Not long after Angor left Fingernail's Alchemy Workshop, Granny Fingernail left as well. Her destination was the R&D department.
This time, she went to the Research and Development Institute because of Ivo.
She even decided to use her authority to force Dean Muse out of his secluded training. Ivo's whereabouts were not only related to her, but also to the entire R&D department.
Back then, Ivo was the most talented alchemist in the Research and Development Institute. There were even many alchemists who wanted him to take over the position of the dean. But in the end, he suddenly disappeared, causing the Research and Development Institute to lose a genius who could reach the Mystical realm.
The R&D department was known as the holy land of alchemy in the southern wizarding region, but they always had one regret: they lacked a Mystery alchemist to protect them.
The department's goal was not limited to the southern wizarding region. They hoped to become the holy land of alchemy in the four wizarding worlds, or even in the origin worlds.
Only by having a Mystery alchemist could the department truly become the holy land of alchemy. Otherwise, they would only be playing house in the southern wizarding region.
This was why Angor, who once touched Mystery, was easily accepted by most of the department's members.
Ivo's creation of a Mystery item was already confirmed. In the eyes of the department, Ivo was also a Mystery alchemist.
Therefore, finding Ivo had been the department's goal for many years.
Now that Angor brought news about Ivo, as long as they could confirm it, the department would do everything they could to find Ivo.
If Ivo's news spread in the department, it would definitely cause a huge uproar.
Meanwhile, Angor, the source of this storm, did not know that a great storm was brewing in the dark. He was now sitting outside the ring as a special judge, waiting for the match to begin.
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The arena Angor was in was just an ordinary one. It was also the least popular among the eighteen arenas that were going on at the same time.
Less than one-sixth of the audience seats were filled.
It was said that one of the arenas that was going on at the same time was "Ice Edge VS Cui Ci".
These two contestants were both seeds with great potential. Most importantly, both of them were witches, and each had their own unique features. It was rare for two supernovas to compete in a competition where most of the audience was male. Naturally, it attracted the attention of most of the audience.
Because of this, no one paid attention to the other matches.
Besides, this match was not only between two men, but also two completely unknown people who never made it to the ranking list.
Most of the people who came to watch the match were here to support Ivo, or those who could not get a ticket and had no choice.
However, when they came to the arena, they were surprised to see Angor, who they only saw in the preliminaries of the match.
Apart from the first match as a special judge, Angor had never shown up again since then.
If they were not mistaken, this was his second match!
Was there something important about this match? Or was there going to be a dark horse here?
Thinking of this, the audience, who originally did not have any expectations for this match, suddenly became excited. Besides, even if there was nothing special about this match, Angor's presence here was enough to make people talk about it.
Angor, who was the center of everyone's discussion, did not care about the audience's mood.
He did not know if there would be a dark horse. His reason for coming here was simple. The lineup for this match was "Gaze of Mystery VS Zebra Piper".
"Gaze of Mystery" was Dave's nickname. This was his first match after joining the "Rising Star" competition, so Angor had to come and watch it. He also wanted to get a chance to be a special judge.
To his surprise, he managed to "fool" his way through this time.
Because the match started very quickly, it also ended very quickly.
While the audience was still trying to figure out why Angor came to this match, the match came to an abrupt end.
Even the people on the judging panel were caught off guard and were discussing in low voices. They were not discussing the outcome of the match, because there was no dispute about the outcome. The winner was the Pied Piper.
They were mainly discussing how to evaluate and rank these two contestants on the "Rising Star Contestant Ranking List".
In the end, they came to ask for Angor's opinion.
Angor thought for a moment and answered, "There was a lot of chance in this match. Zebra Piper completely restrained Gaze of Mystery. It's hard to judge his strength from this match. Gaze of Mystery did not use his full strength, so it's hard to judge his performance. But Zebra Piper … "
"He's quite strong," Angor agreed.
As far as Angor was concerned, Zebra Piper could be called a dark horse.
Angor recalled the match. As soon as Dave entered the stage, the audience began to curse him. The guy was fully equipped with alchemy items from head to toe. The items were of different colors, and Dave tried to keep a low profile. But in the eyes of the audience, they were all shining gold.
