Angor decided to make a music box on the spur of the moment. [Zero ↑ Nine △ Little ↑ Say △ Net]
Seeing Toby's pleading look, Greer couldn't help but think about Greya. He felt a little guilty for hiding the truth from Toby. Angor decided to use the music box in exchange for Toby's promise. It was a reassurance to prevent Toby from discovering the music box in the future.
Toby did not know what a "music box" was. However, it knew that Angor knew alchemy, so its eyes were filled with hope and joy. Even the Echo Flower, which was its favorite flower, could not wait to give it to Angor.
Angor brought the two Echo Flowers to his lab.
He did not know if there were music boxes in other places, but in Goldspink Empire, music boxes were always popular among the nobles. Due to the lack of craftsmanship, the music box's scale was too harsh and monotonous, but it was still very popular among the nobles.
Angor used to have a music box as well. Jon gave it to him for his fifth birthday, and it played a song called "Happy Birthday". Angor loved the song when he was little and played it over and over again. However, after going to Waterford and listening to the concerts of the masters, he no longer cared about the simple scale of the music box.
Still, he had to admit that the music box's monotonous metal clanking sound was still an indelible memory of his childhood. Now that he thought about it, the concerts were grand, but the simple and melodious music of the music box was the best memory of his childhood.
The music box he made for Toby was meant to recreate all musical scales perfectly. He didn't want the final product to be a monotonous music box. So, he chose to use Echo Flowers as the material. It was a creative idea of his.
However, the alchemy books he obtained did not mention anything about music boxes. The only blueprint he had was the 3D printed blueprint stored in Jon's hologram tablet. Angor did not plan to make a traditional music box, so he had to modify and recreate the blueprint.
How to use Echo Flowers in the music box, and how to avoid the flaw of only one recording … These were all problems he needed to solve.
Apart from that, Angor also had a little ambition.
He wanted to make the music box, even if it was just a temporary idea, but he still wanted to do his best. The music box had only one function, but he also wanted to do something different.
In the past, he had only smelted alchemy weapons. As for other types of alchemy tools, he had never touched them before. The music box was his new attempt. It was also a stepping stone for him to open his mind and go further on the road of alchemy.
Since he could make Toby happy and train his alchemy skills, why not?
…
He did not start working on the music box right away. He still had a lot of things to do. One and a half months was almost up. Once the news about the purification garden spread, more powerful players would swarm into Sky Tower. It would be even harder for him to reach the top. Therefore, his main focus was still on climbing the tower. He only had time to read alchemy books every night before he went to bed to study the characteristics of the Echo Flower and the selection of other materials. He also redrew the blueprint of the music box.
His days were spent in abundance.
A week later, he reached the fifth level.
These days, even if he used shameless methods to win, his combat experience was getting richer and richer. He now knew how to avoid damage, how to cast cantrips accurately, when to attack, and when to defend himself. He was still a bit immature, but a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step. As long as he accumulated enough experience, he would eventually achieve a qualitative change.
So far, he did not lose a single match. However, his progress was still too slow.
If Butler Goode was right, the news about the purification garden would spread in less than a month. And he was only at the fifth level.
There were 15 levels in the Sky Tower, and he still needed ten more to reach the top. Judging from his progress, it would be impossible for him to reach the top before the news spread.
How could he increase his speed? That was the question Angor was thinking about.
How to shorten the time between matches? Angor's matches usually did not last more than five minutes. No matter how he shortened his matches, it would not increase his efficiency.
The only thing holding him back was the long intervals between matches.
After each match, if someone wanted to continue, the Sky Tower would kindly give them half an hour to prepare. For others, this was a very considerate arrangement. But for Angor, this half an hour was the key to his progress.
On the day he reached the fifth level, Angor went to the lottery booth and asked if there was a way to shorten the waiting time. It would be better if he did not wait and went straight to the stage.
The worker was surprised by Angor's request. He had never heard of such a request in all his years of service.
