It didn't take long for him to find the Firescale Familiar.
It was standing in a corner of the hallway.
Angor carefully observed the familiar's behavior. At first, he was curious, but then he frowned. This Fire-Scale Familiar's behavior was simply too strange.
The familiar looked like a human. It was about one meter tall, had a head, a torso, and four limbs. However, its skin was bright red. It was very skinny with wrinkled skin. There was not much hair on its head, and its canine teeth were sharp and protruding. Overall, it looked ugly and evil.
From afar, the "little kid" who was wearing a red wrinkled leather coat was "dancing" in front of a standing transistor in the hallway.
It held a spear made of fire and danced around the transistor.
The 'dance' was primitive and ugly. At first glance, it looked rather cheerful. However, upon closer inspection, one would realize that the fire-scale familiar was not really dancing. Instead, it was accumulating some sort of flame power through its cheerful movements, and finally … it was going against the transistor.
Yes, it was going against the transistor.
It was treating the standing transistor as an enemy.
However, the transistor was very sturdy. The familiar kept dancing for a long time, but the transistor did not move at all. It was so tired that it leaned against the transistor and panted heavily.
A few minutes later, the familiar stood up, cursed at the undamaged transistor, and walked to the next one.
The Fire-Scale Familiar walked like an arrogant crab, full of anger. Angor thought the familiar would attack the next transistor, but it didn't.
Although the Fire-Scale Familiar glared at the transistor next to it, it still went around it and chose a transistor further behind to perform its' dance 'again.
Angor did not understand why the familiar was so obsessed with the transistor, and why it skipped the second transistor and went for the third one.
After some careful observation, he noticed that the second transistor had a rune channel inside it, which was part of a magic array. The first and third transistors, on the other hand, were just regular energy channels.
If the familiar tried to attack the second transistor, it would be attacked by the magic array's backlash. From this, it could be seen that the Firescale Familiar was quite familiar with the laboratory's magic array.
This made him even more confused.
If one were to trace the origin of the fire-scale demonic spirits, they should have come from the Abyss World. However, not all demons in the Abyss were powerful. The fire-scale familiars were one such example. They were like the bottom of the food chain on the surface of the Abyss. They lived near volcanoes all year round, and their living conditions were even worse than the aboriginals of the Abyss. It wasn't that they didn't want to fight for a better territory, but that they were too weak and stupid. They couldn't compete at all.
For a Firescale Familiar with such low intelligence and weak intelligence, it would be a miracle if it could even figure out how many people there were in its clan, let alone recognize the magic array.
This Fire-Scale Familiar was obviously different from its kind. It seemed to be very smart, able to detect the hidden magic patterns and avoid the magic array.
But when he saw how the familiar fought against the transistor, he began to wonder if he had overestimated the creature's intelligence.
Who would want to compete with transistors?
Previously, they had all kinds of guesses, saying that the fire-scale familiar's goal was very clear, which was to go to the fifth floor. Angor was already imagining that the Firescale Familiar was going to turn into an avenger and come up with some crazy plan. However, he didn't expect the real situation to be so shocking.
Was the fire-scale familiar stupid or smart? What was it trying to do?
With these questions in mind, Angor continued to observe the fire-scale familiar for a while. Following the strange behavior of the fire-scale familiar, he was finally able to confirm some things. This fire-scale familiar indeed recognized the mageweath, and its target of attack was not only the transistors. Its attack did not yield much benefit, but was more like … destruction.
Pure destruction.
However, the fire-scale familiar was limited by the magic array, so its damage was limited. So far, it only managed to burn through some of the less important metal layers.
When the fire-scale familiar realized that it wasn't doing much damage, it became anxious. It began to observe the surroundings and finally found another target.
It was a large corridor.
Compared to the cold and hard corridors on the other floors, the corridors on the fifth floor were designed with traces of life. For example, in a slightly larger space, there were sofas and short tables. There were also some fruits on the tables that could be easily taken. There was also a short shelf and a bar counter, on which there were some glasses and wine.
The fire-scale familiar had its eyes on a bar counter in the corridor.
Since the transistor couldn't be burned, these things could be burned, right? The Fire-Scale Familiar's eyes revealed a similar message.
Following its plan, the fire-scale familiar hopped to the bar counter and began to wreak havoc.
A moment later, the bar was set ablaze.
The fire-scale familiar was obviously happy to see the fire. It continued to look for other places to burn.
Angor, who was standing at the main control node, was frowning. The fire-scale familiar was very close to a room without a door, which was only covered by a layer of Shadow.
It was Room 02. Angor used the power of Shadow to hide the entrance. However, if someone could see through the shadow, they could easily find the entrance.
The fire-scale familiar already saw through Kanter's Shadow of Night when it was on the fourth floor.
Therefore, the fire-scale familiar had a high chance of finding Room 02 and entering it.
Judging from the burning desire in the monster's eyes, Angor was sure that the monster would break into Room 02 and destroy it as soon as it found its way there.
Angor didn't care too much about the destruction itself. However, there were a lot of parchments and books inside Room 02. They weren't placed in the reference room either. Instead, they were scattered all over the room. It seemed Room 02 spent most of its time surrounded by books.
Angor didn't know what the books were about, but they might be related to the research of Soul Armament. If he destroyed them, Ness would probably be furious.
With that in mind, Angor decided to go to the fifth floor right away.
At least, he had to make a copy of the books before the fire-scale familiar destroyed them.
…
After connecting the corridor on the first floor to the fifth floor, Angor left the main control node.
On his way to the corridor, Angor was thinking about the strange fire-scale familiar.
Before leaving the main control node, Angor checked the second to fourth floors and found that the fire-scale familiar didn't do anything to the transistors on these floors.
It only seemed to be interested in the items on the fifth floor. Was there a deeper meaning to this?
