Evening in the dream wasteland.
Angor appeared in his own room in Padt Manor in Foundation City.
The room looked exactly the same as it did in the real world. Not a single speck of dust could be seen. An oil lamp was still burning brightly, which meant someone had been cleaning the place even when he was not around.
Angor felt much calmer now that he was back in his familiar space compared to when he was sitting in front of the vine house.
Angor sat in front of the desk where he used to daydream when he was young. He stared at the flickering lamp and tried to think of a solution.
He pondered for half an hour.
He finally looked up when he heard footsteps outside his door.
"Dong dong dong." A brisk voice sounded from outside the door. "Young master, I'm coming in."
"I'm sure the young master isn't in his room. No need to knock. We'll just go in and add oil to the lamp," said the other voice, which sounded a little childish.
"He's still the young master even if he's not here. That's the rule. " Although he was reprimanding, there was no hint of blame in his words. It was obvious that the two outside the door had a very good relationship.
Creak.
The door was opened, and two young female servants pushed the door open and entered. They were chatting and laughing as they walked.
They didn't see anyone inside until they entered the room.
They were shocked at first, but when they saw the face of the person inside the door, the two maids immediately bowed and respectfully said, "Young Master."
"We didn't think you'd come back, so —" The maid with the childish voice quickly explained.
But before she could finish, the other maid with the lamp interrupted her. "It's my fault. I should've asked for your permission before opening the door. Please punish me."
Angor looked at the two maids. He didn't know the younger one, but he knew the one with the lamp. Her name was Aiya, and she used to be Olga's servant.
"Don't worry about it. It's nothing." Angor waved a hand and told them to mind their own business.
Aiya hesitated for a moment and nodded. She then walked to Angor with the lamp. The young maid immediately followed and skillfully turned on the oil lamp on the table. She held Piao Huo so that Aiya could smoothly pour out the oil.
"Sorry for the trouble, young master. It'll be done soon."
"You don't have to light up the lamps when I'm not around," Angor said to Aiya while she was pouring the oil. "Don't waste it."
Aiya said, "But … this is what Maid Olga told me to do."
"Are you going to listen to Ollie or me?"
Aiya lowered her head. "I understand."
Aiya quickly finished pouring out the oil. She bowed and retreated, preparing to leave with the young maid. "By the way, Auri isn't in the manor. Do you know what she's doing?"
Since Ai Ya mentioned Auri, he remembered that he never saw Auri during his visits to Padt Manor. He wondered what Auri was up to these days.
He could use God's View to find Auri, but since Aiya was here, he might as well ask her directly.
"I don't know what Maid Ollie has been up to lately." Aiya lowered her head.
Angor glanced at Aiya. The woman was looking down, but Angor could tell that she wasn't telling the truth.
Angor looked at the young maid. "What about you? Do you know what Auri has been up to?"
Aiya looked up at once, intending to signal the maid with her eyes. But before she could do anything, the maid spoke first. "Young Master, Maid Ollie has gone to the Karmic Hunters, saying that she wants to become a Monster Hunter!"
The young maid's voice was obviously excited. When she mentioned the Demon Hunters, her eyes were filled with yearning.
Angor was surprised by the answer.
As far as he could remember, Maid Ollie was a timid and gentle girl. Why would she choose to become a Demon Hunter who could turn into a monster?
After the young maid explained Olga's current situation, Aiya sighed inwardly.
"Why?" Angor looked at Aiya.
Aiya hesitated for a while, and then said apologetically, "Young Master, I know that Olga maid went to the Evil Hunters, but Olga maid didn't want to tell anyone. She especially didn't want you to know."
"Why?"
AiYa: "She hoped to continue serving Young Master, but Young Master is already a Transcendent, so she told me that only those with Transcendent powers could help Young Master. But it's not easy to pass the test and become a Demon Hunter. You might even die. So she told me to keep it a secret. "
Even Head Maid Mana didn't know about Auri joining Sin Hunters. Aiya and the young maid were the only ones who knew about it.
Aiya and Auri were good friends, so Auri told Aiya about it as soon as possible. But the young maid was different. When everyone was afraid of the existence of the Demon Hunters, she was filled with passion and interest towards the Demon Hunters. She was determined to become a Demon Hunter and would often wander around the base of the Demon Hunters. It was only when she met Olga that she learned the truth.
Aiya forgot to tell her not to tell anyone about it.
Angor nodded without saying anything. "I understand. You may leave now."
Aiya and Auri nodded and left.
After they left, Angor decided to use God's View to look for Auri.
Finally, he found Auri on one of the airships.
The airship was decorated with Sin Hunters' emblem, which meant it was a special airship for Sin Hunters. Auri was sitting inside the airship, wearing a soft armor. Compared to the timid Auri who used to wear maid clothes, Auri was now holding a longsword and looking quite heroic.
Angor carefully observed Auri and saw that she had not only joined Sin Hunters but also fused with the evil creatures.
Angor looked away. He respected Auri's choice. However, it was impossible for Auri to rely on the power of a Demon Hunter to help her. Still, Auri could help Freud a little since she was a Demon Hunter.
After all, the power of the Demon Hunters was more local. If they were to unleash their full power, they would be stronger than the wizards of the Dream Wasteland.
Angor took out the Mother Tree Communicator and tried to contact Freud through the tree cluster.
He saw several unread messages as soon as he turned on the Mother Tree Communicator.
Some of them were from Sunders and his brother Leon.
Angor put them aside and contacted Freud.
Freud was online. "Is there anything I can help you with, my lord?"
