Their journey back to Brute Cavern went smoothly.
They even met several wizards on their way back to the bottom of the pit.
While chatting with the wizards, Angor noticed that they were friendly to him, but it seemed that they were more interested in alchemy than anything else. Alchemy aside, they didn't think much of it.
Brute Cavern probably hadn't received the news about the Abyss Plane yet.
After all, they weren't in the same world. Besides, it had been less than half a month since the incident at Rasudran. Usually, it would take half a year or even a year for news to reach Brute Cavern after the publication of the journal. Of course, there were also people who knew about the Abyss Plane earlier through other channels. However, there was still a time gap for the general public to get the news.
Angor thought about the dream wasteland. If the dream wasteland was developed in the future, it would be able to spread information much faster.
Of course, this was only limited to the wizarding world because the dream wasteland only existed in the wizarding world. As for the other worlds … they would have to give up until they could deal with the terrifying beasts that coveted the dream wasteland.
Angor felt a lot better knowing that the news about the Abyss Plane hadn't reached Brute Cavern yet.
They returned to the mirror world through the mirror, but they didn't see Lady Mirror. Considering how "thirsty" Lady Mirror was for Sunders, there was no way that she wouldn't show up. The only possibility was that she was still sleeping.
When they returned to the mirror world, Sunders told Angor to return to Phantom Island first while he went to Cloud Tower to see Mister Rein.
But before he could say anything, a lazy voice reached their ears. "Hey, you're back?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a green shadow appeared in front of them. In the shadow, there was a handsome man who was naked and only had a leaf covering his important parts.
"Mister Tree Spirit." Angor did not need to look at the face to know who it was — Tree Spirit, one of the three Ancestor Souls of Brute Cavern.
"Ah, good timing, Angor. I have something to ask of you." Tree Spirit looked back at Sunders. "You won't mind if I borrow your student, right?"
According to Tree Spirit's understanding of Sunders, he would not refuse.
Instead of accepting Tree Spirit's request as Tree Spirit expected, Sunders looked at Angor with an inquisitive look.
Tree Spirit raised an eyebrow. He knew how important Angor was to Sunders, but he still needed to make his attitude clear.
The gentleman's attitude toward Angor was different from before.
Tree Spirit sensed something, but he did not say it out loud. Instead, he followed Sunders' gaze with a smile.
"No problem." Angor did not dare to refuse.
"Then you can go with Tree Spirit." They were already back in Brute Cavern, and Tree Spirit wouldn't do anything to harm Angor.
Sunders nodded to Angor and flew toward the Cloud Tower alone.
Angor thought Tree Spirit would summon the avatar back, but to his surprise, Tree Spirit didn't do that. Instead, Tree Spirit followed Angor to the palace with a big smile.
On their way, every apprentice who saw Tree Spirit would greet him politely and make way for him. As for Angor, some apprentices did not know who he was. They only glanced at him in secret. But no doubt, someone who could make Tree Spirit walk with him must be someone important. Angor earned some respect from the apprentices.
Angor felt a little uncomfortable as if he was a fox pretending to be a tiger.
To ease the awkwardness, Angor turned to Tree Spirit and asked, "Mister Tree Spirit, what do you need from me?"
"It's nothing important. I have two newbies who are here for a talent test, so I thought I could ask you to use Ocean Rhyme on them to improve their affinity with water." Tree Spirit paused. "Of course, it's not for free. They don't have any magic crystals yet, so I'll put a compulsory quest in their bone cards. You can summon them once, and they cannot refuse. "
Activating Ocean Rhyme did not cost much energy since it was the first time Tree Spirit asked for it. "Sure, but I don't need a compulsory quest. Just consider it a free gift for newbies."
"No way. We talked about it last time. Plus, you need something of equal value. If you give it to them for free, they'll come to you anyway. "
Angor wanted to say that it was useless for them to come to him since he could always refuse. Besides, he wouldn't be staying in Brute Cavern for long.
Before Angor could say anything, Tree Spirit put an arm around Angor's neck and smiled. "You're just two beginner talents. You can do a lot of things with this compulsory recruitment mission. You can ask them to be your alchemy assistants or do some human experiments. "
Angor gave Tree Spirit a doubtful look.
How could they be alchemy assistants when they had not even stepped into the wizarding world and had no experience at all? If Angor really asked them to be his assistants, he would have to waste his time teaching them alchemy knowledge. Maybe this was Tree Spirit's goal?
Angor looked at Tree Spirit's smiling face and decided not to ask.
It was up to him whether he used the quest or not. At most, he would just pretend that nothing had happened.
With that in mind, Angor nodded to Tree Spirit.
"How come there's a newcomer during this time?" Angor asked out of curiosity.
Angor had just turned in his guide quest. Considering the time difference between each batch, it shouldn't be this early.
