Section 2604 Self-Doubt

After Angel finished speaking, he looked at the Black Count.

Black Count: "That's it?"

Angel: "That's it, that's all."

The Black Count glanced at the child who was still peeing in the illusion, and said lightly: "Okay, when this matter is over, you can ask your friend to come to the Noah clan to find me."

As for what the Black Count will do after finding him, the Black Count did not say, and Angel did not ask. This is just an opportunity for Salum, and it is still uncertain whether Salum will go or not.

If he really wants to go, then he will talk to Lord Rhine to see if there is a way for Salum to repair the Black Code and come out of the Noah clan intact.

"In other words, what we are looking for now is a building called the Ladder of the Hanging Prison?" Dox finally found an opportunity to ask.

Angel hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "If you want to say that the ladder of the prison is a building, then... it's okay."

"What do you mean?" Dox asked in confusion: "The ladder of the prison is not a building?"

Angel: "You can tell from the name that the ladder of the prison is a ladder. If you want to say that the ladder is a building, I think it's okay."

Seeing that Dox seemed to be still confused, Angel hurriedly said: "Whether it is a building or not, this is not a point that needs attention, there is no need to delve into it."

"Then should we go back to the maze directly now?" Dox looked reluctant: "Don't you want to explore the living area?"

Angel: "If you want to stay here to explore, I won't stop you."

After speaking, Angel turned around and walked towards the high wall of the maze behind him.

Everyone followed naturally. Although Dox wanted to explore the living area, he thought carefully that this place was so big that it would be endless to explore. Moreover, the sword in the hand of the goddess statue was taken away, which showed that this place had been looted countless times. He might not be able to pan gold from the gravel, so he just let it go.

After re-entering the maze, everyone found that the air in the maze was actually fresher than the living area outside. The air outside was filled with a strong smell of blood. If they were not in a light and shadow illusion, they might have been spotted by the monsters hiding in the dark.

However, to say how good the air in the maze smells, it is not. At least, not on this road, after all, there are still many mutant scavenger squirrels around...

"Sir, is the living area really worth exploring?" At this time, a questioning voice sounded from the side.

Without looking at Angel, you know that it is Kael who is speaking.

If it was Dox who asked, Angel would be too lazy to answer, but if Kael asked, Angel could talk about it.

After all, Dox and Kael wanted to explore the ruins for completely different purposes. The former was for profit, and the latter was just pure curiosity.

Angel: "It's worth exploring, but our destination is not there, so there's no need to waste time exploring, and..."

"And what?"

"And, the atmosphere there is too quiet. The smell of blood in the air is obviously very strong, but there is no sound around, which seems a little strange." Angel shrugged after saying this, "Of course, it's possible that I'm overthinking it."

"So that's the case?" After listening to Angel's words, Kael recalled the previous situation. Indeed, the air was very fishy, ​​but there was no sound in his ears. Maybe something is really wrong.

Thinking of this, Kael turned his head to look at Dox, wanting to ask if Dox's inspiration had any hints.

However, just as he was about to speak, Kael remembered Angel's hint before, that it would be better not to mention Dox's inspiration in this ruins.

Kael did not choose to ask Dox, but Dox took the initiative to come up.

"Do you really feel something is wrong?" Dox's expression was very strange.

Angell took a look and knew that Dox's inspiration had not sounded a warning just now, otherwise Dox would not have been reluctant to leave the living area at that time.

"I didn't feel anything wrong, I just said it casually, more of reasoning and... caution." Angell was telling the truth.

Dox pondered for a moment after listening, not knowing what he was thinking. After a while, he took the initiative to approach the Black Earl for the first time.

"Did Lord Black Earl find anything wrong just now?"

Dox's question made everyone prick up their ears, including Angell. Angell also wanted to know how the Black Earl viewed his reasoning.

The Black Earl said lightly: "What you care about is that your inspiration didn't work?"

Dox remained silent, but his expression said it all.

Black Earl: "There are three possibilities for inspiration not working. First, inspiration does not work all the time, maybe it just happened not to work; second, there is no danger there, so inspiration naturally does not need to jump out; third, there is indeed something wrong there, and its weirdness is higher than your inspiration detection limit, so inspiration does not work."

