The Cloud Tower was located at the top of the Tree of Eternity. Everywhere in the mirror world, one could see the shadow of the Cloud Tower. For apprentices, the tower was like a symbol of faith, or a lighthouse that guided them when they were lost in the darkness.
This was Angor's first visit to the Cloud Tower. He felt a little nervous about the place which was like a sacred place to all apprentices.
Looking at the boundless aura of the tower, Angor could not help but wonder what the interior of the tower would be like.
Would it be as luxurious and meticulous as Sunders' manor? Or would it be as old and calm as the outer tower?
As Angor pondered, several white pigeons resting on the windowsills of the tower suddenly flapped their wings and flew into the clouds.
The pigeons seemed to be following a fixed path. Angor was only looking at them casually, but he realized that the pigeons seemed to be following the weak points of the energy. After the pigeons flew past, a strange energy slowly sank down from the Cloud Tower.
Angor felt that the path was strange and familiar.
He could not help but think about it.
At the same time, Rein Mute, who was resting inside the tower, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at where Angor was standing.
"Talented as expected. He noticed the path at first glance," Rein mumbled to himself.
A while later, he heard some rustling noises. He looked up and saw that the gate of the Cloud Tower had been opened without him noticing.
He was still thinking about the strange path, but he did not have time to think about it now. He was here to meet the real boss of Brute Cavern. If he did not pay enough attention because of his distraction, he would be asking for trouble.
With that in mind, Angor quickly put away his unnecessary thoughts and stepped into the dark gate.
As soon as he entered, he sensed a strange atmosphere.
Solemn and serious.
It was just an ordinary corridor, but it felt so peaceful that Angor could not help but lower his steps so that his footsteps would not make any noise.
When he walked to the center of the tower, he saw that the inside of the tower was hollow. He could see the window at the top from the ground floor. Mottled sunlight shone on the central pool at the bottom floor, creating ripples.
The water in the pool was still water. There was a strange statue in the middle of the pool. It was a majestic god that seemed to exist in the void. His face could not be seen clearly, but his body naturally emitted a silent aura. Beside the god, there was a pile of floating balls that seemed to only have mouths. They opened their flaming red lips, which reminded people of a word: noisy.
There was a strong contrast between silence and noise. However, when placed on the same statue, it was extremely harmonious. Just like shadow and light, they were clearly contradictory, yet they existed together.
The strangest thing about this statue was its ethereal face. He couldn't see its eyes, but he felt as if a pair of eyes were looking at him through the void. The gaze also reached into his body, from his body to his mind, as if everything was under its observation.
At the end of Angor's right shoulder, a water droplet glowed faintly.
As the faint light shone, the Blood Night Protection within the droplet began to take effect.
He felt something light slowly enveloping his body. Immediately after, the feeling of being spied on faded away like the tide.
Angor didn't dare to look at the statue again.
This statue had actually triggered the protection of the Blood Night. From this, it could be seen that the feeling of being spied on was absolutely real! He didn't dare to look at such a strange statue again. Even with the protection of Blood Night, it didn't mean that he was absolutely safe.
"This is a Wordless God, a religion of divination."
A message directly reached Angor's mind.
Angor was a little surprised. He wanted to ask who it was, but he realized that he couldn't speak because of the Blood Night Protection.
"You can't speak within the range of the Wordless God. Come to the top floor. I'll wait for you here. "
Angor didn't receive anything else after that. But he heard a creaking noise. It seemed that the door of one of the rooms in the tower was opened.
Angor assumed that it was Rein who sent him the message. He didn't feel too scared and walked up the winding stairs to the top floor step by step.
When he reached the top floor, he looked down from the railing and saw the same pool and statue at the bottom floor. But this time, the pool was no longer water. Instead, it turned into a water screen. More strangely, Angor's image appeared on the screen.
But it wasn't Angor's current image.
It was Angor as a child, then suddenly changed to Angor as a teenager, and finally stopped at Angor as a grown-up.
