Chapter 412: The Gate (1)
"Is this an illusion?" Narrowing his eyes, Angele walked around the gate .
The black gate sat quietly on the shore of the river and there was nothing behind it .
Angele returned to the front of the gate and peeked inside again .
The smooth beach, the blue sea, and the clear sky, everything looked the same . However, the place was too empty and it looked like a large piece of sapphire .
He could hear the noise made by the waves and smell the fragrance of the sea .
Angele thought for a while, then raised his right hand and reached into the gate .
He did not feel anything; there was no defensive spell or barrier by the gate, and it seemed like the air inside the gate was also the same .
Angele hesitated but he still slowly stepped into the gate .
He looked back as he stood on the other side of the gate . Angele could see the thick white fog over the Ness River .
The black gate was still standing on the beach alone, and it was the only thing Angele could see in his sight . There was no stone or any living creature .
Angele stayed calm, he formed an eye-shaped circle with his hands in front of his chest .
The slow incantation echoed in the air .
*CHI*
A red eye appeared between his hands . The eye was formed by red flames and it was burning in the air, releasing eye-blinding red light .
Angele pointed upward .
The fist-sized eye quickly flew into the air, then looked down . The view of the eye was displayed in Angele's sight .
On the edge of the endless sea, the smooth beach looked like a large piece of blue paper with a tall black gate standing on it, and a young man in a black robe was looking around by the gate .
Angele could see that the area ahead was covered with thin blue mist and it seemed like there was something spinning in it .
*PA*
The fire eye burnt out and cracked .
Angele's brow furrowed, he thought about the scene he just saw and went around the stone gate . He looked at the other side of the beach, but the only thing there was the thin blue mist he saw earlier .
He tapped the edge of the black stone gate, leaving a glowing black rune on the surface, and walked toward the blue mist .
About ten minutes later, a large farm appeared in his front .
The farm was built on the beach, but it did not look like it belonged to the blue beach .
The farmland was divided into four equal areas and there was a tall windmill standing in the center of the land .
Strangely, the fans of the windmill were replaced by four black butterfly wings .
There was no wind in the blue mist . The fans of the windmill looked like spinning black butterflies that were flying without the help of the wind .
It was a large farm . Angele could see the blue mist on the other side of the farm and he could hear the noise made by the windmill . It seemed like the windmill he saw was not the only one on the farm .
The noise made by the windmill was mixed with the noise made by the sea waves .
Angele stepped onto the farm while checking the surroundings carefully . There were no crops on the farm, it was just a clean gray land .
He could smell the fragrance of flowers after walking for several minutes . Angele approached one of the windmills and stopped in front of it . The butterfly wings were moving above his head .
Angele touched the wall of the mill carefully .
It was cold, soft, and smooth . He pressed down and created a small hole in the wall .
Angele went around the windmill and noticed that there was no entrance to it .
*CHI*
Suddenly, Angele heard a noise that sounded like hoe hitting the mud .
*CHI*
The same noise went into his ears again .
Angele looked around and noticed that there was someone hitting the mud with a hoe in the blue mist .
Angele's lips moved, he chanted the incantation without saying a word . Red light flashed on the surface of his body quickly .
He took out a glass tube with blue liquid inside from the pouch and held it in hand as he walked to the man .
Angele could finally see the man as he got closer .
It was a middle-aged bald man that had the same height as him . He was wearing a black farmer suit, holding a black hoe in his hand; there was no expression on his face .
The man was hitting the mud with his hoe and it seemed like he did not notice Angele's presence .
"Hey…" Angele stopped when he was two meters away from the man and asked loudly, "Do you know what this place is?" He was speaking the ancient language .
The bald man turned around and looked at Angele with his soulless eyes .
Angele noticed that there was a white windmill on top of the man's bald head . The windmill was spinning slowly; it looked like a plant that rooted in the man's head .
The man looked at Angele and it seemed like he did not hear Angele's words .
"Can you understand my word?" Angele questioned .
There was no response .
Angele scrunched his brow and took two steps back .
The man quickly turned around and started hitting the ground with his hoe again .
Angele's expression turned serious and he returned the potion to the pouch . He touched the second pair of eyes he had with the right hand .
"I shall reveal my true form . "
The second pair of eyes opened and the glowing golden eyes rolled .
Angele's body started increasing in size and a long black horn appeared on top of his head . His horn quickly reached his waist and the teeth in his mouth looked sharp like a sawtooth .
'I can check the memory of the creatures that are weaker than me . Let me see if this guy has any valuable information in his brain . ' Angele's true form had the similar power as a rank 4 wizard, but his mentality was low . His body was strong, his defensive ability and recovery were incredible .
The petrification ability was eliminated by the bloodline of the ancient one-eyed giant . The bloodline of the scorpion woman had merged with the bloodline of the ancient giant and those two bloodlines created a balance in Angele's body .
Angele's high attributes came from the bloodline of the one-eyed giant, his memory check and the illusion abilities came from the bloodline of the scorpion woman .
He had used the memory check ability once on the human girl he saved from Eye Devil's party . The memory check ability was different from the one used by the wizards, it would not damage the target's body; however, it was weaker than the method used by the wizards . The only thing Angele could get was what the target was thinking and there were certain limitations .
Angele was more than four meters tall and he was wearing a black armor that was covered with bone spikes . His four eyes were blinking at the same time . With the long red hair and the long horn, the man looked like a terrifying monster from fairy tales .
He stood in front of the farmer, the shadow of his body covering the latter .
However, the bald farmer acted like Angele was not here; he was just working with his hoe .
"Alright, what're you thinking…" Angele reached to the farmer's hand with his enormous right hand .
The man's forehead was covered by Angele's hand and he stopped moving . The windmill on top of the man's head slowly stopped spinning .
Blurry images flashed in Angele's mind .
"Harvest in three days… Harvest in three days…"
A deep voice echoed in Angele's brain .
In the images, Angele saw golden sunflowers slowly growing in the farmland . Each of the sunflowers had a diameter of two meters . Their pupils looked like the faces of sleeping human beings .
Some of them were males and some of them were females, but all of them were sleeping .
"The flower…" The sunflower reminded Angele of the strange plant he saw during an exploration when he was still an apprentice .
However, he was certain that the sunflower he'd encountered in the mansion was much smaller than those in the farmer's memory .
"That's where those sunflowers came from . The flowers in the mansion must be from here . " Angele heard loud footsteps coming from the blue mist before he could analyze the situation .
Two tall men in black rushed out of the blue mist .
"Juss!" The two men roared in a hoarse voice and rushed Angele . They were shouting in a shaky tone and the word sounded weird .
The two men's upper bodies looked just like muscular male human beings, however, the bottom half of their bodies were formed by waist-sized hooves . The hooves looked like the hooves of donkeys, but oversized .
They were not walking; they were jumping, and the earth was shaking with mud splashing everywhere under their steps .
Angele took two steps back and looked at the two men with donkey hooves . He noticed that they were just slightly shorter than him . They were wearing black farmer suits and had a crazed look on their faces .
The two men struck forward with their fists when they were about ten meters away from Angele . Two head-sized shock waves flew toward Angele quickly .
*BAM BAM*
Angele was pushed back by the impact as the two shock waves landed on his shoulders . He could feel the intense pain building up in his body .
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