Two minutes later, Kael placed a box with sharp fangs and claws at the center of the table with a serious expression.
As soon as the box was placed on the table, the two pairs of crimson eyes hidden behind the fangs opened.
They looked around with cold and menacing eyes.
Karel shivered when he was stared at, and cold sweat began to form on his back.
Both Angor and Dorcas did not react, but they were still wearing serious expressions.
"Is that … Skinner's Box?" Dorcas muttered.
Kael nodded while trembling. "Yes. It's my professor's Skinner's Box."
Dorcas looked at the box's crimson eyes for a moment and suddenly said, "Maybe I should leave for a bit."
Skinner's Box was a special storage item used to store a spirit's space. The size of the space inside was limited by the strength of the "Skinner" spirit.
Because Skinner was a spirit that recognized its master, once the magic box it guarded was touched by someone other than its master, it would fight to the death with the other party. Even if Skinner couldn't defeat him, he could still destroy the magic box and put the contents of the box into a special spiritual body's stomach pouch, exiling it into the void. Only its master would know the coordinates of the pouch.
This was why many wizards liked to use Skinner's Box to store valuable items. This was because Skinner would protect the item inside the box with its life, and even its spirit itself.
When Dorcas saw Skinner's Box, he immediately knew that there was something valuable inside.
If it was just a normal thing, he would not mind watching a show. However, the appearance of Skinner's Box meant that there was more to it than met the eye. There might be secrets involved. If he found out, Aesop would come after him, and that would be troublesome.
That was why Dorcas said that he should avoid the topic first.
Kael understood what Dorcas was thinking and said, "It's fine. The reason why my mentor used the Skinner Box to store the alchemy blueprint was because it might be dangerous to leave it outside. That's why he put it in the box."
"That kind of blueprint isn't anything valuable to begin with."
Dorcas was speechless. Do you think I'm an idiot?
If it was dangerous outside, there had to be some kind of secret behind it.
Angor had the same idea. However, he did not want to see the alchemy blueprint first.
In the end, Dorcas decided to stay.
It wasn't that Kael's advice worked. Instead, it was his Spirit Sense that told him there was no danger, which was why he decided to stay.
"How are you going to open it if it's your professor's Box?" Dorcas asked.
Kael said with a relaxed expression, "It knows me."
As he spoke, he reached out his hand to touch Skinner's Box, but Skinner's Box didn't say a word and bit him.
Looking at his bleeding wrist, everyone was silent.
Kael was still relaxed.. "It's a symbol of friendship. Am I right, little Skinner? "
Crack!
Kael's bones....
Everyone: "…"
. "Kael, Kael's," Kael's, "he screamed in pain," Kael's,'s's...
"How pitiful. Why do I feel like he's a little unreliable? Dorcas shook his head and sighed. "Are all academies this naive?"
This was the first time Angor saw someone who was not the owner of Skinner's Box trying to touch something. Dorcas was right. Kael was too naive.
Kael was his target, after all. He sighed again and cast Heal on the boy.
Once the pain subsided, Angor took out an empty bowl of witch soup and poured some glowing Glowing Velvet Potion into it. Then he poured some diluted Regeneration Potion into the bowl and placed them in front of Kael.
Kael drank the potions with a grateful look.
The Glowing Velvet Potion could stop the wound from getting worse, while the Regeneration Potion could regenerate broken bones. In the blink of an eye, Kael returned to his original state.
"Fifty-three crystals," Angor said after Kael finished his drink. "Fifty for the potion, and three for the entrance fee to the black market."
Kael stared at Angor with a surprised look.
"What? You don't think it's worth it? "
Kael quickly shook his head when he saw Angor's calm expression. "Yes, it's worth it. But the entrance fee to the black market, I think — "
Angor raised an eyebrow and was about to say something. Kael realized something and quickly changed his words. "I mean, the entrance fee to the black market is worth it. Yes, fifty-three magic crystals. I'll give it to you now. "
Kael took out a small pouch in a hurry.
Angor took out three magic crystals from the pouch and tossed them to Dankros as a reward for his good work. He then put the rest back into his bracelet.