"Three possibilities, choose one yourself. As for the answer, don't ask me, I'm just a nose, I don't know."

Black Earl did not say whether there was anything wrong with the living area, which made everyone a little disappointed.

Although Dox was also disappointed, after listening to Black Earl's analysis, he was also guessing, which situation was it?

When everyone had their own thoughts, Angel once again opened a "private chat" with Black Earl.

"Sir, which of the three situations do you think it will be?" Angel asked directly.

The Black Earl's lazy voice sounded in Angel's heart: "I said, I don't know. I didn't lie to Doakes, and there's no need to lie to you."

"Then do you think it must be these three situations? Is there a fourth situation?"

"Oh? What do you think?" The voice from the Black Earl was still calm, but Angel could feel that the Black Earl's emotions were ups and downs.

This means that his guess may not be wrong. The Black Earl did not lie to Doakes, but he did not finish his sentence.

"Fourth, the inspiration was deliberately withheld, without prompting Doakes."

Black Earl: "Do you think inspiration is intelligent life? And you deliberately hide it?"

Angel: "I can't answer whether inspiration is intelligent life, but since it exists in Doakes' thoughts, it is not difficult to deceive Doakes' brain."

"Then why did it deliberately hide it? It is one with Doakes. If there is danger in the living area, hiding it will only expose Doakes to risk."

Angel: "Doakes is not alone now. With Lord Black Earl here, inspiration determines that Doakes will be in danger, but he will not die. Then it is possible that he will hide it."

Black Earl: "I accept this reason, but you still haven't answered me directly. Why did Inspiration deliberately hide Doakes?"

Angel actually didn't know what the answer was before he asked.

But with the discussion with the Black Earl, or in other words, under the guidance of the Black Earl, an answer is already coming out.

And this answer has been mentioned by the Black Earl before.

"Doakes has begun to doubt himself." Angel said softly.

The psychic belt was silent for a long time before the voice of the Black Earl came. At this time, there was a hint of smile in Earl Black's voice: "You are really good at guessing."

"So, is what I said right?" Angel asked.

"I don't know either." The Black Earl still answered this, but after saying this, he added meaningfully: "Inspiration is like prophecy. The more confused you are, the harder it is to be seen. Qing. So, it’s not a bad thing to live a little confused sometimes.”

Angel pondered for a while and then laughed: "I kind of understand it. Unfortunately, my inspiration comes and goes. I really can't feel what it is like to have an inspiration that can reach the level of prophecy."

After a pause, Angel stopped talking about Doakes' inspiration, but asked, "You should have smelled something when you were in the living area, right?"

The Black Earl answered normally this time: "I did smell a stench, lurking deeper underground. The feeling it gave me was not too trivial, but it was not enough to keep us. Probably better than yours. The devil must be a little stronger."

The Black Earl said it very easily, but his strength is higher than that of Ermi... that is at least the level of the first level of peak true knowledge.

If they really encounter one, they might get into big trouble. However, it is basically impossible to kill them.

It's no wonder that Doakes' inspiration could not remind him.

While they were chatting, everyone had returned to the three-way intersection.

Now there is no need to explore the right side, you only need to choose one of the two. Either choose the left or choose the middle.

There are a large number of mutated scavenging squirrels on the left, but none in the middle. Judging from this indication, the left side may be safer than the middle.

After all, mutated scavenging squirrels are also monsters, and it is the nature of monsters to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. There are no mutated scavenging squirrels in the middle. It is possible that there are mutant scavenging squirrels on the middle road that cannot be offended.

"How about we go to the left?" Kael whispered.

"You are not the team leader, let the team leader decide." Vai immediately retorted: "I personally think it is better to vote."

Vai still wants to help Angel and continues to fool Doakes.

However, Angel didn't need Doakes to help him choose at this time.

Because Doakes has entered the stage of self-doubt, he dares to deliberately conceal his inspiration, and it is not impossible to deliberately mislead him.

So, this time... or in other words, until Doakes has completely tamed his inspiration, he can no longer rely on his inspiration.

