When Angel took out the log and the painting turned into ashes, deep in the underground maze, in the hidden dark space, a pair of green eyes suddenly opened.
As she woke up, a faint shimmer appeared around her.
The dim light illuminated a small area, but it was enough to see her outline.
This is a woman lying among the red flowers. She is extremely beautiful, with long golden hair scattered around her temples. Her prism earrings sway gently as she sits up.
If Angel and others saw her at this time, they would find that this woman looks exactly like the blond peasant woman in the "Pastoral Leisure Picture".
It's just that the woman in the painting has spring in her eyes, but her eyes are like the boundless forest sea, deep and cold.
The woman sat up and fell into deep thought.
Why did she wake up? By the way, it seems that the sentry point on the prison ladder was destroyed?
Who destroyed the sentry point? The wise master? No, he still wants from me, and if he wants to repair the magic energy array, she must help him. There is no need for him to destroy the sentry point. Besides, Naraku has not returned, and he is hanging in jail.
The ladder has no other value to the wise master.
Is there anyone else besides the wise master?
Those sleeping obsessives? No, no sign of the obsessives waking up at all sentinel posts. Moreover, if they wake up, Younu will notify her immediately.
If you are not an obsessed person or a wise person, then there are only two options left:
First, the monsters in the void. Second, the wood spirits.
Is the former possible? It's unlikely. Unless they fall into the void, the monsters will not attack the beings on the hanging ladder.
As for the wood spirit...she had observed that wood spirit a hundred years ago. It was as timid as a mouse, and could frighten it into pretending to death at the slightest sign of trouble. That wood spirit was also used as the sentinel point on the Ladder of Prison.
It was made from derivatives of its own body. Based on the character of that wood spirit, when it sensed its own derivatives, it understood that there had been danger there and would definitely not go there again.
Moreover, she vaguely noticed that there was an abnormal energy flow at a certain location in the magic energy array in the prison ladder. The wood spirit should be there instead of running to the ruins.
Neither a monster nor a wood spirit, so there is no option.
The blonde woman was thinking, suddenly, she raised her head and looked into the darkness.
After staring quietly for a few seconds, a male voice like the unique voice of a circus clown sounded from the darkness.
"Oh my, have I been discovered again? I'm so envious. Adanis obviously sleeps every day, so how can she be more powerful than the miserable Orao?"
As the voice sounded, the outline of a tall and thin figure vaguely appeared in the darkness.
"Because I am practicing, and you, although you seem to be working hard, are just fishing in troubled waters." The woman named Adanis said calmly.
"Here we go again, every time I say you're sleeping, you just say you're practicing. Do you think I'm a fool? I once fought with my master, so I know very well what sleeping is like!"
Adanis said softly: "Forget it if you don't believe it... Also, what are you doing here with me?"
"There's a light on your side. It's hard for me not to notice. However, the time you fell asleep this time was very short. It was either months or years before. How many times did you wake up in one day this time? Why?
, having a nightmare?”
Adanis pondered for a moment and looked at the silhouette of an unclear figure in the darkness: "What do you mean I woke up so many times? I only woke up this once."
"Once? How did I remember it was twice? Did I remember it wrong?" The funny tone made it difficult to tell whether it was intentional or unintentional.
Adanis said quietly: "You remembered it wrong."
"Okay, then just think I'm wrong." He seemed to take a step back, but his tone was filled with a hint of joking.
Moreover, Adanis noticed Orao's choice of words. At first she said to herself, "Did I remember it wrong?", but now she replied, "Just pretend I saw it wrong."
One is an error in memory, and the other is an error in vision. The difference between the two is quite obvious.
Adanis lowered her eyebrows: "You didn't come here just to tease me, right?"
"Am I joking?" With a sinister tone, anyone who is not a fool can tell that what he said is ironic.
"If you don't tell me the purpose, I will continue to sleep." Adanis said as she gently fiddled with the blood-red flowers blooming on the ground.
