Chapter 599 Energy Storm <TOC> Chapter 601 Certain
Translator: SumTLMan
“Yorkshire is a mute servant.”
“He used to serve my parents, and after they passed away, my mentor fell ill, and he has been serving my mentor ever since,” Angel said, and then briefly mentioned Yorkshire’s experience, which was roughly being disabled by slave traders, and later bought by Old Pat, staying in Pat Manor ever since.
Yorkshire’s life had no highlights; his greatest fortune was meeting Old Pat, which gave his drifting life a place to call home.
Because Yorkshire was born mute and had a low sense of presence, when Sanders asked about this name, Angel took a while to recall such a person.
“Mute servant, Yorkshire,” Sanders whispered softly, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.
“Mentor, why do you suddenly ask about Yorkshire’s name?” Angel inquired: “Could it be that the unknown creature from the Nightmare Plane you mentioned is Yorkshire?”
Since Pat Manor’s Foxx, Frogg, and Ollie all had corresponding Nightmare creatures, following this reasoning, Yorkshire’s appearance would be normal.
“It should be,” Sanders said: “After I entered the outer city, I encountered many parasitized people, singing strange tunes in their mouths, exactly the same as the situation in Shadow Demon City. However, in addition to the Queen, Foxx, and Frogg, they praised another unfamiliar name.”
“Yorkshire.”
After Sanders finished, he said: “In the area of the outer city, I was once ambushed by a strange opponent, and Yorkshire might be it.”
To make Sanders mention the word “ambushed,” it must have been a successful ambush.
Sure enough, in the next sentence, Sanders said: “The opponent’s strength is stronger than that of the fox and frog, at least at the level of a second-level wizard with True Knowledge, definitely not an unknown person.”
“Was the injury caused by it? What does it look like?”
“The injury is minor, indeed caused when I was caught off guard. As for its appearance, it was a dark mass, and I couldn’t see it clearly, but what I can confirm is that it is definitely not humanoid.”
It made sense that it wasn’t humanoid, as the Nightmare creatures Angel had encountered with names and identities, aside from “Queen and Shava” who were humanoid, all had strange shapes.
For example, Foxx, Frogg, and even Ollie was just an owl doll.
Thinking of Ollie, Angel suddenly remembered something; during the Twilight Auction, he had summoned Ollie in the Nightmare Plane, and at that time, he had asked Ollie deceitfully about who else would come out to “perform” besides Foxx with the Harp and Frogg with the Aria.
At that time, Ollie seemed to have mentioned Yorkshire.
Angel fell into his memories, what did Ollie say at that time?
The box of memories was opened by him, and various scenes, brilliant sceneries, and fragments of memories burst like fireworks in his mind.
Although he didn’t have Sanders’ impressive hyperthymesia-like memory, with his current mental strength, it wasn’t too difficult to trace his experiences as long as they were genuine.
After a while, the hazy, smoke-filled memory jumped into his field of vision.
“I remember now! Ollie mentioned that Yorkshire was a puppeteer!” Angel exclaimed.
Sanders, who had initially planned to leave the Gravity Garden to search for Gloria and try to steal the Mysterious Object, stopped in his tracks due to Angel’s exclamation.
“Isn’t Yorkshire a mute servant?” Sanders asked with confusion.
Angel shook his head: “I’m talking about the Yorkshire in the Nightmare Plane. Last time, I summoned the owl doll Ollie during the Twilight Auction, and it told me… At that time, it said ‘Yorkshire is a puppeteer who will come out and perform a marionette show’.”
A marionette show.
Although it was still unknown how exactly the show was performed, some clues could be deduced from Yorkshire’s profession and his performance.
Perhaps Yorkshire’s abilities were more about control? Sanders pondered in his heart.
“Alright, I got it. This information is very useful. You stay in the Gravity Garden for now; I’ll go take a look.”
…
While Sanders and Angel entered the Gravity Garden, the various wizards inside the inner city of Sleepless City were shocked by the situation in the outer city.
The energy storm caused by Angel—a tornado that swept from the inside of the Dark Domain directly to the outside.
Even though they were in the Windy District, they could clearly see the horrifying tornado piercing out of the Dark Domain, stirring the surrounding winds and clouds in the sky.
“Is this an energy storm? Someone caused an energy storm inside and broke through the Dark Domain?” Douglas exclaimed in surprise: “Could it be the Phantom Master?”
Currently, only the Phantom Master and his disciples had entered the outer city. With the Phantom Master’s abilities, it wouldn’t be impossible to cause an energy storm.
“Not only that, have you noticed that this energy storm is absorbing the Dark Domain!” The one who shouted was Touloux of Uto Academy. As a gathering place for White Wizards, almost 80% of the wizards at Uto Academy were academic. Touloux was no exception. While the academic faction’s combat power couldn’t compare to the practical faction, their insight into energy was far superior due to their profound accumulation of knowledge.
Touloux’ words immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
After a while, Herolin from the White Coral Floating Island Academy also confirmed: “Indeed, the color of the Dark Domain has thinned significantly.”
Not only did the colors change significantly, but those strange specks of light were also drowned in the energy storm and turned into slag.
