In front of the entrance to the Stairs of Hanging Prison. Everyone was looking at the statue in the fountain.
"This urinating child looks much more sinister than the one you created with your illusion," Dorcas said.
The statue he created earlier was a cute, bare-bottomed child who was holding his penis in a playful manner. A stream of water gushed out from the child's penis and fell into the crystal-clear water fountain.
It looked a little strange, but it was still a kid. Even if he was naked, he would not have any other thoughts.
The master-level carving showed the child's playfulness, naivety, and innocence, which was enough to make people smile.
However, the peeing child statue in front of him was different. The skin on the statue's face was originally soft and smooth like glass, but now, almost half of the glass had been peeled off, leaving behind only patches of white and black.
It looked like petechiae left behind by a beating.
The child's mischievous grin also looked a little creepy because of the petechiae. What was supposed to be a naughty and innocent child now turned into a wicked grin.
Combined with the black liquid gushing out of his penis, it was safe to say that the statue had nothing to do with Angor.
"It's normal for things to change with time," Wai said. "Also, didn't you think the woman statue was some kind of Prison Warden Goddess? She represented judgment, while the child statue represented slaughter."
"Don't you look more like a Slayer now with your gloomy appearance?"
Dorcas pulled Wa Yi into his arms and whispered into his ear, "Earlier, when you said that time had changed, there was some truth to it. What the hell are you talking about? You've been bewitched by Angor, haven't you? "
Dorcas' last words were spoken in a whisper.
However, none of them were ordinary people, and they all heard it.
Angor was puzzled by the sudden mention of his name. What did I do to Vay this time? Why did I say "again"?
What did Dorcas mean by that? Did he find out that I asked Wai to trick Black Earl's crystal ball?
But that can't be right. This has nothing to do with Dorcas.
"I said 'more like the Punisher', not that it should be like this!" Wa Yi said.
Dorcas: "In any case, you're just helping them."
Just as Wa Yi was about to say something, the Dark Earl impatiently interrupted, "There's no need to argue about such a pointless topic."
Dorcas patted Way's shoulder. "See, even your parents are criticizing you. Your words are meaningless."
The Dark Count turned the stone slab around and pointed his nose at Dorcas. "Your question is also meaningless. How the statue changes isn't the main point. The main point is the door under the statue. "
The base of the peeing child statue was very high, and on one side of the base, there was an obvious door handle.
At this moment, there was a slight gap in the doorknob. This was opened when the Black Earl sent his clone to check.
"There's nothing to explore outside. I've already searched the area. Let's go inside. "Count Dark paused and looked at Angor." I've told you about the situation inside. Are you ready? "
The others didn't know what Dark Count meant. They looked at Angor and Dark Count in confusion. Angor, on the other hand, knew what Count Dark meant.
Count Dark was asking if Angor had a record. What if the wood spirit wasn't inside?
Angor: "I have an idea. But there's no need to talk about it now. If we can't find the wood spirit, we can talk about it later. "
"Alright." Count Dark didn't waste any time and ended the topic.
Dorcas: "Hey hey hey, I'm one of the core members of the team. You can keep your secret from these two idiots, but don't keep it from me. Hurry up and tell me, what kind of riddle are you playing? "
Dorcas let go of Wa Yi and rushed to Angor's side. He wanted to hold Angor like how he held Wa Yi.
But Angor was one step ahead of him. He flashed to Count Black's side.
"Hey, can you talk to me in private?" Dorcas didn't want to get too close to Count Dark, so he had to keep a distance.
Angor considered and didn't mind telling the others. "It's nothing. We just forgot something when we were talking to Cissia and Daytime."
At this moment, Kael suddenly asked, "Is the problem you overlooked about time?"
Angor gave Kael a thoughtful look and nodded. "Yes. Time."
It wasn't too surprising that Kael was able to notice this. Even though his perception wasn't as strong as Dorcas', his observation of details and sharpness of thought were both quite high. This was a necessary condition for a Magus of the academic faction.