"A wise man is not stupid, so don't be fooled." Although his tone is still a bit exaggerated, it is obviously more sincere than before.
A soft hum came from Adanis's nose, but she didn't reply.
"Also, blocking is not the solution. They may not be the people we are waiting for, but they are descendants of Noah after all. If they are not even given a chance, what do you think the master will think when he comes back?"
Adanis: "The master you talk about will never come back."
Orao: "I know you have complaints against the master, and it doesn't matter. But Adanis, you must remember that we were born in the darkness and grew up in the darkness, but it does not mean that we belong to the darkness."
After Orao said these words, his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness. Only one sentence was left: "I will not change any decision you make, and it will be the same this time. But you may not really be able to change it."
Block their progress, because a wise man is not stupid, and when you are using him, he is also testing you..."
"...It is not our destiny to wallow in darkness... We will eventually leave here one day..."
The sound slowly dissipated, and Orao's figure completely disappeared.
Adanis looked at the boundless darkness, and after a long time, she whispered: "We are different."
After Adanis uttered these words, she remained silent for a while before returning her thoughts to the breach of the sentry point on the prison ladder.
Although Orao's sudden appearance interrupted her train of thought, their conversation provided her with new ideas.
Because there were very few outsiders in the underground waterway, especially those who arrived at the Stairway to Hell, she had only thought about the local creatures in the underground waterway, but she had ignored this group of people.
"If they are descendants of Noah, then it is possible." Adanis frowned, her expression full of confusion.
She did not doubt their reasons for destroying the sentry point, because ignorant people will always do ignorant things; and the sentry point can be rebuilt if it is destroyed.
What she was more concerned about and confused about was: "How did they destroy the sentry point?"
She stayed at the sentry point of the Ladder of Hell. Although her overall energy level was not high, her skills combined magic patterns, mirror images and space, which was very confusing.
If you simply destroy the painting, the sentry point will regenerate itself after a while.
But now, not only has the painting been destroyed, but the magic pattern, mirror image and space have all been destroyed.
This is a bit incredible.
The wise man can also destroy the sentry point, but he relies on brute force to crush the destruction. If he wants to destroy three passes at the same time, even the wise man cannot do it that easily.
"What happened to the descendants of Noah who came this time..."
Adanis pondered for a moment, but still couldn't sit still. Because she felt inexplicably uneasy, as if something big was about to happen.
"No, let Younu go over and check out the situation." Adanis murmured softly, then slowly lay down and crouched among the gorgeous flowers.
As Adanis's breathing gradually stabilized, she seemed to have entered a state of sleep. However, the diamond-shaped mirror ornaments hanging on her neck and ears began to flicker.
In the darkness, Orao looked at Adanis's flashing jewelry from a distance with a complicated expression.
After a moment of silence, Orao slowly stretched out his hand. There was a thin round lens in the center of his palm.
This lens, like Adanis's jewelry, was constantly flashing with light. Through the image displayed on the lens, Orao could clearly see Adanis's figure moving through the darkness.
With.
"Going out again?"
Orao's fingers clenched slightly, and for a moment, he had the idea of crushing the lens.
He opened up the dark tunnel of nothingness bit by bit, so if he crushed the lens, Adanis would be completely lost and unable to find the starting point and the end point.
But Orao did not crush the lens in the end, but lowered the brim of his hat and turned back into the darkness as deep as the abyss.
…
At this time, inside the prison ladder.
Angel is sensing the emotional changes dominated by the wise man through the illusion left in the outside world.
He deliberately mentioned that "the film on the surface of the painting is like a mirror", which was not only a hint to his companions, but also meant to test the mastery of the wise.
However, after the wise master guessed that he could sense emotions, the emotional feedback became very weak.
After actively suppressing emotional changes, even Angel found it difficult to perceive them. However, this was only temporary. After all, he was currently on the prison ladder, and he had to use illusion to perceive the emotions dominated by the wise man. If he could do it now
Standing in front of the true form of the wise master, the result is unknown.
