Dorcas didn't show any hesitation on his face. Instead, he looked left and right as if he was carefully comparing the two paths.
In fact, both Angor and Count Black knew that Dorcas was in a dilemma.
However, what they didn't expect was that Dorcas made his choice rather quickly.
Angor could even feel Dorcas' turbulent emotions. Before he could calm down, Dorcas had already made his choice.
"That alley," said Dorcas in a firm tone.
Angor was still doubtful, but he didn't ask. He nodded and told the others, "Let's go. Listen to him."
Dorcas moved closer to Angor and asked curiously, "You really trust me with all your heart?"
"If anything happens, you'll be the scapegoat."
Dorcas pursed his lips. "Don't forget that you're the leader."
"If that's what you want, then listen to me. We'll turn back and take the path leading to the twin towers. It's not that far anyway."
Dorcas rubbed his nose. "That won't be necessary. We're already here."
"If we don't turn back, you'll take the blame if anything happens."
Dorcas opened his mouth and mumbled something that Angor didn't understand. But in the end, he nodded. "Alright, we'll do as I say!"
Angor knew that Dorcas was fighting against his inspiration. If he backed down even a little bit, he would be giving up, which was something Angor couldn't accept right now.
Still, Angor was curious. Would Dorcas go against his inspiration or follow it?
Angor and Count Black were talking in private, and Count Black wasn't sure either.
But before they could make up their minds, "Hidden Dragon" Kael suddenly came online.
Kael followed the others, but he didn't seem to want to. "Why do we have to go through the dark alley? The small garden is bright enough. There aren't many Witch's Eyes. "
Neither Angor nor Count Black knew how to respond to Kael's complaint, but Hatchling Phoenix could.
"I think so too. The small garden is the best choice. Who knows what's wrong with Dorcas?" Wai agreed.
Kael and Levi's words made Dorcas's face turn red.
Dorcas scooted over and said to Kael, "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Did you see that? There are quite a few stone tablets in that little garden. You want to go there and record the inscriptions, right?"
Kale replied, "Even if I do, I'll just use the Photostone along the way. It's not like I'm going to stop."
Dorcas said, "I don't care. You're just being selfish."
After speaking of Kale, Dorcas turned to Vale. "As for you …"
Wa Yi puffed out his chest and raised his head. "I'm not being selfish. I just think that the small garden is better than this dark alley."
Dorcas looked at Wa Yi, who was criticizing him, and his anger slowly dissipated. He returned to his lazy tone. "Kid, you're not afraid of the dark, are you?"
Wa Yi rolled his eyes. He had opened Noah's Divination Shop in Mesopotamia, and in order to set off the atmosphere of life and death, it was completely dark inside. Would he be afraid of the dark? Dorcas clearly knew this, yet he still said it. He was just making up a rumor.
"If you don't give me a reason, I'm going to —"
"You're going to what?"
"I'm going to — I'm going to walk into the small garden with Kale."
Wa Yi had thought about this carefully. He could see the end of the small garden, so it shouldn't be too dangerous. Even if they did run into a Witch's Eye, he and Kale would not be afraid. Even if there were many Witch's Eye monsters, they should be able to fight their way out and meet up with the adults at the end, who would take care of the rest.
Kale was a little hesitant at first, but after thinking about it, he decided to walk into the garden with Wa Yi. He had explored many ruins by himself, so he was not afraid of going alone.
"Sure." Kale supported Wa Yi without hesitation.
Wai immediately raised his head and looked at Dorcas.
Everyone stopped talking because of the argument.
Dorcas glanced at Angor. "Aren't you going to say something?"
"What can I say? It's normal for them to have different opinions. If I have to choose, I'll choose the small garden as well. But I don't mind going through the dark alleys. I can go either way. "
Angor's answer was as good as not saying anything.
Dorcas sighed helplessly. "I don't have a reason. I just feel that something is wrong with the small garden."
Both Angor and Count Black exchanged a glance. They already knew the answer.
Dorcas did not go against his inspiration this time.
However, was there a reason why he did not go against the inspiration?
"What's wrong?" Wayley came online again. "What's wrong? What's wrong? "
"I don't see any Witch's Eye monsters in the small garden. That's why it's strange. Think about it. Witch's Eye monsters don't like light, but they don't fear it either. They could destroy the fluorite in the garden, but they didn't. Isn't that strange? "
"If they don't like light, they can just stay away. Why do they have to destroy it? This place is big enough for them to live in. "
Wa Yi's words did make sense. Dorcas scratched his head. "You're right. But something's wrong. Let's go the other way then. Like Angor said, we can go either way. "
Since Dorcas mentioned Angor's words, Wa Yi didn't want to argue anymore.
Yes, they could go either way, and Wa Yi also gave a "plausible" reason. Then … let's go through the dark alleys.
The two apprentices stopped arguing and everyone stepped into the dark alleys.
"Do you think that the reason Dorcas gave was because he followed his inspiration?" The Dark Earl's whisper came as expected.
"I don't know. But Dorcas made his choice really fast this time. Maybe it's because of that reason, or maybe something else. After all, human nature is very complicated. Sometimes, there are many things to consider when making a choice, but sometimes, it is as simple as an inexplicable driving force. "
"By driving force, is it intuition?" Count Black asked.
"Intuition, instinct, or something mixed with inspiration. It's an indescribable feeling," Angor said.
He was sure that Dorcas was still in a state of shock when he made his choice. It didn't look like he had thought it through carefully.
Since that was the case, there must be something else driving him to make the choice.
They thought too much about inspiration, but in fact, inspiration didn't have its own thoughts. Dorcas was the one who could think. Dorcas was the one who controlled everything.
