He had a feeling that the force field had something to do with "emotion manipulation".
If so, he had a way to resist it for now.
"Screw it. Let's take a gamble." Angor decided to use the force field around the snake to control its emotions. He slowly constructed the cantrip model in his mind.
The model was ready, but he couldn't activate it right away. He was still far away from the snake, and he had Infinite Reticence to protect himself. However, once he activated the cantrip model, he would sense mana ripples and the snake would immediately lock onto his position. If that happened, he would definitely be affected if he tried to sneak up on the snake.
Angor was still waiting.
He waited until the snake coiled around the mountain and turned its head away from him.
He heard some rustling sounds.
The snake's scales rubbed against the stone as it slowly moved. When the snake's head slowly turned to the other side of the mountain, Angor's eyes lit up.
This is it!
Without hesitation, he quickly chanted Spirit Mantra and ejected his soul. Without hesitation, he activated the sequence of gravity and dashed toward the mountain wall on the other side.
The snake noticed Angor as soon as he entered the range of its force field. However, it seemed to be curious about the intruder, so it didn't attack at first. Instead, it quickly increased the force of its force field and poked its head out from the other side of the mountain to see what was going on.
As soon as the force field increased, Angor felt suffocated.
He felt suffocated, depressed, and even sad.
However, Angor didn't feel sad at all. Instead, he felt happy. He made the right bet!
He was right. This was a force field that could affect emotions!
In an instant, he activated the "Path of Soul Dimension" in his soul and released the cantrip model he had prepared in his mind space.
The cantrip model was just a basic illusion. However, it didn't cover the snake. Instead, it accurately covered Angor's body and completely covered him.
The snake's emotional force field was powerful, but Angor also had Emotion Control, one of his personal talents.
When the illusion nodes covered his body, Angor used the basic illusion to readjust his emotions. He wasn't affected by the force field at all. Soon, he reached the middle of the mountain wall and arrived at Toby's side.
For other snakes, the gray aura around Toby was a deadly threat. But for Angor, it was the most intimate power he could muster.
Without hesitation, he reached his hand into the gray aura and grabbed Toby. Then, without a care in the world, he dashed out …
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
By the time the giant snake realized that something was wrong, the human who trespassed into its territory had already brought the "exotic species" to the other side of the cliff!
"Hiss, hiss, hiss —"
A loud noise came from behind Angor, accompanied by a furious aura. At the same time, a heavy and oppressive force formed in the underground cave.
This was pressure! Moreover, it was the aura of an adept!
As expected, he had not guessed wrongly. This snake was the same as Akeso. It was also a Magus level magical creature!
Without hesitation, he grabbed Toby with one hand and his own body with the other. Then he began to run as fast as he could.
As long as I'm fast enough, your pressure won't be able to catch up to me!
With that in mind, he fully activated the sequence of gravity.
In less than a second, Angor broke through the barrier of speed and ran away from the underground river he came from.
At this moment, the current of the river was flowing smoothly for him.
He planned to follow the flow of the river, but he suddenly sensed danger coming from the bottom of the river.
Angor quickly flew up. In the next second, the river turned into ice. Then, with a loud rumble, the giant snake broke through the wall at an extremely fast speed and chased after them ….
Angor did not dare to waste any time. If he ran at full speed, even a wizard would not be able to catch up with him. As long as he did not expose himself to the snake's aura, he was confident that he could escape safely with Toby.
The snake did not expect Angor, who looked much weaker than it, to move so fast that it could not even see his shadow. It had to rely on energy waves to chase after him.
After chasing for a while, it realized that Angor was getting further and further away from it. Frustrated, the snake blasted a gust of wind filled with frost stars into the air.
Angor also sensed the freezing wind behind him. However, he still believed that as long as he was fast enough, he could escape not only the aura but also all the attacks.
Now that he was close to the entrance, all he needed to do was to go through a short tunnel, and he would be able to make it out alive.
However, when he reached the end of the river where he killed the flying fish, he found that all the dead bodies were gone.
At the same time, a giant crab was blocking the entrance.
