He was halfway through chanting the incantation in his mind when he was suddenly interrupted.
Mystery item? What Mystery item?
Angor frowned. What did he mean by "I stole it"?
The only Mystery item he had was the Dream Whelk, and he had only gotten it an hour ago. How could there be any other Mystery items? Was Jebra talking about Lucas' skull? However, he hadn't touched the mysterious item at all.
"What Mystery item? What are you talking about? "Angor frowned at Jebra.
Jebra looked at Angor's innocent expression and cursed in his mind. Keep up the act!
"You're telling me you didn't steal the Mystery item from the Mysterious Space?"
Jebra's explanation enlightened Angor.
He didn't know why Jebra would go to such lengths to keep him here. The water curtain and all kinds of threats made it seem like Jebra wasn't going to give up until he was dead. Although he went to the "Mysterious Dimension" Jebra mentioned, he didn't take anything away from it except for Torras' soul.
Back in Lost Paradise City, Jebra also gave him a lot of benefits for no reason, claiming that he wanted to get closer to Angor. No matter how he looked at it, Jebra didn't need to go to such lengths to get rid of him.
So he thought he was the one who took Lucas's skull?
Angor chuckled in his mind. He knew he didn't take anything from Lucas' skull. He guessed that after he left that day, Lucas's skull was stolen by someone and they started to suspect him.
But he still couldn't figure out how they found him.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've never heard of the Mystery item you mentioned." Angor still could not admit that he went to the so-called Mysterious Space that day, so he had to keep denying it. "If you don't believe me, I'll give you a chance to use a truth-detection cantrip. I won't resist. But from now on, we don't owe each other anything. "
By "even", he was referring to the precious materials Jebra gave him back at Seawater Mansion.
He couldn't return them since he already used some of them to craft the "Sea Goddess". Since that's the case, I'll use this as a way to pay you back.
Jebra looked at Angor's honest face and hesitated again.
Did he really think Angor was wrong to accept a truth-detection cantrip like this?
Jebra gulped and tried to get rid of the unnecessary thoughts in his mind. Then, he looked at Angor with a serious expression. He wanted to see if Angor was trying to trick him with words.
However, Angor was still standing there with a cold expression. He did not feel guilty at all.
"What? You don't want to ask anymore? " Angor looked at Jebra's reaction and had a rough idea of what Jebra was trying to do.
Jebra's hesitation meant that the man was also suspicious of him. Since they had doubts, Angor was sure that they did not have any solid evidence yet.
Maybe they didn't even know if he went to the Mysterious Space or not.
In fact, Jebra's questions might not be true at all.
Jebra had been questioning Angor with guesses all the time. For example, when he said that there should be a portal to the Mysterious Space in Lost Paradise City, Jebra used a question instead of an affirmative one.
This meant that Jebra wasn't confident enough.
"I'm giving you a chance because of the materials you gave me before. If you don't want to ask, I'm leaving. Besides, we'll be even after I leave. "
Jebra looked at Angor's calm face and felt even more uneasy. The bias in his mind slowly returned to normal.
It was true that they didn't find any solid evidence on Angor's body. All their questions were guesses. Could it be that he was wrong again this time?
While Jebra was still hesitating, a powerful aura suddenly descended from the sky.
"Fine. Since you're willing to accept a truth-detection cantrip, I'll be the one to ask. What do you say?" A faint voice came from behind Jebra.
Angor looked up and saw a spatial crack appearing in front of him. A giant ray came out of the crack and floated in the air. A handsome young man with long silver hair was standing on top of the ray and looking down at Angor.
There was no way Angor would mistake such a powerful aura. The intruder must be a wizard!
His expression slowly turned grim.
Even wizards were alerted. Angor began to calculate his chances of escaping with all his might.
He was already strong enough, but the aura released by a wizard still made his body feel heavy. Even if he ejected his soul, it would still be difficult for him to resist the aura of a wizard.
Under such circumstances, the chances of escaping would slowly decrease.
Still, it wasn't impossible. If he had enough time, he could create a chance to escape. Besides, with Blood Night's protection, he believed that he wouldn't be discovered so easily even if he managed to escape.
