Chapter 2693: Heart's Bond

"I didn't bring it out, it wanted to come out..." As Angel was talking, he suddenly found a slender shadow passing by. He looked back subconsciously and saw that the wood spirit had run away again.

However, because Angel had blocked the door of the ladder to the prison, the wood spirit had no way to go back. In addition, the earth wall created by the Black Earl prevented the wood spirit from breaking through quickly. It could only circle around the edge.

While running, the wood spirit shouted: "Ahhh! There is a monster! The nose, the nose is talking!"

The Black Earl: "..."

There is no doubt that the wood spirit was frightened by the Black Earl.

Ordinary people would probably be frightened when they saw the Black Earl's nose. However, there should be very few people who are frightened to run around like this.

Moreover, if ordinary people really saw this scene, they would most likely not be frightened by the Black Earl, but by the wood spirit. After all, the appearance of the wood spirit, from a distance, is extremely like a scarecrow without clothes. As for the scarecrow, because it is similar to humans, people often think of it as weird, and it is also an image prototype that playwrights like to focus on.

To be honest, the appearance of the wood spirit is really scarier than the nose of the black earl.

The black earl: "... I have clearly been in there just now."

Angel: "I asked the wood spirit before, it has been hiding in the central core. When you went in, it sensed it, but it didn't come out to see."

Until when the wood spirit went in alone, because it got the log in the painting. The wood spirit sensed that its derivative body had moved, so it mustered up the courage to sneak out and take a look.

It is precisely because of this that the wood spirit saw the "cane", which led to the following story.

If Angel had not gotten the log, had not found the cane ornaments, and had not seen the prototype of the cane body mentioned by Butler Good, then the ending would have changed. The wood spirit would not show up, would not believe Angel, and would not leave with Angel.

It can be said that everything is linked together, and even one link cannot be missing.

"What should we do now? Should we catch it back?" The Black Earl did not ask where the core was, and he was too lazy to know the situation of the Ladder of Hell. He interrupted just to interrupt Angel's suicidal thoughts about the glasses.

"Or should I shrink the earth wall to limit its range of movement?"

Angel shook his head: "No, as long as it doesn't go back, it's fine, and..."

Angel paused at this point, raised his cane and waved it.

The Black Earl subconsciously followed Angel's movements, but was suddenly stunned when he saw it, because the end of the cane had been tied with a thin vine with buds.

The vine was firmly attached to the cane, but the vine body kept shaking up and down. Because... it was connected to the fleeing wood spirit.

"When was it tied?" The Black Earl asked suspiciously. He had been by Angel's side all the time, but he didn't notice it at all.

Angel: "It was there from the beginning."

The Black Earl was even more confused, and even the other people who heard their conversation were at a loss. They hadn't seen the vines before, and only noticed the existence of the vines when Angel raised his cane.

Perhaps guessing what the Black Count was thinking, Angel explained: "This is probably its ability, which can reduce the sense of existence."

Angel was not unfamiliar with this ability to reduce the sense of existence. He knew an alchemical magic array called "Boundless Silence", which had a similar effect. His bracelet was engraved with Boundless Silence.

However, there was a slight difference between the abilities of Boundless Silence and the Wood Spirit. Boundless Silence was more inclined to reduce the sense of existence from the perspective of the naked eye, and its resistance to mental observation was slightly lower. But the ability of the Wood Spirit was more inclined to reduce the sense of existence from the perspective of energy.

This was also why the Black Count didn't notice the vines of the Wood Spirit at the first time, because he was just a nose at this time. He did have ordinary vision, but the visual range was not large; the Black Count was more accustomed to observing the world from the perspective of energy, and this happened to face the Wood Spirit's talent.

As for why others didn't see it at the first time, the reason was also very simple, their attention was diverted. The sudden change in the mood of the wise master, the running of the wood spirit and the shouting...all kinds of external information distracted their attention, causing them not to notice the existence of the vine.

