Chapter 396 Butterfly <TOC> Chapter 398 Blocked Path
Translator: SumTLMan
With Felicia’s power, if she truly wanted to capture the intruder, Angel would have been caught long ago. However, she didn’t do that; she never intended to use her wizard-level strength to suppress the intruder from the beginning.
For example, the black and white patterned butterfly that emerged from the phantom butterfly at the end was the real ultimate weapon, capable of channeling most of her power. It could easily crush the apprentice, or even turn the entire hall into ruins, without any problem. But she didn’t let the black and white butterfly appear because that would far exceed wizard-level strength.
Although Felicia really disliked Diavolo’s mentor, she had to admit that the puppet master had the talent to potentially reach true knowledge. If he were to reach true knowledge, his rank would actually be on par with Sanders, even though their power was still worlds apart.
Therefore, although she didn’t like outsiders intruding into the Black Castle and disturbing Gloria’s recovery, she didn’t really intend to kill the intruder, leaving a bit of face for the puppet master.
If Angel could really take Diavolo away, she wouldn’t stop him, as long as he didn’t disturb Gloria’s recovery.
Felicia took out a crystal ball and looked towards the location of the Blood Prison.
The scene showed Phineas dragging a smooth rope, happily descending the stairs.
“It seems Phineas has been bewitched.” Felicia’s expression showed a hint of approval. The apprentice’s illusions were indeed very clever, no wonder the puppet master let him cooperate with Diavolo.
Felicia shifted her gaze from Phineas and looked at other areas, wanting to see where the apprentice was now. Unfortunately, she didn’t find the apprentice’s figure in the crystal ball.
“His hiding method is also very clever.” Felicia didn’t believe that the apprentice was not near Phineas; he must be following Phineas.
Felicia became increasingly curious about the apprentice, even having the urge to use “Butterfly Spirit” again to probe his location.
However: “Butterfly Spirit” was a tool far beyond wizard-level, and using it once was fine, but using it a second time would not only waste magic crystals but also seem a bit humiliating.
Even if she found the apprentice’s location, then what? She couldn’t directly kill him and didn’t want to trouble an apprentice, so she ultimately gave up on using “Butterfly Spirit.”
Felicia didn’t plan to continue observing Phineas either, but gently waved her hand and closed all the teleportation mechanisms within Black Castle.
The true location of the Blood Prison was on the negative ninth floor of Black Castle. If one didn’t use the teleportation mechanism, they would have to pass through several areas filled with terrifying magical creatures to get there.
She closed the teleportation mechanisms as a small punishment for Angel playing with her.
If they could still escape under these circumstances, she would turn a blind eye and pretend not to have seen anything.
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On the other end, Angel was still activating “Boundless Silence” and following behind Phineas.
Previously in the statue hall, he seemed to be entangled with the two butterflies, one black and one white, but in reality, his true body was hidden in the shadows. When he saw the white luminous butterfly find his “illusory doppelganger.” Angel secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as it seemed that the being with the “God’s eye view” was indeed deceived by the illusory doppelganger.
The results of the test gave him the confidence to continue following behind Phineas, so he injected a strand of nightmare aura directly into Phineas’s brow, causing her to be completely oblivious to the changes in reality.
As soon as the door of light opened, he continued to follow behind Phineas.
From the beginning of descending the stairs, he had been on guard, fearing that the two butterflies would catch up. However, the two butterflies did not reappear until Phineas took Angel to the entrance of the Blood Prison.
Angel believed that the being was still watching him, even though he didn’t know why it didn’t take action again, but just in case, Angel still created an illusory doppelganger, and he merged with the doppelganger, ready to advance or retreat, as well as deceive others.
At the end of the staircase, there was an ordinary wooden door. Above the wooden door was a small window, through which the damp prison behind could be seen.
The door was not locked but left slightly ajar. A faint smell of blood came from the gap.
Phineas did not push the door open but instead came to the wall opposite the door. In front of her was a bluestone wall. Phineas pushed a brick on the wall, and a deep door appeared in front of her on the bluestone wall.
Angel stood aside, with an expression of “I knew it” on his face.
According to the nature of Black Castle, he had guessed that this wooden door might not be the real Blood Prison. The facts proved that his guess was correct.
“Instead of calling it Black Castle, it would be more appropriate to call it Labyrinth Castle, right?” Angel whispered with a smile.
Walking into the Blood Prison, passing through a long, dark passage, the first thing that appeared was a small room with a large bathtub filled with steaming blood.
Just like the hidden room Angel saw on the third floor, this room was also a bathing hall, with naked female bodies hanging from hooks on the ceiling.
In the bathtub, a charming woman with long black hair lazily rubbed her smooth skin with her hands. If it weren’t for the steaming blood on her body, the scene would have been infinitely suggestive.
