Chapter 626 The Mysterious Dog <TOC> Chapter 628 Echoes of the Dungeon
Translator: SumTLMan
Angel, with a look of bewilderment, walked out of the mist with Sanders.
As soon as they stepped out, they encountered a large formation, with dozens of wizards surrounding them in a mighty display.
Gloria and others, who had come out earlier, were already blocked by several wizards, with energy intertwining intensely in the shadows. Meanwhile, Nausica and others were caught, and even the white-bearded Quete, who was about to use memory reading spells on them.
This kind of forced memory reading spell was extremely damaging to the brain.
Fortunately, Gloria occasionally sent energy over while fighting others, disrupting Quete’s movements; otherwise, when they came out, they would probably see people whose memories had been read and turned into imbeciles.
However, the sudden appearance of Sanders immediately changed the originally one-sided situation.
With a cold sneer, Sanders summoned endless illusions around him, instantly surrounding all the wizards present.
The wizards, who had been making small movements, suddenly became as immobile as statues, with countless illusions appearing before them.
A nightmare burning with black flames galloped through the illusionary landscape, making the untrapped wizards dare not move recklessly.
The target of the nightmare was Quete!
As the black flames rolled, Quete’s eyes widened in terror as the nightmare was about to enter his body.
At that moment, a thin layer of ice suddenly stood in front of Quete, blocking the nightmare’s path. At the same time, a vague white figure appeared along with the ice, speaking with an uncertain tone: “Phantom Master, what is the meaning of this?”
“What is the meaning of this?” Sanders seemed to be chewing on the meaning of these words before suddenly sneering coldly: “Do you not understand?”
The vague white figure slowly revealed its true form, and it was a wizard named Payne in white robes.
Black flames burned in Payne’s palm, and although the nightmare was neutralized by him, the flames continued to burn before slowly extinguishing. By then, his palm was already scarred, with blood dripping drop by drop.
But in the extreme cold atmosphere around him, the blood turned into icy beads with a chill before it hit the ground.
“I can’t believe they showed up without any warning signs. Isn’t that right, Professor Angelo?” Sanders glanced at Angelo, who stood still in the illusion.
Angelo adjusted his glasses, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said: “I tried to warn them.”
The meaning was clear – he had tried to warn them, but Payne had not listened.
“So, knowing that I was coming out, you still dared to attack the people of Savage Grottoes. Don’t blame me for fighting back,” Sanders said coldly to Payne.
Payne’s face turned frosty. He was well aware that these people might be related to Sanders, but after careful observation, he saw that they were merely apprentices and even a mortal, so he ordered the attack. He didn’t expect that there would be a hidden wizard among these apprentices, which led to them being ambushed by Sanders without any inside information.
“They’re just apprentices; they shouldn’t be of such concern to the Phantom Master, right?”
“Whether they’re important or not is another matter, but if you dare to capture them knowing my stance, be prepared to face the consequences,” Sanders grinned, and the glint in his eyes flashed as more than a dozen nightmares appeared in the illusion.
The dark flames rolled, the nightmares raised their heads and roared, and then their shadows turned into phantoms, shuttling back and forth in the illusion.
Payne’s face changed dramatically. “Phantom Master, are you sure you want to make enemies with so many wizard organizations present? Moreover, we haven’t actually harmed these people!”
“That’s because you’re too weak,” Sanders sneered.
The dark flames instantly overflowed.
At the same time, Angel’s figure was like lightning, quickly approaching near Quete, and gray Gravity Lines surrounded everyone.
Seeing Angel coming, a fierce glint flashed in Payne’s eyes. He suddenly reached out to grab Angel, at least wanting enough bargaining chips when negotiating with Sanders.
But at that moment, the dark flame nightmares had already rushed in front of Quete, and Quete’s threat of death forced Payne to turn to protect Quete instead.
Angel smiled faintly, and with Toby’s help, they pulled Nausica and the others behind Sanders.
At this time, Gloria also walked gracefully through the crowd mesmerized by the illusion and came to Sanders’ side. As she walked, she mischievously pushed down several wizards who had attacked her earlier, laughing and cursing non-stop.
“You only said there were people infected outside, but you didn’t mention so many unreasonable wizards,” Gloria grumbled: “I have completed my mission beyond expectations, and it wasn’t easy.”
Sanders glanced at her but said nothing.
Instead, Angel whispered his thanks to her.
Gloria walked over with a laugh, put her arm around Angel’s shoulder, and lazily said to Sanders: “Look how sensible your apprentice is.”
Sanders remained silent, pulling Angel into the Gravity Garden, and in a moment of carelessness, Gloria, who had supported most of her weight on Angel’s shoulder, stumbled and almost fell.
“You’re so damn sneaky!” Gloria cursed.
Unexpectedly brought back to the Gravity Garden by Sanders, Angel set aside his dazed expression and walked towards the small room not far away.
Sanders brought him to the place where his physical body was nurtured, clearly implying that it would be better to return to the physical body after leaving the Sleepless City. In battles among wizards, if the soul is damaged, it is not a simple matter to recover.
