Angel shakes his head and informs Frode about being unable to recall the symbol.
After speaking, Angel again focuses his sight on the symbol on the ground.
As he looks at the symbol, it doesn’t possess any transcendent properties, but when he closes his eyes trying to recall the symbol’s details in his mind, he immediately forgets.
Angel no longer needs to enter the Wilderness of Dreams again and has determined that solely relying on memory is definitely useless.
Frode also realizes this at this moment. He hesitates for a bit and then takes out paper and pen from his spatial necklace, attempting to record the symbol through drawing.
The drawing can indeed be done, but when the symbol is drawn, the white paper instantly turns to powder.
"Is it because the medium isn’t strong enough?" Angel pondered for a moment and took out a piece of Chaos Drum Beast parchment from his bracelet. This is a very high-grade parchment with built-in arcane nullification effects, useful for practicing the drawing of magic patterns without risking the paper’s explosion, though the patterns drawn have no actual effect.
Angel thought, since ordinary paper couldn’t carry the symbol, he might as well switch to the Chaos Drum Beast parchment with arcane nullification effects.
Frode took the Chaos Drum Beast parchment and started drawing again.
This time, the drawing went very smoothly, the symbol was completely recorded, and there was no paper explosion.
Just when Frode thought he had succeeded, the symbol slowly faded from the Chaos Drum Beast parchment, as if it had been drawn with colorless water and vanished as soon as the water dried.
Seeing this, Frode sighed helplessly... another failure.
Silent stillness spread through the air.
After a long time, Frode spoke: "There must be a way to carry the symbol, otherwise how did the one who drew the symbol manage it? Maybe a specific type of parchment is needed?"
Frode’s guess had a certain logic, but proving it was difficult. No one knew which type of parchment, and possibly other special conditions were needed, such as specific ceremonies, specific bloodlines, or even specific people.
Under such circumstances, it was nearly impossible to conduct experiments one by one.
The situation reached an impasse.
Just when they were at a loss, Angel’s gaze caught the Chaos Drum Beast parchment in Frode’s hand... a flash of inspiration struck his mind.
The reason Frode recorded the symbol on the parchment was to aid memory. What would be the next step if it were successfully recorded?
Without a doubt, the answer was to bring the parchment into the Wilderness of Dreams.
And how to bring the parchment into the Wilderness of Dreams? It would certainly involve the Dream Conch from Moonlit Coast.
Since the Dream Conch is used, why not directly use it to bring the stone slab with the symbol into the Wilderness of Dreams?
The Dream Conch is a mysterious object that defies all rules, except that it doesn’t apply to other mysterious objects and living organisms; everything else can be drawn into the Wilderness of Dreams. Even the laws and veins of the Witchcraft Garden can manifest in the Wilderness of Dreams!
Angel refused to believe that this symbol could overpower the Dream Conch!
Angel acted on his thought, taking out the Geometric Lock and Dream Conch. First, he activated the Geometric Lock to contain the spread of the mysterious aura, then began to activate the Dream Conch.
With a flash of light on the stone slab on the ground, the Dream Conch returned to calm.
"I’ll check again inside." Angel informed Frode, then closed his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in a single room on the second floor of the Glorious Cathedral.
At that moment, the room was already empty.
"Huh, where did Nis go?" Angel muttered, but didn’t mind, deciding to search later. For now, the most important thing was the stone slab with the inscribed symbol.
Angel had placed the stone slab on the desk in the room.
Step by step, Angel moved towards the desk, his gaze slowly falling on the slab.
Upon seeing the familiar twisting symbol appear on the slab, Angel’s eyes lit up suddenly.
Success!
The mysterious object’s disregard for rules overcame the symbol’s inherent conditions!
The symbol, which previously couldn’t be inscribed or memorized, really was drawn into the Wilderness of Dreams through the Dream Conch!
After a moment of excitement, Angel began to search for Nis.
Soon, Angel pinpointed Nis’ location.
"Huh, why did he go to the Marine Theater?" Angel cast his gaze towards the theater, suddenly realizing through God’s View: "So Ironclad Granny is there?"
This symbol, Angel didn’t think Nis would know, and originally planned to bring the slab to see Tree Spirit or Lord Reine, among other knowledgeable wizards. The second entry into the Wilderness of Dreams was mainly to convey a connection to Nis.
Since Nis was now with Ironclad Granny, Angel was spared from searching further.
Reine and Tree Spirit both held Ironclad Granny in great respect, and her knowledge was undoubtedly top-tier.
Angel grabbed the stone slab and hurriedly headed towards the Marine Theater.
...
As soon as he entered the theater, a melodious piano melody echoed over.
Angel recognized the name of the piano piece from the tune: "Adelina at the Water’s Edge."
This is a piece from Earth, composed by Jon. Yet the current performance, though smooth enough in its flow, had a somewhat stammering rhythm, indicating that Jon wasn’t the one playing.
Angel’s gaze fell on the theater’s large stage, where Jon stood beside the piano, while the pianist was a shy-faced Adar.
As for why Adar was shy... it’s because there were people in the audience.
Ironclad Granny and Nis were sitting in the audience at that moment.
Although they might not be paying attention to Adar’s performance, the mere presence of them gave Adar significant pressure. Barely managing his shyness, he completed the piano piece.
After Adar finished playing, Angel clapped his hands, nodding in acknowledgment to Adar.
Adar’s previous tension slowly faded under Angel’s applause, revealing a bashful smile as he stood next to Jon, waiting for his mentor’s comments - as he was currently in a piano lesson.
Angel exchanged a glance with Jon, using lip language to indicate he was looking for Ironclad Granny. Jon nodded, didn’t say much, and led Adar and Shanni backstage.
Angel walked over to the audience seats and sat beside Ironclad Granny.
Upon seeing Angel, Nis said, "You came just in time; after some pondering, since the symbol couldn’t be remembered, why not start with the ritual, as Granny happens to have studied rituals."
"I explained the ritual situation to Granny, and based on current conditions, it can be reasonably determined that this is a sacrificial ritual. Moreover, the object of worship was likely not a Demon God or Evil God, but there is a high probability it’s an Alien Clan."
"It’s just that the symbol can’t be memorized, so for now, it’s unknown which Alien Clan or what the sacrificial ritual aims to achieve."
In Nis’ expression of regret, Angel whispered, "It’s fine, I brought the symbol this time."