Chapter 554 Projection Guess <TOC> Chapter 556 Strengthened Bloodline
Translator: SumTLMan
Sanders caught a glimpse of several scrolls next to Angel.
However, after inspection, he found that these scrolls scattered on the bed were all “false” and had no substance. Just like the various alchemy tools on Sanders’ body, including the earrings with the gravity garden, the Nightmare Plane simulated them, but they were actually false and had no real effect.
Why is only this scroll of the Grand Novaguard useful? Why hadn’t he seen it before?
Or is it that this newly appeared, usable rune scroll is related to Angel?
As Sanders pondered this question, he suddenly saw a hat with a strange smile on it by Angel’s bedside. The hat was emitting a faint energy aura… Was this real too?!
He remembered that this hat was given to Angel by Daedweia, engraved with a Purification Field. But before he left, he clearly remembered that Angel’s hat was a “false” hat extended by the soul, with no energy aura at all.
But now, the physical hat had appeared? Coupled with the previously discovered physical rune scroll…
A speculation gradually formed in Sanders’ mind.
Perhaps this was Angel’s ability? However, looking at Angel’s current pitiful state, with his soul power completely depleted, the cost of using such an ability must not be small.
Sanders sighed and temporarily set aside the items he had scavenged.
All the doubts could only be resolved when Angel woke up.
Angel’s unconsciousness lasted for ten days in the Nightmare Plane. Soul power was depleted, and without special items like Soul Beads, it was difficult to replenish and could only be slowly cultivated. But he was already unconscious due to soul exhaustion, so he naturally couldn’t recover his soul power through cultivation.
If anyone else had experienced this, the extinction of the soul would probably be only a matter of time.
However, Angel was lucky. Thanks to the wound on his back, which was still flowing with pure soul power, it replenished his consumption.
It wasn’t until ten days later, when his soul power was once again abundant, that Angel finally turned the bed corner and woke up.
As soon as Angel opened his eyes, he saw Sanders sitting by the central bonfire, studying a radiant scroll.
Hearing the movement on the bed, Sanders looked over: “Awake?”
“Awake.” Angel sat up somewhat awkwardly: “Mentor, how long have I been unconscious?”
“You know you’ve been unconscious? It seems you still have memories.” Sanders raised an eyebrow: “You slept for ten days. Did you have any dreams this time?”
Ten days? Hearing this duration, Angel wasn’t too surprised. After all, the time in the Nightmare Plane was frozen compared to the Wizarding World, and ten days in the outside world was just a blink of an eye.
“No dreams.” Angel replied honestly, then got up from the bed and sat across the bonfire.
The fire flickered constantly, and the narrow room became bright and warm due to the firelight.
“Do you remember this?” Sanders raised the ‘Grand Novaguard’ rune scroll in his hand and then pointed to the hat by the bed with his finger.
Angel looked back at the hat and nodded: “I remember.”
“Tell me about their origins and how you managed to pass out again.” Sanders’ profile, illuminated by the firelight, was not only exceptionally deep but also carried an elegant curve.
Angel knew what Sanders wanted to ask, thought about the wording, and then recounted the situation at the time.
After a while, a look of surprise flashed in Sanders’ eyes: “You just have to think of it coming in, and it can come in?”
Angel nodded. When he first experimented with the Grand Novaguard rune scroll, he tested it many times and found that when he thought of it coming out, it actually came out like that.
It was as if, with thought, there was gain.
“Turning Illusion into Reality? Your thoughts can affect the projection of the Nightmare Plane?” Sanders frowned. If this was true, it would be too incredible!
“Because I successfully summoned the rune scroll and also summoned the hat, I was very happy at the time and didn’t notice that I had lost a lot of my soul power. Then I tried to summon my bracelet into the plane…” Angel mumbled.
Sanders glanced at Angel’s wrist, where the bracelet was still void, obviously not a physical object.
“So, you passed out because your soul power was depleted by your own reckless behavior?” Sanders spoke the rest of the story for Angel.
Angel nodded vigorously: “That’s right, that’s how it happened.”
“As I suspected, there should be limitations to projecting real objects.” Sanders paused: “I estimate that your bracelet involves the application of space. Also, your bracelet contains various chaotic energy materials, which is why you cannot project it successfully.”
“Even so, your authority in the Nightmare Plane as a nightmare soul is truly terrifying.” Sanders sincerely marveled that being able to bring real-world items into the Nightmare Plane seemed impossible to him because it involved the core principle of the Nightmare Plane: ‘Projection’. He initially let Angel experiment with just a thought in mind.
