The Demeter was too precious. As soon as Leon heard this, he did not hesitate to reject the plan to plant the Demeter in the manor.
"I don't think Padt Manor has the ability to keep the Demeter. You and Lady Eureka might be fine now, but you'll have to leave one day. Who knows, maybe I'll leave in the future as well, "Leon said." Leaving such a precious Demeter in Padt Manor will only bring us trouble. "
In other words, Angor was right.
"Let's leave it here while I'm in the manor. When I leave, I'll take it with me or set up some illusion traps around it. We'll talk about that later."
In the end, Angor decided to plant the Demeter.
However, once the Demeter was planted in the ground, Angor would have to chop off its trunk and roots just like what he did to the Ashen Merchants, which would do great harm to the Demeter.
Therefore, Angor didn't plant the Demeter on the ground.
Instead, he created a piece of cloud soil. Cloud soil was the reason why Phantom Island could float in the air. Cloud soil was the product of a special material that reacted with "clouds".
It wasn't difficult to make cloud soil. As long as Angor followed the proper steps, even an alchemist could do it.
By noon of the same day, Angor successfully crafted the Cloud Soil Embryo.
Angor flew to the outskirts of Grue Town and found a piece of fertile soil to fill the bowl.
Soon, the five-meter-square island was floating above the manor. Angor set up an illusion around the island so that it would remain as a cloud during the day and automatically cover itself during the night. This way, no one would be able to see it.
Next was the Demeter's planting.
Originally, the Demeter was crying sadly, but when she was buried, her beautiful face finally broke into a smile.
Even the slightly grayish feathers had become extremely white after being nourished by the fertile soil. Together with her smile, she really looked like the "Goddess of Spring".
Leon was in a daze as he watched from the side. Such a fantastical and beautiful plant had completely subverted his imagination and knowledge.
However, what happened next was even more shocking.
When the Demeter's smile returned, the tree stump began to grow new buds. As the new buds appeared, the natural aura of life began to slowly spread out.
The Demeter's natural aura didn't cover a large area, but it covered the core of the manor.
Leon watched as the Milkberry Tree grew bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye. The fresh flowers around the Milk Tree also became more delicate and beautiful.
Not only that, the Krakoks' land began to bear fruit under the influence of the Demeter's presence. Within a short time, the Krakoks' land changed drastically.
There was one more thing that Leon could clearly feel. Breathing through his nostrils seemed to become more comfortable, and even the surrounding temperature became more pleasant.
"The Demeter is still recovering. It won't take long for her stump to grow back into a big tree. Its aura will cover the whole town, including the hills and fields. You don't have to worry about food anymore. As long as you don't slack off, you won't go hungry, "Angor said to Leon, who was still in a daze.
"That's only the most basic of changes?" Leon sighed. "I wish I could keep her here forever if I didn't have to worry about other people's greed."
Leon shook his head and left the island with Angor in his airship.
"I always thought that the wizarding world was a wonderful place, but I never really understood it until I saw the Demeter. Now, I really want to become a wizard as soon as possible."
So far, only Angor, Leon, and Eureka knew about the Demeter's appearance. However, the changes in the manor were obvious to all. The servants didn't know what was going on, but they all assumed that it was a supernatural move. After all, it was a good thing for the manor, and everyone was happy to see it. Later that night, the Krakoks even organized a grand banquet for the celebration.
While the people in the manor were singing and dancing, Angor quietly left Grue Town.
A while later, he arrived at Waterford under the cover of the night.
This was the city that he always wanted to visit when he was a child.
Waterford was much more peaceful than when he last saw it. At least, there weren't any starving people outside the city. The situation in the city was also relatively stable. Even though it was still late at night, many shops in the city were still lit up.
Angor didn't stop at the city center. Instead, he went to the western district, where the largest prison in Waterford was located.
His destination was the prison called Black Sand.
A large number of criminals were gathered here, most of whom were on death row. He was here to use these criminals as data for his experiments.
He didn't know how to save Jon right now, so he decided to use Freud's suggestion as his research direction.
