"I didn't bring it out. It wanted to come out —" Angor suddenly saw a slim shadow dashing past him. He subconsciously turned around to take a look. Sure enough, the wood spirit had run away again.
However, since Angor had blocked the entrance of the Stairs of Hanging Prison, the Wood Spirit could not go back. The Earth Ring created by the Black Earl also prevented the Wood Spirit from escaping. It could only run around the edge of the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
While running, the Wood Spirit kept shouting, "Ahhh! There's a monster! My nose, my nose is talking! "
Black Earl: "…"
Without a doubt, the Wood Spirit was frightened by the Black Earl.
Normal people would probably jump out of their skin when seeing the Black Earl's nose. However, very few people would be so scared that they would run around like this.
Besides, normal people would not be scared by the Black Earl. Instead, they would be scared by the Wood Spirit. After all, the Wood Spirit looked like a naked scarecrow from a distance. Scarecrows, on the other hand, were similar to humans, which often made people think of them as strange creatures. This was one of the main characters that playwrights liked to write about.
Speaking of which, the Wood Spirit's appearance was even scarier than the Black Earl's nose.
Black Earl: "… I've already gone in just now."
"I asked the Wood Spirit. It's been hiding in the central core. It sensed you when you went in, but it did not come out to check. "
Until one of them went in, because he got the log in the painting. The Wood Spirit sensed that its spawn was moving, so it gathered its courage and sneaked out for a look.
Because of this, the Wood Spirit saw the "staff", which led to the following words.
If Angor did not find the wooden stick, the staff ornament, and the original shape of the staff as Butler Goode said, the ending would be different. The Wood Spirit would not show up. It would not trust Angor, and it would not leave with Angor.
Everything was linked together. Angor could not afford to miss a single link.
"What should we do now? Should we bring it back? " The Black Earl did not ask where the central core was, nor did he care about the Stairs of Hanging Prison. He only interrupted Angor to stop him from asking about the glasses.
"Or should I shrink the Earth Ring and restrict its movement?"
Angor shook his head. "No need. It's fine as long as it doesn't go back. Besides …"
Angor paused a little and waved the staff.
The Black Earl followed Angor's movement and was shocked by what he saw. There was a long vine with a bud attached to the end of the staff.
The vine's grip on the staff tightly, but it was moving up and down. Because … it was connected to the fleeing Wood Spirit.
"When did you do that?" Count Dark wondered. He had been standing beside Angor the whole time, but he did not notice it.
"Since the beginning."
The Black Earl was even more confused. Even the other people who heard their conversation were also at a loss. Angor was Angor's Angor's's's's't.
Angor knew what the Black Earl was thinking, so he explained, "It's probably its ability to reduce its presence."
Angor was not unfamiliar with this ability. He knew an alchemy array called "Infinite Reticence", which was engraved on his bracelet.
However, Infinite Reticence was slightly different from the Wood Spirit's' ability. Infinite Reticence tended to reduce one's presence by looking at it with the naked eye, which meant it was less resistant to spirit detection. The Wood Spirit's ability, on the other hand, tended to reduce its presence by looking at energy.
This was also why the Dark Earl did not notice the Wood Spirit's vines immediately. He only had a nose at the moment. He did have normal vision, but the range of his vision was not very wide. The Dark Earl was more used to observing the world from the perspective of energy, and this happened to coincide with the Wood Spirit's innate ability.
As for why the others did not notice it, it was simple. They were distracted. The Wise Overseer's sudden change of mood, the Wood Spirit's running in circles, and all kinds of external information distracted them, which prevented them from noticing the vine.
Angor waved the wooden staff, and everyone's attention was instantly drawn back. They immediately noticed the vine. This meant the Wood Spirit's' 'ability to reduce one's presence's' 'effect was only average.
However, it did not mean the Wood Spirit's' 'talent was average.
After leaving the Stairs of Hanging Prison, the Wood Spirit did not use this talent on its own. Its reduced sense of existence was purely a passive effect.
