Angor was not unfamiliar with the man's "appearance" at all. In The Tributary of Brute Cavern, there were always wizards who went wrong in their research and experiments, which led to major explosions. Most of them ended up in the same state as this man.
If this man was Kael, then Angor's guess was correct. Kael was conducting an experiment. But now, it seemed his experiment was not going to end well.
The man with a dirty face looked around with lifeless eyes. Finally, his gaze landed on Dorcas. "Sir Dorcas, why have you come? Did you activate the space node, sir? "
Dorcas didn't reply immediately. Instead, he asked with concern, "Karel, are you alright?"
Kael shook his head. "I'm fine. Just a small accident when I was trying to improve a casting material. I blew up a lab. But don't worry, there are still a dozen more waiting for me. "
Judging from Kael's carefree attitude and the content of his conversation, both Angor and Dorcas were sure that Kael was a research maniac, the kind who insisted on doing research despite knowing that there was a high chance of something going wrong with his experiments. Otherwise, who would set up a dozen waiting labs for him?
Dorcas wanted to say something when he saw Khael's nonchalant attitude. He really wanted to remind Khael as a senior, but Khael had an incredibly powerful teacher. Perhaps everything he did was instructed by his teacher. After thinking about it, Dorcas could only force out a sentence. "Remember to be careful when you experiment. Otherwise, it would be bad if something were to happen."
"I'll be careful." Kael nodded. His tone was sincere.
After a pause, Kael asked curiously, "What is Lord Dorcas doing here? Is there something wrong with the space node in the bar? "
Dorcas shook his head and pointed at Angor. "It's not me. It's him, Wizard Lyon."
Wizard Lyon? Kael noticed Angor as soon as he came out. There were only three people here, and Angor's presence was quite noticeable. However, Angor had been standing there quietly all this time, so Kael did not notice him. But now that Dorcas said that this wizard was looking for him, Kael was a little suspicious. He never heard of a wizard named Lyon before.
While Kael was observing Angor, Angor was doing the same. Angor noticed many details when Kael came out. For example, Kael's expression, expression, and the casual attitude between Kael and Dorcas.
Basically, Angor was sure about that.
Kael was an academic Sorcerer's Apprentice who was obsessed with experiments.
He was confident in his spatial manipulation skills.
And he knew Dorcas well.
No wonder Dorcas volunteered to show Angor the way.
Just because he was close to Kael, he was afraid that Angor would do something bad to Kael.
At least Kael had a guarantee.
"Wizard Lyon?
May I ask why you're looking for me? "Cael asked curiously.
Without explaining anything, he took out Aesop's letter and handed it to Kael.
"You'll know it.
Kael was wary at first, glancing at Dorcas out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing Dorcas nod lightly at him?
Only then did he take the letter.
Kael's eyes lit up when he saw the words on the envelope, as well as the familiar symbol of the Space Dimension.
It was Professor Lyon's letter!
Kael looked up at Angor with a confused look. "Is this from the professor?
Why is it in Wizard Lyon's hands? "
Angor rubbed his forehead. "Like I said, open it and you'll see. I think?
Mister Lyon should have mentioned me in the letter. "
Kael asked, "Is that so?"
Angor raised an eyebrow but did not answer.
Kael held the letter and hesitated.
"I can't open the letter right now. If you're not in a hurry, Wizard Leon, I'm afraid I can't open it.
Why don't you come to my place? "
Kael looked at Dorcas.
"Mister Dorcas, do you want to come with us?"
Of course, Dorcas did not refuse.
"Why don't you open the letter now?"
Kael sighed and took out the back of the letter. He injected some space energy into it, which caused Lyon's mark to glow. At the same time, a three-dimensional node appeared in front of them.
Kael pointed at the node. "This is an unsolved spatial formula problem. Every time Professor Lyon sends me a letter, he would leave a question on it to check whether I've improved or not. I have to solve the formula to open the letter. "
Both Angor and Dorcas nodded. No wonder Kael did not open the letter. There was a story behind it.
"What happens if you open the letter without solving the formula?" Dorcas asked.
Kal-El: "Nothing will happen. Professor Lyon only left the question to check my progress. It's not compulsory. I can open the letter without solving the question. "
Angor did not know what to say.
"You can open the letter first," said Angor.
Kael quickly shook his head. "No. This is a matter of principle. I have my own rules. I have to solve the question before I'm qualified to read the letter. "
Kael's eyes lit up when he mentioned "qualified".