The Black Earl said, "Your understanding is quite interesting. Perhaps you're right."
"Then what do you think, sir?" Angor asked.
The Black Earl: "Same as you."
Count Black sounded a little amused. He obviously had other ideas, but he didn't plan to tell Angor. Angor didn't ask either. He was afraid that Count Black's understanding level was too high, which would lead him into a trap.
Count Black only had his nose now, which meant he wasn't that strong. However, his knowledge didn't change. Sometimes, low-tiered wizards who tried to pry into or understand the words of higher-tiered wizards could easily fall into a trap. It wasn't the higher-tiered wizards' fault. It was the low-tiered wizards who overestimated themselves.
Therefore, Angor and Count Black didn't talk about knowledge. Count Black didn't talk about understanding too much either, so their conversation was quite peaceful.
They only took a few steps into the dark alley when they saw something strange.
Five Witch's Eyes were moving around in a circle.
The Witch's Eyes had the ability to turn into shadows. At first glance, they looked like a bunch of moving shadows.
"Is this a habit of the Witch's Eyes?" Wai looked at Khael. Khael didn't recognize the Witch's Eye right away, but now that he knew it was a Witch's Eye, he explained a lot about its habits and habits.
It was a typical example of an academician.
Kael thought for a moment, then asked in an uncertain tone, "Is this training?"
"Training?" Wai looked at the shadows that made him dizzy. What kind of training method is this?
Kael continued, "As far as I know, Witch's Eyes are a rare group of shadow-related monsters. According to the records, the Witch's Eyes train by blending their shadows together. "
"So they're trying to eat the smaller fish? These Witch's Eyes aren't playing around? They're killing each other? They catch up and eat the shadows in front of them? "
Kael shook his head. "Witch's Eyes rarely kill each other. Their shadowy interactions are similar to our social gatherings or tea parties, where they exchange the special energy in their shadows … or information, in order to perfect themselves."
"As for how to blend their shadows … the books don't mention it because it depends on the Witch's Eyes' mood. I'm guessing this is one of the Witch's Eyes' ways of training? "
Kael wasn't sure either, so he could only look at Dorcas.
Dorcas kept looking around and whistling a little tune. Clearly, Dorcas didn't know what was going on either.
In the end, it was Count Black who gave the final word. "Kael is right. Witch's Eyes are low-level monsters, but they can blend their shadows together to improve themselves. Perhaps a perfect intelligent being will emerge. "
"Then the wizard-level Witch's Eyes in the twin towers …"
"Wizard-level Witch's Eyes are rare, but that doesn't mean they haven't appeared before. They're far from being perfect, but their intelligence has improved quite a bit. A truly perfect Witch's Eye is flawless in the academic world. It can perfectly blend information from other Witch's Eyes, remove the impurities, and extract the essence, thus achieving omniscience in the shadow world.
"Of course, this is only a speculation in the academic world. No one has ever seen a perfect Witch's Eye.
"As for the Witch's Eyes, their blending method is similar to what Kael said. It depends on their mood. But the more they blend, the more intelligent they become, and the more tricks they can use. "
Dorcas quickly followed up, "I get it, I get it. The more experience they have, the more tricks they can use."
Dorcas looked at Angor with a perverted grin. Angor raised an eyebrow, and Dorcas quietly looked at the other person — Kael.
"Just like me and Kael. I have a lot of tricks, and I can do all kinds of poses. As for Kael, do you have any tricks? "
Kael remained silent.
Seeing this, Dorcas immediately laughed out loud, as if he had won an intense competition.
But it didn't take long for him to realize that he couldn't open his mouth.
He touched his mouth and found that there was an "X" on it.
This was Count Black's handiwork, no doubt.
It wasn't hard to guess why. While Count Black was explaining, Dorcas was talking dirty beside him. If this had happened anywhere else, such as in a formal exchange, Dorcas would have been blasted to smithereens.
However, Dorcas' inability to speak was only temporary. After all, the Black Earl's nose alone wasn't strong enough to completely seal Dorcas.
Still, it was a good thing for everyone to have some peace and quiet.
"How are we going to get there now?" When the world was finally quiet, Wa Yi asked the most practical question.
Five Witch's Eyes were not a lot, but the alley was too narrow for them to pass through.
"Should we … kill them all?" Wai asked.
"No need." With that, Angor spread out his moving illusions and slowly surrounded the five Witch's Eyes.
Next, he simulated the surrounding environment so that the Witch's Eyes would not realize that they had entered the illusion.
For the last step, Su Ling stealthily controlled the Witch's Eyes to float into the air.
During this process, it was not easy to make the Witch's Eyes unable to sense the change in their situation. Fortunately, Angor's nightmare illusion could affect the creatures' perception of the outside world to a certain extent.
The Witch's Eyes were still circling around, completely unaware that they were being lifted into the air by the wind.
Now that there was no obstacle ahead, they could just move forward.
When they walked past the Witch's Eyes, Wai felt a little awkward. "Sir, if you can lift them up, why don't we just fly over?"
"It's a matter of choice. I can do it alone, so I don't need you all to do it."
Angor's answer not only cleared Wa Yi's doubts, but also made Wa Yi feel that Angor was really considerate of everyone's situation. His idol was so awesome.
What Wai didn't know was that Count Black was mocking Angor right beside him.
"You're just as hypocritical as your professor, aren't you?"
Count Black knew exactly why Angor chose to let the Witch's Eyes fly instead of them. The answer was simple. Moving illusions couldn't fly.
In other words, moving illusions couldn't fly in this place.
The main axis of the illusions was Elmi.
(End of Chapter)
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