“Relying on the energy storm to solve the problem of the Dark Domain, Lord Phantom Master is indeed a genius, no wonder he dared to break in alone,” Fuyani from the Night Whisper Forest said with admiration.
Fuyani’s words made everyone start to think: if Sanders really solved the problem of the Dark Domain… Their gazes changed, with joy, hesitation, indifference, or jealousy.
For the people of Sleepless City, this was naturally good news, as their thousands of years of foundation would not be destroyed at once. But for other wizard organizations, it was more complicated than joyful. It was equivalent to handing the Mysterious Object to Sanders, and they would no longer have any competitive power.
As everyone had different thoughts, Quete suddenly said: “The energy storm has disappeared.”
Everyone looked over, and the tornado, as Quete said, disappeared without warning. The darkness, which had already become slightly faint, was once again filled with a deep and heavy atmosphere.
“Did Lord Phantom Master fail?”
“It doesn’t seem right. The level of the energy storm was obviously not low just now, and the energy level was constantly leaping. How could it just disappear?”
People’s thoughts changed, and everyone’s complex emotions changed again. Even if they wanted to get the Mysterious Object, they would want the Dark Domain to disappear. Now that the Dark Domain was reigniting, they wouldn’t even have a chance, and if they weren’t careful, they might fall into a passionate rage themselves.
As everyone was discussing, Angelo suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood without warning.
“Professor Angelo, what’s wrong?” Douglas walked up to him.
Payne stood beside Angelo, so he clearly saw that Angelo began to pluck the strings when the energy storm appeared… Now that he suddenly vomited blood, was it because the string plucking had failed?
“I forcibly plucked the strings and saw some interesting scenes,” Angelo wiped the blood from his lips, his eyes somewhat inscrutable.
“Interesting scenes?” Payne asked doubtfully.
“By taking advantage of the weakening of the Dark Domain’s energy just now, I saw some situations inside,” Angelo rubbed his brow: “That energy storm was not created by Lord Phantom Master.”
The energy storm was not caused by Sanders?
“Then, this energy storm can’t possibly appear out of thin air, right?”
Angelo continued: “Although the energy storm was not created by Lord Phantom Master, it was Lord Phantom Master who stopped the energy storm.”
Upon hearing this, everyone exchanged glances.
According to their speculation, the energy storm might have been able to make the Dark Domain disappear, but why would Sanders stop the energy storm from continuing?
Among those present, led by Payne, the people of Sleepless City had the most difficult expressions. They had seen hope, so why did he extinguish it?
Puzzled by Payne’s question, Angelo shrugged: “I don’t know, I’ve seen very little, but that energy storm was actually caused by Sanders’ apprentice…”
Angelo’s words once again made everyone stunned.
An apprentice caused an energy storm? Was this a joke?
But Angelo’s expression told them that he was not joking. After hesitating for a while, they said: “I remember Sanders’ apprentice, he seems to be called Angel Pat, he is extremely talented in alchemy and has touched the Mysterious Realm.”
“That’s right, his reputation in the alchemy circle is no less than his mentor.”
“Could it be that he used some kind of alchemy item to trigger this energy storm?”
As everyone was discussing, in a dark corner, Morrow looked at the pitch-black outer city in the distance, feeling mixed emotions.
Had his growth reached such a point?
No matter how Angel caused the energy storm, he had truly entered the sight of all wizards… And as for himself, Morrow shook his head and sighed softly.
“What kind of little monster did I bring out from the Old Land Continent?”
…
In the Dark Domain, within a narrow alley, a shadow flashed by.
When the wind settled, Sanders stood on the wall of the alley, looking down at the two wizard apprentices who twisted their necks and danced strangely, shaking his head and sighing slightly.
“Does Mentor know them?” Angel’s voice reached Sanders’ ears.
Sanders nodded: “They are disciples of Wallace, I didn’t expect them to be in Sleepless City as well.”
Angel slowly descended from the sky and landed beside Sanders. His figure was ethereal, his feet not touching the ground, floating in mid-air.
Sanders turned his head and said: “Your soul is now as solid as your true body, I guess Nisi would be startled when he sees you.”
Angel was currently in a soul state, and Sanders originally planned to leave him in the Gravity Garden, but Angel still had some concerns, such as killing Hookedick and finding Nausica.
Although he didn’t know if Nausica had come to Sleepless City, since Hookedick was here and Hilary was here, Angel guessed that Nausica should be here as well.
Therefore, Angel did not want to stay in the Gravity Garden.
However, leaving the Gravity Garden might absorb the energy of the Nightmare Plane, causing an energy storm again. After all, this was the Wizarding World, and the energy of the Nightmare Plane was new and had not completely stabilized, making it prone to energy collapse.
In such a situation, Angel chose a compromise, which was to let his soul out of his body.
In his soul state, his right hand was normal, and entering the Dark Domain would not actively absorb the energy of the Nightmare Plane.
Sanders also approved of Angel’s choice, and set up a space to maintain the vitality of his physical body in the Gravity Garden. In his soul state, Angel followed Sanders out to the outer city.