But when Angel shook the wooden stick, everyone's attention was instantly drawn back, and they immediately discovered the existence of the vine. From this, it can be seen that the wood spirit's talent of reducing the sense of existence can only be said to be average for the naked eye.

However, this does not mean that the wood spirit's talent is average.

You know, the wood spirit has not actively released this talent since leaving the ladder of the suspended prison. Its reduced sense of existence is purely passive.

Once the wood spirit actively activates this talent, it will be difficult to find it.

Previously, on the second floor of the ladder of the suspended prison, the wood spirit disappeared in front of everyone, which was that it actively activated this talent. At that time, whether it was Angel who was on the scene, or the wise master who was observing with the magic array, none of them could find the wood spirit, which shows how terrifying this talent is.

For wizards who love adventure and travel, this ability is simply a killer weapon that they have been thinking about. However, the one who got this ability was a super home spirit that could be frightened by the slightest movement.

The Black Earl saw that the wood spirit was holding the vine tightly on the cane, and he knew that the wood spirit would not run away. In this case, he no longer cared about the wood spirit, but raised the stone slab and pointed his nose at the outside of the earth wall.

The Wise Lord had already come to the edge of the Earth Ring Wall. He did not destroy the Earth Ring Wall, but just watched the fleeing Wood Spirit quietly through the pale yellow light shield.

Perhaps he felt the "gaze" of the Black Earl, and the Wise Lord turned his head and looked over here. However, the Wise Lord did not look at the Black Earl, but looked at Angel.

The Black Earl gently touched Angel with a stone slab.

At the reminder of the Black Earl, Angel looked at the Wise Lord in the distance.

"Come out and talk." The Wise Lord spoke silently.

Angel thought about it and did not refuse. Although it was relatively safe in the Earth Ring Wall, they could not stay in the Earth Ring Wall all the time. If they still wanted to go to the Relics, they would have to talk to the Wise Lord face to face.

Moreover, if the Wise Lord really wanted to deal with them, there were actually many opportunities when they were at the Ladder of the Suspended Prison. But he did not do so, which at least showed that in the short term, the Wise Lord had no direct killing intention towards them.

The most important thing, and the reason why Angel was determined to have a face-to-face meeting with the wise master, was Dodolo's prophecy.

The wise are not foolish.

Although it is still unclear what this prophecy means, it is known that their trip this time cannot be circumvented by the wise.

Angel's decision made the Black Earl relieved. Although Angel had hinted before, he was still worried that Angel would decide to leave temporarily, after all, the legacy was "not important" to Angel.

Now that Angel is going to face the wise master directly, it is considered to be a statement of attitude.

"Don't worry about the danger, he won't do anything to you in a short time. I will go with you, and if he really does, I will send you out." The Black Earl's tone was very sincere, and the second half of the sentence was even more certain.

With the status of the Black Earl, he would not break his promise.

Even if it was just a nose clone, the Black Earl had quite a lot of means. If he really wanted to send Angel out by force, the Black Earl could do it. However, I am afraid that by then he would not be able to protect others.

However, if it really comes to this point, and one person must be chosen among all people to protect, the Black Earl will still choose to protect Angel. As for the reason, the factor of "member of the R&D Institute" alone is enough.

Angel didn't care. As long as the wise master didn't take action suddenly, Angel would have a way to deal with it. However, facing the kindness of the Black Earl, Angel still nodded gratefully.

"By the way, don't mention the glasses." Finally, the Black Earl thought about it and reminded Angel about the glasses.

Although the wise master has restrained his anger at the moment, who knows if he will come back again because of the "torn wound"?

Angel didn't understand what the Black Earl meant, but nodded.

Next, Angel and the Black Earl walked out of the earth ring wall together.

The moment they left the ring wall, two black shadows drilled out of the ring wall, one was the wood spirit and the other was Ermi.

Mu Ling and Ermi happened to pass by each other. Mu Ling looked at Ermi in confusion. The next second, Mu Ling's eyes became terrified.

