Chapter 589 - Situation
Angor encountered more than one group of apprentices and wizards, who meant to stop “visitors” from going to the city. They were all from different organizations other than Sleepless City. Even someone from Brute Cavern was among them.
They all spoke of the same phrase—”Danger ahead, do not approach.”
Anyone who at least learned about the incident could see what these people were up to. Even so, Angor did not meet with any real threat. The moment they saw Sunders, all the lookouts moved as far away from Toby as possible.
Toby proceeded smoothly until they reached the inner city. There were several dozen people waiting at a plaza area. Despite the smaller number, these people were the “main force” who might solve the problem, compared to the wandering apprentices outside.
Toby touched down and began to circle around Sunders while tweeting anxiously—he knew Sunders was the “man in charge” if they wished to rescue Greya.
Sunders waved the bird away impatiently like chasing a fly.
Toby returned to Angor’s shoulder with a sad look and huddled against Angor’s neck.
Angor comforted Toby gently and followed behind Sunders closely.
“One of the many reasons why only a few people entered the Nightmare Realm before is that each time a tunnel appears, it only remains open for a short period of time.”
Sunders glanced toward the outer city and wondered whether his assumption was true. Only a nightmare tunnel could explain the unstable dimensional energy lurking around Sleepless City.
Yet something told him that the situation was more complicated.
…
Filo was floating in the sky while gazing intensively at the outer city with a hungry look.
“Mister Phantom.” He saw Sunders coming and landed on the ground.
“Tell me what happened when you were inside. What is making this place so volatile?” Sunders asked.
Filo glanced at Angor and frowned.
Since Sunders did not say anything, Filo explained, “The darkness started from the tip of the Eternal Radiance barrier and spread from there. It didn’t take very long for the abnormality to cover up the entire outer city. I heard… music. It was nothing special at first, but then it began to create a mental corruption that enlarged people’s desire and dark thoughts.
“Next, by uniting everyone’s strength, we opened up a plane passageway and escaped. Just after we got to safety, the source of the darkness, which is a black vortex, started to spin faster and faster until it completely destroyed the balance of space around here. Nobody can use plane passageways to travel around now.”
Most of Filo’s description was already known by others after some people got the message out. Sunders wished to learn what details Filo might have overlooked and maybe figure out what happened after the survivors escaped from the darkness.