"No, it's not a guide quest. An apprentice met two talented newbies on his way and brought them back."
Angor nodded. There were plenty of examples like this. As a matter of fact, Sunders did bring him back halfway through his journey.
Along the way, Angor and Tree Spirit talked about Brute Cavern from time to time. Angor breathed in the fragrance of the air and sensed the rich energy aura.
Soon, they arrived at Tree Spirit's main body — a leaf behind Tree Spirit's palace.
As Angor expected, Tree Spirit's main body was lying on a sunchair, enjoying the warm sunlight.
In front of Tree Spirit, there were two young men who looked very reserved. They must be the two newcomers that Tree Spirit had mentioned.
The two of them looked like two extremes. One of them was tall and sturdy, with hair like thorns, and looked very masculine. The other had long, smooth hair, fair skin, and was also very handsome, but his temperament was more feminine.
The feminine man kept his eyes closed all the time. Angor sensed something special from his eyes.
So this man was born with a special ability? Angor thought to himself.
Tree Spirit asked them to introduce themselves. The masculine one was called Arthur, and the feminine one was called Merlin. Among them, Merlin's eyes were born with the ability to see the memories of some spirits. However, misfortune and fortune were unpredictable. This pair of special eyes attracted the attention of a Wizard, who gouged out his eyes. From then on, Merlin became blind.
These two were good friends. Originally, one of them wanted to become a scholar, while the other wanted to become a royal knight. However, the Evernight Kingdom suffered from the Dome Disaster, and they were forced to become refugees. After going around in circles, he finally found his way to Brute Cavern.
Angor wasn't interested in the background of these newbies. However, he was a little touched when he learned that they were refugees from the Evernight Kingdom. After all, he was partly responsible for what happened to the Evernight Kingdom.
"This is Angor, the only alchemist in Brute Cavern who specializes in Tooling. He's also the only alchemist in the entire southern wizardry region who has come into contact with a Mystery level. " Tree Spirit spoke in an impassioned tone, "… Anyway, when you join the wizarding circle, you'll know him from all kinds of channels without me telling you."
Tree Spirit's introduction made the two newbies sneak glances at Angor. Merlin couldn't see, but Arthur was Angor's eyes, so he described everything he saw to Angor.
Arthur and Merlin were in awe of this powerful Alchemist who seemed to be of the same age or even younger than them.
They bowed to Angor respectfully.
Angor nodded to them and looked at Tree Spirit. "Mister Tree Spirit, shall we begin?"
Tree Spirit was about to nod when he suddenly stopped and spoke to Angor with a strange expression, "Can you wait a moment? Several apprentices want to join us."
Angor nodded. Activating Ocean Rhyme would cost the same amount of energy anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to have a few extra apprentices.
Angor agreed. Soon, a witch who was emitting Remote Night Fragrance appeared in front of them with three uneasy apprentices.
"If you had told me earlier, I would have arranged it for you first." Tree Spirit approached the witch and said with a smile.
The witch nodded to Tree Spirit without showing any expression. Instead, she gave Angor a charming smile. "I'm counting on you, Angor."
Angor glanced at Tree Spirit who seemed to be fine. "It's no trouble at all, Mister Yethaway. Anyway, Mister Tree Spirit asked me to help. Helping two is already helping, so I don't mind adding a few more. "
Of course, Angor knew this witch. She was called "Rose of Konoha", Neon Yethaway. According to rumors, Tree Spirit seemed to have a crush on this Yethaway.
Whether Angor was telling the truth or not, Angor's words would not hurt him at all.
"Thank you so much, Mister Tree Spirit." Ye Sewei looked at Tree Spirit and said, "Thank you so much."
Tree Spirit smiled. "Don't worry about it. Angor didn't do it for free. These two have been given a compulsory mission. They have to fulfill Angor's summons once in the future."
Hearing this, Ye Sewei seemed to have thought of something. She looked at the three apprentices behind her and said, "Then the three of you will also join this compulsory mission."
Hearing Yethaway's words, the three apprentices, who were already reluctant, became even more dejected.
Angor spoke in a timely manner. "No need. Arthur and Merlin are only doing this because they don't have any magic crystals. As for them, just give them magic crystals. "
The three apprentices were glad to hear Angor's words. Magic crystals were precious, but it was better than an unknown compulsory mission.
They all looked at Angor with gratitude.
Yethaway, on the other hand, rolled her eyes at her apprentices. These three idiots didn't even know how to choose when given a chance.
By now, the wizards in Brute Cavern had basically figured out Angor's personality as a core member of the organization. Doing compulsory missions with Angor might not bring them many benefits, but there was no harm in doing so.
However, since Angor already said so, and the apprentices didn't understand the situation, Yethaway nodded. "Alright then."
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