Angor briefly described his experience in the darkness. However, he did not mention that he was swallowed by a spotted dog. Angor did not want to tell anyone about his secret. Besides, he was still wary of Feng.
Feng showed a puzzled look after hearing Angor's story. "What you said is the same as what Renekton said. Renekton was also washed away by a large number of meaningless symbols. But what I find strange is that it took him three minutes to wake up from the deluge of information, but you … actually woke up in less than half a minute? "
Renekton was much stronger than Angor.
"There's one more thing." Feng paused and looked at Angor from head to toe. "Even if Renekton woke up, he needed about half an hour to adapt."
"Adapt?" Angor asked.
Feng nodded. "Normal information, no matter how much and complicated it is, with Renekton's current ability to process information, he can completely accept it without any negative effects. But this is a Mystery message. Even Renekton could not accept it. So, after waking up, he went into a state of stress for a while. "
"It was not a long time. About half an hour. During this time, Renekton could keep his mind, but he would occasionally say some nonsense that even surprised himself. He was like a lunatic. His words did not make sense. "
Feng continued, "But you, not only did you wake up quickly, but you also did not have such a time … I don't understand."
Feng stared at Angor with an unreadable expression.
Angor hesitated and shook his head. "I don't know."
Feng stared at Angor for a few more seconds and lowered his eyebrows. He did not use any spells, but Angor's hesitation already told him that Angor was hiding something.
The air was still for several seconds.
Feng chuckled. "Maybe it's because the magic array you drew is too rudimentary, so you need a short time to adapt."
Since Feng said so, he did not intend to find out the reason. He was curious about the secret behind this, but he was only a consciousness drawn by Renekton. He could not send any information to the real body, so there was no point in knowing the truth.
Angor did not want to change the topic to his own uniqueness. Instead, he took over the topic and asked, "Why did this happen?"
"It's my fault. I didn't think you'd be so lucky to get a black hat on your first try. I forgot to warn you."
"As for why this happened, I talked to Renekton about it. We came to the conclusion that this might be the black hat's special characteristic. "
"The black hat's special characteristic? Could it be that this isn't a drawback caused by the disorder? "
"Disorder? You know about disorder? That's easier to explain. Since you know something about Mystery items, you should know that they can be in three states: controllable, semi-out of control, and completely. "
Controllable actually meant that it belonged to the Order stage. It would not actively affect the outside world. Half-out of control meant that it could be controlled under certain circumstances. If it was not in a certain state, it would cause a huge impact on the outside world.
According to this definition, the Mad Hatter's Coronation did not go out of control, and it would not have a huge impact on the outside world, so it was still in the controllable stage.
Generally speaking, Mystery Items at the controllable stage rarely had any obvious drawbacks. Take the Dream Whelk for example. It only had one effect.
Feng: "But nothing is absolute in this world. There are always exceptions. Some mysterious items do have drawbacks to their users."
Angor noticed Feng's emphasis on the word "user".
"The side effects we're talking about are people's opinions based on personal gains and losses. But for Mystery items, they do not care about the personal gains and losses of humans. The side effects are the nature of the Mystery item itself. "
"Just like this' Mad Hat's Coronation '. Do you remember in the story, when Louis's hat turned black, what would happen to him?"
"The white hat was sober but weak, while the black hat was mad but strong."
Then, he suddenly froze.
"You know what I mean? The birth of this Mystery item is inseparable from the story behind it. Since the black hat in the story brings about the characteristics of madness, then the real Mystery item is very likely to follow the situation in the story and have similar characteristics. "
"Think about it. If you did not hold on and let the Mystery information wash over your mind, what would happen to you in the end?"
"Just like Louis in the story. Mad."
"Now you understand, right?" Feng continued, "What happened to you is one of the side effects of this Mystery item. But it's the nature of the Mystery item itself. It has nothing to do with disorder."
One of the side effects? There are other side effects? Angor was about to ask when Feng changed the topic. "Speaking of disorder, Renekton once said something interesting. He said that if the 'Mad Hat's Coronation' goes from controllable to half-out of control in the future, the 'madness' will become an inevitable outcome for the user, instead of something they can resist now."
Angor did not know if Renekton's guess was true. But he heard something he did not know before. "I only heard that a half-out of control Mystery item has a chance to go completely out of control once it loses its control. But a controllable Mystery item can also go half-out of control … "
"Yes. A controllable Mystery item also has a chance of going out of control," Feng said. "So, don't rely too much on Mystery items. If they really go half-out of control, you'll be the one who suffers.
"But the chance of a controllable Mystery item going half-out of control is very small. It usually only happens when something unexpected happens."
A simple example was the "Mad Hat's Coronation". According to the story, its creation could not be separated from the betrayal of Louis' wife and the sacrifice of Rabbit Chacha. If Angor met Louis' wife or Rabbit Chacha again for some reason, the rune might go out of control. However, this was so rare that it was almost negligible.
"According to the information I got from the Order Faction, the chance of a controllable Mystery item going half-out of control is less than 0.001%. However, there are some wizards who really want a mysterious item that can be controlled. There is a special research group in the Order Faction. "
Angor was puzzled. There were people who wanted Mystery items to go out of control?
