Angor didn't plan to tell Toby about Greya's disappearance. He didn't know whether Greya was safe or not. Telling Toby right now would only increase his burden.
Even if he did tell Toby about Greya's disappearance and wanted to find her in the Nightmare Realm, where would Toby go? Where was Haunt World? Would he be able to find a nightmare passage in Haunt World? All these questions were unrealistic. At least, Angor believed that even if he and Toby worked together, they still wouldn't find Greya, let alone Toby.
Under such circumstances, hiding the truth from Toby was the best choice.
Angor spent the night in such a complicated mood.
During the day, Angor went to the Sky Tower as usual. Since Dripping River was one of the few contestants in the world, Angor's progress was smooth. He won all eight matches in the morning and four in the afternoon. Not only did he earn 24 general points, but he also earned 96 merit points. It wasn't a lot, but it was better than nothing.
At night, Angor took out the illusion notebook Sunders gave him and decided to start studying illusions.
Basic illusions were all about creating illusions. Sunders already mentioned that creating illusions based on local conditions could make the illusion more realistic. Also, basic illusions couldn't afford to make any logical mistakes.
As long as these two points were correct, the illusions he created would be more convincing.
However, the illusions created by basic illusions can only be effective when the opponent is caught off guard and enters the illusion. Using illusions in front of other people was almost completely useless.
Therefore, basic illusions were not meant to be used in battles. At the very least, using basic illusions to create illusions in a narrow path battle or a serious Challenge Tournament was simply courting death.
Now, he was able to learn basic illusions with ease. Under the guidance of the notebook, he created an illusion that looked like an underground cave using the underground laboratory as the background in less than half an hour. There were some flaws in the illusion, such as water dripping from the stalactites and the slippery ground, which meant the air should be moist. However, the air was actually dry.
If he could use a water-type cantrip to make the illusion look better, he would be able to reduce the number of flaws.
Still, it was already a great achievement for a beginner to create such an illusion so quickly. The biggest reason why Angor could learn basic illusions so quickly was because of his excellent channeling method and talent.
Wizards who didn't study illusions could also learn basic illusions, but their learning speed would be much slower. This was the bonus effect brought about by the talent.
To create an illusion, he needed to have his own knowledge of reality. Therefore, he had to experience the illusion himself before he could create it. If he created an illusion out of thin air, it would only fool a child. Anyone with a little common sense would be able to see through it.
For example, Angor's lava illusion. He had never seen real lava before. According to the book, lava's lava was orange, so he created an orange lava. According to the book, lava could emit smoke, which looked like a hot spring............... to make the smoke more..... he even imitated Nausica's....... smoke..........
Anyone who had seen a volcano would know that such an illusion was full of mistakes.
It was like the difference between 2D animation and 3D animation. The flaws were too obvious.
Of course, if Angor had a solid foundation in illusions, he could always find other ways to make up for the flaws. For example, magic arrays from the Illusion School could easily drive someone crazy and kill them.
He already knew the basics of basic illusions. The illusions he created would allow his target to experience the place as long as it was something he had experienced before. Next, he would need to practice more and go out to avoid all kinds of logical mistakes. Then he would master basic illusions.
After learning basic illusions, Angor didn't rush to learn the other low-level illusions recorded in the book. Instead, he decided to practice his basic skills.
In the next few days, Angor climbed the tower while improving his basic illusions.
On this day, the sky was clear and bright.
Angor told Toby that he wouldn't be going to the Sky Tower today, so Toby left early in the morning to play in the forest.
As soon as Toby left, Angor grinned and began to set up a small illusion around the yard.
The fences, the mistletoe, and even the house didn't change much.
The only thing he changed was the position of the window. He used to open the window on the right side, so he changed it to the left. However, the window on the right side of the house was still wide open.
Even the people who lived here often wouldn't notice the change in details.
Toby played outside for the whole day and only returned when dusk was about to fall. Angor sat in the living room and used his spirit feelers to observe Toby's movements.
As expected, Toby didn't doubt the opening of the window at all and rushed in from the right side.
Bang!
Toby's head hit the glass.
Angor tried to hold back his laughter while Toby looked confused. Wasn't the window wide open? Why can't I get in?
Toby went to the window and tested it with his foot. He found that the window was closed, but it looked open.
