"I'll stop it?"
Kael didn't know why Dorcas suddenly turned to him. But he still nodded without thinking. "Sure."
Immediately after, Kael turned to look at the words flashing in the human-faced tattoos on the banyan tree and was about to call for a halt.
However, before he could do so, a gust of wind blew past his mouth.
Kael felt a gust of wind rushing into his throat.
Carelessly inhaling a gust of cold air, Kael could not help but bend over and cough dryly.
He looked at Angor in confusion while coughing.
The sudden gust of wind just now was poured into his mouth by Su Ling! After spending some time with Speedy, Kael knew Speedy's personality very well. The elemental creature was calm and steady, which was rare among wind manipulators. It was almost impossible for him to pull a prank.
So, whoever did this to him …
Probably only Speedy's "master" would do something like this.
But why would Angor do this to him?
Angor didn't deny Kael's question. He simply nodded. However, he didn't say anything. Instead, he created a Spirit Bond and connected to Khael.
As soon as the Spirit Bond was successfully established, a voice entered Karel's ears before he could ask what was going on.
"I told Speedy to do it." Dorcas' voice came from the Spirit Bond.
Kael didn't know what to say. You're the one who told me to stop, and now you're the one who hurt me?
Dorcas continued, "You just agree with whatever that tree says. Aren't you afraid of being betrayed?"
"What do you mean?" Kael was confused.
"Well, here's the thing …" Angor spoke.
As soon as Kael saw the tree, he received Dorcas' "private chat request". He didn't know what Dorcas was going to say, but he still created a Spirit Bond.
As soon as the Spirit Bond was established, Dorcas spoke to Angor. "Something's wrong."
Angor didn't know what was going on.
Angor probably would have ignored it, but now that Dorcas mentioned it, things were different. Angor saw Dorcas' "inspiration" with his own eyes in the underground sewer, and he had confirmed it many times.
Now that Dorcas mentioned it, Angor quickly put away his idle thoughts and asked Dorcas about it in a serious tone.
Dorcas didn't hide anything and told him about the changes in his spiritual perception along the way.
Due to the conversion of his innate talent, Dorcas' spiritual perception had not completely recovered, but he could vaguely sense his instincts to avoid danger.
Ever since he found Dorcas, he had been keeping his "danger radar" on. However, it never went off for real.
Even when they chose to go to the Battle Arena, the danger radar did not go off. This meant that, at least at that time,
Dorcas's inspiration did not believe that the Colosseum would be a danger to them.
Later, they took a detour to Paradise Earth.
The danger radar didn't go off either.
Dorcas even suspected that there was something wrong with his vague sense of danger.
After they entered Paradise, Dorcas didn't feel anything was wrong at first. It was only when Kale shouted that Dorcas's danger radar went off.
The experienced Dorcas immediately sensed that something was wrong. This was a sign that danger was approaching them.
Still, he couldn't figure out where the danger came from, so he decided to stay put. Instead, he pulled Angor into his Spirit Bond and explained the situation to him.
As for Dorcas' sense of danger … Angor didn't notice it at all.
Still, Angor trusted Dorcas enough.
Since Dorcas activated his danger radar when Kale called them, it was very likely that the danger was coming from Kale's side.
As for whether it was Kale himself or the human face tattoo that brought danger, Dorcas still needed to observe.
After some observation, they came to a conclusion.
Both Kale and the human face tattoo were suspicious.
The human face tattoo's problem was obvious. The fact that it showed up here meant that something was wrong.
Even if there was a banyan tree in Paradise Earth, there shouldn't be any human face tattoo on it. Judging from the "game items" displayed by the tattoo, it must be the work of the attacker.
Kale's problem wasn't too obvious. If they didn't observe Kale in advance and keep talking through their Spirit Bond, they wouldn't have noticed it.
Kael was the first one to notice the rune, which was a bit strange. After all, the other two wizards didn't notice it, but Kael, an apprentice, was the first one to notice it. This was very strange.
Still, it wasn't a big problem. Maybe Kale was just lucky enough to notice it first. Besides, Angor wasn't focusing on finding the exit. He was studying the space barrier.