This crab looked similar to the one with "sea anemone" on its back that Toby killed. However, this one was bigger and looked like a moving citadel. The "sea anemone" on its back was also a mature one. Instead of looking like petals, it looked more like countless tentacles waving in the wind.
This Sea Anemone Crab was using its huge pincers to eat the flying fish monster he had killed earlier.
More importantly, Angor also sensed something terrifying from the crab.
It was not a wizard-level creature, but it was at least close to one.
With the crab blocking his way and the snake chasing after him, Angor had nowhere to run. Also, the crab seemed to have noticed something was wrong and was looking at Angor.
When the crab looked at him, Angor made a quick decision and dove into the river that was not frozen yet.
Since the entrance was blocked, he could not just sit there and wait for death. His only option was to keep hiding in the water and see if he could find a way out.
He dove into the water and floated down.
It was dark all around him. Only the sound of running water could be heard.
"Maybe there's a giant monster hiding in the dark." Maybe it was the dark environment, but Angor suddenly thought of this idea.
He thought for a moment and used Soul Link to create an Illuminate spell in his mind space.
As soon as the spell was cast, Angor saw a giant shadow rising from the water.
He looked down and saw a floating troll floating in the water. At this moment, the Giant Demon's arms were spread wide open, as if it was half dead. It floated quietly with its eyes closed.
Angor gulped. "It's not going to wake up, is it?"
In the next second, the troll's bell-like eyes abruptly opened, emitting a boundless aura of desolation.
Angor was speechless.
What a jinx! Angor felt like slapping himself in the face.
Without hesitation, he picked up his speed and flew deeper into the water. When the troll opened its eyes, it created several underwater vortexes and chased after Angor.
"As long as I'm fast enough." Angor no longer cared about what was in front of him and activated the sequence of gravity at full speed.
Along the way, he saw countless underwater monsters who attacked him as soon as they saw him. However, none of them could catch up with his shadow.
After swimming for a while, he sensed something behind him. The troll was probably still chasing after him.
Maybe the snake and the crab didn't give up on him.
In the quiet water, he suddenly felt a sense of helplessness, as if he had nowhere to put his thoughts.
Could he really get away?
And even if he did, where would he end up?
Angor tried his best to keep going in circles so that he wouldn't lose his direction.
But was it really going to work? The more he ran, the more monsters would come after him. The feeling of helplessness made him question his life.
Besides, he couldn't eject his soul for long.
Angor floated aimlessly in the dark water. All he could do was keep running.
As he began to doubt himself, the troll came out of nowhere and threw a punch at him from afar.
The ripples under the water formed a whirlpool that looked like a white dragon rushing toward Angor, leaving countless bubbles in its wake.
Angor barely dodged it at the last moment.
After the near-death experience, Angor's confusion was gone. He didn't know if the self-reproach from before was a psychological effect or an unknown existence affecting him, but after experiencing a blow that almost turned him into minced meat, he woke up.
Keep running!
If he stopped here, the monsters wouldn't care about him even if he begged for mercy.
Angor started running again. This time, he didn't go around in circles. Instead, he chose the direction of the water current and ran forward.
Even if he left the Overwatch Base and went to a strange place, as long as he stayed alive, there was always hope.
With this thought in mind, Angor's eyes became determined.
However, something unexpected happened when Angor was about to make his move.
The troll's attack caused a huge impact on one of the stone walls. With a rumbling sound, that place was blasted into smithereens.
When he realized what was going on, he noticed that water was flowing out from the destroyed area.
…
Angor escaped from the underground water.
The stone wall that had been shattered by the trolls was connected to a narrow tunnel behind it. This tunnel was actually connected to the steam hall below the tree hole.
It was still too early for him to celebrate.
Before he could take a deep breath of the cool air outside, he heard a loud noise coming from behind him.
He looked back and saw the ground trembling.
Rocks were shattered, and snow on the hill was blown away. Even the tree hole Angor used to escape from was collapsing.
As the dust settled, a giant snake head slowly poked out of the hole.
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