"Why is it a bird?" Shirley was confused. "I didn't sense any life energy before."
Farrina answered her question first, "It's simple. You're weaker than it. Much weaker. That's why you couldn't sense it. "
Shirley's expression faltered upon hearing this. Was she weaker than this childish bird?
She couldn't believe it. Before she could finish her thoughts, she felt a terrifying aura dragging her into a world of darkness. In this pitch-black world, the only thing she could see was two dark red eyes the size of copper bells in front of her.
After a moment of quivering, Shayleigh abruptly returned to reality.
The terrifying aura that made her tremble was gone. There was only a harmless seabird in front of her.
"Hey, she already apologized. Don't bother her." Angor patted Toby's head. "Besides, she didn't touch you."
Toby chirped a couple of times, and his imposing manner finally subsided.
At this point, Shirley was well aware that this bird was far more powerful than her. It had to be at least a half-step wizard to release such a terrifying aura. It might even be a wizard-level monster!
Charlie swallowed her saliva to moisten her dry throat a little.
Now that she thought about it, Angor's punishment was mild. He only made her lose her consciousness, but he didn't really hurt her. If it had been this bird that had come out to cause trouble for her when they were underwater, she would probably have died by now.
"Can you still feel its emotional forcefield?" Angor asked while Shirley was still trembling in fear.
Shirley hesitated and nodded. "Yes. It's weak, but it's always there."
"Can you tell me what the emotion field you sensed was like?" Angor raised an eyebrow.
Shirley closed her eyes and carefully sensed the subtle energy waves coming from the bird. "Hatred, viciousness, madness, anger … and something I can't describe. It's like …"
Shirley deliberated over her choice of words before finally saying, "Jealousy."
Angor's calm expression finally showed a hint of surprise when he heard the word "jealousy".
Since Froste was suppressing Toby's resentment, Angor couldn't sense anything different about Toby during normal times. Only in Toby's dream did he vaguely feel that something was wrong. He discovered that the thought of extreme resentment might be influencing Toby and even guiding his thoughts.
Even so, Angor didn't sense the resentment directly.
Besides, Toby was still awake, so Angor couldn't see anything wrong.
As for Sally, she was able to break through Froste's seal and sense Toby's resentment, which surprised Angor.
"You're really good at reading emotions." Angor didn't hesitate to praise her.
Out of instinct, Shirley bowed slightly. "As a magician, it's my job to sense the changes in my audience's mind and choose the right method."
Shirley spoke in a very professional manner, but everyone present knew that the "corresponding method" she was referring to was actually missing a word. She was referring to "corresponding deception method".
But that didn't matter. Angor didn't care if Shirley was a magician or a trickster.
What he cared about was her special ability.
He couldn't tell what Shirley's super perceptive ability was for now, but he had a feeling that it might help Toby.
With that in mind, Angor spoke in a small voice, "I'm very interested in your talent."
Angor didn't say anything to Shirley's puzzled look. Instead, he took out the transmitter he got from the research department and asked to contact Shirley.
Shirley didn't know what Angor was planning to do, but she still did it without hesitation.
Angor was a member of the research department, and no one could contact him except for the people in the department. This was enough to prove that it wasn't a bad thing to do.
Angor told Shirley that Shirley's ability might help him one day.
Shirley didn't say anything about it. "Shirley and I will stay in Floating Mech City for the time being. If Wizard Padt needs Shirley's help, feel free to contact her at any time," Farrina said.
As far as Farrina was concerned, Shirley should pay for what she did to Angor. However, as Farrina's teacher, she was only helping Shirley. If Angor really needed Shirley's help, she hoped that Shirley wouldn't get herself killed for Farrina's sake.
Angor understood what Farrina was implying. He nodded with a smile.
With that done, Farrina left with Shirley. She planned to go to the communication tower on the opposite side of the city and contact Vifet. After confirming Vifet's attitude, Farrina would contact Angor again.
Angor planned to buy some materials for Polymorph from Granny Fingernail before going to see his brother.
