"Hmph." Count Black humphed but did not argue with Angor.
Angor did not want to offend Count Black too much, so he simply smiled at Dorcas and the others. "I believe you've rested enough yesterday. If you don't have anything else to do, why don't we go explore the Garden of Labyrinth today?"
"Oh … Oh, okay." They all glanced at the stone slab on Vai's body in surprise. "What?" Vai's stone slab was still a bit out of place.
They thought it was only Count Black's nose that could not speak, so they had to rely on Wail as an interpreter. Who knew that the nose could make sounds too?
Even Wail himself was stunned. Count Black's nose had been following him for a long time, and this was the first time he heard it "speak".
"Let's go then. We need to leave Billon Tree Garden first." Angor's voice prompted the others to follow.
They kept glancing at the stone slab on their way.
Count Black was probably annoyed by their stares. He humphed loudly. "The theory of sound is the most common knowledge. If you can't even understand this, do you think you're qualified to be wizards?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
That's true, but you've never said anything in the past. Why are you saying it now?
Wa Yi represented everyone's thoughts and quietly asked the Black Earl this question.
"Hmph. I was just too lazy to talk before."
Count Black did not explain why he was willing to talk now. However, everyone looked at Angor who was walking in front of them and had an idea.
Yesterday, Count Dark and Angor did not go to the "forest project". Maybe that was when Count Dark spoke.
With that in mind, Dorcas quickly established a Spirit Bond with Angor.
Before Dorcas could say anything, Angor spoke through the Spirit Bond, "Using Spirit Bond with me in front of Count Black. You're quite brave."
Dorcas was not an idiot. He knew that Count Black had already cut off the Spirit Bond and was waiting to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Dorcas wanted to ask about Angor's conversation with Dark Count, as well as the information he got from Wai yesterday. But since Dark Count might be eavesdropping on them, he could not tell Dorcas about it.
Thinking of this, Dorcas used the Spirit Bond and said, "Anyway, I'm not looking for you to badmouth Earl Black. I just want to ask you, how did you make Earl Black talk yesterday?"
This was a reasonable question. Even if the Black Earl heard it, he probably wouldn't say anything.
"Why do you think that I was the one who asked the Black Earl to speak?"
Dorcas thought for a moment, "That makes sense. Yesterday, His Lordship didn't follow Wa Yi, and instead stayed in the treehouse with you. He probably wanted to talk to you. Is it about the ruins? "
"What else? You want to catch up with me?"
Dorcas only dared to probe up to this point. He didn't dare to ask for more specific information. Still, it wasn't like he didn't get anything out of it. As far as he knew, Angor's last question should have been a normal answer. But Angor used a rhetorical tone to tell Dorcas that this was the end of the topic. Also, Angor was hinting that he and Count Black must have talked about something else.
Judging from how Count Dark mocked Angor as soon as he arrived, they must have had a fight yesterday. Maybe Count Dark even got hurt. Otherwise, Count Black wouldn't lower himself to mock Angor.
With that in mind, Dorcas gave Angor a look and disconnected the Spirit Bond.
As soon as the Spirit Bond was disconnected, he heard a familiar humph behind him.
Without a doubt, Count Black must have eavesdropped on their conversation.
Dorcas pretended that he didn't know and continued to follow Angor.
Soon, they arrived at the exit of Buren Tree Garden. Buren Tree Garden was also an alternate dimension, and its exit was between two maple trees.
Dorcas skillfully knocked on the two maple trees, causing them to open their eyes.
From their lively eyes, it could be seen that these two maple trees had given birth to spirits.
However, they didn't seem to like talking. Following the rules, they slowly extended their branches. The branches of the two trees intertwined to form an arched door.
This door was the real exit.
They walked out of the door and appeared next to the two maple trees again. However, there were no more buildings around them, only a lush forest.
Clearly, they had left Buren Tree Garden.
Dorcas once again walked to the two maple trees and snapped his fingers. A charmingly naive green sandworm burrowed out of his ear stud.
The green sandworm spat out a dark green aura at the two maple trees before returning to Dorcas's earring.
The two maple trees opened their eyes, and their leaves swayed as if they were being blown by the wind. "Thank you."
"May the cross of freedom remain forever." Dorcas placed a hand on his chest and bowed slightly.
With that done, Dorcas returned to the group.
"What were you doing just now?" Kael looked at Dorcas curiously.
Dorcas smiled but didn't answer.
It was Vale, Dorcas' friend of many years, who answered on his behalf, "This is a habit of his. Not all wandering Magi are in as good a situation as you and Dorcas. He's only doing this to give them a good cause. Even if it doesn't end well, at least it won't be a bad outcome."
Kael gave Dorcas a surprised look. "I didn't think you'd consider the bigger picture of all wandering wizards."
Dorcas was speechless. "I'm just doing it in passing. Don't talk about the bigger picture."
After that, Dorcas said to Way, "When I explained it to you before, it didn't escalate to this level. Don't exaggerate."
"It's just my understanding. I'm sure I'm right, mister," Waye said.
Waye asked Count Black, but he didn't get an answer. Apparently, Count Black didn't want to talk about such trivial matters.
"We can talk later. Let's get out of here first." Angor took out his Gondola.
Under everyone's surprised gazes, Gondola was lifted into the sky like a thin veil.
"Hmph." Count Black snorted when the others were still looking at the Gondola.
No one knew what he meant, but Waye heard Count Black complaining in his mind. "What a show-off. Does he think we don't know what he's doing?"
Waye didn't dare to explain.
Angor, on the other hand, figured out why Count Black snorted, but he didn't care. In his opinion, Count Black's reaction was also a subtle compliment.
Once they settled down, he left everything to Speed Spirit.
He gave Speed Spirit a map yesterday, so he didn't need to worry about getting lost.
