Chapter 2618 The Main Axis <TOC> Chapter 2620 The Remnant
Translator: SumTLMan
When Eremy is in shadow form, retracting and releasing at will poses no problem. But when it becomes the main axis necessary for the moving illusion realm, it cannot retract its shadow. If it does, the moving illusion realm will automatically dissipate.
Therefore, once they fly over at high altitude, while others can retract their shadows, Eremy cannot.
Moreover, this group of Wizard Eye Ghosts is currently in shadow form, in a state of shadow fusion, making them extremely sensitive to the shadows of living beings. What’s more, Eremy is a being with shadow attributes.
As long as Eremy flies over their heads, he will definitely alert this group of Wizard Eye Ghosts.
This is also the reason why Angel painstakingly had Speedling lift them up, then disguised an illusion, and walked beneath them.
Others couldn’t see this point, but how could the Black Count not notice?
“Actually, explaining clearly wouldn’t be a problem, but I think it’s a waste of words. Moreover, perhaps some curious soul would continue to ask, which would waste even more time. Besides, even if they understand this knowledge, they will have little use for it in the future. Therefore, giving a simple and happy answer makes everyone happy and saves the effort,” Angel replied.
“Although Sanders never explained to me why he sometimes suddenly becomes hypocritical, after hearing your explanation, I think his thoughts probably coincide with yours,” the Black Count paused and continued: “However, at least you give a barely acceptable explanation, but that guy Sanders… hehe, no wonder he can’t keep Samantha.”
At this point, Angel didn’t respond. He didn’t dare to gossip casually about his mentor and Samantha.
However, from multiple interactions between Sanders and Samantha, it could be seen that Sanders never took Samantha seriously. Instead, when Samantha looked at Sanders, her eyes were very complicated.
The Black Count seemed to notice Angel’s thoughts and deliberately began talking about Sanders and Samantha. But as Angel listened, he always felt that the fabrication was obvious, but he was too embarrassed to use the truth spell.
Just when the Black Count was talking on and on, and Angel remained silent, a breeze slowly swirled around him.
That familiar fluctuation made Angel turn his head in doubt: “Speedling? Did you find something?”
Speedling didn’t answer but created a small whirlwind beside Angel. When the whirlwind dissipated, a shiny object fell from the whirlwind, landing precisely in Angel’s palm.
Speedling’s actions did not escape the others. Everyone curiously watched this scene.
Angel didn’t know what was going on either. After communicating with Speedling, he learned that this item was secretly taken from one of the Wizard Eye Ghosts when Speedling lifted them up.
Because it was shiny, it might be some treasure. Having followed Angel for a long time, Speedling also understood the concept of exploration and treasure hunting, so it handed this thing over to Angel.
From the complacent emotions emanating from Speedling, Angel could roughly guess that Speedling did this purely to please him.
Seeing that everyone was curious, especially Daus, whose eyes were shining brightly, showing how intrigued he was about what Speedling gave to Angel.
Since everyone was curious, Angel didn’t keep it private. He explained the ins and outs of how Speedling obtained this item.
Then, in front of everyone, he opened his palm.
Everyone looked and saw a silver-white ring, resembling a ring but slightly larger; a normal person might only be able to wear it on their thumb.
This silver ring was made of metal, and the surface was very shiny, probably polished from frequent wearing by the Wizard Eye Ghost.
Also, because it was so shiny, it emitted a sparkling light.
But in fact, it was just a very, very ordinary metal object.
“Is this a space ring? But why can’t I feel any extraordinary aura? Is its concealment ability very strong?” Vai asked curiously.
The Black Count said: “I think your eyes have no reason to exist.”
Vai immediately covered his mouth and said nothing.
Kael carefully observed for a while and then asked Angel: “No traces of transcendence at all, is it because time has eroded it?”
Angel shook his head: “You can touch its material.”
At Angel’s suggestion, Kael took the silver ring, touched it for a moment, and hesitantly said: “Is it common iron mixed with noble silver?”
Angel nodded: “Yes, this thing shouldn’t have been made long ago; its purpose is unknown. It might be an ornament or perhaps an iron ring for binding and wrapping.”
In short, it’s just one sentence: an ordinary item.
The noble silver in the material sounds high-class, but it’s actually just a common metal, not real silver, but a silver-like metal. The refining method is simple, and the products have a silver texture. Many not-so-wealthy nobles like to use items made of this material to decorate their homes, making them look splendid, so it’s called noble silver.
Kael, somewhat embarrassed, handed the ring back to Angel. He had just thought it was some extraordinary item, but it turned out to be nothing. The materials used to build the Hanging Prison Stairs were worth countless times more than this thing.
Everyone’s words were also heard by Speedling. Although others couldn’t see it, Angel could feel Speedling’s emotions suddenly dropping.
