Chapter 2694 Stay or Go

Should we talk here or at the residence of the wise master?

In fact, Angel was still a little hesitant about this issue. He personally preferred to go to the residence of the wise master, because if they wanted to go to the ruins, they would have to pass through the hall of the wise master. But he was not alone now, and he must consider the ideas of others.

The wise master probably saw Angel's hesitation, and he said lightly: "You can discuss it before making a decision."

After saying that, he took an attitude of staying out of the matter.

At the same time, the voice of the Black Earl came from the mind band: "The energy fluctuations of the wise master began to be restrained after closing his eyes, and he is not monitoring our conversation now."

In other words, they can now discuss and talk in the mind band.

"Really? Is he so kind? Then if I scold him now, he shouldn't be able to hear it, right?" There is no doubt that it was Dox who spoke with a mean tone.

As soon as Dox finished speaking, within a few seconds, he exaggeratedly shouted in the mind band: "Are you lying to me? The wise master is looking at me!"

"Wise master, I didn't really scold you. I was just joking."

The first sentence was complaining about the Black Earl, and the second sentence was begging for mercy from the wise master.

The Black Earl: "... I don't have to lie to you."

Dox: "I don't believe it."

At this time, the wise master said lightly: "Your thoughts are all written on your expression. If you want to take the opportunity to scold me in the mind band, you'd better be like the person next to you, without showing any emotion."

After the wise master finished speaking, he opened the third eye on his forehead and glanced meaningfully at the person next to Dox... Wai.

Wai probably didn't expect that the wise master would suddenly point the finger at him. His eyes widened and he explained with some stammering: "I, I... I didn't, I didn't..."

"You didn't say it out loud, but you cursed in your heart." The wise master: "And it's not just once."

Wai's expression instantly became a little ugly, because the wise master was right...

As a dead otaku, he hardly goes out, and naturally he rarely socializes. The only place where he needs to socialize is when he faces customers in the fortune-telling shop.

His fortune-telling shop is also called the "Death Asking Shop" in Mesomia, so the customers who come here either think they will die or are worried about dying, so they ask Wai to tell fortunes about death. The "perception" of the extraordinary is often real. If the customers in the shop are stubborn, nine out of ten will die. And death is a very sensitive thing. Even if you know that you may die, it will still make people uncomfortable when others say it. There is even a feeling... Are you cursing me in secret?

Because of this, many customers are actually very difficult to deal with. After all, many of the guests were from important backgrounds. In order to avoid trouble, Wai couldn't turn his face against them, so the most he did was to smile on the surface, but he was constantly complaining in his heart.

It can be said that complaining in his heart has become his daily habit.

For him, it's fun to complain in his heart for a while, and it's fun to complain all the time.

When he was watching Angel's live broadcast just now, he never stopped complaining in his heart. Except for Angel who didn't complain about his own master and whose "hot period" had not expired, he complained about everyone else. Among them, Dox and the Wise Lord were the ones who were complained about the most.

Especially when the Wise Lord suddenly left the live broadcast illusion, he was shocked at the time. He thought that the Wise Lord was taking the opportunity to kill into the earth ring wall, and he kept cursing in his heart.

What Wai didn't expect was that the complaining that had never failed, this time because of the encounter with the Wise Lord, not only failed, but also hit the south wall directly.

Wai's expression turned red and white, and he didn't know what to say.

It didn't seem right to explain. It seems even more wrong not to explain.

When Wai was hesitant and didn't know how to deal with it, Angel spoke:

"These are just trivial matters, why should the wise master care?"

While speaking, Angel deliberately revealed the wood spirit behind him. When the wood spirit saw the third eye of the wise master open again, it was also scared and curled up its head, not daring to look.

The wise master looked at Angel, then at the wood spirit, and finally sighed. He didn't talk about this topic anymore, but closed his third eye again.

With the closure of the third eye, the cold and solemn atmosphere around him eased again.

Wai finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, looking at Angel with gratitude and admiration.

Angel was a little embarrassed by Wai's stare.

It's not that he is thin-skinned, but because... Wai's thoughts were seen through by the wise master, and in fact, a large part of the reason was caused by Angel.

The reason why the wise master could see that Wai was secretly cursing him in his heart was because he sensed the negative emotions that Wai released towards him.

Because wizards have mental power as a natural barrier, their control over emotions is very stable. Even for beings of the level of the wise master, if they do not have the corresponding perception talent, it is difficult to directly sense the emotional changes of others from their hearts.

And the reason why Wai's emotions were so easily detected by the master was because of the live broadcast illusion...

When Wai was in the illusion, he regarded the illusion as his real body, and the emotions of his body were released unscrupulously.

The wise master can easily distinguish between reality and illusion, and in reality, Wai's body is near the wise master. At such a close distance, releasing targeted negative emotions to the wise master, let alone the wise man with keen emotional perception, even an ordinary person can probably vaguely sense the hostility.

This is also a disadvantage of live broadcast illusions.

That is why Angel will take the initiative to help Wai speak.

"Is my mind really all written on my expression?" Dox continued to mutter in the mind band.

"Ahem, these little things are not important." Angel did not want to continue to entangle on this issue, and changed the subject: "Let's get back to the topic. Let's discuss whether to talk to him here or go to the Hall of the Wise? Also, regarding the next issue of staying or leaving, and the distribution of benefits, I think we still need to talk about it again."

The first half of Angel's sentence is actually not that important. He is more concerned about the second half of the sentence.

The so-called staying or leaving and the distribution of benefits are naturally related to the choices of the Black Earl and Dox.

Because they each represent a kind of interest. The Black Earl and Wai represent the interests of the Noah clan, and are also the biggest vested interests in this exploration.

