Going down was much harder than he thought.
At least he could see the cracks in the walls to find a place to rest and plan his way forward. As for climbing down, due to the uneven surface of the wall, it was impossible to see the situation below. Being able to find a crack in the wall was already considered quite lucky.
The only thing that comforted him was the faint red light coming from Earl Dark Tea's study. With the help of the light, he would not lose his way.
At first, Angor went down smoothly. But as time went by, his stamina began to deplete.
What worried him more was that he could hear the leaves rustling in the courtyard.
It seemed that wind was coming.
When his stamina was running low and his grip was getting weaker, a gust of wind would be a disaster for him.
At first, Angor was still hoping for a chance. But when his spirit sense, which had been dormant for a long time, suddenly woke up and gave him a crazy warning, he knew … the wind was coming.
And this time, it would not be a gentle wind.
Angor put on a serious look and began to think of a plan.
But before he could come up with a strategy, a new unforeseen event occurred.
Suddenly, the air around him became moist. A drop of rain fell down from the sky. A new mark was left on the black brick that was slightly dusty.
It's raining?
Angor looked up at the sky.
Dark clouds covered the sky, so he could not see anything. The only thing he saw was Rabbit Chacha poking its head out of the window and calling him anxiously.
Angor could not hear what Chacha was saying, but he could guess that Chacha was telling him to give up and think of something else.
But … he could already feel the red light coming from below, which meant he was very close to the study. Angor did not want to give up now.
After a moment of silence, he calmed down and gave Chacha a relaxed smile.
Under Chacha's gaze, Angor waved his saddle and pointed at the study and the pond in the courtyard.
He was telling Chacha that he had his own decision.
If he could not reach the study, he would find a way to use the wind to fly to the courtyard.
Angor's relaxed look calmed Rabbit Chacha down a little. It did not say anything else. Instead, it climbed onto the wall and kept looking at Angor.
Angor lowered his head and put on a serious look again.
Sensing the warning coming from his spirit, Angor pondered for a moment and made a decision.
He did not climb down anymore. Instead, he quickly climbed horizontally.
Going down required him to pay attention to the cracks in the wall, which made it difficult to move quickly. Horizontal climbing, however, was much easier. The cracks in the wall were all in a straight line and easy to see.
Of course, he was not going to give up...
He was going to take a gamble.
There were only two choices for him. Either give up or keep going.
He did not want to give up, but he also knew it would be difficult to continue. So, he made a bold choice: continue with the goal of giving up.
He had to consider both options. When one was sure that one could safely give up, one would attempt to continue.
To put it bluntly, he wanted to … ride on the wind to travel.
He planned to try to glide into the study. If he didn't succeed, he could at least glide and land safely.
He needed to climb horizontally because the wind was blowing from left to right. Before, he was on the right side of the red light. If he swung his saddle and tried to glide, he would definitely fly further to the right. He could not glide into the study. So, he had to climb to the left side of the red light.
Angor used all his strength to climb horizontally. He was already on the left side of the red light, but he did not stop. He knew that the further he climbed, the more time he had to adjust his position in the air.
One minute later, Angor stopped.
He wanted to keep climbing, but the rain was getting heavier and the wind was getting stronger. More importantly, he did not have any strength left.
Despite his exhaustion, Angor still looked up at the balcony.
As expected, he saw Rabbit Chacha still on the balcony.
He tried his best to suppress his panting and smiled at Rabbit Chacha. Then, he curled his lips at Rabbit Chacha and signaled it to hide inside the house.
The wind was getting stronger. Rabbit Chacha could easily be blown off the balcony.
Under Angor's determined gaze, Rabbit Chacha finally nodded and retracted its head.
Seeing that Rabbit Chacha did not poke its head out again, Angor lowered his head and gasped for air.
Before he could catch his breath, a gust of wind blew over.
This was the sign of a storm. It was the wind Angor was waiting for!
