Chapter 366 Culna's Draft Contract <TOC> Chapter 368 Unwillingness to Save a Life
Translator: SumTLMan
“Still haven’t answered my question, do you need these materials for alchemy?” Shadow asked.
Angel pondered for a moment and nodded solemnly: “Yes.”
Shadow sighed and finally spoke in a very pitiful tone: “Another delusional person.”
Shadow’s disdainful tone and pitiful expression made Angel very puzzled. This was the first person who knew about his alchemy and acted so distant after he became an alchemist.
Angel thought for a while, and with an unknown feeling, he said something he would never have said before: “Actually, I’m quite good at alchemy.”
Shadow looked unconvinced.
Seeing Shadow’s disbelief, Angel didn’t say anything more and continued to ask: “Is there a Wizard Market nearby? I can go there to purchase materials.”
Shadow said with a hint of regret: “In the vast Fairytale World, there are only two Wizard Markets, each located in the north and south. I just returned from one, but it’s far from here. If you want to go, you can follow the map I give you, and it will be marked on it.”
“How far is it?” Angel asked hurriedly.
“It’s not on the Ghost Continent; the nearest Wizard Market is separated from here by a sea and a continent,” Shadow paused: “If you have a flying vehicle and enough power, you should be able to reach it in about two and a half months. If you don’t have a vehicle… I suggest you not go.”
Two and a half months with a flying vehicle? Angel’s mood suddenly sank, and he asked with a dry mouth: “How long would it take to get from here to the tree hole that leads out of Fairytale World?”
Shadow seemed to see Angel’s dilemma and chuckled inwardly: “It’s slightly farther than going to the Wizard Market, probably taking about three or four months.”
Three to four months even with a vehicle? Disappointment flashed in Angel’s eyes, and it seemed that he wouldn’t be able to catch the opening of the Purification Garden.
Angel’s spirits sank only for an instant, and he soon cheered up. If he couldn’t go to the Purification Garden, so be it. Purification was just an addition to make the path of a wizard smoother, and without it, things would just be the same as before, and he would still follow the same path.
With this in mind, Angel gave up on going to the Sky Mechanical City and asked directly: “Where can I get the materials? These aren’t rare materials, you said there’s the Silent Hill nearby, should I be able to exchange them with someone there?”
Shadow neither agreed nor disagreed: “It’s possible, but the Silent Hill is also a thousand miles away from here. Are you sure you want to go?”
“Go!” Without a transportation vehicle, it would probably take decades to walk out of Fairytale World. Therefore, creating a transportation vehicle was an urgent matter.
Shadow took out a map, marked an “X” on the location of Silent Hill, and handed it to Angel.
“This is a map of Fairytale World, and I have marked the location of Silent Hill for you,” said Shadow, checking the time on a pocket watch. It was 2:38 in the morning.
Angel took the map and saw that Fairytale World consisted of seven continents, each distinct and surrounded by boundless seas. Angel was currently on the continent of Yoh, which was roughly the size of Africa on Earth, according to the map’s scale. Yoh ranked third in land area among the seven continents in Fairytale World.
The exit from Fairytale World was located on the edge of another crescent-shaped continent, separated from Yoh by a vast ocean.
The more Angel looked at the map, the more disheartened he became.
If Fairytale World, a mere subsidiary plane, was this vast, then how immense would the much larger Fanh continent be? Even if he spent half a year leaving Fairytale World, how long would it take him to return to the Savage Grottoes? How long to return to the Old Land? Could he make it home within three years?
In front of others, Angel did not want to reveal too much emotion, so he quietly put away the map.
“Thank you,” Angel expressed his gratitude to Shadow. Although this map was a previously promised gift, it was still given for free, so a verbal thank you was necessary.
Shadow checked the pocket watch again; there were 10 minutes left until 3 am.
“Aren’t you leaving?” Shadow felt a stabbing sensation in his heart and hurriedly added: “I think you should leave now.”
After saying this, Shadow felt much more at ease.
“Wait, I have one more question for you,” Angel saw that Shadow seemed to be preoccupied, and he had no intention of intruding, but he had to ask his questions first: “After leaving Fairytale World, how do I get to Shadow Demon Kingdom?”
“Shadow Demon Kingdom?” Shadow searched his memory, and after a while, he recalled what Shadow Demon Kingdom was: “You mean the one in the Inner Earth World?”
“Yes, the capital of Shadow Demon Kingdom is Shadow Demon City,” Angel stated frankly: “I need to go there.”
Shadow glanced at Angel and suddenly asked: “Are you an apprentice from the Savage Grottoes?”
The largest wizard organization near Shadow Demon Kingdom was the Savage Grottoes. Shadow waved his hand: “I’m not trying to pry into where you come from; I’m just asking casually. It doesn’t matter whether you answer or not.”
“Yes, I am from the Savage Grottoes,” Since Shadow had already guessed it, Angel no longer hid it, or rather, he never intended to conceal his origin in the first place.
