Chapter 491 Meeting Old Friends <TOC> Chapter 493 Golden Flying Fish
Translator: SumTLMan
Angel looked at Tana with a puzzled expression: “Alan mentioned me? How do you know, what’s your relationship with Alan?”
“Tana and I both practiced at the Butterfly Bar,” Tana looked at Alan, recalling the events not long ago: “After we arrived at Sky Mechanical City, the news that you were Lord Sanders’ apprentice had spread far and wide. At that time, Alan mentioned you, saying that you and he were from the same hometown.”
“At that time, Alan’s expression was both surprised and happy for you. He also said that if his sister knew this news, she would be even happier.”
At first, Angel was somewhat doubtful, but when Tana mentioned Alan’s sister, he believed her words more.
“Alan’s sister, she shouldn’t have come to the Purification Garden, right?” Angel asked.
Tana shook her head: “I don’t know, but probably not. When we arrived at Mechanical City, Alan went to look for the White Coral Floating Island Academy’s residence, but he didn’t see any trace of his sister. She probably wouldn’t come. After all, she has only been in the wizarding world for less than two years.”
As Tana said this, she suddenly added: “Speaking of which, Alan once said that you started practicing later than them, but now your strength has far surpassed his.”
Tana’s words made everyone look at each other.
“Tana, do you mean that Angel has been practicing for less than a year and a half?” Hermes was well aware that Alan’s training time was also less than two years. Now reaching the peak of a first-level apprentice, it was already considered an excellent achievement.
Tana nodded: “If Alan didn’t lie to me, it should be so.”
Now, Hermes looked at Angel with extreme astonishment. He could see that Angel, like him, was at the peak of a second-level apprentice, but he had been in the wizarding world for more than ten years, while the other party had been there for less than two years! What kind of training speed was this?
Even with a special guidance method, it would require an extremely compatible talent. Angel’s talent for training and the compatibility with the guidance method shouldn’t exceed 15%, right?
What Hermes didn’t know was that Angel’s practice of the —Singularity Scattering Mediation Method— had a minimum compatibility value of 30%. If Angel’s talent was more suitable for the guidance method, the compatibility would be even higher!
“No wonder Lord Sanders almost killed Bogula for your sake. This talent… is indeed amazing.” Hermes shook his head, and as a genius praised by everyone, he rarely felt envy and jealousy towards Angel.
Tana, on the other hand, had a good mindset. Probably about half a month ago, when Alan told her these words, she had already been surprised.
Sunisha, hearing this news, her eyes lit up, and her heart calculated even more.
“You’ve only been practicing for a year and a half?” Cherie, who hadn’t been speaking, suddenly asked.
Cherie was sitting on one side of the broom, with Luna crouching beside her, both pairs of eyes looking at Angel simultaneously.
Angel knew the story of standing out from the crowd, but he didn’t like to show off his practice time or his own talent. However, Tana had already exposed his information, so he couldn’t refute it and simply nodded vaguely.
Upon hearing this, Cherie lowered her head, lost in thought. Angel noticed that Luna had jumped onto her shoulder and gently licked Cherie’s cheek with her tongue.
Recalling that Luna had done the same to him not long ago, Luna seemed to be sensitive to human emotions… So, was Cherie feeling down now?
Angel couldn’t tell. After all, his relationship with Cherie wasn’t close enough for him to pry.
Angel turned his head back and looked at Tana again. In fact, when he was on the Purple Bauhinia, Alan was taken into the Candy House, and he had also contributed to it. However, he always thought that Gloria would accept him, but in the end, Alan ended up at Felicia’s Butterfly Bar.
As for meeting Alan in the Purification Garden, Angel was not only delighted by the “old friend in a foreign land” but also puzzled.
“Why did Alan come to the Purification Garden?” Angel’s implication was, given Alan’s strength, why would he come to the Purification Garden to die?
Tana understood Angel’s meaning, but when it came to this question, she was also a little confused: “A month ago, we received a message from our mentor asking us to come to the Purification Garden. At first, I thought it was just a benefit for us, allowing us to be purified, but when we met Hermes in Mechanical City…”
“Tana and I grew up together and have lived together since we were little. However, we separated very early and never thought we would see each other again, let alone that she would enter the world of wizards,” Hermes explained from the side, his words conveying a sense of ‘staking a claim’ that everyone could detect.
Tana gave Hermes an annoyed look and continued: “After meeting Hermes, I realized that there was more to the Purification Garden than meets the eye. I can understand why Mentor sent me, but I don’t understand why she also sent Alan. Maybe she thought Alan had good luck and could escape from the life-and-death situation?”
Angel pondered, a month ago, Felicia should still be in the Black Castle, right? Why would she send them invitations? Could it be like Tana said, relying on Alan’s good luck?
“Of course, Alan’s luck is excellent. Didn’t he meet us? Whether it’s Alan or you, I’ll make sure you both get out safely,” Hermes promised confidently.
