As a Bloodline Magus, Dorcas had always thought highly of his own battle prowess. Thus, when he saw the Sage's questioning gaze, his self-esteem took a huge hit.
"I've never been afraid of battle, and I'm not afraid of it either. There's a special reason this time!" Dorcas declared solemnly.
Beside him, Wa nodded, "That's right. He's never been afraid of battle."
Dorcas looked at Wa, moved. Indeed, in times of trouble, Wa was still a friend.
However, Wa's next words made Dorcas feel as if an arrow had been shot in his chest.
Wa said, "The reason he's not afraid of battle is because of his inspiration. His inspiration is quite good. If he thinks he can win, he'll fight, and if he can't win, he'll never provoke. Thus, there's no problem with him being afraid of battle. "
Dorcas: "… …"
Wa continued, "As for why he changed his mind this time, he's not wrong. His innate gift of inspiration was damaged, and he didn't know whether or not he should fight, so he made such a bold statement."
Wa had completely reconstructed Dorcas's inner thoughts. Most importantly, the truth was pretty close. As expected of a close friend of many years.
With Wa Yi's well-reasoned argument, Dorcas' rebuttal was obviously a little weak.
Dorcas glared hatefully at Wa, grinding his teeth so hard that they creaked. He wanted nothing more than to grind Wa's bones into dust. This guy only knew how to undermine him. He had no respect for his seniors!
When Dorcas was in a predicament, the Black Earl, who had never been on good terms with Dorcas, spoke up for him.
"Dorcas's main bloodline is the Swordback Sandworm bloodline." The Black Earl said, "Hui Shang's bloodline is the Gemstone Earth Dragon. This bloodline has a natural suppressive effect on all earth-type bloodlines."
Thus, the Black Earl meant that Dorcas could only be considered unlucky.
Everyone thought about it carefully, and found that this was indeed the case. The Swordback Sandworm bloodline was one of the strongest in terms of combat strength. Moreover, Dorcas was skilled in swordsmanship, and the Swordback Sandworm could also control the swords on its back to attack. This was highly compatible with Dorcas's fighting style and rhythm. Dorcas's fighting strength was definitely not weak.
However, Hui Shang's strength was still unknown. Since he hadn't stepped onto the path of truth, his overall strength shouldn't be too different from Dorcas'.
Dorcas was only lacking in terms of bloodline suppression.
The importance of a Bloodline Magus' main bloodline was self-evident. His bloodline was naturally countered, so Dorcas's chances of winning against the grey merchant were greatly reduced.
The Black Earl's simple words helped Dorcas out of his predicament. Dorcas looked at Angor and said, "How about this? How about I take on the woman, and you take on Gray Merchant?"
A second ago, Dorcas was still suggesting that the Black Earl and the gray merchant should work together. Now that the Black Earl had spoken up for him, he did not hesitate to change his mind.
"Sure." Angor nodded. In fact, he also advocated for the Black Earl not to go up for the time being. The Black Earl was considered a trump card. Moreover, the Black Earl was a descendant of Noah and was definitely the target of that person. Perhaps if he went up, there would be an unexpected blow from the sky.
He wasn't worried about Count Dark's safety. Instead, he was worried that Count Dark's main body would show up as soon as his nose clone was killed. Should he ask for Iron Granny's help?
After thinking about it, he decided to forget about it.
After discussing the official wizards of the traveling merchant organization, Karel raised his hand weakly, "Do you want to discuss their apprentices? I think we can't beat them with just the two of us. "
Wa Yi also nodded his head in defeat. "How about we just admit defeat?"
Wai had been hiding for a long time. It was unknown how much fighting power he had left. Still, he had the least desire to fight among the apprentices. Therefore, his suggestion was normal.
Karel, on the other hand, did not intend to give up. Even if he was alone, he still wanted to fight the four apprentices of the traveling merchant organization.
Karel did not want to miss the chance to explore a historical ruin, especially one like the Remnant Land.
Angor and the other wizards began to think about the different opinions of the apprentices.
In fact, they did not care if the apprentices lost. In fact, there was a high chance that they would lose. As long as the wizards won, they could still go to the Remnant Land, and the Black Earl could go there on behalf of Noah's descendant.
Now that Karel wanted to go to the Remnant Land, Angor had to think about it seriously.
