Translator: SumTLMan
Yorkshire?
A shadow flashed through Angel’s mind.
His gaze suddenly became absent-minded, and he had not expected that Sanders’ first question after he came out would be about this “name.”
His memory of this name was so vague that even he had almost forgotten it. If it weren’t for Sanders bringing it up, he would probably never think of this name on his own.
“I’ve heard of this name, but I don’t know if the person you’re asking about is the one I’m thinking of.”
Understanding flashed in Sanders’ eyes: “Who are you thinking of in your mind? Someone from your family?”
Angel nodded, opened his mouth to answer, but at that moment, he suddenly felt a stagnation in his right hand. Before he could react to what was happening, a gust of wind appeared out of nowhere in the narrow and secluded room.
Moreover, when this wind started, it escalated like a whale swallowing the ocean, leaping in magnitude.
At first, it was just a gentle breeze, but in the blink of an eye, the breeze became a vortex of wind.
The dim stone house, under the gust, was instantly extinguished by a wisp of residual candlelight. In the pitch-black room, only the whistling sound of strong wind remained.
“Angel, what’s going on?” Sanders’ anxious voice came through the mental link.
Angel was also confused: “I don’t know why there’s a strong wind all of a sudden?”
“It’s not just wind! It’s an energy… storm… and it’s centered… around you!” As the surrounding wind grew stronger, Sanders’ transmitted mental link became intermittent.
Energy storm? Angel, of course, knew what an energy storm was. When a stable energy source collapses momentarily, it creates an energy storm.
One could say that an energy storm is a atypical disaster that breaks the balance of energy. In the Wizarding World, due to the ubiquitous elements and primal magic, the frequency of energy storms is very high.
The chaotic weather in the Devil’s Sea is caused by the high frequency of energy storms. An ordinary natural weather event could cause a stable energy source to collapse, resulting in an energy storm.
The power of an energy storm is determined by the stability of the energy source and the total amount of energy in the area.
Now, Sanders told him that he had caused an energy storm, and Angel was completely caught off guard. Could it be that the primal magic in this area is so unstable that his appearance caused an energy collapse?
That shouldn’t be the case…
Angel felt like crying but couldn’t. However, the slightly better situation was that he was in the center of the energy storm, and the storm hadn’t caused him any substantial harm at the moment.
At this time, the roof made of ordinary stones couldn’t withstand the energy storm that changed every second.
The ceiling was lifted by a tornado-like whirlwind, revealing the pitch-black sky.
The tornado was like a twisted dancing line, reaching the top of the Dark Domain. Around this “line,” the originally stagnant dark atmosphere was slowly being rolled up, and the pitch-black world was gradually fading.
It was as if clear water was added to ink, diluting the surrounding darkness.
“It’s not a storm caused by the original magical power, but a collapse of nightmare energy.” At this time, a clear voice appeared beside Angel.
He looked up and saw Sanders standing beside him, his hat blown away somewhere, revealing short gray-green hair. His originally neat gentleman’s suit was also torn in several places, revealing the silk lining inside.
Sanders’ eyes shone brightly in the darkness, staring at Angel’s right hand.
“Your right hand absorbed the surrounding nightmare energy, causing an instantaneous energy collapse and this energy storm,” Sanders said while holding Angel’s right wrist with his bony hand, lifting it above his head.
As Sanders moved, the slender tornado in the sky also slowly swayed, proving his guess.
“Absorbing nightmare energy from a distance, where did all this energy go?” Sanders murmured quietly.
At this time, Angel also noticed the strangeness of his right hand. His right hand couldn’t move at all, and a strange feeling surged from his right hand into his body.
Following the path of this feeling, Angel tracked it to their destination – mental space.
“Mentor, my magic source is constantly expanding, and all that energy has entered my magic source!” Angel exclaimed in horror. In just one minute, his magic source had expanded by one-sixth!
If an apprentice’s level were divided into four stages: early, middle, high, and peak.
Originally, Angel’s level was an early-stage third-level apprentice, but after what had just happened, he was gradually approaching the mid-stage third-level apprentice and was still increasing.
This inexplicable promotion made Angel extremely anxious.
A magic source like this, if it doesn’t have a stable foundation, once an accident occurs, there is no possibility of repair!
Sanders originally planned to observe and study this phenomenon, but upon hearing Angel’s words, he abandoned the research without hesitation and wrapped Angel with his mental power: “Do not resist, I’ll take you to the Gravity Garden.”
As Sanders spoke, Angel felt a momentary dizziness. For the first time, he clearly felt the collapse of energy, but before he could explore further, he found himself in the Gravity Garden the next second.
As soon as Angel entered the Gravity Garden, Toby fluttered his wings and flew over. However, when he saw the man next to Angel, he stopped and just hovered in mid-air.