Once the Wood Spirit activated this talent, it would be very difficult to detect it.
Earlier, on the second level of the Stairs of Hanging Prison, the Wood Spirit disappeared right in front of everyone. It was the Wood Spirit who activated this talent. At that time, neither Angor nor the Wise Overseer who used the magic array to observe the Wood Spirit's' 'presence. This showed how terrifying this talent was.
For Magi who loved adventuring and traveling, such an ability was a great weapon that they could only dream of. However, the Wood Spirit who obtained this ability was a super house spirit who could be scared by even the slightest movement of grass.
Black Earl saw the Wood Spirit holding the vine tightly to the staff and knew that the Wood Spirit would not run away. Since that was the case, Black Earl did not care about the Wood Spirit anymore. He lifted the stone tablet and pointed his nose outside the ring wall.
The Wise Overseer had already reached the edge of the ring wall. He did not destroy it. Instead, he quietly watched the fleeing Wood Spirit through the yellow barrier.
Perhaps sensing Black Earl's "gaze", the Wise Overseer turned to look at him. However, the Wise Overseer was not looking at Black Earl. Instead, he was looking at Angor.
Black Earl nudged Angor with the stone tablet.
At Black Earl's reminder, Angor glanced at the Wise Overseer.
"Let's talk outside," the Wise Overseer spoke.
Angor considered and did not refuse. The ring wall was relatively safe, but they couldn't stay here forever. If they still wanted to go to the abandoned site, they would have to talk to the Wise Overseer face to face.
Besides, the Wise Overseer had plenty of opportunities to do so back at the Stairs of Hanging Prison. However, the Wise Overseer did not do so, which meant the Wise Overseer had no intention of killing them for now.
More importantly, Angor decided to talk to the Wise Overseer face to face because of Dodoro's prophecy.
The Wise Overseer was not a fool.
Angor did not know what the prophecy meant, but he was certain that they would have to meet the Wise Overseer in order to get to the abandoned site.
Black Earl sighed in relief after hearing Angor's decision. He was still worried that Angor would decide to leave at the last minute. After all, the abandoned site was "not important" to Angor.
Now that Angor was going to meet the Wise Overseer, he had made his decision clear.
"Don't worry. He won't do anything to you for now. I'll go with you. If we really fight, I'll send you out. "The Black Earl's tone was very sincere, and the second half of his sentence was even more certain.
With the Black Earl's status, he naturally wouldn't go back on his words.
Even if it was just a clone of his nose, Black Earl still had a lot of tricks up his sleeves. If he really wanted to force Angor out of the abandoned site, Black Earl could do it. However, he would not be able to protect the others if that happened.
Still, if he had to choose someone to protect, Black Earl would still choose Angor. As for the reason, the fact that Black Earl was a member of the Research Department was enough.
Angor did not mind. As long as the Wise Overseer did not suddenly attack him, he had a way to deal with it. Still, Angor nodded gratefully at Black Earl's kindness.
"Oh, and don't mention the glasses." Dark Earl considered and decided to remind Angor about the glasses.
Although the Wise Sovereign had already reined in his anger, who knew if he would make a comeback because his' wounds had been torn apart '?
Angor did not understand what Black Earl meant, but he still nodded.
Next, Angor and Black Earl walked out of the ring wall together.
The moment they left the ring wall, two black shadows came out from the ring wall. One was the Wood Spirit, and the other was Elmi.
Wood Spirit and Elmi happened to walk past each other. Wood Spirit gave Elmi a puzzled look. But in the next second, Wood Spirit's eyes were filled with fear.
Before Wood Spirit could run away, Angor grabbed Elmi's hand. "That's enough. He's my shadow. If you're scared of my shadow, do you really think you can get out of here? "
As Angor spoke, Elmi had already melted back into his shadow. When the Wood Spirit saw Elmi disappear, it heaved a sigh of relief.
