Chapter 620 A Little Interlude Before Leaving <TOC> Chapter 622 Temptation of Bloodline
Translator: SumTLMan
Douglas looked at the silent Angelo.
“Professor Angelo, you said before that as long as someone can come out, you can deduce more information, right? Now, the disciple of Phantom Master has met your conditions.”
Angelo didn’t respond, but the ‘Moray Eel Woman’ Herolin beside him sneered: “Who would believe a one-sided story? Lexa said Angel came out, so why don’t you bring him over here? Without bringing him over, how can the professor get more data?”
Lexa narrowed her eyes, looking at Herolin with a malicious gaze.
Douglas ignored Herolin and continued to look at Angelo.
Angelo waved his hand at Herolin: “Angel did come out, I just saw it with my Wizard’s Eye.”
A glint flashed in Lexa’s eyes: “So that Wizard’s Eye secretly hidden in the branches of the Dragon Blood Tree was yours? I heard that you initially strongly advocated for everyone to leave. Why, have you started to become interested in the Dark Domain again?”
“You mean the Mysterious Object? I’m not interested in the Mysterious Object you mentioned, just a little interested in the imagery behind the Dark Domain that can interfere with the Strings of the World…” Angelo adjusted his glasses, a reflection streaking across the lenses.
After briefly responding to Lexa, Angelo turned to Douglas and said: “In fact, when I saw Angel, there had already been one plucking of the strings.”
“However, the result of the plucking was still that same sentence.” Angelo displayed the wooden board in his hand, and at the top of the board, a piece of parchment still bore the text written in fresh blood:
-’It will become the source of darkness and a dangerous lair.’
Douglas glanced at Payne and whispered: “Angelo is not lying, judging from the texture of the blood, it indeed appeared not long ago.”
After showing this sentence, Angelo then said: “However, although the words have not changed, the feeling that this sentence gives me has changed slightly.”
“I can’t say exactly what has changed, perhaps there is some kind of variation within Sleepless City. The only ones who can give us answers are probably the Phantom Master… or his disciple Angel.”
Payne stepped forward: “Since Angel can enter and exit freely, can we also…”
Angelo shook his head: “Instead of asking me, you should ask Phantom Master. According to some signs, Phantom Master should be coming out soon. Speaking of which, I would also like to know what the secret is behind all of this.”
For a moment, everyone fell silent. Gazing at the Dark Domain, they sighed deeply.
…
While the wizards outside were waiting for them to emerge, the people inside felt the same.
Angel flew into midair, looking at the gradually lifeless city, his heart was also full of doubts.
What did the Queen want during her Tour? What was the significance of this place, known as an outpost by Yorkshire, for the Nightmare Queen? And what would become of this desolate city in the future?
These were all unsolved mysteries for Angel. Although he knew that he wouldn’t get any answers now, it felt like there was an itch that couldn’t be scratched in his heart, making him more curious about the truth the more he tried to ignore it.
He even had the urge to go to the central area to trick Frogg for answers.
In the end, he restrained himself. Yorkshire had already shown suspicion of him, and although Sanders had talked him out of it at the time, too frequent contact would inevitably reveal his true identity. After all, he was called “Shava” but didn’t have the real identity of “Shava.” What’s more, he had taken a lot of advantages under Shava’s name.
Angel restrained his restless heart, but his speculation about the Nightmare Plane remained boundless. Every time he dispelled a little fog, he found that behind it awaited an even bigger mystery. One after another, it seemed like it would never end.
He didn’t feel comfortable with this feeling, as he was now a pawn, and a pawn who couldn’t see the situation at that. It was hard for him to know who was controlling the game and where the next move would be.
To escape the destiny of a pawn, there were only two paths. The first was to never go to the Nightmare Plane in his life. This was obviously impossible, as much of his current strength was due to the Nightmare Plane, and even if he could do this, Sanders wouldn’t let him hide in his shell forever.
The second path was to enhance his own strength. If he could become so powerful that even the one controlling the game couldn’t manipulate him, he could naturally escape his destiny.
He was actually already on this path, but the distance to escaping his destiny was still very far away.
Angel looked at the vortex swirling endlessly in the sky, his emotions fluctuating in his eyes, finally turning into a long sigh.
“Angel—”
A shout came from the ground, and Angel looked down to see Coral smiling at him before waving vigorously.
Angel rubbed his temples, the reason he went up to the sky was to avoid listening to the gossip between the girls. Although Nausica wasn’t a gossip, she was currently inconvenienced and wanted to comfort Coral without leaving any trace of grief, so she was chatting with Coral enthusiastically. Angel, being in the middle of them, felt like there were hundreds of ducks quacking in his ears.