After listening to Feng's explanation, Angor finally understood. Some Mystery items were not useful at all. They would not be useful until they could figure out how to use them. Making a Mystery item go out of control would not only strengthen its properties, but it would also allow one to fully control it or even make it recognize a master. Just like Frost's Dark Symphony, it only recognized him. Once Frost died, the Dark Symphony would go out of control.
The chance to fully control a Mystery item was very tempting for many wizards. It was no wonder that so many adepts wanted to take this path, even though they knew how dangerous it was.
"So don't mind it. Renekton was just joking. The chance of this Mad Hat's Coronation going out of control is very small," Feng said. "Since you're fine now, let's go check on the real thing."
Both Feng and Angor looked at the parchment on the table.
When Angor came back to his senses, the black mist on the parchment had already disappeared. Angor forced himself not to look at it because they were talking about the drawbacks of the item.
Now, the parchment with the black hat on it had undergone a shocking change.
The runes of the "Sunlight Garden" did not change. However, under the complicated runes, a strange, half-hidden pattern appeared.
The pattern was round, like some kind of seal.
Right above the design was a huge black top hat, and below it was a sunflower that was shining with a faint golden light.
It was an exquisite and absurd pattern.
Apart from the pattern hidden under the magic array, there was another huge change on the parchment itself.
The original parchment had been tanned for a long time, and there would be some cracks on the edges. But this parchment was not only new, but its color had also changed. It used to be a dark, earthy yellow, but now it was a dark, grayish yellow.
Even the material of the parchment seemed to have changed.
Seeing Angor's puzzled look, Feng explained in an experienced tone, "This is normal. When Renekton succeeded, he enchanted a magic array on a robe made from the fur of a Frost Night White Gull. The magic array was called 'Azure Blue', and it could increase the wearer's resistance against frost energy. Do you know what happened in the end? "
Angor shook his head.
"The robe turned into a transparent membrane. When the membrane covers someone, they will turn into wind and snow."
Angor was speechless. Wind and snow?
"Literally. You can understand it as giving a non-ice elemental wizard the ability to turn ice into ice." Feng sighed and continued, "Azure Blue Sky can resist frost. But after the black hat on it, it will turn into frost. You don't even need to resist it. Because you are frost, and you can control frost. "
"I don't even know what happened inside. It was clearly leather with feathers. How did it turn into a thin film?"
Feng Yu was stunned when he saw the change in the situation.
After what happened last time, Feng looked at the parchment in front of him again and felt that it was … ordinary.
The parchment only changed its color and looked a little new. Maybe the material changed too. Wasn't it ordinary?
Of course not. How can it be ordinary when its nature has changed? Angor complained in his mind.
"Instead of worrying about the parchment, why don't you try to see what happened to your magic array?"
Feng's words drew Angor's attention back to the magic array.
The magic array looked the same as before. The only difference was that the "conversion" rune horn, which was supposed to be releasing Mystery energy, was not. Instead, the strange pattern on the parchment was still releasing Mystery energy.
The Mystery energy was even stronger than when the white hat was crowned.
Angor observed carefully but could not see anything different. The Sunlight Garden was still the same Sunlight Garden.
He could only see the difference after activating it.
"Don't worry. I'll be here. I'm just a wisp of consciousness in the painting, but as long as the painting still exists, I'll keep you safe. " Feng thought Angor was worried that something might go wrong, so he tried to comfort him.
Without hesitation, Angor placed his hand on the center of the magic array and activated it.
With a flash of dim light, an inverted dome of light appeared within a radius of a hundred meters with the parchment as the center.
Both Angor and Feng were inside the dome.
They did not find anything strange about the dome. They closed their eyes and began to sense the energy inside the dome.
After a long while, Feng was the first to open his eyes. He gazed at the light barrier above his head and remained silent.
A moment later, Angor opened his eyes.
They did not discuss the magic array's effect right away. Instead, they looked at each other in silence.
Feng pointed at the magic array on the parchment. "I forgot to ask. What's the name of this magic array?"
"Sunlight Garden," Angor answered.
"Sunlight Garden … Just as I thought. It's for the greenhouse, right?" Angor nodded.
Angor nodded. It could be used in any greenhouse.
"I don't think it's appropriate to call it Sunlight Garden now." Feng considered. "How about we give it a new name?"
"What do you suggest, sir?" Angor asked.
"How about we call it … Sunlight Sanctum, or Sunlight Sanctum?" Feng suggested in a serious tone.
Angor gave the suggestion some serious thought. Feng Zhong's choice of name was quite fitting. Sunlight Sanctum was the perfect name to describe the magic array's function.
Sanctum or Sanctum referred to how believers yearned for the glory of light.
Believers believed that they would be baptized in the sanctum and would be free from evil.
The changes in Sunlight Garden started from this aspect.
— — Within the range of the light barrier, all beings identified as evil by the user would not be able to invade. At the same time, they would be cleansed of the curse.
It was similar to the Sanctuary of Light in the Dark Age.
It protected living beings and drove away evil.
Also, the evil that was repelled had to be determined by the user, not just the undead lurking in the darkness. This greatly increased the scope of its function.
It was a powerful magic array that combined protection, exorcism, and healing.
Sunlight Garden was no longer a suitable name.
"Let's call it Sunlight Sanctum then."
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