Chapter 600 Leisurely Outer City <TOC> Chapter 602 The Spotted Dog
Translator: SumTLMan
Wallace’s disciple?
Wallace is also a second-level wizard, just like Sanders, and a core figure in Savage Grottoes. However, Wallace leans more towards the academic faction and holds some views that are contrary to Sanders’ ideas.
Angel looked down at the two people.
They seemed to have noticed the attention from Angel’s side, turned their bodies, tilted their heads, and had a strange expression on their faces.
“Praise the Queen~ Praise Shava~ Praise Yorkshire~” The eerie tone reached Angel’s ears.
Then, they bowed respectfully to Angel and, like marionettes controlled by strings, moved their limbs in a bizarre manner and moved away from Angel.
This was already the third time this happened. Whenever Angel appeared, the parasitized people would retreat, just like the situation in Shadow Demon Castle.
Sanders glanced at the two people who were gradually moving away and turned to leave.
“Mentor, aren’t we taking them with us?” Angel asked doubtfully. Even though they were not particularly significant, these two were still Wallace’s disciples and apprentices of the Savage Grottoes.
Sanders indifferently said: “Let Wallace deal with his disciples himself.”
Angel hesitated for a moment, watched the figure disappear into the depths of the darkness, and then followed Sanders.
Their speed was incredibly fast, and the surroundings seemed to be constantly retreating like a revolving lantern.
Their destination was the central area of the outer city. According to Firo, the sound of the harp had come from the vicinity of the central area.
Sanders entered the outer city with two goals: one was to eliminate the fox that had once escaped from him, and the other was to find Gloria. With Gloria’s whereabouts unknown, his current plan was to first eliminate the harp-carrying fox.
Moreover, after eliminating Foxx, the mysterious harp would naturally belong to him.
It wasn’t easy to obtain Mysterious Objects in the Nightmare Plane because they couldn’t be brought back. However, if the Nightmare Plane’s monsters brought them to the Wizarding World, that was another matter.
But as they rushed forward, Sanders suddenly turned his head and looked at Angel: “Do you have something to say to me?”
Angel looked surprised: “Is my expression that obvious?”
Sanders’ voice came again: “You’ve had a hesitant look on your face the whole time, weren’t you waiting for me to ask?”
Angel gave an embarrassed smile, without any awkwardness from being exposed: “I just… wanted to visit the Savage Grottoes residence.”
Sanders nodded knowingly, seemingly having seen through Angel’s thoughts early on, and his expression remained calm: “You’re worried about Nisi’s apprentice, right? Let me think, it’s Hookedick, the one who was injected with the enchantress bloodline, right?”
Ever since Firo mentioned that he had encountered Nisi’s disciple in the outer city, Sanders had a hunch and noticed Angel’s eyes were somewhat lost. So, when Angel suggested going to the Savage Grottoes’ outpost, he was not surprised at all.
“Yes,” Angel nodded in acknowledgment: “This is a good opportunity; he almost fooled me back in the Purification Sea. Since I returned to the Savage Grottoes, I have tried to find him, but he disappeared; I never thought he would stay here.”
Sanders pondered for a moment, looked deeply at Angel, and finally nodded: “Go ahead, there shouldn’t be many people in this Dark Domain who could harm you.”
Seeing Sanders agreed to his request, Angel hesitated for a moment and said: “Also, I suspect that one of my good friends has also fallen here; I want to save her.”
“You can save whoever you want. But, are you sure you can bring her out of the Dark Domain?”
Angel paused, subconsciously thinking, wasn’t it deliberately putting them temporarily in the Gravity Garden?
However, thinking back, Sanders could have saved the previous Wallace’s disciples and put them into the Gravity Garden to bring them out, but he did not do so. Apparently, Sanders was unwilling to let outsiders enter the Gravity Garden.
With that in mind, Angel also gave up the idea, changed the subject, and replied: “I’ll give it a try.”
“Then you can try, but if you really bring them out, there will be trouble; you need to learn to weigh the pros and cons.” After saying that, Sanders scratched his finger with his fingernail, and a drop of fresh blood emerged from his right finger.
This drop of deep red blood was filled with immense and stable energy.
Angel was amazed; he had always had a vague boundary on Sanders’ strength, only knowing that he was very strong but never thought about how strong he was. But at this moment, he had a clear comparison.
Because he found that just this drop of blood was enough to match all the magical power in his magic source. In other words, a drop of Sanders’ blood was enough to shatter his soul.
Sanders casually flicked the blood, and it turned into a pale red glowing bead, falling into Angel’s palm.
“Take it with you, and I can sense your position at any time.” After finishing speaking, Sanders patted Angel’s shoulder and disappeared into the darkness with a blink of an eye.
Angel squeezed the blood bead in his palm, and a faint warmth emanated from it.
Taking a deep breath, Angel whispered to Toby next to him: “Let’s go, first find Hookedick, maybe we can also meet Lady Gloria on the way.”
