Chapter 2545 Skinner's Box
Two minutes later, Kael solemnly placed a box with claws and sharp teeth on the opening and closing in the center of the round table.
As soon as the box was placed, the two pairs of scarlet eyes hidden behind the minions opened immediately.
Cold and sinister eyes glanced around.
Kael was stared at, and he immediately shivered, and cold sweat began to break out from his back.
Although Angel and Doakes did not react, their expressions were quite serious.
"Is this...Skinner's Box?" Doakes murmured.
Kael nodded while trembling: "Yes, this is the mentor's Skinner's Box."
Doakes looked at each other for a moment with the scarlet eyes of Skinner's Box, and suddenly said in deep thought: "How about I avoid it first."
Skinner's Box is a very special spiritual space storage prop. The size of the internal space is limited by the strength of the special spirit "Skinner".
Because Skinner is a spirit that recognizes its owner, once the magic box it guards is touched by someone other than its owner, it will fight to the death with the opponent. Even if Skinner can't defeat it, it can destroy the magic box in the end, and put the contents in the magic box into a special spirit stomach pouch, and exile it in the void. And only its owner knows this void coordinate.
Therefore, many wizards like to use Skinner's box to store valuable props. Because Skinner would use his life, and even his spirituality itself, to protect the items in the box.
When Doakes saw Skinner's Box, he immediately realized that it contained something valuable.
If it was just an ordinary thing, it would be okay for him to watch the show. But once Skinner's box comes out, it means that this matter is not simple, and it may involve secrets. If he knew about it and was hunted down by Aesop, it would be troublesome.
That's why Doakes would say something that he would have to avoid first.
Kael obviously understood what Doakes was thinking, and said: "It doesn't matter. The reason why the instructor used Skinner's box to store the alchemy drawings was because the drawings might be dangerous if left outside, so he put them in the box. inside."
After finishing speaking, Kael also added: "The drawing itself is not a valuable thing."
Doakes: "..." Do you think I'm a fool?
It would be dangerous just to put it outside. Such a weird thing must have some secret.
Angel had similar thoughts to Doakes, but he still had reservations before seeing the alchemy drawings.
In the end, Doakes stayed.
It's not that Kael's dissuasion was effective. Angel estimated that his spiritual perception told him that there was no danger, so he stayed with confidence.
"Since this is your mentor's Skinner's Box, how do you open it?" Doakes asked in confusion.
Kael said with a relaxed expression: "It knows me."
As he spoke, Kael reached out his hand to touch the Skinner's Box, but the Skinner's Box bit it without saying a word.
Everyone was silent as they looked at the bleeding wrist.
Kael still looked relaxed: "It's okay, this is a symbol of friendship. Are you right, little Skinner?"
Click——
This is the sound of bones breaking.
Everyone: "..."
Kael finally couldn't hold himself any longer this time, and pulled out his bloody hand, rolling on the ground in pain while screaming repeatedly.
"It's so pitiful. Why do I feel a little unreliable? Are all academics so naive?" Doakes shook his head and sighed.
This was also the first time Angel saw someone who was not the owner of Skinner's Box and dared to reach out and touch it. Doakes was right about that, he was indeed too naive.
After all, Kael was the target of Angel's mission. He sighed and threw a healing spell at him.
After temporarily stopping the pain, Angel took out an empty bowl of witch soup, poured some light fluorescent velvet potion into it, and then poured some diluted regeneration potion and placed it on Kaai's table. in front of you.
Kael drank it with gratitude.
The velvet potion can stop wounds from getting worse, and the regeneration potion can regenerate broken bones. Almost instantly, Kael returned to his original state.
After Kael finished drinking, Angel said: "Chenghui 53 magic crystals. 50 magic crystals are the money for the potion, and 3 magic crystals are the ticket fee to enter the black market."
Kael looked at Angel in shock.
"What? You think it's not worth the price?"
Looking at Angel's obviously calm but stressful eyes, Kael quickly shook his head: "It's worth it, it's worth it. It's just the ticket fee on the black market, it seems..."
Angel raised his eyebrows and was about to say something. Kael seemed to realize something and quickly changed his words: "I mean, the black market ticket is also worth this price, yes, it is 53 magic crystals. I will give it to you now."
