Angor returned to The Tributary.
He already moved to Phantom Island, but Greya would arrive at Brute Cavern in two days. In order to finish the illusion before her arrival, he needed a more comprehensive alchemy lab.
The alchemy facilities on Phantom Island were much worse than The Tributary's alchemy lab.
This was why he left Phantom Island and came to The Tributary.
During the two days he spent in The Tributary, he didn't spend most of his time doing alchemy.
Instead, he spent his time watching movies.
For other alchemists, incorporating illusions into alchemy might require a lot of steps, and the final result might not be satisfactory. But for Angor, who was an Illusionist himself, it wasn't difficult at all.
What kind of illusion should he build?
Before leaving Dark Castle, he crafted a pair of feather earrings that had the effect of "Realistic Illusion", as per Greya's request.
The feather earring was something Greya wanted to have when she missed Toby.
Angor used Toby as a clue in the illusion and changed the perspective of their journey from Devil's Water to Twilight Town. He also added some exaggerated details and added some Nightmare Realm characteristics to create the illusion.
But this time, the illusion didn't have a theme, which troubled him a lot.
Before leaving Floating Mech City, Angor visited Greya and asked her what she wanted. The answer he got was two empty concepts: to blend in with the atmosphere of the Nightmare Realm, and to create something new.
Blending in with the atmosphere of the Nightmare Realm was Angor's unique way of creating illusions. He was probably the only alchemist in the entire southern wizarding region. It wasn't hard for him to do the first one.
But the second one … Greya wanted something new? Angor wasn't sure.
He already didn't know what kind of illusion to build, and now she wanted something new? Angor scratched his head and still couldn't figure out what to do.
Angor even felt that Lady Mirror's request was even worse: vulgar and realistic.
Angor didn't want to think about it, but when he thought about how Lady Mirror was going to create another illusion, he felt a headache coming.
Luckily, Lady Mirror didn't rush him. He had to solve Greya's illusion first.
While trying to figure out what illusion to build, he suddenly thought of the hologram tablet. Although the holographic tablet recorded the civilization of Earth, it was still a brilliant civilization. The entertainment culture was much richer than the wizarding world.
Even if there was no supernatural culture, the Earthlings' dream of becoming a supernatural had never faded. Therefore, even if there were no Transcendents in reality, there were plenty of them in movies and novels. Moreover, the ones that could be recorded in Jon's holographic tablet were naturally the top works of Earth's civilization.
Since he lacked ideas, he decided to check his tablet and see how Earthlings imagined supernatural civilizations to get some ideas.
He watched one movie after another. In the beginning, he was still thinking and judging, but in the end, he completely immersed himself in the world of the movies.
Every movie built a world of its own.
Even if they were in the same world, there were different worldviews hidden within.
This was one of the benefits of Earth's civilization. They lived in a world without supernatural powers, so their imaginations of supernatural powers were more open.
Moreover, depending on where one was, the progress of civilization would be different, resulting in the development of Transcendence concepts that differed between the East and the West.
This was something new for someone who already lived in a supernatural civilization.
However, after watching about twenty movies, Angor realized that most of the supernatural stories he saw were still influenced by religious myths. If he tried to build an illusion according to the movies, Greya would probably scoff at him.
After all, every Magus was a wise man. They were able to see everything clearly, unlike mortals who were oblivious to everything. The first birth of religion might be due to the fear of the unknown. For example, primitive people feared the world, nature, and thunder. When they didn't know the reason, they would develop a sense of fear.
And when someone used this fear to their advantage, it became a budding religion.
However, with the development of religion, most religions had become a means of governing the people by the upper echelons. As for whether the religion was meant to pacify or rebel, it all depended on the person who controlled it.
Greya knew this, so Angor couldn't build an illusion with the shadow of a religion in it.
He couldn't copy the world in the movies, but the imagination of Earthlings still gave him a lot of inspiration. He closed the movie and thought for a long time.
He really wanted to build a world with a complete worldview, but it was too laborious. He couldn't create a real world, so it didn't seem to be useful.
After some consideration, he decided to build a miniature version similar to "Witch's Town" or "Nether City" in the Nightmare Realm, which was based on the worldview of the main Nightmare Realm.
Next was the content of the illusion. Angor didn't have to worry about that. He could learn a lot from the movies he saw back on Earth.
As for whether he should design a main storyline for the illusion … Angor thought about it and decided against it.
