"If that's what the Wise Lord wants, I guess we have no choice but to give it a try?"
The Wise Lord chuckled but didn't say anything.
Angor couldn't help but sigh in his mind when he saw the friendly smile on the Wise Lord's face. As expected, Cissia knew the Wise Lord very well. Once the Wise Lord made a decision, he would never change his mind.
Just like now. The Wise Lord seemed to be giving them a choice, but Angor soon realized that the Wise Lord didn't give them any room to negotiate at all.
The so-called "bonus points" sounded like a "bonus point", but it was actually something they had to do.
Cissia's suggestion was correct. It was best not to let a stubborn Wise Lord know about the dream wasteland.
"It's fine to try. But first, is the Wood Spirit really still inside the Stairs of Hanging Prison?" Angor knew he couldn't refuse, so he decided to give himself a way out.
The Sovereign of the Wise finally spoke. "The wood spirit is still inside. Only, every time I leave, it will move and choose a new resting place. Even if I go inside, I will have to look for it again. If you want me to tell you where it is now, I can't do that. "
"As long as the Wood Spirit is still inside, we can give it a try. Shall we start now? "
The Wise Lord shook his head. "Not all of you. Only you."
"Only me?" Angor looked at the Wise Lord to make sure he didn't hear wrong.
"My student has a strange temperament. You should have heard from Cissia. It's a very timid creature. If all of you go inside, you will scare it. "The Wise Lord paused and continued," I'm not trying to give you a hard time. That's because the wood spirit's innate ability to conceal itself is quite strong, and according to my observations, it will continuously improve its ability to conceal itself as it is frightened. "
In other words, if you scare it too much, I won't be able to find it next time even if I go inside. "
The Wise Lord was being subtle. To put it bluntly, the Wood Spirit was a coward. The more it was scared, the more it needed to improve its hiding ability. As a result, even someone as powerful as the Wise Lord would have to spend more effort every time trying to find the Wood Spirit.
The Wise Lord looked at Angor's thoughtful expression and said, "At most, two people can go inside. If there are two, one of them must be an apprentice.
I can give you three chances, but the number of people can't be changed.
Also, if the nose wants to go inside, it has to go alone. "
The Wise Lord pointed Wise Lord. Although the Black Earl only had one nose, it was still a threat to the Wise Ones. It was almost on par with a truth-finder wizard. Therefore, the Black Earl's nose was singled out.
"I need to talk to my teammates first."
"Wise Lord."
Angor gave Dark Earl a look, and the old man quickly activated a Spirit Bond.
The Spirit Bond's Lord said, Lord, Lord, and Lord '''s's's.
As for Wa and Kael, it was better for them to continue being emotionless wooden dummies. Because they weren't strong enough, they would subconsciously respond to any information they received, which would be easily seen through by the Wise Ones.
"You can call me Kim." Instead of discussing with the others, Angor said something out of the blue, "You can call me Kim."
The Black Earl and Dorcas were not stupid. They were stunned for half a second before coming back to their senses.
The wise man still did not know who was who. The true descendants of Noah were probably not completely confirmed. If they called each other by their names, it was very likely that they would be exposed to the wise man.
Having an equal codename would be much better than using their real names.
After Dorcas figured it out, he immediately said, "I'm Red."
Black Earl: "Black."
The three of them used different colors as their code names, and there was no distinction between the colors. There was no need to talk about seniority, which made it easier to hide.
"Black, Red, if you have any ideas, feel free to voice them." Now that he had a color code, he no longer used honorifics. Instead, he simply referred to them by their colors.
Dorcas: "I don't have any ideas for now, but can we really keep our conversation a secret? Black? "
The Black Earl said, "I can sense if the Spirit Bond is being spied on. If I'm being spied on, I'll break the Spirit Bond. "
"Why do you need to break it? Just give us a secret signal. If we're being spied on, we can talk nonsense. Maybe we can trick him? "Dorcas asked.