Kael didn't say anything on the way. But that didn't mean he didn't participate in the conversation. Whenever he found a chance, he would take out a recording stone and watch it again. Kael paid a lot of attention to the details.
"When Daytime and Cissia received the wood spirit's information, it was already late. We don't know if the spirit suddenly wanted to leave during that time."
"That's what Count Dark and I were talking about. If the wood spirit isn't inside, we need to prepare a record."
That was exactly what Angor meant when he replied to Count Black.
In other words, both Count Black and Angor had been preparing for the next step for a long time.
They now understood why Count Black only talked to Angor alone. Telling them would only bring them more trouble, so it was better not to tell them.
Now that they were at the entrance of the Stairs of Hanging Prison, it didn't matter anymore.
"I see." Dorcas smiled. "Don't worry, the wood spirit isn't running away!"
Angor looked at him doubtfully. "How did you know? Did you get your perception back?"
Dorcas waved a hand. "I didn't. I'm just wondering where the wood spirit could have run to. It can't go back to its previous space. Even if it's not inside the Stairs of Hanging Prison, it's probably somewhere around here. "
"Underground waterways extend in all directions." Angor spoke in a plain tone.
"But there are monsters. Isn't it a coward?"
"But it's also very good at hiding itself."
He did not plan to argue with Dorcas any further. What he and Dorcas mentioned could actually happen.
Whether or not the Wood Spirit was still around, and if it wasn't in the Stairs of Hanging Prison, how far it had escaped was still an unknown.
One had to know whether a cat that had been kept in a box without eating or drinking for many days was dead or not. In the end, they had to open the box to see if it was dead or not.
"Stop talking nonsense. Let's go. We'll know once we go in."
After the Black Earl finished speaking, he prepared to manipulate the energy to push open the door on the pee pee pee pee pee pee pee.
However, an unforeseen event occurred at this moment!
Just as the Black Earl's energy touched the base, it suddenly retracted. It wasn't bounced back, but the Dark Earl took the initiative to retract it.
Everyone looked at the Black Earl doubtfully.
However, the Black Earl did not say anything. He quickly floated in the air and used his vigorous and heavy power to create a dome in an instant, covering everyone without any blind spots.
Everyone was puzzled by the Black Earl's series of actions.
Before they could ask, the Black Earl quickly explained, "Someone's coming. His energy is strange. It seems weak, but it's also as deep as the ocean. My premonition activated my talent."
The Black Earl did not explain what his premonition was. However, the Black Earl's greatest talent was the Smell of Death. If his premonition activated his talent, it meant that the person who was coming was someone powerful enough to cause the Black Earl to be shrouded in the shadow of death.
Of course, this was referring to the Black Earl's nose, not his body.
"Angor, prepare the materials needed to open the plane passageway. If the intruder comes with ill intentions, the dome will protect us and buy us enough time to open the plane passageway." The Black Earl paused. "If there's still danger, I'll bring up the rear."
Everyone was surprised by the Black Earl's words. They were just wondering why there was such a powerful enemy coming out of nowhere. Now, they were all shocked by the Black Earl's decisiveness.
Dorcas and Wai were especially surprised. They knew that the Black Earl's "bring up the rear" meant that he was using his own life to buy time.
Wai always wondered why the Black Earl sent his clone to follow them. He wondered if the Black Earl was up to something else. Dorcas also believed Wai's words because he was a fan of conspiracy theories.
But now, the Black Earl was willing to sacrifice himself to protect them. This was completely different from what they thought.
Did Wai misunderstand the Black Earl?
Both Dorcas and Wai did not know the answer to this question. But Angor knew that he had learned a lot about the Black Earl from Rein and Iron Granny.
The Black Earl's clone did have a purpose for following his descendants. It could be good or bad, but it definitely did not mean to kill his descendants.
Angor also knew what the Black Earl was thinking when he said he was willing to sacrifice himself to protect his people.
From their previous conversation, Angor realized that the Black Earl already believed that the Tree Spirit was not inside the Stairs of Hanging Prison because the place was badly damaged.