"I have never heard the name of the painter you mentioned, but I believe that the painter you mentioned is real, the paintings are real, and the other works of the painter you simulated using illusion are also real... However, are your words true?
Really, I can't be sure." The wise master said that he couldn't be sure, but his tone was very determined. He didn't believe in such a coincidence.
"I'm not sure... then keep reading." Angel smiled softly: "Maybe there are really such coincidences in this world?"
Doakes also helped at this time: "Yes, there are too many coincidences in the world. Perhaps it is a coincidence that we are here, or perhaps it is an arrangement of fate. If it is really guided by fate, then it is a coincidence
It’s not a coincidence, it’s a gift from fate.”
After a pause, Doakes said in a joking tone: "Maybe even the wood spirit knows Angel."
Doakes was indeed protecting Angel, but deep down in his heart, he actually didn't believe in these coincidences. But they were a team, and they had a contract. To protect their partners was to protect their common interests.
The wise master glanced at Doakes, then turned to look at Angel: "Then I will continue to read and see if the coincidences you mentioned will pop up one after another."
After the wise master finished speaking, he stepped aside and did not speak again.
The wise man fell silent, and Doakes naturally turned the topic inside again, ran to Angel's side and asked: "Who is that blond woman?"
Doakes originally wanted to ask if the blonde woman was the woman in Mirror Demon. But the wise master was nearby, so he could only hint in a roundabout way.
Angel: “I don’t know, maybe it’s the person who hung the painting here?”
When Angel said this, he glanced at the wise man and tried to get the wise man to answer, but the wise man remained silent this time.
When he didn't get a response, Angel shrugged and gave Doakes a knowing look, letting him understand for himself.
He didn't know if it was the woman in Mirror Demon. But all the abnormalities in the painting came from the mirror material film on the outermost layer. In addition, the profile of the blond woman did look a bit like the one in the Mirror Demon logo.
A woman. In Angel’s personal opinion, even if she is not the Mirror Demon, she should still have a certain connection with it.
However, there is no need to think about the Mirror Demon just yet. If the Mirror Demon is related to Augustine, then they will meet eventually. If it is not related, Angel does not want to cause trouble. Anyway, Sicia has entered the wilderness of dreams.
, there is still a chance to learn the secrets of underground waterways.
Moreover, Angel has one more thing to do now.
Angel lowered his head and looked at the dark brown log on the ground.
This is a derivative of the wood spirit, maybe it can... do this.
When Angel's eyes flickered, the voice of the wise master came from behind: "If you bring it, your chance of encountering a wood spirit will be reduced."
"Why?" It was not Angel who asked the question, but Doakes.
Doakes wondered: "If this is the derivative of the wood spirit, shouldn't the wood spirit take the initiative to show up with it?"
Wise Master: "The wood spirit's ability to sense breath is not weak. It is difficult for you to find it. Now that you are still carrying its derivatives, doesn't this directly tell it your position? With its character, it
He will definitely avoid it in advance instead of showing up."
"Moreover, the derivative has been here for so many years, and it has never been searched for in the future. Why do you think that if you bring it, the wood spirit will appear on its own initiative?"
Doakes rubbed his chin, a look of realization on his face.
That's right, if the wood spirit really wanted to find the derivatives of its body, it would have been here long ago. But it has never looked for it, which means it doesn't care at all. In other words, its fear is greater than its inner concern, and it is simply out of sight and out of mind.
bother.
Thinking about it this way, the weirdness of this wood spirit is simply beyond imagination...
"Do you still want to take it with you?" Doakes turned to look at Angel and found that Angel was still holding the log and seemed to be making some gestures.
Angel didn't even look up: "Why not?"
Doakes: "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to find the wood spirit?"
Angel stopped what he was doing and looked up at Doakes: "Didn't you just say that maybe the wood spirit knows me and jumped out to find me?"
"Besides, if I don't bring this, will I definitely be able to find the wood spirit?"
"Since the result is uncertain, why not bring it with you? No matter how bad it is, it is still an extraordinary material."