Dangross looked around hesitantly and said, "This seems a bit like the creature the mascot described in the Mind Ribbon, the one they encountered on the second floor..."
Angel: "Shadow Demon."
Dangross: "Yes, that’s it!"
Dangross still remembered that Nis had howled for most of the day because the Shadow Demon was killed by Kanter.
"The Shadow Demon can assist in practicing the Entering Shadow Technique, and is extremely valuable," Angel casually explained. It was because of this trait that Angel had tried so hard to capture it rather than kill it.
Dangross nodded. Nis indeed mentioned this in the Mind Ribbon before. Nis also wanted to capture the Shadow Demon, but unfortunately, the Shadow Demon had already invaded the mascot’s Soul Body, forcing Kanter to kill it.
"This is the Shadow Wizard’s room, so does it mean that the Shadow Demon on the second floor was actually created by this Shadow Wizard?"
Angel: "It should be."
Dangross turned to look at the Shadow Demon trembling in the ring of fire, "Should we interrogate it? Maybe it knows something about the Shadow Wizard?"
Angel shook his head.
The Shadow Demons are low-intelligence beings; although they can communicate, their communication relies on a certain signal within the Ghostly Shadows, a secret only the Shadow Wizards understand, and others cannot communicate with them at all.
So, interrogation? Not possible.
Angel took out a magical crystal that could glow, quickly melted it into a hollow sphere, like a round incandescent bulb.
Then, controlling the Phantom Limb, he wrapped the Shadow Demon that revealed itself and stuffed it into the glowing sphere.
He covered it, and it was done.
To capture shadow creatures like this, just creating a light sphere can trap them. In a sphere without dead angles or shadows, they can only huddle in the center and dare not move.
After putting the Shadow Demon into his bracelet, Angel continued onward.
He hoped to encounter more Shadow Demons. These rare creatures, nearly extinct and undiscovered in a century in the Southern Domain, the more the better.
But Angel also knew there was probably only this one Shadow Demon. Because earlier, when he observed room 02 through the master control node, he vaguely noticed a strange creature in room 02.
At the time, he couldn’t determine what it was. It now seems it must be the Shadow Demon.
Actually, that’s why Angel chose to come to room 02 first.
Previously, through observing the fifth floor from the master control node, apart from the Flame Scaled Summoned Demon, the only creature showing life signals was the strange creature in room 02.
After the Flame Scaled Summoned Demon died, the Misty Shadow appeared. Angel, through some intuitive judgment, guessed that the Misty Shadow is in a semi-void state, and to affect the Material Realm, it might need to possess a creature.
And throughout the fifth floor, the only creature the Misty Shadow could possess is the strange creature in room 02.
This is why Angel came to room 02 first.
He initially hoped to encounter the Misty Shadow here again. But now, it seems the Misty Shadow didn’t come to room 02. Maybe it didn’t know there was a Shadow Demon to possess here? Or perhaps its power wasn’t enough to possess the Shadow Demon?
No matter the answer, at least Angel solved a hidden danger now. If the Misty Shadow could really possess the Shadow Demon, with its terrifying influence on biological bodies, plus its crafty nature, fighting it wouldn’t be as easy as now.
Although the Misty Shadow isn’t in room 02, it doesn’t matter. Angel isn’t in a hurry to find and deal with the Misty Shadow.
The apparent reason is that the Misty Shadow isn’t related to the laboratory; its purpose might not intersect with their mission much.
But the real reason is that Angel doesn’t particularly want to deal with the Misty Shadow.
He feels the Misty Shadow’s origin is somewhat strange, and earlier, when he had thoughts of killing it, he felt some inexplicable premonitions.
These premonitions weren’t dangerous, but it seemed to prevent Angel from killing it.
Of course, this is just Angel’s subjective feeling, and even he can’t guarantee its authenticity.
But he’s willing to follow his own will. As long as the Misty Shadow doesn’t provoke again, he doesn’t want to deliberately search and fight it.
...
Continuing forward, passing a few more lanterns, they finally walked out of the corridor and entered the main hall of room 02.
The style here is quite different from the dark corridor.
The main hall has many light sources, but these light sources don’t entirely illuminate the room, being blocked by some room designs, only serving one-tenth or one-twentieth of their function.
This results in there being many light sources, lots of light, lots of concealment, lots of cropping, and also lots of shadows.
The whole hall can be said to have a distinct lighting style. There are cut lights everywhere, shadow angles, some light and shadow even achieve geometric symmetry, causing Angel to be in awe.
However, Angel’s main purpose here isn’t sightseeing but to find useful documentation.
At this moment, the main hall is piled with a large number of books and scattered papers.
Previously, Angel was worried that the Flame Scaled Summoned Demon would come to room 02 and burn these books, but now they seem safe.
Angel casually picked up a book from the nearby silver-white Central Island and browsed it for a moment before putting it down.
"Glowing City Night Talk," a bestselling magazine from the Forest of Night Whisper, much favored by the Witches.
The dozens of books on the Central Island were all "Glowing City Night Talk."
Possibly bought by 02 to learn about the Southern Domain Wizard World? Or perhaps a little-known quirk of 02?
Angel wandered around, meanwhile manipulating five Hands of Magic, and went through a large number of books in the main hall.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of the material he wanted here, mostly some travelogues and some rather niche, female-oriented gossip magazines.
However, if Angel remembers correctly, number 03 seemed to say 02 is male, right?