Karel was the source of this exploration, and his opinion was much more important to Angor than the others.
But how should Karel and Wai win the apprentice battle?
Angor felt that this problem was more troublesome than winning the battle.
Karel's eyes dimmed a little when he saw the other wizards' silence. Looking at the current situation, he had already determined that he might not be able to enter the Remnant this time.
It wasn't anyone's fault. It could only be said that the rules set by the person hidden in the mirror were too unfair. Apprentices were humans too …
"It's too early to give up," Angor spoke up while Karel was still sobbing in his mind.
Wai and Karel looked at Angor in surprise.
"It's normal for an apprentice to have a wind creature as a companion, right?" Angor looked at the Wise Overseer with a serious expression.
The Wise Ruler: "???"
…
Several minutes later, the Wise Ruler spoke in a soft voice, "They're here."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone heard the sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
Wa Yi sensed the distant sounds through the tremors of the earth. "Why are there only four footsteps?"
Soon, Wai's question was answered.
A group of people slowly walked out from the entrance of the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
At the front of the group was a man who looked like an iron tower. He wore a gray mask and a gray cloak that covered his entire body.
This was Gray Merchant, no doubt. From the looks of it, other than having an ample amount of Blood Qi and a sturdy physique, there was nothing special about him.
However, there was a very strange woman behind Hui Shang.
The woman floated in the air with her long, purple-red hair that reached her knees. She had a graceful figure, but half of her body was wrapped in bandages. Even the bandages on her ankles were attached to Grey Merchant's wrists. It looked like Grey Merchant was using her as a kite.
The unbandaged side of her body was covered in a gorgeous half-dress. Her exposed collarbone was covered in bright red tattoos.
Half of her face was covered by bandages as well. However, one could still see the left half of her face through the gaps between her hair. However, her eyes, lips, and the snake tongue she flicked out from time to time were all very different from a normal human.
Her aura was not weaker than Gray Merchant's at all. From this, it could be deduced that she should be the Magus of the modification branch — the evil woman.
The two wizards took the lead, while Gray Merchant's apprentices followed behind them.
There was a man wearing a mammoth mask, a pink-haired girl who looked like an underage girl, and a green-haired young man with freckles and a lazy expression.
"Strange. Didn't you say there were six? Why are there only five? And there are only four footsteps?" Wai wondered.
Evil Woman floated in the air without any footsteps. As for the other four people, each of them had a different set of footsteps, so the numbers were correct. There were only five people.
While Wai was still wondering, Angor pointed at the girl's shadow.
Wa Yi looked in the direction she was pointing. The shadow on the ground should have been the slender figure of a young girl, but it was clearly not a girl. It was the shadow of a man with broad shoulders.
Wai remembered the four apprentices mentioned by the Wise Overseer: Pink Mo, Golem, Shepherd, and Ghost Shadow.
So the shadow on the ground was Ghost Shadow? Was he the last apprentice?
As Wai pondered, Gray Merchant's group had already left the Stairs of Hanging Prison.
The pink-haired girl hopped around and looked around. "Huh? Didn't they say they were here? Why can't I see anything?"
The green-haired young man put his mask on his waist and stretched. "Isn't it better if they're not here? I don't want to fight them before I know what's going on. Besides … "
The young man played with his flute and lowered his voice. "Besides, I trust Mister Bai Shang's judgment."
The pink-haired girl lowered her shoulders and muttered in frustration, "I trust Mister Bai Shang's judgment too, but … but …"
But this was not up to them.
Bai Shang thought the outsiders were trying to be friendly rather than provoke them. Even if they caught up to them, they should talk first and see if they could solve the problem amicably.
It sounded like Bai Shang was a conservative, dove type, but that was not the case. Usually, when he encountered similar situations, he would track down, imprison, and interrogate the intruders. If anyone dared to resist during the chase, they would be killed without mercy.
The reason why Bai Shang preferred to talk this time was because there were at least two wizards among the intruders. What was even more unusual was that there was a technical talent who specialized in magic arrays.
Facing two wizards whom they had not met yet, Bai Shang advised them not to fight directly from the perspective of the traveling merchant organization, to avoid casualties, and from the perspective of the Bilos Family.