"If you can't open Skinner's Box, I'll have to go back to Brute Cavern. Or you can come with me. If I'm not mistaken, Mister Aesop is visiting Brute Cavern right now. "
Kael waved a hand. "No, no, no. It was an accident. I really know little Skinner."
Dorcas said faintly, "Since you're familiar with it, why don't you reach out and touch it again?"
Kael chuckled awkwardly. "… I'll pass for today. But I have other ways to prove that we know each other."
With that, Kael began rummaging through the cabinets for something.
His movements were rather rough. He took out all kinds of strange objects and tossed them aside.
"Most of them are from his shop. I didn't think he'd just pile them up like trash." Dorcas sighed. He didn't think much of Kael before, but now, the man was becoming more and more unreliable.
Most of them were supernatural items or materials, but they were all low-level. Angor only gave them a quick glance before looking away.
Dankros, on the other hand, found a bottle of fiery red Quenching Potion among the scattered objects. He hugged it tightly and couldn't let go of it.
Quenching Potion was an enhanced version of Quenching Liquid. Considering how much Dankros loved Quenching Liquid, it was only natural that he wanted Quenching Potion.
Angor looked at Dankros who was circling around him and knew what he wanted.
"It belongs to someone else. If you want it, you can buy it yourself. I just gave you a magic crystal. It should be enough for you to buy it. "
When Kael came back, Dankros really did give him the bottle of Quenching Potion. Kael didn't want to take the money since the fire spirit was Angor's elemental companion. However, Angor told him to accept it through voice transmission.
Only then did Kael accept the magic crystal.
Dankros now understood the importance of magic crystals. He didn't know what "money" meant before. But after this trade, he learned that magic crystals could be used to buy things he liked.
This was the reason why Angor asked Kael to make the deal. Elemental creatures in the Tidal Realm didn't have much of a concept of "value". It wasn't too late to start training Dankros.
After dealing with Dankros, Kael took out his secret weapon.
It was a crumpled piece of leather.
There was a faint trace of spatial energy on it, as well as a line of code that Dorcas didn't recognize.
"My professor wrote this. He said that Skinner's Box will understand if we show it to it."
Kael didn't need to explain. Everyone already knew what happened.
The scarlet eyes of the Skinner's Box slowly turned pure black after seeing the parchment. Ignoring its ferocious appearance, just its round black eyes alone made it look quite cute at first glance.
After reading the piece of leather, Skinner's Box opened its mouth full of sharp teeth.
This time, Kael reached into the box, and Skinner didn't bite him again.
After rummaging around in Skinner's Box for a while, Kael finally pulled out a stack of well-preserved parchments.
A moment later, the parchment was spread open. The two-meter square parchment took up half of the table.
When Dorcas looked at the parchment, he already understood the two sentences that Kael had said.
The first sentence was, "Mister Dorcas, it's fine if you stay here. He won't understand it anyway."
And it was true. There were all kinds of strange patterns on the parchment, which made him dizzy.
The second sentence was, "Because it might be dangerous to leave it outside, we put it inside the box."
Indeed, the blueprint had only been calmly spread out, but Dorcas could already feel the space between his eyebrows faintly swelling. His spiritual force was in an abnormal state, as if it was constantly being torn apart.
At first, Dorcas managed to stay calm. However, the longer he stared at the parchment, the stronger the discomfort became. He even felt a small part of his spirit breaking down.
Dorcas took a few steps back and looked away from the parchment to feel better.
Kael, on the other hand, was quick enough to retreat to the edge of the cave as soon as the parchment was opened. It was obvious that he was once a victim as well.
Angor, on the other hand, was still looking at the parchment attentively. He didn't seem to be affected at all.
"Say, do you think he's forcing it, or is he faking it?" Dorcas muttered softly.
Kael was nearby. He heard Dorcas' voice and whispered, "I think the professor sent Mister Superdimensional here for a reason."
Dorcas rolled his eyes. "I'm not asking you. I'm asking him."
Dorcas pointed at Dangros.
