After explaining the general situation of music score collection, Broy prepared to leave. "Then I'll go back now and continue to collect excellent music scores."
"Wait." Angor stopped Broy. "There's something else I need your help with."
Under Broy's puzzled gaze, Angor gently snapped his fingers. Immediately after, circles of light energy ripples spread out in all directions.
When the ripples collided with each other, they formed a large number of illusion nodes.
These illusion nodes brought with them a thin layer of mist. Soon, the entire room was covered in the mist.
Everything in the room became blurry in the mist. Only a rough outline could be seen.
Amidst the undulating silhouettes, the light and shadow suddenly began to stretch. As it continued to change, it formed a human figure. The figure wasn't one of the three people present, and they couldn't see its face clearly. They could only see the figure standing in the mist.
"This is …" Broy looked at the silhouette behind the fog, not knowing who this figure was.
Leona was also looking at the figure curiously. Judging from its body shape, it had the same silhouette as many other people. It was a normal adult male body.
It looked like the figure was holding something … a harp?
Leona rarely saw such a thing among the people she knew.
A harp? Could it be … Leona suddenly thought of something and looked at Angor.
"He's my friend, and he's the one who really needs the music." Angor continued, "Next, I'll use an illusion to simulate a harp performance. You can listen."
With that, he snapped his fingers again, and an illusionary chair appeared behind them.
After asking everyone to sit down, Angor activated the illusion in front of them.
Along with the sound of a harp, they were slowly brought into the palace of music.
About 15 minutes later, the harp performance came to an end.
Another five minutes later, Angor waited for everyone to regain their senses. "Broy, what do you think of his performance? What do you think?" Angor asked Angor.
When Broy saw Angor using an illusion to simulate a harp, he knew that Angor would test his appreciation level. He didn't feel nervous at all. Instead, he spoke the words he already prepared in his mind.
"Excellent harp skills. His fingers are unrestrained. Clearly, he's not an academician. Even so, he didn't look messy at all. Instead, he looked very relaxed. He's definitely a master …"
A voluminous evaluation was blurted out, and in a short while, it was woven into a song full of praise.
Angor could tell that Broy was exaggerating because of him, but the overall comment was positive. After all, flattering two wizards in front of them had to be at least a good performance. Otherwise, it would be considered flattery.
"You said Luigi did a good job?" Angor asked.
Luigi? Is that the name of your friend? Broy didn't know the name, but he didn't overthink it. "Yes. Very good."
"Then I'll tell you that Luigi's song will only be ranked 20th by the music troupe, even though he's qualified for the top spot. Luigi's goal … Top 3. "
"20th place? Then your friend's music group is very competitive. " Broy frowned and said, "However, I can confirm that his deductive skills have reached the top level, but he can only reach twenty seats. I wonder how the seats are evaluated?"
Angor shook his head. "I don't know the specific criteria. The only thing I'm sure of is that it's a fair assessment. "
He paused for a moment and continued, "How do you think Luigi's performance compares to 'Night Sparrow Rhapsody' you found?"
Broy thought for a moment and said, "In terms of shock alone, 'Night Sparrow Dance Rhapsody' is better."
Angor didn't say anything. He waved a hand and summoned a piece of parchment, which he handed to Broy.
Broy curiously took the parchment. On it was a score. The name of the score was "Yi Yang".
"Look at this score. It's from a humanoid race."
Broy nodded and began to carefully look at the line score on the parchment. As he looked, the sound of "Yi Yang" rang out in his mind.
It wasn't an illusion. It was Broy's talent. He was extremely sensitive to musical notes.
When Broy finished reading, he couldn't help but praise, "Great score, and very valuable. You can see the shape of the alien civilization through the arrangement of the notes."
Leona was speechless. "… You make it sound so grand. Isn't it just some exotic music?"
Broy wanted to say that it was different, but when he saw Leona's expression, he blinked his bright eyes and didn't say anything.
Angor didn't care about exotic customs or civilization. He simply said, "Luigi once performed 'Yi Yang' in front of the judges. This time, he's ranked 15th.
"Two performances in the same day. One was ranked 20th, and the other was ranked 15th.
"Now, what I want to ask you is, do you think Luigi's performance of 'Night Sparrow Rhapsody' will make it to the top three?"
Broy thought for a moment and whispered, "I'm not sure. It's a strange judgment."
Angor said, "Don't doubt the result. It must be correct. What I can tell you is that the judge is a man. He may have some subjective preferences, but even if he doesn't like the style of the performance, he will still give a relatively objective evaluation. "
Broy: "If it's a subjective evaluation, there are too many variables. The only thing I'm sure of is that 'Night Sparrow Rhapsody' won't be lower than 'Yi Yang'. "
Angor: "That's enough."
The reason why he simulated Luigi's performance with an illusion was to give Broy a reference.
Whether or not "Night Sparrow Rhapsody" could make it to the top three, he had to consider this standard when collecting music scores later.
Angor: "I'll find time to simulate Luigi's performance in the next few days and tell you his rating. You can refer to the rating to find more music scores. "
Broy nodded. "I see … Is your Excellency's friend rated every day?"
"Yes." Angor didn't hide this fact. "He only has one chance each day, and the deadline is five days later. That's why he only has five chances. "
Angor paused and looked at Broy. "I heard from Leona that you want to change the reward for completing the quest to something else?"
Broy nodded in embarrassment. "I have a regular sword, but it's not suitable for me right now. I don't want to throw it away. I want to ask you to help me reforge it, sir."
Angor: "If Luigi can make it to the top three with the music scores you're looking for, I'll consider your request."
Broy's eyes lit up. Before he could say anything, Angor tossed out a proviso.
"But Luigi won't necessarily use the music scores you choose. He'll look for some music scores himself.