Angel didn’t immediately return his soul to his body but took out two items from the materialized clothes on his soul body and placed them on the table. One was Sanders’ blood essence bead, still warm to the touch.
The other was a strangely vibrating diamond-shaped transparent crystal.
When placed on the table, the diamond-shaped transparent crystal was still emitting strange soul vibrations. Angel felt the meaning of these vibrations quite intuitively:
“Devour me, merge with me, eat me.” Something along those lines.
Moreover, Angel, who was still in his soul form, could clearly sense that the crystal emitted an aroma like an unparalleled delicacy. Not to mention a gourmand, even someone like him who didn’t care about appetite couldn’t help but salivate—even though his current state didn’t have saliva.
This thing came from Little Spot.
Just a few minutes ago, after he and Sanders decided to give up catching the spotted dog, the spotted dog suddenly bit Angel’s pant leg, dragged him aside, and spat out this item from its mouth, secretly giving it to Angel.
Although its actions were careful, they were all under Sanders’ watch.
As for this item, Sanders only glanced at it and didn’t immediately determine what it was before leaving the mist with him. Little Spot didn’t follow them but instead ran back into the mist.
After they left the Dark Domain, a series of subsequent situations occurred. Although he was now taken into the Gravity Garden and didn’t know what was happening outside, Sanders must have taken action, and with Gloria present, Nausica and the others should be safe.
The temptation of this crystal was too obvious, so Angel didn’t dare to swallow it casually, fearing that it might cause some problems, so he could only put it aside for the time being.
After clearing the external substances from his soul, Angel entered the nurturing chamber and merged with his physical body.
When he crawled out of the nurturing chamber, Angel felt a moment of discomfort. It was probably because his soul had been out in the open for too long, and the sudden sense of restriction made him feel somewhat confined.
After moving his somewhat stiff body a bit, he collected the blood bead and diamond crystal on the table into his bracelet and left the small room.
Not knowing the situation outside, Sanders didn’t immediately let him go, so Angel could only sit in the outdoor study, observing the diamond-shaped transparent crystal with boredom.
Strangely enough, when his soul returned to his physical body, the attraction of the crystal to him dropped sharply. Although he could still faintly perceive the “swallow, merge” fluctuations, it no longer had the tempting power of a delicacy.
What was this thing? Angel couldn’t come to any conclusions.
But undoubtedly, this might be something related to the soul.
Why did Little Spot give this to him, and what was the source of this object? As Angel pondered this question, images flashed through his mind, from entering the Sleepless City, encountering Little Spot, and then separating from Little Spot, this series of memories quickly passed by.
Suddenly, Angel’s gaze paused slightly.
He remembered something: when he was in the central area of the Sleepless City, he killed Hookedick, and then he recalled that Little Spot seemed to have eaten Hookedick’s corpse… No, it swallowed Hookedick’s Soul Lines.
Hookedick had been to the “Soul Earth” and had gained some superficial understanding of Soul Laws, and although these superficial understandings had not formed law lines, they were attached to Hookedick’s soul. What Little Spot devoured was this tiny bit of Soul Law Lines.
At the time, Angel was astonished, but Little Spot itself possessed a strange, Mysterious World within, so he didn’t think too much about it, only speculating that it might be one of its abilities.
Now, Little Spot has given him a crystal that is clearly related to the soul, which has aroused Angel’s concern. Could these two be related? Little Spot absorbed Soul Lines from Hookedick, and then through some unspeakable mysterious reaction, formed a Diamond-Shaped Crystal.
And then, Little Spot gave this crystal to him?
This speculation is quite far-fetched, but Angel has an inexplicable intuition that perhaps this is the truth.
Could it be that Little Spot has the ability to devour others’ Law Lines, and then transform them for others?! That would be big news that could shake the entire Southern Region of the Wizarding World!
What are Law Lines? They are something that can be encountered but not sought after!
Back then, when Gravity Garden opened, countless wizards gathered, but in the end, only Angel and Toby benefited.
Other wizards sighed in regret, but it was useless; this was destiny. If it’s not in one’s fate, forcing it is useless.
But if Little Spot really has the ability to forcibly strip others’ Law Lines and transform them for others, as he speculated, that would be truly against heaven.
At that time, if Little Spot was obtained by a wizard who discovered a lucky individual who had comprehended a Law Line, he could simply kill that person and then rely on Little Spot’s transformation ability to gain the corresponding Law Line. Wouldn’t that mean he could possess countless Law Lines in a short period?!
Angel was frightened by his own imagination.
However, if Little Spot really has such an ability, there should be some limitations, right?
He once heard Isabelle say that in the Source World, at the peak of wizardry, Mysterious Objects could not only be crafted by humans, but they also had a grading system. If Little Spot is that Mysterious Object, and its ability is as he speculated, then Angel estimates that Little Spot’s grade should be very high, perhaps not inferior to the Augustine’s Twin Mirror that Isabelle once saw!
Shaking off these self-frightening thoughts, whether the diamond-shaped crystal ultimately possesses the tip of the Soul Lines Hookedick had comprehended still needs to be appraised to be known.
Chapter 626 The Mysterious Dog <TOC> Chapter 628 Echoes of the Dungeon