Phineas also saw the woman in the bathtub, looking at the delicate skin that could be broken with a touch, and the faintly visible plump chest, a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes.
She walked over, with a sarcastic look on her face, saying: “Look, some people are just enjoying their bath and not even checking that Diavolo has already escaped. Fortunately, I discovered it early and brought Diavolo here.”
As she spoke, Phineas picked up the empty rope in her hand, showing the woman in the bathtub the unconscious “Diavolo” at the end of the rope.
Phineas, however, didn’t know that her sarcastic remarks, through Angel’s secret manipulation, were heard by the woman in the bath as something else: “I’m going to check on Diavolo, that guy dared to knock me out, I must teach him a lesson!”
The woman in the bath snorted coldly: “You talk so high and mighty, but do you have another purpose?”
The woman in the bath was actually insinuating that Phineas was interested in Diavolo’s identity since Diavolo was backed by a famous wizard and was a peak apprentice, close to taking the next step of advancement. Moreover, Diavolo was quite handsome, and there were many women who had their eyes on him. She also had intentions in seducing him, so she had come to take a bath specially, but she didn’t expect Phineas, this shameless woman, to be one step ahead.
Phineas thought that the woman in the bath was mocking her for bringing Diavolo here to gain favor with Lady Butterfly. Although she indeed had this intention, being pointed out so blatantly left her nowhere to put her face.
Phineas’s face flushed and paled alternately, finally pointing at the other party and leaving a vicious threat: “You just wait and see!”
Having said that, Phineas dragged “Diavolo” towards the depths of the Blood Prison.
The woman in the bath put on a smug expression as if she had seen through Phineas’s intentions, and irritated her into anger. Feeling that she had won the battle, she continued bathing, not believing that Phineas’s small chest could attract Diavolo’s attention.
The two women had no idea that their war of words, with Angel’s intervention, was completely talking past each other, like chickens talking to ducks.
Phineas stormed into the real Blood Prison.
After turning east and west, Phineas stopped in front of an iron door.
Before entering the iron door, Angel could faintly hear a familiar male voice cursing inside, cursing the heavens, the earth, and Isabella. The man kept calling her an “old witch” which made Angel both laugh and cry.
Phineas was puzzled: “Why is there someone shouting inside? And it sounds like Diavolo?”
Hadn’t she captured Diavolo? Who was the person inside?
With her doubts, Phineas pushed open the iron door.
Inside the iron door was a blood pool, emitting a faint translucent light. Above the blood pool were iron chains and hooks with magical fluctuations. Numerous iron chains hung down, binding a man with only his head exposed in the blood pool tightly.
“Diavolo? How did you end up here?” Phineas pointed at the man in the blood pool.
Shadow was about to curse back when Phineas suddenly remembered something, trembling all over and turned to run away.
But before she could run out of the gate, she suddenly felt a pain in the back of her neck, and a dark, sweet whirlpool attacked her—
She only left behind a sentence: “Why is it the back of the neck again…” before she fainted on the ground.
Shadow in the blood pool quieted down, looking at the empty stairs in front of the blood pool and the inexplicably unconscious woman. He tentatively asked: “Gami? Gao? Or… Mask?”
Shadow’s questioning was also cautious, not daring to reveal Angel’s real name.
After a while, Angel sneered: “Is this what you call a sure thing?”
As Angel’s voice appeared, a shocked and faintly touched expression surfaced on Shadow’s face: “Is it really you, Mask?”
Angel slowly revealed his form, but it was still not his true body, it was an illusion he had created.
“Mask, hurry up and get me out of here. This blood pool is freaking poisonous!” Shadow saw Angel, with a delighted expression: “I didn’t expect you to come and save me. I thought you were already…”
“Answer me, didn’t you say there would be absolutely no problem? If there’s no problem, what’s happening to you now?” Angel paused and said seriously: “Did a formal wizard take action?”
“There was a formal wizard, but she…” Shadow spoke halfway, suddenly his face turned purple, and he said awkwardly: “You’d better save me first. There’s something in this blood pool, and if you don’t save me, I’ll die.”
Angel took a deep look at Shadow. There was a contract between him and Shadow, so he couldn’t just watch Shadow die. He reached out with his Magic Hand, grabbed the iron chain above, and slowly dragged Shadow up.
As Shadow was pulled into midair, Angel’s face suddenly turned red, and he turned his head.
Shadow’s body was completely naked, and the bird below was swaying.
But this was not the reason Angel turned his head. Of course, Angel wouldn’t blush just because he saw a man’s naked body; it was his behind.
Because on Shadow’s buttocks, there was an extra black tail swaying.