Therefore, they could put aside the issue of finding the human face tattoo for now.
However, Kale didn't act like his usual self after seeing the tattoo.
First of all, the human face tattoo kept chanting the countdown while displaying various game items in its eyes, which attracted Angor and Dorcas' attention.
However, under normal circumstances, Khael, as an apprentice, should have been thinking about how to protect himself instead of acting "brave" when faced with such an illogical game like this.
Kale was the first one to comment on the human face tattoo game.
His "we'll find out if it's real or not" statement didn't seem to be a problem at all. But that was if it came from either Angor or Dorcas.
But it was Kael who said something like this before Angor and Dorcas spoke up. It was strange that Kael would say something like this before either Angor or Dorcas spoke.
Of course, Angor still couldn't prove that Kale had a problem with the current evidence.
However, Dorcas directly made the final decision.
"There must be something wrong with Kale," Dorcas spoke to Angor through the Spirit Bond.
No evidence. Only a feeling.
Dorcas's spiritual sense was the best evidence. After Kael's brave words, Dorcas's intuition had begun to warn him.
Based on the warning, Dorcas was sure that Kale was only affected by the human face tattoo, but it wasn't a big problem. But the human face tattoo must be a big problem.
It was unknown what method it had used to influence Kal-El, causing Kal-El to show a different side of her.
The purpose of the tattoo was clear.
Kale's "brave" statement indicated that the human face tattoo was trying to lure them into the game.
As for what would happen if they joined the game, or if there would be any hidden dangers … Dorcas was not sure yet, but he already had an idea in his mind.
Later, Dorcas asked the tattoo how he should choose the game item displayed in its eye. The tattoo told him to stop the game.
Following the guidance of his spiritual sense, Dorcas asked Kale, "Why don't you stop it?"
He was trying to see if there was something wrong with Kale.
With Kael's usual cautious personality, he would never take the initiative to speak up for something that was obviously not right.
As it turned out, Kale was indeed affected by the human face tattoo.
He agreed to stop the game.
It wasn't a big deal that he agreed to stop the game. However, Kale only talked to Dorcas and completely ignored Angor.
Angor was also a wizard, and he had the highest authority among the three of them.
Kale ignored Angor and directly "stopped" the game. In a way, it meant that Kale didn't care about Angor's opinion. Or, he thought he could represent Angor and agree to stop the game.
No matter which way one looked at it, there was something wrong.
Therefore, Dorcas stopped Kale from "stopping" the game.
As for why Lin Sanjiu was told to stop Kael from speaking, it was also a form of inspection.
The wind that Speed Spirit poured into Kael's mouth was the Wind of Purification.
Dorcas wanted to see if Kale was affected by some kind of contamination.
The result was that Kale's body was not contaminated, and his spirit waves were normal.
Considering all the details, Dorcas was able to deduce that Kale was not affected by any kind of contamination. It was just some kind of psychological guidance.
After confirming this, Dorcas pulled Kale into his Spirit Bond.
This kind of psychological guidance could only interfere with Kale's choices on a small scale. It couldn't really affect Kael's personality.
Kale's mind space and spirit sea were all normal.
So, as long as I tell Karel the truth, this psychological guidance can be completely suppressed.
And as a matter of fact, Kale was indeed shocked.
After listening to Dorcas and Angor's explanation, Kale thought back to what he said and felt that it was very strange. Under normal circumstances, he would never do something so impulsive.
When Kael had such a thought, it was as if he had broken through the cocoon, and the influence of the Human Face Rune naturally failed.
"It seems like the words I said without thinking were all for the sake of starting the game? So the tattoo is trying to start the game? "Kale asked in the Spirit Bond.
"To be precise, the tattoo is trying to form a contract," Dorcas said.
"A contract?" Both Kale and Angor looked at Dorcas in surprise.
Angor knew what the tattoo was trying to do. It probably wanted Kale to start the game so that it could drag him and Dorcas into the game as well.
But that was all he could think of. He did not expect Dorcas to give him an answer that went deeper than that.