Designing a main storyline might make people feel like they were being led by the nose.
Last time, Greya liked Toby because of Greya. This time, Greya might not like him at all.
Therefore, it was better to design an illusion that was free and open to the public.
With the general idea in mind, Angor planned to build it. As for whether this illusion, which was based on the content of the movies he saw back on Earth, Angor wasn't sure.
He believed that Greya meant something that touched people's hearts, not something that was eye-catching.
As Greya said in Flowery Manor, Angor's illusion could allow people to learn something from it. Perhaps this was what she meant by "new ideas". But what could Greya learn from him at his current level?
Therefore, he had no other choice but to refine it according to his own ideas.
…
Before that, Angor needed to determine the material used to carry the illusion, as well as the final appearance.
This wasn't difficult. Greya had a unique taste, which could be seen from her heavy makeup and flaming red lips.
She reckoned that as long as the jewelry was refined into a "pompous, upper-class style", it would be enough.
It might be a little tacky in Angor's eyes. But everyone had different tastes. Since he was going to make an accessory for Greya, it would be better if it fit her style.
After all, a rich lady in a purple robe with flaming red lips wearing a piece of jewelry that looked like a fresh forest girl wouldn't go well with her look.
Angor took out a pen and paper and began to design the design.
As he immersed himself in his work, he suddenly heard Toby calling him from outside.
Judging from the frequency of the call, Angor knew that Toby wanted to talk to him.
Angor sighed, put down the pen and paper, and opened the door.
Toby dashed inside and circled around Angor several times to show how much it missed him.
"What do you need?" Angor returned to his desk and drew a simple curve using a pen.
Toby waved its wings while chirping. Then, it took out a piece of paper from its Snowy Feather and tossed it to Angor.
Angor looked at the note and asked in a low voice, "You mean, this is from the professor?"
Angor had been staying in his underground lab for several days, while Toby had been playing outside. For some reason, Toby seemed to have become friends with Iron Granny and often went to the Iron Fortress to play. Iron Granny even gave Toby a pass to enter The Tributary.
It wasn't a record card like the one Angor had, but it still allowed Toby to freely enter The Tributary.
Angor also gave Toby the gold coins he got from Phantom Island, so he wasn't too surprised that Toby sent him a message.
"What is it? Did Lady Greya come to Brute Cavern? "Angor looked at Toby.
Toby quickly shook its head. Toby was looking forward to Greya's arrival, but at the same time, there was fear in its eyes. The experience of being taught by Greya in Flowery Manor was nothing short of a nightmare for Toby.
If Greya wasn't here, then what was it about?
Angor opened the paper with a puzzled look.
As he opened the paper, the words and symbols on it moved like tadpoles and floated in the air, forming an illusion.
Sunders' image appeared in front of him.
From the background of the vision, Saunders seemed to be in his study.
"Angor, the harp-playing fox is here."
…
Angor finished reading Sunders' portrait.
He quickly put away the paper and left The Tributary with Toby, who was also in a hurry.
After leaving The Tributary, he released his Gondola and took Toby to Phantom Island as fast as he could.
On his way to Sunders' office, he was still thinking about the message he received from Sunders.
According to Sunders, Fox the Harp and Froggy the Frog Chanter had been hiding for a year since they escaped from Midnight Sovereign. Now, they finally showed up in their true forms.
They showed up at Sleepless City of the Evernight Kingdom, which Angor visited not long ago.
As soon as they showed up, they caused a huge commotion. They turned the outer city of Sleepless City into a pitch-black darkness. Apart from some wizards who managed to create a plane passageway to escape, everyone else in the city was trapped inside.
Compared to the last time when Midnight Sovereign was turned into a ghost town, this time, they did something even worse.
Most of Midnight Sovereign's population was mortals, and Twilight Well was just an ordinary wizard's market. There were no powerful wizards guarding it. But this time, Sleepless City was a real wizard organization.
Besides, Sleepless City was not a small organization. It was a "quasi-large" wizard organization with plenty of powerful wizards.
Angor felt that they had poked a hornet's nest this time.
None of this mattered to Angor. Fox the Harp-Playing Fox and Frog Chanter could do whatever they wanted.
Just like Pocratee, the nest of rainbow dragonflies might be a ticking time bomb, but as long as it didn't concern him, Angor could just ignore it.
However, Sunders mentioned that Greya was also trapped in Sleepless City.
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