Angor looked down in confusion.
The bottom of the cane was entangled by a vine with green sprouts growing out of it.
A vine … Angor thought of something and looked back.
There was no one behind him.
There was only a long vine that extended all the way to the top of the stairs.
Angor raised an eyebrow as he looked at the vines, which were so long that he could not see where they ended. Without hesitation, he turned around and walked toward the end of the vine.
When Angor left, the vine would pull the cane back. However, when he returned, the vines slowly receded like the ebbing tide.
Only the green sprouts were left behind to guide Angor's way.
As he went deeper into the staircase, his figure slowly disappeared into the darkness.
…
"Why isn't Mister Angor out yet?" Wai craned his neck and looked at the door.
It had been a minute since the curtain call ended. Even Cael had been out for a long time, but Angor was nowhere to be seen. Everyone began to wonder what was going on.
Did something happen to Angor? Or did the Wise Lord do something behind the scenes?
But the Wise Lord said that he wanted to talk to Angor. It didn't seem likely that he would attack Angor now.
"Maybe Mister Angor used up too much computing power and needed to rest after the livestream ended?" It was Kael who spoke. He was trying to be subtle, but everyone knew what he was trying to say.
Maybe Angor was pretending to be strong all this time, and when he finally relaxed after the livestream ended, something happened to him?
For example, he fainted.
In other words, maybe Angor was just trying to save face.
"I don't think so." Dorcas hoped that this was the case, but judging from all the details, Angor didn't seem to be that strong.
"As far as I know, he's not the type to pretend to be strong. He won't force himself when he can avoid trouble. "In fact, Angor might even pretend to be weak to avoid trouble without caring about other people's opinions.
"Do you really believe what he said?" Dorcas shrugged. "I don't think so."
Only the two apprentices remained doubtful. The others all knew that Angor must have used up a lot of his calculation power, so there had to be something wrong. If the consumption was huge, how could the structure of the illusion nodes be so smooth and the transmission of energy so stable? Even though Dorcas "died" twice and ran his corpse twice, the illusion was still as real as it could be.
Why would Angor come up with something like "corpse running" if he really needed so much computing power?
As such, all the official Magi present could see it clearly. Angor might need to use a certain amount of computing power, but not as much as he claimed. The man was obviously exaggerating.
Besides, Dorcas strongly suspected that Angor's "curtain call" at the end, where he said "What does the host's business have to do with me?", was actually to tell them that everything was just an act, and acting was exempt from responsibility.
Although Dorcas and the Dark Earl didn't mind, who knew if the Wise Sovereign would?
The disclaimer was meant to shut the Wise Overseer's mouth. This way, the Wise Sovereign wouldn't suddenly turn against him over such a trivial matter.
It was not uncommon for people to fall out over trivial matters like this in the wizarding world. Some people really could not stand being deceived, but most of them were just using this as a pretext to make a fuss. They could easily find an excuse to reduce the benefits they had to pay. Obviously, it was a win-win situation.
"Then why isn't he out yet?" Vait was confused. "And he didn't respond when I called him through the Spirit Bond."
Vait looked at the Dark Earl. As the controller of the Spirit Bond, Dark Earl should be able to sense Angor's current location.
"He blocked the Spirit Bond on his own. He's not near the entrance of Level 0."
Dark Earl's concise explanation solved several of the biggest questions in everyone's mind.
Angor was still alive and didn't answer Vait's call because he blocked the Spirit Bond. Also, Angor didn't leave. Instead, he went deeper into the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
The first two pieces of information could be put aside for now. The most important thing was, why didn't Angor come out? Why did he go deeper into the Stairs of Hanging Prison?
Dark Earl couldn't answer this question. He could only vaguely sense Angor's whereabouts. However, only the Wise Sovereign could tell why Angor went deeper into the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
Everyone looked at the Wise Sovereign who was standing outside the ring wall.
Everyone was stunned by what they saw.
