Kael stated his conclusion, but at the same time, he raised two questions.
Could awakened demons live in harmony with ordinary natives? Was the information from the Panic Realm biased?
No one knew the answer to the former.
As for the latter, Angor believed it was likely to be true. This was because most adepts found it difficult to be objective when looking at other intelligent lifeforms. It was precisely because it was impossible to be objective that they would listen to the wind and the rain without seeking evidence. They would only make conclusions based on what they saw in front of them, deliberately magnifying certain prejudices while ignoring the customs and strengths of non-human races.
Moreover, most of these Adepts were Desolation Adepts. "Explorers" did not simply mean to discover unknown planes. They also meant to conquer and conquer new lands.
The meaning of an expedition was not to be threatened by oneself. They meant to threaten the natives of other worlds and force them to accept the values of the wizarding world.
Only by assimilating their values and gaining the upper hand in the war of ideologies could the natives truly submit to them.
Therefore, it was common for explorers to send back information that was biased.
But this could not be helped. Moonfrost Union basically monopolized all explorers in the southern wizarding region. Naturally, they had the right to interpret public opinion.
Of course, you could also go to another world alone. However, if you went alone or in a group of two or three, it would not be considered an expedition. It was more like a sightseeing trip.
"Do you think it's true?" Dorcas looked at Angor and Black Earl after hearing Kael's words.
Angor shook his head to show that he did not know. Analysis was one thing, but he still needed evidence to determine whether it was true or not. He had already told Kael everything he knew, so what Kael was talking about was already beyond his knowledge.
Black Earl thought for a moment and said, "I can't tell if it's true or not. But I can tell you an anecdote. It has something to do with Ashillia Comprehensive Academy. "
When Count Black mentioned Ashillia Comprehensive Academy, everyone couldn't help but sneak a glance at Angor.
Ashillia Comprehensive Academy was located in Floating Mech City. It was backed by the R&D Department. Angor also worked as a teacher at Ashillia Comprehensive Academy for a while. The Shadow Box that was popular in all wizard markets in the southern wizarding region was one of Angor's lectures on the theory and crafting methods.
Therefore, when Ashillia Comprehensive Academy was mentioned, people would naturally think of Angor.
He didn't feel like he belonged to Ashillia Comprehensive Academy or the R&D department. If it wasn't for Master Alchemist, he wouldn't have any sense of belonging either. Since there was no sense of belonging, he naturally didn't care about the secrets within.
"You should have heard of the Manluo Plane, right?" The Black Earl said it was a question, but in fact, he was already certain that they knew about Manluo Plane. Therefore, he didn't wait for them to answer and continued, "Manluo Plane was also discovered in the Age of Meteorite. At first, it was discovered by a traveling alchemist. A wizard who traveled for the purpose of traveling didn't have a strong desire to conquer another world like a desolation wizard. However, this alchemist found a special incense spirit in Manluo Plane. "
"Using fragrance as a spirit is an extremely special existence. It's also because of the existence of the Fragrance Spirit in Manluo Plane that the fragrance market here can be said to be flourishing. "
"Although that alchemist isn't an alchemist, he knows the value of Manluo Plane's fragrances. He quickly returned to Floating Mech City and met with the city lord of Floating Mech City as a teacher of Ashillia Comprehensive Academy. "
"After that, Floating Mech City began to send a large number of wizards to Manluo Plane as pioneers to develop Manluo Plane on a large scale."
"Currently, the largest wizard organization in Manluo Plane — Fragrant Moon Alliance — is backed by Floating Mech City. The Fragrance Tasting Event held once in a while in Manluo Plane is organized by Ashillia Comprehensive Academy. "
"Now, Manluo Plane seems to be a 'tourist spot' that all witches love to visit. However, when Floating Mech City first started to develop Manluo Plane, their methods were quite dishonorable. "
"They announced to the outside world that an Alchemist had been killed in the Manluo Plane. Using this reason, they entered the Manluo Plane en masse. Then, they continued to spread rumors, smearing all kinds of information about the Manluo Plane. Countless natives were affected by this unexpected disaster. Most of them became prisoners and had to accept the transformation of values. You could say that all the information from Manluo Plane to the south were nothing but rumors. "
"Later, when Floating Mech City saw that they were almost done with their development and assimilation of values, they began to spread the good news by holding the first Fragrance Tasting Meeting. Witches who attended the meeting would spread the real news about Manda Plane."