After landing, Angel yawned, pretending to be very tired: “What’s going on?”
Coral cheerfully hopped over.
Angel actually wanted to complain. Without Gank, Coral seemed to forget how to walk, either hopping or jumping. Even though she looked like a child, she was actually several decades old!
“Nothing, I just saw you looking so serious in the sky, and I wanted to talk to you.” Coral tried to jump up and hold Angel’s arm, but he was faster and quickly flew into the air.
“Never mind talking, I’m a bit tired, I haven’t rested for several days, I’m going to find a place to rest.” Angel said, and was about to turn and leave.
“Aaaah!”
At that moment, a sharp scream pierced the sky.
Angel immediately froze, looking towards the source of the sound, not far from them – a Chapel?!
Nausica limped over, her mouth still exhaling smoke, but her expression was full of doubt: “That’s strange, I went into the chapel before, and there was no one there.”
“It sounds like it’s coming from the top of the chapel. Have you been up there?” Angel looked at the chapel’s spire, which was barely visible in the darkness, but he could faintly see the statue of the praying goddess and the mottled stained glass windows.
“I didn’t go upstairs, I just walked around in the prayer hall, and found this pipe in the confessional.” Nausica said.
“Why don’t we go in and take a look? We’re not doing anything anyway.” Coral said with curiosity.
Angel glanced at Nausica, who nodded slightly and then made a circling motion near her ear, indicating her own pain from talking with Coral.
Angel chuckled softly: “Alright, let’s go up and see.”
This was a chapel built for mortals, where believers came every weekend to pray for their families.
They walked into the chapel and the first thing they saw was the statue of the praying goddess in the center of the hall. This was a fictitious deity, and according to the doctrine below, it advocated truth, goodness, and beauty. Angel guessed that it was one of the means for Sleepless City to control mortals. Although Angel was somewhat indifferent to such religions, it was still better than those fanatics who believed in the abyssal demons, at least they wouldn’t cause trouble for others.
The large chapel was empty, with only the echoes of their footsteps.
In a short while, they arrived at the third-floor cloister.
The third floor was the top floor, with only the bishop’s office and a slightly larger “listening room.” The so-called listening room was actually a place where the bishop claimed to listen to the will of the praying goddess.
The door to the listening room was tightly closed. Various auspicious patterns were carved on the brownish-red wooden door, such as wings, holy light, or springs representing life.
“There seems to be some movement inside,” Coral said.
Angel hesitated for a moment, a strange look on his face: “Indeed, there is movement inside… If there are no accidents, it should be the nest of the parasites.”
As Angel’s words fell, Coral and Nausica both heard the familiar sound coming from inside the door.
Insect sounds.
Angel and Coral had no reaction to these insect sounds, but Nausica’s face turned pale in an instant. She had never been parasitized by the parasite but had always been hanging above the parasite’s nest, so she knew clearly how terrifying those parasites were.
“Don’t worry,” Angel whispered to Nausica.
Nausica flicked her hair and smiled, exhaling a puff of smoke: “I’ve actually fallen to the point where you have to comfort me.”
Angel raised his eyebrows. Why did it sound a bit off to him? As if he was being underestimated.
Nausica put away her pipe, as if she had made up her mind, and directly pushed open the door.
As the door opened.
They unexpectedly saw a huge nest, but their attention was not on the nest, but on the space above the nest.
Although they hadn’t said it outright before, they all guessed in their hearts that since there was a nest here, there might be people who had been captured. Moreover, maybe the scream they heard earlier was from the captured person.
So, as soon as they entered, they all looked at the space above the nest.
As they had guessed, a ragged man, stained with blood, was hanging in mid-air. Golden threads passed through his body and disappeared into the boundless void.
Previously, whether they encountered the green-haired woman, Gank, or Nausica, the Colorful Dragonflies had always remained hidden in their nests. However, this man was different, as he was surrounded by Colorful Dragonflies. As soon as he moved, the dragonflies began to bite him.
Keep in mind that these were hundreds of apprentice peak Colorful Dragonflies. This man had actually held on for so long, even while bound by golden threads.
“This kind of treatment…” Angel thought to himself: “he is at least a formal wizard.”
As they were astonished, the man in mid-air suddenly opened his eyes and looked at them:
“Who are you?”
Chapter 620 A Little Interlude Before Leaving <TOC> Chapter 622 Temptation of Bloodline