Chapter 630 - Remaining Golden Strings
During the experiments inside the plane passageway, Angor had stepped across the “midpoint” of his level, which brought him closer to the level limit of level-3. And this was when he tried his best not to draw too much energy.
This was why he felt all tensed up when leaving Pocratee. He never liked strength that found its way into his body all of a sudden, but not gained through his own effort.
Sunders saw through him and chuckled. “Don’t worry too much. Even if there are flaws in your power, there will be a way to fix it. Besides, we didn’t find any flaws.”
They left the village by traveling through the same waterways and caves, without running into Akeso.
While glad that he didn’t need to worry about Akeso’s safety, Angor began to wonder why the great monster that had guarded Pocratee for a thousand years suddenly vanished.
After swimming out of lake water, they headed toward Silent Hill using Angor’s Gondola again.
The boat traveled so fast that they failed to notice a group of people covered in thick, cold-resistant clothes traveling along a snowy mountain path not far from them, where a man taller than everyone else and had a large black fur coat was taking the lead.
“Sir, we found traces of excavation and rappel hooks on these walls. Our archaeologist said that they were left here about 1,500 years ago.” A middle-aged worker in white fur overcoat approached their leader.
About half a day later, Angor saw the familiar sight of a great abyss as if the very land were cut in half by a mighty weapon. They floated to the bottom of the abyss where the manifestation of Lady Mirror, as well as the entrance toward the mirror world, was located.
Angor was a bit worried that Lady Mirror would see him coming and ask about the illusion item she was expecting, but it seemed she wasn’t paying attention to their arrival today.
However, someone else was waiting for them just in front of Phantom Island.
“Mister Tree Spirit.” Angor bowed politely.
Like always, the ancient being only had a single leaf over his groin area as the only piece of “clothing”.
Tree Spirit gave Angor a casual nod and spoke to Sunders, “Wallace sent a message from Sleepless City yesterday. He asked that you go and meet him.”
Sunders frowned. “Is something else happening in Sleepless City?”
Tree Spirit picked his ear. “Something like… the possessed people you saved last time are all affected again and began walking into the darkness like wired puppets. Well, I don’t know the details. You have to see it for yourself.”
The spirit put a hand on Sunders’ shoulder. “No rest for the wicked. Since Wallace asked, he must have prepared a hefty reward for you.”
Sunders saw Tree Spirit off and turned to Angor. “What’s your opinion about the situation? Why are the citizens possessed again?”
“Um, we only removed the parasites from them, but there should be the residue of golden strings left in their bodies, and these strings are controlled by Yorkshire…”
“Should be.” Sunders nodded. “I’ll go check Sleepless City. You return to Phantom Island by yourself.”
“Sir, do I need to come with you?”
“No. I’ll not go into the darkness this time. It shouldn’t be hard for me to deal with the strings.”