Witch Sharon furrowed her brow slightly at Stop's words.
As a spatial adept, she knew very well that ordinary spatial flux would not be discovered by anyone. Even if it was discovered by other adepts, the adepts would not purposely come looking for it to avoid conflict.
However, this time, it was no ordinary spatial flux.
Her power was not the only thing involved in this spatial traversal.
Eckstedt's power was also involved. Her power did not attract too much attention. However, things were different now that Eckstedt's power had been infused into it.
"If the people of the Goman Kingdom discover the situation here, will they come to check it out?" Witch Sharon asked, "Should we leave now, or should we leave after dealing with Eckstedt's problem?"
Stop glanced at Eckstedt, who was panting on the ground.
He muttered to himself, "Check on Eckstedt's condition first. I will contact Paganini."
Witch Sharon nodded.
She watched Stop close his eyes before lowering her head to check on Eckstedt's condition.
The more she checked, the tighter Witch Sharon's brow furrowed.
Eckstedt's physical condition was fine, but his mental state was not too good.
After about half a minute, Stop opened his eyes, "How is Eckstedt? Is the backlash serious? "
Witch Sharon replied, "The physical symptoms are normal. He will be fine after some rest. However, his mental state is not too good. I cannot probe into his mind. "
Witch Sharon pinched the space between her eyebrows, "Using the past as an analogy, something is not right. Are you sure he did not Graze any other energy at the arena?"
Stop shook his head, "No."
Witch Sharon said, "Then that's strange. Could he have Grazed some unknown energy when he was on his own?"
Stop laughed coldly, "Is this the first day you know him? Do you think he would Graze some unknown energy for no reason? "
Though Stop's mockery embarrassed Witch Sharon, she had to admit that Stop was right. They had known Eckstedt for many years. Naturally, they knew his way of doing things very well.
When Eckstedt was young, he had inadvertently Grazed the energy of an unknown type of succubus. As a result,
He had suffered a great loss, and even his personality had changed because of it.
Later on, after they broke through the Evil Witch's cold tower, they learned from the secrets left behind by the Evil Witch that the Succubus of unknown species was God Pan's kin. The energy it released was mixed with a trace of God Pan's power.
As for God Pan, he was an Ancient of the Abyss. The Malevolent Sorcerer did not record how powerful he was, but the title of an Ancient Elder was sufficient to indicate his standing.
Even if it was only a fraction of God Pan's power in the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, it was enough to make Aixen suffer a great loss, and it was difficult to recover after so many years. With the power of God Pan in front of his eyes, Aikesi could not simply graze unknown energy.
"If Aixen did not graze the unknown energy, then his current mental abnormality could only be caused by the power of illusion that he had grazed before." Witch Sharon looked at Stop, "However, the power of illusions alone shouldn't have been able to cause such intense mental effects."
At this point, Witch Sharon paused for a moment before continuing in a hesitant tone, "Unless the illusion cast by Jon contains some unknown and special energy."
"Speaking of which.
When I was trapped by the illusion earlier, I vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the illusion, but I couldn't pinpoint exactly what was wrong. The only thing I'm certain of is that if I didn't rely on Aikesi's banishment, I shouldn't have been able to break out of the illusion in a short period of time. Could it really be a problem with the illusion? "
Stop did not know if Witch Sharon's guess was correct, because he had not come into contact with the illusion in depth. When they arrived at the underground cavern's arena, Aikesi had immediately banished the illusion. At the time, he had completely stood aside and watched. He did not study the illusion in detail.
After a moment of thought, Stop said, "Can you awaken Aikesi's consciousness?"
Witch Sharon nodded, "It should be possible, but even if you awaken Aikesi, he won't be able to do anything with his own strength."
Stop said, "I understand. Awaken him first and ask him what happened. We can make plans after that."
Witch Sharon said, "Alright."
Just as Witch Sharon was about to awaken Aikesi's consciousness, she suddenly thought of something, "Right, what did Paganini say?"
