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Translator: SumTLMan
Sanders wanted to enter the outer city, which Angel could roughly guess from the beginning.
Was the outer city as dangerous as the Nightmare Plane? After all, even if there were passages to the Nightmare Plane inside, it was still on the wizards’ territory. Sanders, who often ventured into the Nightmare Plane, would not be afraid of the outer city.
Before that, his series of actions were actually to determine how much surprise the outer city could bring him.
Unfortunately, Angelo could predict too little. Previously, no one could come out of the Dark Domain, so Sanders decided to go in himself.
Angel hesitated for a moment: “I’ll go with Mentor.”
Sanders nodded: “Okay, but before I can assure your safety, stay in the Gravity Garden.”
Even if there was real danger inside, Sanders had a way out. Whether it was forcibly opening the planar passage or the Gravity Garden, both were his confidence.
Since deciding to enter the outer city, Sanders did not waste words with others, prepared to take Angel with him and leave.
Tap, tap, tap…
The sound of black leather boots stepping on the hollow wooden floor, with a rhythmic frequency, approached Angel.
“Let’s go, let’s see what surprises those two creatures bring us,” Sanders walked to Angel’s side, his eyes glanced at Angel and looked at the world outside.
The sky was already getting late, the orange-red sunset was a touch of makeup on the horizon.
But nearby, there was a dark cover like an inverted bowl, combined with the clear sunset, it looked a bit like the dawn light slightly emerging after the total solar eclipse overlapping.
The most amazing thing was that at the top of the dark cover, the bottom of the inverted bowl – the dark vortex, was constantly pouring unknown mysterious energy into the bowl. It was these mysterious auras that attracted people from various wizard organizations to come here from far away, locking the unknown darkness with their greedy eyes.
“Okay,” Angel nodded.
Just as they were looking forward to the so-called “surprise,” the “shock” came first.
There was a sudden commotion outside the Magic Hut.
The wizards who were arguing incessantly in the hut immediately stopped their quarrel, and their mental powers reached out to the outside.
Angelo had been looking forward to some changes in the outer city, or rather, whether alive or dead, as long as they could step out of the Dark Domain, there would be more data to support his continued deduction.
Now, the data had arrived.
However, it seemed that Angelo did not dare to accept it.
From the Dark Domain emerged countless specks of light imbued with the aura of the Nightmare Plane… These specks of light, innumerable, densely filled the entire sky.
As all the wizards subconsciously activated their protective spells, the specks of light began to scatter wildly in all directions.
Centered around Sleepless City, within a radius of nearly a hundred miles, the sky was filled with tens of thousands of apprentices, forming layer upon layer of sentry posts. Originally meant to protect Sleepless City from outsiders, they now became living targets for the specks of light.
These specks of light chose these apprentices and then, in ways incomprehensible to all, burrowed into their bodies.
Then, the apprentices who had absorbed the specks of light began to change their facial expressions at a visibly rapid pace.
From horror and panic to dullness and numbness, their expressions suddenly turned to joy and sinister smiles, as if they were children visiting an amusement park for the first time, dancing and spinning in mid-air.
“What’s wrong with you all?” asked the apprentices who had cast protective spells, surprised by the changes in their companions.
All they received in response were eerie, fluctuating singing phrases: “La la la~ Praise the Queen, praise Shava, praise Yorke~ Sunset, sunset, go away, I want the moonlight to shower down today~”
The bizarre tune, despite not carrying any energy, sent a chill down the spines of those around.
More and more people were absorbed by the specks of light. As soon as an apprentice was invaded by a speck of light, they would immediately exhibit strange behavior, like circus clowns, speaking strange words, dancing comical dances, and raising eerie laughter.
In less than two minutes, most of the wizard apprentices in the sky had become “clowns.”
Those who remained clear-headed were the ones who had raised their protective spells.
However, when they thought that raising their protective spells could block these specks of light, reality struck them again.
The specks of light began attacking the apprentices who had cast protective spells.
The energy level carried by each speck of light was roughly between that of a first and second-level apprentice.
Their method of attack was to collide with the protective spells and self-destruct, using the energy released during their destruction to break the protective spells.
One or two specks of light might be repelled by the protective spells, but what about more?
When one or two protective spells were used up and there was no magical power left in their bodies, what should they do?
The apprentices fought while retreating, trying to leave the range of these specks of light while they could still cast protective spells. But it was useless, as there were too many specks of light, completely dragging them into a stalemate of attrition.
Some tried to fight instead of defend, using their attacks to clear a path. This was basically futile as well, as the speed of the specks of light far exceeded their imagination.
However, it wasn’t entirely useless. Some people managed to clear a path by burning a large area with flames, turning themselves into half-elemental beings. They then escaped to the ground, fled to the plaza, and prayed for help from the wizards present.
