Chapter 521 Pulsating Sound <TOC> Chapter 523 United Effort
Translator: SumTLMan
Hundreds of ghost, under the influence of the Prelude of Reincarnation, were annihilated in less than five minutes.
What Angel found unfortunate was that after leaving Black Castle, they rarely encountered so many ghosts. Yet the bullets in the chamber, shimmering with white light, were full, and killing these ghosts didn’t allow any white light to merge into the revolver.
After the fierce battle, Cherie immediately began to interrogate the barely alive member of the race.
This creature was the lowest-ranking of its kind, with an upper body resembling a yellow koi with red markings and long, pale legs that seemed to belong to a female based on their shape.
Aside from Angel and Nausica, everyone else in the team could understand the language. Therefore, almost everyone gathered around, wanting to know the location of the exit as soon as possible.
On the other hand, as Cherie interrogated the creature, Angel stood in silence, frowning, seemingly contemplating something.
Nausica approached: “What are you thinking about?”
“I’m thinking about that woman just now,” Angel said with some uncertainty. “Do you think she’s like someone we know?”
“Which person we know?” Nausica wondered. From the conversation between the woman and Angel, it seemed she knew them and appeared to harbor even more hatred towards Angel. A common enemy, a woman… Nausica thought for a while but couldn’t come up with an answer.
“Hookedick.” Angel whispered the name.
Nausica was stunned, acknowledging that Hookedick was indeed their common enemy since she had fought with Hookedick more than once. But wasn’t Hookedick a man?
In Nausica’s memory, Hookedick was a muscular, rough-looking man who dressed like a primitive tribal chief and emitted a strange odor.
The person they had encountered earlier, although not clearly visible, appeared to be a slender and graceful woman from her silhouette.
“That’s not possible, is it?” Nausica questioned.
“It’s very possible because Hookedick… injected the Enchantress Bloodline,” Angel explained while recreating the image of Hookedick that Saka had shown him previously.
The image displayed a tall, voluptuous woman with a large chest and perky buttocks, barely covered by a layer of transparent gauze. Her body was flawless, but her face was unbearable to look at, with even a faint hint of blue stubble around her mouth, giving an androgynous illusion.
“Hookedick, the Enchantress Bloodline?!” Nausica couldn’t help but gasp, even with her emotions suppressed. As a bloodline wizard, she understood the implications of the Enchantress Bloodline better than Angel did.
This bloodline, although it doesn’t have too many special effects, is definitely the favorite bloodline of most female witches, not only because of its minimal side effects, but also because it enhances femininity. However, for male wizards, it’s a nightmare.
After the injection, they may become much stronger, but it’s easy to experience a gender transformation. If the transformation were complete, it wouldn’t be so bad, but most of the time, the side effect only maintains a half-gender transformation, meaning they have both male and female characteristics.
Just thinking about it sends shivers down one’s spine.
“Coral said you’ve met her twice. Do you think she’s Hookedick now?” Angel asked.
Nausica carefully looked at the illusion, and the image of that woman flashed through her mind. In the Flying Fish World, she was attacked by her. The woman wore a veil and a hat, making it difficult to see her appearance, but her figure was quite similar to the one Angel had simulated.
As for the face, although Nausica didn’t see it, she could probably guess the reason why the woman was hiding her face behind the veil and hat by looking at the illusion Angel had created.
“It’s indeed very similar,” Nausica nodded. “If it’s really her, I understand why she would try to kill me on sight.”
“Most likely, Hookedick is inherently of the soul bias, and only someone of the soul bias could control so many ghosts,” Angel sighed. “It’s a shame we didn’t catch him.”
“Even if we caught him, we might not be able to kill him completely. For the soul type, death is not the end but another beginning,” Nausica whispered.
Originally, Angel hadn’t taken Hookedick seriously, but Hookedick’s attempt to assassinate them by controlling so many ghost made Angel feel somewhat threatened. Although Angel could deal with the ghost, what if Hookedick controlled souls?
Angel didn’t have much defense against soul-based attacks other than his gravity technique, and if Hookedick wanted to fight a war of attrition, Angel might actually be defeated.
With this in mind, Angel secretly made a determination: Hookedick must die, no matter what!
While they were discussing Hookedick, Cherie, Coral, and Hilary approached. Angel glanced over and saw that the poor creature was already lying in a pool of blood.
Cherie said: “We didn’t kill it. That woman earlier plucked the scale from its chest, and its tribe no longer recognized it. So it asked me for a dagger, and after I interrogated it, it took its own life.”