"Witches' tea parties were a good way to spread the news. In just a dozen years, Manluo Plane went from a world of darkness and violence to a beautiful world full of flowers and birds. "
"Is this the end of the story? No. "
"So many years have passed. Is your understanding of Manluo Plane limited to the Fragrant Moon Alliance and its beautiful side? Those dark surges, those bloody times caused by the Fragrance Spirit … they never existed. "
"This is the story written by the victors. And this story will continue to be written for many years, until the dark times completely disappear."
At this point, the Black Earl finally finished his little story.
"I always thought the Floating Mech City was a holy temple of knowledge. Who would have thought they had such a dark history?!" Wail was the only one who looked angry.
"I'm not talking about Sir … I'm talking about the Floating Mech City." Vaey suddenly realized something and turned to Angor. "Sir, I'm not talking about Floating Mech City.
Angor chuckled. "I don't care if you're talking about Floating Mech City now. I don't know why you think Floating Mech City is a holy temple of knowledge. Think about the purification garden incident a few years ago. Floating Mech City has never changed. "
"Purification garden incident?" Wa Yi was confused. "What happened in the purification garden? I only heard that the garden leveled up. "
"You don't know?" It had only been a short while since the purification garden was opened. How could Wai not remember anything about it?
Wail shook his head.
Angor looked at the others. Kael was also puzzled, but Dorcas didn't seem to know anything.
So only the apprentices didn't know? What's going on? It was only a short time ago, and countless apprentices died. Floating Mech City's magazines were all over the place.
Angor thought the whole world was condemning Floating Mech City's actions. But it seemed that only a few people knew about it.
Count Dark noticed Angor's confusion. "Apart from alchemy, Floating Mech City's biggest industry is communication. You can think of it as a magazine.
"There are quite a number of magazine publishers with official backing. They publish so many magazines to the public. Isn't it normal to say that black is white?"
"Why do you think the Moonfrost Union went through so much trouble to create Planar Expedition Record? Apart from recruiting new explorers, it's also to gain the right to speak. "
As long as he had the right to speak, whether it was spring or autumn, whether it was black or white, it was all up to him.
"You have an official magazine too, right? I remember Rein showed it to me. It's called Mirror." Count Dark shook his head. "After reading it, I only have one thought."
"Huh?"
"It doesn't have any fighting power."
"… Mirror is mainly for our own people. Besides, it's mostly about research."
Black Earl: "So? While exporting knowledge, there were quite a few magazines that secretly carried a bit of value for private goods. Mirror, on the other hand, only has a pure research point of view. Most importantly, there aren't many points of view that are interesting. "
Angor couldn't refute that.
He knew how poor the content of the Mirror was. Mirror even reported about him acting as a judge in the Rising Star Competition. It took up more than half of the magazine's page, which made Angor feel really embarrassed.
Rein also spent a lot of effort to increase Mirror's influence. Rein strongly suggested that Angor should write a book called "A Study on the Transformation of Undead and Souls" on Mirror.
Angor, who knew a little about magazine politics, agreed without any hesitation.
But now, Angor would have agreed too.
There were other influential magazines in the southern region, but Angor didn't think he was qualified to be published in one. It was better to help Mirror in its hour of need than to add flowers to the brocade of other magazines.
Dorcas considered for a moment and said, "Sir, you're not blaming Floating Mech City. You're saying that public opinion has been manipulated, and what we know might not be the truth?