"So, if you want Luigi to choose your score, try your best to find the best score."
Broy nodded. "I understand."
After Broy obtained a new standard and confirmed his goal, he left and prepared to continue searching for a suitable score.
After Broy's figure disappeared from the room, Leona, who had been watching from the side, finally said, "This guy was quite polite when he didn't go to the City of Truth. Since when have you become so fond of showing off after coming back from the City of Truth?
"Do you know what it means to travel at night?" Angor asked.
"What?" Leona was surprised.
"You can think of it like you just made a precious perfume, and you have to go to a tea party to show it off. Otherwise, you won't feel as happy about it."
"…???"
"If you still don't understand, you can ask Jon in the trees. He taught me this."
While speaking, Angor removed the mist illusion. Leona didn't want to talk about "traveling at night". Instead, she looked at the disappearing silhouette in the mist. "To be honest, I think it's really troublesome for you to keep looking for music scores."
"If you want to help your friend win a high position in the music troupe, why don't you just use illusions to control the judges?"
"If I can do something within the rules, of course, it's best to follow them."
Leona raised an eyebrow and was about to say something, but Angor quickly changed his tone. "But that's not a bad idea. If we can't defeat them with brute force, we can try something else."
Leona didn't know what to say. And here I thought you were, a pacifist. So you're going to use both methods?
Leona complained in her mind. She could tell that Angor valued his "friend" a lot. She wondered who this "Luigi" was.
Leona shook her head and didn't think too much about it. Luigi was obviously a man. If he was a woman, she would probably gossip about a super dimensional wizard. But since he was a man, she didn't want to do that.
Meanwhile, Angor was thinking about Leona's words.
Using illusions to control the judges was something he never considered before. This was because the foundation of his illusions in the Dream Crystal was the Astronomical Shift Authority. However, the Astronomical Shift Authority was very inefficient in the Dream Crystal, far inferior to the Dream Wasteland.
At his current level, he couldn't do something like that in the Dream Crystal.
But Leona's words did give him an idea.
There were many ways to use other methods. He didn't have to control the judges. He could always use Luigi or the music score.
For example, he could ask someone who knew how to use divination to find the music score that would help Luigi pass the test. Wasn't that a good idea?
But Angor wasn't sure if this idea would work.
However, if it really came to the point where he had to resort to external means, this was also a method that could be tried.
Angor wasn't a pedantic person, and he believed Luigi was the same. As long as it didn't affect his principles, he could compromise.
As long as the result was good.
…
When the mist in the room disappeared completely, Leona walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Outside, she could see the night view of the new city.
Not far away, there was a floating rose garden with pink petals floating in the air. Skytrains carried construction workers from the south to the north after "getting off work". The skyline around the city looked like a belt of light that connected all the tall buildings with shining signboards.
Every time Leona saw something like this at night, she would feel a sense of accomplishment from the bottom of her heart.
But today, she wasn't paying attention to the beautiful scenery. Instead, she was looking at a "water cube" under the Crown Building.
It was the aquarium, which was filled with all kinds of strange creatures.
"Since you're here, I have something to ask you about," Leona said in a small voice. "I still don't know how to solve it."
"I've hired a team of nature sorcerers as well, but they couldn't find the appropriate ecological niche for these creatures they've never seen before."
Leona looked at Angor. "If we keep this up, they'll all die soon."
Angor knew about the aquarium since he was the one who told Leona about it.
It wasn't easy to solve the Aquarium's problem quickly, because the creatures in the Aquarium were all created based on the Rhythmic Membrane.
They were the "masterpieces" of Sumesh and Greya.
Greya's creatures could still be traced, but Sumesh's creatures were all "unique" creations.
It was too difficult to find a suitable ecological niche for these strange creatures. After all, no one had ever seen these strange creatures before.
"Greya should be back at the new city by now, right?"
Leona nodded. "She did. She brought a bunch of Dream Plant Sprites back to Pearl Island. I asked her about it, but she didn't seem to have a solution. She just told me to put them back where they came from.
"Also, she's been busy these days. I think she's talking to the leaders of the Dream Plant Sprites. I wanted to talk to her, but Iron Granny and Tree Spirit stopped me. Her trees didn't answer me either. I can't do anything about it. "
Leaders of the Dream Plant Sprites? Angor glanced at Pearl Island with his God's Eye.
He discovered that although there were people from the Fairy Guards on Zhenxiu Island, he didn't see the so-called "higher-ups" … Instead, he saw a familiar figure.
It was Cameron.
It seemed that Cameron went to see Greya as soon as he arrived at the new city.
Cameron probably asked for it himself. He wanted to meet an expert who knew something about the dream wasteland, and Greya was the only one who could do that.
Cameron and Greya were having a heated discussion. It almost looked like they were having a heated argument.
But when Angor listened carefully, he realized that Cameron was only talking about a small fish with wings and four limbs that Greya created.
Their conversation was even more heated than the one between Cameron and Iron Granny on the airship.
They seemed to have a lot to talk about.
While listening to Greya and Cameron's conversation, Angor rubbed his chin and thought of a way to solve the aquarium's problem.
Greya couldn't do it, but Cameron should be able to.
Didn't the Watcher say that Cameron was a scholar of the Nek Academy's Theory of Everything? He was an expert on all creatures.
Besides, Cameron was also interested in the Dream Wasteland's creatures, so he could easily lead Angor to the Aquarium.
After all, there were plenty of Sumesh's "unique" creations there.
With that in mind, he suggested that Leona should go to Greya first. As for stopping Greya, Angor would talk to Iron Granny and Tree Spirit about it.
Leona only needed to go to Greya and ask for her help.
Judging from the current situation, if Cameron heard that there were many strange creatures in the aquarium, he would definitely come over.
(End of Chapter)
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