Chapter 2601 Secrets and Expectations
Angel did not speak, but fell into silence.
The Black Earl thought that Angel was weighing the pros and cons, and did not care, giving Angel time to think.
After a while, Angel whispered: "Your Excellency, there is no need to test me. What information can I know about the Noah family? I just heard some small gossip, which will not have any impact on this exploration."
Angel was probably telling the truth, because if there was an impact, he would not agree to let the Noah family follow. As for setting up a trap? Impossible, their arrival was completely accidental. Moreover, with Angel's current strength, even if it was not a malicious trap, his inspiration could be easily discovered.
However, even if Angel knew only some unimportant information, the Black Earl also wanted to know.
After all, the Demon God Cult clearly recorded the mysterious ancestor of the Noah family on that table. Maybe what Angel knew was about this person?
"Are you sure you don't want to know how Sanders moved the illusion? If all you heard was gossip, then I will trade this secret for you, and you won't suffer any loss."
Angel still shook his head: "No, even if the adults don't say it, I probably know the truth of this secret."
Before that, Angel had fallen into silence for a while, and the Black Earl thought that Angel was just thinking about whether to make this deal. But in fact, Angel was pondering the so-called "secret" in the mouth of the Black Earl.
Although the Black Earl did not say anything about this secret, but there was no way that Angel knew Sanders quite well.
There must be a reason why Sanders did not teach him to move the illusion, and he did not even take the initiative to mention it.
And there was no reason for Sanders to hide it.
So what would be the reason?
Is his strength not enough? It shouldn't be. He is now a formal wizard, and he is only one step away from true knowledge. Moreover, even if it is a strength reason, can't he even tell him in advance?
Now that the Black Earl dares to tell him, it shows that the reason is not related to strength.
Apart from the factor of strength, another reason that Angell could think of was that Sanders was unwilling to let Angell learn his mobile illusion.
In other words, Sanders' mobile illusion had disadvantages. Moreover, the benefits were minimal, but the disadvantages were incredibly large.
Otherwise, Sanders would not have even mentioned it.
Sanders once told Angell that in order to connect to the nightmare world channel, he completely cut off his nightmare soul body talent. Although he obtained the qualification to enter the nightmare world, he lost the ability to make further achievements.
Sanders could even talk about such a thing, but he couldn't mention the mobile illusion. The answer was basically obvious.
Sanders was afraid that after mentioning it, even if Angell knew it was a disadvantage, he would imitate it for various reasons.
And Angel happened to have heard of something...
"Oh? You know this secret?" Black Earl asked in confusion: "Did Sanders tell you?"
Angel: "No, but the master mentioned before that the mentor and the elemental partner had also cooperated, but they were not compatible for various reasons. And I succeeded in releasing this mobile illusion because I happened to match the attributes of the demon."
"Combining these two factors, it can be basically inferred that if the mentor wants to perfectly release the mobile illusion, he only needs to find someone who matches him."
The Black Earl's voice suddenly became distant: "Then do you know who this person is?"
"The master just said a sentence, the person who knows you best is your enemy." Angel pondered and said: "I think this sentence is a little flawed. The one who knows you best is yourself first, and then your enemy; otherwise, if you don't even understand yourself, wouldn't it be a waste of life."
After Angel finished speaking, he stopped talking. But his words have revealed who that person is.
The Black Earl looked at Angel deeply, and after a long time, he chuckled and said, "It seems that I have been too talkative this time. I shouldn't have told you so much information about the mobile illusion before."
"However, I didn't expect that you would have met another Sanders."
The Black Earl's words have already admitted that Angel's speculation is correct. The reason why Sanders can use the mobile illusion perfectly is because of another self in his body.
The person who is exactly the same as Sanders, but more evil.
The Black Earl continued: "Unless it is absolutely necessary, Sanders will not let him go. You have seen him before, which means that you have been in a very bad situation and are in danger of death at any time. Sanders can't leave, so he can only let him come to you?"
