Chapter 520 Active Illusion Nodes <TOC> Chapter 522 Eudes
Translator: SumTLMan
After a while, Nausica remained calm and composed, her expression unchanged, and her thoughts clear.
Around her, nearly a dozen illusion formation nodes had become active, but they still couldn’t affect her emotions.
Angel finally breathed a sigh of relief, smiling and nodding at everyone: “It works.”
“This method of fighting poison with poison actually works!” Coral exclaimed.
“Even if it is fighting poison with poison, the poison that Angel has applied should be much more advanced than the original poison,” Nausica hinted subtly.
At this time, Angel turned to everyone and said: “Although suppressing emotions has its drawbacks, it is much better than being controlled by negative emotions.”
“If you all agree, I will set up the emotion-controlling spell for you now,” Angel said.
Everyone wanted to leave, and they naturally understood Angel’s reasoning, so they all nodded in agreement.
Soon, everyone’s expressions changed, except for Luna’s. If an outsider were here, they would think that everyone, except Angel, was as cold and indifferent as an iceberg.
“It’s indeed a peculiar state,” said Coral. Her appearance looked like a child, with two braids reaching for the sky, and her speech usually carried a hint of playfulness and coquetry. But now, her temperament had completely changed, transforming from innocent and lively to cold and arrogant, as if she had become a different person.
“My thoughts are much calmer than usual,” Cherie added. She was already quite indifferent, so there wasn’t much difference in her appearance now. She pondered for a moment: “I cannot perceive or express any other emotions. At present, my emotions are all based on self-interest. Angel, be careful; if I face danger, I may choose to prioritize my own interests and abandon you. So, don’t trust me too much.”
After a pause, Cherie continued: “However, our lives and fortunes are all tied to you right now. To escape from here, you are undoubtedly the key. So, barring any accidents, you are the most critical person for all of us here, and we won’t abandon you easily.”
This was the drawback of absolute calmness. Suppressing many emotions, some of which were related to personality and humanity, Cherie directly pointed this out, warning Angel not to trust them too much, which showed the inadequacies of the calmness spell.
“But not all drawbacks. Under this externally imposed calmness, one can forcibly clear one’s mind of distracting thoughts, helping beginners to meditate. Even after becoming an apprentice, this method can enhance their focus, and their learning efficiency will improve greatly. Maybe you can make a fortune by relying on this method in the future!” Coral tried to joke with Angel in her usual tone. However, her tone was too flat, and instead of being humorous, it made Angel feel somewhat eerie.
“Angel earns a fortune just from alchemy, using this method to get rich, hehe, I guess it would take a lifetime.” Nausica said.
“Let’s not talk about other things, since everyone’s mental abilities are fine, let’s start looking for the exit.” Angel paused: “The calm emotion I applied to you will last for about an hour, and it will naturally fade after that time limit.”
“Actually, if we don’t find the exit within twenty minutes, being calm will be in vain.” Nausica headed in a certain direction: “Follow me, I can sense the vibration of the Sword of Mer.”
After saying that, Nausica directly turned around and took the lead in leaving.
At this point, everyone didn’t care why Nausica, the person with the weakest strength, was leading the way. What she said was correct; she held the heart scale in her hand and could sense the whereabouts of the woman who had stolen the Sword of Mer earlier. Their current consensus was to find that woman.
Nausica led the way in front, and everyone followed behind.
Cherie summoned sparks of fire to illuminate the surrounding environment.
There were numerous winding paths and cave entrances. Many times, after taking a few steps into a cave entrance, a new path would appear, leading to even more branching paths.
“Is this an underwater labyrinth?” Cherie wondered.
Coral reached out and touched the cave wall, shaking off some sand and dirt: “It might be some kind of structure built by the Ger race, but why are there illusion nodes? Are the Ger that powerful?”
“Don’t forget the scene we saw earlier, that wizard-level Ger.” Nausica said, also reaching out to touch the wall: “Maybe this place was created by that powerful being.”
Suddenly, Nausica frowned: “No, Coral, when you touched the cave wall, didn’t you feel a pulse inside?”
Coral shook her head: “No.”
“I felt a very regular pulse.” Nausica first used her mechanical arm to touch it, and after thinking about it, she switched to her left hand to touch the wall, and the pulsing sensation disappeared.
Nausica shared this peculiar finding.
Everyone tried it out but didn’t feel the so-called pulsing sensation.
“Touch shielding.” Angel’s face suddenly turned ugly: “When you touched it, I felt many illusion nodes around the wall become active, and as soon as your hand left, the illusion nodes returned to silence. Nausica’s hand is mechanical and didn’t trigger the activation of those illusion nodes, so her perception is the real one.”
