Chapter 2793 Second Treasure Appears

Chapter 2792 Total Annihilation <TOC> Chapter 2794 Borrowing Power

Translator: SumTLMan

「It was I who called Second Treasure over.」 At this moment, Gengar, who had remained silent all along, spoke up: 「Although I can imitate Mother’s ability, this itself is not my innate talent, and while I am imitating it, I cannot do anything else. If I nullify energy, then I cannot expand the hole’s opening; and when I am opening and closing the hole, I cannot achieve the nullification of energy.」

「So, I need Second Treasure to coordinate with me.」

Gengar’s words also answered some of the doubts in Angel’s heart.

No wonder, when he and Kael had first fallen into the ground hole, he had not felt the energy being nullified, but when they came out later, when the ground hole opened a second time, there appeared above the hole a sensation of energy being swallowed. It turned out that, when Gengar was imitating Younus’ ability, he could only imitate one type.

Previously Gengar had purely been opening and closing the ground hole and had not needed to nullify energy, therefore it alone could handle it. Now they not only had to expand the ground hole but also had to realize energy nullification above the hole, and they needed One-Eyed Second Treasure’s cooperation, which was why Second Treasure had appeared here.

As for why, after Second Treasure came, it hid in the dark. Perhaps it was because of its personality; compared with facing things head-on, it preferred to observe in secret.

「So that’s how it is.」 Angel nodded in understanding.

Gengar: 「Although Second Treasure does not care how you discovered him, I am a little curious, how were you able to discover it?」

One must know, Angel was at this moment inside its stomach. And One-Eyed Second Treasure had previously been in the outside world, including its main body also being outside; clearly separated by its own body, how had Angel accurately discovered Second Treasure?

As Gengar’s question fell, One-Eyed Second Treasure at the side, seemingly unconcerned, was actually also waiting for Angel’s answer.

One-Eyed Second Treasure’s previous show of indifference was only on the surface; inwardly, it still cared a little.

Angel: 「This, ah……」

Angel deliberately paused for a moment, heightening everyone’s curiosity, then said with a squinting smile: 「…… It’s a secret, you know.」

Having been played, Second Treasure snorted coldly once, but did not say anything.

Gengar, however, revealed a disappointed expression; it actually cared very much about the matter of Second Treasure being discovered by Angel. If Angel could discover it, could others also discover it, and if one day the underground waterways were breached, would their One-Eyed clan not all be exposed in front of everyone’s eyes?

Perhaps seeing that Gengar was brooding over it, or perhaps simply wanting to hold down first before raising up, in order to lower the other party’s expectations a bit, Angel, after pausing for three or four seconds, suddenly activated his right eye.

The originally obscure green runes, under Angel’s active stimulation, began to grow active.

A strange mask outline gradually took shape near Angel’s right eye.

Everyone looked at this scene in shock and doubt, especially Gengar; the energy Angel had triggered inside its own body, it actually could not understand at all, and it had not triggered its innate suppression. Those strange green runes, and that glowing right eye, were like an energy existing independently outside, not subject at all to the limitations of space or of Gengar’s innate talent.

What exactly was this ability? Gengar wanted to observe carefully, but to its slight disappointment, Angel only stimulated his right eye once, letting that strange mask appear for an instant, then voluntarily withdrew the energy again.

Only the green runes faintly emerging in his right eye indicated that the previous anomaly had not been an illusion.

After Angel withdrew the green runes, he gave Gengar a meaningful smile.

Gengar seemed to think of something: 「So this is your…… secret?」

Angel did not answer, merely maintained his silence and at the same time maintained his air of mystery.

Gengar seemed to have realized something and did not continue to press. In its view, it could basically be confirmed that Angel was able to discover Second Treasure because of the green runes in his right eye.

As for what the green runes in that right eye were, Gengar felt it was not important. Everyone has secrets; they have them, the Sovereign of Wisdom has them, and they have them as well.

From the astonished looks in Angel’s companions’ eyes, one could tell that this kind of ability of Angel’s was probably unique to him alone; just as every member of their One-Eyed family had a special innate talent, it was unique and exclusive.

Since it was not a universal and widely applicable ability, there was no need to worry too much. Even should the day truly come when the underground waterways were breached, they would not have to worry about being discovered.

「He doesn’t dare answer you because he knows he cannot tell a lie inside your body.」 At this moment, Second Treasure’s voice came.

On hearing this, Gengar also felt it made some sense.

Angel looked toward Second Treasure: 「If a secret is spoken out, can it still be called a secret?」

Second Treasure: 「Then what were you just doing, a performance?」

Angel: 「If you want to take it as a performance, you may, as you please. I have never said that this is my secret, and I have never said that this is not my secret.」

After he finished speaking, seeing that Second Treasure was still full of doubt and seemed about to continue questioning, Angel simply cut him off in advance: 「Believe it if you like, or don’t believe it if you like, it’s all the same; after all, this is…… my secret.」

Angel had all but said the two words 「how rude」, but not saying them was better than saying them, because Second Treasure had a sort of feeling that the look in Angel’s eyes toward him was as if he were looking at a stubborn, naughty bear child, and as an outsider, there was simply no need to talk etiquette with a bear child.

