Chapter 636 Violent Thorn <TOC> Chapter 638 Mysterious Object
Translator: SumTLMan
Flowing Source, Alternate Dimension Laboratory.
Last time, Angel was just chatting with Nausica in the yard, but they were spied on by Gloria. So, to avoid some trouble, Angel returned to the Flowing Source.
He planned to craft the illusionary realm that Gloria wanted here.
Regarding the illusionary realm to be crafted, Angel had some ideas before going to Sleepless City. The illusionary realm that Gloria wanted had two requirements: first, to incorporate the sense of the Nightmare Plane; second, to have novelty.
The first requirement was easy for Angel to achieve. For the second one, to make the illusionary realm have novelty, Angel’s previous decision was to craft a realm without a main storyline, an open and free world, like the “Witch Town” or “Nightfall City” in the Nightmare Plane, allowing Gloria to explore freely.
But now, after returning from Sleepless City, he had a new plan.
Angel came to the testing ground next to the laboratory. The testing ground was very spacious, with nothing but a few wooden targets made of special materials. The original purpose of the testing ground was for wizards to experiment with spells or alchemy tools.
Now, Angel was here to complete what he had not done in Sleepless City.
He wanted to try to integrate the sense of the mysterious into the illusionary realm. Not long ago, Angel was in Sanders’ Gravity Garden, and he had already prepared to construct the “Mysterious Illusionary Realm.” Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Sanders halfway, and later he had to go to Hippocrates, so he had no time to carry out this experiment.
Now, he finally had time to test his ideas.
According to his plan, if he could really integrate the sense of the mysterious into the illusionary realm, wouldn’t it be possible to integrate this “Mysterious Illusionary Realm” into alchemical products?
Although Angel originally intended to use the “Mysterious Illusionary Realm” to slowly comprehend the essence of “Mysterious Power” and become a Mysterious Alchemist in the future, since Gloria asked him to create an illusionary realm with novelty, Angel thought that if he could integrate the sense of the mysterious into it, wouldn’t it also be a kind of novelty?
With this idea in mind, Angel began his experiment.
He recalled his experience inside the spotted dog, especially the feeling when he was completely surrounded by the Mysterious Power.
However, after experimenting for a long time, no matter what, Angel found it difficult to immerse himself in that feeling again. But he could feel that the sense of the mysterious had already been engraved deep in his soul, so why did it unexpectedly fail to appear when he tried to capture it?
Angel fell into deep thought.
As he pondered, he suddenly felt the sense of the mysterious become extremely active. But when he tried to capture it, the sense of the mysterious slipped away again.
This feeling reminded Angel of the summer nights when he was a child, lying in bed unable to sleep because the buzzing of mosquitoes always echoed in his ears. He would continuously stretch out his palms to try and kill the mosquitoes, but even though he knew they were nearby, he just couldn’t hit them. After he gave up on swatting the mosquitoes, they would continue to taunt him, boldly lurking nearby without leaving.
It was this kind of feeling, so close yet so far, that made him a bit uncomfortable.
Angel pondered for a long time and suddenly recalled that when he was initially trying to remember and replicate the Mysterious Feeling, he actually had a similar sensation. Whenever he deliberately tried to remember, he could never achieve the desired effect. On the other hand: “effortless memory” could produce extremely effective results.
Why not completely eliminate distractions and use a natural approach to guide the Mysterious Feeling out?
With this thought in mind, Angel closed his eyes again.
After a while, he discovered that when he didn’t pay attention to the Mysterious Feeling, the memories imprinted deep within his soul slowly began to surface. It felt as if he were back inside the body of the spotted dog, surrounded by contradictory yet harmonious laws, completely enveloped by the “Unknown Power.” His restless heart gradually settled, eventually sinking into deep contemplation.
As time passed, Angel used his physical body to remember the Mysterious Feeling within his soul.
He meditated for an entire night.
The next day at noon, Angel slowly lifted his fingers with a peaceful expression on his face. His left index finger was wrapped in layers of magical power, and the illusion model constructed within the Universal Axis began to show its might.
The originally empty trial field suddenly displayed a hint of spatial distortion, like water droplets on a completely transparent glass window. To the naked eye, these water droplets seemed to be evidence of the spatial distortion.
Immediately after, a thick fog spread out from the “spatial distortion,” surrounding Angel completely with him at the center.
If there were other apprentice wizards present, they could probably recognize at a glance that Angel was using a basic illusion spell called Misty Illusion.
It seemed that the Misty Illusion was complete, but Angel still did not open his eyes. His face remained calm, as if waiting for something to change.
Suddenly, there was a ripple in the Misty Illusion.
It was as if a breeze had started to blow.
The white mist slowly began to flow, moving gently and chaotically, like being inside a layer of clouds.
“Woof woof woof—” A bark pierced through the fog.
