Can you gather the monsters? Laplace’s eyes lit up midair.
Although she was having fun with her explosions, one thing that annoyed her was that despite the abundance of magic monsters, they were mostly scattered, requiring her to constantly shift positions and defeat them one by one.
She could bomb at most ten magic monsters at a time, which was really nothing compared to the number of monsters in the sky.
If she could gather the magic monsters, killing a hundred or several hundred at a time, she might be able to clear out the densely packed monsters in less than a day.
Thinking of this, Laplace blasted the nearby magic monsters into pieces, and after kicking a monster that had sneaked behind her in half, she descended from the sky into the safe zone set up by Angel.
—The safe zone was a special area arranged by Angel using intermediate-level Magic Rune Scrolls of arcane nullification, warding, purification, exorcism, and restoration, combined with a Mana Matrix Plate. Its appearance was a glowing dome, and under its protection, even if hundreds of magic monsters attacked at once, it would take several minutes to break through.
Although the duration of safety wasn’t long, Angel could supply it indefinitely. Once a safe zone was destroyed, a new one would rise up the next second, so it didn’t matter if the maintenance time was short.
The biggest function of the safe zone was for Laplace to rest.
Even if her body wasn’t tired, constantly killing magic monsters would wear out her spirit. As long as she entered the safe zone, Laplace would quickly recover from her fatigue and revitalize.
It could be said that the safe zone was extremely useful for Laplace.
For Angel, the existence of the safe zone also allowed him to avoid accidental injuries.
The only regret Angel had was that even though he could supply it indefinitely, arranging the safe zone was somewhat troublesome, as it required multiple Magic Rune Scrolls and coordination with the Mana Matrix Plate. If he could use the Dream Conch to bring the Sunlight Garden or the Sunlight Sanctuary in, it would be better because both were several times more effective than the safe zone set by Angel... Unfortunately, the Sunlight Garden and Sunlight Sanctuary both contained a mysterious aura internally, and the Dream Conch was powerless.
On the other side, after Laplace returned to the safe zone, her fatigue vanished instantly, making her moan comfortably.
Stretching lazily, Laplace walked to Angel’s side: "How do you plan to gather? How many magic monsters can you gather?"
Angel was about to speak when Laplace interrupted: "Forget it, it doesn’t matter how you gather them, just tell me the coordinates where the monsters will gather, so I can guard nearby in advance."
Angel: "I currently can’t predict the exact coordinates."
Laplace: "What do you mean?"
Angel: "I will first experiment once, and whether it can gather monsters depends on whether this attempt is successful."
After speaking, Angel turned his gaze to a small mound.
What was called a small mound was actually formed from the Crystal Origin soil blasted by Laplace, perfectly gathered into a mound because of a large charred magic monster inside.
Angel pointed at the small mound and said: "That will be the center."
Laplace: "You mean I should wait over there?"
Angel nodded.
Laplace didn’t ask why, nor did she linger, leaving the safe zone without hesitation and heading towards the small mound.
Angel then closed his eyes, using God’s View to determine the location of the target point.
After confirming with certainty, Angel activated multiple Magic Rune Scrolls in succession.
Immediately, a large birdcage-shaped shadow appeared, centering around the small mound, covering thirty or so magic monsters, which coincidentally was the exact number within a kilometer radius.
Soon after the cage appeared, barbed thorns began to extend from the lattice of the cage, constantly spreading and compressing the space where the monsters could move.
Upon seeing this, Laplace understood Angel’s intentions a bit more.
"Shadow of the Cage" was a Space Series Magic Rune Scroll used to lock space. The thorns that appeared afterward were "Thorny Forest," a control-type Magic Rune Scroll. The thorns were very tenacious, difficult to break, and also poisonous. Trapped monsters would significantly slow down.
Angel used the Shadow of the Cage to confine a space and the Thorny Forest to compress the space where the magic monsters could move.
Ultimately, these magic monsters gathered together.
This was what Angel called gathering monsters.
This method worked, but it was only effective on magic monsters without intelligence.
Magic monsters with low intelligence didn’t know that if they charged at the barrier, they might damage the Shadow of the Cage or the Thorny Forest. These low or non-intelligent magic monsters would instinctively move towards what they perceived as safe places, a natural tendency to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, but sometimes this tendency made them miss the chance to break the cage.
Angel took advantage of this.
Currently, the magic monsters from the Dream Realm were indeed low-intelligence monsters, making this method quite apt.
Soon, thirty magic monsters gathered together, and Laplace easily dealt with them by blasting scales multiple times.
After killing the magic monsters, Laplace returned to the safe zone once again.
Seeing Angel, Laplace’s first sentence was to shake her head in denial: "No, this gathering speed is too slow."
While the gathering was successful, the drawbacks were too evident. First, it could only deal with monsters with low intelligence; second, the gathering speed was slow.
The first point aside, the second point was crucial. Although killing thirty magic monsters at once was a lot, the time spent waiting for the monsters to gather was too long. In that prolonged period, Laplace could kill many more monsters at her previous speed.
Angel: "I understand, but this was just an experiment. The main course is next."
After saying that, Angel took a cloak from the side and handed it to Laplace: "Take this."
Laplace glanced at the cloak in her hand: "This is...?"
"Simos’s Skin, it wards against the Power of Space." Angel paused: "I may continue to use the Power of Space to limit the monsters’ actions later. With Simos’s Skin, you don’t have to worry about being accidentally injured by the Power of Space."
Laplace didn’t think much and directly put on the cloak.
Angel: "You don’t need to worry about what happens next, just continue to kill the magic monsters at your pace. I’ll keep replenishing your shed scales. As for gathering monsters, you’ll see soon enough."
Laplace gave Angel a doubtful look but said nothing, nodded, and left the safe zone.
Once Laplace left, Angel immediately returned to reality. Then he took out another "Shadow of the Cage" from his bracelet, followed by... over a hundred various-sized Array Plates.