"Maybe I'm hallucinating?" Toby decided to enter from the attic window.
Angor also did something to the attic's skylight. Toby bumped into the glass again. Toby was knocked dizzy and spun around on the roof dizzily.
Angor saw this through his spirit feelers in the living room and laughed out loud.
Naturally, Toby heard the laughter as well.
Toby finally understood why he kept bumping his head. Considering how Angor had been practicing illusions these days, Toby now knew that Angor was the one who did it.
Toby puffed up his cheeks angrily.
"Alright, enough joking. I've removed the illusion. Come in! "Angor smiled at Toby as he entered the attic.
Toby ignored him and kept puffing up his cheeks without making any noise.
Angor climbed to the roof and apologized to Toby with a smile. Toby still ignored him. Instead, he turned around and pointed at Angor with his gray tail.
"I'm just kidding." Angor grinned. "I'll take you to a feast later. I heard the market just got a new batch of deep-sea fish. How about we go and have a taste?"
Toby looked back but still didn't say anything. Toby just stared at Angor with a wronged look.
Angor felt a little guilty. He was just joking with Toby, and he also wanted to test the effect of his illusions.
Angor cleared his throat. "How about this? I'll borrow your Echo Flower. I'll give you a surprise later."
With that, Angor took the flower from the attic and went down to his soundproof room.
Toby's cheeks finally calmed down after Angor left. He approached the window with a doubtful look. He used his claws to make sure the window was open before he flew into the attic.
Toby flew to the living room from the attic. He wasn't really angry at Angor's teasing. Toby only pretended to be angry because he wanted to use this chance to get another Echo Flower.
However, not only did he fail, but Angor even took away an Echo Flower.
Toby wondered what Angor's surprise was.
…
A moment later, Angor returned with the Echo Flower in his hand. Toby was standing on the table in the living room, looking at him with a pair of anxious eyes. To be more precise, Toby was staring at the Echo Flower as if he was afraid that Angor would break it.
But it didn't seem to be doing anything.
"Tweet tweet tweet —" Toby chirped at Angor several times.
With his level-10 bird language, Angor knew that Toby was asking him where the surprise was.
Angor smiled mysteriously. He placed the Echo Flower on the table and asked Toby to step on its exposed roots.
Echo Flowers were a kind of soundwave alchemy material, but Toby had been using them as a recording tool.
Toby tilted his head and looked at Angor from the corner of his eyes. After Angor's urging, Toby put his claws on the roots of the Echo Flower.
When Toby stepped on the roots, the lilac petals of the flower moved a little.
Following that, a series of melodious notes came from the petals.
Various musical instruments intertwined with each other, but they weren't too complicated. Among them, strings were the most prominent. They were like soft humming sounds that instantly captured everyone's senses.
This was Angor's second time listening to this song, but he still felt his scalp tingling with joy.
This was the City of Sky.
The music of another civilization.
But it had the same appeal to people's hearts.
The Echo Flower was able to record sounds at a very high frequency range. Even complex scales could be perfectly presented.
Under the perfect recording of the Echo Flower, the City of Sky was enchanted with the power of music.
Toby was almost stunned. The Birdsong Quartet that he had always been proud of was like a pile of dust when compared to this Castle in the Sky. There was no way they could be compared at all.
Toby used to think that his quartet was just music.
But at this time, it realized that music actually had ups and downs. Music had emotions. Music could let you follow the intention of the performer and see what he wanted to express.
When the song "Castle in the Sky" ended, Toby immediately took out his claws and pressed them against the roots of the Echo Flower.
However, the Echo Flower was only a plant, not a controllable artificial brain. It could record music, but it could only record the previous performance once. After the song was played, it would automatically delete the audio.
Toby pressed his claws for a long time, but nothing happened.
"Tweet?" Toby looked at Angor with a pleading look.
Angor purposely ignored Toby's pleading and smiled. "The song is called City of Sky. Consider it my apology for my prank just now. What do you think? Very sincere, right? "
Toby anxiously chirped again and asked Angor to play the song again.
Angor tried to pretend for a while and finally said, "How about this? Give me two Echo Flowers, and I'll try to make a music box for you. But I don't want to pay cheap. "
Toby gave Angor a sad look. He didn't have money.
"I won't take your money either. You just need to promise me one thing."
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