choked back his words. In the end, he didn’t say it.
With a cold snort, the aristocrat shadow servant turned his head and continued walking. Without taking more than a few steps, he fell face-first onto the ground. The grey-robed thug silently said: In fact, I just want to remind the young master to look down and carefully walk on the frozen ground.
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“Here we are.” Promi pointed to the white wall in front of him as he said to Angel.
The place where their party stopped was at the end of a deserted street with a dense pile of debris on both sides. The piled up boxes almost completely blocked off the aerial staircase. In front of them was a white wall and behind this wall was a square metal building covering an extremely wide area.
“Is this Twilight Deep Well?” Angel asked doubtfully, pointing to the wide metal building.
David shook his head as he said: “This white wall is the entrance. The Wizard Market rarely exists in an open-air market setting, these markets mostly exist in different spaces. As for the building behind the wall, it seems to be some kind of theatre.”
“Enchanting Fragrance Grand Theatre, this is a wonderful place.” Promi said mysteriously as he added a smile.
It turns out this is Enchanting Fragrance Grand Theatre? Angel’s eyes stared as he paused for half a minute in contemplation.
“The performance repertoire brought by Enchanting Fragrance Grand Theater, tut tut… is very beautiful. You’re not kids anymore either. You can go and take a look when you’re free at a later time. But let’s head to Twilight Deep Well first. I can’t wait to check out the market to see if there are any long-ranged weapons which work against the undead.” Promi walked to the white wall as he said to Angel: “Just reach out with mental force tentacles and touch the white wall for the entrance to appear.”
As Promi spoke, he slowly integrated into the white wall.
“There seem to be signs of illusion spells at this entrance.” Angel thought to himself as he followed David into the white wall.
As if passing through a water curtain, Angel now finds himself in a magical and bustling street.
Although the people on the street are dressed differently, they have one thing in common. They scatter the light of magic power fluctuations from their bodies to warn others not to come near. The shops on both sides of the street are also related to wizards. On the left-hand side is a shop selling magic plants, the signboard is written in text Angel doesn’t know. On the right-hand side is a shop called “Mysterious Grocery Shop” which is covered by a black cloth. At a fork in the road directly opposite, Angel also sees a “Women’s Soup House” sign which is under the jurisdiction of a Blissful management branch.
In almost every shop, there is a magic array flashing a mysterious light. On one hand, it can be used for protection and concealment. On the other hand, can be used for attracting attention.
As Angel enters deeper into the Wizard Market, he noticed the current architectural layout here is very similar to Shadow Demon City. The streets are narrow and strewn at random. Walking through it, he couldn’t see the scene in the distance at all, only occasional seeing smoke from the kitchen chimneys.
With every few step, he can see magic patterns with red clouds coming from a well. Behind the patterns were still strange lights flashing from time to time. According to Promi, this is the symbol of Twilight Deep Well. The reason why it shines is actually the magic pattern being a small branch of a larger magic array. This magic array is used to monitor the entire Wizard Market and behind this magic array are several wizard families in control of Twilight Deep Well. They use this array as a means to avoid people causing trouble.
Along the way, Promi’s group came to a complex with a tree-shaped logo.
“This is the stronghold of the Savage Grottoes, and we can stay here free of charge with our bone card. Of course, you can only live in an ordinary room. But if you are willing to pay, you can live in a courtyard protected by a magic array.” Promi smiled and said to Angel: “Because of how often I come to pick up goods in this market, I have rented a courtyard here for a long time. Anyway, why don’t you stay with me for a few days, so you don’t have to get another room?”
Angel thought for a moment and nodded. Anyway, he didn’t intend on staying long, so no need to turn down Promi’s kind offer.
Promi smiled even wider and said: “I happen to have gained some alchemy insights recently. We can take this opportunity to communicate and share our experiences with each other.”
Angel’s eyes also brightened. Blending and enchantment are two completely distinct branches. Promi has no intention of studying enchantment, but Angel has an intention of learning blending. Therefore, Promi’s so-called communication is actually Promi teaching Angel in disguise. How can Angel miss such an easy opportunity?
