Chapter 654 Rat Ant Underground Society <TOC> Chapter 656 Flaw
Translator: SumTLMan
Angel felt some regret that he could not enter the Nightmare Plane to have a look, but considering the mysterious and bizarre matters in the Nightmare Plane that were completely incomprehensible, he could only choose to step back.
Sanders: “When I come back, I will tell you about the situation inside.”
“Then I’ll stay on Phantom Island tonight, and I want to borrow some books on alchemy materials from the study,” said Angel.
Sanders nodded: “In the open-air library of the Gravity Garden, there are also some books on alchemy. I will bring them all to you…”
Sanders’s words were only half-finished when his face suddenly turned pale.
His body, leaning on the sofa, trembled without warning.
Angel’s eyes were filled with doubt, and he was about to ask, but he saw Sanders suddenly open his eyes, burying his head and gasping for breath, as if he were a severely ill patient, even starting to break into a cold sweat on his forehead.
“Mentor, what’s wrong with you?” Angel hesitated to speak, wondering if Sanders had been seriously injured in Sleepless City.
Sanders did not respond for a while, only trying to catch his breath. After a while, he raised his head: “Nothing, just some old problems acting up.”
Sanders’s breathing had almost returned to normal, and he seemed to be more stable, but his face was even paler than before.
“Mentor, your face looks very weak right now,” Angel said worriedly. “Why not forget about going to the Nightmare Plane for now? The situation in the mysterious loft is not urgent.”
“I know my limits, don’t worry.” Sanders’s words fell, and feeling that he might have been a bit too cold, he added: “This old problem won’t cause me any trouble, after all… there’s a difference in priority.”
Sanders lowered his eyebrows: Besides, he wouldn’t dare let me get hurt.
Angel didn’t understand the meaning of Sanders’s words, but seeing that Sanders had made up his mind, he didn’t say anything more.
In fact, Sanders’s condition wasn’t something Angel needed to worry about, but just before, when Sanders was gasping for air, Angel faintly saw a Double Image appear on Sanders’s body.
That double image was a dashed outline, and he couldn’t see it clearly, but when Sanders raised his head, Angel noticed that one of Sanders’s eyes had turned a strange blood-red color.
However, when Sanders’s breath calmed down, the double image completely disappeared, and Sanders’s pupils gradually returned to normal.
This situation was definitely not the “old problem” Sanders had mentioned. Angel guessed it should be the effect of some spell, perhaps someone had cursed Mentor? It was for this reason that Angel couldn’t help but speak up.
Seeing that Sanders seemed to be much calmer, Angel was considering whether or not to ask about the double image when there was a knock at the door of the study.
“Good afternoon, Lord,” Goode’s figure appeared at the door. “Lady Gloria is in the living room, saying she has something to discuss with Young Master Angel.”
Looking for Angel? Sanders glanced at Angel, but saw no surprise on his face.
Angel whispered: “Not long ago, I crafted a brooch with an illusionary formation for Lady Gloria. I suspect there might be a problem with the brooch.”
“You crafted a brooch for Gloria?” Sanders raised his head, looking directly towards the living room. After a while, he said: “I saw that brooch on Gloria’s chest. The illusionary rune was well hidden.”
“Let’s go to the living room and see what issue Gloria has with you,” Sanders paused. “I’d also like to examine your understanding of illusionary formations.”
Sanders rarely examined Angel’s illusionary formations. Instead of giving constant guidance, he hoped Angel would develop on his own and find his unique path. However, any illusionist must follow a basic logic when setting up their illusions, until they can create them effortlessly.
Thinking that there was nothing else to do, Sanders decided to take a look at Angel’s illusionary formation and also discuss some matters with Gloria.
Angel followed Sanders out of the study.
Thinking that Sanders wanted to examine his illusionary formation skills, Angel’s heart raced. To be honest, it had been a long time since he had considered the logic of illusions.
He would either set up an illusory formation with no logical basis or use a nightmare effect, or simply manipulate emotions with his innate talent. He rarely considered details like “different plants in an illusion must follow phototropism,” “volcanic ash distribution in an illusion must consider wind measurements,” or “rivers can’t have sea fish, seas can’t have freshwater fish.” He would arrange everything naturally and effortlessly.
Angel didn’t even know if the illusion in Gloria’s brooch had any logical issues.
Because of this, he suddenly became anxious.
When they arrived at the living room, Gloria was looking down at the brooch on her chest, deep in thought. Hearing footsteps, she looked up: “Why are you here too? I didn’t ask for you.”