Originally, Angel was going to discard it casually, but seeing Speedling’s dejected appearance, he thought for a moment and said: “Although this thing is not a treasure, I think it would be quite good to use as a ring.”
After Angel finished speaking, he turned and lifted Dangros, who was hanging on his shoulder.
“My hands are wearing gloves, so it’s inconvenient to put this on. I’ll leave it to you; you wear it for me.” Without further ado, Angel directly slipped the ring onto Dangros’ thumb.
Surprisingly, the size was a perfect fit.
Dangros itself was quite pleased; this thing was rather sturdy. Next time, if it got locked in the cabinet as punishment, it could quietly use it to smash a hole.
After handing the ring to Dangros, Angel sensed Speedling’s emotions once again.
He clearly felt that Speedling’s mood had improved.
“Your training is not bad. A simple action has made both your elemental companions look quite satisfied,” said the Black Count: “However, I must say, your elemental companions have the worst scent I’ve ever smelt. Both of them.”
“I really don’t know from which remote place you found them.”
The Black Count sighed deeply. Elemental companions that are so easily satisfied are hard to find nowadays.
Moreover, these two elemental companions have enormous potential, which made the Black Count somewhat envious. Although he also had elemental companions, his old pals wouldn’t get so excited over a useless iron ring.
Angel pondered the Black Count’s words carefully and felt he was quite right. Dangros only needed some quenching liquid to be happy all day. As for Speedling, they rarely communicated ordinarily, but judging from previous emotional perceptions, it was also an elemental creature who was easily satisfied.
Perhaps this was his good fortune… After all, the Tidal Realm is an undeveloped world, and the elemental creatures there basically have no discernment.
When the Tidal Realm is developed in the future, it will be difficult to find such easily cultivated elemental companions.
As Angel thought this, he secretly made a decision. Next time when he follows Lord Rhine back to the Tidal Realm, he would try his best to gather the elemental companions. Now they are still sprites; it should be easy to persuade them.
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Everyone continued forward. Along the way, they also encountered several waves of Wizard Eye Ghosts blocking the way, but as long as these Wizard Eye Ghosts were in “fusion cultivation,” Angel handled them as he did initially.
If they were not in fusion cultivation, it was even simpler. Generally, these Wizard Eye Ghosts were solitary; just walk past them directly. Anyway, with the moving illusion, they wouldn’t be discovered.
Although they didn’t encounter any danger along the way, it must be said that dark alleys are indeed environments that Wizard Eye Ghosts prefer.
The number of Wizard Eye Ghosts they encountered was increasing.
“If it weren’t for Lord Super Dimensional’s illusion realm, we would have had to fight our way through. So, it would have been better to take the little garden route at the beginning,” Vai complained again, praising his idol while criticizing his old friend.
“Nothing happened, so isn’t this quite safe?” Daus’ current attitude was not as solemn as before; he looked entirely relaxed. Vai could complain all he wanted; after all, they’ve come this far. Unless they encountered an invincible existence, they couldn’t possibly retreat.
Vai pouted: “Safety wasn’t brought by you.”
While the two of them were quarreling, the path in the dark alley was finally coming to an end. Ahead, they could already vaguely see some light.
However, before leaving the dark alley, they still had to deal with a group of four overlapping Wizard Eye Ghosts.
Although they knew they were cultivating, this posture was the most embarrassing they had seen so far. Even those spinning in circles were more creative than these four Wizard Eye Ghosts.
With the cooperation of Angel and Speedling, they still easily passed by.
However, Daus kept turning his head back, occasionally nodding, seemingly gaining some insight, as if evaluating that eye-burning posture in his mind.
No need to think to know that Daus’ mind was filled with inappropriate images. Regarding this, Angel didn’t mind. After all, it’s just thoughts in his head; he didn’t say it out loud to corrupt the apprentices.
When they walked out of the dark alley, their view suddenly broadened.
Although there were still a few buildings blocking the way ahead, through the gaps between these buildings, they could already see the location of the entrance.
“See, this route is quite safe, isn’t it?” Daus became proud at this moment.
Vai retorted: “Taking the twin towers or the little garden might have been safer, and we wouldn’t have wasted so much time!”
Daus replied: “Wasn’t I being cautious? Think about it yourself; don’t the twin towers and the little garden carry risks? Even if it’s a small risk, it could cause some harm to us. And the biggest risk on our side was just those insignificant Wizard Eye Ghosts.”
What Daus said was not wrong, but Vai treated it as wind passing by his ears.
Daus didn’t mind either, happily humming a little tune, looking very relaxed.
However, Angel could feel that Daus’ emotions were still tense. Although from the current situation, Daus’ choices were not wrong, after all, there was still some distance to the entrance.
No one knew whether any accidents would occur during this stretch.
Only when they finally reached the entrance smoothly did the struggle between Daus and his intuition come to an end.
On the other side, as soon as the others left the dark alley, they all looked around, checking for any dangers.
