Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3952 Conditions for Entering the Dark Corner

As soon as Huayuan finished talking about Cherry's illness, Angel saw a message floating in the team chat channel:

“Laplace: The abnormal feeling on Cherry is really ether energy…”

Angel glanced at Laplace beside him in confusion.

Come to think of it, he had noticed before that Laplace seemed to pay special attention to Cherry. Could it be because of this?

“Laplace: After I completed the side quest “Step into the Dream, See the Truth”, I was rewarded with an Ether Converter.”

Sigismund also rewarded the ether converter, but he immediately put it into the space after receiving the reward.

Laplace was different. He thought that since he had nothing to do, he sat aside and studied the ether converter.

There will definitely be no research results in a short period of time.

But just at that time, Cherry and Huayuan came to the underwater church.

The moment they arrived, Laplace felt that the ether converter seemed to have a subtle movement. Especially when they got close to Cherry, this movement became more obvious.

This is why Laplace paid much attention to Cherry. Because she was curious about why Cherry could activate the ether converter.

Now, after listening to Hua Yuan's story, she finally understood the reason.

The effect of the ether converter is to absorb ether energy and convert it into ether core.

Cherries contain etheric energy, which naturally attracts the abnormal movement of the etheric converter...

"Angel: I originally thought that ether energy only existed in dark corners, but I didn't expect that it also existed in the body of a fashion monster?"

"Laplace: This cherry is probably the only special one. I brought the ether converter close to Turing just now, but there was no reaction."

If all fashion monsters can activate the ether converter, it means that this is a common phenomenon among fashion monsters. But now there is only one Cherry, so from this point of view, Cherry really has a congenital disease.

Thinking of "disease", Laplace suddenly had an idea.

"Laplace: If I use the ether converter on Cherry, can I draw the ether energy from its body? If so, would this be considered a form of healing?"

Although this is just a hypothesis of Laplace, Ingres feels that it is very likely.

If the residual ether in Cherry's body can really be absorbed, then maybe Cherry can really be cured.

It's just too late now.

If they had known that Cherry was suffering from the etheric disease, they could have tried using the etheric converter to treat Cherry.

Even though Huayuan's only purpose in going to the dark corner was to heal Cherry, Angel didn't mind helping with the treatment in advance, just as a favor in advance.

As for whether Huayuan will stop darkening the corners because Cherry has been cured, there is no need to worry about that.

After Hua Yuan opened the thin book, there was no turning back.

Now that you have chosen to board the pirate ship, you can't run away.

However, it was too late to say this now, because the Holy Eyes Prayer Array had already been activated and the Faith Crystal was being consumed. I couldn't forcibly interrupt the array and waste a Faith Crystal just to try to treat Cherry.

What's more, they were only speculating that the ether converter might be able to cure Cherry, but whether that was actually the case was still a question mark.

Although he certainly wouldn't try it at the moment, Angel still reminded Sigismund in the team chat channel that after they enter the dark corner, if they can meet Flower Wish in the dark corner, they can try to use the Ether Converter to heal Cherry.

"Sword: Okay, please."

"Laplace: What he meant is that it's a bit troublesome, but it's possible."

Angel: "..."

This light sense of pretense, is this the new generation of the king of pretense?

While they were secretly discussing in the team chat channel, the activation level of the Holy Eye Prayer Array became higher and higher, and it could be clearly seen that Luliana and Dolos on the stage had almost turned into two afterimages.

They chanted unknown tunes and moved around the center in graceful ballet poses.

When the activation level of the magic circle reached a certain point, a dome with a faint colorful light surrounded Sigimund and Huayuan in the center.

The dome is constantly glowing with halos, and every flicker of the halo brings a sense of spatial disorder.

It's like the signal on an old TV is not very good, it's blurry and flickering.

When the halo flickering reached a certain extreme frequency, Luliana and Dolos stopped singing and their dancing slowly came to a halt.

At the same time, a giant eye hunched by a light edge suddenly appeared right above the dome.

This giant eye is a little different from Benber. It looks like the moon in the sky, emitting silvery light and giving people a feeling of coolness and remoteness.

