Chapter 397 Shadow in the Blood Prison <TOC> Chapter 399 Ice Cavern
Translator: SumTLMan
“What are you blushing for? What wicked thoughts are you having?” Shadow said with an unhappy expression on his face: “I can’t move now, quickly help me pull this thing out!”
It wasn’t until Angel put Shadow down and he lay on the floor that Angel noticed the “black tail” behind Shadow’s buttocks was not what he had thought. It turned out to be a snake-like, fish-like creature with sharp fangs, biting Shadow’s buttock.
“I thought…you had been…violated.”
Angel held back his laughter with a red face. Even though the final outcome was not what he had imagined, he still found the situation with Shadow’s buttocks quite amusing.
Shadow didn’t seem to care; instead, he proudly shared his experience: “I clenched my buttocks tightly, so they couldn’t get in! I’ve had my bloodline injected, so my physical strength alone is more than what these little things can handle. If it weren’t for ensuring Daisy’s safety, I would have let it crawl in, and I could have crushed it with just the strength of my muscles!”
Angel didn’t know what Shadow was so proud of, but he really didn’t have the courage to continue the conversation on this topic. There were too many vivid images in his mind!
“I never thought you’d come to save me. I thought you had already received my SOS note and went to Silent Hill.” Shadow said gratefully to Angel: “Thanks to your timely arrival, you don’t know, this blood pool can somehow contaminate the soul; the chains also have an imprisoning energy effect. If you had come a bit later, I might have been reduced to skin and bones.”
“That bunch of lunatics, everyone around the old witch is a lunatic!” As Angel helped Shadow unlock the chains, Shadow kept cursing as if he hadn’t been imprisoned for half a day, but rather suffered for half a year.
SOS note? Angel was confused; he hadn’t received any SOS note, but now was not the time to discuss it.
“You just said that a formal wizard took action?” Angel asked.
Shadow shook his head: “She didn’t take action, but she changed all the traps! When Isabella and my mentor agreed, they roughly told me the route, but as I followed it, I found that all the traps were close to the peak of apprentice-level difficulty and one was harder than the next, making it impossible to get through! Later, when I was caught and thrown into the Blood Prison, I found out that the lady had instructed to modify the traps just to trap me.”
“Who is the lady you’re talking about?” Angel guessed that the person Shadow was talking about was the wizard with the “God’s eye view” who controlled the butterflies.
Shadow made a “silence” gesture to Angel: “That lady is in Black Castle, mentioning her name will be detected, I’ll tell you when we get out.”
Pausing for a moment, Shadow suddenly raised his eyebrows, looking suspiciously at Angel: “Wait, how did you get in here? Didn’t that lady notice you?”
Angel spread his hands, and a few nodes were casually arranged in his palm, with a phantom butterfly dancing gracefully in his palm.
“Are you talking about its master?”
Shadow looked surprised and nodded: “Don’t tell me, you confronted her face to face?”
Angel dispelled the butterfly illusion and shook his head at Shadow: “No.”
Then, Angel briefly recounted his journey to the Blood Prison, omitting the part about the “Illusory Angel.” and told the rest.
The more Shadow listened, the more astonished he became: “You said you didn’t confront her directly, but you fought her butterflies and even managed to trick that lady. If she wasn’t too proud to use her wizard-level power against you, you would have been done for.”
After saying that, Shadow looked at the unconscious Fennis on the ground and continued: “Speaking of which, I’ve always been curious, who did you learn your illusions from? I find the approach so bizarre. I’ve never heard of an apprentice’s illusion being able to bewilder people in front of a formal wizard.”
“No comment.” Angel didn’t want to discuss his own affairs: “You haven’t said anything about yourself, what’s your situation now?”
Shadow shrugged: “What else can I do? I have to hurry and escape. The way you came here is the way you should go back.”
“What about your mission?”
“We’ll take it one step at a time. But no matter what, I have to do it. This matter is related to my chance of promotion.” Shadow looked at Angel and solemnly put his hand on Angel’s shoulder: “Thank you for this time. You actually dared to save me after I sent out a call for help.”
“I hope you can help me get Naga. As long as it’s successful, all grievances between us will be written off, and I’ll owe you a favor.”
Angel: “I didn’t receive your call for help. I came to Black Castle for another matter, and I may not be able to help you.”
“You didn’t receive my note? What are you doing in Black Castle then?”
After Angel explained the ins and outs, Shadow glanced at the unconscious Toby: “Are you sure what the High Priest said is true?”
“I don’t know if the High Priest lied or not, but I can be certain that even in a coma, Toby is still extremely eager for the Soul Bead.”
Angel openly talked about Toby’s situation because he couldn’t hide it. He also needed Shadow, who had a bitter understanding of Black Castle, to give him some advice.