Usually, Angor would come to him directly when he entered the dream wasteland, instead of using the intercom to contact him.
Since it wasn't a big deal, Angor didn't plan to talk to Freud directly. Instead, he contacted the tree cluster and told Freud about Auri.
"Olga? Was she recruited after the expansion of the Evil Hunting Group? Please wait for a moment, sir. "
"I've talked to Knight Saber. Auri has been training with the Karmic Hunters since before they started recruiting new members, so I'm sure she'll be fine." She's been training for a long time now.
"Due to the appearance of the Pink Fog of Sin, the camp built by the Evil Hunters is in urgent need of new blood to guard it. A few days ago, Olga accepted the Flying Attribute Number 013 Evil Creature of the Old Testament Sotto and successfully fitted in. So this morning, she boarded the airship and was sent to the front line.
"Sir, should we return the airship and send someone else to replace Auri?"
"No. Just keep an eye on her from time to time."
"I see," Freud said. Is there anything else, sir? "
Angor was going to ask Freud about the situation in the real world, but since Freud didn't tell him, it shouldn't be a problem.
"That's all." He quickly thought about Auri, who used to be his maidservant.
"Let's hope you live a better life than before." Angor murmured to himself in the quiet room with flickering lights.
A moment later, Angor picked up the Mother Tree Communicator again and checked the messages he received.
Among them, the Mother Tree Network Development Group sent him some suggestions and ideas. "Sure." Angor gave them a quick glance.
Angor didn't think some of the ideas were useful. But he didn't reject them. The Mother Tree Network was still undergoing internal testing, so he could do whatever he wanted.
It was a path that no one had ever walked before, so it wasn't a bad idea to let them hit a wall.
Angor believed that Jon, who lived on Earth in the age of information explosion, must have noticed the flaws in some of the ideas as well. But he didn't mention them, which meant he had the same idea as Angor.
Angor checked the messages in the group again. He skipped over Leona's routine reports about the construction of the new city. Angor skipped over the other useless information as well.
Finally, he looked at the messages left by his elder brother Leon and Sunders.
Leon's messages weren't really meaningful. Apart from daily concerns, Leon mostly talked about his recent experience in challenging Sky Tower.
Still, Leon was his brother, so Angor had to reply to him seriously even if Leon only sent him some meaningless pictures. Of course, Leon couldn't send him any pictures right now. He was already doing it, but it was still difficult to do so.
After asking about Leon's condition, he looked at Sunders' message.
"I'm almost done with my research. Sumesh's condition is stabilizing, and he can accept the new authority. According to the time of your message, Sumesh will take over the new authority in seven days. "
The message was sent yesterday, which meant there were still five days before Sumesh would take over the new authority.
Since Sunders wasn't online, Angor only replied with a "got it" and didn't say anything else.
Seeing that he had finished reading all the messages and replying to most of them, he decided to put away the mother tree communicator.
But before he could do so, he received a new private message.
Tree Spirit asked, "Are you there?"
Angor was wondering how Tree Spirit knew that he was online. "I know you're here. You just replied to the development team."
He checked the tree beside him and saw Kudodo talking. Angor had already agreed to the new development plan, and everyone should start working on it as soon as possible.
Tree Spirit was also among the trees, and he had clearly seen Kudou's words.
Angor wasn't going to pretend that he wasn't online anyway. Besides, Tree Spirit already told him that he had to reply.
"I'm here. What do you need from me, Mister Tree Spirit?"
Tree Spirit said, "I do have something to tell you …"
As Tree Spirit explained, Angor got a general idea of the situation. Two days ago, "Wise Man" Shildeen received a log-in device from Rein after signing a short-term confidentiality agreement.
After entering the dream wasteland, "Wise Man" Shildeen was quite curious about this place. From various sources and his own speculations, Shildeen learned that the "Dream Whelk of the Moonlight Coast" was the main source of the new city's wealth of rare materials.
After learning about the Dream Whelk's function, Shildeen had been looking for Angor for several days.
He even went to Tree Spirit for help.
"Judging from Shildeen's attitude, he probably wants to borrow your Dream Whelk to pull something into the dream wasteland, but I don't think that's the case," Tree Spirit said. If he really does come to you, you need to think carefully. "
As a matter of fact, several wizards had asked him to use the Dream Whelk to bring something into the dream wasteland when he returned to Brute Cavern. Among them were Leona, Ness, Wallace, Dumadin, and so on.
Tree Spirit didn't send any of them a private message. However, Tree Spirit paid close attention to Shildeen's request, which meant there was more to it than met the eye.
Angor asked the question he had in mind.
Tree Spirit continued, "Shildeen looks like a light wizard, but he's actually an unscrupulous dark wizard. He's an extreme man who has no bottom line. Even wizards from Brute Cavern like us can't escape from his traps. You need to know what he's asking you. "
In other words, Tree Spirit believed that Shildeen was trying to trick Angor.
"I understand."
Angor didn't know much about "Wise Man" Shildeen. He only knew that Shildeen was Blackjack's teacher. However, Shildeen only took Blackjack as his student because of Blackjack's knowledge of runes.
Sunders also warned Angor to stay away from Shildeen as much as possible.
Now that Tree Spirit sent him a warning, Angor wouldn't ignore it.
"I'm glad you understand. I'll go check how they're working on the mother tree network," Tree Spirit said.
Tree Spirit was about to switch to the neighboring trees when Angor sent him another message.
"Mister Tree Spirit, do you know how to survive the void storm?"
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