"You're going to learn Polymorph?" Granny Fingernail asked as soon as she saw Angor's list.
Angor nodded.
Granny Fingernail quickly found the materials and gave them to Angor. She didn't ask where Angor got the worm. "Yes, Polymorph is a necessary skill for wizards. However, due to the lack of Flexible Morphing Worms, many wizards don't bother to learn it. They think it's a waste of time to study it for decades.
"Yes, Polymorph takes a long time. But you'll gain more knowledge and experience in the process. It's not efficient, but it's still something you can learn.
"I don't know where you got the worm, but I hope you can study Polymorph itself if you have the chance."
Angor nodded. He understood that as well. Polymorph was a shortcut, but he still lacked a real understanding of it.
Professor Sunders also told him that after learning Polymorph from Flexible Morphing Worms, he should save some time to study real Polymorph. After all, when you learned the Shapeshifting Technique from the Soft Morphing Worm, and then reverse-engineered the learning process of the Shapeshifting Technique, the time spent would be much less than the time spent on normal cultivation.
At the same time, he could also gain the experience and knowledge that he lacked in the Shapeshifting Spell. This was something that most Magi who used the skin of Shapeshifting Worms would do.
Some wizards would even remove the Flexible Morphing Worm's skin when they truly learned Polymorph through reverse learning.
For this reason, there was no difference between learning Polymorph normally and taking a shortcut. In the end, they all came down to the same path.
Taking a shortcut would indeed save a lot of time. This was undeniable.
After buying the materials, Angor bid farewell to Granny Fingernail. Since the flood on the other side of the street had been cleared, many law enforcers were keeping the peace, and Munshi's Magical Material Street was getting more and more lively.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Angor changed his appearance slightly and headed to Champagne Road.
Wood Bar No. 93, Champagne Road, was as lively as ever.
It felt like an entire season was separated by a glass window. Outside, it was cold and windy, while inside, it was bustling with activity.
Angor tried his best to hide his presence inside the bar, so no one noticed him. On his way to Fragrant Tavern, Angor noticed that the people in the bar were talking about three different topics.
The first one was about the Rising Star Competition, which attracted the most people. Most of the people in the bar were Rising Star Competition contestants. Some were bragging, some were complaining, and some were gossiping.
Angor also heard people mentioning Nausica's name. It seemed they were talking about the promotion match.
The second one was about Angor. Someone said that Angor came to Floating Mech City yesterday, which pushed Angor, who was already the talk of the town, to new heights.
The third one was about what happened between Shirley and Carveline. Since it happened nearby, and the flood was so powerful, many people were talking about it.
Angor left after giving Shirley a small punishment, so he didn't know what happened next. Thanks to the gossip, he learned what happened next.
Shirley was still caught in the illusion, and she was surrounded by a group of people.
Most of the people in the bar suffered because of the flood she caused. They all hated Shirley to the core.
However, Shirley's acting skills were superb. After being caught, she immediately put away her claws and teeth and played the role of an innocent, pitiful girl who knew her mistakes and could change. She even took the initiative to return the beast-cutter knife to Alan. While everyone was wavering from her deception, Shirley borrowed the otter in the teapot and ran away again.
Most importantly, when Shirley ran away, she stole things from several people. Some of them were even more valuable than the knife.
In other words, she didn't lose anything by returning the knife. She took something even better. She also splashed a foul smell on everyone before leaving. Not only did everyone choke on it, but the smell also lingered around them for a long time.
Now everyone knew that Shirley was just acting. She wasn't a lost girl at all. She was a con artist! He had played all of them for fools!
Even though they weren't there, the people in the bar still felt troubled when talking about Shirley.
This was because no one had heard of Xia Li before this. Everyone was guessing where she had popped out from.
However, no one knew anything about Shirley. They didn't even know her name. However, after watching her fight with Carveline, they were sure that Shirley would become a dark horse in the upcoming Rising Star Competition.
Perhaps it would completely mess up the current supernova ranking list.
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