After contemplating for a moment, Shadow spoke: “I haven’t heard of the Soul Bead, nor have I seen it. So, I don’t know where it is.”
“You don’t know where to find the Soul Bead now, so why not go with me to find the Naga first? Didn’t you say that Toby is very eager for the Soul Bead? If Toby flies away halfway, it means he found the Soul Bead, and then I can go with you to find the Soul Bead first.”
“Let’s help each other, what do you think?”
Angel did not immediately respond, but pointed at Phineas: “Threaten her, get the information we want from her.”
Shadow waved his hand: “I advise you not to do that, that person might be watching us.”
……
Angel and Shadow quickly left the Blood Prison.
In the end, Angel temporarily chose to advance and retreat with Shadow. After all, he had no clear goal at the moment, so he would observe the situation first and then decide.
“By the way, do you have any spare clothes? Everything I had was taken away!” Shadow walked side by side with Angel, completely naked.
Without saying much, Angel took out a set of clothes and threw them to Shadow.
After changing, Shadow casually added a mental strap for easier communication.
In time, they had arrived at the place where the black-haired woman was bathing. The black-haired woman was still taking a bath, occasionally swimming under the naked body, sticking out her tongue and licking the dripping heart blood.
The two moved forward stealthily.
“Trying to learn from Queen Mary, but only learned the superficial, not the essence.” Shadow sneered, his voice coming from the other end of the mental link: “They don’t think that the heart blood of mortals is hardly more noble than a puddle of waste water.”
Angel: “By saying this, are you sympathizing with mortals?”
Shadow scoffed: “I have no interest in mortals, unless they are beautiful blondes with blue eyes, otherwise it doesn’t matter how many die.”
The two left the blood bath and walked up the stairs of the Blood Prison.
However, after walking for a while, Angel suddenly stopped.
“Something’s wrong, the teleportation gate has disappeared.” Angel clearly remembered that the gate was here before, but now it was gone.
Shadow’s expression also sank: “It seems that the person does not want us to leave so easily.”
What to do now? Black Castle was full of traps, and no one knew where the regular passage was.
“Go back.” The idea flashed through Angel and Shadow’s minds at the same time.
“Take the woman from before and have her guide us.” Shadow had previously said not to threaten her, otherwise it would easily provoke a backlash from the person. But now, they had no choice but to resort to this underhanded tactic, as they didn’t know the way.
They smoothly returned to the Blood Prison.
Phineas was still lying unconscious on the ground. Shadow walked over and slapped her awake with one palm.
When Phineas woke up, her fear hadn’t been expressed yet when Shadow grabbed her neck and lifted her into the air: “Either obey me, or I’ll turn you into a puppet. Choose one.”
As he spoke, Shadow’s fingers extended puppet threads, surrounding Phineas.
Diavolo’s plan to steal the Naga from Black Castle had been spread by Isabella long ago, so the people in Black Castle were basically aware of Diavolo’s information. Phineas knew very well the power of his puppet strings and the consequences they caused.
It was precisely because she understood this that she was terrified.
“Whatever you want me to do, I’ll do it.” Phineas said as she looked at Diavolo and secretly glanced at Angel. She was more afraid of Angel, who had been standing quietly beside her, than Diavolo’s explosive temper. It was Angel who had tricked her previously.
Diavolo directly stripped Phineas of her shadow and put it in a small cloth bag: “Shadow stripping will not have any immediate effect on you. Once I leave Black Castle, I will return your shadow to you.”
Phineas looked at the cloth bag in Diavolo’s hand and nodded timidly. As a novice apprentice, she couldn’t compete with Diavolo at all.
“Take us out of here. The teleportation formation we used to get here has been closed.” Angel said.
Phineas frowned: “Alright, I’ll lead you out.”
Angel and Shadow continued to remain invisible, while Phineas walked openly. As they passed by the area where the black-haired girl was bathing, Phineas initially wanted to ask for her help, but seeing the girl’s disdainful expression, she held back and continued to lead the two outside.
When they arrived at the teleportation point, Phineas searched around for a while, her face becoming increasingly solemn.
“The teleportation formation has been shut down.”
“How can we activate it? If it requires magic crystals, I have some with me.” Angel said.
Phineas shook her head: “It’s not possible. The main control room of the magic energy formation has shut down the teleportation mechanism… If you must leave, you can only take the main road.”
“Then let’s take the main road. You lead the way.”
Phineas looked troubled: “I can lead the way, but I must remind you that this is the ninth underground level, and even if I take the main road, I may not be able to make it all the way through because—”
“This path is simply not meant for humans to walk.”
Chapter 397 Shadow in the Blood Prison <TOC> Chapter 399 Ice Cavern