Fortunately, this was a small open square in front of those buildings. Although there were many Wizard Eye Ghosts, it was still very easy to find a safe path to the opposite side.
This time, not only Angel was planning the route, but Kael and Vai also started learning to plan routes.
Because the square was small, they planned the route relatively quickly. In the end, the routes planned by the three of them were all different.
Paradoxically, this is a boon; it indicates that there are plenty of gaps in the square, ample for the full deployment of the moving illusion realm.
Any route will suffice; we likely won’t encounter any Wizard Eye Ghosts. However, Angel still intended to let Daus decide. Besides, he hadn’t yet seen the route Daus had planned.
With this in mind, Angel turned to look at Daus.
He saw Daus standing atop a high platform, continually gazing toward the center of the square.
Angel glanced toward the center; the Wizard Eye Ghosts were densely clustered there, almost forming a small mountain.
“It appears that this is yet another new method of ‘fusion cultivation’ among the Wizard Eye Ghosts,” Angel thought.
“Stop staring and come choose a route,” Angel said to Daus through the mental connection.
After a long pause, Daus replied: “Well, well, well, who would’ve thought there’s such a beautiful one among the Wizard Eye Ghosts? This is the first time I’ve seen something like this, truly fascinating.”
After speaking, Daus even took out a recording stone to capture the distant scene.
Once Daus finished recording, he leaped down from the platform and said to Angel, who wore a speechless expression: “I’m documenting valuable information, you just don’t get it. Don’t believe me? Let me show you.”
Without giving Angel a chance to refuse, Daus directly activated the recording stone.
A curse was about to escape Angel’s lips, but when he saw the image projected from the recording stone, he was suddenly stunned.
Not only Angel; the two apprentices were also staring in disbelief.
While they had been planning the route earlier, they hadn’t noticed that such a unique Wizard Eye Ghost existed in the square.
Yes, unique.
The pile of Wizard Eye Ghosts resembling a small mountain that Angel had seen earlier wasn’t actually engaged in fusion cultivation; instead, they were surrounding and guarding a very Special Wizard Eye Ghost at the center.
This Wizard Eye Ghost stood atop the stone pedestal of a fountain’s statue, the statue had long since crumbled, and the pedestal had become a makeshift stage.
It swayed its hips, its entire posture exuding extreme allure. Even its hair was entirely different from the disheveled locks of other Wizard Eye Ghosts; not only was it neatly combed, but it was also secured with a forehead chain.
Moreover, this Wizard Eye Ghost was no longer clad in tattered rags but wore a complete white robe, seemingly made of some extraordinary material. However, lacking tailoring skills, the Wizard Eye Ghost could only wrap it around itself, adorning it with various beautiful chains and lavish ornaments like turquoise, rubies, cat’s eye stones, and more.
Even without tailoring, it was remarkably elegant.
This was a Wizard Eye Ghost with a sense of gender, aesthetic awareness, and the ability to adorn itself.
Even by human standards of beauty, this Wizard Eye Ghost was stunning. Of course, its essence remained that of a purple-scaled monster, but after grooming and dressing up, it had completely transformed.
“Well, what do you think? Isn’t it extraordinary? This is definitely precious material. Selling it to a gossip magazine would surely garner rave reviews,” Daus said, unable to hide his pride as he noticed everyone was entranced.
After speaking, Daus deliberately glanced at the Black Count, curious about his assessment.
It was rare for the Black Count to respond to Daus.
“A Wizard Eye Ghost possessing such self-management awareness must have integrated a vast amount of information, already budding with wisdom. I surmise that this creature is not far from reaching the realm of a formal wizard.”
“However, even among wizard-level Wizard Eye Ghosts, those with such self-management awareness are exceedingly rare. I must admit, this Wizard Eye Ghost is indeed exceptional.”
It was also the first time the Black Count had seen a Wizard Eye Ghost so fond of dressing up.
Moreover, the fact that this Wizard Eye Ghost had awakened self-management awareness made it all the more remarkable.
A Wizard Eye Ghost with self-management awareness means that with just one more step, it could communicate normally with other species. For wizards who enjoy researching Wizard Eye Ghosts, this is an object of significant value.
The Black Count wasn’t particularly interested in researching Wizard Eye Ghosts, so after a brief comment, he let it go. However, while he wasn’t interested in the Wizard Eye Ghost, he was quite intrigued by Angel’s reaction.
Although Kael and Vai both displayed astonished expressions at this special Wizard Eye Ghost, their surprise was written all over their faces, easy to discern.
Angel was different. He did show a hint of surprise, but more so… contemplation and doubt.
Such an expression appearing on Angel’s face was a rare sight.
The last time this expression emerged was when Angel saw the statue in the residential area.
Now, upon seeing this Wizard Eye Ghost, that expression surfaced again. What could be the reason behind this?