The Black Earl sneered at Dorcas' words. "I don't want to waste time explaining, Gold. Just get to the point."
It was rare for Dorcas to not use Black Earl's honorifics. He was about to retort when Angor spoke in a timely manner, "Red, don't underestimate the Wise Man. You can occasionally stir up trouble to distract him. But if you deliberately do that in front of him, he'll only find out more useful information."
Angor did not give Dorcas any time to react. He went straight to the point. "The wise man could have told us the necessary conditions, but he insisted that we go to the Stairs of Hanging Prison. I don't think he wants us to bring the wood spirit out."
Black Earl: "… He's just observing."
Angor: "I agree with Black. The Wise Man probably doesn't believe that we can bring the wood spirit out of the Stairs of Hanging Prison. He's doing this purely to observe us and get more accurate information. "
"But why does he want to confirm our information?" Dorcas asked.
Angor remained silent for a moment. "I don't know the specific reason yet. But I think it has something to do with Augustine's ruins. "
Dorcas asked the biggest question in his mind. "What's there?"
Angor: "I don't know. But judging from his feedback, there might be intelligent creatures living there, and they have some kind of connection. "
Angor paused and said, "I'll tell you the details later."
"Alright." Dorcas knew that this was not the time to talk about this. He held back his curiosity and asked, "So what should we do now?"
Black Earl spoke first while Angor was still thinking, "Do as the wise man said. Gold, you arrange the order. "
Angor asked the wise man to give them some time to discuss the order of entry with Black Earl and Dorcas. But Black Earl directly asked Angor to do the order, which made him feel a little conflicted.
Dorcas: "I'm fine with anything. Any order is fine. Just do as you see fit. By the way, don't put my old friend with you. He's been acting up ever since we entered the ruin. Following you will only expose more clues. "
Angor looked at Dorcas in confusion. "Acting up?"
"That's right. He's sick." Dorcas: "Don't worry about it. Just put him with me. The order doesn't matter."
The Spirit Bond remained silent for a while. Dorcas and Black Earl were both waiting for Angor's order.
Angor himself was in a dilemma.
Black Earl didn't say it out loud, but he already gave a hint when he suggested the order.
Black Earl planned to go in first.
The reason was simple. Black Earl's sense of smell was far beyond his current level. In fact, his sense of smell was already one of the best in the entire southern wizarding region.
Therefore, the probability of the Black Earl finding the Wood Spirit and bringing it out was the highest.
The Black Earl was the first to search for the Wood Spirit. As long as he found the Wood Spirit and brought it out, he would be able to prevent the Wise Ones from finding clues and leaking more information.
Besides, Black Earl was restricted to go in alone, so he was the least likely to leak information.
Angor received the hint. However, he had other ideas.
No one knew that the wood spirit was most likely created by Sunders' cane. Therefore, as Sunders' student, he believed that he had a better chance of finding a Wood Spirit if he went in alone.
That was if the wood spirit could still recognize Sunders' scent.
From this point of view, Angor preferred to enter the Stairs of Hanging Prison first.
However, there was another problem.
If the wood spirit was really created by Sunders' cane and recognized Sunders' scent, Angor's identity would be exposed.
At first, the sage was still doubting whether Angor was really a Noah. But if Angor really used Sunders' connection to lure out the wood spirit, the sage would have no chance of disguising himself as a Noah.
There were both pros and cons, which made him feel a little conflicted.
Should he let Black Earl go first, or should he go first?
"You still don't know? How about I go first? I'll scout the way for you." Dorcas looked eager.
Judging from Dorcas' expression, he probably wanted to look for treasures more than anything else.
Angor knew that he was taking too long, which would probably arouse the Sage's suspicion.
Angor closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He spoke through the Spirit Bond, "Black, go first. Me, second. Red, last. "
In the end, Angor decided to let Black Earl go first.
Maybe Black Earl could really find the wood spirit and trick it into coming out.
