Chapter 2793 Second Treasure Appears <TOC> Chapter 2795 Intercept and Kill
Translator: SumTLMan
「Why do we have to use a newly made mirror?」 Daus asked curiously.
「A newly made mirror, in a short period of time, will not connect to the Mirror Domain. And as far as I know, among you there is someone who has a way to enter inside the mirror, and to take things out from within the mirror.」 Second Treasure let his gaze sweep over everyone, judged through the details, and finally stopped on Angel: so it is you after all?
Second Treasure’s mood was slightly complicated…… just as Angel had sensed at the very beginning, the members of the One-Eyed race, even the steady Gengar, actually have in their manner a certain aloof sense of superiority, as if they feel themselves a cut above others.
Second Treasure was the same as Gengar, because they very rarely came into contact with humans, they developed some prejudice in their view of humans. It did not particularly hate humans, but it also did not think very highly of humans.
But Angel’s appearance made it suddenly realize that even among the younger generation of humans, there exist those who shine dazzlingly like sunlight. Even Second Treasure had to admit that some of the traits and abilities on Angel had reached heights that it found hard to attain.
And he was still so young.
Second Treasure’s thoughts floated about only for the span of a blink. Very soon, it gathered up its emotions, and continued speaking：
「In short, as long as the Gray Merchant’s memories are placed inside a newly made mirror, he will be able at any time to pull the Gray Merchant’s memories back out. Otherwise, if they are left outside, they will only scatter away with the wind.」
Simply put, a newly manufactured mirror does not immediately connect with the Mirror Domain, and during this period, the space within the mirror surface exists independently of the Mirror Domain.
It counts as a relatively safe inner-mirror space, it will not be invaded by the creatures inside the mirror, and it will not encounter the danger of rules collapsing, the only drawback is that it is very fragile, and cannot bear any physical substance.
However, the Gray Merchant’s memories do not count as substance either, placed in this independent inner-mirror space there is no need to worry about danger. And Angel can take them out at any time, which is equivalent to having given the Gray Merchant’s memories a safe「home」.
Making a newly made mirror is also not difficult, they do not even need to be specially refined, just casually take a reflective crystal, directly cut one face, and it can become a mirror surface.
Next, Gengar entered the Mirror Domain within the fragment, while Angel took out a round crystal, cut one face from the side, then dipped it in silver powder and polished it for a moment, and it became a new「mirror」.
After finishing crafting the mirror, Angel only needed to wait for Gengar to bring the Gray Merchant’s memories out.
During the waiting process, Angel looked toward Second Treasure in the distance.
「Do you really not need me to help you pick a name?」
One-Eyed Second Treasure gave a cold laugh: 「I appreciate you, but that does not mean you have the qualifications to point fingers at my name.」
Angel shrugged: he really had not been pointing fingers, he had only been giving them a step down…… in the future, when asked why they had changed names, would they not be able to push all the blame onto him?
However, since the other party did not appreciate it, so be it.
Very soon, Gengar locked onto the Gray Merchant’s memories, and after sending a signal, Angel reached his hand into the broken mirror shard.
Previously, Angel had also put his hand into this fragment, but had not touched anything. This time, however, he clearly felt that there was something more in his palm.
It had no weight, and no tactile sensation, just like air, but Angel nevertheless was utterly certain that it existed.
Moreover, as its sense of existence gradually increased, some images seemed to surface before Angel’s eyes.
The protagonist of the images was all the Gray Merchant, he stood in front of the ruins that had just been burned, silent and speechless; he collapsed sitting on the ground, holding in his arms the corpse of a masked woman; he sat under a velvet-fluff tree, leaning against a tombstone, drinking mouthful after mouthful……
These images flashed by in an instant, but Angel could feel that as he suffered loss again and again, the Gray Merchant’s emotions changed from full of fervor, and began gradually to grow indifferent.
At the same time, although his strength did not change too much, he nevertheless drew closer and closer to that path of true knowledge that all wizards had long desired.
Angel now somewhat understood why the Gray Merchant so wanted to take back his memories, because these memories also meant walking together with true knowledge.
Only, the Gray Merchant who took back his memories perhaps would no longer be so gentle and refined in appearance……
In just a few seconds, Angel smoothly transferred the Gray Merchant’s memories into the newly made mirror.
Angel picked up the mirror, and could clearly see that the silhouette that had been within the fragment before had already shifted onto the newly made mirror surface.
The Gray Merchant’s shadow stood there quietly, just as he was each time he「lost」, so helpless and sorrowful.
