Card Apprentice Daily Log

Chapter 2264 Menacing Third-Eye Socket

Date: 21 April 2321

Time: 21:50

Location: Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City, Dungeon Highway, Blood Rock Dungeon Seal, Seed World

”Wyatt, youʼre back!” Dredre was the first to greet him, while the others stayed busy with their work. Almost everyone was gathered in the seed world; it seemed they had turned the Dungeon Seal and the Seed World into their hangout spot.

Wyatt greeted her in return, adding, ”Hi, Dredre. I have good news for you.”

”What is it, Wyatt?” Dredre asked with joy, momentarily forgetting her headache from the constant pressure of her unborn forest spirit, which kept urging her to let it swallow Wyattʼs seed world. If she hadnʼt restrained it, the spirit would have devoured the seed world and completed its birth long ago.

”Your forest spirit can have the seed world,” Wyatt announced with a wide smile. Hearing this, Dredreʼs joy multiplied instantly, as sheʼd been struggling to keep rejecting her childʼs urges.

”Really? Thank you, Wyatt! That child is going to be thrilled.” Dredre thanked Wyatt for his generosity with a kiss on his cheek, then rushed to her floating forest island to share the good news with her unborn forest spirit.

”What use does a forest spirit have for an independent sub-space?” Field Marshal asked Wyatt, puzzled at how a forest spirit could benefit from a sub-space. ”Trust me, youʼre better off not knowing.” Wyatt said seriously; he suspected that Librarian Jr. had assigned Dredre as his personal pixie with a hidden agenda. He believed that the less Field Marshal knew, the safer she and everyone else would be. ”As I suspected, this forest spirit is definitely not simple,” Field Marshal muttered, Wyattʼs words confirming her doubts. She had sensed all along that Dredreʼs so-called forest spirit was far more than it seemed. Her unique eyes had never deceived her, and now she regretted second-guessing herself. Still, she trusted that Dredre hadnʼt lied to her, though Wyattʼs words hinted that perhaps Dredre herself wasnʼt fully aware of the truth.

Ignoring Field Marshalʼs musings, Wyatt made his way toward the Clown Mask, who was watching Cortney as she worked on comprehending blood rules with Bloodette within her innate blood rule. This would allow Bloodette to grow stronger without having to share half her power with the dungeon seal.

As Wyatt approached, Clown Mask quickly rose to her feet and bowed to him, surprising Field Marshal, who followed suit. It appeared Clown Mask knew Wyatt from even before her imprisonment, almost as if she were his subordinate. This was a bizarre notion, considering Clown Mask had been responsible for his parentsʼ deaths under orders from the Circle, who had been hired by Matron, a.k.a. Susan Bylor. Wyatt. had said he had forgiven Clown Mask and was willing to give her a second chance, but this was still a shocking sight to behold.

”Follow me,” Wyatt ordered Clown Mask, opening an isolated space for the two of them. Field Marshal attempted to follow, but Wyatt stopped her, saying, ”Go see if Park and Susan need your help procuring goods in the Card World market.”

”Alright,” Field Marshal replied, heading toward Susan and Park, who were in the middle of a heated debate over how to manage the funds Wyatt had allocated for their interdimensional import-export business venture. She left Wyatt to attend to his ”urgent” business.

In her mind, however, she was more certain than ever that Wyatt had nothing urgent or important to do and was simply trying to avoid combat training. Despite her suspicions, she kept her thoughts-and her mounting frustration with Wyatt-to herself.

After all, she had agreed to Wyattʼs condition to conduct combat training sessions without interrupting his busy and unpredictable schedule. In hindsight, she realized it. had been naïve of her to assume Wyatt wouldnʼt exploit this condition to avoid the sessions as often as possible.

Inside the isolated space, Wyatt looked into Clown Maskʼs eyes and commanded, ”Remove your mask.” She obeyed without hesitation, revealing a hideous hole resembling an empty eye socket in the center of her forehead.

As Wyatt gazed into the hollow space-a result of her Tao Eye being forcibly removed -he felt as if he were staring into a bottomless pit, so dark it could consume oneʼs sanity. The first time he saw this wound, it hadnʼt looked as menacing, but it had changed gradually as his daughter gem upgraded.

This prompted Wyatt to wonder if he could help Clown Mask regenerate her stolen Tao Eye. He wasnʼt confident at first, until witnessing Dalie evolve from a celestial array spirit to a full celestial through his primordial calamity daughter gem. However, he suspected this transformation was largely due to his cursed primordial bloodline and Dalieʼs celestial origin. After all, despite being updated to the latest versions, none of his other daughter gems showed such miraculous growth.

Clown Maskʼs daughter gem was also updated to a primordial calamity daughter gem, and though her Tao Eye showed subtle changes with the upgrade, it hadnʼt shown any signs of true recovery despite the gemʼs powerful restructuring capabilities. Wyatt had used his soul pupils on her many times to try to understand what was happening, but to his surprise, Clown Maskʼs soul pathways held no information on Tao Eyes. However, the soul pathways in the center of her forehead contained certain profound traces, suggesting that something invaluable and profound once resided there.

If not for these traces, Wyatt would have doubted whether Clown Mask ever had a Tao Eye. This also explained why his daughter gems couldnʼt regenerate her lost Tao Eye; it seemed that all soul pathways connected to it had been lost with it. Without the actual soul pathways of the Tao Eye, the daughter gem lacked a crucial element needed to restructure Clown Mask as a whole. Not to mention, the profound traces in her forehead ensured that, each time Clown Maskʼs body was rebuilt, an empty third eye socket remained in the center of her forehead.