Several minutes ago.
Angor followed the puppy and the maid through the strange steel gate and returned to Parmigi Highlands from Devil's Water.
Angor didn't leave right away. Instead, he looked at the two maids.
"Go back to Heart's Land first."
The black maid frowned. "Your Excellency Shava?"
Angor stroked the puppy's fur. "I need to talk to it. I'll take it back when I'm done."
The black maid said, "But …"
The white maid grabbed the maid's hand and shook her head. "As you wish, Mister Shava." She bowed to Angor and said, "As you wish, Mister Shava."
The two maids exchanged a glance as if they had reached an agreement. They bowed to Angor gracefully and turned into streaks of black and white light that descended from the sky like comets.
Angor looked at the puppy again after the two maids left.
The puppy's eyes sparkled as it barked at Angor excitedly.
This time, Angor understood what the puppy was trying to say.
"Don't look so excited. I didn't keep you here to distract them." Angor tapped the puppy's nose in annoyance.
The puppy lowered its head and whimpered.
Angor didn't try to comfort it. Instead, he took out a fist-sized stone from his bracelet.
At first glance, this stone looked very ordinary, but upon closer inspection, one would discover that there seemed to be a dense silver light flowing within it.
The Dalmatian seemed to have smelled the stone and raised its head in confusion. "Woof woof?"
Angor ignored the puppy and summoned Dankros from his bracelet.
When the spirit of disorder was about to take shape, Angor put Dankros into his bracelet to accompany Toby. Dankros was still in a daze after leaving the small space inside the bracelet.
Weren't they on the sea not long ago? How did they end up in the sky above the snowfield?
Angor didn't have time to explain to Dankros. He pinched the puppy's finger. "Don't just stand there. Release some of your fire and control the temperature."
Dankros followed Angor's instructions without thinking.
When a stable flame appeared in front of him, he tossed the stone into the fire and told Dankros to keep an eye on the fire. Meanwhile, he quickly used alchemy to shape the stone.
As the stone changed shape in the fire, all kinds of strange illusions began to appear around them.
"What's that? An owl? " Dankros looked at one of the illusions curiously. It had the head of a cat but the body of a sheep.
"Don't mind it. Focus on controlling the fire."
"It's not difficult to control fire. It's easy to do. Can you explain it to me? "Dankros put its hand on Angor's' shoulder.
He considered and said, "I don't know what this is. It's just a random illusion. Don't worry about it." Dankros nodded. "I'm not sure. Just a random illusion. Don't worry."
"Then why are there illusions?"
"Because the thing you're melting," Dankros, Dankros's'.
Those illusions were not the result of alchemy. They were just illusions that were automatically activated by melting the nightmare stone. If regular mana was used to activate the stone, it would not create these small illusions. Instead, it could create a medium-small illusion.
When Angor was still a mortal, he traveled to Fey Continent on The Redbud. There was a small stone carved on the ship's bow. If the ship was in danger, the guardian of The Redbud could activate the stone to create an illusion to escape the danger.
However, the stone itself was a rare material in the southern region. It was a luxury for The Redbud to use it to create illusions. However, the ship was backed by Floating Mech City, which had a lot of money, so it did not matter.
While explaining the stone's function to Dankros, Angor quickly let the stone take shape in the fire.
This was because there was no need to inscribe mageweaths or fuse with other materials. Just the process of molding was extremely fast.
In less than three minutes, the nightmare stone was successfully shaped according to Angor's plan. However, the shape it took was that of a very ordinary object.
A small bell.
After creating the small silver bell, Angor cast a nightmare illusion spell on it to build the illusion nodes inside.
When he was done, he looked at the puppy.
"Consider this a parting gift from me," Angor said as he placed the small silver bell under the puppy's neck.
Once the bell was in place, a small, transparent ring grew out from the inside and smoothly hung around the puppy's neck.
A silver bell and a fluffy spotted puppy … Angor nodded in satisfaction.
The reason why he had sent the black and white maids away was to refine this bell. After all, if he did it in front of them, his "Shava" image would be destroyed.
As for why he made the bell, it was not that complicated. He just did it because he liked it.
Plus, the puppy gave him a Mystery Spirit before, so he considered it as a return gift. Although the value of the bell was completely different.
"The bell contains some movie illusions about puppies. You can think of movies as stage plays. You can use them to kill time when you're bored. " Angor considered. "Also, I added nightmare illusion into the bell. If you come to the southern wizarding region next time, try to use it to contact me."
In other words, the bell was a combination of a "video box" and a "login device".
In order to prevent other creatures from noticing the strange aura, Angor chose nightmare stones as the material to make the puppy. Otherwise, he could have just used the most common Demonblood Stone to make the bell.
Of course, compared to the puppy's gift, the item was not that valuable, but it was still a token of his appreciation.
After putting the bell on the puppy's neck, Angor put his hands through the puppy's front legs and lifted it up so that they were at eye level.
"What do you think? Do you like it? "Angor looked at the puppy's black eyes.
The puppy looked down at the bell with bright eyes. "Woof woof!"
Angor could hear the excitement in the puppy's voice.
"I'm glad you like it." Angor raised an eyebrow. "I see. You can make me understand your barks."
The puppy paused for a second and quickly pretended to be innocent. "Woof woof!"
Fine, it didn't understand it again.
Angor chuckled. He didn't care about this little detail. He was worried that the puppy might not like the bell. As long as it liked it, his efforts would not be in vain.