Angor read another message from the letter. It seemed Kael was still a fan of Professor Lyon, and he admired Lyon a lot. This kind of worship even affected his way of doing things.
Angor sighed. Since Kael had already put it this way, Angor had no choice but to give in since they were not enemies. Besides, he also saw the three-dimensional space node. The question was complicated but not too difficult. If Kael could set up so many real and fake space nodes in the crater, he should be able to solve it, right?
Seeing that Angor and Dorcas had no objections, Kael quickly invited them to his "home".
Although it was called home, it was actually a deeper Catacomb.
The cavern looked like an alleyway. It was not very spacious, but there were doors on both sides. Kael explained as they walked. "This is my first lab. This is my second lab. This is my third lab."
Kael's labs were hidden behind all the doors in the alleyway. There were 16 of them in total.
The eighth lab had already collapsed. Judging from the heat coming from inside, this was probably the laboratory that Kael had blown up earlier.
"Don't worry about them. I'll fix them. Most of the labs here were destroyed, but they're all fine now, "Kael said proudly.
Both Angor and Dorcas were speechless. It was as if Kael believed that destroying a lab meant he was very hardworking.
Instead of leading Angor and Dorcas to his lab, Kael led them to the end of the underground cavern, where there was a hole.
Kael didn't explain anything and simply jumped down.
Angor and Dorcas looked at each other and jumped down as well.
The hole was at least 20 meters deep. When he landed, he looked up and saw that he was in an even deeper hole, which was quite spacious.
There were also obvious signs of artificial excavation. There were also some magic arrays above them that were still intact but still broken.
When Angor first came to Black Market, he already guessed that this place used to be an underground ruin.
Now that he was here, Angor was sure that this was a ruin. Also, judging from the scale of the magic arrays, the ruin must be quite large.
Kael noticed Angor's gaze. "I think you've guessed it already. This is a ruin."
"I heard that it was built by a legendary wizard six thousand years ago. Don't be so surprised. That's just a rumor. Who knows what happened back then? Moreover, more than 90% of the ruins had already been excavated by the Lawrence Family. All the good things had already been taken away. Otherwise, why would the Lawrence Family open a black market here? "
This wasn't Angor's first time hearing about the Lawrence Family. When he came to Sandworm Market, he heard from the Camel Squad that all of them belonged to the Lawrence Family. The rules and regulations of the market were made by the Lawrence Family. Angor assumed that the Lawrence Family was the real controller of the market.
As the controller of the Sandworm Bazaar, the owner of the Sandworm Bazaar, the owner of the Sandworm Bazaar, and the black market outside, the Lawrence Family had quite a big appetite. Perhaps it was because no other wizard family could compete with them. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to do this.
"I'll go solve the riddle on the letter now. Just wait here. I'll be able to solve it soon." Kael sounded confident.
With that, Kael walked to a desk nearby and picked up a piece of parchment paper.
A desk, indeed.
This was only a corner of the ruin, but Kael had already turned this place into his personal base and decorated it with a lot of furniture. It wasn't exactly luxurious, but it could at least be used as a place to receive guests.
Seeing how Kael didn't treat them as strangers at all, Angor and Dorcas looked at each other and sighed helplessly.
"How about we talk?" Dorcas asked.
Angor considered. He didn't have anything else to do anyway. Dorcas was called "Red Sword", which meant that he was a good swordsman. Angor's brother, Leon, used a knight's sword. Maybe Dorcas could learn something from him.
Angor nodded. The two went to a place far away from the desk and sat opposite each other.
There were some unspoken rules when wizards talked to each other. Wizards who didn't know each other, wizards who knew each other, and wizards who were familiar with each other all had their own procedures.
Of course, Angor and Dorcas were going to talk to each other like strangers. They would start from the most basic of questions.
Once they found something they both agreed on and had something in common, they would be able to talk more deeply.
Angor's goal was clear. He was interested in Dorcas' swordsmanship, so he led the conversation in that direction.
Angor didn't know anything too complicated about swordsmanship, but he did see Knight Saber teaching Leon. Their conversation wasn't that complicated, but Dorcas could tell that Angor was interested in swordsmanship.
An old monster who had lived for hundreds of years was asking an eighty-year-old young man to teach him swordsmanship. This made Dorcas even more proud.
His pride made him want to be a teacher.
