Angor didn't put away the harp. He still planned to enter Gold Rush as a "bard". Of course, this was only Angor's assumption. Traveling Bards would go to Gold Rush to collect materials from all over the place.
The only thing he changed was his appearance. He completely changed Luigi's face into a young man with clear eyes who had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
A bard with a story. That was what Angor wanted to look like for now.
Laplace wanted to say that Angor's new look would be more eye-catching than Luigi's. But when he thought about the situation in Gold Rush, he shook his head and said nothing.
So what if he had a story? The mirror creatures didn't have time to talk to him anyway.
With Angor's change, the three of them stepped into the golden dome.
Entering the dome didn't mean entering Gold Rush. They still had to go through the mirror to reach their destination.
Going through the mirror was similar to walking through the mirror corridor. The only difference was that they had to walk through the corridor on their own, while going through the mirror was weightless.
Several seconds later, bright light shone on Angor's face again.
Angor thought that he would find a prosperous city, a run-down town, or a city full of strange creatures like Rasudran.
However, the real situation was completely different from what he had imagined.
A city?
He didn't see anything.
What he saw was a giant light source that looked like a small sun, as well as a large square several kilometers around it. There were no buildings in this obviously man-made square, only colorful reflections of light.
These mirrors could be called a dome, or they could be separated spaces. Or, they could be called mirrors.
In any case, these countless mirror images cut the square, making it look very desolate. Even the colorful reflections on the mirror didn't add any liveliness to the square.
"So this is Gold Rush?" Angor looked at the scene in front of him in confusion.
Laplace nodded. "Yes."
What kind of city was this? There weren't any buildings? All these mirrors were standing, lying, or covering the square. What kind of city was this?
Laplace seemed to have guessed Angor's thoughts. "The 'city' I'm talking about is just a translation into human language. To be more precise, it's a settlement. The concept of a city doesn't exist in all intelligent races. For example, Chen Chi's world is a world of flames. There is a settlement there that you humans translate as' Blazing City ', but if you want to find any place that is related to the city in your concept, it does not exist. "
Angor pondered for a moment and nodded. "I see."
Angor's idea was still too self-centered, which led to his prejudice.
It was normal for different worlds to have different views.
Laplace said, "However, there are many similar cities in the Mirror Realm that you humans speak of, and there are many of them. However, the Hot Gold City is more inclined towards a place for cultivation. There is no need for a more detailed plan. Every mirror in the square has one or more mirror creatures living in it. Here, the most important thing is privacy, cultivation, and gathering strength. "
Privacy and training … Angor knew that the mirrored images were probably something like a compartment to hide one's training and abilities.
But gathering power? What was that? Did the square need to gather power?
"This square is connected to the dome outside. Once you step into the square, all living beings inside will have to contribute their power to the dome. Of course, that's only if the dome cracks."
This was called "gathering power". Once they entered the square, they would be in the same boat. Once the dome cracked, they would have to work together to get through it.
"Of course, you can choose not to enter the square. There are still plenty of spaces outside. However, there is no gathering power outside the square. All of it is absorbed into the square by the dome. "
Of course, the area outside the square was not completely useless. There was a trading zone centered around the Tooth Immortal's Ruin branch.
"Tooth Immortal's Ruin has a branch here?" Angor wondered.
Laplace nodded. "It's just a small one. Since there's no gathering power outside the square, no one will object to Tooth Immortal's decision."
Moreover, some of the creatures in the mirror who had reached a critical point in their cultivation and needed the help of certain extraordinary items could trade at the trading point without risking leaving. It was quite convenient.
This was the main reason why Gold Rush allowed Tooth Immortal to establish a branch here.
"Where do you want to go?" Laplace looked at Angor. "If you want to go to the square, I remember a friend of Glepnir's who has a mirror area here. I can take you there. If you want to go to the trading zone, just go around the edge. "
By "edge", Laplace was referring to the shadows behind them.
Angor didn't notice it before. Now that he looked back, he saw something similar in the shadows.
"There's no restriction on entering the mirror area. You can go in directly." What Laplace meant was that if Angor wanted to go to the trading point, he could simply enter the mirror there.
Angor considered. "Anywhere is fine."
Angor didn't really mean it when he said he would visit Gold Rush City if he had the chance. However, since he was already here, he didn't mind looking around a little longer.
"Let's go to Glepnir's friend first, then go to the trading zone?" Laplace suggested.
Angor considered. "Let's go to the square. No need to look for him."
Going to see Glepnir's friend without any preparation was a very rude and impolite thing to do.
Angor didn't intend to do that.
But according to Laplace, the square was filled with a strong concentration of polymeric energy, and he really wanted to see what it felt like to be in the middle of a sea of energy.
Laplace nodded and led Angor and the bunny girl into the square.
…
Half an hour later, Angor walked out of the square with an absent-minded look on his face.
Angor had been sensing the gathering energy around him for the past half an hour. He was surprised to find that the energy could be absorbed by his mana whirlpool.
He tried to sense the energy before, but he never noticed it because he was always outside the mirror domain and couldn't sense enough energy to reach his mana whirlpool's level.