“So, following what Nausica said, why are there regular pulsating sounds here?” The group pondered for a moment and all came up with a possibility.
“Could we have been swallowed by some giant creature?”
…
Five minutes had passed, and they, led by Nausica, arrived at a flat square.
With the light from the fire released by Cherie, they could see that the area above the square was still shrouded in mist.
“Over there!” Coral pointed towards a corner of the darkness.
Indeed, the group saw a dark figure, even in the firelight, her appearance was unclear.
Upon discovering the person, Angel moved swiftly and charged towards her.
The other party leapt into the air, dodging Angel’s move. At this point, the dark figure turned around, and suddenly stopped: “Angel?!”
It was a crisp and enchanting female voice.
“Who are you? Do you know me?” Angel asked suspiciously.
Instead of answering, the figure suddenly burst into laughter. The laughter went from restrained to slowly becoming unrestrained, eventually turning into madness.
“Ha ha ha, it’s you! I originally stayed here to watch Nausica’s despair, but with you here, even better! All of you die here, all of you die for me!”
Her voice was filled with intense hatred.
“Who are you?” Nausica also stepped forward.
“Who am I, does it matter? Hahaha, you will all die soon, sacrificed in a blood ritual!” She waved her hand, and countless dark shadows emerged: “Go, kill everyone here!”
The dark shadows were a mixture of flying fish, humans, and various races. However, Angel noticed that these suddenly appearing shadows were not much different from the shark monster he encountered in the outer world. They had no physical bodies but were a kind of energy body.
They were incredibly ferocious, with their eyes shining white, completely unlike living beings.
Souls?!
No, ghost!
When Angel saw these ghost, he suddenly had a guess in his mind: this woman couldn’t be…
But now, there was no time to confirm this speculation. First, eliminate these ghost and then discuss other matters!
If the dark figure had released souls like the shark outside, they might have struggled or even been held back, but it happened to be ghosts!
Angel turned around and said to everyone: “Step back; I’ll handle these ghost!”
As soon as the words fell, Angel took out a silver revolver Prelude of Reincarnation filled with mysterious runes from his bracelet.
Ever since crafting it in Black Castle, Angel had barely used it. He didn’t expect the first time to use it after leaving Black Castle would be here!
“Angel, be careful. It’s difficult to kill them without a way to deal with the ghost. Maybe we should retreat and hide for a while…” Before Coral could finish her words, an invisible wave was released from the muzzle of Angel’s gun.
Directly ahead, 180 degrees, the ten fastest and most powerful ghost suddenly experienced an internal energy disturbance and vanished without a trace!
Not only these ten, but the ghost that followed them also turned into pure energy bodies and returned to the heavens and the earth.
In the blink of an eye, half of the dense ghost had disappeared.
“I didn’t expect Angel to have a item specifically designed to counter ghost… and it’s so powerful,” Coral exclaimed. Suddenly, she saw a shadow out of the corner of her eye, quietly moving in a certain direction.
Was that the crazy woman from earlier? What was she up to?
Coral followed the woman’s movement, and her eyes suddenly lit up, shouting: “Look, there’s a Ger race member over there!”
As Coral’s voice rang out, everyone looked over and saw a struggling Ger race member trying to move under the wall.
“It’s alive! We can get information on how to leave from it!” Everyone reacted immediately.
“Damn, I’ve been discovered!” At that moment, the shadow suddenly rushed over, taking out a knife and hacking it down towards the Ger race member.
“Shoot, she’s going to kill it.” Everyone moved at the same time, wanting to stop her, but the shadow had already reached the Ger race member.
Just as the Ger race member was about to die, a figure appeared in front of it.
The knife in the shadow’s hand was kicked away, and everyone saw a flash of red light as the shadow was pierced through.
Only then did everyone realize that the figure was actually Cherie, who had transformed into a half-beast state with her Redclaw Harvester powers!
Cherie moved quickly, not giving the shadow a chance to retaliate. She picked up the Ger race member from the ground, and in a flash of light smoke, she appeared behind the others.
The shadow gradually faded until it disappeared completely…
Coral: “Is she dead?”
Hilary: “She should be, right?”
“She didn’t die,” Nausica suddenly said. “She escaped. I can feel the Sword of Mer getting farther away from us. That shadow just now might have been just a means.”
Coral sighed in relief: “That’s true. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have sneaked up to the Ger race member while Angel was killing the ghost. She could have just used some trick to finish it. Fortunately, this Ger race member didn’t die. Since she can leave, we should be able to as well!”