Chapter 542 - Sunders’ Experiment
The message, which only contained three words, was sent by Sunders.
“Return at once.”
Even though Angor had no idea what the gentleman wanted, he couldn’t afford to keep his professor waiting for various reasons. After briefly explaining the situation to Mithra, he quickly left Elixir Hut.
Angor returned to the manor and saw the door to Sunders’ study was left open.
Sunders was alone in the room busily writing something at his desk when a ray of bright sunlight entered through a window and drew a golden outline around his handsome face.
When Angor entered, Sunders stowed his quill in the ink bottle and signaled Angor to take a seat.
Angor noticed that Sunders’ voice sounded rather fine compared to last time. Also, for some reason, there was an unnoticeable aura veil floating around Sunders, which made him look even more mysterious.
At the same time, Sunders carefully inspected his student. He didn’t have time for it previously because he was worried about his soul space in the last month. He only knew that the boy had returned from the purification garden alive, and that was about all.
Angor was confused until he saw Sunders pointing at his shoulder. He finally realized what Sunders was referring to.
The strange woman with a stitched face.
While exploring Nether City, the woman showed up in the end and almost caught him when he was in Nightmare Realm. There was no doubt that she was the biggest threat if they ever went there again.
“You can consider this a secondary experiment. I wish to find out what that woman wants from you. You’ll have to confront her sooner or later, or you’ll never find enough courage to travel to Nightmare Realm ever again.”
Angor fully understood those words—as long as he wanted to figure out the mysteries in Nightmare Realm and the nature of the strange scar on his soul, the suture-faced woman was a non-bypassable obstacle.
“Can you tell me more about the ‘experiment’, sir?” Angor was determined to accept the quest.
“I want to do a test on your Nightmare Form. Precisely speaking, I want to see to what extent your Nightmare Form can ‘create truth’,” Sunders said as his eyes twinkled with intelligence.
Last time, Angor physically took everything back from Nether City apart from the particular channeling method book. Thankfully, he was able to memorize the content of the book. Meanwhile, Sunders couldn’t take any items or memory from Nightmare Realm.
Sunders wished to find out which types of items Angor could bring back or take into Nightmare Realm.
Being able to take extra items such as scrolls, alchemy items, space storages, or even Mystery weapons into Nightmare Realm meant that it would be safer when exploring the dangerous world. In addition, they would be able to bring back more loot. Sunders never succeeded before and he planned to see whether Angor could do it.
Angor believed that his professor should have another reason to do the “experiment” at such a time, but he decided not to ask.
“I’ll do it. When will we depart?”
“The day after tomorrow.”