Angel suddenly opened his eyes; he had been waiting for this! He was waiting for this variable!
Suppressing his excitement, Angel stood up from his cross-legged position and walked step by step toward the direction of the barking. After two steps, he stopped.
The mist could not obscure his vision, and through the thin fog, he faintly saw a small figure.
Dispelling the mist, a spotted dog sat obediently nearby, its short tail wagging left and right. When it saw Angel, it changed from a sitting position to a standing one, standing on all fours and continuing to bark at Angel.
This was not Little Spot, nor was it a real dog, although it had the appearance of Little Spot.
This was a variable that Angel integrated into the construction of this Misty Illusion, incorporating the Mysterious Feeling engraved deep within his soul at the beginning of the illusion.
He didn’t know what changes would occur in the Misty Illusion in the end. So, he had been waiting with his eyes closed.
Finally, he encountered the variable.
He saw the spotted dog that definitely did not belong in the Misty Illusion.
Was this the image formed by his mysterious thoughts? However, why would it be this spotted dog? Could it be that it appeared because he was constantly thinking about it?
Using the words his mentor Jon taught him, it would be: the more you think about something, the more likely it is to happen?
Angel didn’t know if his guess was correct, but he knew that this spotted dog was definitely the biggest variable in the Misty Illusion.
The Mysterious Feeling completely conformed to the name “Unknown Power.”
Even in the illusion created by Angel himself, such unknown changes appeared. Of course, this was also Angel’s deliberate choice, allowing the Mysterious Feeling to blend in naturally; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to control the illusion.
But now it was fine, seeing the spotted dog. Although the spotted dog was still considered an “unknown change” compared to the Misty Illusion, at least it was within Angel’s control.
Angel gradually walked to the spotted dog and then squatted down.
Slowly stretching out his left hand, under the excited wagging of the spotted dog, he gently touched its head.
At the moment the two made contact.
The spotted dog vanished like a dissipating bubble, instantly turning into shattered illusions and disappearing. However, at the same time, a large amount of Mysterious Feeling escaped from the spotted dog’s body and soon filled the small Misty Illusion.
It appeared again!
The Mysterious Power completely surrounded Angel, freezing all his thoughts. All Angel could feel were the insights brought to him by the Mysterious Feeling.
Under such Mysterious Power, Angel didn’t need to use “mindless memory”; even with just his naked eyes and senses, he could feel the dense Mysterious Power around him.
“I did it!” Angel exclaimed excitedly.
If he could only sense the mysterious within the “mindless memory,” it wouldn’t be Angel’s intention. He wanted to delve into the mysterious, and he had to let the Mysterious Power truly appear before him.
Now, he had done it!
Although this Mysterious Power still carried a hint of “illusory” meaning, it was of great help for studying the Mysterious Power!
Wrapped in this Mysterious Power full of “law opposition,” “thought conflicts,” and “unknown thoughts,” Angel could perceive many things.
Unlike last time when he was inside the spotted dog and was only focused on “reproducing and remembering” the Mysterious Power, leaving no time for other things.
Now, wandering in the ocean of Mysterious Power, his inspiration kept emerging.
After all, there were too many things contained in this Mysterious Power, and just the complex laws alone made him dazzled.
However—
In less than five seconds, the Mysterious Power disappeared completely.
Angel was stunned on the spot; after losing the sense of the mysterious, this foggy illusion once again turned into the most ordinary basic illusion.
There was no other way.
After all, the sense of the mysterious and the feeling of the Nightmare Realm are two different things. The feeling of the Nightmare Realm is just a feeling, so it can last. But the sense of the mysterious contains many complex things, which, if translated into data, would be like a massive information flow overwhelming the heavens.
Moreover, the illusion carrying the sense of the mysterious was extremely shallow, and being able to persist for five seconds was already the limit.
Upon extinguishing the illusory mist-laden realm with a wave of his hand, Angel rubbed his weary brow. Integrating the Mysterious Power into the realm had been mentally exhausting, but the result was quite effective. He decided to rest for a while and conduct more experiments to determine the laws governing the integration of Mysterious Power into the illusion.
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While Angel was attempting to incorporate the sense of the mysterious into the illusion, simultaneously in the Dark Domain of Sleepless City, a sudden bark rang out. A spotted dog puppy stood atop the Tireless Clock Tower, calling out towards the southeast, precisely in the direction of the Savage Grottoes.
Hearing the bark, a fiery-red fox, accompanied by a fragrant breeze, streaked across the dark sky and arrived at the top of the clock tower: “I’ve finally found you. Minister Dim’s messenger has already arrived. If you don’t return, Minister Dim will be angry.”
The spotted dog puppy whimpered and lowered its head, approaching the fox.
“Let’s go.” The red fox picked up the spotted dog and vanished into the darkness beyond.
Chapter 636 Violent Thorn <TOC> Chapter 638 Mysterious Object