The Wizard World - Chapter 229

Chapter 229
Every object in the living room was covered with thick dust, such as the control panel, the sofas, table, and the paint . They looked old and their color was fading .
*Creak*
Angele opened the door carefully .
The light outside was orange that illuminated on Angele’s body and brightened up the whole living room .
He stood beside the door and looked around . The sky was covered by clouds . Angele could barely see what was around him due to the thick fog .
Angele raised his hand and aimed at the sky . Some green light dots flashed on his palm and formed a tiny vortex . However, he hesitated and decided not to cast any spell .
The flowers and plants in the garden all died . What was left in the mud were the rotten petals .
Angele walked across the garden . When he was about to leave the area, he detected some movements on his right .
He narrowed his eyes, then he lowered his footsteps and slowly walked along the fences .
After turning the corner, Angele noticed a strange relief sculpture on the wall of the house . It was a child’s face and it appeared from nowhere .
It was a boy with a short, curly hair . He had no eyes yet his mouth was moving . Angele was wondering if the boy was trying to say something but nothing was coming out of his mouth .
Angele narrowed his eyes and stepped back trying to observe the changes happening to the boy’s face .
After several seconds, the sculpture sank into the gray wall but immediately appeared on another wall . The boy’s mouth was still moving but Angele just could not hear anything .
It seemed like the sculpture was not a threat . He slowly lowered the heart bomb in his hand, then he turned around and jumped over the fence, landing beside the lake safely .
*Blop*
It sounded like something jumped out of the surface of the water .
Angele turned around and stared at the lake .
He walked to the lake slowly, and the clean surface of the water reflected the image of his body .
Short brown hair, pale skin with a silver glint, and a pair of golden glowing eyes . Angele stared at the image and he knitted his eyebrows .
*Splash*
A tiny silver fish opened its mouth as it rushed toward the image in the water .
"What the…!" Angele suddenly stepped back and held the back of his left hand tight . Blood was dripping down his wrist .
The fish bit the image in the water but the damage reflected on Angele’s physical body . It felt like the fish had bitten a large piece of meat off the back of his left hand .
Angele moved away from the lake quickly . Cold sweat covered his forehead . He took out the healing gel from the potion and applied it on the wound . White steam rose from the back of his hand immediately . After several seconds, the bleeding was stopped by the formation of a scab .
Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele’s eyes . He felt relieved after Zero confirmed that the wound was not infected by any poison .
He turned to the lake again and saw the silver fish swimming around the surface of the water . There was blood around its mouth, and it stayed there for several minutes before swimming away .
After the silver fish left, a five-meter-long black fish appeared on the surface of the water .
Angele was surprised . He could see the white triangle on the back of the fish, which was the rune he used as the mark for the creatures that were kept in the biological lab .
He checked the room yesterday and the black fish only had the size of an index finger .
Angele swallowed his own spit loudly and pursed his lips . The things that were happening were not making any sense .
He walked to the other side of the lake and stopped by one of the guard posts .
*Croak*
Something was moving around his feet .
Angele lowered his head and saw a green frog jumping around on the ground .
Strangely enough, there were two human faces on the back of the frog . It looked like they were having a conversation, though he could not hear anything .
Angele crouched and took a closer look . The two human faces were twitching and their voices suddenly echoed in his ears after he stared at them for a while .


‘I broke my father’s vase yesterday . He’ll blame me . What should I do?’ The face on the left had the voice of a young boy . Angele did not know what language it was but for some reason, he could understand their words .
‘He’ll hit you hard with a mace . Wait for it . ’ The face on the right had the voice of a young girl’s voice .
‘I also poured dirty water onto my father’s clothes . He’ll blame me . What should I do?’ The boy continued .
‘He’ll stab your eyes with a burning hot needle,’ the girl responded quickly .
The two faces just kept talking on the back of a green frog .
The green frog started jumping away and the voices finally disappeared into the air after several minutes .
Angele shook his head . Everything in the Nightmare Realm was weird and mysterious . The strike from the fish ignored his forcefield and metal barrier, and a large piece of flesh was bitten off his hand .

"Young man, why are you here? And what are you looking for?" A deep and hoarse voice came from the direction of the lake .
Angele stood up and looked over .
A one-meter-long black turtle was slowly moving out of the water . But instead of legs, it had four human arms to support its body .
The turtle was walking on its four ‘palms’ slowly but steadily .
Wrinkles covered the skin of the turtle’s head . Angele was trying to figure out what was happening . The turtle was staring at him in the eyes .
"Do you live here?" Angele could not help asking this question .
The turtle shook its head .
"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…" He felt a bit relieved .
"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…" The turtle spoke again, but it was imitating the way Angele was talking, that even the voice sounded identical .
Angele shuddered .


"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…" The turtle started moving toward Angele while repeating the sentence . There was a horrifying expression on its face .
"Finally…a creature I can communicate with…"
The turtle was walking slowly but steadily .
Angele’s skull numbed . He tried to step back as soon as the old turtle approached . However, he immediately realized that his legs were frozen .
The bottom half of Angele’s body was being petrified . The part below his knees had already turned into gray stone and the petrification was spreading . He could not feel any pain, but the situation was getting worse .
"F*cking hell!"
Angele gritted his teeth and threw a red heart bomb into the air .
The bomb drew a red arc in the air and landed directly on the turtle .
*BOOM*
The explosion was intense and red flames were flying everywhere .
Angele was hit by the heat waves and his ears were ringing . The metal forcefield created a silver metal shield that helped absorb the remaining shockwave . The heated waves were rushing in all directions from the center of the explosion and the leaves from the trees were being blown into the air .
*PA*
Pieces of red flesh dropped on the ground beside Angele’s feet, which were still steaming hot .
He lowered his head and saw his petrified legs recovering quickly . He could finally move again .
The fire extinguished quickly in the thick fog, what left on the ground was a pile of burnt meat and broken pieces of its carapace .
Angele walked to the remaining of the turtle and crouched . He found three pieces of flesh that were still usable, while the rest was almost burnt to ashes .
He thought for a while and threw the meat into one of his pouches .
Angele stood up and walked to the stone watchtower .


He peeked inside through the window . It was empty; the chairs, the table, and the bed had all disappeared .
‘This place must be related to the real world . Everything looks identical to my home, but it feels like I’m trapped in a different time dimension . " Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele’s eyes .
The chip was scanning and analyzing the whole time .
However, it seemed like in the Nightmare Realm, the rules of nature were different so Zero had to recollect basic information .
Angele checked all the reports but found nothing valuable .
"Time is up," Angele muttered as he was hit by a familiar feeling .
He raised his right hand that was now translucent .
Angele knew that he was an outsider to this realm and could only spend a certain amount of time here . The bloodline of the great harpy could connect him with the realm, but it could not help him stay in it forever .
"Damn…if only I can stay here for a bit longer…There are many mysteries waiting for me ahead…" Angele’s eyelids were getting heavier and heavier .
Seconds later, he lost his consciousness .
Suddenly, Angele opened his eyes .
He was still sitting in the spell lab with his legs crossed .
He raised his left hand immediately and confirmed that the wound was still there . The intense pain indicated that everything that had happened in the realm was not his imagination .
‘I need to wait for the next time the harpy wakes up . ’ Angele took out the flesh of the turtle from the pouch .
He lined up the three pieces of fresh meat on his right palm .
"So I actually did take these back here…how…?" Angele recalled the events happened in the Nightmare Realm, wherein he was almost killed by the turtle .
"Well, let me see what I can do with its meat . " He had a plan in mind .