Chapter 346
Angele knew that the siblings were born in the basement, they had no chance to explore the world by themselves before he found them .
The day Frey and Freia left the basement was the first time they saw the actual situation of their world . They spent most of their time in the mansion after that and Frey was allowed to eliminate the weaker monsters around the area for practice .
However, Freia was not strong enough to leave the mansion on her own, so the only thing she could see was the forest and the river . Phoenix and Angele were the only two that would play with her from time to time .
Although Angele knew that one day he had to leave them, he still felt a bit depressed .
He lowered his head and exhaled once .
‘I’m still wondering, where did the strange creatures I encountered and the strange things that happened come from if this world was a peaceful place several decades ago…? Like… that turtle…’
He was checking a yellow leather scroll, it was a map of the area around the mansion . There was a large city beside the forest and the rivers .
‘Todd told me that most of the mutated creatures were not intelligent . They were just following their strange instincts . If that’s true, the ruin under the volcano will…’ he rubbed his chin and started thinking .
He recalled the day he met the wall of confusion in the ruin and the scorpion women . The scorpion women were the guardians of the illusion pool, but for some reason, they could not get close to the pool . Their behavior was restricted by the illusion pool, but it seemed like the pool was the source of their power .
The guardians feared the woman in a white one piece dress that was playing on the swing and it seemed like they were not allowed to leave the garden .
‘Those guardians might be the residents that lived in the Nightmare Realm before it collapsed…’
A weird expression appeared on Angele’s face . There were too many strange things in this realm and he wanted to know why .
‘This realm is like a hell that’s full of nightmares, but it’s also somehow related to the main world,’ Angele assumed .
‘What a mess…’
Angele marked several locations on the map carefully .
He flattened the surface of the scroll with the small silver scorpion, rolled it up, and tied it with a metal string .
It was part of the gift to Frey . A map would aid him greatly in his adventure .
The gift contained some magic stones, healing potions, a lot of food, and this map . That was all Angele could do for the brave boy .
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Outside the mansion, Frey was holding a large bag in his right hand . There was a high-quality sword on his back .
"Alright, I’ll be leaving now . Don’t miss me too much, I’ll be back before you know it . " Frey smiled and waved his left hand .
"Bring me gifts and take care!" Freia shouted .
"Sure!" Frey turned around and started walking to the Dark Cloud City . He did not tell Freia anything about his plan, he did not want his sister to worry too much about the trip .
Freia thought it was a common mission given by Angele and Frey would come back after the mission was completed .
It was noon and the sunlight was strong . Angele and Freia watched Frey disappear into the forest by the gate . Freia turned around and walked to Angele after Frey was no longer in her sight .
"Alright, go play with Phoenix . " Angele patted Freia’s head .
"No… the only things Phoenix does are singing the weird song and dancing in circles… it’s boring . " Freia pouted . "What are you going to do, Green? I want to stay with you . "
Angele knew that the Phoenix was just acting on its own instinct as it had no intelligence . Freia had some fun with the bird at the beginning but she got bored after all those years .
The girl did not want to be alone in such a large mansion so she asked if she could stay with Angele .
Freia and Frey treated Angele like their own father after what he did for them .
"I still need to do some calculations . You can stay with me in the reading room if you want to . " Angele rubbed Freia’s cheeks and headed to the main building .
They returned to the reading room together .
Freia decided to add some firewood to the fireplace after closing the door .
Angele walked to the table and sat down . He grabbed the quill and started doing the calculations again .
"Green, it snowed last night… I think there’ll be a thunderstorm today," Freia said as she threw the firewood into the fireplace .
"That’s possible, but don’t worry . I just replaced the crystal cards with new ones," Angel responded .
The weather in the Nightmare Realm was strange . There were no four seasons here . It was hot and wet in the morning but it might snow and the air would become dry during the night . The fireplace helped Freia a lot during the chilling nights .
Angele had high affinity with fire energy particles so he did not really need the fireplace . There were many trees around the mansion and he could easily turn them into firewood .
Freia finished adding the wood and walked to Angele . She just stood by the table and watched him doing all the calculations .
The tip of the quill left countless complicated symbols and words on the leather scroll . The noise the quill made echoed in the room .
