With Speedy’s assistance, the Gondola detoured through the Gumman Kingdom from the Principality of Aari, allowing Angel to make the journey in just one day.
After arriving at the border county of the Gumman Kingdom, Abulei said, "Sir, you can drop me off here. There is a White Thunder Market nearby, where a short teleportation array can take me directly to the Fas Gap, and from there it’s very close to the White Shell Sea Market."
Angel: "All Wizard Markets in the Gumman Kingdom are monitored by people from King Gumman. It’s the same at the White Thunder Market, so be careful when you go there."
In other countries, Wizard Markets have mature rules and rarely encounter issues. Only the Gumman Kingdom’s markets present a bigger risk due to King Gumman’s unpredictability. However, King Gumman also wants to gather intelligence on major organizations through the Wizard Markets, so unless absolutely necessary, he won’t destroy the markets. As long as Abulei waits patiently for the teleportation, there shouldn’t be any major issues.
Abulei bowed her head, cheeks slightly flushed: "Thank you for your concern, Sir. I’ll be very careful."
The Gondola landed in the wilderness and forest, and Abulei flipped over the boat’s edge to land. She was about to say goodbye and leave when Angel suddenly called out to her.
"Wait."
Abulei raised her head, looking at Angel with confusion. Angel pondered for a moment and slowly lifted his fingertip, where a slight light flickered.
Before Abulei could react, the flicker of light shot into her brow.
Abulei had heard that some Wizards are unpredictable, killing as casually as eating or drinking, completely without boundaries. Was Angel going to kill her? But hadn’t they been getting along well?
Abulei thought she was dead for sure, but she stood there dazed for a while and nothing happened.
She touched her brow, smooth and intact, without the imagined blood hole.
The inside of her body felt normal too.
What was that flicker that sank into her brow just now?
As Abulei was filled with confusion, Angel spoke softly: "You look quite exhausted spiritually."
Abulei reflexively replied, "Because I’ve been conflicted about whether to take over at the White Shell Sea Market, and I haven’t rested properly in over ten days."
Angel: "Then you should find some time to get a good rest. Perhaps you might have an interesting dream."
Abulei: "A dream? What dream?"
Angel smiled without answering, instead he swiftly controlled the Gondola to soar into the sky, vanishing from view.
Abulei stood there dumbfounded, without understanding. Eventually, she shook her head and turned to walk toward the White Thunder Market.
...
On the Gondola, Angel leaned against the boat’s edge, quietly contemplating.
Suddenly, a wave of spiritual power slowly circled around Angel.
This was Speedy’s spiritual power. Over time, Angel had roughly understood some of Speedy’s unique expressions.
Its current spiritual expression conveyed: it felt an uncomfortable aura from Abulei’s backpack.
Almost all Elemental Creatures are pure, and their pollution radar is stronger than that of Human Wizards.
At least, Angel hadn’t sensed much filth from the Puppet doll, though he did feel the human skin used and given to Abulei seemed unusual.
"Don’t mind it, the pollution is actually quite minor. In this world, there are things and places far more polluted and numerous."
Speedy fell silent, no longer projecting its spiritual power outward, and instead continued to guide the Gondola toward the target direction.
Angel gazed at the unchanging scenery around him, pondering what decision Abulei would make?
Surely, the flicker that entered Abulei’s brow wasn’t without purpose.
It contained a Nightmare Illusion; once Abulei falls asleep, this Nightmare Illusion will transform into a dream scene.
This Nightmare Illusion precisely replicated the scene when Angel encountered Gu Yina, Feng Man, and her two dead little companions Chaila and Yanica.
This scene entirely restored what these demon-hearted children did.
On the surface, people will interpret it differently; some may see them as unforgivable sinners, while others might consider it a war’s fault, and they were just trying to survive.
How others interpret it, Angel doesn’t concern himself with. He is more interested in knowing what decision Abulei will make when she sees the truth about Gu Yina.
Will she continue to trust Gu Yina, or will she suspect that Gu Yina befriended her with ulterior motives?
While Angel was pondering these possibilities, his bracelet suddenly emitted a slight warmth.
Halting his scattered thoughts, Angel focused on the contents within the bracelet.
Upon looking, he found Dangross had woken up at some unknown time, controlling flames to dance around randomly. Fortunately, Angel had set up a Mist Illusion around Dangross, or these flames would easily burn the bracelet’s contents.
To avoid any issues within the bracelet’s space, Angel quickly released Dangross.
As soon as Dangross entered the outside world, his eyes lit up, immediately wishing to leap onto Angel.
Angel quickly stopped him.
"Are you planning on making me run around naked?" Angel said irritably.
Dangross was stunned, looking back at himself, only then noticing several orange-red flames hovering near his severed hand, resembling a fire cloud, curling around the stump.
"What... what’s going on?" Dangross wondered aloud, "I didn’t set any fires. And why does my head feel heavy?"
"Your head isn’t heavier; your severed wrist grew by a segment." Angel examined it closely. "It seems to have lengthened by about five centimeters."
Dangross tried rolling his eyes upward to view his extended wrist, but his facial features located on his palm made seeing wrist changes quite difficult.
Seeing Dangross struggle so hard, Angel simply conjured a water mirror.
Dangross looked back and forth before the water mirror, sometimes drawing close, sometimes pulling away.