Kael stumbled out and took out a small bag.
Angel took out 3 magic crystals from it and threw them to Dangross as a reward for his good performance during this period. The rest were put back into the bracelets.
After all this was done, Angel returned to the topic: "If you can't open Skinner's Box, then I will have to go back to the Savage Cave first. Or you can follow me, Mr. Aesops. No surprise, I’m a guest in the Savage Cave.”
Kael waved his hand: "No, no, it was an accident. Little Skinner and I really know each other."
Doakes said quietly: "Since you are familiar with it, then you can reach out and touch it again."
Kael smiled awkwardly: "...Forget about it today, but I have other ways to prove that I know it."
After saying that, Kael began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets, looking for something unknown.
His movements were quite rough, and he turned out all kinds of strange things and threw them back.
"Most of these are things sold in his store. I didn't expect them to be piled here like garbage." Dox sighed. He didn't think Kael was anything special before, but now he feels more and more unreliable.
These things are basically extraordinary items or some materials, but they are all very low-level. Angel took a look and turned his eyes away.
Dangros, on the other hand, found a bottle of fiery red quenching concentrate from these flying things, and held it with joy.
Quenching concentrate is an enhanced version of quenching liquid. Given Dangros's enthusiasm for quenching liquid, it is natural that quenching concentrate is targeted by it.
Angel looked at Dangros who was circling around him. How could he not understand what it meant.
"This is someone else's thing. If you want it, buy it yourself. I just gave you the magic crystal, which should be enough to buy this bottle."
When Kael came back, Dangros really traded this bottle of quenching concentrate with him. Kael didn't want to accept the money at first, after all, this fire elf was Angel's elemental partner, but Angel sent him a message and asked him to accept it.
Kael accepted the magic crystal.
At this time, Dangros also understood the importance of the magic crystal. In the past, it was still vague about the so-called "money". This transaction made it know that magic crystals can be used to buy things it likes.
And this is why Angel asked Kael to make this transaction. The elemental creatures in the tidal world have a very weak concept of "value". It's not too late to start cultivating Dangros.
After dealing with Dangros's affairs, Kael took out his secret weapon.
A piece of wrinkled parchment.
On the parchment, there was a faint space energy, and at the same time, there was a row of code words that Dox didn't recognize.
"This is written by the instructor. The instructor said that if you show it to Skinner's Box, it will understand."
In fact, Kael didn't need to explain, everyone had already seen the effect.
Skinner's Box's scarlet eyes slowly turned pure black after seeing the parchment. Ignoring the ferocious appearance, the round black eyes alone are still quite cute at first glance.
After reading the parchment, Skinner's Box took the initiative to open its mouth full of sharp teeth.
Kael reached in this time, and Skinner finally didn't bite him again.
After digging in the belly of Skinner's Box for a while, Kael finally took out a stack of well-preserved parchment.
After a while, the parchment was spread out. The two-meter square parchment directly occupied most of the table.
When Dox looked at the parchment, he already understood the two sentences Kael had said before.
The first sentence: "It doesn't matter if Lord Dox stays here. Anyway, he can't understand it."
The fact shows that he really can't understand it. The various strange patterns on it make him dizzy.
The second sentence: "Because this drawing may be dangerous if it is placed outside, it is placed in the magic box."
Indeed, this drawing was just spread out calmly, and Dox felt a slight swelling between his eyebrows. His mental power showed abnormalities, as if it was constantly torn.
At first, Dox could still remain calm, but the longer he looked at the drawing, the more uncomfortable his mental power became, and there were even signs of a small part of it collapsing.
Dox took a few steps back and stopped staring at the drawing, and he felt a little better.
And Kael was very alert. As soon as the drawing was spread out, he had retreated to the edge of the cave. Obviously, he was also a victim.
On the contrary, Angel looked at the drawing with a focused face, and it seemed that there was no discomfort.
"Do you think he was holding on or pretending?" Dox murmured in a low voice.
Kael was nearby. After hearing the sound, he whispered, "I think that since the mentor sent the Super Dimension Master here, there must be a purpose."
