Kaier shouted: "Behind you!"
Before Angel could react, he heard a couple of clanging sounds, as if something had fallen on the ground.
Turning around, he saw that somehow two block-shaped stone cells had appeared on the ground.
The magic power used to create the stone cell was familiar, definitely the work of the Black Earl. But the contents inside the cell surprised him.
Inside the two small stone cells were the very sandworms from before.
The small sandworms hadn’t changed in appearance, but from an energy perspective, it was noticeable they were covered in a crimson light.
This crimson and ominous light seemed to be eroding the two little sandworms.
Dox: "My little pests, and Baldev! What happened?!"
Black Earl: "They’ve been returned. Can you sense them now?"
Dox tried to sense the small sandworms inside the stone cell, but as soon as he used his bloodline power to feel them, a rush of negative emotions poured into his mind through the bloodline power.
Dox immediately severed the bloodline power without hesitation.
Though successful in cutting it off, he was still impacted by a wave of negative emotions, alongside the backlash from the bloodline power surging within him.
Dox spat a few mouthfuls of blood, weakened and collapsed onto the ground.
The backlash of the bloodline power wasn’t that severe, but the negative emotions were too overwhelming for the usually positive Dox to handle.
Lethargy, despair, self-pity... An aura of despondency encircled Dox.
Just as Dox felt he was plunging into an abyss of emotions, a sigh suddenly reached his ears, followed by a familiar illusionary power penetrating his brow.
Dox could resist, but he didn’t. The overwhelming emotions made him indifferent to everything.
Because Dox didn’t resist, the illusionary power smoothly entered his body.
Soon after, the little figure in the shadows of Dox’s mind felt a warm sensation on his back, and upon turning around, he saw the golden sunlight.
The warm sunshine illuminated him, dispelling all the gloom.
All the beautiful memories of the past flickered before his eyes...
Within seconds, the oppressive aura surrounding Dox vanished without a trace.
Dox stood up again, with a complex expression on his face. It took a while before he regained his composure. Then, he gently nodded to Angel: "Thank you."
He knew well that the golden sunshine and beautiful memories were brought by Angel’s illusion.
It awakened the pleasant memories in Dox’s heart and dispelled the vast shadows of his emotions.
Although Dox himself could find ways to adjust, expelling all the gloom would have taken an indefinite amount of time. Angel’s illusionary technique acted like a morale booster, swiftly pulling him out of his depressive state.
Angel: "No need to thank me, it was just a small effort."
For Angel, it may be just a small effort, but not everyone could handle such issues with a mere gesture. Even the Black Earl was no exception.
Nevertheless, no one was marveling at Angel’s powerful emotion control at the moment; they were more concerned with what Dox had gone through.
Faced with everyone’s questions, Dox remained silent for a while before speaking in a low voice:
"They... have gone mad."