When Angor returned to Sunders' mansion, Dodoro was already awake. However, the man was still sitting on his bed, as if he was thinking about something.
When Angor entered the room, Dodoro's eyes lit up with joy. He lifted the blanket and walked to Angor.
"You're awake?" Angor asked Dodoro to sit down on the other side of the bed.
Angor summoned Papaya and asked about Dodoro's condition. Papaya told Angor that Dodoro woke up in the early hours of the morning, but he didn't say a word.
Angor nodded. Dodoro was like a newborn cub, shy and sensitive. The only thing that made Dodoro feel safe was Angor's Follower.
After sending Papaya back to the building, Angor looked at Dodoro.
Dodoro quickly broke the silence. "Angor, yesterday, I saw —"
Angor stopped him. Since Dodoro was a Prophet, he might have to use a more indirect way. However, Dodoro's speech was still a bit sluggish. Asking him to use a more indirect method was too much.
Angor considered for a moment and decided to use a question-and-answer method to see if he could get around it.
"I'll ask, and you'll answer. Did you see me at the bottom of the sea? Yes or no. "
Dodoro wanted to nod and say something. However, there was an inexplicable force suppressing him, and he couldn't nod his head no matter what. His cheeks began to sweat, and his face turned red.
Dodoro was a mortal and had yet to learn any divination abilities. It was a mistake for him to answer without careful consideration.
Angor quickly stopped Dodoro. "Don't answer me. Tell me with your eyes."
Dodoro's eyes were as clear as crystal. Angor could see every thought in Dodoro's mind. He could read a lot of information from Dodoro's eyes, which was what worried Angor the most. Was someone like this really suitable to be a Prophet?
Angor got the answer he wanted from Dodoro's eyes. Dodoro did see Angor at the bottom of the sea.
"I see. Was I in a bad condition?" Angor tried to persuade Dodoro.
Dodoro hesitated. He only saw the image, but he couldn't tell what Angor's condition was.
"Do I look different in age?" The answer was no.
"Is my hair long?" The answer was no.
"Then am I alone?" The answer was no.
"Two people?" The answer was affirmative.
"Is it a man beside me?" The answer was no.
He asked the questions one by one and even used some illusions. A moment later, Angor stopped asking questions. Dodoro, on the other hand, was smiling at him. Dodoro didn't say a word. He only used his eyes to express his thoughts, which made Angor feel a little happy.
He lowered his head and tried to organize the information he got from Dodoro.
There was a lot of information, and it was also very messy. He had to organize his thoughts.
While organizing his thoughts, he realized that the message was pointing to a certain place — the purification garden.
When Angor asked Dodoro if there were any changes to his appearance, Dodoro only gave him a "no" in his eyes. Angor's hair did not grow back, which meant it must have happened recently. Also, when he asked if there was anyone around, Dodoro said "yes", and that person was a woman. In the end, Dodoro pointed out a girl with red dancing shoes — Keely.
Keely had been with him recently, so it was very likely that she was in the purification garden.
Angor and Keely were swimming toward a deep hole at the bottom of the sea.
This "hole" was something Angor guessed. Maybe it was an entrance to a cave. Dodoro and Keely were going to the bottom of the sea, but he didn't know what they were going to do.
Angor picked up a piece of paper and began to draw a general picture. Dodoro watched quietly from the side. Occasionally, he would remind Angor when he made a mistake in his drawing.
As for the unimportant parts, Angor didn't mind.
When the picture was finished, Angor took it to Sunders.
He was still wondering if Dodoro's picture was really about the future. If it was a scene from the future, then now that he knew about it, would it change the future because of this? Would something terrible happen if the future was changed? It was like the butterfly effect. Even a small change could lead to serious consequences.
Sunders chuckled at Angor's question. "There are some things about time that you don't need to know yet. But I can tell you that becoming a wizard is all about changing the future. You don't need to worry about these variables until you reach that level.