This kind of look was even more insulting to Second Treasure than saying it outright, and Second Treasure also found it hard to flare up, because the other party from start to finish put on an air of magnanimity, which instead set off himself as being unreasonable and making a fuss.

Most importantly, Big Treasure had accepted the other party’s words. Even his own elder brother acknowledged the other side; if he kept on and on arguing this topic, he would only appear all the more discourteous.

So, Second Treasure fell silent.

Everyone at the side had witnessed this small verbal clash; they also saw the ever-changing expressions on Second Treasure’s face and his final silent speechlessness. They were all people who had lived for several decades or even hundreds of years, how could they not see the subtleties within?

To put it plainly, it was just that Second Treasure thought too much, so he felt upset in his heart; while Gengar only looked at the literal wording on the surface and therefore felt that everything was entirely reasonable.

Sometimes thinking too much is instead a source of worry.

……

After experiencing this small disturbance, Gengar pulled the question back onto the right track: 「You really have a lead?」

Angel nodded: 「You could say I have some idea, if the coordination between you and Second Treasure really can reach the level of your mother Younus. I should have the confidence, under the condition of not harming Younus, to go to the Wise One’s Great Hall.」

Gengar and Second Treasure exchanged a glance; they still somewhat could not believe that Angel had found a way to break through so quickly?

「Are you certain?」

Angel shrugged: 「I am not certain. Wasn’t I asking you? Has your coordination with Second Treasure really reached Younus’ level?」

Gengar nodded: 「Although the size of the opening is much smaller than Mother’s, all the other abilities are the same as Mother’s.」

Angel: 「Then that is about enough.」

Angel paused: 「Now we should be able to sign that not-so-equal contract.」

Although signing the contract was a good thing for Gengar, it still wanted to know how Angel had done it; it would be best if he could replay it once.

In response to Gengar’s request, Angel also put forward a condition: 「If you can manage, when Younus asks you, to the extent that you can also help to conceal it. Then I can try once more.」

Angel actually also wanted to run through it once more to avoid any mistakes, but once he truly replayed it, it would mean that Gengar and Second Treasure would both know how he had done it.

Then if Younus learned of it and questioned the two brothers, having prepared in advance. The method that Angel currently had in mind could also be broken.

Therefore, if he truly had to demonstrate it once, Angel needed Gengar and Second Treasure to first make a guarantee.

In fact, it was simply that he did not trust their integrity.

Gengar said very firmly: 「Mother will not ask.」

Angel: 「Why are you so sure? Do you think your own mother has no curiosity? Perhaps Younus with her motherly heart treats you leniently as a mother would, but do her maiden’s heart and child’s heart have no curiosity?」

「Taking a step back, Younus indeed might not ask, but if the one behind her knows, and has her ask on her behalf?」

Gengar was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to answer first……only after quite a while did it say: 「How did you know that Mother has a maiden’s heart and a child’s heart?」

Angel: 「The three Time Bodies, a woman who called herself Laplace…… oh, no, to be precise, a woman whose abbreviated name is Laplace told us.」

「Laplace…… it is her?」 Gengar and Second Treasure looked at each other and both fell into contemplation; judging from their expressions, they seemed to have some indescribable fear of the existence represented by this name.

A few seconds later, Gengar came back to himself and did not continue to ask about Laplace; instead, as though in order to avoid suspicion, he deliberately steered away from questions that might involve her and said: 「If you care very much about this point, I can add a clause to the contract, that I will not tell anyone, not even Mother or the Sovereign of Wisdom.」

On the surface Angel nodded and began to negotiate with Gengar about the contract, but inwardly he was secretly thinking that, sure enough, Laplace was a very special existence in the Mirror World; otherwise Gengar and Second Treasure would not avoid her so much, going so far as to skirt around even when conversation touched upon her.

Unfortunately, Laplace had already left, and it was impossible to know when they would see her again.

The process of signing the contract with Gengar was very quick; during it, Second Treasure kept staring at the contract clauses, seemingly very worried that they would play tricks in the contract.

Angel had an illusion, perhaps the more important reason Gengar had called Second Treasure over was actually to supervise the contract terms？

In any case, Second Treasure did not find any fault in the contract clauses.

Overall, these counted as not very fair terms, but they were still within the scope they could accept. At least, after signing the contract, there was a certain tacit understanding between them and Gengar and Second Treasure, and they did not need to worry about being stabbed in the back.

After signing the contract, Gengar let everyone out.

However, the matter was not yet finished; Gengar would make another sneak attack, thereby testing whether Angel’s method would truly work.