Gloria stood up and looked at Sanders. Suddenly, she seemed to find something interesting on him, raising an eyebrow and whispering to Sanders: “The progress of your soul mutation has accelerated… What happened? Did you encounter something in Sleepless City that required you to fight desperately? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be struggling with the mutated entity.”
Sanders glanced at Gloria and the anxious Angel beside him, responding in a whisper: “On the way back, we were schemed against by that fox and frog and ambushed.”
Gloria’s eyes darkened when she heard about the fox: “Did you kill that fox? Weren’t you always after its mysterious harp?”
“Yorkshire arrived and saved them.” A hint of regret flashed in Sanders’ eyes, as he even utilized the person inside him, yet still couldn’t keep them here.
“Haha, perfect. I will personally kill that fox.” Gloria’s eyes flashed with hatred. “A group of creatures can scheme too? I’m curious, how did they outwit you?”
“In the Windy District, some wizards have actually been controlled by Yorkshire for a long time. But they’ve always acted normally, so no one noticed the anomaly.” Sanders didn’t continue, but Gloria understood the situation.
During the battle between the two armies, when loyal teammates suddenly betrayed them from behind, whether it was stabbing them in the back or something else, it would cause great harm to their own side. Under such disadvantage, Sanders was able to counterattack, making the enemy lose their armor and even forcing the enemy’s commander to come out and rescue them. This could not be considered weak.
“Unknowingly controlling some wizards? It seems the situation in Sleepless City is worse than I imagined.” Gloria laughed, didn’t dwell on Sleepless City’s affairs, and continued on Sanders’ “condition”: “The mutation of your soul is getting more and more severe. When will you consider retrieving my body? As long as we find the body, I will tailor a delicious meal for you immediately.”
Sanders was silent for a moment: “Mengke has already urged me several times to go to the Abyss. We’ll put it on the agenda after this matter is settled. Besides, with our two powers, trying to do something under the watchful eyes of legendary creatures requires careful planning. Sumesh is coming back soon, and I will discuss it with him as well.”
Gloria understood the severity of the matter and that it would be virtually impossible to accomplish it in one go. She could only nod in agreement. Then her gaze suddenly fell on Angel: “Last time in Sleepless City, I found that the fox seemed to have no hostility towards Angel. Why not bring him along when we go?”
Sanders shook his head. At first, he also considered bringing Angel along. After all, after a series of confirmations, it seemed that the Nightmare Plane’s creatures didn’t have much hostility towards Angel. However, after the incident in Witch Town, his thoughts changed.
That witch wanted to kill Angel wholeheartedly.
“Angel is just an apprentice, he would be of no use if he went.” Sanders replied directly.
Gloria thought about it and felt it was right. Although she had an intuition that Angel, the “miracle boy,” might continue to create miracles, his current strength was still too weak. If he could advance to a formal wizard, he would have more means to protect himself, but as an apprentice… Gloria shook her head and let the idea go.
The two ended their mental conversation, and Sanders sat at the other end of the sofa, looking relaxed.
Gloria frowned: “What are you still doing here?”
Sanders didn’t answer, so Angel had to help, whispering to Gloria about Sanders’ purpose.
Gloria sneered at Sanders and said: “Alright, from my perspective as a true knowledge wizard, there are not many flaws in Angel’s formation foundation, so you can rest assured, right?”
Gloria’s meaning was clear: she was trying to drive Sanders away.
Sanders, however, didn’t budge. “I trust your judgment. But now that you’ve mentioned it, I’m even more curious. What issue do you have that you need to discuss with Angel alone?”
Gloria snorted coldly, sat down on the sofa, crossed her legs, and adopted a non-violent, non-cooperative attitude.
Sanders didn’t care, saying: “If I really wanted to know, you wouldn’t be able to hide it. Just tell me, I’m very interested in the illusions that Angel crafts.”
Gloria hesitated for a while but finally spoke up. However, she looked at Angel and addressed her question to Angel: “What exactly is the source on that Mysterious Mountain?”
Although she knew she couldn’t hide it from Sanders, Gloria still deliberately made her question vague, believing that Angel would understand her meaning.
Gloria’s question was within Angel’s expectations.
However, because it was expected, it was somewhat unexpected… Angel originally thought that with Gloria’s vision, she should be able to find the “Mysterious Object”, but it seemed that Gloria hadn’t found it either.
Seeing Angel’s expression change quickly, Gloria asked doubtfully: “Can’t you tell?”
“It’s not that I can’t tell… it’s just that I don’t know what that source is either,” Angel shrugged, showing a helpless expression.
Chapter 654 Rat Ant Underground Society <TOC> Chapter 656 Flaw