If it worked, he could use it as a backup plan. Even if Jon's body couldn't be saved, as long as he didn't lose his aura, he could still become a resident of the Dream Realm.
However, Freud's suggestion was only a hypothesis. Angor still needed to test it out first.
First, he wanted to find out if a person who died in his or her sleep could really preserve his or her memories, consciousness, and logic in his or her dreams.
Speaking of which, this was an experiment using living people. Of course, he would not use innocent mortals as his test subjects. After some consideration, he decided to go to the prison where the condemned prisoners were kept. Angor didn't mind if other people chose to be good or evil. However, he didn't like the idea of evil.
Freud said that his experiment had already been proven. Still, Angor couldn't let go of Jon's safety. He needed more data.
There were different kinds of dreams, such as light dreams, deep dreams, and bright dreams. Different dreams would have different effects.
For example, many people in the real world didn't realize that they were dreaming, and their dreams were usually chaotic and illogical. If someone died in the real world and turned into a Dream Realm creature, would he or she be able to think as smoothly as he did in the real world?
Angor wasn't sure about that.
But before that, he needed to make sure that the dreams would still exist if the body died in the dream.
Angor snuck into Blacksand Prison and set up a mist illusion at the bottom floor of the prison. Then, he began his experiment.
He chose a prisoner on death row and entered his dream through a dream bridge.
The prisoner was having a nightmare where he was chased by a group of female ghosts, who were all screaming for him to pay with their lives. There was even a child under the age of ten among them, who was completely naked and covered in filth.
"Damn bugs," Angor muttered in his mind.
Since he was in a dream, he would need other methods or the help of his companions to kill someone.
Angor decided to use an illusion to control another prisoner in the prison and use him as the executioner.
However, his first experiment ended in failure.
When the prisoner died, the intense pain caused by his body woke him up. Once he woke up, the dream couldn't continue.
Angor considered for a moment. Even if he wanted to kill someone, he needed to use another method. At least, he couldn't make the subject feel any pain.
Before the second experiment, Angor used a nightmare illusion to block the prisoner's sense of pain before continuing.
This time, the experiment was very successful. The prisoner died without feeling anything. He was still enjoying himself in the dream and didn't know that his body was already dead.
However, due to the death of the prisoner, the Dream Bridge lost its support and disappeared not long after.
When Angor left the prisoner's dream, the dream bridge disappeared as well.
He could no longer use the dream bridge when facing the prisoner's body. In other words, he would never know what would happen to the prisoner in the dream.
After all, the Dream World was so big, and everyone's dreams were independent of the Dream World. Everyone's dreams were like the subsidiary realms of the wizarding world. Without finding the entrance, one would never know that there were so many subsidiary realms in the wizarding world.
It was basically impossible to find the prisoner in such a huge dream world.
As for how to solve the problem of where the prisoner would land in the dream world, that was the next step of his experiment. Angor didn't need to worry about that for now, but he still felt a little anxious.
Next, Angor continued his experiments.
He needed a large number of samples, which included different types of dreams, as well as the thoughts and logic of different people in the dreams. This was also a key point for him to record.
During this period of recording, there were some small incidents that happened.
Angor noticed that seven of the prisoners were wronged and became scapegoats. Angor didn't do anything to these innocent people. Instead, he recorded their information on the warden's notebook before leaving.
Not long after Angor left Black Sand Prison, the entire prison was in an uproar. However, he didn't pay much attention to what happened next.
That night, the data he obtained was still sufficient. The only thing he regretted was that none of the dreamers could maintain their consciousness in their dreams. In other words, none of them had a clear dream.
Because of this, Angor couldn't be sure about one thing. If he had a clear dream and his body died, would he be able to keep his consciousness intact in the dream?
If he could confirm this, he would be able to confirm whether Jon was still alive in the dream world.
After all, only someone who had a complete consciousness, emotions, and logic could be considered a real person.
Otherwise, Jon wouldn't be Jon even if he was still alive in the dream world.
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