When everyone once more stood on the ground, Daus looked toward Angel: 「You really have a way now?」

The others also looked over curiously.

Angel did not answer, but picked up the slab the Black Count had given him and began to observe the surrounding energy lines. As he observed, he also cautiously placed several external formation plates at several points where the lines intersected.

The last time Gengar’s sneak attack had come very quickly; he also could not be sure whether this time Gengar would pull the same trick again.

In order to avoid overturning, Angel also did not have time to answer the others, but instead began setting up the external formation disc, attempting to quickly take over the flow of energy in this area.

Angel spent about half a minute and finished arranging the external formation disc in this area, and not long after he finished, Gengar’s sneak attack finally came

Only this time, everyone discovered it in advance.

Although everyone had heightened their vigilance, the reason everyone discovered it in advance was not only their alertness; there was also another reason, which was that the ground hole was smaller than before. And it was much, much smaller.

Previously, the moment the ground hole appeared, it was about the size of a wellhead and could directly make a person fall in. But now, the entrance of the ground hole was roughly the size of a dinner plate, although it was still slowly enlarging, this nevertheless gave people time to react.

The position where the ground hole appeared was still beneath Kael’s feet, it had to be said, Gengar and Second Treasure really loved Kael deeply.

One of Kael’s feet had already entered the ground hole, although it was only one foot, his whole body seemed to have lost all strength and he was unable to escape on his own.

However, although Kael personally could not escape, he was not the only one present.

Daus grabbed Kael’s wrist and with a light tug pulled him out.

What was different from before was that Daus’ hand was not above the ground hole; energy nullification was useless against him, and without any loss of strength he could easily rescue Kael.

And after Kael was pulled out, he quickly fled the ground hole’s range.

The ground hole seemed also to realize that something was wrong and slowly began to close, the speed of closure was much slower than before and belonged to a closure visible to the naked eye.

After it closed, Gengar prepared another sneak attack.

And this time the target was Angel.

However, Angel had been continually observing the 「Earth-Vein Recording」 and easily discovered that the flow of energy had changed, at the instant Gengar was about to open the ground hole, he retreated several steps ahead of time.

The ground hole opened, still only the size of a dinner plate……

After struggling for quite a while, the ground hole finally expanded with difficulty to the size of a basin opening, and it took a full half minute. To enlarge it further was already very hard, because the surrounding energy lines were being squeezed.

In the end, Gengar and Second Treasure abandoned the plan of continuing the sneak attack.

Gengar and Second Treasure flew out from within the ground hole, after they flew out, the first thing they looked at was not the crowd but the external formation plates scattered all around.

「Sure enough, it was achieved by controlling the magic formation……」 Second Treasure said in a low voice.

After Second Treasure finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Angel, who was holding the slate, and for the first time spoke words of affirmation: 「Your attainment in magic formations is very strong.」

Angel gave a faint smile and did not speak; instead, Vai at the side said proudly: 「That is only natural, even the Sovereign of Wisdom has said that only the lord has the possibility of passing Younus’ trial unscathed.」

Although Vai’s words had an element of exaggeration, Second Treasure still agreed with him.

It had also come here in order to see whether this team really had the ability to use a clever method to get through Mother’s trial, if they used a method of forcing their way through or any other method that would harm Mother, Second Treasure would stop them here.

But Angel had used the energy flow of the magic formation to limit Mother’s ability, and this was actually the best method. At the same time, it was also the most difficult method, because the magic formation of the underground sewers was too vast and too grand, for ordinary people, let alone borrowing the power of the magic formation to control the path of energy, even not being killed by the magic formation’s traps would already be considered good.

And the fact that Angel could borrow the power of the magic formation meant that his attainment in magic formations was out of the ordinary.

It was no wonder the Sovereign of Wisdom acknowledged him and had indicated to them that this little team of theirs would not harm Younus.

Second Treasure looked at Angel: 「This method I approve of, however, you should also know the weakness of this method, it is very hard to move. Still, the Sovereign of Wisdom has also said that you have already inferred Mother’s position, so you should be able to pass quickly through that fork in the passage.」

By the end, Second Treasure and Gengar spoke almost at the same time: 「You have passed.」

As far as they were concerned, Angel’s method had passed, and they would no longer obstruct Angel and the others from going forward.

In addition, at this time Gengar also displayed his sincerity: 「Prepare a newly made mirror, and I can help you extract the Gray Merchant’s memories right now.」

Originally, Gengar had planned to wait until they had passed Mother’s trial before releasing the Gray Merchant’s memories, but now Angel had proven his own ability. Using the method of restricting energy through the magic formation, passing Mother’s trial would not be difficult, so it was willing to release the Gray Merchant’s memories ahead of time.

Chapter 2792 Total Annihilation <TOC> Chapter 2794 Borrowing Power