"Also, what Angor said about the Panic Realm might not be true. Maybe it's just something made up by Moonfrost Union? "
The Black Earl said, "Not necessarily. Most of it is true, and only a small part is false. But I don't know which part this small part is. "
Dorcas hesitated for a moment, then nodded and stopped asking. He knew that if Count Black knew which part was false, he would have told Angor about it already. Since Dorcas didn't say anything, it meant Count Black didn't know about it either.
Dorcas looked back at the mural Kael showed him.
Dorcas looked at the peaceful scene in the painting and said, "You and Elmi look just like in the painting. You're getting along with each other."
"No." Angor shook his head.
Elmi was under the influence of the Distorted Seed, which was why it obeyed him.
Suddenly, an idea came to him. According to Laplace, Elmi could only see a small chance of being reborn in the Chaotic Black Flame.
"Chaotic Black Flame" reminded Angor of … the source of chaos and the power furnace.
Did it have something to do with those? Did that mean that he had to go to Boiling Gentleman again to get the answer?
Dorcas continued, "How about you ask Elmi to come out and take a look? Maybe he knows the lion with the ears of wheat on its head."
Wai couldn't help but roll his eyes at Dorcas' words.
Dorcas' words were like saying you had a foreign friend in your own country, and you happened to see a foreigner from that country. You immediately approached him and asked if he knew his foreign friend.
The chances were like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Both Wai and Angor didn't know what to say. He didn't think Elmi would know the awakened demon in the mural.
But when he saw Dorcas' eagerness, he thought of his inspiration.
If this was the work of inspiration, it wasn't completely impossible … No matter how small the probability was, even if it was 0.001%, there was still a chance.
With that in mind, Angor summoned Elmi from his shadow.
Then he pointed at the painting in the frame and asked Elmi to recognize it.
A moment later, as expected, Elmi showed a confused look. It was obvious that Elmi didn't know the awakened demon in the painting.
Angor asked Elmi to return to his shadow and spoke to Dorcas again. "See? You don't know him."
Dorcas sighed dejectedly and muttered, "I thought that awakened demons would be able to sense each other …"
"What do you mean by 'think'? Who the hell are you?" Wai retorted without holding back.
Let's not talk about the fight between Ray and Dorcas for now. Although he acted like he didn't care about it, he was actually getting a little confused.
Elmi didn't know the awakened demon in the painting. That much was certain.
But Elmi actually showed a "confused look".
Why would Elmi look confused?
Confusion was a special feature of an awakened demon's expression.
Elmi was just a "puppet" under someone's control. How could it show emotions that shouldn't appear on a puppet?
This wasn't the first time.
Angor remembered that Elmi began to show some changes after leaving the Tidal Realm. It wasn't so obvious back then. Later on, in Princess' Town, and now in the underground waterway, Elmi began to show "emotions".
This was definitely not normal.
Could it be that this was the demon that Laplace mentioned in his words: the demon that was trying to awaken again?
Laplace was probably the only one who could answer this question.
Angor suppressed his curiosity and looked at Wai. "What about you? Do you have any information about the Panic Realm? "
Angor didn't plan to ask Wai. But since Kael brought him such a shocking piece of information, maybe Wai had his own information network?
But Angor was overthinking it.
Kael spent a lot of time in the ruins to decipher the information. Wai was a homebody who never left his house, so he only knew about the Panic Realm from the magazines.
Not long ago, Count Black warned them that the magazines might manipulate public opinion, so they shouldn't trust them so easily.
Therefore, Wai was eliminated.
Now that he had the information from Kael, Dorcas, and Count Black, Angor once again looked at Laplace, who was hiding behind the mirror.
"I'm sure you heard our conversation. What do you think about this? "
Everyone stopped talking and looked at Laplace in silence, waiting for her explanation.
Why did she ask Angor to ask them about the Panic Realm? Should she explain herself now?
Laplace spoke in a casual tone, "You humans are quite knowledgeable about your own shortcomings."
"I saw many memories of the creatures from the Panic Realm in the Empty Mirror Sea. Since you want to know more about the awakened demon in your shadow, I can share them with you. "
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