Chapter 362 Corpse Hiding Cave <TOC> Chapter 364 Overwhelmed
Translator: SumTLMan
Countless white threads extended from Shadow’s ten fingers, controlling every joint of the Magician’s shadow.
Following that, Shadow began to hum a seemingly flirtatious tune softly. With the eerie and melodious tune, the Magician’s shadow was manipulated into dancing a solo performance…
A tribute dance, the Magician performed a personal dance with his limbs moving with incredible agility, spinning, swaying, and leaping to the tune of Shadow’s melody.
The curtain call was not the end. New white threads appeared on Shadow’s ten fingers, connecting to another shadow, Shadow of a girl with light pink curly hair sitting across the round table.
Manipulated by Shadow, she danced to the melody and eventually joined the Magician in a waltz, a favorite dance of the nobles.
When Shadow’s tune ended, the Magician and the girl with pink hair took each other’s arms and bowed.
Shadow retracted the white threads and placed the Magician’s shadow in the center of the round table… In the center, there was also a small round table about the size of a fist, surrounded by nine miniature chairs, like a child’s play set.
Corresponding to the real people, there were seven small shadows sitting on these nine miniature chairs. With the Magician’s shadow and the girl with pink hair’s shadow taking their seats, the miniature feast and the real-life feast were officially full.
“Are you satisfied with this reward? A solo dance to mark the end of your life, as well as a waltz with the girl you’ve been secretly in love with,” Shadow chuckled, “And my personal accompaniment for you. As an intelligent spoils of war, you should feel honored.”
After Shadow finished speaking, several white threads extended from his fingers to the Magician’s neck, controlling him to nod.
the Magician had now become as wooden and dull as the others, with a strange smile on his lips. Controlled by Shadow to nod, he spoke in a puppet-like manner, word by word: “Of course, I am satisfied, my beloved master.”
After performing the whole act himself, Shadow revealed a smile at the corner of his mouth. Then, he suddenly bowed his head and asked another question: “What about you? Are you satisfied?”
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Upon entering the Corpse Hiding Cave, Angel began to be vigilant.
Or rather, ever since he arrived at the Gloomy Forest, Angel’s entire body was on high alert. Especially when he recalled that when he left the forest guard’s cabin, he had passed through the Gloomy Forest and saw a small black shadow sweeping across the sky.
At that time, he thought it was a squirrel or a flying squirrel, but now that he thought about it, that small black shadow and the one he saw at the Count’s manor were almost identical in size.
If that little black shadow was indeed a member of the Kulakuka tribe, did that mean that the Kulakuka tribe had already been here half a month ago?
Furthermore, who is the real puppeteer behind Kulakuka? Shadow.
What did Shadow arrange for the Kulakuka clan to do here half a month ago?
Coincidentally, today’s extraordinary gathering location is “Gloomy Forest Corpse Hiding Cave.” Isn’t this a bit too coincidental?
Angel’s vigilance reached its peak. Therefore, when he saw the wide-open door at the end from afar, he activated “Boundless Silence” and concealed himself nearby.
Deep inside a Corpse Hiding Cave, there were traces of man-made construction. Wasn’t this strange? From the freshly piled soil on the ground, it could be seen that the gathering place was temporarily opened, no more than half a month ago.
It matched up; the small shadow that Angel saw half a month ago might indeed be the Kulakuka clan. They had built a gathering place here.
So… the real organizer of today’s gathering might not be Mitchel, but Shadow.
After hiding, Angel didn’t leave. He hid nearby, wanting to see what Shadow was planning to do. However, he wasn’t careless, having all the necessary precautions in place, and Toby stood quietly on his shoulder, just in case.
Angel watched the whole process.
the Magician, controlled by the white thread, instantly lost his self-awareness and was manipulated by Shadow to dance. Angel didn’t understand what Shadow was doing, was it just to perform a solo act?
But as Shadow asked, “What about you? Are you satisfied?” Angel lowered his gaze. Had Shadow discovered him?
“To the friend who came in with the Magician, aren’t you going to applaud my brilliant performance?”
It seemed that he really had been discovered. Angel was not surprised by this. Even the Magician knew to set up a hidden sentry outside the base, so how could Shadow forget? Angel hadn’t activated Boundless Silence earlier, so it wasn’t unusual for Shadow to find him.
However, Angel also believed that even if Shadow discovered him, they definitely wouldn’t know his exact location. Remember that he had almost deceived Mirror Lady with Boundless Silence before.
Shadow kept waiting for a response.
Though he looked down and played with the white thread, appearing to be in control, in reality, he was struggling to keep up the act. He knew that someone had followed the Magician, but he didn’t know who it was, and after that person suddenly hid, he couldn’t sense them at all.
So, he performed a series of actions, dancing and waltzing, trying to provoke a response from the other party.
But that person remained completely still.
“Could it be that they actually left long ago?” Shadow couldn’t be sure. He had set up a hidden sentry at the entrance of the Corpse Hiding Cave and covered it with a barrier. The sentry hadn’t moved, and the barrier was intact, with no sign of anyone leaving.