The Wise Sovereign was taking out several pairs of strange-looking glasses from his space storage. Some had octopus frames, some had small wings attached to them, some had an open book under them … All of them were three-rimmed glasses. Combined with their unique shapes, everyone was quite surprised.
However, these external appearances weren't important. What was important was what the Wise Sovereign was doing?
The Wise Sovereign took out a pair of glasses, put them on, and threw them away. He took out a new pair of glasses, and threw them away again.
If it weren't for the Wise Sovereign's serious expression, everyone would have thought that he was showing off his glasses.
They watched the Wise Sovereign put on ten pairs of glasses in a row. Finally, he put on a pair of heart-shaped glasses and stopped moving.
This scene was really strange because the heart-shaped spectacles were pink.
A delicate-looking youth with three eyes, wearing a pair of glasses that seemed to have the heart of a young girl, and a solemn expression … Let alone "youngsters" like Wail, Kale, and Dorcas, even the Dark Earl couldn't bear to look at him.
However, judging from how fast the Wise Sovereign changed his glasses and the direction he was looking at, it was possible that he didn't even know what kind of glasses he was wearing.
It was very likely that the Wise Sovereign didn't realize what he was wearing.
"Should we ask the Wise Sovereign?" Wail asked through their Spirit Bond.
Dorcas coughed. "Ahem … Should we wait? I don't think it's a good idea to disturb the Wise Sovereign right now. "
Even Dorcas, who usually enjoyed watching people make fun of themselves, said so. The others also understood that disturbing the Wise Sovereign and making him realize what kind of glasses he was wearing wasn't a good idea at all.
Everyone looked away and stopped looking at the Wise Sovereign. At the same time, they silently prayed that the Wise Sovereign would realize what kind of glasses he was wearing … and that he wouldn't get angry because of this.
Everyone, including the Black Count, was already making plans. If the Wise Sovereign really did attack, he might as well die quickly and have his true body hurry over.
Watching such a big figure make a fool of himself was even more dangerous than attacking him verbally.
The Black Earl had brought him in. If he was seen by others, he would definitely exterminate these people to prevent his embarrassing image from being spread.
This was why Dark Earl planned to kill his clone as soon as possible so that his real body could come and save Angor. Due to the vow he made with Angor, he couldn't contact his real body. If he wanted to do so, he would have to kill his clone.
They didn't even care about Angor right now. They were more concerned about the Wise Sovereign's actions.
Time slowly passed.
After waiting for five minutes, Dark Earl suddenly spoke through their Spirit Bond, "Gold is very close to the exit."
This meant that Angor had returned to Level 0 after going deeper into the Stairs of Hanging Prison for five minutes. It also meant that Angor would soon leave the Stairs of Hanging Prison and return to the outside world.
Leaving aside what Angor had done, they were hoping for something more.
"Should we warn Mister?" Wai asked through the Spirit Bond.
As for what they were talking about, it had to do with the Wise Sovereign.
However, before they could say anything, Dorcas spoke up, "It's too late. He's already out."
Next, they heard a familiar and clear voice coming from their ears. Yes, they heard it directly, not through the Spirit Bond.
"Huh? That's quite a unique style. I didn't know the Wise Sovereign liked it."
Everyone was speechless.
They all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at the scene.
Several seconds later, they all felt a powerful aura rising to the sky. The surrounding Magic Arrays started becoming active as the aura burst out, and energy kept gathering.
Without a doubt, the aura came from the Wise Sovereign.
Dark Earl said, "I'll go replenish the Earth Ring. Dorcas, get ready to release the plane passageway."
The Dark Earl didn't bother to address Dorcas as he directly called him by his name. Furthermore, he was prepared to die at any moment.
Dorcas grimaced. Plane passageways were expensive, and Dark Earl didn't mention anything about reimbursement, which meant he had to pay for it himself.
But he had no choice. He had to save himself even if he didn't want to save the others.