"Alright, I've given you your gift. You should go home now."
The puppy whimpered as if it didn't want to let go.
Angor would have comforted the puppy before. But after seeing how cunning the puppy could be, Angor believed that the puppy was just acting to get Angor's sympathy.
Angor didn't want to look at the puppy's eyes. He held the puppy in his arms and descended from the sky.
There was another reason why he didn't say anything. He was worried about the situation at the Astral Ruin.
He told the maids to go back to the Heart's Land first, but he didn't know if they would get into a fight with the wizards outside the ruin. With the abilities of the black and white maids, normal Magi were no match for them.
To avoid any accidents, Angor moved faster.
He descended from the sky like a rainbow, bringing with him a strong gust of wind.
As he approached the Astral Pool Ruin, he suddenly saw several familiar figures hovering above it.
It was Rein, who was standing in the middle.
Also, Mr. Rhine noticed the sound of the wind in the sky immediately. He raised his head and looked.
"Angor?"
…
A moment later, the Astral Ruin returned to its original peaceful state.
Angor held the puppy in his arms and sat inside the only observation booth.
Rein, Tree Spirit, and Iron Granny were sitting opposite him.
The three pairs of eyes were all looking at Angor, but they couldn't help but glance at the puppy. If Angor didn't already tell them that the puppy was a powerful Mysterious creature that could swallow legendary wizards, they wouldn't just look at it like that.
"We ran into a watcher. The maids went out to look for the puppy. That's about it." Angor briefly explained what happened.
Angor only mentioned the watchers casually. He didn't go into the details. As for Gruz, Howard, and Boroye, he didn't mention them either.
It wasn't that Angor didn't want to talk about it, but it wasn't the right time.
Since it was about the ruin, he had to deal with it first.
"So you're taking the puppy to the Heart's Land?" Rein asked after a moment of silence.
"I saw Davosia at the end of the corridor. I'll leave the puppy with her. I won't go in."
Rein sighed in relief. If Angor went to the Heart's Land, he might not be able to come back alive.
As for Angor's "identity" in the Nightmare Realm … Rein didn't know much about it, but he already learned from Sunders that it was all fake. Since it was fake, there was a chance that someone might see through it.
Therefore, Angor should avoid the Heart's Land if he could.
"When will you take the puppy back?" Rein asked.
Angor looked at the puppy in his arms and didn't want to let it go. "Now."
"I'll go with you then." Rein stood up and prepared to go with Angor.
Angor quickly waved his hand. "No, thanks. I can go there alone."
"But last time, you were in that corridor —"
"I ran into a Void Traveler last time, and the Mystic Lady ran into me. It won't be so coincidental this time," Angor explained.
"Can you handle that Davosia alone?" Granny, who had been silent all this time, asked.
"Don't worry, I can handle it." Angor wasn't worried at all.
If it were someone else, including the maid, Angor would have a hard time dealing with them. After all, he had to maintain his fake persona. But he was confident that he could handle Davosia.
Davosia might look like a Ferocious Beast, but she was actually a very pure creature.
Of course, purity didn't mean kindness. Still, he was able to deal with them easily.
The white maid, for example, seemed to respect Angor, but Angor found it more tiring to deal with her than the black maid.
He preferred "cute" creatures like Davosia.
Rein hesitated for a moment and nodded. "Be careful."
Angor made a "don't worry" gesture and prepared to take the puppy to the corridor.
However, he only took a few steps away from the observation pavilion when he suddenly remembered something and quickly came back.
"By the way, professor, you mentioned that many wizards were affected by Menavaro's influence, right?"
At the mention of this, everyone's expression became somewhat solemn.
Menavaro was the monster with tentacles all over its body. The mist that covered the entire Astral Pond Ruin was caused by it. Everyone who came into contact with the mist fell into madness. Until now, they still hadn't found a way to cure the madness.
"Yes. Do you have a way to cure them?" Tree Spirit looked at Angor.
"Can I take a look at them first?" Angor didn't give him a clear answer.
"The disease is contagious. To prevent it from spreading, the infected are kept inside my body," Tree Spirit said. "If you want to see them, you'll have to go back to Brute Cavern first."
Angor was about to speak when Iron Granny cut him off. "No need. I have an infected person here. If you want to see her, I can release her. "
Angor quickly nodded.
Iron Granny gestured for everyone to disperse. As the mist dispersed, a special transparent box appeared in the center of the observation pavilion.
Inside the box was a familiar woman.
"Greya?"
Iron Granny nodded. "Because of Davosia, she insisted on staying in the ruin. She was infected by the mist, so I had to seal her here."
As Iron Granny spoke, Greya, who was inside the transparent box, began to attack the walls of the box with bloodshot eyes and veins bulging on her face.
She seemed to have lost her mind and only had the desire to kill. This was why people called it Madness.
Angor walked around the transparent box and checked Greya's condition. He frowned.
He thought Greya's Madness was similar to the parasitic light spots, and he might be able to remove it with nightmare energy. However, upon closer inspection, he realized that Greya's Madness was completely different.
This was a real disease, not an abnormality caused by a parasite.
"How is it? Can you save her?" Tree Spirit asked curiously.
The others also looked at Angor. In their eyes, Angor was always able to create miracles. Maybe he could do the same this time.
Angor didn't answer Tree Spirit's question right away. Instead, he looked down at the puppy in his arms.
"Hey, stop sleeping. Wake up."
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