Instead of asking about Olao, the Sage began to ask about what happened to Angor's group.
The first thing he asked about was the strange energy wave he sensed in the hallway.
Angor glanced at Adanis and saw no reaction from her. "The monster we ran into in that hallway is a Flower-Holding Cherub from another world."
Angor then explained the Cherub's appearance and abilities in detail.
The Sage was also surprised when he heard about the abilities of Web and Red Wax. One could absorb energy, while the other could drive people insane. Both of them targeted one's mind space and spirit sea instead of physical objects. Just from the name alone, one could tell that they were not easy to deal with.
"How did you deal with the Cherub?" The Sage asked curiously.
"Nothing." Angor scratched his head and put on a lucky look. "It was quite obedient. It didn't do anything to us."
It didn't do anything to Angor's group?
The Sage believed Angor. According to his observation, Angor and Black Count's progress was completely unhindered until they reached the entrance of the Poetry Room.
But was the truth really as Angor claimed? Was he going to brush it off with such an understatement?
He couldn't help but look at Adanis again, trying to find some clues from her eyes. After all, Adanis was the one who sent the Cherub out. She must know something.
Maybe the Cherub wasn't "obedient" at all. Something happened in the Poetry Room that prevented Adanis from taking care of the Cherub. Cherubs were creatures with low intelligence. Without Adanis' order, they probably wouldn't let Angor's group go just like that.
Facing the Sage's questioning gaze, Adanis remained silent for a moment. "He's telling the truth."
With that, Adanis lowered her eyes and didn't say anything else.
The Sage was sure that Adanis wasn't lying. However, he was also certain that there was more to this story. Also, judging from Adanis's silence and her attempt to avoid Angor's gaze, the Sage had a bold idea.
Could it be that Adanis didn't know what was going on either?
Maybe it was just as Angor said. The Flower Cherub did not do anything strange. This was also what Adanis had seen, so it was not a problem for her to say that this was the truth.
However, the truth was sometimes like a small pinhole in a wetland. It didn't seem like a big deal on the surface, and it could even be overlooked if one didn't pay attention. But inside, there might be a huge underground insect kingdom.
Was he referring to the "pinhole hole" that connected the insect kingdom to the outside world?
He only described the small hole on the surface, but the entangled roots, the crisscrossed paths, and the layers of the underground kingdom of insects that were hidden deep below the hole were all whitewashed by his eloquence?
Even Edanis didn't know the exact reason.
As soon as this conjecture came out, it quickly occupied the intellectual high ground.
Actually, this conjecture was very bold. With the wisdom of the wise, they would not suddenly take such a big step and directly think about such a complicated situation.
But he knew Adanis too well. Adanis's expression was like a writing board. Even if she always maintained a cold expression, her thoughts were completely reflected on the board.
Adanis was also confused, but she didn't want to show it in front of the Sage. So, she followed Angor's words and only told the superficial truth.
This was why the Sage dared to make such a bold conjecture.
However, even if the Sage already had a conjecture, he did not ask further.
From all the signs, it was clear that Angor would not tell him the truth. Otherwise, why would Adanis look so doubtful?
The Wise Man believed that he was closer to Angor than Adanis, but it was also because of this that he had to consider Angor's opinion.
He didn't want to become Angor's enemy. In the future, he still hoped to use the wood spirits to establish a good relationship with Angor and Brute Cavern.
With this in mind, the Sage naturally wouldn't push Angor's bottom line.
Besides, Angor was already full of mysteries. Adding a little more to the puzzle wouldn't be a big deal.
With this in mind, the Sage changed the subject and asked a new question.
"As far as I know, the Chamber of Poetry only allows Noah's descendants to enter. Why did all of you go in?"
This question had something to do with Augustine, but Angor wouldn't mention Augustine's name. Of course, Olao did have some say in this matter, so Angor's answer was mainly about Olao.
However, Angor's answer also raised another question in the Sage's mind. The Sage had been wondering about this for a long time. "Why did Olao value you so much? Or should I say, you?"
Angor's answer was still superficial. He briefly told the story of how he first met Olao in the arena and emphasized that he didn't know Olao's identity at that time.
This meant that Olao already valued him back then.
However, Angor didn't explain why Olao valued him.
The Wise Overseer knew that Angor's answer would contain some secrets. What the Wise Overseer needed to do now was to figure out the hidden truth from Angor's answer.
And Angor was quite cooperative when it came to guessing. Of course, as long as Angor wasn't involved.
Because of this, the Sage began to figure out something from Angor's answers.
Angor was the one who changed the Chamber of Poetry, but he wasn't the only one. There was another key person involved.
This key person wasn't someone who was present. Rather, it was a "Mystery Person" who only showed up in the Chamber of Poetry.
As for who this "Mystery Person" was, the Sage kept asking questions and trying to figure out his identity.
…
The entire question-and-answer process lasted for about twenty minutes.
The time taken to answer the question and answer might not exceed five minutes. Most of the time, the Ruler of Wisdom would be pondering.
In the beginning, Angor would answer most of the questions asked by the Sage. Even if most of the questions were nonsense, he would at least answer them.
However, as the Wise Overseer found out more about the "Mystery Person" and asked more questions, Angor began to avoid the topic.
While Angor was avoiding the questions, Adanis also kept interrupting, saying that she couldn't answer most of the questions.
In the latter part of the process, Angor simply chose to remain silent. The Sage knew that this was his limit.
