Chapter 588 New Ideas <TOC> Chapter 590 The Situation
Translator: SumTLMan
On one side was a desolate plateau, covered with broken rocks, with not much greenery visible at a glance. On the other side was a grassland with a gradient of greens to yellows, gently stretching, with faintly visible distant mountains.
This was the buffer zone between the Eternal Night Kingdom and the Paramjit Plateau. One day, in the cloudless sky, a deep rift suddenly appeared.
From the rift, violent energies that were difficult for the naked eye to see gushed out ceaselessly. A bird that flew a hundred meters from the rift was torn into a bloody mess due to a moment of carelessness.
When the violent energy gradually stabilized, two men emerged from the rift.
“This is the limit. Any further, and the violent spatial energy will increase several levels.” Sanders looked at the gradually stabilizing violent energy and frowned, “In this situation, either a plane is merging with the Wizarding World, or a planar passage has been opened. However, the characteristics of plane merging are very obvious, and the scale would be much larger. It would be impossible to only blockade such a small distance of space.”
Angel: “You mean, a planar passage has been opened?”
With a serious expression, Sanders nodded: “That should be correct, and it was caused by those two creatures. It’s very likely that the planar passage they opened is…”
“A channel connected to the Nightmare Plane!”
Both of them were very clear about the possible waves that could be caused by a channel connected to the Nightmare Plane. However, whether it was as they guessed still needed to be confirmed.
“The planar passage can only go this far. Let’s go, we can only fly from here. It’s not far from here to Sleepless City, just a few hundred miles.” After Sanders finished speaking, he glanced at Angel’s bracelet.
His meaning was clear: it was time to release the Gondola.
Angel didn’t understand why Sanders insisted on taking the Gondola. His own flying speed was very fast… But since Sanders had already made his request with his eyes, Angel naturally couldn’t refuse.
Just as he was about to take out the Gondola, Toby, who had been on his shoulder, suddenly flew into the air and transformed into a griffin with a flaming tail.
The enormous eagle head turned and urgently called to Angel and Sanders.
“Mentor, Toby says it will take us there,” Angel explained to Sanders.
Sanders nodded expressionlessly, but Angel could clearly feel a fleeting disdain in his eyes.
Angel was full of doubts. Toby’s burst speed was much faster than the Gondola’s, so why could Sanders accept the Gondola but look down on Toby?
Could it be that Sanders actually liked the Gondola’s style?
Maybe he could craft a Gondola for Sanders when he had time? Or perhaps that was Sanders’ intention all along.
As Angel pondered in his heart, Toby couldn’t wait any longer. It spread its wings, with gray Gravity Lines swirling around, a huge sonic boom was heard. In the blink of an eye, it appeared several hundred meters away.
Toby’s urgency was due to Gloria being trapped in Sleepless City. Although it had a slight fear of Gloria in its heart, it was the most anxious among them when it heard the news of Gloria’s crisis.
Angel sat on Toby’s back, stroking its color-shifting mane, and comforted it, “Don’t worry, Lady Gloria will be fine. She has many magical things on her, even if she falls into the Sleepless City, she can escape with something like a Fragment Ephemera.”
Although Angel said this, he knew in his heart that this was just a comforting statement. Fragment Ephemeras can open a one-time two-way channel, but they have a prerequisite for use: a stable plane.
Now, Sleepless City’s surrounding space is filled with violent energy, so there is no talk of stability.
However, lies have their reasons for existence. Under Angel’s comfort, Toby’s emotions became noticeably calmer. It let out a long cry to the sky, and its tense muscles gradually began to relax.
After comforting Toby, Angel looked back at Sanders.
After leaving the Flowing Source’s extradimensional laboratory, he went to Phantom Island to find Sanders. Upon seeing Angel, Sanders simply explained the situation in Sleepless City and opened the planar passage to head there.
Angel followed him immediately.
Regardless of how Gloria had been treating him, he wanted to come and see what was going on just because of his relationship with Toby. However, this time he wouldn’t be as impulsive as he was during Twilight Auction; he would follow Sanders’ instructions and not worry.
Moreover, he had communicated with Toby that even if he was anxious, he should follow his instructions and not rush blindly into the dark realm.
“Mentor, how did Foxx and Frogg escape Twilight Auction after I fell into the planar passage last time in Shadow Demon City?” Angel asked curiously.
Regarding the follow-up after he fell into the planar passage, Angel only knew that it was indeed Twilight who pushed him into the planar passage, and then Twilight left the Twilight Deep Well, with her whereabouts unknown.
This was all Sanders had told him when they were in Sky Mechanical City. As for other details, he didn’t know.
However, he remembered clearly that when he was dealing with a nest in Bliss Pavilion, Sanders and Daedweia had gone to Twilight Auction to deal with another nest, and the fox holding the harp, Foxx, and the frog singing, Frogg, were at Twilight Auction.