Dox rolled his eyes at Kael: "I didn't ask you, I asked it."
Dox pointed at Dangros.
Dangros also ran to the edge at this time, tightly holding the quenching agent, and the little sandworm curled up on the back of his hand.
"There is no difference between holding on and pretending. Don't try to destroy our relationship with words. I won't pay attention to you." Dangros was tough. He turned his head and faced Dox with the back of his hand.
Dox could only shrug and continue to look at Angel.
He didn't believe that Angel's mental power was not affected. He must be holding on now. It was estimated that he would run over in shame in a short time.
However, half an hour later, Angel was still sitting at the table, studying the alchemical drawings. Although he frowned occasionally, he didn't show any discomfort.
This made Kael look at Angel with more admiration. At first, Master Aesop only looked at the drawings for half an hour before putting them away. Angell had been looking at the drawings for the same amount of time as Master Aesop!
He is indeed the brightest rising star in the Southern Region in recent years!
Dox also felt something was wrong at this time. Could it be that Angell was really not affected?
With doubts, Dox approached the table again, looked down, and felt dizzy again.
Doakes is certain that this drawing must have some kind of attack on mental power... But why can Angel not be affected, or is his mental toughness so strong?
Perhaps after hearing Doakes' footsteps approaching, Angel finally raised his eyes.
"Kael, come here." Angel said while folding the drawings.
As soon as the drawings were put on the stack, the mental pressure disappeared immediately, and Kael quickly ran to Angel like a wolf, looking at Angel with admiration.
"I already have some idea of this alchemy blueprint. I will first try to crack the external alchemy magic pattern to reveal the alchemy blueprint. However, before that, can you tell me where you found this blueprint?"
Kael hesitated for a moment, as if hesitating whether to say anything.
Angel: "It's okay if you don't want to tell me. I just want to know if you found it in a maze."
maze? Doakes looked at Angel suspiciously. Does Angel know the origin of this thing?
Kael raised his head in surprise: "How do you know, sir?"
Angel: "...I've heard of it before."
Angel did not explain, and his expression was slightly strange. From the perspective of Kael and Doakes, it is obvious that there must be something fishy here.
After a moment of silence, Kael said, "Sir, you should know the contents of the alchemy drawings, right?"
"I haven't unlocked the magic pattern outside yet, so I don't know the full picture yet. But it's almost certain that it is a short sword."
Kael: "Then do you know what this dagger is?"
Angel muttered: "...key."
Kael exhaled a long breath: "Sir, you really know. Could it be that you have also read "Gaya Travels"?"
Angel: "Gaya Travels? What is this?"
Kael: "Gaya's Travels is an ancient book I found in a certain ruins. It is the travel record of a wizard named Gaya. There is a paragraph in it that mentions the labyrinth."
"Although the maze has been almost explored, Gaya mentioned a hidden place in her travel notes. I went to the maze with skepticism."
"Finally found this alchemy blueprint."
Kael's narration obviously blurred some contents, but this is not important.
Angel just wanted to say: It seems that Sanders is not omnipotent, and the mentor sometimes makes mistakes...
The maze that Kael and Angel talked about was actually the garden maze that was quite famous in the Southern Region.
The Garden Maze is a relic that has been left for thousands of years. It is located in the hinterland plain of the Guman Kingdom. There are no clues about who built it and why.
Due to the erosion of time, only ruins remain there.
When the garden maze was discovered, it caused an immediate sensation.
Many wizards have explored it, and the first ones to eat crabs will always get surprises. But there were too many people eating crabs, and the garden maze couldn't stand the wizards' drive to dig deep. Within a few years, nothing good could be found in the garden maze.
However, some people still believe that there are secrets there, so over the years, some people have been exploring it.
Including Sanders.
The first time Sanders explored the ruins before becoming a wizard was the Garden Maze.
There was indeed nothing to be found in the garden maze. Sanders had no choice but to prepare to leave.
Perhaps due to luck or destiny, Sanders did not leave Success, but was sucked into a space tunnel that was unintentionally opened in the garden maze.
At the other end of the tunnel is the nightmare world.
It was also there that Sanders discovered the true name of the garden maze—
Naraku City.