"Furthermore, to me, your appearance may also be a variable. Do you think I'm going to reject you just because you're a variable?
"To put it simply, if you see the future as a variable, you'll be able to do a lot of things. Maybe Dodoro only saw one of the variables. Maybe he didn't see the result. Maybe you won't experience it in the future, and you'll still get the same result. So, don't think too much about it. "
Sunders briefly explained the paradox of the future, which was often discussed by Divination students, before he looked at the picture again.
Looking at the painting with a strong style, Saunders first praised it. This kind of painting style obviously suited his taste as a former noble.
"You're right. This painting might be referring to the garden of purification. But I've never been there, so I don't know if there's a sea in there. Still, the meaning of this picture isn't important. It's just a picture without a cause and effect. You can't get anything out of it.
"But you can keep the information in mind. Once you reach the bottom of the sea, it's up to you whether you want to follow the picture or not."
Sunders returned the picture to Angor and joked, "You've grown a lot in the past half a year. Two random people you brought along also turned out to be talents."
He was talking about Papaya and Dodoro.
"If I remember correctly, Wallace was the one who accepted the mission this year. That guy kept crying in front of Mister Rein. If you can gather five talents and give them to him, I think he'll thank you for it."
Angor chuckled helplessly. Whether or not he could gather five talents was another matter. Besides, even if he did manage to gather five of them, if he handed them over to Wallace, wouldn't it be a waste of time if he also organized a deathmatch?
After listening to Sunders' explanation, Angor put down the picture of Dodoro's prophecy. What Divination students saw was probably just one of many processes. Whether or not they could achieve the best result depended on their own choices.
Angor returned to his bedroom and began to prepare the materials for Nausica's mechanical arm.
He already had a lot of materials in hand, especially when he was in Dark Castle's underground ice cave. However, after discussing with Mithra, he realized that he didn't have enough materials for some new designs, so he had to go out and buy them.
While doing so, he also went to a potion shop. However, the shop owner only rolled his eyes when he heard Angor's Witch Soup. He pointed at a potion bottle sign on the wall and said, "Can't you see that this is Vander Waal's shop? Are you trying to make trouble by buying Witch Soup from me? "
Angor chuckled awkwardly and tried to explain, but the shop owner kicked him out.
Angor sighed. Mithra had told him many times, but he still underestimated the competition between different schools.
If everyone was as tolerant and "innovative" as Master Mithra, the competition would be over.
After searching for a while, he finally found the soup in a mysterious shop with a large, smoking cauldron placed in front of the door.
As Mithra said, Celiyan's Witch Soup was a must-have potion for Bloodline users. It cost 10 magic crystals per cup.
This price wasn't too expensive for most of the apprentices. If he did some quests properly, he could earn enough money for three potions in a month. But for Angor, it was nothing. He spent over a thousand crystals and bought 100 cups.
Of course, he wasn't going to waste them. He still needed to test out the sequence of gravity first. He estimated that 100 cups would not be enough for half a month of training.
After buying everything he needed, Angor went into a short seclusion training.
He began to craft Nausica's mechanical arm. He didn't plan to inscribe any magic arrays on it. He didn't have time to learn new ones, and the ones he already knew wouldn't work on the arm anyway.
However, even though he wasn't drawing a magic array, the final effect wasn't any weaker than a magic array.
It took Angor three days to finish crafting all the parts of the arm. In the end, he connected them together into a pair of slender arms that had a metallic texture.
It was controlled by EMG signals, and it might take some time to get used to it in the beginning before it could be synchronized. However, as time went on, the synchronization process would be reduced to almost nothing.
It could also simulate muscle memory and provide instantaneous feedback.
Apart from that, Angor also added a tube that could draw out mana. There were also runes inside the tube that could catalyze mana. Each finger of the arm could be used as a gun barrel, which could be loaded separately. It could also be used as a valve to drain mana. Two birds with one stone.
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