"Angor, let's be neighbors, okay?" Sailum moved closer to Angor.
Angor nodded with a smile. Compared to Nausica, Angor preferred to spend time with Sailum. The boy was innocent and naive, and Angor could easily see through his thoughts. Nausica seemed to be close to Sailum, but Angor could not guess what she was thinking from her expression.
Seeing Angor's agreement, Sailum happily went to Nausica and asked if she wanted to be his neighbor. Nausica gladly agreed. So the three of them began to look for a place to stay in the underground cave.
There were signs on the paths, but it was easier to get lost as they ventured deeper. After half an hour of searching, they decided to use a place with two air vents as their base camp.
Angor pushed the door to his room open and stepped inside. He immediately smelled something damp and moldy. Angor frowned. As Abelle said, there was nothing in the room except for a pile of dirt. Angor could tolerate this. No furniture. He could just buy something.
However, the only thing he could not stand was the door.
Angor thought the door would be sturdy enough that he could not break it with brute force. But in reality, the lock on the door was just an ordinary iron chain.
Angor left the room and walked along the path for about a minute until he reached a door under another air vent.
The door was not locked, but Angor did not push it open. Instead, he gently knocked on the door until he heard a "come in" voice. Then he pushed the door open.
"Cough cough cough —" Angor choked on the smoke as soon as he stepped inside.
Amidst the lingering smoke, a sexy mature woman in soft armor was leaning against the wall, holding a long-handled pipe and puffing out smoke.
The smoking woman was Nausica, of course. She looked at Angor with interest. "What's wrong? Missing me already?"
Angor did not feel embarrassed at all. He covered his nose that was almost touched. "Nausica, I'm here to borrow your sword."
Nausica was a former pirate leader who fought for many years. Of course, she always carried a weapon with her. Her weapon was a knight's sword tied to her waist.
Angor was lucky enough to see it in Twilight Town. Nausica could cut a solid rock in half with a light swing, which showed how sharp it was.
Nausica brushed her hair away from her face and put down her pipe on the platform. She drew the sword from her waist and tossed it to Angor. She didn't even ask Angor why she wanted to borrow the sword. She threw the sword away and continued to exhale smoke.
Angor raised an eyebrow at Nausica's trust. he prepared an excuse, but it seemed he did not need to use it now.
He returned to his house and gently cut the iron chain hanging on the door with his sword.
The iron chain broke and fell to the ground with a few clangs.
Looking at the broken chain, Angor's expression darkened. Previously, he had thought that no matter how useless the chains were, they would at least be able to block swords. Otherwise, it would not be safe to live here at all.
With this level of security, any ordinary person could break through the door. It was almost like there was no protection, not to mention that there were many apprentices living in the crypt!
If someone could break into his house, he would not only lose his privacy, but also his personal safety.
He had a lot of secrets. What would happen if someone broke in while he was using his hologram tablet? For example, what if the precious medicine in his luggage was stolen when he went out? What should he do then?
The group led by Hookdick had a grudge against him. How was he supposed to protect himself if Hookdick messed with him while he was meditating or plotted against him?
Angor made up his mind. He could not live here.
…
Angor put the sleeping Toby into his pocket and walked out of the Cave Field.
When he was at the resource allocation hall, Sunders sent him a shadow message and asked him to find the way. Angor planned to ask about the price of renting a house in the apprentice town. He had an anonymous bone card with 10,000 merit points in it, and the 30 magic crystals Greya gave him, which should be more than enough for him to use. The room in the cave was not safe, so he had to rely on the apprentice town.
He saw a young demon falcon hovering in the air. He saw this demon falcon on The Savage before. It was Sunders' alchemy pet.
With the demon falcon leading the way, Angor only needed to follow behind it.
Following the demon falcon, Angor boarded an aerial bus. When he looked outside, he noticed that the entire Tree Spirit Garden and the Tree of Eternity were connected by aerial vines. From time to time, he could see other vines hanging on the branches of the tree. Some of them were occupied, while others were empty.