"Don't vote this time, walk in the middle." Angel said calmly.

Vai was stunned for a moment: "Sir, have you found a familiar road?"

Angel: "No, wait until you see the statue of the pissing child. Then you will find a familiar road."

Vai: "Then why do you want to..." choose the middle?

In fact, deep down in his heart, Vai still wants to vote. It is best to vote to the left, because the middle obviously feels that there is danger.

Angel looked at Vai's troubled face and joked: "Didn't you just say that you would let the team leader decide? Now I have decided to go in the middle, why do you look hesitant again?"

Vai's face felt hot and he scratched his scalp, not knowing what to say. He just refuted Kael just because he wanted to vote!

After all, Vai is a descendant of the Noah clan. Angel didn't tease him too much. He joked a little and then changed the subject: "Let's go, there are only so many roads anyway, and the maze itself is normal. Maybe, We will go around to the left later and go back."

"No crow's mouth..." Doakes whispered.

Angel: "I'm telling the truth. Haven't you ever played the maze game? Then you have missed a lot of childhood fun."

Angel said as he walked towards the middle road.

Others didn't know what to say. At this point, they could only follow Angel.

Only Dox stood at the back and looked to the left, seeming a little hesitant.

Because the ten-meter range of the light and shadow illusion is a safe zone, Angel stopped ten meters away and waited for Dox to make a decision.

"Why, do you have other ideas? Can you bring them up and share them?" Angel asked with a smile.

When Wai saw this scene, he was overjoyed. Could it be that Dox's inspiration was to go to the left? Then could they go to the left instead?

However, Wai's excitement did not last long. Dox stood at the fork in the road in silence for more than ten seconds, and finally closed his eyes, said nothing, and went directly to the middle road.

At this moment, neither Wai nor Kael knew what Dox had experienced.

But Angel and the Black Earl knew very well that Dox should have reached the last step of self-doubt at this time. Obviously, inspiration appeared just now, and prompted him to go to the left, but after hesitating for a moment, Dox said nothing and followed Angel to the middle.

This is not an easy decision to make.

Dox has avoided countless risks with inspiration. It can be said that inspiration is Dox's life-saving trump card. But now, Dox has to go against the judgment of inspiration and make a completely contradictory choice. This is a difficulty that ordinary people cannot understand.

"Let's go." Dox came to Angel and said calmly.

I thought Dox would say a few words, but he didn't say anything, which surprised Angel. I thought Dox would say a few words, but I didn't expect that when making a major decision, Dox still had a serious side.

Since Dox didn't want to say more, Angel didn't ask. In Wai's disappointed expression and Dox's complicated thoughts, they walked forward silently.

Although there were no mutant scavenger squirrels around, Angel did not cancel the light and shadow illusion. Anyway, it didn't consume much magic power and it could provide an extra layer of safety.

The road in the middle is getting wider and wider. Now, let alone accommodating ten people, even twenty people can walk in parallel. And this road has begun to have a downward trend, because the walls on both sides are getting higher and higher.

Compared with this huge maze and the extremely tall walls, they are too small.

This makes them unconsciously feel a sense of awe.

Awe of the smallness for the hugeness.

Of course, this is just the feeling of the two apprentices. Formal wizards such as Angel are completely unaffected by this spatial gap.

Moreover, as the surroundings become wider and the walls become higher, Angel is more and more certain that the road he chose may not be wrong.

The reason why he chose the middle at first was simply because he felt that this place was not far from the Hanging Prison Ladder, and the Hanging Prison Ladder was an official institution of Naraku City, with a dominant boss in charge. How could such an official institution allow the intrusion of evil monsters?

So, Angel chose the middle road without the mutant scavenger squirrel.

As the road became bigger and bigger, and the walls became higher and higher, the big stone in Angel's heart had not yet fallen to the ground, but it was not far away.

Why did this road go to such great lengths to be built like this? Isn't it just to make people feel awe-inspiring?

It is undeniable that this obvious spatial contrast does make people feel small and humble.

Like living areas or other buildings, there is no need to deliberately create this sense of awe. Only the official institutions of Naraku City can do this.

This is both awe-inspiring and represents authority.