Chapter 485 Lava Lake <TOC> Chapter 487 Fury
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Translator: SumTLMan
Outside, atop the Mechanical Tower.
This is a hall made entirely of metal, with walls shimmering with mysterious magic runes.
In the center of the hall, a screen hovers in mid-air, showing an image of a violently churning lava lake. From time to time, a few flying fish leap out of the lake, only to be killed by a floating woman and placed into her space necklace.
A man, shrouded in a black robe, watches the screen. Illuminated by the bright light, his exposed skin reveals a faint silver glow, giving it a metallic appearance.
The robed man silently watches the images on the screen, occasionally lost in thought.
As he sees the woman on the screen turn her gaze towards the abyss, a playful look flashes in his eyes:
“Bold enough to think about the main offering, aren’t you?”
At that moment, the hall’s door is suddenly pushed open, and a smiling, handsome young man walks in.
Without turning his head, the robed man says: “I thought the first one to come would be Black Spade, but it’s you, Muse.”
“Advancing the Purification Garden is an important matter. It’s normal for me, as the city lord, to be concerned.” Muse approaches with a grin, looking at the situation on the screen: “Oh, isn’t this the lair of the Ink Touch King?”
A flash of understanding appears in Muse’s eyes: “Rosen, is someone trying to take advantage of the situation to target the Ink Touch King?”
“It turns out you’re also interested in advancing the Purification Garden. I thought you would only be intoxicated by research and uninterested in external matters,” Rosen says with a cold, mechanical tone and a hint of mockery. As Muse is about to retort, Rosen changes the subject: “Indeed, someone is targeting the Ink Touch King, these two apprentices.”
Rosen raises his hand and manipulates the magic power. The original image of the Ink Touch King on the screen vanishes, revealing two people with different backgrounds. One is Sunisha, entwined with vines and hovering near the lava lake, and the other is Dela, a cold man surrounded by numerous people in the wilderness area.
“This one seems to be from our Mechanical City, and even a core apprentice?” Muse points at Dela. He rarely pays attention to the internal affairs of Mechanical City, so he has no impression of the appearance of the top ten core apprentices, recognizing him as a possible Mechanical City apprentice only by the silver and white uniform.
“He’s not from Mechanical City. Another woman has mimicked Dela’s appearance. Her name is Carvelyn. You may not recognize the name, but I guess you’ll remember something from her nickname…” Rosen smiles: “Divine Dress Maiden.”
“Divine Dress…” Muse frowns: “You mean, the Shepherd’s Garment?”
Rosen nods: “Correct, but to be precise, it’s just the Shepherd’s Cloak. And Carvelyn is the Shepherd of this generation.”
Muse ponders for a moment: “So, the Shepherd really went to the Source World?”
“It seems so, but she left her outer garment with the family.”
Muse squints at Carvelyn on the screen, his eyes filled with a hint of covetousness: “I really want to study the Shepherd’s Cloak. I’ve heard it contains a trace of the true intent of a Demon God.”
“If you really want to study it, we can use others to do our dirty work.” Rosen pointed to the lurking giant monster in the lava abyss: the Ink Touch King.
“Never mind, the Shepherd family is too mysterious. They were the puppet masters behind the Demon Catastrophe. Who knows what benefits they gained?” Muse yawned and sat to one side: “However, you’re saying those two girls are targeting the Ink Touch King? Even with the Shepherd’s Cloak, her strength might not be able to shake the Ink Touch King.”
“They’re not trying to kill the Ink Touch King, but to enter its nest and obtain its eggs.” Rosen adjusted the screen to focus on the girl entwined in vines: “This woman is not simple either; she is a gourmet wizard apprentice. They are provoking the Ink Touch King this time to help her obtain its eggs as ingredients.”
“A gourmet wizard, it’s rare that an apprentice dares to enter the Purification Garden this time.”
“The temptation of the purification rules is hard to resist. Besides, this gourmet apprentice’s strength is not simple, and she may be even stronger than Carvelyn of the Shepherd family.” Rosen said.
Muse made no comment on Rosen’s assessment and lazily crossed his legs: “Since they’re after the eggs of the Ink Touch King, let them have it. However, they must share a portion of the resulting delicacy with me. I also want to taste what the eggs of the Ink Touch King are like.”
“The eggs of the Ink Touch King are also one of the offerings. To lose one of its eggs, a hundred apprentices would have to pay with their lives.” Rosen glanced at Muse, understanding his old friend’s character too well; he was lazy about everything outside of research and didn’t care about the consequences.
Although Muse was the lord of the opposing faction, Rosen didn’t dare let him handle the affairs of the Purification Garden. Who knows if he would just conveniently kill all the apprentices inside and then act innocently as a hands-off manager.
“Whether they can obtain the eggs of the Ink Touch King depends on their own strength. If they do get them, then it’s theirs.” Rosen concluded the topic with one sentence.
