Angor didn't expect to see someone from Dark Castle at his door the next morning.
As soon as he stepped out of the soundproof room, he heard a strange, endless laughter.
Angor looked at the source of the voice and saw a pair of eyes filled with hostility.
It was a little girl about 12 or 13 years old. She wore a black puffy skirt and a black half-veil. She had long, straight black hair, pale skin, and a delicate face.
He didn't sense any supernatural aura coming from her, but she was floating in the air. Her eyes didn't match her pretty face. They contained extreme coldness and bloodthirstiness, as well as cruelty that made one feel like they were in a slaughterhouse.
Angor's calm expression turned a little gloomy when he saw the girl.
He was no stranger to this little girl. She was the one who had almost killed him in Silent Hill, the current ruler of Dark Castle, the "Dusk Queen", Isabella!
Apart from Isabella, Kimberly, and Sunders were also in the hall.
Isabella kept her eyes on Angor as he walked toward the center of the hall at a steady pace. Even though Isabella did not open her mouth to speak, her sharp and strange laughter continued to echo in the hall.
Angor walked to Sunders' side with a blank expression.
"Sit down," Sunders said.
Angor was planning to stand at the back, but Sunders told him to sit down. Kimberly and Isabella didn't object either, so Angor took a seat.
"We meet again." A strange voice came out of Isabella's mouth. When she spoke, the strange laughter did not stop. It was as if there were two voices at the same time.
Angor nodded without saying a word.
Isabella was a little annoyed by Angor's cold response, but she didn't dare to say anything in front of Sunders. She only looked at Angor with a slightly gloomy look.
Kimberly noticed Isabella's expression and curled her lips. She looked at Angor with great interest, as if she wanted to know more about the boy.
"Since Greya hasn't come out yet, may I ask why you're here?"
Kimberly held a cup of hot tea and took a sip. Then, she put the teacup down. The teacup floated to the side, and hot steam rose from it. It was picked up by the flower demon hiding in her hair forest.
"I'm here to continue our conversation from yesterday. As for Isabella, she must have other business, right?" Kimberly chuckled.
Sunders turned his gaze to Isabella.
Isabella looked at Kimberly coldly and slowly said, "Mister Phantom, how could I not come to Dark Castle to see you? Of course, in addition to meeting Sir Phantom, I have a small request. "
"Now that we've met, why don't you tell me what you want?" Sunders' tone was as flat as ever. He knew that Isabella's' meeting was only an excuse.
Maybe it had something to do with what happened in Dark Castle.
"Natasha told me that you have an alchemy weapon that can kill undead?"
Sunders glanced at Angor, but the latter didn't say anything.
"And?" Sunders adjusted his posture and crossed his arms, as if waiting for Isabella's next words.
"I just want to borrow it. Can I?"
"It's my student's. I can't make the decision." Sunders made his attitude clear. If Isabella wanted to borrow Prelude to Rebirth, she had to ask Angor.
Isabella's expression turned gloomy, but she still looked at Angor patiently. "What do you think, Angor?"
Angor didn't say anything for a long time, which caused the atmosphere to become tense.
Kimberly's interest grew. She could speak up to ease the tension, but she didn't. Instead, she leaned back on the sofa and pretended to enjoy the show.
"What? You don't want to? " Isabella's voice didn't change, but the laughter in the other voice sounded even deeper and colder. Angor felt an invisible pressure pressing down on him.
Isabella thought Sunders was going to stop her from pressuring Angor, which would give her more room to maneuver. To Isabella's surprise, Sunders did nothing as if he had nothing to do with it.
Isabella was a little confused, but she didn't stop pressuring Angor.
Any apprentice would feel weak in the knees under the pressure of a wizard. But to Isabella and Kimberly's surprise, Angor remained calm as if he did not feel the pressure at all.
They could clearly sense that Angor's blood flow and heartbeat remained the same. He did not show any signs of stress when he was being pressured.
This made Isabella even more displeased, and the pressure she exerted on him doubled.
Normal wizards would feel uncomfortable under such pressure, but Angor was still as calm as ever.
