Chapter 2796 Childlike Heart’s Debate <TOC> Chapter 2798 Special Individual
Translator: SumTLMan
「It is leaving just like this？」 Daus muttered： 「After all that apologizing, there is no compensation？」
「Why care about compensation？」 Angel said softly： 「Actually, sometimes, when there is only an apology and no compensation, I prefer that instead.」
Daus glanced at Angel, and said irritably： 「Because I care about compensation, so I care about why it is not compensating！」
「I know what you are thinking, it is nothing more than that, sometimes by not compensating, one instead obtains even more…… that kind of game theory in psychology.」
「But from my point of view, on the practical level, it is only immediate compensation that brings satisfaction. Who cares about that little bit of psychological indebtedness.」
Daus was not stupid either, so he naturally understood that Angel was a person who cared more about 「indebtedness」 than about 「settling things even」.
This kind of thing could not be said to be wrong, it could only be said to suit people whose pockets had surplus, and had a lot of surplus at that. For people like Daus, who were often hard-pressed, what they cared about more was the benefit right in front of them.
Angel also understood that when circumstances differed, the angle from which one viewed a problem naturally also differed, and there was no distinction of right or wrong. Therefore, he did not argue with Daus either, he merely slowly and methodically put away the formation discs on the ground, while at the same time speaking of the matter everyone cared about most
How had he encountered Childlike Heart Younus, and in that short span of time, what exactly had happened？
The entire mental course was roughly that he had suddenly encountered it, then been threatened, and later discovered that the other party was a fool.
After Angel finished recounting it, he shrugged： 「At the time I also did not know it was Childlike Heart Younus, I only felt that there was something wrong with this fellow’s brain, why would it mutilate itself, and even use its own blood, to write a line of bloody words that completely lacked any sense of threat and were full of grammatical errors.」
「If One-Eyed Second Treasure had not suddenly mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that there was such a scene.」
As he spoke to this point, Angel had also finished retrieving all of the external formation discs. He stood up and gestured： 「It is time to go, the next thing we should be facing is Motherly Heart Younus…… it is not far from us, it will probably very soon sense our existence.」
The matter of Childlike Heart Younus counted as a small interlude, for them, the real test would be Motherly Heart Younus.
This one could basically be said to be the complete form of Younus, and its strength was estimated to also be the most powerful among the three time bodies. Most importantly, Motherly Heart Younus was probably what Gastly and Second Treasure cared about the most.
If Childlike Heart Younus were damaged, they could view it rationally, and offer an apology. But if it were changed to Motherly Heart being harmed, the probability was that it would be different.
However, as for how to get around Motherly Heart Younus, they already had a strategy, so they were not panicking either.
What Angel was more worried about, was still that road after the Wise Hall.
That infant spirit spoken of by the person who had passed him the message, just how terrifying was it? This was still an unknown.
The group set out once again, and this time, their expressions were no longer as relaxed as before.
According to Angel’s statement, judging from the energy flow of the magic formation, they were getting closer and closer to Motherly Heart Younus. Perhaps the fork would be not far away, perhaps even around any corner ahead there might be an ambush from Motherly Heart. Precisely because of this, everyone raised their vigilance, after all, what they were facing was a transcendent creature that had not even been recorded in 《Where Are the Magical Beasts》.
But in reality, the solemnity on Angel’s surface was more of an act. His so-called determination of the distance to Motherly Heart Younus by means of the energy flow of the magic formation, was also false.
The energy flow of the magic formation could not explain anything. The reason he could judge that they were getting closer and closer to the fork, was purely because he had walked past that fork before.
And because Angel knew where the fork was, he was not panicking, and he had already calculated in his mind long ago that the most suitable time point to release the formation discs, was the placement positions of the formation discs.
It could be said that, compared with the previous two times when Gastly had suddenly appeared and the formation discs had been placed in haste, this time Angel would be even more confident. After all, Gastly’s surprise attack was equivalent to a moving target post, whereas Motherly Heart Younus was a fixed target post, and a fixed target post with a known position. One could completely preset positions in advance, to increase the degree of certainty.
However, none of this was easy to say aloud, so, Angel still had to be the same as everyone else, putting on a solemn look, and at the same time making an expression of tightly furrowed brows, as though he were thinking and calculating.
In reality, Angel’s so-called contemplation was nothing more than continuously simulating in his mind all kinds of situations that might occur, and among all the situations that might occur, finding a point of balance, and using this point of balance as the standard, to arrange the external formation discs.
That is to say, to optimize the placement coordinates of the external formation discs.
This was something Angel absolutely had not dared to do previously when he had been ambushed by Gastly, for fear that one second later the sinkhole would grow larger. But when facing Younus, it was something he could try to optimize, so as to achieve the best effect.