The wizards wanted to help, but there were too many specks of light, and the Dark Domain kept spewing them out, each time in the millions.
Even with the power of the wizards, it was impossible to completely block these specks of light. They even considered joining forces to cast a large-scale defensive spell, temporarily helping the apprentices construct a safe protective barrier.
However, there were too many specks of light.
A large number of ants could kill an elephant, let alone these specks of light possessing the energy of a first-level apprentice and using suicidal attacks.
Even a wizard-level defense barrier couldn’t withstand such an impact.
Seeing more and more people affected, everyone panicked. The chaos began, and the apprentices tried to run out. The wizards looked to the Magic Hut, hoping the wizards inside could provide a solution. But the wizards in the Magic Hut were also bewildered.
In just a few minutes, how did the situation suddenly turn upside down?
“Lord Radiant, what do we do now?” A wizard directly used a distant voice spell, asking Douglas in the hut.
Douglas was originally contemplating Angelo’s words, how the next step for Sleepless City should be, whether they should ask the Crown Star Church for help… But just as he hesitated, this change occurred outside. He was now clueless, only able to spread his mental power out, looking for Angelo’s whereabouts.
Quickly, he saw the temporary residence of the White Coral Floating Island Academy in a pointed-roof hut in the inner city. Angelo and Herolin looked serious, their lips moving quickly, as if discussing something. Behind them, a group of apprentices from the White Coral Floating Island Academy huddled in a defensive magic energy formation, shivering, and occasionally taking out a magic crystal to replenish the consumption of the defensive magic energy formation.
“Professor Angelo, do you know what’s going on now?” Douglas directly asked.
Angelo also sensed Douglas’s mental power, he and Herolin exchanged glances, and quickly said: “Lord Radiant, do you believe now… The outer city will only get worse and worse, and now, it has already affected your inner city.”
“I don’t want to hear accusations; I just want to know what’s going on now? What should we do? How do we deal with these specks of light?” Douglas, who had always been mild-tempered, was also a bit anxious at this time: “Didn’t you say you needed data? Aren’t these specks of light coming from the outer city? Can’t you study and manipulate them now? Can you give me an answer now?”
“I am currently calculating.” Angelo pushed his glasses up, beads of sweat appearing on the tip of his nose.
He took out a feather pen and quickly calculated on the parchment, a series of beautiful runes flowing between his fingers, winding and twisting with a wonderful charm.
After a while, Angelo replied: “Lord Radiant, you must not touch that speck of light. The vision the Strings of the World gave me is that even wizards cannot withstand the attack of those specks of light!”
Even wizards can’t resist the attack of the specks of light?! Douglas’s pupils shrank.
“What should we do now? Are we just going to remain in a stalemate?”
Angelo shook his head: “I don’t know, but… Lord Radiant, you can ask Lord Quete. My intuition tells me that he might know something.”
After saying that, Angelo added: “Lord Radiant, I advise you to evacuate the crowd immediately and stay away from this area.”
Douglas did not respond to this remark. Angelo did not know if Douglas had not heard or if he was unwilling to reply.
The meaning of this sentence was already clear: let Douglas abandon Sleepless City and choose another location.
As the chaos broke out in the entire Sleepless City, Sanders and Angel communicated through their mental link: “Ah, such a familiar rhythm. These parasites have appeared again.”
Watching the chaotic scene outside, Angel nodded: “Moreover, they seem to have evolved. They can actually survive outside the Nightmare Plane’s aura.”
The specks of light outside might be unfamiliar to others, but Angel and Sanders knew them well… These were the parasitic creatures emitted from the Colorful Dragonfly’s nests.
The fall of the Night creature City was due to these parasites.
However, these parasites only had activity within the Nightmare Plane’s aura and could move around freely. But now, it seemed that these parasites had actually left that environment and directly escaped to the outer city?
Sanders shook his head: “No, they haven’t completely left the Nightmare Plane’s aura. Didn’t you notice that after they left the outer city, they carried a part of the Nightmare Plane’s aura with them? This part of the aura is enough for them to survive in the outside world for some time. With this time, they can find a host to parasitize, and they might be able to continue living.”
“But how did that part of the Nightmare Plane’s aura integrate into the parasites? Could they really have evolved?” Sanders pondered: “We’ll know when we go in and take a look.”
“Mentor, what about the others? Should we use the Nightmare Plane to save them?” Angel asked as he saw more and more apprentices turning into “clowns.”
“This place is not like Shadow Demon City. There are transcendent beings here. Do you want to save people just for a verbal thank you?” Sanders raised a cold smile: “The parasites may not necessarily be harmful to them, just leave them be for now.”
As Sanders spoke, he led Angel out of the Magic Hut.