He wondered how they had managed to run away and why they hadn’t been discovered until now, causing a big incident?
“After you were pushed into the planar passage by Twilight, the connection was immediately severed. I rushed to Bliss Pavilion to see what had happened on your side. By the time I returned to Twilight Auction, they had already left, and not only did the two creatures leave, but the shattered clown card had also disappeared.”
Sanders briefly explained the situation at that time, but he didn’t mention many specific details.
For example, in order to obtain the Mysterious Object—The Harp—in Foxx’s possession, he took a great risk and awakened his “other self” with a mutated soul.
Another example is when he learned that something had happened to Angel, he immediately abandoned his fight with Foxx and rushed to Bliss Pavilion.
“They disappeared from Shadow Demon Castle and hid for a year, then came to Sleepless City… why is that?” Angel muttered to himself.
“Creatures from the Nightmare Plane, when they come to the Wizarding World, will have their strength suppressed to some extent. Moreover, they rely heavily on the aura of the Nightmare Plane, just like the Teacup Band and Red Block Toy Soldiers in your Nightmare Realm. Without the aura of the Nightmare Plane, their strength would be greatly reduced. So, hiding is actually the right choice.” Sanders said indifferently, “As for why they would appear in Sleepless City at this time, it depends on whether they came actively or passively.”
Active? Passive? Angel thought for a moment and roughly guessed Sanders’ meaning.
“If they actively came to Sleepless City, it means they are the culprits behind this Sleepless City incident.” Angel paused, “If they came passively to Sleepless City, does that mean the real culprit behind the Sleepless City incident is someone else?”
Sanders nodded, expressing his appreciation for Angel’s quick understanding, “That’s roughly the case, but I’m more inclined to think that they came to Sleepless City passively, so the reason is easier to guess.”
Angel also thought, “If they came here passively, it means that they can sense when and where the Nightmare Plane will intersect with the Wizarding World. By arriving in advance, they can wait for the passage to open, absorb more of the Nightmare Plane’s aura, and recover their strength.”
“That’s right, but one thing is a bit strange. If they really passively chose Sleepless City, why did a large-scale dark domain appear? Whenever a natural Nightmare Plane passage appeared in the past, there has never been such a situation.” Sanders was also puzzled, perhaps the truth was not their speculated “passive” but that they “actively” chose Sleepless City?
As they were puzzled, Toby had already flown hundreds of miles.
In just five or six minutes, Angel looked up and could already faintly see the outline of Sleepless City.
That huge dark veil also came into view.
“That’s it, the once Eternal Day brilliance has now turned into dark shackles,” Angel lamented.
At this moment, dozens of miles ahead in the sky, a group of wizard apprentices suddenly appeared, their starry patterned wizard robes fluttering in the wind, looking like a dense flock of blue birds from a distance.
Angel noticed that the surrounding sky was also filled with extraordinary figures wearing different outfits, seemingly with different backgrounds.
But it was only this group of apprentices dressed in starry patterned wizard robes who blocked their path.
“The area ahead is a dangerous forbidden zone. No entry allowed, please turn back!” A distant voice spell came with the wind.
Upon hearing this, Angel immediately frowned, “An order to stop? Where did this command come from, don’t tell me, you all are from Sleepless City?”
A few days ago, when he returned from Mechanical City to the Savage Grottoes, he had to pass through a teleportation formation to get to Sleepless City. Therefore, he was well aware that the apprentices of Sleepless City were almost all dressed in white robes with golden borders. These nearly one hundred people in robes with starry sky patterns were clearly organized, but they were definitely not from Sleepless City.
“We are acting on Lord Harris’s orders. It’s not safe ahead, and hundreds of thousands have already been trapped. This is for your own good!”
“Harris? You mean the insignificant worm of Twilight’s Edge?” A hoarse voice came from behind Angel.
The one speaking, of course, was Sanders.
Sanders’ words were filled with disdain and ridicule. However, at this time, no one dared to respond, not even those who were shouting.
The people opposite were not fools either. They came to stop people, naturally relying on Harris behind them. Harris didn’t want too many people to enter the Sleepless City, so that the number of people competing for the “Mysterious Object” wouldn’t increase.
In fact, not only Harris, but there are also quite a few wizards with similar ideas. Most of the numerous wizard apprentices in the nearby sky actually serve this purpose.
The fact that Sanders dared to call Harris an “insignificant worm” showed that his strength was definitely not worse than Harris, and might even be stronger.
So, they were intimidated.
People who don’t know how to appreciate subtlety are ultimately a minority among wizards.
When Toby leisurely flew past them, they didn’t dare to say another word.
Especially when they saw clearly the person sitting on this strange flying magical creature, their expressions all revealed an unpleasant and fearful look.
That was the Southern Region’s Death God! They almost stopped the Southern Region’s Death God just now?!