"Mister Baron Milk, this is a rule set by the Sky Tower management. We cannot change it for you." The worker gave Angor a doubtful look. Was this Baron Milk in need of money? Or did he enjoy torturing his opponents? Was that why he wanted to fight faster? However, the worker did a quick check and found that none of Angor's opponents died. In fact, very few of them were injured, which was rare in the Sky Tower.
If that wasn't the reason, what else could it be? Did he want to reach the top as soon as possible? He would reach the top sooner or later. What was the hurry?
The worker did not know about the purification garden either. Reaching the top of the Sky Tower did not grant anyone anything other than a ticket to the Tower of Infinity. Many people would even lower their level on purpose so that they would not be tortured to death by monsters in the higher levels. They came to the Sky Tower either for money or battle experience. There was no need to seek death at the top level.
Unless … Angor was a battle maniac who did not fear death? Considering this possibility, the worker looked at Angor with more respect. There were many battle maniacs in Sky Tower. Most of the contestants on the last three levels were Bloodline Apprentices. It was rare to see someone who was not a Bloodline Apprentice.
"Is there really no other way?" Angor looked disappointed.
The worker was even more convinced that Angor was a battle maniac. The Sky Tower greatly valued battle maniacs. As long as there were battle maniacs, there would always be people coming to watch the matches.
The worker considered for a moment. "How about this? Go to the management office and ask Manager Melantha. If she agrees, everything will be fine."
Angor thanked the worker and went down from the fifth level to the first.
The management office was located on the first level. It was where Angor registered.
When Angor arrived at the office, he asked the worker about Melantha and explained his intention. The worker seemed to think that Angor was a battle maniac as well. He asked Angor to wait in the office and went to find Melantha.
A moment later, someone opened the door of the management office.
Angor looked at the door and saw a middle-aged woman in a tight black uniform. Her hair was tied up high, and she had a serious look on her face.
The woman was surprised when she saw Angor. Angor's reaction was the same.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Manager Melantha Yada." The woman's serious expression was replaced by a gentle smile as she walked to Angor.
Angor had seen this woman before. She was in charge of registering and recording the lottery boxes on the first level. Angor thought she was just a worker. He did not expect her to be the manager of the management office.
"Manager Melantha, I'm —"
"Baron Milk. I know." Melantha rarely smiled. Her smile looked a little stiff as she said, "Many people are paying attention to you. It's been a long time since someone advanced as fast as you."
Angor felt a little embarrassed. He did not feel good about advancing in such a shameless way.
Melantha noticed Angor's embarrassment through his black robe. She did not continue the small talk and went straight to the point. "I heard from my men that you want to reduce the time between matches?"
Angor nodded. "Can I?"
Melantha did not answer his question. Instead, she asked curiously, "I'm curious. Why do you want to do this? If it's to make money, you can use your weapon and go to the questing hall to accept quests faster. As for being a battle maniac … "Melantha paused. She seemed to know Angor very well." I don't believe it. "
"So, can you tell me the reason?"
Melantha looked at Angor curiously.
Angor considered and said, "I want to reach the top as soon as possible."
Melantha chuckled. "You want to reach the top in a month?"
Angor did not tell Melantha the exact time, which meant Melantha already knew about the garden.
"Yes."
Melantha said, "I understand now. You're here for the purification garden?"
"Yes," Angor admitted.
Melantha nodded but did not refuse. She looked at Angor and smiled. "I didn't expect you to be so well-informed." "But I can tell you that it's going to be very difficult for you to reach the 15th level with that alchemy weapon on your wrist. The contestants in the last three levels are much stronger than you think. They might even kill you. "
Angor did not express his opinion. But he snorted in his mind. "He has a secret weapon."
Melantha did not ask Angor what secret weapon he had. Since Angor insisted on the match, she would not insist.
"Alright then. I can change the time between matches to five minutes. But I have to warn you that even if you reach the last three levels, you'll still have to fight for five minutes. Are you sure you want to change it? "
"Yes!" Angor replied without hesitation.
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