After walking another roughly one hundred meters, the light ahead became darker and darker, as though the lamplight were being eroded by an unknown darkness.
Even the walls around them, which had originally been smooth and level, began to show pitted and uneven traces.
An old, decayed smell also spread through the air.
「The fork may be arriving soon, be careful.」 Angel once again issued a warning in the mental connection, and what they saw and heard before their eyes indeed also caused everyone to begin becoming cautious and solemn.
In reality, Angel actually knew that the fork was still some distance away. The abrupt change in the surrounding environment should have had little to do with Younus, but the environmental change instead made Angel feel a bit more at ease.
Because the situation on this side in the Nightmare Plane, was roughly like this as well.
And what the Nightmare Plane reflected was very likely Nightfall City from ten thousand years ago, so, had ruin already appeared here ten thousand years ago? Perhaps, something had happened in this corridor ten thousand years ago？
Angel carefully observed for a while. Although damage had appeared on the wall surface, the magic formation remained completely intact, which made him feel a little more at ease.
If even the magic formation had developed problems, then whether they could continue forward next would be hard to say.
The farther forward they went, the dimmer the lamplight around them became.
Previously, it had still been a spacious passage brightly illuminated by lights, but now, it was somewhat like a tomb passage in a graveyard, narrow and gloomy.
And this kind of cramped environment, for a transcendent lifeform like Younus that could create large-scale, long-distance, and nearly unsolvable sinkholes, was comparatively advantageous.
Cramped meant that it was difficult to hide, narrow and long meant that even if one fled one could only follow the slender road, and, there were no other escape passages here either, completely fitting Younus’s abilities.
As long as Younus concealed itself underground, and silently waited for people to walk over, it could easily swallow them up.
Even if Younus hid underground and was discovered, it did not matter, because here there was one road and only one road, you either turned back, or else continued forward.
Going forward meant inevitably being swallowed up.
The road back was also not absolutely safe, because a very long stretch of the road back was likewise narrow and without forks, and even if Younus pursued, it would be very easy, with no need to worry that the enemy would escape.
Younus had calculated very well, and in fact this indeed was also the best hunting location.
But what it just happened to encounter was someone who understood magic formations, and Angel’s magic formation knowledge had been learned from Margaret’s secret chamber, and was even the enhanced version exclusively supplied to the Nightmare Plane. And the magic formations nearby, including the magic formations in the Ruin Site, had all been laid out by Margaret.
So, this also counted as Younus just happening to kick an iron plate……
……
When the lamplight had dimmed to the point that it almost stretched the wall shadows on both sides into gloomy grilles, Daus suddenly said softly in the mental connection： 「Do you all feel that there is a bit of something wrong ahead.」
Angel naturally knew that there was something wrong ahead, because in that gloomy place ahead there was a corner, and past that corner was the fork where Younus had laid its ambush.
Angel had originally still been thinking about whether he should once again use the energy flow within the magic formation as an excuse, to tell everyone that he had already discovered where Younus was. Now it seemed, there should be no need.
When Daus was arguing for the sake of arguing or simply running his mouth, everyone could ignore his words；but when he opened his mouth to issue a warning, no one would take it as a joke.
Along the way, everyone had already witnessed how formidable his intuition was, so once he began issuing a warning, every single person became cautious.
Vai asked in the mental connection： 「Could it be that ahead is the fork？」
Daus had no way to judge whether it was a fork, but he felt a sense of pressure at the center of his brows, and the more they walked forward, the greater this sense of pressure became.
When the heavy atmosphere shrouded everyone, Angel finally opened his mouth and said： 「Vai’s guess may be true, the possibility that there is a fork ahead is very great.」
After a pause, Angel continued： 「If the fork really is ahead, then pay attention, Younus may already have discovered us.」
Regarding Angel’s judgment, everyone also trusted it comparatively much, because the atmosphere around them, indeed was becoming stranger and stranger.
The dim light source would not make them afraid, but that chill that seeped into the bones, did make everyone’s whole bodies feel somewhat numb…… this was not any good omen.
Just as Angel said, if Younus was right ahead, then it definitely had already noticed them. Perhaps, that strange chill around them, was caused by Younus gazing at them.
As for why Younus still had not made a move even now, it was probably waiting for them to walk into the net themselves. In any case there was only this one road ahead, it could completely, without expending effort, sit by the stump and wait for rabbits.
Regardless of whether Younus was ahead, at this moment everyone’s psychological pressure had already been pulled to the fullest, and their footsteps had also begun to grow heavy and slow.
However, this kind of slowed pace did not mean that they were afraid, but rather a kind of…… buildup of strength.