Unfortunately, fate was not up to them. On their way here, they encountered the "man in the mirror". The most important memory of Gray Shang was also locked in the mirror.
Now, they had no choice but to fight.
Looking at the pink-haired girl's dejected look, Gray Shang comforted her. "Fen Mo, don't think too much. There are winners and losers in a battle, but it's not necessarily life and death. Besides, isn't it more hot-blooded to get to know each other in battle? "
The pink-haired girl, Fen Mo, nodded perfunctorily, but she could not help but sigh as soon as she turned around.
Mister Gray Shang was not like this in the past. The more she saw Mister Gray Shang's gentleness, the more uncomfortable she felt. The gentle Gray Shang was a ticking time bomb with suppressed emotions. Once he was suppressed too much and could not vent, the consequences would be even worse.
"Get to know each other in battle? Hahaha, Gray Shang, you've become so indecisive. The battle I want is a battle of life and death, not a battle of strength. "A sharp female voice came from the bandaged woman floating in the air.
While speaking, she looked around with a malicious gaze.
"Only rats in the sewers would hide their heads and tails. You left all those hints to provoke us, right? What now? You're too scared to show up? "
As the evil woman's voice fell, everyone, including Powder and the lazy shepherd, kept their relaxed expressions and vigilantly looked at their surroundings.
They did not forget the purpose of coming here: to defeat the intruder and retrieve Gray Shang's memory!
…
Everyone inside the Nightmare Domain frowned when they heard the woman's shrill voice.
"Should we … go out now?" Wai looked at Angor.
Angor did not plan to hide. He reached out a hand and snapped his fingers to deactivate the Nightmare Domain. However, the Wise Overseer suddenly stopped Angor from doing so.
Before Angor could figure out what was going on, the Wise Overseer stomped his foot on the ground. A gentle stream of energy rushed to the edge of the Nightmare Domain.
Angor did not know what the Wise Overseer was going to do, but he still waved his hand and released the energy from the Nightmare Domain.
As soon as it left the Nightmare Domain, the energy quietly melted into the magic array underground.
On the other side, the evil woman floating in the air narrowed her eyes when she saw that no one had appeared for a long time. The corners of her mouth gradually cracked and curled up until they reached her ears. Sharp white teeth could be seen in her terrifying scarlet mouth.
With a creepy smile, the woman began to release countless white bandages around her. The bandages moved like tornadoes and ravaged every inch of space in the area.
It was obvious that the woman was going to use this method to force the intruder out.
However, the intruder did not show up. Instead, a man in a black robe slowly rose from the ground.
Everyone frowned when they saw the familiar black robe.
The person in the mirror from before wore the exact same black robe. This man's body was different from the one in the mirror. But if he was dressed like this, perhaps he had something to do with the man in the mirror?
With this in mind, everyone except Gray Merchant glared at the man in the black robe.
They agreed to fight the intruder, but they still hated the man in the mirror.
However, they could tell that the man in the black robe was only an illusion. Even if they hated him enough to destroy him, they would not be able to do anything.
"So you don't like the Goddess … Well, that's normal. I don't like her either."
The black-robed man's words stunned everyone. Weren't they on the same side? Why would he say something like that?
The man in the black robe chuckled when he saw the confusion in their eyes. "We're just partners. Forgive me, but I can't tell you the details.
"Let's put that aside for now. Let me introduce myself first. " The man in the black robe suddenly stopped and scratched his hood. "Forget it. I'll get straight to the point. I'm the judge of this test.
Before you fight them, I'll give you a small test. What do you think? "
The evil woman snorted disdainfully, and the curse words in her mouth were already in place. However, the grey merchant gently moved his wrist, and the bandage on the evil woman's ankle tightened. The evil woman glared at the grey merchant in dissatisfaction, but the grey merchant smiled gently at her.
The woman fell silent when she saw Gray Merchant's gentle smile. She turned her head away proudly and said nothing.
Gray Merchant looked at the man in the black robe. "Hello, I'm Gray Merchant."
The man in the black robe said, "I know. I know all about you."
Gray Merchant wasn't surprised. He smiled and said, "What is the small test that you're talking about?"
The man in the black robe said, "It's simple. Find out where your opponents are. I'll give you a small hint. They're also watching you. Alright, start looking. If you find them, I'll give you a small reward. "
(End of chapter)
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