Angel: "..."
Sure enough, he is an old monster. He can guess the original situation with just a casual thought.
Seeing Angel silent, the Black Earl knew that he was right: "Since you know this secret, we can't exchange information, so let's forget about it."
The Black Earl didn't expect that Angel's talent was even more agile than he thought.
If it was Sanders's other student, Su Mishi, who was asked to answer this question, even if Su Mishi had seen another Sanders, he would not think about it with his personality.
He now recognized that it was not a coincidence that Angell could become the most dazzling new star in the South Region in a short period of time.
Angell's achievement might have been due to chance, but it was an inevitable result.
While the Black Earl was sighing, Angel's voice came from the other end of the mind tie: "Your Excellency told me about the moving illusion before, which can be regarded as an exchange of information. I can tell you one thing. I don't know what this place has to do with the Noah clan. I just happened to know that there was a person named Noah here."
The Black Earl was stunned for a moment. He thought Angel would definitely hide the secret, but he didn't expect that he would actually tell it?
"Who is the person named Noah?"
Angel: "Your Excellency should have thought of his name. I won't say it, after all, I am an outsider. If this Noah clan member has not died, it must be a sin to call him by his name."
Angel didn't say who it was, but it didn't prevent the Black Earl from confirming it.
It must be him, the most mysterious and legendary ancestor who hangs high in the first section of the Noah family tree-Augustine Noah.
Black Count: "You are not willing to share the 'coincidence' you mentioned with me, right?"
Angel: "You can share it, but not now."
Angel can tell Black Count something about Augustine, but not about the nightmare world, but about his encounter with Augustine when he was refining the key. Of course, the premise of all this is that the wall is related to Augustine.
If the target place corresponding to the key has nothing to do with the Noah family, then he doesn't need to say it. However, this possibility is not great. After all, Augustine is in charge of the alchemical anomaly in person. If it has nothing to do with him, then it can only be said that...Angel has once again encountered the most difficult alchemical anomaly.
"Then I look forward to that time." Black Count did not ask for an answer immediately. He enjoyed the process of "expectation". He had not looked forward to something so much for a long time.
I believe that when the end comes, I will share my feelings with my real body, and my real body will enjoy the process of this adventure like him, right?
...
Angel and the Black Earl have been chatting in "encrypted" mode, which makes others feel depressed. They also want to hear gossip.
Moreover, there are mutant scavenger squirrels all around. If they don't say something to divert their attention, they really can't stand it - they are not afraid, but the mutated scavenger squirrels are so ugly.
Beautiful creatures are similar, but ugly creatures are ugly in their own way.
Ugly to the point of burning the eyes, ugly to the point of being unable to look directly at, ugly to the point of being mentally polluted...
This is the appearance attack of the mutant scavenger squirrel.
"By the way, how do so many mutant scavenger squirrels survive?" Kael asked curiously: "Before, they probably smelled the breath of the living Red Sword Lord, so they chased him madly. It seems that they feed on living things, but there don't seem to be too many living things here to meet their needs?"
"Maybe they have counterattacked back to the stinky ditch. There must be many monsters in the stinky ditch." Dox said casually.
"Although they have a bad smell, I don't seem to smell the smell of the sewer." Wai said, and sniffed it deliberately. Of course, he didn't smell anything. Angel also thoughtfully set up a purification force field in the light and shadow illusion.
"Such a large group must be the result of years of reproduction. I'm really curious, how do they live normally?"
As soon as Kael finished speaking, the voice of the Black Earl sounded: "The scavenger squirrels themselves are omnivorous monsters. They can eat meat and plants, and even chew stones to fill their stomachs. Moreover, when food is scarce, they can rely on long-term hibernation to reduce their energy needs. The magic energy array of the underground maze is still alive, and even the energy that escapes is enough to feed these monsters."
It's not just the mutated scavenger squirrels. Other surviving monsters are like this. They either fight each other or become parasites of the magic energy array.