Toby flapped its wings and circled around Angel.
“Be careful not to get too far away from me; those parasites can affect you as well.” Angel warned, and then a gray aura appeared beneath his feet.
A man and a bird exchanged glances, and the Gravity Lines burst instantly; their figures vanished in the blink of an eye.
In less than a minute, Angel and Toby landed at the outpost of the Savage Grottoes.
Angel hovered in midair, looking down at the residence below, where only the faintly glowing emblem of the “Eternal Tree” could be seen in the darkness. As for the shadowy buildings behind it, all were hidden by the chaotic darkness.
Closing his eyes and listening, Angel heard no sound, not even the ever-present eerie tune of praise. It seemed as if this was just a silent abandoned house.
Angel landed and let Toby retrieve a lighter and oil lamp from his Snowy Feather.
His bracelet remained with his physical body in Sanders’ Gravity Garden. As a soul, he couldn’t cast a light spell and had to use a primitive method of lighting a fire.
Luckily, Toby’s Snowy Feather contained many miscellaneous items, including an oil lamp.
Upon lighting the lamp, the light emitted was dim, only illuminating a few meters around them.
However, for a soul, his night vision was quite good, and as long as there was a little light, the surroundings could be seen clearly.
With the help of the faint light, Angel could clearly see the chaotic fighting marks on the ground and some dried bloodstains.
With his current heightened spiritual senses, Angel could vaguely perceive residual energy fluctuations nearby, but it seemed like some time had passed since then.
“What a pity I can’t cast spells. Otherwise, I could use a detection spell to find more clues,” Angel shook his head regretfully. “According to Lord Firo, Hilary and Hookedick should have fought around here, so these bloodstains might be the remnants of their battle.”
Angel had an idea and called Toby down: “Take a sniff.”
Toby looked puzzled but obeyed his master’s command and sniffed, the smell of blood rushing into his nostrils.
Angel asked eagerly: “Can you follow the smell of blood to its owner?”
Toby: “…” Not every animal’s sense of smell is as good as a dog’s!
Toby gave Angel a “figure it out yourself” look.
Angel sheepishly smiled.
Since Toby couldn’t track the smell of blood, Angel had to follow the bloodstains using the most straightforward method – his own eyes.
However, the bloodstains fell in strange places – some on rooftops, some on streets, and some even in damp grass. Angel couldn’t find a pattern for the moment.
During his search, Angel noticed a broken wall.
What caught Angel’s attention was the spiral force emanating from the broken part of the wall.
This familiar force made Angel’s expression darken.
Although spiral forces exist in various forms, the Spiral Rune force, at least in Angel’s eyes, might be unique in the Southern Region.
Back when Angel made a mechanical arm for Nausica, he engraved it with a Spiral Rune. This rune was extremely special in Angel’s alchemy lineage. Even when Angel mentioned it to Midora, the latter had never seen it before.
The more Angel looked at the force on the broken wall, the more convinced he was that it was the product of the Spiral Rune, and the more he worried about what had happened here.
Even Midora, an alchemy master who has studied various materials, is not familiar with the Spiral Rune, which shows that this rune is unique in the alchemy field of the Southern Region.
Angel is Certain that the crack in this broken wall was caused by the Spiral Rune.
In that case, his ominous premonition came true… Nausica was indeed in Sleepless City, and she had indeed fought against Hookedick.
Not only Nausica, but Angel also found several huge footprints nearby that did not seem human. With a little mental simulation, it was clear that the owner of these footprints belonged to an otherworldly barbarian race.
If Gank was here, Coral would naturally be here as well.
It seems that Coral, Nausica, and Hilary left the Savage Grottoes a month ago, intending to ambush Hookedick. However, what they did not expect was the changes that occurred in Sleepless City.
Putting away unnecessary thoughts, since Nausica was here, he must find her.
Angel, holding an oil lamp, entered the residence.
After searching the residence, Angel was certain that it was completely empty. There were traces of disorder everywhere, but no signs of battle. Perhaps it was caused by the residents panicking after the incident in the Dark Domain.
After leaving the residence, Angel planned to follow the traces of the battle to find more information.
However, the traces of battle were only limited to the entrance of the residence, making it impossible to find more information.
Now it was a bit troublesome. With so many parasites spreading throughout Sleepless City, it would be difficult for Nausica and the others to avoid being infected.
If they were infected, finding them would mean running around the city. Because after being parasitized, they wouldn’t stay in place, but would instead engage in Brownian motion within the city.
Only the World Will knows where they went.
Angel sighed and could only search in all directions centered around the residence in the Savage Grottoes. Fortunately, he was now in a soul state. With the help of Gravity Lines, his speed was fast. As long as they didn’t enter buildings, finding them would only be a matter of time.
Chapter 600 Leisurely Outer City <TOC> Chapter 602 The Spotted Dog