“Quite tenacious,” Angel replied casually. “Did you find out how to leave?”
Cherie hesitated for a moment, then looked at Coral: “You tell him.”
Coral’s expression wasn’t great either: “There is a way to leave, but it’s very difficult.”
After a pause, Coral briefly recounted the information they had obtained from the interrogation.
As Coral spoke, Angel gradually understood their current situation.
Their initial guess was mostly correct. According to the Ger race, they were indeed swallowed by a massive sea creature. However, they were not in its stomach but rather between its shell and flesh.
And this sea creature was the pet of the ancestor of the Ger race, who had previously been awakened by the “Wandering Ranger” Kaiso.
Its name: Eudes.
Eudes is a gigantic clam with a natural ability to create illusions. Since the ancestor of the Ger race fell into an icy slumber, it had been sleeping near the Land of Demise, opening its shell once a month to absorb fish into its body and sustain its life by digesting them.
“We just happened to collide with it when it opened its shell. The Black Whirlpool you mentioned is actually the whirlpool created when it opens its shell and absorbs fish,” Coral paused. “It only opens its shell for one hour, and in the last minute, it releases a thin membrane, allowing seawater and fish to pour into its body. To leave, we must take advantage of this moment and rush out of the shell within one minute.”
“However… we are now out of time.”
As Coral finished speaking, countless waves of water, accompanied by fish and sea creatures, rushed in through various holes. In the rapid current, everyone was scattered, and just as they were about to be swept apart, Angel immediately projected his soul, using Gravity Lines to fix everyone’s position.
After about five minutes, the water flow slowly receded.
However, the previously empty space was now filled with seawater.
Angel’s soul returned to his body, looking at Coral: “You meant that we missed the last moment, and the shell is now closed?”
Coral silently nodded.
Angel looked around at everyone, Cherie and Hilary had similar expressions.
Cherie: “To leave, we have to wait a month.”
“A month? Can we afford to wait?” Angel looked at Coral again. “You said there’s another way out, what is it?”
Coral spoke word by word: “Find the core of Eudes and kill it!”
…
There were only 40 minutes left until the countdown ended.
Outside, Rosen flew out of the Mechanical Tower and finally landed in front of a steel structure resembling a Dragon Blood Tree.
A steel column reached into the sky, and at the top of the column was a semi-elliptical building.
This was the Research Institute, the core area of the entire Sky Mechanical City.
Before Rosen entered the Research Institute, he saw dozens of wizards wearing Research Institute robes coming out. Walking at the front was the current dean of the Research Institute and one of the two city masters of Sky Mechanical City: “Mediocre” Muse.
Muse wore his signature smile, but usually, that smile never reached his eyes. However, when he saw Rosen arriving, Muse’s smile was genuinely radiant: “Oh, I didn’t expect you to come so soon; I could have gone there by myself.”
“It’s better for the two city lords of Sky Mechanical City to enter together, or someone might try to sow discord. Let’s go together,” Rosen said calmly. “After all, the advancement of the Purification Garden is a significant event, and we can’t take it lightly.”
Muse yawned: “I don’t think it’s that important. After all, with my mediocre talent, I won’t be able to comprehend the Purification Lines.”
The wizards from the research institute: “…” The dean is at it again. If Muse is mediocre, what are we, salted fish?
“Even a small probability is not insignificant. Once you comprehend it, it will be helpful for your legendary path,” Rosen said indifferently. “Besides, with nearly a thousand official wizards from various organizations gathered, let’s not be capricious. Let’s go and make an appearance.”
Muse nodded casually: “Alright, let’s go.”
Everyone ascended into the sky.
At the same time, all the official wizards in the entire Sky Mechanical City, except those in seclusion, flew towards the valley where the Purification Garden was located.
There were wizards from the Sky Mechanical City and other organizations.
When Rosen landed, the sky above the valley was already filled with numerous wizards.
At this moment, on one side of the valley, many guard wizards brought out huge screens, which eventually merged together.
Accompanied by a flash of light and shadow.
In the screen, a vast circular plaza appeared. The plaza was surrounded by strange statues, with various lights shining in their eyes, converging in the center.
In the center of the plaza was a nearly 100-meter wasteland, where the lights converged above it. Above the wasteland, a ball of light was suspended, pulsating like a heart, expanding and contracting.
All the wizards in the valley, upon seeing this ball of light, had a glint of greed in their eyes.
This circular plaza was the Land of Demise Altar!
And that ball of light was the manifestation of the Purification Laws!