“So, you’re a top disciple from the Savage Grottoes, no wonder your foundation in illusion magic is so solid. The great Phantom Master himself is from the Savage Grottoes,” Shadow remarked, then told Angel: “After leaving Fairytale World, if you want to return to the Savage Grottoes, it would take too long by foot or vehicle. Even if you travel at full speed, it would take at least eight to ten years to return. Unless…”
“Unless what?” Angel couldn’t wait eight to ten years, as he didn’t have that much time to waste on traveling.
“Unless you use a teleportation circle, Silence Hill also has a teleportation circle. If you want to use it, you just need enough magic crystals.” As soon as Shadow uttered these words, his heart suddenly felt a sharp pain, and he cursed silently while clutching his chest, then quickly added: “Although many wizard organizations offer teleportation services, I do not recommend choosing the teleportation circle. The physical strength of wizard apprentices generally does not meet the standard for long-distance teleportation, unless you can find a wizard willing to protect you during the teleportation or have injected defensive bloodlines; otherwise, you could easily disintegrate during the spatial transfer!”
After explaining the drawbacks of the teleportation circle in one sentence, Shadow took a deep breath, cursing the damned Culna contract that was so toxic! He merely wanted to conceal the consequences of using the teleportation circle, and it started to punish him.
That… that seat… Shadow was just thinking about the seat Angel sat in when his heart began to ache again.
“Silence Hill has a teleportation circle?” Angel’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Shadow, enduring his discomfort, nodded: “Yes, but there is no direct teleportation circle to the Savage Grottoes, and as I said, the body of a wizard apprentice cannot withstand long-distance teleportation.”
“Is there a teleportation circle to Sky Mechanical City?”
“Sky Mechanical City?” Shadow suddenly revealed a very peculiar expression. “Why would you think of going to Sky Mechanical City?”
“Is there one or not?”
Shadow nodded: “Yes, Sky Mechanical City is a neutral wizard organization and has good relations with many wizard organizations. But your body cannot withstand long-distance teleportation.”
“I am an alchemist; I can refine defensive armor or… exchange defensive bloodlines with others in Silence Hill.”
Although Sanders had said that the best bloodline for him was that of Nightmare Plane monsters and advised him not to transplant bloodlines casually, there were emergencies, and he couldn’t spend decades traveling.
“Any bloodline is not cheap; do you really think you can exchange for one?”
“I am an alchemist, and at least I am not short of money now.” Angel emphasized again.
“Alright, even if you can exchange for one, do you think your bloodline injection will definitely succeed?” Shadow: “Forget it, I won’t discourage you anymore. I just want to know why you would think of going to Sky Mechanical City? Sky Mechanical City does not have a teleportation circle to the Savage Grottoes either.”
Angel asked instead of answering: “Why do you care so much about where I go?”
Shadow shrugged: “I don’t care; the reason I ask you is that I am from Sky Mechanical City.”
Shadow’s answer surprised Angel, who hadn’t expected that after going around in circles, the person in front of him was from Sky Mechanical City?!
As Angel was about to speak, suddenly, the pocket watch in Shadow’s hand ticked.
The hand pointed to exactly 3 o’clock in the morning.
Angel suddenly heard a mysterious laughter… as if it came from another dimension: “Hee-hee giggle,” “Hee-hee giggle.”
This is…
As Angel was pondering the source of the laughter, an inexplicable sense of danger came over him. The tingling sensation spread from his scalp to his spine, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.
“Ah—” Angel let out a scream!
Below his heart, a small door with a layer of bloody skin was slowly pushed open.
Then three members of the Kulakuka tribe, grinning with “hehe” smiles, walked out of the door.
As the door closed, the wound below Angel’s chest began to spurt blood. The intense pain and massive blood loss made it impossible for him to gather his thoughts, and he quickly fell into a dark, swirling abyss.
Seeing Angel collapse, Shadow’s mouth curled into a smile: “It was you who sat in that spot, I even warned you to leave, but you didn’t. You can’t blame me.”
Every night at 3 a.m., the three Kulakuka brothers would open the door and walk out from that spot. If someone was sitting there, they would still open the door on time.
Opening a door from within a person’s body seemed like a fascinating idea.
Looking at the fallen figure with blood pouring out of the gaping wound, Shadow laughed heartily, feeling triumphant at having broken the Kurna contract. No matter how perfect the contract, it couldn’t protect someone from their own reckless actions!
As soon as Angel fell, Toby immediately bristled. Undoubtedly, it could understand human language, so it knew that Shadow was responsible for its young master’s collapse.
Seeing the large wound on Angel’s chest, Toby hurriedly took out a bandage from the Snowy Feather and tried to bind Angel’s wound.
“Huh? Where did this bandage come from?” Shadow watched Toby’s actions with a hint of confusion in his eyes. Could it be that this bird possessed a spatial item?
A spatial item?! Greed flashed in Shadow’s eyes. Many wizards didn’t have spatial items, yet a bird had one?
Chapter 366 Culna's Draft Contract <TOC> Chapter 368 Unwillingness to Save a Life