At first, Angor wanted to leave as soon as possible. But as the scene went on, he lost track of time and fell into Erdus's emotions.
However, it wasn't a long memory since the orb wasn't meant to store memories. It was just a collection of memory fragments.
It didn't take long for the story to come to an end.
During this time, Angor slowly learned about the orb's history.
The bead was called "Erdus' Innate Mirage Bead." It was an object of possession that Erdus had nurtured in his bloodline as he grew up. Just like a pearl, after thousands of years of washing, life experience and wisdom, it was finally refined into such a Mirage Pearl.
In other words, Erdus's talent in illusions was all thanks to this orb.
Angor finally understood why Erdus' illusion nodes felt so familiar to him.
Because this was simply a mirage!
It was one of the branches of illusions called mirages.
Mirages were illusions that manipulated nature, and they were considered one of the more advanced branches of illusions. Only a level-3 apprentice or higher could learn a basic mirage spell, which was why Angor didn't know how to use it.
However, he once experienced a mirage himself.
It was a gourmet mirage. Not long ago, when Sinehowze was cooking the Lord of Tentacles' egg, she also created a gourmet mirage. However, her mirage was too low-level.
When Greya cooked, she created a mirage that covered dozens of kilometers.
Although the Gourmet Mirage was very different from the Mirage Mirage of the Illusionary School and did not have any lethality, it was still very similar in nature. It was an illusion created by manipulating nature. Gourmet mirages were also mirages.
This was why Angor found them so familiar. However, he didn't know how to use them, so he couldn't figure out the nature of the illusion nodes.
When Erdus' story was over, Angor thought he could go to the Altar of Demise as soon as possible. What he didn't expect was that even though he didn't have Erdus' memory fragments anymore, more and more information flooded into his mind.
This time, it wasn't a story. It was information about the "talent orb" itself.
It seemed that the "Innate Shen Pearl" had also sensed the death of its original body. It also sensed some omens and knew that this world was about to be destroyed. If no one came again, its inheritance would be completely lost. Therefore, when Angor was looking for it, it used a strange rhythm to lure Angor here.
Erdus knew that it was Angor who killed Erdus, but it didn't matter. Even if Angor didn't kill Erdus, Erdus would die sooner or later. Erdus's own will had long wanted to die, but the 'gods' did not allow it to die.
The Clam's Talent Orb transferred all the information about Erdus' talent to him.
He didn't have Erdus' bloodline, so he couldn't recreate the ability easily. However, it also contained a lot of knowledge about nature, which would help him a lot if he wanted to learn more illusions in the future.
Also, if he wanted to learn Elemental cantrips such as "Controlling Clouds, Summoning Rain, and Raising Wind", he would get twice the result with half the effort.
An adept-level magical creature with nearly three thousand years of understanding of nature! It could be said that this information was extraordinarily precious. It could even be said to be priceless.
But Angor didn't want it at all.
Because time was ticking away!
If he didn't have the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head, he might have accepted it. But the countdown was stuck here. If he missed the final countdown because of the information, what was the point of having it?
He was already dead. No matter how valuable the information was, it would be useless.
Angor didn't want it at all. However, the "Talent Orb" didn't plan to let him go. It seemed to have sensed Angor's thoughts and transferred the information faster.
Angor felt that his head was about to explode. If the speed of the transmission was any faster, he would die right away.
The light kept going.
Even the people of Floating Mech City did not know about this precious heritage, yet it was forced into Angor's mind.
Angor didn't care that he didn't want it.
When the last bit of information was transferred into his mind, the light on the Talent Orb dimmed and disappeared completely.
Not only that, but the Talent Orb itself also shattered into transparent grains of sand and fell down from Angor's fingers.
At the same time, all the illusion nodes in Erdus' body were completely destroyed.
Angor felt like his head was about to explode. He felt like he was going to pass out in the next second. But when he thought about the "countdown", he forced himself to stay calm and staggered out.
He didn't know how long it had been since he received the information. But since the Sea of Purification wasn't collapsing yet, there should be some time left.
He rushed out and retracted his Nightmare Domain.
Once the Nightmare Domain was gone, he saw everyone's condition. Nausica was sitting on the ground and caressing Dan Butterfly. She seemed to be thinking about something. Keely was holding Luna in her arms while murmuring her parents' names. Shan was lying on Gank's head and muttering her last words that no one could hear.
Angor's expression changed when he heard Shan's last words.