「The memories of others are only those of others. Do not try to develop any emotion toward the people inside the memories, this will only affect your judgment.」 suddenly, Gengar’s voice came by his ear.
Angel lifted his head and looked over, only to see that Gengar, at some unknown time, had already left the Mirror Domain and returned to reality. At this moment, it was floating right in front of him.
「These are words spoken by the Sovereign Lord, and I think they should also be useful to you.」 Gengar said in all seriousness.
Angel smiled: 「Thank you, it really is very useful.」
Although Angel had not been affected by the Gray Merchant’s memories, Gengar’s reminder was not completely useless. To wallow in another’s memories, to be affected by another’s emotions, is a most low-grade form of empathy. This kind of empathy, aside from moving oneself, has no other use.
Previously, the reason Angel had fallen into deep thought was not because the Gray Merchant’s memories were so touching, but because he had been pondering a question：
The path that the Gray Merchant had walked, was it a path of ruthlessness, or a path of loss?
It seemed to be ruthless, but in fact it was only because he had lost things all along the way. Which of the two was it, that made him closer to true knowledge?
If it was「loss」, then to regain this memory again, was it good for him, or bad?
It was precisely because Angel himself happened to be stuck at this threshold that he would fall into contemplation because of these memories.
The path of true knowledge is like the awakening of Abyss Demons, it is a kind of metamorphosis. Although in the increase of power it is not as terrifying as a demon’s awakening, it nevertheless lays the foundation for the road of the future. Once it is walked wrongly, or does not suit oneself, then to want to turn back again will be very difficult.
「The Gray Merchant’s memories are handed over to you, Second Treasure and I will take our leave first…… I hope you will not violate the contract.」 Gengar drifted to Second Treasure’s side, and together with Second Treasure slowly sank down into the ground.
「Wait a moment.」 Angel opened his mouth and called them back.
Gengar looked toward Angel in puzzlement.
Angel: 「I still have one more question, do you know which Time Bodies your mother will send this time?」
This question was still rather important, if only a single Time Body came, then it would be easy to deal with. If there were multiple Time Bodies, they might have to be more cautious.
Gengar glanced at One-Eyed Second Treasure, and seeing that the latter had no particular reaction, said: 「I do not know. However, it should not be Childlike Heart.」
In other words, it would be either Maiden Heart or Motherly Heart alone, or the two of them coming together.
Angel nodded: 「Alright, I understand.」
Gengar did not speak again, and sank into the ground together with Second Treasure.
Once Gengar and Second Treasure had left, Angel began to pack up the external formation discs on the ground, while at the same time thinking about how they should respond if Maiden Heart Younus and Motherly Heart Younus arrived together.
After roughly half a minute, Angel finally finished putting away the external formation discs.
Watching Angel put the formation discs into his space one by one, Daus said thoughtfully: 「Have you thought about how, after using these formation discs to deal with Younus later, you are going to recover the formation discs?」
Angel glanced at Daus, and said carelessly: 「Why do we have to recover them?」
Daus: 「So you are just going to leave them?」
Angel: 「Do you think we will have time to go and recover the formation discs?」
Setting up the formation discs can be very fast, but recovering the formation discs requires resetting the energy nodes of the magic formation, and the speed will be much slower; just like this time, he had spent half a minute to retrieve the formation discs. When facing Younus, let alone half a minute, even one or two seconds more could lead to the loss of people.
Therefore, Angel definitely had no way to recover the formation discs. This was not extravagance either, it belonged to necessary expenditure.
Although Daus also understood this principle, the moment he thought about the value of these formation discs, he felt a wave of heartache.
「If you are interested in formation discs, once we get to Phantom Island, I can teach you how to make formation discs. Mm…… as it happens I am still short of an assistant.」 Angel said, stroking his chin.
The heartbroken expression on Daus’ face immediately vanished, his whole person turned blank and wooden, disguising himself as a wooden man, as if he could not hear any sound from the outside.
Although Angel could see that Daus still felt very resistant inside to following him, at least compared to when he had first been shouting that「freedom is priceless」, he had eased up a great deal.
Angel no longer shot arrows into Daus’ heart, but instead stood up, stretched lazily a little, and then tossed the stone slab in his hand back to the Black Count.
The Black Count: 「You do not need it anymore?」
Angel nodded: 「The earth veins you recorded, my lord, helped me a great deal, and they were also the main reason I was able to smoothly find the breakthrough point this time. However, for the moment I do not need them.」
「A magic formation as enormous as these underground sewers has a very high degree of structural and logical rigor. It is just like solving a problem, as long as one knows several necessary conditions, it is not a difficult matter to deduce the corresponding patterns.」
It could be said that the stone slab was the anchor point, while the magic formation was the changing problem surface. As long as the anchor point was fixed, no matter how the problem’s surface changed, one could eventually find the patterns to break it.