Now that he was in the sea of gathering energy, he finally realized that his mana whirlpool could absorb it from the outside world.
Not only that, but his spirit model could also convert the energy into pure energy for his own use.
But the conversion rate was very low.
In the outside world, he could meditate and absorb primal mana to recover his energy. If he was fast enough, he could recover from zero to full in one or two hours.
But in this place, it would take at least three days, or even longer, to fully recover by absorbing the Convergence Energy and converting it into Mana.
Although it would take a long time, it would still be able to recover. This was already very good.
In other words, wizards could be self-sufficient in the mirror area. Of course, they had to stay in a place like the Eternal Mirror Sea, which had a strong concentration of gathering energy.
Angor now understood why the creatures in the general planes were so eager to learn wizardry.
The ability to convert energy into one's own in other worlds was the reason why people were so eager to learn wizardry.
However, this wasn't the reason why Angor stayed there for half an hour.
He was trying to test the power of the nightmare realm.
He found that he could use the green rune on his right hand to drive it.
So far, he knew that nightmare energy could drive the green rune. Mana could also do the same if it was tainted with nightmare energy. Now, the gathering energy could also do the same.
Did this mean that any energy, no matter what kind of energy it came from, could be used as a stepping stone to drive the green patterns?
Of course, he couldn't prove it yet. But at least he had an idea. If he had a chance to go to another world, he might be able to test it further.
It was only a research project, but it was still useful right now. For example, right now …
Laplace was looking at Angor with a puzzled expression.
They were already shocked when Laplace used her illusion to simulate Luigi's gathering energy. Now, the energy around Angor's body was even denser, which completely covered Angor's "human scent".
Any mirror creature who saw Angor now wouldn't think that he was a human. At most, they would think that he was a mirror creature that looked like a human.
Even Laplace couldn't see anything wrong with Angor's disguise.
After getting Angor's permission, Laplace took a strand of "gathering energy" from Angor's body and walked away.
Caressing this strand of converged energy, Laplace still didn't find any abnormalities. She hesitated for a moment and began to erase this strand of converged energy layer by layer. She didn't know how many layers she had erased, but finally, little green spots of light appeared … However, these green spots of light disappeared the moment they appeared.
As for the Gathering Energy in her hand, it had been completely destroyed.
If Laplace didn't learn from Angor that the green light spots came from Angor's illusions, he would have doubted that Angor's Convergence Energy had such properties all by itself.
This small interlude proved that Angor's half-hour study was very valuable.
At least, no one would suspect him now that he was pretending to be a mirror creature.
Moreover, he could also use his gathered energy to activate the green runes, which allowed him to imitate the mirror creatures and fight in a battle.
As long as he didn't say it out loud, no one would notice anything.
When Laplace saw this scene, he was very calm on the surface, but his heart was already in turmoil. Was it really possible to create illusions like this? Even gathering energy, which was native to the mirror realm, could be fooled?
Laplace didn't believe it.
Maybe it wasn't the illusion that worked, but the strange green light spots.
Laplace vaguely felt that he had seen these green dots of light before in the Dream Crystal.
Was this Angor's trump card? Or was it his trump card?
Laplace wasn't sure, but she was sure that it was better to be on good terms with Angor than to go against him.
This was also a new discovery for Angor.
If he could simulate the energy of another world, did that mean he could also become a supernatural creature from another world? If so, it would be very valuable.
With that in mind, Angor increased the importance of this research project even further in his mind.
…
After leaving the square, Angor had become a real "mirror creature".
Now, he wouldn't have to worry about being seen through if he went to the trading point again. Of course, no one would say anything even if they did.
The trading point was hidden in the shadows. Angor felt a bit more lively as soon as he stepped inside.
He couldn't see any buildings around him, but he could still see some creatures coming out of the mirrors from time to time, which at least made the trading point feel a bit more spacious.
Angor spent more than half an hour in the square, and he didn't see anyone coming out at all.
But now, there were at least some creatures coming and going.
However, these creatures were not in human form. They all had strange appearances.
For example, there was a one-eyed red-skinned monster in front of them. It was wearing a wooden fence like a shirt. Angor was sure that it wasn't a crystal-eye creature.
A crystal-eye creature's eye was extremely beautiful, while this monster's eye had a lot of jagged teeth. It wasn't beautiful at all.
The red-skinned monster noticed them as well, and its single eye glowed brightly for a second.
Laplace could even faintly hear it whisper, "Human!"
The red-skinned monster ran toward them as if it had found a treasure. However, when it was about to reach them, it seemed to smell something … and its glowing eye dimmed.
"Not humans. And the smell of time bodies … Ah! They're strong …"
The red-skinned monster quickly turned around and ran to the side as fast as it could. There was nothing around him that could hide his body, so he simply plunged into a nearby mirror.
According to its thoughts, although it was leaning towards the group of "Time Bodies", it did not directly come into contact with them. Moreover, it was very sensible to avoid them, so it should not be targeted.
While it was thinking, it didn't notice that three more shadows had appeared behind it.
(End of Chapter)
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