Several minutes later, a ball of red light appeared by the reading room and turned into a red bird . Red light dots were dropping from the bird’s tail, it was Phoenix .
Phoenix flew to a wooden bird perch behind a bookshelf . It was a cross-shaped brown perch that was specially made for Phoenix .
Phoenix’s head leaned to the left and it started sleeping . The bird’s tail was about half a meter long and the fire energy particles from it warmed up the whole reading room .
Angele glanced at Phoenix, smiled, and continued his calculations .
Several hours passed quickly .
Freia already fell asleep on the sofa . Angele covered her with a blanket and added some more firewood to the fireplace . He knew it was about time to return to the main world .
It was late in the night when he arrived in the main world .
Angele stepped out of the reading room and a maid brought him two wooden cylinders .
The pretty maid was already more than thirty years old . She was still beautiful, but she was not as energetic as before .
"Master, your letters . " The maid handed over the wooden cylinders politely .
Angele grabbed the cylinders and glared at the maid .
"Time flies . How long have you been working here? More than ten years, right?"
"Yes, Master . " The maid nodded .
"Go find a decent guy and get married . You served me well," Angele said in a light tone .
The maid looked excited after hearing the words . "Thank you, Master!" she already earned a lot of money as Angele paid her well . The girl was purchased by Liv as a slave and she never thought the master would release her .
Angele walked downstairs and sat down on a sofa after the maid left . He opened the first cylinder and found a red leather scroll inside .
The scroll was slowly opened under the dim light .
It was written by Hikari from the Molten Lava River, a friend Angele met on the airship to the central continent .
Stigma was laying low in his family and kept ranking up . Hikari joined the potion master’s guild and Reyline joined the wizard’s guild .
Angele started reading the letter with help of a glowing crystal .
‘Dear Green,
Long time no see . I have a great opportunity here . It’s a secret from the legends and I’m sure you’re interested . I sent the letters to the others too . We shall meet in the air transportation city again . Same location as the last time . I’ll tell you the details there . ’
It was a short letter .
‘Air transportation city, huh?’ Angele raised the scroll to the air and ignited it with a dark-red flame ball . The scroll turned black quickly and was burnt to ashes .
Angele threw the ashes into the garbage bin on the ground .
He raised his left hand—there were two rings on his middle and index fingers . One had an amethyst that looked like an eye on the top, and the other one was a silver ring without any gem adorning it .
He rubbed the surface of the amethyst carefully and the color of the gem turned from purple to light blue .
A ray of blue light was slowly released from the center of the gem .
Angele aimed at the surface of the table with the ring . The ray illuminated the table and turned into a light screen .
Several lines of words appeared on the light screen:
‘This is the intel center . Please submit your question . ’
Angele remained calm . He made sure that there were no intruders around using Zero and questioned in a low voice, "I need to know the important events that happened around the air transportation city recently . "
‘Please wait…’
Several seconds later, several more lines appeared on the screen .
‘Based on your security clearance level, following information can be provided . ’
‘1 . Partial map of the city’s hundred-year-old treasure . ’
‘2 . The locations of the strongest wizards around the city . ’
‘3 . Special service locations in the city . ’
‘4 . Detailed information of…’
Rows of words appeared on the screen and Angel was reading down quickly .
The Dark Wizard Tower’s intel system was surprisingly strong . He could easily find out what the elders of Elemental Hand were doing every day .
The intel was collected by the Dark Wizard Tower’s elite members; the good thing was that the members’ information was protected and most of them did not have access to the top secrets .
It took Angele several minutes to find the information that was related to what Hikari mentioned .
‘The ruin with secret treasure: You need the Iverson’s Flute to enter this ruin . Danger Level: 3 . ’
The danger level was set using the wizard’s ranking system . Danger level 3 meant that only wizards above rank 3 could acquire the treasure safely .
Angele narrowed his eyes and looked at the details .
‘Possible Treasures: Half-body lizard, Horror Vines, and Iverson’s Flute (Genuine) . ’
‘Half-body lizard is a mysterious creature from the tales . It’ll help a wizard progress faster with his advanced meditation technique . Finally, something worth fighting for . ’ Angele smiled .
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