However, Angor's plan did not work out.
Magoo found Dankros and explained the situation to him. At first, Dankros expressed his unwillingness, which made Angor think of asking Magoo to find a new guide. However, Dankros' attitude did not last long. Dankros soon changed his attitude and put on a "Since you need me so much, I'll show mercy and agree" look.
Once Dankros agreed, his arrogant attitude immediately turned into a bootlicker. Of course, Dankros was flattering Toby, who was sitting on Angor's shoulder.
Dankros began to flatter Toby as if flattery was free.
Seeing Dankrose's reaction, Angor knew that the guy was just trying to put on a show. With Toby by his side, there was a 70% chance that Dankros would agree.
In addition, Dankros had been blocked by Duroche recently. After hiding for so many days, he was depressed. With Magoo's arrow token, Dankros could walk away freely. Why would he refuse?
Angor sighed. Since things were already like this, he had no choice. At least, Dankros was qualified to be Angor's tool.
"When will you be leaving, mister?" Magoo asked.
Angor hesitated for a moment. "Maybe tomorrow."
Magoo nodded with a smile and did not ask anything else.
Seeing that Magoo and Fiery Midier had nothing else to say, Angor prepared to leave.
Fiery Midier and Magoo exchanged a glance. "Please wait for a moment," Magoo said slowly.
Angor looked at him in confusion.
Magoo did not explain right away. Instead, he closed his eyes. Several seconds later, a streak of fire slowly fell from the sun-like elemental core at the top of the classroom.
The fire landed on Magoo's hand and turned into a fist-sized red crystal.
Fiery Midier stood up and pointed a finger at the red crystal. A streak of black flame covered the crystal as if it was wearing a black armor.
Magoo handed over the black and red crystal, "We've seen it in 'The World of Wizards'. Wizards abide by the principle of equivalent exchange. Since you're giving these to us, we can't refuse. After discussing it with His Highness, we decided to use the crystals condensed from our core flames as an exchange. "
This was Angor's first time hearing about core flame crystals. But judging from the structure of the crystal, he could roughly guess what they were used for. This was the extreme compression of two types of special flames. Whether it was to activate it to attack, to ignite the special flames to assist, or to slowly keep it as materials for flame research, it could all be used.
This crystal contained both Magoo's Fire and Fiery Midier's Fire, which meant it was extremely valuable.
In the end, he waved a hand and declined. "No need. Spreading the box to other Elemental Sovereigns is in line with my request. Strictly speaking, it's not an equivalent exchange."
When Magoo was about to say something, Angor continued, "You're right.
"If Mister Magoo and Your Highness really want to treat this as an equal exchange, then why don't we change the terms of this exchange to one day, when more human adepts enter the Tidal Plane in the future? They should abandon their stubbornness and seriously consider the trade proposed by the organization behind me."
With that, Angor nodded and left the classroom without looking at the crystal again.
Magoo and Fiery Midier exchanged glances and sighed deeply. They did not chase after Angor.
On the other side, Angor walked a distance away from the classroom and stopped.
"Wait for me!" Dankros finally caught up with Angor and hugged his trousers tightly.
Angor remained silent for a moment and lifted Dankros up.
Angor glanced at Toby on his left shoulder. "Should I put him up?"
Dankros could not keep running on the ground, and Hand of Spell would attract too much attention. So, Angor decided to put Toby on his shoulder as well. He already had one burden on his shoulder anyway. Adding one more would not make a difference.
The shoulder belonged to Angor, but Toby always saw it as his own territory, so Angor still asked for Toby's opinion.
Toby looked at Dankros, who was looking at him expectantly, and finally shook his head, indicating that he did not want it.
Angor considered and put Dankros on the teardrop-shaped bead outside the Crimson Veil cloak and asked Toby to hold it tightly.
Toby still felt annoyed, but he did not put the cloak on his shoulder this time, so he reluctantly accepted it.
"Do you know where Korokro is?" Angor asked Dankros as he continued to move forward. "Do you know where Korokro is?"
Dankros did not doubt him. He pointed at an alley and said, "That way."
Angor immediately changed his path. He planned to use this last day to get closer to Korokro.
Time passed quickly. Angor stayed in Korokro's room for about four hours. He only left when night fell.
Since he was going to leave tomorrow, he might as well tell Korokro his intention and let Korokro make a decision. But after thinking about it, he decided not to do so. From Korokro's current attitude, it was impossible for it to leave with him.
Angor did not want to give up on Korokro, so he decided to wait for a while.
As an elemental spirit, Korokro would not leave the Fire Zone anytime soon. Angor could wait until he found Feng's "treasure" and slowly wear down Korokro's vigilance.
On their way out, Dankros leaned against the Crimson Veil and asked curiously, "Why are you so curious about Korokro's talent?"
Angor did not answer. He was not only interested in Korokro's talent.
Dankros did not mind Angor's answer. "I also think Korokro's talent is great, and I want to have such a powerful offensive talent. But my talent is just a useless shield."
Dankros rambled on for a long time. At first, he was talking about Korokro's talent, but later, he became sad about his own talent.
Angor did not interrupt the bird's monologue.
After listening to the whole story, Angor felt that Dankros must have lost at least one of his brains.
Korokro's self-destruct ability was powerful, but it was limited by the ceiling. On the other hand, Dankros' defensive shield could be used by other fire creatures. The stronger the creature, the higher the energy level of the shield. The lower the limit was, but the upper limit was extremely high.