Of course, he had to wait for the wizard to lose focus and give him a chance to escape.
Until then, Angor decided to pretend to be polite.
"Mister Wizard." Angor lowered his head. "If you want to ask, I can answer. But as we agreed, I'll only answer one question under the influence of a truth-detection cantrip. "
"One?" Sliv stared at Angor as if he was looking at another disgusting man through Angor's eyes. He snorted and sneered. "That's not up to you."
Angor simply looked at Sliv and allowed the aura to cover him. "Please ask, Mister Wizard."
Sliv released a Word of Truth spell and looked at Angor. "Are you the one who stole the Mystery item from the Mysterious Dimension? Is the item still with you?"
"I said I'll only answer one question." Angor glanced at Sliv's sneering face without showing any fear. "But you can combine the two questions into one, so I'll answer them as one."
Under Sliv and Jebra's stare, Angor uttered a single word. "No."
They remained silent for a while.
Jebra looked at Sliv again to see if he could get an answer.
Sliv didn't look happy at all. Judging from Sliv's expression, Jebra knew that Angor wasn't lying.
He didn't steal the Mystery item, and the item wasn't with him either.
Under the influence of Word of Truth, Angor couldn't lie.
"I don't believe that you don't know anything. Someone must be manipulating you! Did you use some kind of trick to hide your Word of Truth? Tell me, is it you who went to the Mysterious Dimension? "Sliv stared at Angor with a ferocious expression. He couldn't believe that he came here for nothing again.
"I've already answered one question, so I won't answer any more." Angor knew that if he answered the question, he would be treated as a suspect because he did go to the Mysterious Dimension.
Angor set the limit of "one question" on the truth-detection cantrip because he didn't want to expose himself if he asked too many questions.
What he needed to do now was to pretend to be "unwavering" and never compromise in the face of great power. In this way, they wouldn't focus on why he only answered one question. Instead, they would think that he was just being stubborn.
Sliv kept pressuring him and pressuring him. Angor clenched his teeth and remained silent. His eyes were filled with hatred and anger for being wrongly accused.
As expected, Angor's "uncompromising" attitude didn't attract any attention from the crowd. In fact, Jebra and Neya, who was trembling on the other side, completely believed Angor's words, regardless of whether Sliv believed Angor or not.
Sliv believed Angor since he knew that his Word of Truth was still working, and the spell couldn't fool him. However, he was still annoyed by Angor's attitude, which reminded him of the time when he was fooled by Sunders.
Therefore, Sliv was even more enraged because of the emotional connection between the two of them. Without asking any more questions, he kept pressuring Angor with his aura.
Ever since Angor's right arm transformed and his bloodline was reborn, Sliv's ability to resist auras greatly improved. He could barely move under the pressure of a truth-finder monster like the Leviathan, let alone Sliv.
However, Angor knew that he had to keep up his act, so he didn't relax. Instead, he coughed up blood and staggered in the air. His eyes were filled with hatred.
Seeing this, Sliv became even angrier and even tried to kill Angor in secret.
Angor noticed the murderous intent in Sliv's eyes. He coughed up another mouthful of blood and took out a red bead from his bracelet as if he was struggling.
Angor pretended that he was going to crush the bead.
When Sliv saw the red bead, he immediately stopped pressuring Angor. The red bead was emitting an aura that both annoyed and frightened him.
There was no mistaking it. It was Sunders' essence blood!
"You're accusing me like this because you want to get rid of my professor? Is this how a major wizard organization does things? You can't do anything to my professor, and now a wizard is trying to kill me?! " Angor put on a pitiful look. "What's the difference between you and ants?"
Sliv didn't care about Angor's words. He was still staring at Sunders' essence blood.
Sunders left some essence blood in Angor's body, which meant he valued Angor greatly. But it made sense. Angor's current achievements would be valued by any wizard organization, not to mention Brute Cavern, which was basically an alchemy desert.
If Sliv really killed Angor, Sunders might not be able to come here in time, but he would definitely be able to sense the situation through the essence blood.
If word of this got out, not only would they become enemies with Sunders, but their relationship with Brute Cavern would also be ruined.
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