Of course, the「magic formation」Angel spoke of here did not refer to the entire magic formation of the underground sewers, but referred only to the energy nodes of the magic formation.
Because his method of restraining Gengar and Second Treasure involved only a portion of the energy nodes of the magic formation.
The Black Count: 「Only you would say it like this.」
In Angel’s view it was not a difficult matter, but for ninety-nine percent of wizards, this was a nearly impassable chasm.
Just like the Black Count, although he could draw the so-called「earth veins」, he was also at a loss as to how to achieve his goal through these records.
Even up to now, the Black Count still did not know how Angel had managed it?
The Black Count was not someone who, for the sake of face, was unwilling to ask questions; since he did not understand, he directly voiced his doubts.
Angel had originally also prepared to explain the principles, in order to avoid everyone panicking if they truly encountered Younus; now that the Black Count had raised the question, he took the opportunity to lay out his own method.
「The Sovereign of Wisdom said before that Younus’ devouring ignores all defenses, as long as one is within the range of its devouring, no matter how strong one’s strength is it is useless. And just now, when Gengar and Second Treasure cooperated and simulated Younus’ devouring, they proved this point.」
When Angel spoke to this point, everyone thought of the earlier situation; as long as they stood above the hole, they lost all their strength, and could not mobilize their energy, becoming completely like cattle and horses to be slaughtered at will.
Even if the hole was only bowl-mouth sized, as long as some part of their body stepped onto it, it would cause their whole bodies to lose control. It could be seen how powerful this so-called「devouring」ability was.
How had Angel broken such a powerful ability?
The answer was: Borrowing Power.
「Through the stone slab the Black Count lent me, I saw the energy lines within the surrounding earth, and I discovered one point: no matter how strong the devouring ability was, the energy lines in the surrounding earth still remained as balanced as before, and were not affected by it. This meant that the devouring ability was still not stronger than the suppression force brought by the entire magic formation of the underground sewers.」
「That is to say, this ability in the outside world without precautions could be called unsolvable. But here, it was being utterly suppressed by the enormous magic formation.」
「After drawing this conclusion, the way to break the hole became very simple, one only had to borrow power.」
Borrow whose power? Naturally the power of the magic formation.
Angel spoke of it simply, but everyone knew, just as the Black Count had said earlier, only Angel himself felt it was simple. For them, it was enough to listen to the principles, and then put on an expression of sudden enlightenment.
As for truly learning it? Impossible. They still had quite a clear sense of their own limits.
「Through observation, I confirmed one point, the hole that Gengar and Second Treasure opened up, even though in some places it passed through the conduits of energy flow within the magic formation, such conduits would not exceed a certain number……」
Because the magic formation has backup energy conduits, cutting off a few of them is no problem.
「Perhaps three or five is the limit, if there are more, the blocking of the energy conduits will inevitably cause backlash, and it will turn into the entire magic formation dumping pressure down.」
「Faced with the suppression of the whole magic formation, the hole will inevitably be affected.」
「And all I need to do is, through external formation discs, to take over the energy lines in this area, so that I can freely adjust the positions of the energy flows. Once they appear, I only need to move a large amount of the energy flow toward the hole’s location, and I can suppress the opening and closing of the hole.」
「Previously, the reason their hole was difficult to open was actually because it was being suppressed by the magic formation, which caused their ability to be obstructed.」
After Angel finished explaining his own method, everyone listened and nodded again and again.
The method was indeed very simple, Angel could finish explaining it in just a few sentences. But to actually carry it out, even ten of them, a hundred of them added together, would have no way to do it.
So it was enough just to listen to the principles.
After listening to Angel’s account, Daus asked curiously: 「According to what you said, three or five conduits are the limit, so how many energy lines did you just mobilize to suppress their hole?」
「More than twenty, I suppose.」 Angel paused: 「In fact, more than twenty was only the capacity of two external formation discs; with the number of formation discs I had just laid out, I could actually mobilize more than a hundred energy lines.」
The reason he had not mobilized them all was because Angel had been testing the lower limit of capacity. And preparing more formation discs was in order to guard against any contingency.
Moreover, Gengar was Gengar, and Younus was Younus, their levels were different in themselves, so there was no need to go all out.
Chapter 2793 Second Treasure Appears <TOC> Chapter 2795 Intercept and Kill