Stop said, "I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Witch Sharon stopped what she was doing and raised her head to look at Stop, "Are you planning to use me as an object to satisfy your inner pleasure?"
Stop said calmly, "I'm not interested in you."
Witch Sharon narrowed her eyes. She did not feel much about Stop's somewhat 'mocking' words. Instead, she let out a sigh of relief, "Then I'm relieved."
After a pause, Witch Sharon waved her hand, "Let's talk about the bad news first."
Stop said, "The bad news is that someone in the Goman Kingdom has indeed discovered the spatial flux here. Moreover, they have already reported it to the Goman King."
Witch Sharon's expression changed slightly when she heard that the Goman King was involved. They might not have been in the southern region for long, but they already had a good understanding of the Goman Kingdom.
In the near future, the Goman Kingdom would definitely become a chaotic place in the southern region.
It was also because they knew that this place would become chaotic that they chose to stay in the Goman Kingdom. Only a chaotic place would be their paradise.
However, a choice was a choice. This did not mean that they were willing to be sucked into the center of the vortex.
At least, not yet.
Witch Sharon asked, "And the good news?"
Stop said, "The good news is that the Goman King did not pay attention to this report. He only sent a squad of guards."
Witch Sharon let out a sigh of relief when she heard that it was only the royal guards. According to her knowledge, only one of the royal guards of the Goman Kingdom was an official adept. Moreover, he stayed by the Goman King's side all year round. The rest were at most apprentices.
However, just in case, Witch Sharon still asked, "The captain of the royal guards did not come, did he?"
The captain of the royal guards was the only official adept.
Stop said, "He did not come."
Witch Sharon was completely relieved. As long as the captain of the royal guards did not come, the apprentices would be sent to their deaths.
However, before Witch Sharon could rejoice, Stop added, "Even though the captain of the royal guards did not come, according to Paganini, there are spies planted by other factions among the royal guards."
"Spies? What do you mean? "Witch Sharon looked at Stop in confusion.
Stop shrugged. "Literally."
According to the current structure of the Goman Kingdom, there were roughly three factions. They were the native faction led by the Goman Royal Family, the foreign faction led by the Moonfrost Union, and the Supreme Cult.
If there were spies from other factions among the royal guards, then they could only have been planted by the major adept organizations or the Supreme Cult.
Stop said, "Paganini could not find out who the spy was, nor could he confirm which faction it was from."
This was normal. After all, Paganini's investigation was done with the help of someone else's prophecy. If a spy in the world of adepts had a powerful backer, they would definitely use measures to counter the prophecy or interfere with the prophecy.
It was already impressive that Paganini could find out about the spy.
Witch Sharon said, "He could not confirm who it was, nor could he confirm which faction it was from. Does that mean we have to avoid it?"
The spy must have a special channel to transmit information. If their whereabouts were exposed, and the information was leaked, it would be bad. Moreover, it would be fine if it was a spy from an adept organization. If it was a spy from the Supreme Cult, then it would be troublesome.
The Supreme Cult was favored by the world consciousness. If they were not careful, they could be exposed.
Stop thought for a moment and said, "There's no need. If they really come, just trap them. Moreover, with their speed, they won't be able to reach here in a short amount of time. "
Witch Sharon agreed. This place was over fifty kilometers away from the capital. Moreover, the enemy was only a group of apprentices. Just traveling alone would take a long time.
By the time they arrived, they might have already left. That was why there was no need to worry.
With this thought, Witch Sharon turned her attention to Aixen.
Waking Aixen was more important than anything else.
Aixen regained consciousness after around three minutes. However, this did not mean that his pain had been alleviated. On the contrary, the mental pain became even more obvious after he regained consciousness.
When Aixen opened his eyes, his face became even paler. Beads of sweat continued to seep out of his forehead and temples.
It looked like he was going through the most painful thing in the world.
And that was indeed the truth.