Seeing such a situation, a strong sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
"How much time do we have left?" Angor asked in a trembling voice.
Keely and Shan both ignored him. Nausica looked at Angor. "Forget it. You've tried your best. But I don't think we can make it in time."
"How much longer?!"
"Five minutes at most …" Nausica whispered.
Angor felt as if his mind was struck by a thunderbolt. He almost fell to the ground.
They were still 500 kilometers away from the Final Land.
Five minutes. 500 kilometers.
If he still had the sequence of gravity left, he might be able to force his way through. But now, not only did he run out of gravity energy, but he also consumed a sealing potion.
There was no way he could make it in time.
"Let's go. Maybe there's still a chance. There's still a chance. "Angor mumbled to himself as he walked outside.
Although the others seemed to have accepted their fate, everyone's emotions were actually suppressed. Most of them were still thinking calmly. Since Angor was going to leave, everyone calmed down and followed him.
…
Half an hour ago.
In the valley where the purification garden was located, thousands of sorcerers had gathered and were hovering in the air. Perhaps some of these Magi had enmity with each other, but in this place, they all pretended not to know each other. They each took a side and ignored each other. Only extremely close friends would gather together.
The wizards from Floating Mech City were the most united of all. They were all standing on the stone wall of the garden. Some were sitting, some were leaning against it, and some were hovering in the air.
All the wizards stared at the huge screen. The image on the screen was of the Altar of Demise.
Some of them were looking at the glowing law of purification at the center of the altar, while most of them were looking through the screen to see if their apprentices were there.
It wasn't long before the countdown ended. A large number of apprentices with Meraid's Swords had already appeared on the altar.
"Isn't that Dira? Good job. Dira is going to lead the new generation of Floating Mech City. "Several wizards on duty in Floating Mech City were whispering to each other.
"I saw my apprentice. Whitney did very well this time."
"Hey, where's my little apprentice?"
"…"
Sabot and Mithra were also looking at the screen. Sabot sighed. "Diablo can go to the purification garden too. I already saw several level-3 apprentices on the altar."
"Most of those level-3 apprentices have been stuck at a bottleneck for many years. They're all here to learn a law, and they're betting their lives on the chance of success. With Diablo's talent, there's no need for him to risk it. "Mithra chuckled.
"Speaking of which, Angor once learned a law. Will he learn it again this time?" Sabot asked.
"If it's that easy to learn a law, it won't be called a law anymore."
Sabot nodded. "You're right." Sabot remained silent for a moment. "But I don't see Angor on the altar. Is he not there yet? Or …"
Of course, Mithra understood what Sabot was trying to say. But he didn't believe that Angor couldn't make it in time. "He's probably still on his way. He's strong enough to survive."
Meanwhile, Muse, who was floating in the air with Lawson, was also thinking about the same thing.
"Why isn't Angor here yet? I've already prepared an Image Stone. I didn't manage to get anything on him last time, so I'll have to record how he killed the flying fish and the Lord of Tentacles. That's so boring … "Muse grumbled. Once the impurities were removed from Angor's body, Muse would be able to get something on Angor.
While Muse was deep in thought, Lawson glanced at him and sighed at his scheming expression.
I wonder who's going to be the unlucky one.
Suddenly, Lawson froze and took out a strange measuring device from his storage space. It looked like the scale used to measure one's spirit power. The number displayed on the device varied from 0% to 100%.
At this moment, the meter was glowing. The original 55% meter had increased by leaps and bounds, reaching 62%.
Muse noticed the change as well. Others might not know what these numbers meant, but Muse did. After all, he was the one who created the device.
It was used to measure the level of the blood sacrifice in the purification garden.
When the scale reached 100%, the purification garden would level up.
Back when the entire world of flying fish was sacrificed, the scale only reached 50%. After a few days of killing in the Sea of Purification, the scale had reached 55%. But now, it had suddenly jumped from 55% to 62%, a jump of 7%. This meant that the blood sacrifice just now had exceeded the total amount of blood sacrifice produced by all the other apprentices in the Sea of Purification!
"Could one of the main sacrifices have been killed?" Muse asked in a low voice.
Lawson frowned. "That's possible. And judging from the scale, it's probably one of the two most important main sacrifices. Either the Duon Ancestor, or … Erdus. "
"But both of them are wizard-level creatures. How can someone kill them?" Muse found the idea ridiculous.
"I don't believe it either." Lawson shook his head. "But let's see."
Lawson waved his hand, and a bright light flashed, which changed the image on the screen.
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