If Black Earl succeeded, Angor could continue to hide his identity. On the other hand, if Black Earl failed, Angor could at least help Wa Yi hide his identity. Therefore, he chose to go second.
If Angor and Black Earl could not find the wood spirit, Wa Yi and Dorcas would not be able to do anything.
By then, Wa Yi and Dorcas would not need to talk to each other. They would just walk around and come out as a failure.
"I'm the last one … I don't mind going first," Dorcas was still unwilling to accept Angor's decision.
"I'm sure the Sage has a way to keep an eye on you. If he sees someone rummaging for treasures instead of looking for the wood spirit … "Angor paused and gave Dorcas a meaningful look.
Dorcas spoke in a righteous tone, "Why would I do something so immoral in such a tense situation?"
"Then I'll put you first?"
Dorcas remained silent for two seconds. "Fine, fine. Let's do as you say. "
Angor chuckled and looked at Black Earl. They did not talk. They only looked at each other for a brief moment before turning away.
After making their decision, they didn't say anything else. Instead, they turned to look at the Sage.
"I'll go first," Black Earl spoke up.
The Sage nodded. "Sure."
Black Earl did not leave right away. Instead, he reinforced the Earth Wall again and again in front of the Sage. The reason was simple. If the Sage attacked them while Black Earl was away, the Earth Wall would at least buy them enough time to escape.
Black Earl built up eight layers of Earth Wall in a row.
Even if the Wise Ones observed carefully, they still couldn't figure out how the Black Earl did it.
Earth Wall was not a cantrip. It was a level-2 spell. The combination of spells was full of variables. Once the structure of the spell went wrong, the spell would backfire.
Wizards had many ways to deal with spell backfire. Most of them could only ensure that they would not die, but they would definitely get injured.
Normal wizards would find it difficult to stack up two level-1 spells, but Black Earl did it eight times in a row.
This kind of stacking effect was not a simple addition. Instead, it directly changed the nature of the Earth Ring Wall, turning a spell that was close to level two directly into a level three spell.
The effect was a huge leap. Furthermore, it was an entire level higher.
This caused the Sage to be suspicious of Black Earl's identity.
The Sage had judged that although this strange nose 'came' from the Noah clan, he might not be a member of the clan. He might only be the bodyguard of one of Noah's descendants.
Otherwise, when they first met, this nose would not have been in a state where it could die at any time.
But now, it seemed that his judgment was wrong.
How could a bodyguard that could be sacrificed at any time have such an exquisite ability?
This nose … who was it? Was it a transfiguration technique? Or was it a part of someone else?
Black Earl had long since expected that the Sage would be suspicious. However, this was a necessary process. The Sage did not seem to have any intention of making a move, but no one could be sure that the Sage would not bare his fangs once he entered the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
The Three-Eyed Blue Devil was a demonic creature that ate humans in the first place. Would one forget their primitive desires after gaining intelligence?
At this moment, it was safer to guess the other party's intentions with the greatest malice than to trust the other party's rationality and goodwill.
Moreover, the Sage had yet to reveal much goodwill.
"Who are you?" For the first time, the Sage carefully examined the seemingly insignificant nose on the stone slab.
Black Earl replied, "Who am I? Like I said before, I'm from the Noah clan. My name is not worth mentioning. "
With that, Black Earl released his own aura. It looked like he was trying to unify the power of Earth Wall, but this aura made the Sage feel a bit threatened.
Was this … a warning?
After the Sovereign of Wisdom deciphered this information, not only was he not angry, he was actually quite interested.
What right did this nose have to warn him? Apart from the fact that the Sage was overestimating himself, there was only one answer. This person was not weaker than him.
As for whether this person's confidence came from himself or from someone who could rival him, it was hard to say.
However, no matter what the situation was, it seemed to make the show more interesting.
The Sage chuckled and did not ask any more questions.
Black Earl did not care about what the Sage thought. He nodded to Angor and controlled the stone slab to fly into the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
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