Sunders didn't want to talk about the Time Thief's choice.
If Angor didn't know what to do yet, he could at least try to make him nervous. But since Sunders was sure that the Time Thief was going to do something in the dream wasteland, the more he talked about it, the more anxious he would become.
When Sunders saw Angor's determined look, he quickly changed the topic.
"Now that you mention it, you never asked about the ruin," said Sunders.
Angor shrugged. "Since we're already at the entrance of the ruin, I'd like to see it with my own eyes."
This was why Angor didn't ask anyone about the ruin. He wanted to see it for himself.
Sunders nodded. "You said we're at the entrance of the ruin, so you should know where it is, right?"
"You took me to the entrance, didn't you, professor?" Angor looked at the center of the triangle between the three observation pavilions, which was also the centermost area of the ruined Astral Pond.
He didn't see anything strange with his naked eyes, but he could clearly sense the thick nightmare aura coming from there. The dense fog in the sky, which was almost solid and difficult to disperse, came from there as if nothing unexpected happened.
"Yes, that's an entrance. But there's more to it."
Under Angor's puzzled gaze, Sunders looked down at the shining Astral Pool.
"Take a look at your feet," Sunders said in a soft voice.
Angor followed Sunders' words and looked down. The ripples caused by their movements tore apart the stars in the water and shattered their own projections into pieces.
It was as if space itself was rippling. The distance between reality and the illusory light and shadow was clearly separated and distinct.
As he stared at the surface of the water, his vision suddenly changed.
The surface of the water became a mirror, and the mirror became a spatial barrier. On the other side of the barrier, there was another dimension. There was a long ancient path, a complex and traditional attic, and a room that was covered by seven-colored clouds, whose appearance could not be seen clearly.
"That's …" Angor's eyes widened.
"What you see is the original appearance of the ruin." Sunders looked around the Astral Pond. "The entrance to the ruin isn't limited to the center. Every part of this Star Pool is an entrance to the ruins. "
That being said, Sunders did not stop. He kept moving forward. Only when they arrived at the center of the ruins did they stop.
Both Angor and Sunders felt great joy when they arrived at the center of the ruin. That was the thought that popped up in his mind when the nightmare energy flowed into his body.
"Look again," said Sunders.
Angor was already looking at the water without Sunders' reminder. In the beginning, it was still the lake surface that reflected the starlight. However, after staring at it for a long time, the world behind the lake surface appeared once again.
Unlike before, this time, Angor saw a pitch-black tunnel.
There was no complicated structure, nor were there any rooms covered by colorful clouds. There was only one passageway that seemed to lead to the abyss.
As he stared at the end of the tunnel, he felt a pair of eyes staring back at him from the deepest, darkest corner of the tunnel.
"What did you see?"
"A tunnel with no end in sight," Angor said. "Where does it lead to?"
Sunders shook his head. "I don't know. But this tunnel is the only source of nightmare energy in the entire Astral Pond. Back then, the Magi from Song of the Deep who went missing also entered this tunnel. "
"I've discussed this with Mister Rein, and we agreed that this tunnel might lead us to the true core of the ruin."
Angor thought about it and agreed with him. The nightmare energy here was already strange enough. Besides, they could clearly see the end of the tunnel in other parts of the Astral Pond, but there was only one long, dark tunnel here.
"Did the living threads and the nightmare creatures come from this tunnel as well?" Angor asked.
"No. They can come from anywhere in the Astral Pond. Most of the nightmare creatures went in, but only a few came out. Even if they did, they wouldn't stay in this tunnel. "
Sunders slowly reached out a hand.
"Next, I'll open the passage."
"Mister Rein, didn't you say —" I can't enter the ruin without permission?!
"I'm only opening the door, not letting you in. I need you to sense the emotions inside the ruin. "
Before Angor could react, Sunders already released a ball of light from his fingertip. From the ball of light, a beam of light shot straight into the water.
There were no ripples on the surface of the water, but a pitch-black passageway slowly opened up.
As the passage was opened, more concentrated nightmare energy gushed out of the ruins. Angor's unruly red hair was fluttering in the wind.
A gentle spirit wave landed on Angor's body and turned into a Spirit Bond when Angor accepted it. Sunders' voice came from the other end of the Spirit Bond. "Ignore all external disturbances. Carefully sense the emotions left in the ruin."
Rein and Tree Spirit didn't know why Sunders wanted Angor to come to the ruin. The main reason was Angor's ability to sense the emotions of nightmare creatures.
It seemed Angor was born with the ability to read the emotions of nightmare creatures.
Sunders knew that the only way to obtain information from the ruin without entering it was to let Angor read the remaining emotions of the nightmare creatures.
This was why Sunders took the risk to open the tunnel.
As long as Angor didn't step into the tunnel, he should be fine. Even if he did, Sunders believed that Angor would be fine as long as he ran into a nightmare creature.
However, that was only if he ran into a nightmare creature.
The nightmare creatures weren't the only scary thing about the ruin. The ruin itself was also full of strange things. When the ruin was first discovered, the nightmare creatures hadn't occupied it yet. However, they still devoured wizards from Song of the Deep.
Even Sunders himself would not enter the place without being fully prepared, let alone Angor.
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