If it was a strong wind, even if Angor could glide, he would be blown away in an instant without any time to adjust. Therefore, what he had to wait for was the gentle wind before the rapid wind arrived.
Without hesitation, Angor leaped.
While Angor was leaping, Rabbit Chacha poked its head out from the balcony again without him noticing.
Cha Cha peeked inside and saw Angor's leap of faith. It was so shocked by this scene that it covered its mouth.
With his current size, such a jump was no different from jumping off a cliff.
Wasn't he afraid of losing his life if he wasn't careful?
Under Rabbit Chacha's worried gaze, Angor kept adjusting his direction in the air.
It was easy to glide, and it was also easy to glide with the help of the wind. However, without the help of professional tools, it was very difficult to adjust the flying direction while gliding with the help of the wind.
A normal person would not be able to control the direction with such a simple bag.
Fortunately, Angor was not a normal person.
When Angor was still an apprentice, he learned a lot of tricks in order to climb the Sky Tower. The core of these tricks was called "Cantrip Tricks".
Cantrip Tricks were not just a single cantrip. They were a collection of level-1 and level-0 cantrips. Techniques such as Grease, Spike, Feather Fall, Smoke, Haste, Sudden Light, and so on were all tricks. As long as they were combined properly, these little magic tricks could play a great role. For example, Sudden Light could blind someone's eyes, Grease could make someone lose their balance, and Smoke could light up fuel. These tricks were simple but effective.
Among the cantrips, there was a little trick called "Featherfall". It could lighten one's body and make it easier to control one's body when falling from a high place.
Angor could not use any cantrips now, but he still had the experience from Featherfall.
Using a bag to glide was similar to Featherfall. The bag was filled with air and formed an air bag. Inside the air bag, Angor's body became lighter as if he was under the effect of Featherfall.
After that, Angor began to control his body with the help of Featherfall, trying his best to adjust his balance and direction.
Thanks to his spirit sense, he was able to stay calm. Every time he made a slight adjustment, he was able to bring the sword to the red window.
Several seconds later, Angor's "glider" rushed into the count's study under Rabbit Chacha's gaze.
Seeing this, Rabbit Chacha heaved a sigh of relief.
"It does look very simple. No wonder he's been acting so confident," Rabbit Chacha muttered, turning to look into the distance.
Dark wind was howling, and rain was coming.
Rabbit Chacha shivered and quickly returned to the main building, then quickly ran downstairs.
They agreed that if Angor showed up in the study within ten minutes, it would mean that there was no half-body mirror in the study. They still had to figure out a way to get into the treasury.
Therefore, Rabbit Chacha had to return to the first floor and keep an eye on Angor in the atrium.
Of course, if Angor did not show up in ten minutes, it would mean that he had returned to the human world.
This … was a good thing.
…
While Rabbit Chacha was running down the stairs, Angor had already rushed into the Count's study.
When he arrived at the study, the first thing he saw was a heart that was emitting a dim red light and beating continuously. It was placed on the desk and covered by a golden birdcage.
Presumably, this was the reason why the study room was emitting red light.
Whose heart is this? Why is it glowing? Why is it still beating? These questions popped up in Angor's mind as soon as he saw the heart.
The questions in his mind kept pushing him closer to his heart so that he could learn more about it.
When he was about to fly to the desk using his glider, he saw another red light flashing in the corner of his eyes.
He looked at the source of the light.
Angor was surprised.
On the other side of the study, he saw a mirror that reflected the red light from the table. It looked like an experiment table.
It was a half-body mirror.
It looked like a portrait, and its frame was made of antique platinum, which was considered a cheap material in the wizarding world. But right now, it was glowing with a faint yet mysterious light.
Together with the Kunbu Silver Mirror, which was surrounded by flowing light, the entire mirror was filled with a mysterious beauty.
Angor couldn't look away as soon as he saw the mirror.
He could say with certainty that this mirror was the mirror that he had refined. But he didn't know why it was here.
