Chapter 439 Sacrificial Blood Rite <TOC> Chapter 441 A Rising Reputation
Translator: SumTLMan
At this critical moment, Angel suddenly raised his head, and a strange voice came from his mouth: “Isabelle.”
It was a slightly sharp voice, not a man’s voice, but rather like a woman speaking.
Everyone was wondering what Angel was doing, even Bogula, who had escaped from the void a kilometer away, looked curiously at the fearless young man in the center of the Blood Sacrificial Rite.
As “her” voice appeared, Isabella was stunned for a moment, and even the spell in her hands experienced a slight pause.
“Isa…belle, mentor? Why is this kid making the mentor’s voice?”
After a moment of trance, Isabelle gathered herself and continued to strike Angel with punitive force. She guessed that Angel must have somehow heard Isabelle’s voice frequency, so he could imitate her voice. This wouldn’t make her give up on killing Angel; on the contrary, it intensified her emotions.
—This insignificant being dared to imitate her voice, which was a blasphemy to Isabelle! He must die!
Faced with this final deathblow, Angel calmly raised his head, looking directly at Isabelle in the air.
Even Bogula couldn’t help but admire Angel’s performance at this moment. Facing imminent destruction without fear, especially as a wizard apprentice daring to face a full-fledged wizard attack, if he had the chance to grow up, he would definitely be a promising wizard. It’s just a pity that he’s short-lived.
Angel looked at Isabella, his eyes devoid of any emotion, just speaking softly: “Lady Isabelle, she has returned to the Southern Region.”
Angel’s words made Isabelle pause again.
Not only her, but all the wizards who were paying attention to this side were also stunned.
—Did this young man know what he was talking about? Isabelle? The genius wizard who almost led an era a thousand years ago had returned to the Southern Region? Was this true?
Not only did everyone question this in their hearts, but even Isabelle asked suspiciously: “Is what you’re saying true? Say it again, and make it clear!”
Isabelle temporarily halted the Blood Sacrificial Rite attack because of Angel’s words, leaving it suspended in mid-air.
Angel still looked calmly at Isabelle and repeated: “Lady Isabelle has returned to the Southern Region.”
As he spoke, a hint of illusionary fluctuations appeared around Angel, simulating the appearance of a cold and beautiful girl with white hair and icy eyes.
“Phineas?! No… that look, it’s mentor, really mentor?!” Isabella asked Angel to repeat what he said, just to confirm whether or not Angel was lying. After her tests, she found that Angel wasn’t lying, and the appearance of the woman he created resembled Phineas, but with different hair and eye colors.
That look and temperament she had never forgotten in a thousand years were absolutely identical to Mentor Isabelle!
Thinking about the possibility mentioned by Angel, Isabella’s heart gradually filled with excitement, her whole body even trembling slightly.
For a thousand years, she had been longing to see her mentor, to leave this place and go to the Source World to find her mentor. She was even willing to submit to a man she despised just for the chance to see her mentor again… If her mentor had truly returned, she wouldn’t need to compromise herself anymore.
Angel looked at the stationary Sacrificial Blood Rite in the air and thought to himself: it was a good gamble!
In the last two seconds, he suddenly remembered some gossip about Isabella that Shadow had once told him. For example, her real name was not “Isabella”; it was a name she adopted only after “Isabelle” left the Southern Region. Even her nickname “Dusk Queen” was derived from Isabelle’s nickname: “Twilight Queen.”
It may seem like she was taking advantage of Isabelle, but from another perspective, it revealed Isabella’s obsession with her mentor.
At that time, Shadow had also mentioned a humorous anecdote: “It is rumored that Isabella has always been secretly in love with her mentor. When Isabelle discovered her twisted love, she chose to leave the Southern Region under the pressure of Isabella’s pursuit.”
Angel had never been interested in gossip from the Wizarding World, so at that time, he didn’t take this gossip seriously and forgot it after hearing it. Until just now, when he was repeatedly thinking about how to escape from Isabella, he couldn’t come up with an idea, so he thought… why try to escape? Why not make Isabella give up attacking him voluntarily?
So, he recalled the “gossip” Shadow had once told him.
Isabella hovered in the air, suppressing the excitement in her heart: “Where did you learn this?”
“I met Mentor Isabelle,” Angel resisted the waves of exhaustion deep in his mind, rallied his spirits, and created another illusion. This time, he not only played the scene but also recounted what Isabelle had said to her at the time.
Isabelle sat in the darkness, speaking softly to Angel: “… ‘Mysterious Soul Whisper,’ which I obtained through a trade with a being who calls itself a ‘Mystborn’ by using Augustine’s Twin Mirror…”
Angel only played a short segment of the scene from that time, but the information inside made Isabella excited beyond control.
She also knew the “Mysterious Soul Whisper,” so she was very clear about its origin. Moreover, the illusion created by Angel, Isabelle’s demeanor, language, and even some subtle movements were exactly the same as in her memory!
It couldn’t be wrong, it shouldn’t be wrong. This is indeed Mentor Isabelle! Looking at the illusion, her eyes unconsciously brimmed with tears.
The situation between Angel and Isabella attracted much attention. Judging from various signs, could it be that what Angel said was true? Otherwise, why would Isabella not only stop attacking but also become increasingly agitated? With the rumors between Isabella and her mentor in mind, everyone fell into contemplation.