Angel had actually done it!
This meant that in the future, when they explored the Nightmare Plane, they could bring in various auxiliary or offensive items, not only increasing their survival rate in the Nightmare Plane but also enhancing their deterrence against monsters.
Although the things he could project now were hardly even a fraction of what they could be, as long as Angel’s strength increased and his soul grew stronger, more and more things could be brought in.
For example, when Angel tried to summon the bracelet, even though he did not successfully project it, his soul power was truly consumed. This indicated that it was possible for him to bring the bracelet into the Nightmare Plane, but his current soul power simply wasn’t sufficient.
Once Angel could bring spatial items into the Nightmare Plane, the benefits they could gain from the plane would increase significantly.
The Nightmare Plane is undoubtedly dangerous, but it is also a place where all the wizards who have entered consider it to be a treasure trove.
Just like the —Singularity— guidance method, Sanders’s conjecture is the strongest guide in the Southern Region. But it’s placed on the table of the stairs in the suspended prison of Nightfall City, with almost no danger around. As long as you can find it, you have a chance to obtain it… Of course, the premise is that you can remember its contents.
At this moment, in Sanders’s eyes, Angel’s value is infinitely rising, even surpassing anything else he has.
For a moment, Sanders wanted to completely hide Angel.
However, looking at Angel’s longing gaze, he finally gave up the shadow in his heart. An eaglet can only learn to soar when facing the azure sky alone.
Breaking his wings might prevent him from reaching greater heights.
Giving him absolute freedom is the best choice.
Putting away his thoughts, Sanders gave an evaluation of Angel’s “Projection” ability and encouraged him that as long as he grows up, the bracelet space will eventually project successfully.
For the next period of time, Sanders assigned Angel a research task on projection and the consumption level of “Soul Power”.
Through several sets of comparative tests, some relatively detailed preliminary conclusions were drawn:
Projecting mundane objects consumes an insignificant amount of Soul Power. Angel was able to project a holographic tablet in Nightfall City because it is a mundane object with little energy.
Projecting extraordinary items consumes about one-half to one-fifth of the corresponding energy amount of Soul Power, depending on the total energy and nature of the extraordinary item.
Finally, the projected items must be carried by Angel. He cannot project items out of thin air.
These three points were temporarily sorted out by Sanders. He originally wanted to try projecting life forms, but the energy composition involved in life forms is too complex. Angel might directly die from exhaustion of Soul Power, and he is not carrying any life forms, so he decided to give up.
After completing this series of tests, Sanders has achieved half of the purpose of letting Angel enter the Nightmare Plane this time.
Now, only the other half of the purpose remains.
What is the upper limit of the items Angel can bring out of the Nightmare Plane?
Sanders laid out all the items he had collected from Witch Town in front of him.
Witch Town, although belonging to the Nightmare Plane, was ultimately a projection of a mortal town and didn’t contain too many extraordinary items. It was unlike the previous Nightfall City, which had a large number of wizards present during its heyday.
Thus, most of the items were mundane, with some magical plants containing energy. Aside from that, the most eye-catching were the corpses of two magical creatures.
One was a water demon located in a well, at a level close to a half-step wizard. Due to its death, it had turned into a liquid. Sanders found a barrel in a residential area and filled it with this high energy liquid.
The other was the remains of a Blood Vine Skeleton Woman, a withered skeleton entwined with blood vine roses. According to Angel, both the bones and the blood vine roses were top-notch alchemy materials, but their specific uses needed to be tested.
Angel thought the corpses of these two magical creatures would be the most top-notch items they would bring back this time.
So, when Angel was holding the Blood Vine Skeleton Woman’s remains in one hand, carrying the barrel with the other, and stuffing his body with all kinds of mundane items and magical plants, he thought their journey to the Nightmare Plane was about to end.
However, unexpectedly, Sanders pondered for a moment and then took him to the oil painting where the old witch had hidden.
Sanders estimated that the most mysterious thing in Witch Town was probably this painting.
He originally planned to leave it in Witch Town for future exploration.
But after thinking about it for a while, he decided to add it to the items they were taking out this time.
Although he had already sealed the painting, for safety’s sake, Sanders only let Angel touch it at the last moment.
Accompanied by the fusion of two Twisted Protozoas, a spider web-like spatial crack appeared before them.
“Take the painting, and let’s go!”
Chapter 554 Projection Guess <TOC> Chapter 556 Strengthened Bloodline