"I feel like the energy that was being Grazed is connected to something enormous and indescribable. It's constantly expanding in my Spacetime Barrier. I feel like the Spacetime Barrier won't be able to hold on any longer. It's going to explode!"
Aixen broke out in cold sweat and quickly spoke of his current feelings.
This was completely different from when he was Grazing God Pan's Power.
God Pan's Power was like a sinister blunt knife, constantly tormenting him. It slowly changed everything about him with the passage of time.
This time, it was no longer a blunt knife. Instead, it was a sharp knife. It stabbed straight into his head, sinking into his brain and stirring it. It was as if he would die in the next second.
Witch Sharon had originally thought that it was just a mental problem. She never thought that Aixen's pain would be so intense. In fact, Aixen's description already had a premonition that his brain would explode and his consciousness would die.
This was even more terrifying than God Pan's Power in the past.
Moreover, it came in such a hurry.
"What kind of energy is it?" Witch Sharon asked with an anxious expression.
"Illusion, illusion … the illusion just now!" Aixen panted heavily and said with difficulty.
"Is it really an illusion?" Surprise flashed in Witch Sharon's eyes, "Why would an illusion cause such an effect? What's so strange about the illusion? "
Aixen could not answer her at this moment. Or rather, he could not think too deeply about this question at this moment.
Witch Sharon could only look at Stop.
However, Stop was even more confused than Witch Sharon. He had an impression of the Adept who cast the illusion, but he had no understanding of his own illusions.
Moreover, Stop was not thinking about the illusion at this moment. He was thinking about Paganini.
"When I contacted Paganini earlier, he did not warn me about Aixen's situation. This is very strange."
Paganini was not a Prophet Adept. The "prophecy-like" ability he used was also closely related to Aixen. After all, Paganini was accompanied by Aixen's "halfling."
If Aixen's "halfling" sensed something wrong, he would definitely ask Paganini to warn them. However, Paganini did not say anything about Aixen's situation, which meant something was wrong.
Either the special energy had exceeded the level of being predicted, or Aixen's "halfling" was also blocked. Or both.
With this in mind, Stop thought of Angor's figure.
He had a vague feeling that the backlash Witch Sharon had suffered in Paradise Earth might have something to do with this adept. Now that Stop realized that Angor was affected by Angor's illusion, he became even more concerned about Angor.
Why was Angor … not in the script?
Anti-prophecy? No. Anti-prophecy was difficult to locate at most, but it could definitely be detected.
For example, Paganini knew that there was a spy in the guards, but he did not know who the spy was.
Similarly, if Angor had anti-prophecy abilities, he would not be sent into the script, but he would definitely know about it.
However, the reality was that Paganini did not know about Angor, nor did he know that Angor would destroy the space seal in Paradise. Angor was an exception, a variable.
It seemed that Angor's ability also inherited this "variable".
It could not be detected by Paganini's side. Only when they saw it with their own eyes would they know what had happened to Aixen; and there was no such thing in Paganini's "script."
"A passerby outside the script?" Stop muttered in his mind. For some reason, his eyes showed a hint of excitement.
While Stop was doubting Angor's identity, Sharon kept asking about Aixen's situation, trying to find a way to help him.
Looking at Aixen's painful expression, Sharon suddenly recalled something Stop mentioned earlier.
"I think we're thinking the wrong way. When God Pan's power was herded, Aixen suffered all the consequences because it was very insidious. It merged with Aixen's spirit sea and hid there, so there was no way to get rid of it. But this time, the illusion did not hide. It wanted to expand and destroy Aixen's spirit sea. If that's the case, we can break the barrier and let it out!
"If we can't break it from the inside, we'll break it from the outside!"
Sharon remembered that Angor's illusion was stable in the outside world. She did not know why it became unstable after entering Aixen's spirit sea. But would it become stable again if they could bring it back to the outside world?
As long as they could find a way to slowly break the illusion, they would be able to break the connection between Aixen and the illusion!
(End of Chapter)
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