Not only did the tattoo want Kale to drag them into the game, but it also wanted to form a contract?!
"Yes, a contract," Dorcas confirmed.
"How did you know?"
"… I guessed."
Angor was speechless. He knew he shouldn't expect too much from Dorcas.
But even if it was just a guess, he still had to take it seriously. After all, inspiration was different. His guess, even if it was groundless, had a high probability of being correct.
"If it's a contract," Kale said, "it might expose us if we did it directly. So, the tattoo chose me and used me to force you to sign a contract as well? Does that even make sense? You're not stupid. Why would you sign a contract when you realized something was wrong? "
"You're just using the result to reverse the process. If I didn't tell you that the tattoo is trying to form a contract, would you even think about it? "
Using the result to reverse the process … there were problems everywhere. But in the real world, one had to go through the process to get the result.
Before knowing the true purpose of the tattoo, if they found out that Kale was dragged into the game, he would most likely enter the game on his own.
But once he entered the game, he would be dragged into the contract set up by the tattoo.
"A contract … Once you enter the game, you'll form a contract?" Angor frowned. "You can form a contract like this?"
Dorcas replied, "Yes, Kael once told me something similar."
Kale? Angor looked at Kale in confusion.
"Me?" Karel was also surprised. After a moment of thought, he seemed to have thought of something. "Lord Red Sword, are you talking about … … the matter of the laborers in the ruins?"
Dorcas nodded.
"Ruin laborer?" Angor was curious.
Kael didn't try to hide anything. "Working as a laborer in the ruins is a strange situation that I encountered while exploring the ruins."
Kale loved exploring ruins. His life was basically divided into two parts: one was a nerdy researcher, and the other was a ruin explorer.
The number of ruins he had explored was even more than many official Magi.
While exploring the ruins, Kael also encountered many strange things and strange people. One of them was the ruin laborer.
Many years ago, Kale encountered a ruin laborer at the surface of the Abyss.
He was an apprentice from Moonfrost Union who came to the Abyss to search for magic materials. However, his luck wasn't too good. While searching for magical materials, he accidentally entered a place called "Bewitching Castle".
The place looked like the ruins of a ruined castle. However, underneath the castle, there was the shed body of a Bewitching Banshee.
Bewitching Banshees were low-tiered demons that were commonly seen on the surface of the Abyss.
However, this Bewitching Banshee was different. She had awakened.
The shed body underground was the body of the Bewitching Banshee before her awakening.
The shed body of the Bewitching Banshee did not have a will of its own. However, a special force field was placed on her by her awakened form.
When any intelligent creature entered the underground, it would trigger her force field.
Once triggered, the intruder would not be in any danger. The intruder would only be questioned about their intentions.
However, once the intruder answered the question, no matter what the answer was, they would be forced to form a slave contract with the intruder.
The apprentice from Moonfrost Union was cautious enough to make up his answer. However, he was still forced to stay underground.
In the end, he became a laborer in the ruins.
Not only could he not leave the Bewitching Castle, but he was also forced to guard the shed body of the Bewitching Banshee.
According to the laborer, a large number of imps and natives were turned into laborers during that period of time.
Later, the shed body of the Bewitching Banshee was taken away by her awakened form. That was why there were no new laborers to be turned.
However, even if the shed body left, these original laborers were still unable to leave the Bewitching Castle. The only fortunate thing was that they were still alive.
When Kael went to explore the ruins of the Bewitching Castle, he was very lucky. Coincidentally, the shed body had already left, so he encountered a group of laborers who no longer needed to guard the shed body. Because they did not need to guard the shed body, they did not need to fight with others. When facing a human like Kael, the Moonfrost Union Apprentice stood up to talk to him and protected him.
After that, Kael left the ruins of the Bewitching Castle and reported the matter to the Moonfrost Union. He received a lot of contribution points.
After returning from the Abyss, Kael told Dorcas about this matter.
It was because Dorcas knew that the Bewitching Banshee could forcefully sign a contract that his inspiration led him to think in this direction. After all, inspiration was not a prophecy. It needed to be based on your knowledge.
(End of Chapter)
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