Angor looked at Dorcas, who was sitting beside him, and asked, "That green sandworm you just summoned … it's a Nature Elemental creature, right?"
Dorcas nodded noncommittally.
"Sandworm form … You didn't catch it in the desert, did you? Can a nature sprite be born in the desert? "
"I don't know if there are other nature sprites in the desert, but I found it in an oasis by chance. At the very least, I should be the only Sandworm in the entire Laksum Duchy's Magus circle. "
Dorcas sounded calm, but he was already feeling proud of himself.
However, when he heard the sound of the wind around him and saw Speed's smooth and steady operation, Dorcas's complacency slowly disappeared.
His sandworm was rare, but it didn't have much power. Angor's wind elemental, on the other hand, didn't show much of its strength, but the elemental energy it released was terrifying. Dorcas' sandworm was no longer a sprite, but it was still nothing compared to Angor's wind elemental.
Speed Spirit wasn't the only one. His flame sprite was also very special.
Speaking of which, this guy just became a wizard not long ago. Where did he find these elemental creatures?
Dorcas asked curiously.
"You'll find out soon enough. I'll keep you guessing for now."
Dorcas looked at Angor's pretentious smile and quickly scanned the area with his spirituality. "Why do I feel like something's wrong?" Dorcas asked in a puzzled tone.
Angor didn't answer this time. Dorcas would know when the Tidal Realm showed up. Given Dorcas' drive for profit, he should have gone to the Tide Realm as soon as possible. But whether he could enter the realm or not was another question.
…
The Garden Labyrinth was only a few dozen miles away from the Bi Lun Tree Courtyard. After a few minutes, with the steady speed of the Speed Spirit, they saw a ruin covered in green moss.
The ruin covered a large area, which was comparable to the capital cities of modern nations. This place must have been a magnificent city back in the day.
Unfortunately, no matter how magnificent the city was, after being abandoned and washed away by time, only the ruins of today were left.
There were broken buildings everywhere, and all the buildings were covered by moss and broken plants. For the wasteland enthusiasts, this was probably heaven.
But for Angor, who had seen the real Nether City before, he couldn't help but sigh when he saw the ruins.
This was the Garden of Labyrinth, which used to be Nether City.
Angor drove his Gondola around the Garden of Labyrinth and compared it with the bird's eye view he saw yesterday.
Yesterday, he thought that the bird's eye view artist was being too imaginative. But when he saw the Garden of Labyrinth, he was impressed. The bird's eye view artist really had an amazing imagination.
Even in such dilapidated ruins, he was able to draw a city, and even a rough landmark building. This was definitely a talent that could be called a visionary.
At least, he couldn't find any sign of Nether City when he looked down from above.
Without the bird's eye view, they would have wasted their time.
While looking down, they also saw some people. There were only a few people in the ruins, but it was still quite a lot. It didn't seem like a "deserted" place.
But when they looked closer, they found that most of the people in the ruin were mortals. Supernaturals were few and far between. As for wizards … no one would come here for no reason other than Angor and Gondola.
These mortals were here to look for treasures. Things that weren't important to supernaturals might be valuable to mortals. So it wasn't strange for mortals to be here.
After circling around the ruins, Angor stopped at the top of a clock tower.
Only 20% of the building was left intact, and the tower they were standing on was about to collapse. As for the "clock", it was nowhere to be seen.
If Angor didn't see the clock tower on the bird's eye view, he wouldn't recognize it at all.
"Is this where we're going?" Kael asked curiously.
Angor didn't answer. Instead, he jumped into the clock tower. When the others saw this, they followed suit.
Angor came here because he saw the map of Nether City and knew that there was an entrance to the underground sewer near the clock tower.
There were more than one entrance to the underground sewer, but there weren't many entrances that were so close to the landmarks.
Angor planned to explore this place first.
Angor frowned as soon as he entered the clock tower. The ground was covered in broken stones. They weren't broken by the walls themselves. Instead, they were caused by giant vines growing out of the ground.
He didn't expect to see such giant vines in the ruin. If they were everywhere, the underground sewer would be destroyed. In this case, it would be much more difficult to find the wall in the underground sewer.
Several minutes later, Angor avoided all the vines and debris and came to an arched pile of stones.
According to his memory, this should be one of the entrances to the underground sewer.
Angor was going to clean up the stones himself, but when he saw Dorcas following him, he stepped aside and left the job to the man.
"You're not going to do this? Where's your Wind Spirit? "
"It's tired," Angor lied without batting an eyelid.
Dorcas snorted, but still walked forward while cursing. With a wave of his hand, he cleaned up the pile of rocks with his physical strength alone.
Without the pile of rocks, the manhole cover of the underground sewer was exposed.
"This is it? So we're going underground, "Dorcas said as he lifted the manhole cover.
However, when the cover was removed, Angor saw a large amount of stones and soil inside. It was no different from the ground outside.
"Time has changed everything." Angor sighed. Since the underground sewer was sealed, he might as well go somewhere else.
However, Dorcas wasn't convinced. "It's just some dirt. Watch me. I'll just eat it."
With that, Dorcas pushed Wai out and pointed at the dirt inside the cover. "I'll leave it to you."
Wai remained silent for a moment. He slowly reached out his hands and removed the stones and soil from the cover. While doing this, Wai took the chance to speak to Dorcas. "I don't eat dirt."
"Pretty much. You earth wizards are either eating dirt, or you're on your way to eating dirt."
Wai remained silent.
However, the stone slab on Wai's body suddenly lit up. A violent beam of energy fell and flipped Dorcas upside down.
When Dorcas sat up again, he was still in a daze.
At this moment, Kareem muttered, "I heard from my mentor that the people of the Noah Clan are all Earth Magi."
(End of Chapter)
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