The tree vine bus finally stopped at a leaf platform. This platform was called 'Falling Cloud Leaf Platform'. It was about three hundred meters above the ground, and the cloud flow at the bottom made the platform look dreamy and illusory. Angor followed the demon falcon through the clouds for a while. After passing through a path of branches, Angor finally stopped at the edge of a Falling Cloud Platform.
The demon falcon was urging him not far away. But if he took one more step, he would fall into the air!
Angor did not know whether he should continue or not, but the demon falcon's urging told him that he was not going the wrong way. Then why couldn't he see any path ahead? He was three hundred meters above the ground. With his weight and gravity, he would definitely turn into meat paste if he fell.
Angor looked at the endless sea of clouds in front of him. Is this a path in the air?
Angor tried to put his foot on the ground. When his foot touched the ground, he felt something solid.
There was a path! An invisible path extended from the edge of the leaf to an unknown place.
Angor walked in the air with fear in his heart. The blue sky and white clouds served as his background. If his legs were not trembling, the scene would be quite refreshing.
Following the demon falcon, Angor walked for about ten minutes on the twisting path in the air. Finally, they arrived at a floating island made of sand. Angor's trembling feet finally stopped. He sat on the edge of the island for a while before he regained his composure and continued to follow the demon falcon.
There were several floating islands like this around the Tree of Eternity. This one was relatively small, but it was also quite exquisite. The island was only about five kilometers wide, and it was filled with plants and unknown animals. Angor saw several strange-looking beasts roaming around from time to time, but they all ignored him.
Some of the beasts looked more like creatures from fairy tales. For example, Angor saw a pure white horse with a pair of wings on its back. If he had a horn on its forehead, it would look like a unicorn in a fairy tale that only chased after pure virgins.
But when he got closer, he noticed something different about the winged horse. For example, its wings did not look natural. There were traces of stitches on them, which looked like they were sewn on by hand.
Looking at the obvious signs of artificial stitching, he suddenly remembered a spell scroll called "Dog Nose Grafting" he saw in Sunders' library. The spell described how to obtain a superior sense of smell by grafting a dog's nose onto a person's body. As for how to look better after grafting a dog's nose, there was also "Plastic Surgery" to help. If you didn't mind looking good, you could just keep a dog's nose.
Angor believed that the white horse's wings and the "Dog Nose Grafting" had something similar to each other.
After going around another small hill, Angor reached his final destination: a well-designed manor of a noble.
Before becoming a wizard, Sunders used to be a noble from a small country. Angor knew about that. Back in the Nightmare Realm, Angor saw Sunders when he was young. Sunders never changed his noble temperament from a young man to a middle-aged man.
Besides, Sunders always wore a gentleman's outfit, so Angor was not surprised to see a noble's manor.
After entering the manor, Angor followed the demon falcon to Sunders' study.
"Professor." Angor knocked on the door.
The first thing that caught Angor's attention was not Sunders. Instead, it was the countless bookshelves that reached to the ceiling. Angor was almost dazzled by them.
"Do you remember the way to Phantom Island?"
Phantom Island? Angor was stunned for a second before he remembered that Sunders' title was "Phantom Master". Phantom Island should be the island he was on.
Angor quickly nodded. He was a little nervous and scared on the way, but he still remembered the route.
"Good. If you have any questions about your channeling method, you can come to Phantom Island and ask me. If I'm not here, you can also go to Flora. " Sunders was sitting in front of his desk with Singularity Dispersive Meditation in front of him. Obviously, he had been studying this channeling method before Angor came.
"Got it." Angor nodded.
"You may leave, then." Sunders did not even look at Angor.
Angor was surprised. He thought Sunders called him here for something else. He did not expect Sunders to really just "find the way".
"By the way, whenever you come to me or Flora, don't forget to bring the gold coin I gave you. Without it, you'll be attacked by phantom beasts as soon as you set foot on Phantom Island," said Sunders.
"Got it."
"Good. Learn the channeling method as soon as possible. Otherwise, it won't be easy for you to survive here."
…
After leaving Phantom Island, Angor returned to the Falling Cloud Bus Stop. Two people were already waiting there. Like Angor, they were also waiting for the Sky Vine Bus.
Angor's arrival attracted their attention. They did not pay much attention to him at first. But when they took a closer look at Angor's face, one of them was surprised. He took out a crystal ball from his robe and showed a picture.