Besides, defense and offense were not the same thing.
But Dankros did not consider this at all. He was simply envious of other people's offensive abilities.
Angor did not know what to say.
Seeing Dankros getting more and more depressed, Angor interrupted, "You have more than just a defensive talent, right?"
Hesitation flashed in Dankros' eyes. "Where did you hear that?"
"Fispan told me," Angor said. "But you're the one who spread the news, aren't you?"
Dankros remained silent for a moment. "Actually … I … I …"
"What? Are you infected by Korokro?"
Dankros pursed his lips. "What do you mean by 'infected'? I'm just saying that I'm lying. I don't have a second talent. I just don't want my followers to know that my talent is just an ordinary shield. "
Angor glanced at Dankros. This was quite fitting of Dankros' personality.
"Is that so?" Angor did not mock Dankros. Instead, he said, "I think you really do have another talent."
Dankrose: "Huh?"
"You're good at recruiting followers, aren't you? Maybe this is your talent. "
Dankros rolled his eyes. "It's not a talent. It's my leadership. I'm going to be known as' Divine Flame 'in the future."
Dankros' voice was soft, and he sounded a little unconfident.
After staying in the Fire Zone for so long, Angor knew that only a ruler could have the right to use "Element" in front of their name.
Dankros wanted to become "Divine Flame Dankros", which showed how ambitious he was. He wanted the highest throne in the Fire Zone. Also, the name of his flame was the opposite of Magic Flame Midier, which meant Dankros did not like the current ruler.
Angor did not want to discourage Dankros. "I hope I can see that day too."
Dangros was stunned for a moment, and his previous lack of confidence disappeared. He raised his head proudly and said, "Of course there will be such a day!"
Angor chuckled and did not say anything else.
…
The next morning, above a scorched mountain range.
"We're too far away from the core area of the Fire Zone. Let's stop here. Dankros will lead us for the rest of the journey. "
Angor looked at the two figures behind him. They were Magic Flame Midier and Fispan.
Magic Flame Midier looked into the distance and said, "Alright. If you run into any trouble, sir, you can come back at any time."
With that, Magic Flame Midier nodded at Angor and flapped his wings to leave.
Fispan stayed behind and continued to follow Angor and Dankros.
Dankros, who was holding Bloody Night, looked at Fispan in confusion. "You're following us too?"
Fez Paine lifted his flaming wings and revealed a transparent fireball under his armpit. Inside the fireball were two sets of shadow boxes.
"His Highness has arranged for me to deliver these two sets of boxes to the Marsh Mud Bank and the Jialubei Grassland," Fez Panry said.
Dankros nodded. Angor already told him that they were heading to White Cloud Village, and the shortest route was through Wildstone Wasteland. The Swamp Bank Fispan was going to was close to Wildstone Wasteland, so they could travel together for a while.
They flew for another half an hour. The ground was still scorched, but the air temperature was getting lower.
Angor also took out his Gondola as a means of transportation.
As soon as Dangros mounted the Gondola, he began to exclaim in admiration, and groped about with an intoxicated expression.
Angor looked at Fispan who was flying on the other side. "We're going the same way. Why don't you come in and rest?"
Fispan hesitated for a moment and nodded. He flew to the side of the Gondola and let his wings down, which made him look elegant and noble.
Their journey continued. The Gondola wasn't going as fast as it could because of the temperature, but it was still faster than flying.
Along the way, Angor learned from Fispan that Magic Flame Midier sent over 50 of his subordinates to deliver the Shadow Boxes to the various lords.
Fispan was going to the Swamp Bank and Jalombe Plain, both of which had good relations with the Fire Domain, so Fispan only needed one Blazing Sparrow to go.
However, there were some territories that didn't have good relations with the Fire Domain, which meant they sent more subordinates. For example, there was a territory called "Forest of Rain", which was led by Phoenix, who had ten powerful Blazing Sparrows under his command.
There were also some territories that didn't have bad relations with the Fire Domain, but they were still extremely dangerous. For example, the Glittering Mountains. Lightning bolts fell from the sky almost every minute, and there were also many pools of lightning on the ground. Just entering the place was dangerous enough, which was why the teams sent here were all very powerful.
"However, whether it's the Forest of Rain or the Glittering Mountains, there are solutions to both of them. The most difficult part of the mission isn't these two places. It's the Maraya Ice Mountain, which is home to all ice creatures. It's also the territory of Frosty Yzert. Frosty Yzert is an enemy of the Fire Domain. Fire creatures like us won't be able to see the Frosty Monarch at all, let alone deliver the Shadow Boxes to them. "
"I'll take care of Frosty Yzert," Angor said.
Frosty Yzert was one of the elemental creatures who stayed with Wizard Painter for the longest time. Angor had to find the Frosty Monarch no matter what and give it the Shadow Boxes.
"I heard about it from Her Highness. We all sighed in relief when we heard about it. But I still have to warn you. You're a human, so you won't have any conflicts with Frosty Yzert for now. However, Frosty Yzert is a very extreme creature. It might try to harm you. "
Angor nodded. "I'll be careful."
Four hours later, they passed through another volcanic crater that was covered in smoke. They saw a vast expanse of scorched earth in the distance.
The color of the scorched earth changed from black to yellow.
"That's the Wildstone Wasteland." Fispan slowly spread his wings and flew away from the Gondola. "It's time for us to part ways. I wish you all the best, mister."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fez Spanry let out a cry and turned into a flaming arrow, flying in another direction.
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