Isabella was never a good-tempered person. She was also very narrow-minded. When Angor and Shadow first met Isabella, she already threatened to kill Angor before they even knew each other.
The reason was simple. Back then, Isabella was chasing after Bogula, hoping to use Bogula to maintain the prestige of Dark Castle.
Bogula, on the other hand, had an extremely perverted hobby. He did not care about beauty. Only one kind of creature could catch his eye: a creature with blond hair and blue eyes. Even if it was an ugly merman, as long as he had blond hair and blue eyes, Bogula would go crazy over him.
Angor had blond hair and blue eyes. When Isabella saw Angor's hair and eyes, she immediately felt uncomfortable. Even though Angor hadn't met Bogula yet, Isabella was already threatening to kill him.
It could be seen that Isabella was extremely narrow-minded, cruel, and cold. To her, life was nothing more than a speck of dust.
Isabella restrained herself today because of Sunders' presence. But now, Angor, an apprentice, showed disdain toward her, which made Isabella even angrier.
Her dark eyes were instantly replaced by crimson red. She fully unleashed the aura of a level-2 wizard and aimed it at Angor alone.
Finally, Angor noticed something amiss under the intense pressure.
He looked up and pointed at Isabella. "It's very similar to what happened back then. So, you only know how to threaten?"
Angor looked up and gave Isabella a cold side-glance.
Isabella was a little surprised. Just then, she thought she saw a flash of green light in Angor's eyes. The light went straight into her heart, and she felt a strange sense of fear.
Isabella ignored the strange feeling and glared at Angor. "Do you really think you can defeat me with some tricks and tricks?"
"I'm not trying to fight you." Angor shrugged. "I'm just trying to remind you of what happened back then."
Isabella didn't react to Angor's words. Kimberly, on the other hand, looked curious.
"You tried to kill me in Silent Hill for some strange reason, and I couldn't do anything about it. Do you remember that?"
"You're saying you're going to fight back now?" That day, she found out that Isabella had returned, so she naturally remembered everything that had happened back then very clearly.
"I'm not going to fight back. But I have the right to refuse, right?" Angor didn't show any fear in the face of Isabella's threat.
"It's my weapon. I have the right to decide. Didn't you just ask me if I want to borrow it? My answer is — "
"No."
As a matter of fact, if Isabella didn't mention it, he would probably go and clear out all the undead creatures on his way out. After all, Prelude to Rebirth's magazine was empty for a long time, and it needed to be replenished.
But now that Isabella mentioned it, Angor became stubborn.
"What's the reason?" Isabella stared at Angor with a grim expression. If Sunders wasn't here, she wouldn't have said so much. "Just because of what happened back then?"
"Isn't that reason enough?" Angor raised an eyebrow. "Speaking of which, Lady Isabella, did you come to me because this matter has something to do with Dark Castle?"
Kimberly asked, "Yes, it's related to the internal affairs of Dark Castle. You're curious about that, aren't you?"
"Not at all. I just want to know why there are so many undead creatures out there. Don't you know?"
Sunders suddenly cleared his throat.
Angor didn't care what he said before, but he was going to talk about Dark Castle's thousand-year history.
Bloodbath.
Even if Dark Castle was being criticized for this, Angor still didn't want to embarrass Isabella in front of everyone, especially the current leader of Dark Castle.
Given Isabella's character, she might even start a war.
By then, Sunders would have no choice but to declare war against Dark Castle, which was not what he wanted.
Although Sunders stopped him in time, Isabella still understood what Angor was trying to say.
"You were the one who brought this upon yourselves. "Hmph!"
Isabella's expression darkened. Kimberly didn't mind it, but she still felt a little uncomfortable. Kimberly left Dark Castle because she wanted to follow Isabella's footsteps, and she didn't like how Isabella had changed.
Kimberly wouldn't mind if Isabella only wanted to pursue beauty and youth. However, Kimberly despised Isabella for using the blood of innocent girls to maintain her youth.
This was why Kimberly left Dark Castle six hundred years ago.
Kimberly didn't like Isabella's behavior either, but she didn't want to hear it from an outsider.
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