It was rare to see such tiered alchemy items in a "Rising Star" competition. Many people automatically thought of Dave as someone who spent a lot of money. There were many people in the audience who hated the rich, which naturally caused a lot of disdain.
Luckily, the host's introduction saved Dave's life.
The host introduced David as an alchemist, which calmed the audience down. Generally speaking, alchemists were the weakest in terms of combat power among their peers. They used their own refined equipment to participate in the competition, which the audience approved. After all, it was a part of their own strength.
As for the other contestant, he was much more shabby than David.
"Zebra Piper," Hamelin. He was wearing an old set of clothes and a cloak covered in patches. Even the flute in his hand had cracks on it.
Comparing the two, the audience already believed that David would definitely win.
But when the battle really started, a scene that shocked everyone appeared. As soon as the match began, David took out a modified revolver cannon and fired at the Pied Piper. A large amount of dust and smoke appeared in the ring.
Zebra Piper easily dodged the attacks and even drifted in the air. Not only was he not injured, but his clothes were also intact.
While Zebra Piper was dodging, he didn't stay idle. He took the bone flute and played a melodious tune.
The tune didn't sound wrong because it didn't cause any energy waves. It was just like an ordinary tune.
However, as the tune played, small black things suddenly came out of Zebra Piper's loose robe. Looking closely, these little things were all scarlet-eyed rats!
The rats were huge, and no one knew where they were hiding. Zebra Piper's robe fluttered, and a large number of rats came out of his sleeves, under his cloak, and under his pants.
There were at least a thousand of them. Looking down from above, the stage looked like it was covered in black worms, and they all rushed at Dave like a swarm of bees.
These rats weren't ordinary rats. They were extremely fierce. Their claws were sharp enough to leave white marks on Dave's armor. With a swing of their tails, Dave was almost thrown out by the huge force, and this was only the strength of one rat. With so many rats on the stage, it was even more terrifying!
Every time the Piper's tune went up or down, the rats would respond to it. Everyone now understood that the tune did not have any energy properties, but it could control the rats.
At first, Dave wanted to attack Zebra Piper and stop him from playing the flute. But later, he realized that Zebra Piper could control the rats with his voice and hand gestures even if he didn't play the flute. So, Dave decided to put the Piper aside and deal with the rats first.
Dave came prepared for the Rising Star Competition. Not only did he have alchemy equipment, but he also had a way to deal with Summoners, such as a potion that could produce plague.
However, while Dave was busy dealing with the rats, he did not notice the change in the Piper's tune.
The tune, style, and rhythm were all the same. However, there was an extremely subtle energy fluctuation.
Even the audience and most of the judges did not notice it, but Angor sensed it. It was not mana, but spirit power!
The spirit power slowly drifted toward Dave along with the melodious tune.
Unprepared, David's mental strength drilled into his helmet. Then, as if drunk, David lost control of his body's movements.
Under the Pied Piper's control, David took off his alchemy equipment in a daze and began to dance among the rats.
The rats did not attack Dave. Instead, they happily performed all kinds of joyful movements in the Piper's tune.
The rats could also move around and form all kinds of patterns along with the tune.
It looked like a ridiculous but hilarious musical.
Finally, when David woke up, he was already dancing and landing below the ring.
The match was over.
The match ended quickly. There were some happy dances, but most of the audience was still confused. For example, the judges couldn't even tell what level the Pied Piper's strength was at.
As far as Angor was concerned, even if the Piper's performance did not reach the climax, he only won because Dave was not paying attention. The Piper secretly used energy to attack Dave while he was playing the tune.
However, if one observed carefully, they would find that the Piper controlled Dave with only his spirit power. That was terrifying.
Spirit power was a sign of extraordinary wizardry. However, for most apprentices, it was not easy to lift a piece of paper with spirit power.
The Piper could use his spirit power as a means of attack, but it would be difficult for him to deal with someone of the same level.
Angor estimated that the Piper's spirit power value had reached the peak.
At least, Angor believed that most of the apprentices he saw so far had lower spirit power values than him. Even Easley, who had 23 points of spirit power on The Redbud, was much weaker than this Piper.
And there were very few apprentices who could defend against spirit power.
For this reason, Angor believed that the Piper could be called a dark horse.
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