The background of the picture was the resource distribution hall. There were many people in the picture, but Angor was the main character in the center.
"You're Angor?" The short man looked at the person in the picture and then looked at Angor who was standing aside.
Angor did not want to get involved in other people's business, so he stood far away. But he didn't expect that even though he stood far away, the short boy opposite him still found him and looked at him with a surprised expression.
"I'm Angor. And you are?" Angor did not know why the man knew his name.
The short man smiled at Angor in a friendly manner. "I'm Boris. That's my friend Hart." Hart was a boy wearing rimless glasses.
"You're really Angor?"
Angor nodded. He did not know why they knew him.
After receiving Angor's confirmation, Boris and Hart both looked at Angor with admiration in their eyes.
"You know what? You're famous now! "Boris showed Angor the crystal ball.
Angor looked at the crystal ball and saw the picture of the resource distribution hall.
"You got on the bus here. Did you go to Mister Sunders' Phantom Island? I knew it! You're Mister Sunders' new student! "Boris said.
Angor chuckled awkwardly in response.
"I think everyone knows you now. Mister Sunders took in a new student. This is big news!"
Boris kept talking since they boarded the bus. He did not notice Angor's awkwardness at all. Hart, on the other hand, did not talk much. He only looked at Angor with a jealous expression.
Angor finally got off the bus and got rid of the chatterbox's attack.
After this incident, Angor knew that he had become famous in the apprentice circle. Being famous was not necessarily a good thing. It meant that he would attract more attention. His every move might attract suspicion, and it would be more dangerous.
So, he had to find a place to live as soon as possible.
With that in mind, Angor stopped walking toward the Cave Field. Instead, he changed his direction and walked toward the apprentice town.
Apprentice Town already felt prosperous from afar. As he got closer, he could feel the magnificent aura of the town. There were several skyscrapers over 20 meters tall. There were different architectural styles as well. Some were wetland, some were fantasy. Angor even saw a shell building similar to Heylan's style. However, he did not see anything in the Goldspink style.
Different architectural styles, but overall, the town was harmonious. It seemed that there was a great town planner in this town. At least, Angor could not put together a shell house, a tree house, a steel tower, and other buildings of different styles without looking out of place.
An hour later, Angor left Apprentice Town Eight with a smile on his face.
Being famous was a bad thing, but it was not all bad. At least, the manager recognized him when he tried to rent a room from the apprentice town. The manager even helped Angor find a room for him. He even took care of all the furniture for Angor.
He only spent 500 merit points to rent a villa with a garden for a year. 500 merit points equaled to 5 magic crystals. Five magical crystals to rent a villa for a year might seem expensive, but if the villa's security measures were extremely high and it was within the Concentration Mana Array, which could effectively increase the efficiency of meditation, then five magical crystals would seem much cheaper.
The new villa had three basic magic arrays: Soundproof, Defensive, and Anti-Magic. They were all low-level magic arrays, but they were enough for Angor. Most of the residents of the apprentice town were apprentices, after all. The three basic magic arrays were enough to keep most apprentices away. Even if someone tried to force his way in, he would have enough time to react, and no one would know his secret.
After leaving Apprentice Town Eight, Angor returned to the Cave Field.
It took him a while to find his room in the maze-like cavern.
He saw Sailum and Nausica standing in front of his door. They seemed to be chatting.
"Why are you here?" Angor was confused.
Nausica pointed at the broken chain on the ground and gave him a helpless look. "Sailum found your door chain broken and was worried that someone might try to rob it, so he asked me to be your guard."
Angor looked at the broken chain on the ground and then at Sailum who was giving him a "praise me" look. He felt warm inside and thanked the man with a smile.
"You did it yourself, didn't you?" Nausica drew her sword from her waist. "You did it with this?"
Angor nodded.
"Why did you do that? Aren't you afraid that someone might break in? That Hookdick, and Fosah … they're not friendly to you. "
"A lock like this is useless. It doesn't matter if I cut it or not." Nausica narrowed her eyes. She suddenly thought of something and looked at Angor. "You … you're not going to live here, are you?"
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