After a period of silence, the door to the hall was pushed open again. This time, not only one person entered, but several mages, including Midora.
“Lord City Master.” The mages greeted and took their seats. A short-haired woman in tight leather clothing with a scarred eyebrow approached Rosen: “My lord, how is Joline now?”
Rosen looked up at her, about to speak, but was interrupted by Muse: “Blade Spade, I remember Joline is your apprentice, right?”
Black Spade nodded. Joline was one of the top ten core apprentices this time.
“She’s just your apprentice, not your daughter. Why be so anxious? Relax, even if she’s dead, there’s no loss. You can always find another one.” Muse said with a smile.
Black Spade’s eyes twitched slightly, not surprised by Muse’s words. She still focused her gaze on Rosen, as the most reliable city master of the Mechanical City was undoubtedly Rosen.
“Muse is not wrong. Once you choose to enter the Purification Garden, no one can guarantee that there won’t be any accidents,” Rosen said, but secretly nodded slightly to ace.
“I understand.” Black Spade returned to his seat satisfied after receiving the message.
Not only did Black Spade come to inquire about the news of his disciple, but other gourmets also asked. Most of them were sarcastically rebutted by Muse, but Rosen still gave the relevant information either openly or secretly.
Everyone left satisfied, but Muse, sitting next to Rosen, pouted.
Suddenly, Rosen frowned. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and the magic in his palm began to leap. The images on the screen changed continuously, jumping all the way from the lava zone.
“Rosen, what’s wrong?” Muse asked.
“Just now, someone touched the barrier,” Rosen said with narrowed eyes.
“The barrier?” Black Spade, who was sitting at the lower end, frowned: “There are still three hours before the Sea of Purification opens, and the sky is full of magic fish. How can someone go to the barrier at this time?”
Even the core apprentices of the Mechanical City knew that the barrier was the edge of the Sea of Purification, but they didn’t dare to go there at this time because it was too dangerous.
“Could it be the Child of the Ocean?”
The Child of the Ocean, Jiebo, had a natural advantage in the environment of the Purification Garden. His companion whale could almost ignore most of the magic fish; and with his ability to control water, he was even more in his element after the Sea of Purification opened. So when someone mentioned Jiebo’s name, everyone nodded in agreement.
“Let’s find out,” said Midora, who hadn’t spoken all this time.
Midora looked a bit impatient; he was actually doing research in the Magic Potion Hut. As soon as the research began, Muse came and said she wanted to go to the Mechanical Tower to see the situation in the Purification Garden.
Midora knew why Muse would go, most likely because she actually wanted to see Angel.
Sure enough, Muse smiled and said: “I brought a Shadow Stone. When Angel joins the Research Institute later, there should be some handle for restraint. I think this is a good opportunity.”
“Handle?” Midora knew very well that Muse was just looking for fun. Muse was the kind of person who liked to play with new toys non-stop.
Then he was dragged here by Muse.
The images on the screen began to change and finally stopped at the location of the barrier. Tens of thousands of magic fish surrounded a person. Among these magic fish, there were no shortage of apprentice peak level ones!
“Phosphorescent jellyfish!” someone pointed to the giant jellyfish hundreds of meters away in surprise.
Among the many magic fish, this giant jellyfish was extremely eye-catching, constantly emitting phosphorescent fire, and all creatures stained with the smoke of phosphorescent fire turned into bones.
This phosphorescent jellyfish, like the Ink King, was also one of the main sacrificial offerings of this blood sacrifice. Its strength was at the level of a half-step wizard!
Adding this phosphorescent jellyfish and tens of thousands of magic fish on the other side, with varying strengths but mostly at the peak of apprenticeship, among those present, except for Rosen and Muse, perhaps none could say they were absolutely confident in facing them head-on.
Killing them one by one was not a problem, but dealing with them all at once was a bit troublesome.
“Who dares to provoke so many magic fish, even including the phosphorescent jellyfish?” Everyone raised doubts in their hearts, and their eyes slowly moved to the position near the membrane.
When they saw the person in the middle, some frowned, some were relieved, some were puzzled, and some laughed.
The person in the middle was obviously in a state of ecstasy. A soul was dragging the body, standing at the edge of the membrane.
“Is it a soul person?”
“Take a closer look at his face and think about the gossip from a few days ago.”
“I remember now, isn’t he Sanders’ little apprentice, called… Angel?” Soon, someone recognized Angel’s identity.
“I didn’t expect the first person to touch the membrane to be him. That’s right, Sanders’ apprentices are all fierce, so it’s normal to think about it.”
As people were discussing, Midora’s eyes flashed with surprise, because Angel’s alchemy was excellent, and considering his age and time of entry, he had always thought that Angel mainly focused on alchemy, so his personal strength was very poor.
But what he didn’t expect was that Angel’s strength was not weak at all, and even his courage was great!
As everyone was discussing, Rosen suddenly said:
“Interesting, I didn’t expect this little guy to actually possess the power of rules.”