Shadow felt that the person hadn’t left, and they might even be in the room!
A gloomy light flashed in Shadow’s eyes, and the white thread in his fingers began to extend. Numerous white threads swayed within the room.
Angel stepped back slightly as the white line almost touched him. This method could indeed force him out, as the room was small, and “Boundless Silence” was not an intangible void. It would be easy for Shadow to find him.
However, even though the space here was small, it did not mean that it could not be extended. Even if the extension was not possible, deceiving the sense of space could be used to get past it.
A faint light flashed in Angel’s eyes—
At this moment, an Opulent Nightmare Domain slowly unfolded… The small and narrow room widened and expanded with the spread of the Nightmare Domain, eventually turning into a grand banquet hall like a huge ballroom, appearing in front of Shadow.
The sudden appearance of this extravagant banquet hall made Shadow’s expression darken.
“Illusion?” Shadow wondered, stretching out the white line in one direction to explore. The room was only seven or eight meters wide, but the white line extended nearly 20 meters without touching the bottom.
Could it be an illusionary array? Shadow recalled the branches of illusion spells he had once seen, which included the direction of illusion arrays combined with alchemy and magical arrays. It was not difficult to simulate a large space with an extended magical array and a Nightmare Domain.
Shadow stood up, controlling all the attendants with his ten white lines, and began to spin around the banquet hall.
Suddenly, Shadow twisted his body to the side as a small golden arrow glowing with magical array brilliance shot past him from behind. If he hadn’t dodged, the golden arrow would have severely injured him!
“Is it really an illusion array?” Shadow hesitated as he looked at the alchemical arrow.
“Why don’t you come out and talk, friend?” Shadow said, “Wise guys like the Magician and other fools should not be reason for us to fight.”
“You’ve shown your strength; how about we have an equal conversation?” Shadow revealed a sincere expression on his face, slowly backing away, and even raising both hands, making a peaceful resolution gesture.
However, Angel, who was hiding nearby, sneered. Although his Nightmare Domain was not mature, all Shadow’s small actions could not escape his observation within the realm. Despite Shadow’s current appearance of raising both hands for peace, Angel clearly sensed that Shadow deliberately moved back to the edge of the table and, using the table’s shadow, released three small black shadows—
More precisely, members of the Kulakuka race.
Even if they were hidden in the dark shadows, Angel clearly saw the appearances of the three small black shadows.
The palm-sized Kulakukas looked exactly like humans, but with nearly black skin. Moreover, they wore black hooded garments, making them appear completely black, like a bundle of shadows.
However, their colorful and bright eyes revealed that they were not shadows but people.
The three Kulakuka people were quietly observing from the dark, intentionally moving… Meanwhile, Shadow continued to use words and other means to slowly explore the Nightmare Domain.
Angel did not pay attention to Shadow but continued to watch the Kulakuka people. These three little Kulakuka people emitted a subtle energy fluctuation… were they actually wizard apprentices?
However, their ranks were not high.
Angel wanted to use a binding spell to tie them up, but when the rope appeared, the three Kulakuka suddenly screamed, and one of them opened a door out of nowhere, which they all rushed into.
“Another door!” After they left, Angel could no longer sense the presence of the Kulakuka in the Nightmare Domain.
Had they really left the Nightmare Domain? Could it be some sort of space-crossing spell? Although teleportation and space-related spells are only learned by official wizards, some talented races might be born with such abilities.
For example, the Illusionary Body, an official wizard’s spell, was something that Wimbledon was born with.
As Angel was astonished, a shadow suddenly rushed towards him, and an indiscriminate, wide-range attack spell hit him.
Angel had almost forgotten Shadow when he was paying attention to the Kulakuka.
He secretly used a binding spell, and the magical fluctuation was subtle. If not paying attention, Shadow wouldn’t notice. But the Kulakuka’s scream drew Shadow’s attention to this side!
Shadow was fast, with wind elements at its feet, and Angel couldn’t dodge in time. Any spell, including illusion spells, couldn’t be achieved instantly. In this critical moment, Angel thought quickly and called over a hidden Teacup Band to stand in front of him.
Although the Teacup Band blocked most of the attack, some of the indiscriminate attack still hit Angel.
Even though it was just a small part, Angel was still knocked out of his invisibility and thrown aside.
At the same time, Shadow screamed in pain and was sent flying.
The indiscriminate strike with the power of bloodline and an instant cast second-level group attack spell could kill a third-level apprentice caught off guard. Shadow thought it could kill in one fell swoop, but at the critical moment, a row of teacups with thin arms and legs suddenly appeared in front of the hidden person!
When Shadow hit the teacups, an intense rebounding force came from them.
The Teacup Band had once killed several Twilight Guardians with their damage-reflecting spell. Although their damage reflection ability had significantly decreased after leaving the source of the Nightmare Plane, most of the teacups shattered under Shadow’s attack. Still, more than half of the damage-reflecting power was rebounded back.
So, compared to Angel’s injuries, Shadow was actually hurt worse!
Chapter 362 Corpse Hiding Cave <TOC> Chapter 364 Overwhelmed