Section 2686: Position

"Sir, do you want to go here again?"

The person who asked the question was Kael. The place he pointed to was a ruins. However, they had already searched once before and found no clues at that time.

As a rule, the place they had searched should not have been searched a second time. But since Angel has decided not to go to the third floor, and is sure that the wood spirit is on the second floor, Kael may want to carefully search the second floor again.

However, when they passed by the ruins, Angel had no intention of searching anymore, and Kael asked doubtfully.

Angel: "No need. I've already searched it, so there's no need to go back."

Kael: "Aren't you looking for the wood spirit?"

"Looking for it. Aren't we looking for it?" In order to make his words more credible, Angel looked around and pretended to be searching carefully.

However, there is a dark void all around, which makes people feel... perfunctory.

Upon seeing this, Kael stopped asking. In his opinion, Angel had no intention of looking for him anymore.

Maybe you're tired of it?

Kael couldn't say much, so he could only place his hope on Doakes and Vai in the next group.

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"Are you really not going to look any further?"

Everyone else has given up trying to dissuade Angel, and even Doakes has begun to gear up, looking like he is ready to appear at any time. At this time, the wise master, who originally did not intend to speak out, couldn't help but speak.

Angel's answer remained the same: "I'm looking for it."

"If you calm down your lazy expression, maybe I will believe that you are looking." The wise master raised his eyebrows.

Angel: "Really? I think no matter what I do, the wise master won't believe it, right?"

The wise man ruled: "In turbid water, it is impossible to see the bottom, let alone know whether the shadow at the bottom is a crocodile or a stone."

Angel chuckled: "Even if the water is crystal clear, the wise master will probably doubt whether the stone under the water is a real stone or a fake stone with a mechanism hidden inside."

What the wise man wants to express is that Angel is full of fog, like turbid water. Only when it is clarified can people be convinced.

What Angel expresses is that conspiracy theorists will always only see conspiracies, and wise men who are too suspicious cannot really trust other people, especially outsiders like them.

It is actually difficult to say who is right and who is wrong. Their words are all expressions from their own standpoint, and they naturally tend to be self-interested.

It is quite difficult to reach a consensus on the position.

Unless one side completely surrenders to the other side and agrees to all the other side's conditions, it is possible to reach an agreement on the position. However, neither Angel nor the Wise Master could succumb to the other.

Not to mention the wise master, his rank is there, and he is still on his home court, how could he succumb to Angel.

As for Angel, he actually doesn't care whether he surrenders or not. Just like Jon once warned Angel when he left the Old Continent, in a world where the jungle prevails, pride is the least necessary. Because self-esteem is the easiest to be trampled on, if you enshrine self-esteem as a god card, you will only become depressed after being trampled on. Moreover, pride can easily lead to death.

There is often a plot in story books. When a strong person sees the protagonist willing to die rather than surrender, he will admire him very much, secretly admire him in his heart, and finally let him go. But this kind of plot is only exclusive to the protagonist. More often than not, those who would rather die than surrender will gain not respect, but anger. Only death can calm the anger of the strong.

Therefore, Jon warned Angel that you can have self-esteem, but more often you have to be aware of the current situation, be conciliatory, and reach an agreement with the other party, so that you can live longer.

Angel is a very pragmatic person. When he first met Sanders, if he acted out that he would rather die than surrender, he would go to the White Coral Floating Island Academy. With Sanders' character, his end would probably be death.

Therefore, Angel didn't care so much about surrendering.

But when faced with the wise master, he could not give in. The reason is also very simple. The wise master is not someone who will agree with you if you surrender.

As Angel expresses it, conspiracy theorists can only see conspiracies.

When you are covered in fog, he will doubt your identity; if you reveal your identity, he will doubt your purpose; if you reveal your purpose, he will doubt your motives...

Facing this kind of person, repeatedly giving in will only push yourself to the most extreme situation. Even if you show your soul, the other person will find fault.

Therefore, when Angel faced the wise master, he could not give in, no matter his position or his inner testimony.

But they can't always be so tit-for-tat. According to what Dudolo said, "A wise man is not stupid." If Angel wants to accomplish his goal this time, he must reach an agreement with the wise man on the issue of stance.

But how can we reach agreement without intending to give in?

It should be possible to invite foreign aid and rely on the strength of the Savage Cave to suppress it, but this is equivalent to completely overturning the table. If you want to continue exploring the ruins without any worries, this is the worst policy.

Apart from foreign aid, Angel can think of only one thing: common interests.

As long as they are driven by common interests, it may be possible for both parties to take a step back and reach a balance on position issues. Even if you still cannot agree with the other party's position, you can be willing to accept that the other party's position has meaning.

Like the Black Earl.

Angel and the Black Count also maintain such a balance. During this trip, Angell showed many doubts. The Black Count would ask questions at the beginning, but then he slowly stopped caring. Because they have common interests, driven by this interest, Angell and the Black Count are both vested interests, and there is no need to turn against each other.

The Black Count can agree, so can the Wise Lord.

However, there is a question now, what common interests do he and the Wise Lord have?

There is actually no answer yet, or it is not clear.

However, it is unclear only because the Wise Lord has not revealed his "purpose". As long as he knows his purpose and his attitude towards Noah's descendants, Angel believes that he will find common interests.

The reason why he is so sure is that if there is no common interest, how could the Wise Lord be with them for so long.

As for how to know the purpose of the Wise Lord?

Angel is doing it now.

After completing his so-called bonus conditions and necessary conditions, the Wise Lord will naturally reveal his purpose after observing enough of their intelligence.