Promi has always been very kind to him. Angel actually knows his purpose but doesn’t reject it. In fact, the act of exchanging interests actually leaves Angel more rest assured than those based on emotional exchanges. What’s more, Promi once saved his life. Even if Promi had a more utilitarian attitude, Angel would still acknowledge this grace.
The courtyard Promi rented isn’t large, and it’s about the same size as Angel’s rented house in Apprentice Town which is a three-story house. But the underground space for this place was so large that Promi uses it as a storage area which he fills with all kinds of materials. However, most of these are low-grade materials, and the slightly more valuable ones are directly shipped back to the Savage Grottoes by Promi.
“If only I had a space item for my materials, I would be able to ship all these materials back without having to run back and forth every time.” Promi sighed for a moment, then turned to Angel and said: “You can directly take whatever materials you fancy, and this will also reduce this brother’s burden.”
Angel smiled and said: “Then I’ll be impolite.”
“Yes, take whatever you want. If you can pack it all, you can take it all with you.” Promi waved his hand like a local tyrant.
“I don’t need other materials. I just want some Echo Flowers.” An Echo Flower is a very cheap material. Even if Angel directly reaches for it, he won’t feel guilty…
“Echo Flowers? I really don’t have any of this stuff here.” Promi was somewhat embarrassed as he said: “Echo Flowers are used in too few places. Its recording frequency has an upper and lower limit, and it has no problems recording ordinary sounds. But if you want to make a sound-based attack item, it won’t work. At present, the most common use of Echo Flowers is for making communicators.”
“Then forget it. I’ll go and look for it outside later.” Angel said.
After settling the group, Promi left in a hurry to find an undead restraint weapon. Angel had originally planned to head out and buy some of the materials he needed. But looking at the time, it was too late. He didn’t rest last night and didn’t rest well in the afternoon. Therefore, he decided to go to bed early and head out tomorrow.
Both Angel and David live on the second floor, just opposite the hall. When Angel returned to the room, David was in another room taking care of the little shadow servant boy.
“You swear, but in fact are still very gentle.” Angel leaned against the door and joked with a smile.
David cried out and said: “It’s not as though I want to take care of him, but master told me to watch over him and not let him freeze to death.”
“Then why don’t you just cover him with a quilt and go? What are you still doing there?” Angel asked.
“This shadow servant’s ability is too strange, I’m afraid he’ll wake up and disappear, so I can only watch over him.” David’s face is full of bitterness. He is a decent person, but he felt it too shameful for a transcendent person to take care of a mortal.
“Is that so, then let me liberate you.” Angel walked into the room and arranged a little basic illusion spell. The room immediately changed to appear stranger and the space inside seemed to take on a strange shape as it becomes upside down.
David is watching as Angel arranges an illusion spell. But when the illusion spell took shape, he still felt a bit confused. He was clearly standing up, but why does he feel like his body is standing upside down.
“This is no longer a basic illusion spell, right? It would be impossible for it to change one’s line of sight. If I hadn’t witnessed this or sensed with my mental force tentacles, I would’ve thought I was standing upside down.” David said as he marvelled.
“This is also a foundational illusion spell. This spell only slightly deceives the perception of space. In this way, even if he wakes up and finds out this was a fantasy world. He wouldn’t leave the room when his perception of direction and distance are wrong.” Angel explained.
“Deceive the perception of space? Are you sure this is a foundational illusion spell? This is not the case with foundational illusion spells I know.” David said.
Angel nodded his head with a frown while pointing his finger at his head and said: “Maybe I’ve been enlightened recently, and now there are many places for illusion spell to play.”
Having said that, Angel was ready to lift the fantasy world restrictions on David, but David refused.
“No, I’ll find my own way out. I don’t believe I can’t crack a Rewind Sound Illusion. It is after all a level 0 foundational illusion spell. It can’t entrap me!” David said as he puffed his chest out.
Angel covered his mouth and yawned as he said: “So be it. I’m too tired today. I’ll head to bed first.”