Dangros also ran to the edge of the cave and held the Quenching Potion tightly. The little sandworm was curled up on the back of his hand.
"There's no difference between pretending and pretending. Don't try to ruin our relationship with words. I'm not going to talk to you. "Dangros didn't seem to mind at all. He turned around and faced Dorcas with the back of his hand.
Dorcas shrugged and kept looking at Angor.
He didn't believe that Angor's spirit wasn't affected at all. He had to be pretending. It wouldn't be long before Angor came running back.
Half an hour had passed, and Angor was still studying the parchment. He frowned from time to time, but he didn't seem to feel any discomfort.
This made Kael look at Angor with even more admiration. Last time, Professor Aesop only looked at the parchment for half an hour before putting it away. Angor spent the same amount of time studying the parchment as Aesop did.
As expected of the brightest star in the southern wizarding region!
Dorcas also felt something was wrong. Was Angor really not affected by the parchment?
Dorcas approached the table again with doubts. When he lowered his head to take a look, the dizziness hit him again.
Dorcas was sure that the parchment had something that could counter spirit attacks. But why was Angor unaffected? Was his spirit really that strong?
Angor finally looked up when he heard Dorcas' footsteps.
"Come here, Kael," Angor said as he put the parchment on the table.
As soon as the paper was placed on top of the stack, the spirit pressure disappeared. Kael quickly ran to Angor's side like a little husky and gave him an admiring look.
"I've found something about this parchment. I'll try to decipher the runes on the parchment and reveal the parchment. But before that, can you tell me where you found this blueprint? "
Kael hesitated for a moment, as if he was hesitating whether or not to speak.
"It's fine if you don't want to tell me. I just want to know if you found it in a maze."
A maze? Dorcas gave Angor a doubtful look. Did Angor know where the parchment came from?
Kael looked up in surprise. "How did you know, mister?"
"… I've heard of it before."
Angor did not explain further. Instead, he showed a strange expression. To Kael and Dorcas, there must be something fishy going on.
"Mister, you know what the parchment is, right?" Kael asked after a moment of silence.
"I haven't deciphered the runes on the parchment yet, so I don't know what it looks like. But I'm pretty sure it's a dagger. "
"Do you know what the dagger is, mister?"
"… A key," Angor muttered.
Kael exhaled deeply. "So you know, mister. Did you read Jaya's Travels too?"
"Jaya's Travels? What's that? "
"Jaya's Travels is an ancient book I found in a ruin somewhere. It's a record of a wizard named Jaya's travels. There's a section that mentions the maze. "
"Although the maze has been explored thoroughly, Jaya mentioned a hidden place in her travels. At the time, I went to the maze with a suspicious attitude."
"In the end, I found this alchemy blueprint."
Kael's narration had clearly blurred some of the details, but that was not important.
Angor only wanted to say that Sunders was not omnipotent after all. So even the professor can make mistakes sometimes.
The maze mentioned by Kael was actually the famous Garden Labyrinth in the southern wizarding region.
The Garden Labyrinth was a ruin that had been left behind for tens of thousands of years. It was located in the central plains of the Goman Kingdom. No one knew who built it, or why.
Because of the erosion of time, only a pile of ruins remained.
When the Garden Labyrinth was discovered, it caused a huge uproar.
Many wizards tried to explore it, and the first batch of people who tried it always found surprises. However, there were too many people who tried it, and the Garden Labyrinth could not withstand the efforts of the wizards. Several years later, nothing valuable could be found in the maze.
However, there were still people who believed that there were secrets hidden in the maze, which was why many people tried to explore it.
Including Sunders.
The first ruin Sunders explored before becoming a wizard was the Garden Labyrinth.
There was nothing else he could find in the Garden of Labyrinth, so he had no choice but to leave.
Perhaps it was fate or luck, but Sunders did not succeed. Instead, he was sucked into a space tunnel that was accidentally opened in the Garden Labyrinth.
On the other side of the tunnel was the Nightmare Realm.
It was there that Sunders discovered the true name of the Garden Labyrinth.
Nether City.
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