This time, not only did Angel enter the Gravity Garden, but Sanders did as well.
As soon as he settled down, Angel immediately checked his magic source, which had grown by one-sixth. Normally, it would take at least half a year of cultivation to achieve such a significant increase.
But now, it had grown overnight. At the moment, it seemed that there was nothing wrong, but it was precisely because of this that Angel felt apprehensive.
While Angel was immersed in his thoughts, Sanders looked at Angel’s right hand with confusion.
Originally, Sanders thought that Angel’s right hand was a large rechargeable “Nightmare Stone” that could make up for the energy of the Nightmare Plane and enhance his nightmare abilities. However, he hadn’t expected it to not only do that but also absorb the energy of the Nightmare Plane to nourish his magic source.
But that wasn’t right either; the energy stored in the magic source was raw magical power, while the energy of the Nightmare Plane was a different matter. How was the energy of the Nightmare Plane able to expand the magic source?
“How is it? Is there any problem with your magic source?” Sanders asked.
Angel shook his head: “The magic source has expanded by one-sixth, and there doesn’t seem to be any problem at the moment, but I don’t know if it’s just a façade. Maybe the magic source is already riddled with damage inside.”
Expanding the magic source required constant meditation and slow accumulation through the reflux of magical power. With such a sudden expansion, Angel had a feeling of unreliability. He even imagined a scene where a bucket was forcibly expanded, appearing intact from the outside, but with holes all over it on the inside.
Seeing Angel’s worried appearance, Sanders shook his head and said: “One-sixth isn’t much; don’t scare yourself. Your situation is a bit different. Have you forgotten your experience when you advanced from a first-level apprentice to a second-level apprentice?”
When Angel advanced from a first-level apprentice to a second-level apprentice, he was pushed by Twilight into a planar passage that was said to be connected to the Nightmare Plane. During his time in the planar passage, he found that his cultivation progress was incredibly fast. In just one month, not only did he break through to a second-level apprentice, but he also reached the middle stage of a second-level apprentice.
At that time, Angel didn’t think too much and believed that his progress was due to his cultivation, perhaps in a natural treasure trove. However, looking back now, it seemed that the two situations did have some similarities.
Both were under the help of the Nightmare Plane’s energy, and his cultivation speed became rapid.
At first, when Angel meditated, he felt his cultivation progress increase; but now, his right hand acted as a medium, actively absorbing the aura of the Nightmare Plane to expand his magic source.
“Can the aura of the Nightmare Plane increase the speed of cultivation?” Angel asked doubtfully.
Sanders laughed: “I don’t know about others, but I can’t. However, we can’t completely deny this possibility, after all, your case is right in front of me.”
“Even if it’s true, this power gained out of thin air is like duckweed,” Angel looked at his right hand, his expression full of worry.
Sanders nodded in approval: “Your thoughts are correct, the power gained from self-cultivation is the most appropriate. However, this opportunistic approach is not unusable. The prerequisite for using it is that you need to understand the essence of this ‘rapid power increase’, otherwise, it might become an obstacle in your pursuit of truth.”
Angel understood this principle but still looked worried.
Sanders shook his head. Angel was unique in his worries about power enhancement.
“Relax your mind, and I’ll check the specific situation of your magic source for you,” Sanders said.
Angel nodded, believing that Sanders’ insight should be able to detect any flaws in his magic source. With an anxious heart, he opened his mind.
A gentle mental force entered Angel’s thoughts.
After lingering at the location of his magic source for a moment, the mental force withdrew voluntarily.
Sanders shook his head at Angel: “For now, there doesn’t seem to be any problem with your magic source, and the foundation seems relatively solid. Moreover, Maya also predicted that your right hand shouldn’t cause you significant harm.”
Seeing Angel slightly relieved, Sanders added: “But for caution’s sake, let’s observe for a while. Once things are settled here, I want to go to that underground desolate village you mentioned and see if the Nightmare Plane’s aura in that spatial corridor will cause any changes to your right hand again.”
Angel hesitated for a moment. If he went to Hippocrates… would he encounter that giant serpent Akeso?
Sanders didn’t notice Angel’s expression, as he was pondering another matter: “It seems that for the time being, I can’t let you out, otherwise, it might trigger an energy storm again…”
Sanders sighed, as anything related to the Nightmare Plane always led to strange events. Especially in Angel’s case, what was his identity in the Nightmare Plane? What exactly was his constitution? Why could the aura of the Nightmare Plane increase his magic source?
These were all mysteries.
No matter, the more he thought about these matters, the more complicated they became.
“Let’s put other things aside for now, and you answer my initial question, who is Yorkshire?”