Because he knew the knot behind, Angel was not afraid to confront the wise master now.

Moreover, only when both sides have made their positions clear, there is a need to talk. Otherwise, if the positions are one-sided, there is no need to talk at all, which is equivalent to surrendering in disguise.

...

Angel's response of "conspiracy theorists are always blinded" is equivalent to directly confronting the wise master.

They looked at each other... No, five people looked at each other.

When the five people looked at each other, the atmosphere became stagnant and the air began to become solemn.

Seeing that the face of the wise master was getting more and more gloomy, everyone felt vaguely uneasy in their hearts, and they seemed to have reached the point of drawing swords.

But what they didn't expect was that the next second, the wise master suddenly turned from gloomy to sunny.

After taking a deep look at Angel, the wise master said softly: "For now, let's put aside the issue of water clarity and talk about the matter at hand. Are you sure you don't plan to look for the wood spirit?"

"If you decide to give up the mission, then the bonus conditions will be gone."

Angel: "Giving up the mission will have to wait until I leave the ladder of the prison. I'm still 'looking' now."

At this time, Dox interrupted: "Have you forgotten me? What do you mean by the bonus conditions are gone? I haven't looked for it yet, maybe I will find it in the end?"

The wise master glanced at Dox lightly, and then... continued to look at Angel.

"Then I look forward to you 'finding' the wood spirit."

This sounded like a response to Dox, but the wise master stared at Angel. There is no doubt that he said this to Angel. Dox was ignored again.

"An insincere expectation." Angel muttered in a low voice, and then formally said: "Then I will try my best to live up to the expectations of the wise master."

The wise master could naturally hear Angel's muttering, but he didn't care. Because Angel was telling the truth, his so-called expectations were just empty words.

Among the people present, the Black Earl was the most likely to find the wood spirit. But the Black Earl had already returned empty-handed, so there was no hope.

The wise master didn't believe that Angel could find the wood spirit.

As for Angel's previous firm statement that "the wood spirit is on the second floor", the wise master completely ignored it and regarded it as Angel's last attempt to save face.

...

Continue to walk back, the scene along the way was the same as before, only the drifting ruins would move to the side from time to time. And Angel had no intention of exploring these ruins again, and even saved the perfunctory action of "looking for the wood spirit".

Seeing this scene, the last doubts were also extinguished. Everyone has already determined that Angell has no intention of continuing to look for him.

"Young people are impulsive. They act on impulse and just say they won't look for him anymore." Dox sighed, "It seems that your hope still depends on me."

As soon as Dox finished speaking, he heard a cold snort from Wai beside him.

Dox turned his head and saw Wai looking at him with anger. When he was wondering what happened to Wai, he heard the voice of the wise master.

"Young and impulsive? He is younger than you?"

Dox was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he seemed to have revealed some information about Angell.

Dox wailed in his heart, but said calmly: "Yes, he is younger than me."

"Is that so." The wise master whispered to himself: "You are about eighty years old. There should not be many formal wizards younger than you in the South. Moreover, from your tone, we can know that he should be much younger than you, perhaps under fifty. Such a young wizard can also perform illusions and alchemy. This information should be able to determine his identity."

Because of the cover of the nightmare illusion, the precautions of Ermi, and the blessing of the earth wall of the black earl, the wise master has actually been unable to determine Angel's age.

Before, the wise master left the live illusion, allowing Dox and the black earl to return to reality and take precautions. Without Angel to preside over the illusion outside, this directly led to Dox's true body being seen by the wise master.

With the eyesight of the wise master, it is still very easy to see Dox's age. Therefore, the wise master knew that Dox was eighty years old and was a very young and talented wizard.

Now, Doakes inadvertently revealed that Ingres was younger than he was, which naturally exposed Ingres' age range.

Dox looked at the wise master with an "I believe it" look and analyzed it seriously, which made him a little embarrassed.

He just admitted that Angel was younger than him, but he said it deliberately, in order to create a negative mentality and make the wise master suspicious of his words, and then become suspicious of Angel's age.

What he didn't expect was that the wise master actually believed it! !

Didn't Angel say that the wise master would not trust people before? Why did he believe him now?

It seems that there is no way to change the wise master's mind.

Dox turned his head sadly and looked at Angel, wanting to express his apology.

However, he found that Angel didn't look at them at all. Instead, he stopped and closed his eyes to perceive, as if looking for the wood spirit.

Is he acting again?

Dox thought Angel was still perfunctory at first, but when he looked closely, he found that Angel's expression was more serious than ever.

The energy around him was also changing with Angel's perception.

"What's going on?" Wai was originally angry that Dox had exposed Angel's information, but he was also attracted by the movement on Angel's side.

Even the wise master looked at Angel in confusion at this time, not knowing what he was doing.

The energy around him stopped abruptly when it changed to a certain extreme.

At the same time, Angel opened his eyes.

After a long sigh, Angel noticed that everyone's eyes were on him.

Facing everyone's gaze, Angel unconsciously asked back: "What's wrong?"

"We should ask you this question, right?" Dox replied.

"Aren't you discussing my age? Don't you want to discuss it?"

When it comes to age, Dox's eyes are a little evasive: "Ahem, age... age is not that important. We are focusing on you now. Aren't we asking you what you are doing?"

Angel shrugged: "Nothing."

After a pause, Angel continued: "Just thinking about how to make the little guy hiding in the dark show up on his own initiative."

The little guy in the dark?

Who is he talking about? Is it Mu Ling? Has Angel discovered Mu Ling?

When everyone was still in doubt, Angel turned around and looked into the darkness.

"Hey, there are only two people here, are you really not going to come out?"