Chapter 309 - The Desolated Path and The Bustling Town
Chapter 309: The Desolated Path and The Bustling Town
Angor told Toby not to wander away from the territory of his ethereal laboratory before he began his work.
There was one more thing he needed to do before actually creating his item, which was to practice multitasking. Usually, any wizard who could calm his mind and meditate could do something like this. However, it was a completely different case when someone wished to multitask while handling extremely difficult alchemy processes.
Here, Angor needed to draw a magic array while forging a space storage item at the same time; both of which required his attention. He had to maintain a stable mana output during the entire course without getting distracted.
However, Angor had help.
While drawing a magic array, he could copy from his hologram projection without having to spend too much of his own effort. A stable mana stream wasn’t a problem when he could use the axes of the universe, which meant he only needed to concentrate on the second task—making the space storage item.
Another major challenge was drawing two runes at the same time, which was also the main reason why there were very few alchemy items with composite effects in this world.
It was the last step of his work. While drawing the magic array, he had to work on the covenant rune as well. Doing so required wizard-level mental and controlling abilities.
He didn’t know how long he walked. One hour, or maybe one day.
He felt tired, but he couldn’t stop. Something told him that danger would quickly catch him if he were to rest now.
It was the same instinct that warned him of great danger when inside the Nightmare Padt Manor, as well as when possessed by Parasite Queen. And he always trusted it.
The end of the path led him toward a small town.
The town seemed lively. When he moved closer, he saw residents in the town talking, singing, and dancing joyfully. There were snack vendors, colorful lamps, party spots, and children playing along the street.
When he stepped into the town, he suddenly sensed the fearful quietness gone. Even the lonely moon in the sky appeared gentler, and it now shined a soothing light onto the earth instead of the cold gleam just a moment ago.
Everyone was having fun in this energetic town, and Angor felt himself getting influenced by them. Someone walked to him to invite him to their dance. Angor only stepped forward a little before he backed away out of cautiousness. He moved to a corner of a wall when the passionate dancer moved away to look for someone else.
Angor kept moving again, during which more people invited him to join their activities, be it singing, eating or drinking. Angor rejected them all, and each time he did so, people simply shifted their attention to something else instead of insisting.
He felt it strange. It seemed people here could all see him, yet the passionate folks never requested him to stay.
He walked through the crowds while pondering about the situation. Was this an illusion? Yet as a talented Illusionist apprentice himself, he didn’t sense any properties that indicated that it was an illusion.
Everything he could see, feel, or touch told him that this was a reality. Everything was real. The desolated path, the cold wind, the dark water in the river, or the bewitching happiness which made up this small town.
Did something really create a whole reality just to give him a “testing omen”?
Angor recalled something similar called “mental demons” which he read about in the novels from Earth. It was both an illusion and the truth. It tricked your senses, yet… it did not.
It was like a game, which gave you a challenge according to the item you built. You clear the challenge to get the reward, and if you fail, you would receive a punishment.
So… what kind of challenge was created by his space storage?