As he stepped on the ground with his flying boots, faint golden patterns appeared in the air. Without a trace of smoke or fire, he blended into the boundless night. Angor flew across half of Yothur City without alerting anyone.
Not long after, he stopped at a corner of Cleansing Street.
Looking down from the sky, Gurman's small courtyard was elegant and exquisite. It was a small two-story building with a pointed roof, and a few windows with a word 'Tian' emitted a faint light from within.
The window of the study room on the second floor was opened. A man in a black robe was reading through a stack of documents by the light of a candle.
The information in his hand was the information on Lucas that Gurman had shown him a few days ago.
Presumably, this black-robed man was one of the first people to ask Gurman about Lucas. He could clearly sense the energy ripples coming from the black-robed man's body.
Judging from the level of energy, the black-robed man was probably just a beginner apprentice. He should not have been an apprentice for too long.
It didn't take long for the man to finish reading the documents. His expression was a little angry as he questioned Gurman. Clearly, he wasn't satisfied with the information he had received.
From what Angor heard, Gurman's explanation was the same as what he told the black-robed man last time. According to him, the only way to learn more about Lucas was to go to the Anrum Dynasty.
After asking a few more questions about the Anrum Dynasty, the black-robed man tossed a bag to Gurman with a dark expression and left the place.
Angor asked Toby to follow the man while he slowly landed on the second floor.
Through the window on the second floor, Angor saw Gurman pouring out the contents of the pouch with a joyful look. Dozens of gold coins fell on the desk.
Angor knocked on the window. Gurman looked up in surprise.
When Gurman saw the figure outside the window, his turbid eyes suddenly turned misty.
After a while, Gurman shuddered and said, "Huh? Why is the window still open? No wonder I felt cold. "
Gurman hobbled over with his walking stick and closed the window. When he returned to his seat, a trace of doubt flashed across his eyes. "Why do I feel like I've forgotten something?"
"Oh well, it's fine. I'm getting old, and my memory is getting messy. "Gurman shook his head and returned to his desk to count the gold coins he just earned.
Meanwhile, Angor was deep in thought in the sky.
He asked Gurman about the black-robed man's visit, and it was pretty much what he expected. The black-robed man took Lucas' information, vented his anger, and left.
However, it was worth mentioning that the black-robed man had asked Gurman if anyone else had inquired about Lucas.
Gurman only mentioned the purple-haired woman.
After the black-robed man heard this, he didn't say anything. He just sneered and said, "Basket Witch actually got involved …"
Gurman wasn't sure if he meant "Basket Witch" or something similar.
Apart from that, the man didn't say anything else.
Angor rubbed his chin while thinking about the "Basket Witch". He never heard of such a name before. Could it be the purple-haired woman?
Angor didn't spend too much time thinking. He was curious about the purple-haired woman's background, but he was more concerned about the black-robed man's identity.
He glanced at the dark sky and sensed Toby's energy signature. Then he flew toward the northwest.
Soon, he found Toby, who was keeping an eye on the black-robed man.
He listened to the sound of waves and looked down at the busy people who were still busy in the middle of the night. He raised an eyebrow. He was familiar with the black-robed man's location.
Yothur Port.
This was where they got off the ship when they arrived at Yothur City. He even saw The Limpet amidst the layers of cargo ships.
The black-robed man came to the port? Was he going to take a ship to Anrum?
Since the man was not that strong, Angor planned to take him away and get some information from Lucas. But when he saw the man looking around, he decided to wait.
From the expression of the black-robed man, he seemed to be looking for someone. Could it be that he wasn't the only one who wanted to find Lucas? Was there someone else behind this?
Angor observed the man walking around the port for a while before he reached a secluded area.
Trees were blocking his view, so no one in the port could see him. But Angor, who was in the sky, saw everything.
The black-robed man came to a hidden trestle by the shore and walked along the trestle to the end. There were no railings on either side of the trestle. Usually, it was a place where people from the city came to fish and relax. At this time, the black-robed man stood at the end and threw some fireflies into the sea from his wide sleeves.
Soon, the surface of the water began to move.
A white dolphin appeared on the surface of the water. The man hopped onto the dolphin and rode it away.
"Is this a Summoner apprentice?" Angor wondered. "Or, is this his familiar?"
The dolphin did have a faint glow of energy around it, which was different from other sea creatures. Angor couldn't tell if the dolphin was born or contracted, though.