Tana gave him a sidelong glance: “You just protect Alan, I don’t need your protection.”
Hermes anxiously replied: “How can I not? I didn’t even plan to enter the Purification Garden originally, but I had to protect you…”
Angel watched the young couple, shook his head with a smile, and closed his mouth, not wanting to be the third wheel.
He had been worried about Alan’s safety, but since Hermes had confidently assured that he would bring Alan out safely, he felt relieved.
In the entire Purification Garden, the only friends he could recognize were Alan and Nausica.
Alan seemed to have grown up quite a bit and Tana took great care of him. Angel naturally thought of another friend—Nausica, wondering how she was doing now.
……
Tens of thousands of miles away in a forest.
A giant flying fish resembling a python suddenly spun like a spring, rotating quickly and finally crashing heavily into the mountain wall. Its eyes still had the “spiral incense shape”, and before it could react, a silver fist appeared in front of it.
The next moment, the flying fish’s head exploded, and its brain matter splattered everywhere.
“Beautiful spiral kill!” Coral, sitting on Gank, happily clapped her hands. Gank, whose face was hidden by a mask, also seemed to sense its master’s joy and happily performed the savage dance.
Nausica used the water spell to clean the brain matter and flesh from her arm and then walked over with a smile: “Tell Gank to stop dancing, or else Hilary might be shaken off.”
Coral looked back at Hilary, who was asleep on Gank’s right shoulder. Due to Gank’s dancing, Hilary’s body kept shaking, and her cute curls swayed left and right, looking quite amusing.
“Don’t worry, yesterday Hilary slipped off Gank’s back and fell heavily to the ground, and she was fine. This little bounce is nothing,” Coral assured Nausica with a relaxed expression.
Nausica sighed: “If Hilary knew you were messing with her while she was asleep, she would probably chop you up.”
Coral smiled, swinging her goat horn braids: “No fear, Hilary wouldn’t dare.”
Nausica shook her head. Although she was now bantering with Coral, she was actually quite happy. She hadn’t expected that in just one day after entering the Purification Garden, the two of them would find each other.
To be precise, it was Hilary who found Coral, and then they found her.
When they entered the Purification Garden, Hilary left her blood on both of them. As a talented person in water transformation, she couldn’t directly control other people’s blood, but she could sense the direction of her own blood from thousands of miles away.
Unprepared, they were found one by one by Hilary.
Although Nausica appeared confident in front of Angel, swearing that she could make it through the Purification Garden, only she knew how unconfident she really was.
Now with Coral and Hilary, they couldn’t say they’d become the absolute last survivors, but with their support, their chances of survival had increased greatly. So although she didn’t show it, she was actually quite happy.
“Should we keep moving forward? I always feel that we’re wasting our time by wandering aimlessly. We’d better find traces of people, preferably apprentices of Sky Mechanical City, and force them to reveal the blood sacrifice mechanism of the Purification Garden. Otherwise, we’re really just blindly moving forward,” Coral said.
Nausica, however, pondered for a moment: “Actually, I’ve been thinking about this issue. When we entered the Purification Garden, Lord Rosen couldn’t have just left us without saying anything, without even mentioning the blood sacrifice mechanism.”
“Once we entered, we’ve been completely aimless, unable to find any traces of buildings. It feels like this is the world of fish monsters.”
“It seems they want us to find an exit, but without any hints, how can we find it? The area of the Purification Garden is so vast that finding an exit is like finding a needle in a haystack. So I have an idea, maybe the exit is actually quite obvious.”
Coral also fell into thought following Nausica’s words: “The exit is obvious, but I can’t see it.”
Nausica continued: “Maybe the exit only appears at a specific time, and we can’t see it just because the time hasn’t come yet. Or…”
“Or what?” Coral asked.
“Or, the exit has actually appeared. It’s just that we haven’t noticed it.” Nausica said this and looked up at the boundless sky, where the occasional flying fish drifted by.
Coral: “You mean the sky?”
“The Purification Garden is for blood sacrifice, and blood sacrifice naturally requires a large number of deaths. The sky is full of flying fish, and from time to time, we see giant flying fish. We’ve designated it as a forbidden area. But what if the forbidden area is actually the exit? To enter the forbidden area, wouldn’t we need a large number of deaths?”
Nausica’s thought process was almost identical to that of Angel.
Only a few people in the entire Purification Garden could think of this. Coral was no fool, and after Nausica’s reminder, she also had some thoughts.
“Maybe it’s really the sky, but how do we fly there?” Coral frowned.
“Forget about whether we can fly there for now. Watch out, a large group of flying fish is attacking!” Nausica looked at the dozens of flying fish in front of them, each with a fierce expression. She turned to Coral and said: “Prepare for battle!”
Chapter 491 Meeting Old Friends <TOC> Chapter 493 Golden Flying Fish