What he did know was that this mirror was the core of the omen.
He even had a vague feeling that the moment he touched the mirror, the Alchemy Anomaly would be over. This was a vague feeling, as well as a hint given to him by his spiritual sense.
In other words, this feeling was correct.
After going through the strange Black Tea Forest and a careful hiding, Angor finally saw the light at the end of the omen.
Luckily, he found the half-body mirror in the study without having to think about the treasure vault.
However, he was now faced with a choice.
Should he control the saddle to fly to the heart in the golden birdcage, or to the half-body mirror?
Angor preferred to fly to the birdcage. He was more curious about the heart than the excitement of finding the half-body mirror.
Because of this, he turned around and flew to the mirror without hesitation.
Sunders once told Angor that he should explore and be curious about the unknown when he was confident, strong enough, or had a way out.
But if he didn't find anything, he should control his curiosity.
Otherwise, curiosity would not only kill the cat, but also people.
Angor was in such a situation. He wasn't sure if he could study the heart, nor did he have the power to control it. As for a way out … he couldn't control his body freely. Even the half-body mirror was not an option.
Besides, Angor's intuition told him that the beating heart might be hiding something.
Once he touched it, he might expose himself.
He didn't mind exposing himself, but he didn't want to get Cha Cha into trouble.
He was being careful all this time so that he wouldn't get Cha Cha into trouble. So, he decided to give up.
He flew to the half-body mirror.
When he was about one meter away from the mirror, before he even touched it, a bright light flashed.
Both Angor and the mirror disappeared into thin air.
…
Following the disappearance of the half-body mirror, the tall and thin figure in a faraway Catacomb seemed to have noticed something.
At the same time, an eye suddenly opened on the beating heart.
His pitch-black eyes scanned his surroundings quietly and finally fixed on the spot where the half-body mirror had disappeared.
"No energy. No footprints. No foreign information. The mirror disappeared?"
"Appearing and disappearing? Is this some kind of rule?"
A calm voice echoed in the study. If Rabbit Cha Cha was here, it would recognize the voice as coming from the Count of Black Tea.
…
Angor opened his eyes.
He looked around and realized that he was no longer in the study room. Instead, he was back in the familiar wizarding world.
He glanced at the half-body mirror floating in the air and looked away.
He began to analyze his body, mind space, and memories.
The hat that Rabbit Chacha had lent him had disappeared, and his body had returned to normal. The shrinking curse from the Black Tea Forest did not affect him, and the mana whirlpool in his mind space was operating normally. His memories were not blocked …
Angor finally confirmed that he was free from the omen.
"I wonder if Tea-Cha made it out …" Angor mumbled to himself and shook his head.
This was only an alchemy omen. It shouldn't affect Cha Cha.
Moreover, just like the last time when he refined the key to the Clear Sky Poetry Room, he encountered Augustine from tens of thousands of years ago. Perhaps the omen this time was just a microcosm in time.
With that in mind, he sighed in relief.
However, the omen this time did give him a new idea about alchemy omens. Perhaps he should make some more alchemy creations. Some normal ones, while the others were made by the mad hatter, so that he could compare them with the omens he saw before.
But now was not the time to do that.
Angor put the idea aside for now and decided to check the half-body mirror first.
Without a doubt, this half-body mirror must have some special effects under the influence of the mad hat. Angor hoped that the effect would not affect his responsibility as the mirror tunnel. Otherwise, he would have to start all over again.
Angor looked up at the half-body mirror.
However, when he looked at the half-body mirror seriously, he was stunned.
This half-body mirror was currently reflecting a red light. Moreover, this red light that was constantly filled with a mysterious aura illuminated the entire secret meeting room … ….
Wait. According to Geometry Lock, the red light was not only covering the secret meeting room, but also the entire room.
Angor's heart skipped a beat.
It was fine if there was a red light inside the room. But if there was a red light outside as well …
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