When Angel traced along this special energy, he quickly discovered a door.
This door was the very same one he had stepped through.
Angel could even clearly feel that the line composed of this special energy passed through this door and connected to what lay beyond, which was Black Castle's testing ground, where Angel's physical body was located.
Angel realized that if he were to step through this door now, this brief journey would likely end, and he would return to Black Castle.
However, Angel did not do so.
Since he already knew the special energy connected his consciousness core with his physical body, meaning he could return to Black Castle at any time, with a way back already secured, he might as well stay on this side first and see what the situation was before deciding.
After exploring his body, Angel actually came to two conclusions.
Firstly, he was now an illusion body, while his real body was still at Black Castle; secondly, he could return at any moment by following the connection of the special energy.
Having confirmed his own situation, Angel then began pondering the most important matter–the effect of the Gate Model.
Recalling the situation in that strange passageway, Angel was certain that its end was definitely not this small town. The reason he ended up in this town was entirely because he tried to control that point of light.
To use an analogy, that point of light was like a train, his consciousness core was the passenger, and the train's destination was the end of the passageway.
Yet because the passenger attempted to seize control of the train mid-journey, it caused the train not to stay on track, and as a result, the passenger was forced to disembark halfway, ultimately landing in this small town.
Angel roughly deduced the previous situation, but as to what that passage was and where its destination lay, Angel still did not know.
Therefore, there was still much confusion surrounding the Gate Model.
But as far as the current situation was concerned, the effect of the Gate Model seemed to be–to traverse space with an illusion body?
Perhaps, this was just a secondary effect of the Gate Model. Could its true effect be to travel to the other side of that strange passageway?
All of this was still unknown and would only be revealed during the next activation of the Gate Model for a deeper level of experimentation.
For now, Angel was prepared to investigate this small town.
He wanted to know exactly where this town was. Although he, as a derelict passenger, had gotten off halfway, he might gather some information about the passageway from his current location.
Angel thus began descending slowly into the town, and to avoid trouble, he used illusionary power to set up a thin layer of misdirection around him.
Ordinary people shouldn't be able to see him.
The first place Angel reached was the Kruya Church.
Angel had intended to find the mayor of the town or a noble's manor first, as generally only such places would hold the basic location information.
However, when he noticed he was above a church, his eyes brightened.
The mayor or nobility might not be able to provide the geographic location due to legal reasons, but the church was different. Being under religious jurisdiction, it generally had autonomous regulations, and with clergy frequently moving about, there definitely would be information on the geographical location here.
Therefore, Angel prepared to descend into the church to look for clues.
In the process, Angel didn't find any clues, but he did discover an interesting youth.
It was Alex.