But before Mu Ling was scared away, Angel directly clamped its hand: "Okay, it's my shadow. If you are afraid of even the shadow, do you still want to go out?"

While Angel was speaking, Ermi had already merged into his shadow again. And Mu Ling was relieved when he saw Ermi disappear.

However, Mu Ling's expression was still startled, especially when he saw the Black Earl floating nearby, he couldn't help but want to break free from Angel's hand and hide in a place where no one was.

However, Angel had a previous experience, how could he let Mu Ling break free easily.

After struggling for a while, Mu Ling still admitted his fear. No longer running away, but running behind Angel to hide.

"The nose is terrible, the eyes are terrible, so terrible..." Mu Ling hid behind Angel, still shivering. But the words it muttered in its mouth made everyone slightly stunned.

‘The nose is scary’, of course, refers to the Black Count.

As for the eyes being scary, this is very intriguing. The Black Count has no eyes, and Angel’s eyes are not what Mu Ling fears, so the only possible one is… the Wise Lord.

“Alas…” The Wise Lord sighed, gently wiped his forehead, and the eyes on his head disappeared.

Only then did Mu Ling quietly stick his head out and said in a voice that was almost as whispery as a mosquito: “Teacher.”

It was not surprising that Mu Ling called the Wise Lord teacher. The Wise Lord made it clear at the beginning that Mu Ling was accepted as his student.

What surprised them was that Mu Ling was very afraid of the Wise having three eyes, but when the Wise changed back to two eyes, that fear obviously disappeared.

This means that Mu Ling was not afraid of the Wise, but of his third eye. Is there something fishy about this third eye?

When everyone was confused, the wise master spoke: "It is sensitive to all non-human appearances. Only when facing human appearances will its fear be reduced... This is probably the common nature of spirits."

The birth of a spirit generally meets two conditions: first, its body carries a very strong connotation; second, it needs to be in a harmonious energy environment all year round.

Of course, there are exceptions, but using the inductive method, the objects that meet the above two conditions have a higher chance of giving birth to spirits.

The so-called "strong connotation" is actually the thoughts and ties of the intelligent life.

In Jon's words, "if you remember it, there will be an echo."

This also means that the birth of spirit is closely related to intelligent life. In the wizarding world, especially in the southern wizarding world where non-human intelligent life is suppressed by extremist sects, the birth of spirits is almost always related to humans.

Therefore, the appearance of wood spirits that is closer to humans is relatively normal in the eyes of the wise ruler.

However, the wood spirit amplified this "mind". Putting aside being close to humans, the wood spirit's fear of creatures that are slightly different from humans is magnified many times, and it is extremely scary.

It is precisely because of this that the wood spirits are still afraid of the true form of the wise master.

Before meeting the wood spirit, the appearance of the wise master had always been based on the prototype of the "Three-Eyed Blue Demon": tall and tall, with bluish skin, terrifying fangs, and three fierce eyes.

But with the in-depth contact with the wood spirit, the wise master gradually changed his appearance.

The boy's current appearance is what he looks like after the change.

However, the wise master has not been able to close the third eye all the time, because this third eye is the center of most of his body's energy. Once closed, many abilities will temporarily disappear.

As for using illusions to cover up, the wood spirit doesn't buy it, because it can break through illusions.

Only by closing the third eye can the wood spirit reluctantly regard the wise master as a "human being". However, even so, the wood spirit still does not dare to meet the wise master. It only has a flaw in its character, not a lack of IQ. It knows very well that the wise master is not a human being. Closing his eyes just made the wood spirit look more comfortable, but the wood spirit still couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the wise man's true form.

The wise master put aside the emotions in his heart for the time being, and glanced at the person who was still in the earth ring wall in the distance, and then looked at Angel who was nearby.

"Let's talk here, or go to my residence first?"

"The extra points conditions are completed in the Prison Ladder. Don't the necessary conditions need to be completed here?" Angel asked.

The wise master had never mentioned what the necessary conditions were before, but now, after a moment of silence, he finally spoke: "The necessary conditions...are in the legacy."