Still, the wood spirit was still panicking, especially when it saw Count Black floating nearby. It wanted to get out of Angor's hand and find a place to hide.
However, he would not let the wood spirit get away so easily.
After struggling for a while, Wood Spirit gave up. Instead of running away, it hid behind Angor's back.
"Scary nose. Scary eyes. So scary …" Wood Spirit was still trembling behind Angor's back. However, the words that came out of its mouth caused everyone to be slightly stunned.
"Scary nose" was obviously referring to Black Earl.
But "scary eyes" was something worth thinking about. Black Earl did not have eyes, and Angor's eyes were not something the Wood Spirit was afraid of. The only possibility was … the Wise Lord.
"Ugh …" The Sovereign of Wisdom let out a long sigh, then gently wiped his forehead, causing the eye on his head to disappear.
Wood Spirit slowly poked its head out and spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's. "Teacher."
It was not surprising that Wood Spirit called the Wise Lord "teacher". The Sovereign of the Wise had stated from the very beginning that he had taken the wood spirit as his student.
What surprised them was that the wood spirits were very afraid of the Sage's three eyes, but when the Sage changed back to two eyes, that fear clearly disappeared.
It meant that Wood Spirit was not afraid of Wise Lord, but his third eye. Was there something else going on with the third eye?
Just as everyone was beginning to feel puzzled, the Sovereign of Wisdom spoke out. "It is quite sensitive to all non-human appearances. Only when it sees a human's appearance will it be less afraid. This is probably the common trait of spirits. "
Spirits usually met two conditions to be born. First, they had to have a strong sense of meaning attached to them. Second, they had to be in a suitable energy environment all year round.
Of course, there were exceptions. However, using an inductive method, items that met these two conditions had a higher chance of becoming spirits.
The so-called "heavy implications" were actually the thoughts of intelligent life forms, the fetters of thoughts.
In Jon's words, "if you never forget something, it will definitely resonate."
This meant that the birth of spirits was closely related to intelligent beings. In the wizarding world, especially in the southern wizarding region where non-human intelligent beings were suppressed by the Supreme Cult, the birth of spirits almost always had something to do with humans.
Therefore, the Wise Lord thought that it was normal for Wood Spirit to be closer to human forms.
However, Wood Spirit magnified this "thought". Leaving aside the fact that it was closer to humans, Wood Spirit's fear of living beings that were slightly different from humans was magnified many times over.
For this reason, Wood Spirit was still very afraid of the Wise Lord's true body.
Before meeting Wood Spirit, the Wise Lord's appearance had always been that of a Three-Eyed Blue Demon. He was tall and sturdy, with dark blue skin, terrifying fangs, and three fierce eyes.
However, as he came into contact with Wood Spirit, the Wise Lord began to gradually change his appearance.
His current appearance as a youth was the result of this change.
However, even now, the Wise Lord was unable to keep his third eye closed, because it was the center of most of the energy in his body. Once he closed it, many of his abilities would temporarily disappear.
Wood Spirit didn't care about illusions, because it could see through illusions.
Only by closing his third eye would Wood Spirit be able to barely recognize the Wise Lord as a "human." Even so, Wood Spirit still didn't dare to meet the Wise Lord. It was just that its personality was flawed, not that it was lacking in intelligence. It knew very well that the Wise Lord wasn't human. Closing the eye was only to make Wood Spirit look more comfortable. However, Wood Spirit still couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the Wise Lord's true body.
The Wise Overseer put his thoughts aside and glanced at the people who were still trapped in the ring wall. Then, he looked at Angor who was closer to him.
"Shall we talk here, or do you want to go to my place first?"
"The bonus points are in the Stairs of Hanging Prison. Don't we need to do the necessary conditions here?" Angor asked.
The Wise Lord never mentioned what the necessary conditions were. But now, after a moment of silence, he finally spoke, "The necessary conditions … are in the ruins."
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