Dox and Kael represent the "additional interests", and they may not get the biggest benefits this time.

However, both Dox and Kael have made great contributions to this exploration.

Kael is the real owner of the key; Dox's inspiration helped them avoid many dangers and avoid detours.

In any case, their contributions cannot be ignored.

Angel and the Black Earl reached a secret deal, which can be ignored for the time being; however, the interests of Dox and Kael also need to be protected.

Especially Dox.

Along the way, although he often showed an attitude of making a fortune in this exploration, when he really encountered something of value, he still distributed it according to needs instead of forcibly taking it for himself.

But in fact, Dox, as a wandering wizard with no background, was the person who needed benefits the most, even if it was only immediate benefits.

Angel knew this very well. Therefore, although he often said that Dox only saw the immediate benefits, when it came to the time of redistribution of benefits, Angell still had to speak out.

Moreover, as the leader of this exploration, he must also bear this responsibility.

As for how to protect their interests, it naturally needs to be guaranteed by the Black Earl, the largest vested interest party.

Although Angell considered himself to be a vested interest party, his interests were in the Nightmare Realm, not the Relics in reality. So, he could shamelessly skip it for the time being.

Anyway, other people didn't know the significance of the Relics to him...

Hearing Angell's words, the most surprised person was undoubtedly Dox. Before, Dox learned that the Relics was related to Noah, and he had actually thought about this situation.

However, Dox didn't care at the time. From his perspective, he didn't actually contribute much. He was just following the troubled waters.

Moreover, his inspirational talent was awakened, and this alone was enough to gain a lot. Moreover, he still maintained a "friendship" with Angel, which was what Dox thought; therefore, Dox did not think he needed preferential treatment.

But if there was really "preferential treatment", Dox would not refuse it. He just did not expect that it would be Angel who proposed the "preferential treatment".

Dox hesitated for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter whether it is here or in the Hall of the Wise. As for the question of whether to stay or go, I will definitely stay."

After Dox finished speaking, he glanced at Kael, who immediately followed up: "I am the same as Lord Red Sword. I, I haven't finished recording the historical relics here."

Angel nodded, said nothing, but looked at the Black Earl.

The Black Earl probably had considered this issue before, and did not hesitate, saying directly: "Where to talk to the Wise Lord, you decide. You can talk to me now about staying or leaving and the distribution of benefits, or you can talk to me after leaving here."

Although the Black Earl threw the question back, his words had already shown that he would protect the interests of others.

As for Dox and Kael, whether to talk with the Black Earl now or after leaving here depends on their own choice.

It seems that it doesn't matter whether to talk now or after leaving here, but in fact it determines how much they will gain in the end.

If they talk now, because they don't know what kind of benefits the legacy land will have, there is no standard value for the benefits they ask for. If they talk now, they are betting that the standard value is too low, and the benefits they ask for will far exceed this standard value.

If they talk after leaving here, there will be a standard value. Then it will become the Black Earl talking to them.

The former may bet big once, while the latter will be allocated according to the standard value and will not get extremely high benefits.

In other words, talking now is a feast for gamblers; talking after leaving here is a smooth road for steady people.

Whether to be a gambler or a steady person depends on Dox and Kael.

Based on Angel's understanding of Dox and Kael's personalities, he guessed that there is a great probability that Dox will choose to talk now, while Kael should be more steady and will choose to talk after leaving here.

But what surprised him was that the final result was completely opposite to what he imagined. Dox chose to be steady, while Kael chose to be radical.

As for the reason, the reasons given by Dox and Kael were surprisingly similar.

To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: "As long as we can get a share of the benefits, it doesn't matter how much."

When Dox said this, Angel felt that his emotions were satisfied and fortunate. This means that Dox really believes that no matter how much the benefits are, as long as he gets a share of the benefits, it is good.

This actually does not match Angel's impression of Dox. In his opinion, Dox should be more impulsive and willing to gamble. But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that he can understand Dox.

When Dox was in the Princess Town, he clearly expressed his desire to intervene in the turmoil in the Guman Kingdom and gain benefits from it.

At that time, Angel thought it was radical, but now think that Dox may not be radical, he just wants to get a share. After all, as a wandering wizard, he does not have as large a source of intelligence as the wizard organization, and without a backer, it is difficult to get a high profit at one time. Therefore, no matter what is profitable, he wants to get involved. He does not want huge profits, but just wants to get a little bit of money.

On the contrary, although Kael is also a wandering wizard, he has the support of the 'Virtual World Walker' Isos, and he can also make a living with his skills, which has a very stable source of income.

From a certain perspective, Kael and Angel are very similar, because they can make a living with their skills, so they are qualified to gamble. Whether they win or lose, it has little impact on them.

This is also the reason why Kael chose to "talk now".

Of course, if Dox really wants to do his best, he can actually make a continuous and stable profit by "hunting", and his profit will definitely benefit more than Kael.

However, Dox and Kael are different after all. One is a formal wizard, and the other is just an apprentice. Their desire thresholds are different, and different patterns will also lead to different psychological expectations.

It can be said that various factors determine their choices. It is not simply determined by "personality" as Angel thought at the beginning.

After Dox and Kael made their choices, the Black Earl contacted Kael first and talked to him for two minutes through the encrypted mind tie.

At the end of the conversation, Kael showed no worry or joy, and it was completely unclear whether the benefits provided by the Black Earl met Kael's expectations.

However, since they have finished the discussion, it means that both parties have agreed to each other's conditions, which can be regarded as a solution to the guarantee.

As for Dox, we can only know whether he will be worried or happy after leaving the underground sewer.

At this time, the Black Earl looked at Angel again.

"What about you, do you want to talk to me now?"