However, they were not considering Angel’s life or death but whether this matter was true. If it was true, what was Isabella’s current strength? What changes would her return bring to the Fairytale World and even the Southern Region? It is worth mentioning that although Isabella did not truly cause a wave of change in her time, she was the actual ruler of the Fairytale World!
Would her return bring a wellspring or war to the present Fairytale World?
Back at the center of the event, after Angel released the illusion, he became completely exhausted. With consecutive attacks and injuries, as well as the overload on his brain, he was already on the verge of fainting. However, with an urgent hope for “life,” he managed to hold on, but under such circumstances, he continued to release illusions, which ultimately broke him, and he collapsed to the ground, his eyes becoming dazed.
Seeing Angel in a semi-conscious state, Isabella’s gaze sharpened, and she finally retracted the Sacrificial Blood Rite, allowing it to dissipate in mid-air.
Watching the Sacrificial Blood Rite vanish, the distant Shadow also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, despite the disappearance of the Sacrificial Blood Rite, Isabella did not show mercy to Angel’s condition in order to obtain more accurate information. She directly captured him from the ground, where he was half-fainting, and fiercely grabbed his neck: “Explain the whole story, or I’ll kill you now!”
Angel, feeling dizzy, was not helped by this sudden action, but instead found it even harder to maintain control. His vision darkened, and he plunged straight into the black vortex.
Angel’s fainting momentarily stunned Isabella. A faint red light appeared in her hand, preparing to forcefully awaken him at the cost of depleting his life and potential.
At this moment, just as Angel was about to fall into danger, Shadow suddenly shouted and walked out from the edge of the forest.
“Don’t! Angel saved Lady Isabelle, you can’t do this!”
Angel saved her mentor? Not only did Isabella look at Shadow, but Bogula and Taros also looked over.
If it were another time, and someone said a wizard apprentice saved a formal wizard, none of them would believe it. But Shadow dared to stand up at this moment, and with a look of confidence, it couldn’t be false.
However, they still had doubts in their hearts: How did Angel save Isabelle? Or is it that Isabelle’s current condition is not good?
This point, Isabella also thought of, her eyes sharpened, there must not be any problem with the mentor, right?
“I have been with Angel all along, and I know everything he knows! I can tell the Lords everything.”
Isabella looked at the limping Shadow and thought about it, still giving Shadow a chance: “Okay, if you speak well, I can return this to you.”
Naga’s skull appeared in Isabella’s hand.
“If you have any concealment, don’t blame me.”
Shadow looked at Naga’s skull, and a trace of joy appeared in his eyes. He just wanted to help Angel, but he didn’t expect to have an unexpected surprise.
Isabella casually threw Angel aside. Although she still had a trace of disbelief in Shadow’s words in her heart, what if it was true? What if Angel had indeed saved Isabelle’s mentor? Thinking about the illusions Angel created not long ago, she knew her mentor’s character very well, and Isabelle took the initiative to teach Angel the Mysterious Soul Whisper, which must mean that Angel had merits for her.
Isabelle was a person who distinguished between grievances, just like the Kulakuka tribe. It was precisely because the High Priest’s father had once helped Isabelle that she treated him with kindness. She even ordered that no one should drive the Kulakuka tribe out of the Living Soul Garden or kill the Kulakuka tribe.
That’s why the Living Soul Garden has been in the Middle World for thousands of years, and no one dared to cross the line.
If Angel really saved Isabelle as Shadow said, then once she killed Angel, Isabelle’s impression of her would inevitably decline, which was not what she wanted.
Thinking about this level, Isabella took the initiative to abandon the killing of Angel and threw him back to the ground.
Angel fell from the air, and Bogula flashed past, catching him in his hand. Regarding Bogula’s behavior, this time Isabella did not show any abnormalities. She had wanted to kill the blonde and blue-eyed people before, purely to force Bogula to make a choice. Since Isabelle might have already returned to the Southern Region, why should she continue to be hypocritical with Bogula?
Seeing that Angel was safe and sound, just falling into a deep coma, Shadow felt a little relieved, and then looked at Isabella.
Regarding Isabelle’s situation, he did not intend to conceal anything. He would tell it as it was, but after all, he hadn’t actually come into contact with Isabelle, only having heard some things about her indirectly from Angel’s account. So he would not talk about some of his speculations regarding Angel.
—For example, whether Isabella had returned from outside the Southern Region or if she herself was just a fragment of a lingering soul that had merged with a Mysterious Soul and become human-like.
On this point, Shadow did not intend to reveal it. Since he had no answer, speaking of it might only increase uncertainties, so it was better to wait for Isabella to return to Black Castle and assess the specifics of Isabelle’s situation herself.
“Why do you say Angel saved Isabelle? What is the reason?” Isabella directly asked the topic she was most concerned about, noticing that when she asked this question, dozens of mental tendrils from different wizards appeared nearby. Needless to say, both Taros and Bogula, who were present, perked up their ears.
She knew what these people were thinking, but she did not expose them. She wanted to pull Shadow aside and have a private conversation with him. But since Shadow had already spoken up earlier, and she couldn’t kill Shadow in front of Bogula, plus Angel had also fallen into Bogula’s hands, many things were no longer something she could single handedly cover up.
Under such circumstances, Isabella simply did not set up any barriers and directly started talking to Shadow.
Chapter 439 Sacrificial Blood Rite <TOC> Chapter 441 A Rising Reputation