This was why the Black Earl contacted Angor and asked him to come up with a plan as soon as possible.
Angor did not have many plans. He either went straight to the Wise Overseer or found another way.
The Black Earl knew this as well. If nothing unexpected happened, he would probably follow Angor's decision.
But now that there was an accident, the Dark Earl had a new choice.
Rein emphasized many times that the Black Earl's clones were not afraid of death.
Sometimes, the clones would choose to die on their own, because the Black Earl's real body would immediately receive the clone's memories.
Although he didn't know how the Black Earl did it, it was because of the Black Earl's memory retrieval ability that his sources of information were very wide. He could rely on his clones' deaths to bring back information about many deadly traps.
Therefore, according to this logic, the Black Earl's nose was actually not afraid of death.
If the Black Earl died here, it would benefit him greatly.
For one thing, he would earn Angor's favor. For another, the Black Earl's real body would know what happened here and come here on its own. In other words, the Black Earl had broken his promise with Angor.
This was why Vaey and Dorcas could not figure out what was going on.
Choosing to die was not necessarily a bad thing when there were benefits to be gained from death.
Angor knew what the Black Earl was up to, but he still had to accept the Black Earl's favor in the worst case scenario.
He quickly took out the necessary materials for the plane passageway and constructed a spirit model of the passageway in his mind space.
He only needed to think about it to open the plane passageway.
Angor looked at the Black Earl. "Sir, are you sure it's a human? Not a monster? "
The Black Earl's sense of death had to be extremely powerful. In Angor's opinion, the Wise Overseer was the only one who could do something like this.
This was why Angor asked the Black Earl about it.
"It's the scent of a human, but it's not pure. It's similar to Toyo's."
Toyo, one of Angor's potential enemies, was known as the "Grafting Fiend", who loved to put together all kinds of limbs and organs. Toyo's hobby was to create strange and terrifying lifeforms.
Was it a modified human?
Suddenly, the Black Earl raised his voice. "It's coming. Get ready."
Everyone looked serious and moved closer to Angor. If there was really someone they could not defeat, they would have to run.
Angor was not as worried as the others. He was sure that he could get out of this place safely.
He was more concerned about the identity of the intruder.
…
Angor's expression turned strange when he saw the answer.
The others were also shocked by what they saw.
The intruder was not a powerful being like they expected. Instead, it was a young man with a scholarly aura.
About 13 or 14 years old, he was wearing an ochre newsboy hat with black stripes on it, and a robe of the same color.
He had a harmless look on his face.
However, when he looked up and revealed his face behind the hat, everyone's expression changed.
Blue skin and three eyes.
Although the other party was in human form, just these two characteristics, as well as the Dark Earl's expression, made everyone guess the identity of the other party.
"He's … the Wise One!"
Everyone knew that they would meet the Wise One sooner or later, but they did not expect it to happen so soon.
It was as if the Wise One was coming for them.
"Good night, everyone!" The Wise Sovereign raised his head, a beaming smile on his face as he landed in front of everyone.
He glanced at everyone as if he did not see the barrier at all. His gaze lingered on Black Earl's nose for a second, while the others only glanced at them.
"You're the Wise One?" Black Earl asked.
"Huh? How did you know?" The Wise One was surprised. He waved a hand. "Never mind. It's not important."
"Don't look so wary, I don't eat people … Although I've eaten before, I don't really eat anymore." As soon as the Wise One finished speaking, Wa Yi immediately covered his mouth, his face full of horror.
The Wise One smiled at Vaal. "I'm just kidding. I've never eaten anyone before."
The Wise One stretched his back and leaned against the wall. "Relax. I'm not here to kill. I'm here to find someone."
"Looking for someone?"
The Wise One nodded. "You're from the Noah Clan, aren't you? Why don't you come out and talk?"
Hearing the Wise Man's words, everyone immediately understood that the Wise Man was not "seemingly" coming for them. Instead, they were really here for them!
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