In the end, Dorcas nodded despite the pain in his heart. At the same time, she thought to herself, Should I ask Angor for reimbursement? No, Angor might not even survive. Or should I go to Brute Cavern and ask Sunders for reimbursement?
Dorcas didn't want to do that, but he still took out his consumables without hesitation. At the same time, he constructed a plane passageway model in his mind space. In order to complete the plane passageway as soon as possible, Dorcas activated his Rainbow Hearthstone. Thousands of rainbow-like strands of light flew out and formed a rainbow bridge in the air.
"Rainbow Portal." Black Earl was a little surprised. He thought Dorcas' plane passageway would be a Phantasm Tunnel. It was a plane passageway that used Phantasm gems as the main material. It was relatively cheap, but the plane passageway would be in the inner layer of a world. The inner layer of a world was limited, so it would be easy to track.
As for the Rainbow Hearthstone, it opened up an external mezzanine. The external mezzanine connected to the void and was infinite. It would be harder to track down the passageway.
Besides, Rainbow Hearthstone's activation efficiency and speed of stabilizing the space were both very fast. It was much faster than the Fabrication Tunnel created by Void Gems.
"I have some money," Dorcas said with a fake smile.
"Since it's a Rainbow Portal, I'll try to bring Angor here as well," Dark Earl said. "If possible, try to save him as well."
Seeing Dorcas' lack of reaction, Dark Earl said, "Angor will reimburse you for your losses."
Dorcas finally perked up his ears and replied with a serious expression, "I understand."
In fact, Dorcas would have tried to save Angor even if Dark Earl didn't try to tempt him. Dorcas was determined to get Angor's help, and he couldn't afford to lose his connection with Angor. Now that Dorcas was tempted, there was no way he would refuse.
Considering how rich Angor was, he shouldn't care about these materials, right?
The Rainbow Portal was already taking shape. As soon as the space stabilized, Dorcas could open the plane passageway at any time.
On the other side, Angor was also surprised by the sudden commotion.
What were the Wise Lord and Dorcas doing? Could it be that when he was in the Stairs of Hanging Prison, there was a fierce dispute outside?
While Angor was still wondering, Dark Earl had already arrived at the edge of the ring wall. He was going to break through the Wise Lord's energy seal and drag Angor into the Rainbow Portal.
However, before the Black Earl could make a move, he heard a scream of agony. "Ah!"
As this miserable scream rang out from nowhere, the Sovereign of the Wise's aura instantly froze. This sudden change was like boiling water turning into ice water in the next second.
Just as the Dark Earl's face was filled with confusion, he saw a familiar-looking … large stickman walking out from the door of the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
It was the stickman who screamed just now.
At this moment, the stickman was backing away in fear. One of its feet had already crawled back into the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
Seeing this, Angor quickly went to the stickman, grabbed it, and dragged it out again before it realized what was going on.
However, the stickman seemed to be quite strong. Angor only managed to drag it half a step away from the door. It could crawl back into the Stairs of Hanging Prison at any time.
Angor quickly comforted the stickman. Then he spoke to the Wise Lord.
"I brought the wood spirit out for real this time. If you scare it away because of your own reasons, don't blame me, Wise Lord."
As soon as he finished speaking, the cold atmosphere began to warm up again.
The Wise Lord exhaled deeply, took off his glasses, and put them back into his space as if he didn't care about them at all.
"Huh? Why did you take them off? I thought you were going to bring the wood — "
Dark Earl cut him off. "That's not important. Tell me about yourself first. How did you manage to get it out? "
Dark Earl looked at the wood spirit again.
They finally understood why the Wise Lord suddenly withdrew his aura. Without a doubt, it was because of the wood spirit.
This also showed that the Wise Lord cared more about the wood spirit than they thought.
Which was a good thing. If it hadn't been for the wood spirit, the Wise Ruler would've probably flown into a rage out of humiliation … even if he had been the one to put on the glasses.
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