Angor had no idea.
Maybe the fire-scale familiar really only wanted to take revenge on the first three wizards? But it didn't make sense either.
As he pondered, he finally reached the outer corridor of the first floor.
Since the corridor was already connected to the fifth floor, Angor didn't need to take specific steps to reach the entrance of the fifth floor.
As soon as he reached the fifth level, Angor immediately smelled something burning.
It was the smell of certain compounds being melted.
He hurried forward and saw the burning fire not far away from him after turning around a corner.
It was the bar counter in the corridor that he saw through the authority monitor.
Angor didn't see the fire-scale familiar anywhere near the counter. Worried that the familiar might have gone to Room 02, Angor hurried forward.
Angor didn't look at the fire when he passed by. However, Dankros, who was still hanging on the Crimson Shelter, looked at the fire with a puzzled look.
The reason why Dankros was puzzled was not because there was something wrong with the flames, but because he seemed to have smelled a familiar scent.
Where did I smell it before? Dankros couldn't help but think.
Angor already had a good understanding of the fifth floor through the main control node, so he rushed to Room 02 without stopping.
When he reached the corridor leading to Room 02, he saw the Firescale Familiar looking at the door of Room 02 after burning a potted plant.
Angor sighed in relief. It seemed that the Firescale Familiar had not entered Room 02 yet.
"Hey, over here!"
Angor called out to the Firescale Familiar, who was still focused on his task.
The familiar was startled by the sudden voice. It jumped up from the ground and fell to the ground. Then it quickly got back up, assumed a battle stance, and jumped left and right blindly. Finally, it found Angor's direction.
"Grrr, grrr, grrr." The Firescale Familiar let out some strange cries when it saw Angor. Its ugly face first showed a hint of surprise, then confusion, before it quickly hid all its emotions.
Angor was puzzled by the sudden change of expression.
What the Firescale Familiar did next confused him even more.
The familiar turned its back to Angor, bent down, and deliberately exposed a certain part of its body while shaking its fleshy legs.
Angor didn't know what the familiar was doing at first. But when the familiar stood up again and crooked a finger at him, Angor realized what was going on.
He was being provoked.
Angor did not feel much about being provoked. He only felt that the scene before him was ridiculous.
But judging from the strange behavior of the familiar, Angor had a vague idea of what was going on.
When facing the researchers of the fourth floor, the familiar tried to run away and divert the trouble away. But when it saw Angor, it showed a provocative look.
Angor didn't try to hide his wizard aura. The familiar wasn't trying to bully Angor. Its real purpose was to provoke Angor.
Angor didn't know the familiar before, so it was impossible for them to become enemies. Therefore, the best explanation right now was that the Fire Scale Familiar had mistaken him for someone else.
Perhaps it thought Angor was one of the top three wizards on the fifth floor.
His guess was not without reason. He still remembered the three different expressions on the familiar's face when it saw him. First, it was joy.
Why was it surprised? It was because it had found its target. It had wantonly destroyed everything on the fifth level, perhaps to lure out the adepts of the fifth level.
Then it looked confused. The familiar was clearly looking at Angor's face. Maybe it was wondering why there was no number on Angor's face.
Finally, it put away all its emotions. Angor's aura arrived at the same time. The familiar sensed the aura and realized that the visitor was a wizard. On the surface, the official wizards in the laboratory were only the first three sequences.
Judging from the series of expressions, the Fire-Scale Familiar was sure that Angor was the one it was looking for.
Whether this was correct or not? Angor didn't know, but the familiar must have an idea.
So he might as well ask directly.
"You're destroying everything here because you're looking for me?" He was speaking in the common tongue. Normally speaking, a Fire-Scale Familiar would not be able to understand him. However, this familiar did not seem to be able to use "normal" language.
The familiar's expression told Angor that it understood.
However, it didn't respond to Angor.
Instead, it showed an ugly and creepy smile and made another provocative gesture. Then …
It turned around and ran away as fast as it could.
…
Perhaps to the Fire-Scale Familiar, running away after acting cool was a very thrilling thing to do.
Because of this, its emotions became more and more exaggerated. It kept giggling in a strange way.
However, this kind of stimulation began to gradually change when it discovered a strange phenomenon.
The familiar realized that the more it ran, the closer it got to Angor.
More importantly, Angor didn't chase after it. Angor only stood there and watched it quietly. That expressionless face made the Fire-Scale Familiar feel as if it had become a joke.
It was no longer laughing. Instead, it began to feel nervous and moved even faster. It did not want to be caught by Angor.
The speed of a Fire-Scale Familiar was completely different from an ordinary Fire-Scale Familiar.
It was so fast that one couldn't even see its afterimage. Even wizards couldn't do this.
However, this didn't stop the familiar from running away from Angor. Angor was still standing not far away.
Angor didn't move at all, which could be seen from the decorations in the corridor.
Something was wrong.
When the Firescale Familiar realized this, it stopped.
Like a dog, it sniffed the air around it. Suddenly, it seemed to have smelled something …
Angor raised an eyebrow. It seemed that the Firescale Familiar was more than just smart. Not only could it identify runes, but it also found the illusion nodes hidden in the dark.
Yes, illusion nodes.
When Angor first saw the familiar and told it to "look over here", he used Melodious Illusion to set up a large number of illusion nodes around it.
The familiar couldn't escape no matter how hard it tried because the illusions were guiding it.
At that moment, the fire-scale familiar realized that something was amiss. The first thing it did after stopping was to sniff its surroundings. And in the end, it really did capture the illusion nodes.
Angor was a little surprised.
He didn't try to hide his illusion nodes, but he was still able to detect them from the energy around him. This was an incredible ability.
This made him even more curious about the Fire-Scale Familiar's background.
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