He did not talk about any special secrets. Instead, he started from the theory. For example, a simple sword technique was basically useless against Extraordinaries. However, a sword technique that could threaten Extraordinaries or even official wizards would definitely have other motives. It was either a bloodline buff or a mana buff.
Dorcas also explained some of the key points of how to maximize the effects of this blessing. Dorcas even revealed some of his tricks.
The content of the book inspired him a lot. Since Angor felt like he learned something, he believed that his brother Leon would learn even more if he recorded these words into an illusion and gave it to him. After all, he was learning from a wizard himself.
Little did Dorcas know that Angor, who was listening with a serious face, was actually thinking about how to steal the knowledge and transcribe it.
Dorcas already told Angor some useful information. Since it was an exchange, Angor couldn't just keep quiet about it.
He also told Angor about some of his cultivation experiences.
For example, the things to take note of during training, the keys to breaking through bottlenecks, and the taboos … These weren't really secrets in the wizard organizations. As long as your rank was high enough and you had enough contribution points in your bone card, you could get them from the Cloud Library.
However, Dorcas was a wandering wizard. He might have received some relatively complete knowledge, but these details were something he lacked. Of course, he listened carefully and wished Angor could tell him more.
The exchange lasted for half a day. Thanks to Angor's "honesty" and Dorcas' sword-wielding skills, both of them learned a lot.
While talking, they also looked at Kael from time to time.
Angor noticed that Kael was confident at first. Then his expression turned serious, and now he looked a little gloomy. It seemed Kael was trapped by Aesos' questions.
Her hair, which was already messed up, became even more messy from Kael's scratching.
"Can he finish it today?" Dorcas also noticed Kael's change of expression.
Angor didn't answer right away. Instead, he used his spirit feelers to observe Kael's solution from above.
It wasn't a good thing to do. It was like peeping at someone's knowledge. However, Dorcas already learned a lot from Angor and didn't want to say anything. As for Kael, he was completely absorbed in the question and had no idea what was going on outside.
After observing Kael's solution, Angor withdrew his spirit feelers and spoke to Dorcas, "He fell into one of Mister Aesos' traps. Look at the way he's working. He knows how he fell into the trap, and he's trying to find the way back.
"However, even if we go back to where we fell into the trap, it's impossible to completely avoid it."
"Why?" Dorcas was puzzled.
"Because the only exit is hidden inside the trap."
"You can solve the space node left by Mister Aesos?" Dorcas was surprised.
Angor considered for a moment. "A little."
Obviously, Angor was admitting it.
Dorcas already knew that Angor was a space manipulator, but he didn't expect the boy to be able to solve Aesos' questions. Kael was already a top-level space manipulator apprentice, and he still couldn't figure it out. Angor, on the other hand, only looked at Kael for a few seconds. The difference was obvious.
"Are you sure you're not a space manipulator?" Dorcas couldn't help but ask again.
"I'm sure," Angor said helplessly.
Dorcas wanted to believe Angor's words, but Angor's knowledge of space was too strong. Even if Angor was an interdisciplinary wizard, he was almost as strong as a formal wizard!
Was this the difference between a wizard who belonged to an organization and a wandering wizard?
No, wait. Dorcas had fought wizards from those organizations before, and he knew how strong they were. Maybe Angor was just an exception. Or maybe he was just an academism student!
Yes, he was an academician. Only academicians would spend their days studying.
Dorcas praised Angor again. At the same time, he also thought about Angor's lifespan. Angor had to spend at least a thousand years to reach this level.
Dorcas might not be as knowledgeable as Angor, but Angor was an eighty-year-old genius who spent a lot of time studying. It was hard to say who would win in terms of combat power.
As for talent, Dorcas was definitely better!
With that in mind, Dorcas felt satisfied again. Angor was much more pleasing to the eye now.
Dorcas felt refreshed after solving his inner problem. He smiled and asked, "Since you can see Kael's mistake, do you think he can solve it? If so, how long will it take him? "
Angor hesitated. "It shouldn't be a problem. As for how long, it depends on when he guesses Aesos' thoughts. Half a day if he's fast. Two or three days if he's slow. "
Dorcas replied, "If it's half a day, then that's fine. But if it takes two or three days, are we supposed to just sit here and wait? "
Dorcas didn't get a response from Angor, so he looked at Angor in confusion.
Angor was frowning and looking at a certain direction.
"Wizard Leon, what's wrong?"
"Did … did you hear anything?" Angor asked after a moment of hesitation.
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