The moment the giant eye appeared, Luliana and Dolos, one on the left and the other on the right, knelt on one knee at the same time to show their loyalty.

Seeing this, Angel had already guessed that this giant eye was probably the reflection of the moon's eye.

There was no emotion in the giant eyes, as if they were an inorganic dead object, silently staring at the two people under the dome.

His eyes turned into moonlight, sweeping over Sigimund and Huayuan.

After a moment, the moonlight turned into a guiding light, transforming into a tunnel that crossed the boundless void, slowly sucking Sigimund and Huayuan in.

In the blink of an eye, the two disappeared.

Seeing this, Angel and Laplace looked at each other.

It seems that the Holy Eyes Prayer Gathering Array was successful. The two of them should already be in the passage leading to the dark corner...

However, just as they were rejoicing at the success of the magic circle, the giant eye in the air suddenly narrowed, as if it was detecting something abnormal.

Two or three seconds later, the empty passage suddenly began to expand, making a strange whirring sound.

It was like a fishbone stuck in the throat. Suddenly, air rushed up from the mouth and the fishbone was sprayed out from the passage.

Of course, what was sprayed out was not a real "fish bone", but a person.

A woman in coma.

That’s right, Flower Wish.

At the moment when Huayuan was thrown out of the passage by the giant eye, Angel and Laplace who were present received a range-wide fairyland message at the same time.

"This gifted citizen has not met the requirements to enter the dark corner."

Moreover, this fairyland message was repeated three times, as if to indicate the importance of the matter.

Angel and Laplace looked at Huayuan who was unconscious in the magic circle and did not say anything, but waited quietly.

Huayuan did not meet the entry requirements, so...what about Sigimund?

After waiting for half a minute, until the passage above the magic circle gradually disappeared, Sigimund was not spit out.

Ingres and Laplace finally felt relieved.

Sigimund should have met the entry conditions. Come to think of it, since the entrance to the dark corner is located in the copy, it must be for challengers to enter.

Sigismund certainly won't be left out.

The only regret is the flower wish.

Just as Angel was sighing silently, the giant eye above the magic circle moved again, but this time it didn't "spit" people out. Instead, its eyeballs slowly moved and fixed its gaze on Angel who was at the edge of the stage.

"Because you have a special mark on your body, you have attracted the attention of "Moon Eye. Guidance"."

"The special mark matches the dark corner. You are about to be captured by the dark corner."

"Capture countdown begins:"

"5", "4", "3", "2"——

Just as the countdown was about to end, Angel's figure disappeared from the underwater church.

With Angel's disappearance, the countdown stopped immediately.

"Capture failed."

Seeing this scene, doubt appeared for the first time in the inorganic and cold eyes of the giant eye above the magic circle.

After a moment, the giant eye seemed to feel a little regretful and slowly disappeared.

With its disappearance, the Holy Eyes Prayer Gathering Array also came to an end.

On the stage, Dolos and Luliana walked gracefully to the unconscious Flowerwish. They raised their heads and wanted to ask Laplace in the audience what to do with Flowerwish.

However, Laplace ignored them at this time and looked at the team chat.

"Angel: ...I almost flipped over."

"Laplace: Where are you? Why did you suddenly disappear?"

Because the previous fairyland news and countdown reminder only appeared in Angel's text column. Laplace didn't know what happened exactly. From her perspective, she only saw the giant eye in the air staring at Angel, and then Angel disappeared...

"Angel: I just left the dungeon and am now re-entering the Modern City dungeon. I am not in the Hidden Waters."

“Laplace:???”

"Angel: Sigh. I was almost extradited by Dark Corner just now..."

Angel briefly recounted what had just happened.

According to the information from Wonderland, if nothing unexpected happened, Ingres was being watched from a dark corner.

Why is he being watched? The reason is that Angel has a special DeBuff: Call of the Void.

"Call of the Dark Corner: You are marked by the Dark Corner. Once you enter the capture range of the Dark Corner, you will have a greater chance of being captured by the Dark Corner."

Previously, because he participated in Abigail's sealing ceremony, Angel accidentally got this special mark.