However, his image only appeared for a moment before it was covered by a blood-red light. The blood-red light blurred the entire water screen, as if it did not want to be seen by the water screen. In the end … the blood-red light disappeared, and the water screen returned to an ordinary pool.
Angor's eyes flickered with understanding.
Leaving aside the different versions of himself, the blood-red light definitely had something to do with the Blood Night Protection.
So … what was shown on the water screen was the statue spying on his privacy, and the Blood Night Protection blocked it?
It must be the truth.
"Come in. I can answer any questions you have." The same message came again.
Angor turned around absent-mindedly and saw an open door behind him.
He hesitated for a moment and walked in.
As soon as he entered, he saw Rein Mute sitting in front of a huge crystal ball.
The room was spacious and filled with crystal balls. Angor noticed that each of the crystal balls had a distorted reflection of himself.
He heard that Mister Rein was obsessed with crystal balls, and it seemed that it was true.
Lady Mirror once told Angor that if he met Rein, he should tell him not to make crystal balls anymore. It had been a thousand years since Rein did that. Angor needed to keep up with the latest trends in Floating Mech City.
It was easy for Lady Mirror to say that, but Angor didn't dare to do so. Judging from the number of crystal balls in the room, Angor could tell how obsessed Rein was with crystal balls. Angor would be angry if he was in Rein's shoes.
"Come and sit here." Rhine was dressed meticulously, and his every movement was filled with elegance.
Angor didn't dare to refuse and sat across from Rein. Right between them was the crystal ball that was at least one meter in diameter.
"You seem confused by what you saw in the pool. Why don't you tell me about it?" Rein asked.
Angor finally noticed that the aura of silence around him was slowly disappearing.
He looked up and saw Rein sitting across from him. Rein looked like an ordinary old nobleman without any aura or pressure. But Angor felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. Rein might have restrained his aura, but when facing Angor, he felt like he was looking at an ordinary rock in the sea. But if he dived into the sea, he would see a giant underwater peak that reached all the way to the surface.
Angor tried his best to calm himself down. He tried his best to control his fear and spoke again.
"Mister … Mister, what were those images?"
"That's the Speechless Deity's response," Rein smiled and said, "That's what the Speechless Deity said. I wanted to see your potential through the Speechless Deity's power. But I think there's something on you that prevented the deity from looking at you. "
Rein glanced at the golden shoulder seal on Angor's right shoulder.
At the end of the seal, there was a drop-shaped crystal that seemed to be glowing red.
"Is this an alchemy item that can block prying eyes?" Rein didn't use his spirit feelers to check the crystal.
Angor considered and nodded.
In fact, Bloody Night Shelter could block prophecies, but it wasn't entirely accurate to say that it could block prying eyes.
Rein wasn't surprised to learn that Angor had an alchemy item that could block prying eyes. But if Rein knew that Bloody Night Shelter could block prophecies, he wouldn't be able to stay calm anymore.
Rein didn't say anything more about Bloody Night Shelter. "But even without the Speechless Deity's help, your potential is already widely acknowledged.
"I called you here because I want to see what kind of person the alchemist in the southern wizarding region is like." Rein paused for a moment. "Don't be shy. I just want to have a chat with you."
A chat? Angor didn't believe that Rein had time for chit-chat.
But since Rein said so, Angor simply nodded. Anyway, he wanted to learn something from Rein anyway.
"By the way, I saw you observing those pigeons outside the tower. What's wrong? Did you see anything? "
Angor was a little surprised. He expected Rhine to ask him about alchemy first, but he didn't expect to hear this one out of the blue.
Angor's mind raced as he tried to figure out Rein's intention.
Unfortunately, he couldn't figure it out since he didn't have the right information. He decided not to think about it anymore. Instead, he chose his words carefully and answered according to his own thoughts.
"… I didn't notice it at first. But then I felt something was wrong, so I went to take a closer look. I discovered that the white pigeon was flying in a strange trajectory. That trajectory felt strange to me, but it also felt familiar … "
While speaking, Angor tried to recall the path.
He didn't think too much about it when he was outside the tower. Now that Rein gave him a chance to sort it out, Angor felt more and more enlightened.
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