Of course, this parasitism is not one-sided. After they die, their flesh and blood will naturally be assigned to the magic energy array and serve as a new energy source. Although it's not much, but if you accumulate a lot of mosquito meat, it's still meat.
The magic energy array can last for ten thousand years, so there are naturally ways to work around it.
"This kind of problem is not a secret. You can find out by just finding an intelligence point, such as the Paradise Pavilion or the tea party."
"Isn't the tea party only for witches?" Wai and Kael ignored the Paradise Pavilion at the same time. After all, the elders were here, and they were embarrassed to mention the Paradise Pavilion.
"Transfiguration, or spend money to find a female apprentice to go in and ask for you. Do you still need me to teach you this kind of thing?"
After the Black Earl finished mocking, he said lightly: "Before the exploration, your preparations seem to be missing."
It seems to be just a summary statement, but the Black Earl looked at Dox meaningfully.
It's okay for an apprentice, but Dox is a formal wizard, and he didn't know about this matter and didn't make any preparations. This is obviously an unqualified thing.
Dox was embarrassed to say anything... Who made him wrong.
"There is no absolute freedom in this world. If you pursue so-called freedom for a little pitiful self-esteem, then ignorance is the price you have to pay. You should know what ignorance means in the wizarding world."
Ignorance means that you don't know why you die.
This sentence was obviously said to Dox. As for whether Dox could listen to it, that was another matter. At least Dox didn't talk back this time.
After the Black Earl finished speaking, he floated back to Angel's side leisurely.
"Everyone has the right to choose their own path. The path that Dox took may not be wrong." Angell entered the "private chat" state with the Black Earl again.
"This does not conflict with what I said." The Black Earl: "I said this because of his inspiration. He can pursue freedom, but not ignorance."
Angel could not refute this sentence.
Dox was indeed a little too casual. It was not so serious to say that he was ignorant. He just rarely paid attention to things that could not benefit him. But sometimes, interests are inseparable. If you only pay attention to the benefits and not the harm, it would be too biased. It is only a matter of time before you encounter danger.
Therefore, although the words of the Black Earl were unpleasant, at least they were for Dox's future.
Angell thought about it and said nothing more. He just hoped that Dox would not ignore the words of the Black Earl.
Just as they were thinking about it, a fork in the road appeared in front of them.
This was a very strange fork in the road. On one side was a tall maze road, and on the other side was a small square window like a dog hole.
The window was not on the ground, but at a height of several dozen meters. Using mental power to explore, one could vaguely see a road inside, but if one wanted to go, one might need to crawl in.
It is worth mentioning that the road at the small window, perhaps because it was too high, had no mutant scavenger squirrels entering or leaving, while the main road was still crowded with mutant scavenger squirrels.
Encountering a fork in the road - let's call it a fork in the road, Angell turned his head and looked at Dox without hesitation.
But Dox still looked dazed.
Angell walked over, coughed twice, and after drawing Dox's attention back, he said, "You are not still thinking about what Lord Black Earl said, are you?"
Dox immediately showed disdain: "I'm not thinking about these boring things, I'm just thinking about problems."
He first deliberately asked back, and after Dox's arrogant rebuttal, Angell immediately said, "Thinking about problems? What problems are you thinking about? Are you also considering whether to go through a dog hole or continue to appreciate the beauty of the mutant scavenger squirrels?"
Dog hole? Before Dox understood what he meant, Angel pointed to the small window on the top.
"We are all thinking about which way to go. You are also thinking about this question, right?" Angel asked.
Dox was stunned for half a second, clapped his hands suddenly, and put his arm around Angel's shoulders: "Of course! I was also thinking about this question just now, should I go through the dog hole or continue to move forward?"
Without Angel's instructions, Dangros had already consciously jumped onto his shoulder and moved Dox's hand away.
Angel smiled and said: "Then what conclusion did you draw? By the way, we have actually voted just now, but now it is tied at 2 to 2, and only your vote is missing, so you must make a careful decision."