Under Angel’s reminder, they had already begun constructing in the Mental Space various cantrips and spells that amplified speed.
Only waiting for the moment a sudden change occurred, and Angel threw out the formation discs, they would unleash all their strength without the slightest hesitation, and rush past the fork.
……
On the other side, at a secluded corner of a magnificent stone great hall, the flames of the fireplace brought a little faint radiance, and the youth transformed from the Sovereign of Wisdom lay lazily upon a soft fur carpet.
Beside him, there lay a book, opened, yet face-down upon the carpet, as though he had been reading before this.
But now, his gaze was looking toward an oval bronze mirror above the fireplace that had exquisite frame patterns.
Inside the bronze mirror, a young girl whose silver-white hair occupied more than half of the mirror surface, was using those indifferent heterochromatic eyes devoid of all feeling, to look at the Sovereign of Wisdom through the mirror.
If Angel and the others had been here, they definitely would have recognized at once that this silver-haired heterochromatic girl, was precisely the one who had met them before…… Laplace Gleipnir Luigi.
Sovereign of Wisdom： 「So, you did not give Angel gift words？」
Laplace said indifferently： 「If the Angel you are speaking of is that blond-haired youth, then indeed I did not.」
As for Laplace pointing out that Angel was blond-haired, rather than red-haired, the Sovereign of Wisdom was not surprised. Because he had seen Angel’s 「original appearance」 on the True Word Book, and it was long golden hair.
「Do you know what the reason is？」 the Sovereign of Wisdom asked.
Laplace seemed somewhat hesitant. After pondering for a moment, she still replied： 「According to what he himself said, it may be an alchemy item bestowed by the Time Thief, that concealed the bond.」
When the Sovereign of Wisdom heard the name Time Thief, he frowned slightly, but he did not make an evaluation of what Laplace had said, instead he asked in return： 「Do you believe it？」
Laplace： 「Generally speaking, I do not characterize an uncertain answer, but since it is the Wise One asking, I can only speak of my view.」
「I believe the possibility of this answer exceeds fifty percent.」
Sovereign of Wisdom： 「Which is to say, you still probably believe it.」
Laplace hesitated for a moment： 「More or less.」
「Since you believe it, then I will not believe it.」 The Sovereign of Wisdom suddenly laughed, and spoke these 「rebellious」 words in a teasing tone.
Laplace： 「Why？」
Sovereign of Wisdom： 「Because I have always favored the minority.」
Laplace gave a light snort, and did not believe this reason, but she also did not ask again, instead she said： 「This time the gift words did not succeed, so, the Wise One’s favor can only be repaid next time.」
Although only Angel alone had not succeeded, to Laplace, if one person had not succeeded then it equaled failure.
「If the Wise One has no other matters, then I will leave first.」
The Sovereign of Wisdom nodded： 「Is your main body all right？」
Laplace’s figure gradually disappeared within the bronze mirror, and before she completely vanished, her voice passed out： 「The main body, still needs to slumber……」
As the voice fell, Laplace completely disappeared from sight.
The Sovereign of Wisdom quietly watched the bronze mirror. Only after a long time did he gently shake his head, and toss aside his thoughts concerning Laplace’s main body.
「A person upon whom gift words cannot be reflected on the mirror surface, Angel…… hehe, interesting.」 The Sovereign of Wisdom laughed softly.
His having Laplace go and give everyone gift words, indeed did carry the intention of further exploring everyone’s identities.
However, what he had not expected was that an existence as powerful as Laplace, unexpectedly had also not probed out Angel’s ins and outs.
Toward this, the Sovereign of Wisdom did not actually feel disappointed, but instead found it even more interesting.
To speak honestly, the Sovereign of Wisdom actually felt that this batch of Noah descendants, was no different from the Noah descendants who had come here before. Even though that 「transgressor who delusionally seeks to ascend to a high position」 had also come, within the Ruin Site, what could he do？
Instead, this unexpected factor that was Angel, made the Sovereign of Wisdom very interested.
Even Her Highness the Goddess had proactively regarded him as the greatest threat.
His entire person seemed as though shrouded in mist.
And now, Laplace’s words made the Sovereign of Wisdom feel even more that Angel was an Anomaly.
If it were in other matters, the Sovereign of Wisdom did not like anomalies, because anomalies often dragged originally predetermined things toward an unknown direction.
But regarding the matter of the Ruin Site, he rejoiced at the appearance of this anomaly that was Angel.
Because, if the Ruin Site had no variable, then under that one’s control, it would forever be the「Ruin Site」. And the Parting Sky Poetry Room, perhaps would also forever never return.
Chapter 2796 Childlike Heart’s Debate <TOC> Chapter 2798 Special Individual