The Wise Overseer stopped and thanked Angor in a soft voice.
He wasn't just thanking Angor for his answers, but also for inviting Adanis into this "trap".
Angor's kindness was the reason why Adanis got involved.
Every time Adanis tried to stop Angor, she would provide the Sage with a lot of useful information.
Even though the Wise Ruler was still unable to reconstruct the situation in the Clear Sky Poetry Room, and there were still many puzzle pieces that had yet to be solved, he already had a general idea of what was going on.
This was especially true after Adanis joined them. Many of the Sovereigns didn't even dare to think about their own ideas. Because of Adanis' expression, gaze, and tone of voice, the Sovereigns became bolder and bolder. Furthermore, the logic that they couldn't piece together at first slowly became more and more consistent.
Angor didn't dare to reveal the identity of the "Mystery Person", but he did give the Sage a lot of information. With Adanis's "help", Angor already had a general idea.
Angor's kindness didn't go to waste. Even if his answers were limited, the result was still satisfactory.
Therefore, the Sage didn't hesitate to thank Angor.
…
After the short session, the Sage stopped thinking about the "Mystery Person" and asked Angor, "Sweet Dream is in my secret chamber. Do you want to borrow it now or later?"
Since he promised to let Angor have a look at Sweet Dream, he wouldn't go back on his word.
Besides, it wasn't a trade, so the Sage wouldn't feel bad about it.
"Let's do it now," Angor said without hesitation.
The reason he wanted to use Sweet Dream was simple. He wanted to see if Sweet Dream could be affected by the Dream Whelk.
If it could, Sweet Dream might become the first Mystery item to be pulled into the dream wasteland.
Since the experiment was going to be quick, he did not need to do too much preparation, so he did not plan to drag it out. The sooner he finished, the sooner he could get rid of one of his worries.
"Very well." The Sage stood up. "Please follow me."
While the others remained in the hall, Angor followed the Wise Lord into the secret chamber they used to stay in. Or rather, the resting room.
He thought the Wise Wizard would ask more questions when no one was around, but he didn't.
But the Sage didn't do that.
He was still talking, but he wasn't talking about the Chamber of Poetry. Instead, he was talking about Sweet Dream.
Earlier, the Wise Lord had told him many things about Sweet Dream, including how it came to be and how it came to be in the hands of the Wise Lord.
The only thing he didn't mention was where Sweet Dream was now, and what the real effect of Sweet Dream was.
Now, the Sage was telling Angor about the effect of Sweet Dream.
"You've already guessed the negative effects of Sweet Dreams. You're right. Once you fall into Sweet Dreams, you won't be able to wake up without someone waking you up."
"However, the negative effects of Sweet Dreams don't stop there."
Angor frowned. "There are other effects?"
The Sage nodded. "Sweet Dream is a sweet dream. Normally, it's easy to wake up from a sweet dream, but it's difficult to wake up from a sweet dream.
"Because of this, there are three kinds of negative effects.
"The first one is what you said. You need someone to wake you up. You can't wake up on your own."
"The second is that if you sleep in Sweet Dream for more than a day, you won't be able to wake up even if someone tries to wake you up.
"However, this negative effect is just my personal judgment. I tried everything I could think of, but I couldn't wake up Witch's Eye after sleeping for more than a day.
"I don't know if you or anyone else has a way to wake someone up."
In other words, this negative effect was still questionable. Perhaps there were other ways to wake someone up, but the Sage didn't know what they were.
Regardless of whether there was a way to wake someone up, this negative effect alone was a test of human nature.
To use Sweet Dream, one had to find someone to wake them up. And if that person had the slightest evil intention, they might end up falling into eternal sleep.
Besides, even if they were trustworthy, they might not actually be trustworthy.
People were fickle.
This was just like the "lonely wooden house". If a person who was trapped in this wooden house wanted to leave, they could only convince others to accompany the wooden house in their place. And who would be the easiest to fool? Friends, of course. The closer a friend was, the easier it was to be tricked.
In the lonely log cabin, at least one could stay awake and witness everything. But Sweet Dream wasn't the same. Once you fell asleep, you wouldn't know what was going on in reality.
Even if your friends betrayed you, you wouldn't know.
Therefore, the second negative effect of Sweet Dream was quite a test of human nature.
However, while there was a way to deal with the second negative effect, the third negative effect was even worse.
"The third negative effect is … addiction."
Sweet Dream was like a poison. It would make you forget all your troubles and only allow you to indulge in it.
If you became addicted because of this, even if you knew that sweet dreams were poison, you would still be willing to chase after them like a flock of ducks. You would rather sink into them than wake up.
Sweet Dream, on the other hand, was very addictive.
"Normal people would get addicted after using it once or twice," the Sage said. "As for supernaturals, it depends on your self-control. The stronger your self-control, the stronger your resistance, and the more times you can use Sweet Dream."
"How many times have you used it so far, Sage?"
The Wise Sovereign: "About thirty or so times … I haven't become addicted to it yet, but every time I use it, it becomes more and more enticing. Maybe I'll get addicted after a hundred times. Or maybe I won't be able to hold on after a hundred times.
"But once you're addicted, you'll walk down a path of no return. Even if someone watches you every day, you'll still sleep for more than a day. Addiction means eternal sleep. "
The Sage saw Angor's serious expression and patted his shoulder. "But don't worry too much. You won't get addicted after using it once or twice."
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