At that time, Ingres didn't feel that this mark had any impact.

But the Holy Eye Prayer Gathering Array just now made Angel realize how deceptive this mark was.

If there hadn't been the fairyland's reminder just now, and if Angel hadn't had the authority to teleport away, he would have probably been dragged into a dark corner by the giant eye.

Even though he was not on the stage, he was still noticed by the Giant Eye. This was the "Call of the Dark Corner". It was not very lethal, but it was very deceptive.

Fortunately, Angel reacted in time, otherwise he would have been trapped in a dark corner. Although he personally didn't mind going to a dark corner, he certainly couldn't go there without any preparation.

"Laplace: So you have left the Hidden Waters now?"

"Angel: Yes."

Originally, Angel was thinking about dealing with some aftermath matters, such as the matter of Huayuan, and taking a look at the savings in the faith beacon before leaving the secret waters.

As a result, who would have expected this to happen.

However, this also reminded Angel that the next time he activated the Holy Eye Prayer Array, if he did not plan to enter the dark corner, it would be best to leave the hidden waters before the array was activated.

"Angel: I can't go back to the Hidden Waters for now. If you want to go, you can only wait until tomorrow at six o'clock when the Companion Lake and the Hidden Waters are connected."

"Angel: However, I can use my power to pull you out of the hidden waters. Do you want to leave now?"

Laplace glanced at Huayuan who was still unconscious on the stage, thought for a moment, and said something else.

"Laplace: Wait a minute, I'll wait for Hana-won to wake up."

Since Angel had to leave, it was natural that she had to take over Huayuan's affairs.

Speaking of flower wishes, Ingres also remembered the fairyland hint that he had repeated three times in a row.

Angel still remembered that the message contained several key words, and it seemed that there was an extended page.

At that time, they did not check the message immediately because they were worried that Sigimund would be thrown out. Now, they can check it.

Thinking of this, Angel opened the fairyland information on the text bar while chatting with Laplace.

——"This gifted citizen has not met the conditions to enter the dark corner."

The word "condition" can be further expanded.

Angel stretched out his finger without hesitation and pointed at the air.

The next second, a large amount of text information appeared before my eyes.

Ingres read it carefully and summarized it into three points:

First, ordinary gifted people, that is, NPCs, cannot enter the dark corner through the Holy Eye Prayer Array.

Second, if you want an NPC to enter a dark corner, you must make him extraordinary, such as transforming him into an NPC in a "dream" state.

Third, when a challenger completes the main quest of Dark Corner - becoming the Level Master, then the NPC can enter Dark Corner. But it is limited to the level where the Level Master is located.

Huayuan didn't dream about the NPC, so even if she wanted to enter the dark corner in her heart, she couldn't enter due to the rules of the wonderland.

Although Angel felt a little regretful about this, the fact that "Huayuan cannot enter the dark corner" itself revealed some information about the fairyland.

Moreover, through the expanded term of "conditions", Ingres has come to understand the limits that the power of fairyland has set on the gifted people.

So, overall, it was a gain.

But then again, why can the "dream" of NPC break through the marginal limitations of the fairyland's power and enter the dark corner?

Ingres pondered for a moment and guessed that the answer might be related to the "conscious subject".

Even if ordinary NPCs look alive, the manipulators behind them are still the power of the fairyland. Ordinary NPCs can even be regarded as puppets controlled by the power of the fairyland.

The NPC in the dream state has its consciousness subject as a real person in reality and is not controlled by the power of the fairyland.

Therefore, even if they enter a dark corner, because they have their own conscious subject, they can fully exert their self-initiative according to their own subjective ideas.

This is not the case with ordinary NPCs, because once they enter a dark corner, without the power of the fairyland to control them from behind, they lose their subjective initiative.

Unless the tentacles of the power of wonderland can reach into the dark corners.

This actually echoes the third point mentioned just now: when a challenger becomes the master of the level of the dream layer, the power of the fairyland can naturally expand in the dream layer.

At this time, ordinary NPCs can enter the Dark Corner Dream Layer without any obstacles. This is because the power of the fairyland can now give ordinary NPCs the initiative in the dark corner.