Still, Angor could gather some information from the dolphin.
This black-robed man probably had a team or organization behind him. It was impossible for a wandering Magus or a wasteland Magus to obtain a magical creature as a level 1 apprentice.
"If it's an organization, is he looking for Lucas on his own? Or is he looking for Lucas on his own?"
Puzzled, Angor followed the black-robed man again.
After traveling for about an hour, the man finally stopped at a spot several hundred kilometers away from the shoreline.
Surrounded by the vast sea, there were no islands, and there was nothing to rely on. Why did he stop here?
As Angor wondered, he heard a strange sound coming from the bottom of the sea. Buzz!
Under the gentle moonlight and starry sky, the surface of the sea suddenly began to tremble. Waves rose high, and under Angor's shocked gaze, a gigantic blue whale emerged from the water.
Angor was surprised when he saw the sharp horn on the whale's head.
There were countless supernatural creatures in the wizarding world, and Angor couldn't remember every single one of them. But he did recognize this whale. It was a Horned Whale.
Last year, Angor saw one in the purification garden. That whale belonged to Jebra, "God of Sea" Flunza's disciple.
An adult Horned Abyss Whale was a magical creature with spatial properties, and its preciousness was comparable to that of a Cloud Whale. Angor knew what it meant to see a Horned Abyss Whale here.
He was already regretting it now. If he had known that the power behind the black-robed man was not small, he would have captured him at the port. Now was not the time to do it.
The black-robed man's body did not sway under the layers of waves. Borrowing the strength of the dolphin under his feet, he easily jumped onto the back of the single-horned whale.
He thought the mastermind behind the horned whale would show up soon. However, the black-robed man simply stood still and mumbled something under his breath.
The Horned Abyss Whale waved its tail and rose from the sea into the air.
It was right above where Angor was hiding. Angor frowned. Was he discovered?
He quickly turned around and retreated several hundred meters away.
Before he could do anything, a cold voice came from behind him. "Why leave when you're already here?"
Pillars of water rose from the sea and rushed toward Angor's location.
Dark golden runes flashed on Angor's boots as he stepped on the air and dodged the sea pillars. He was safe for now. On the other side, Toby rushed to the front of the black-robed man. Toby, who was surrounded by gray mist, carried a thousand pounds of gravity. The black-robed man was unable to resist and was knocked to the ground.
Angor summoned Toby back and looked at the man lying on the whale's back with a frown.
Did he just get rid of him so easily?
And why wasn't the whale doing anything?
Angor had a feeling that something was wrong.
The black-robed man tilted his head and stood up. At the same time, Angor sensed some water vapor moving around him.
Before he could figure out whether the mist came from the sea or something else, the mist suddenly turned into a glowing blue bubble and trapped Angor inside.
The water bubble was extremely tough. He couldn't break through it just by relying on his physical body.
A cantrip model flashed in his mind space, and countless flames slowly ignited around him, as if it was a large array.
The flames began to burn the bubble bit by bit.
However, Angor noticed that the sea had an endless amount of water vapor. Even if he burned a hole in the bubble, it would recover faster.
Even if he wanted to burn out an opening to escape, the durability and recovery speed of the bubble were not enough to support him to burn out a passage that could allow him to escape.
"Stop struggling. You won't get away in this place filled with water elements," the man spoke again.
Angor looked up. The man's head was tilted as if he didn't have a neck. It was a very strange sight.
"You lost your human scent just now." Angor frowned. "Are you an alchemy puppet?"
"You know quite a lot. So you learned something from someone …" The man's eerie laughter reached Angor's ears. "You're from Basket Witch? But I've never heard of that old witch taking in a man. "
"Basket Witch? Who's that? "
The black-robed man stopped laughing and gave Angor a cold look. "Since you're not from Basket Witch, I'll see you later."
Dense water vapor began to pour into the bubble.
The man saw that Angor was still trying to burn the bubble and sneered. "It's useless. You won't get away."
"Is that so?"
Suddenly, the black-robed man's eyes widened as he saw a giant flaming beast appear in the water bubble. In an instant, the surrounding water bubble burst open. Before the water vapor could be replenished, the giant beast carried Angor on its back and rushed toward them at an incredible speed.
"Killing an alchemy puppet won't do me any good, but at least the horn of this whale is a good alchemy material."
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