"Your Highness must have gained a lot from this closed-door cultivation." Angel looked at the imposing Demon Fire Midir and spoke.
Demon Fire Midir coughed lightly and subconsciously glanced at the left earlobe where Angel had hidden the mark: "Indeed, I have gained a lot."
Angel smiled gently; from the details in Demon Fire Midir’s eyes, it was evident that it had indeed studied sothing from Odeclass’s Fla Mark.
It must be said that elental creatures far surpass ordinary people in terms of perception and understanding of pure elental power.
Even elental wizards might not gain insight just by seeing Angel’s Fla Mark. But Demon Fire Midir managed to, despite the influence of the Elental Tide, which is quite remarkable.
Angel didn’t probe into what Demon Fire Midir had researched, simply smiled, and glossed over the topic.
"I wonder what Your Highness wanted to see about?"
Returning to the main topic, Demon Fire Midir’s expression shifted from evasive to calm: "Now, Mr. Pat should have ti to talk to about the aning of the ’portal’ in the Tidal World, right?"
Demon Fire Midir had asked about this before, but at that ti, Angel didn’t answer because he needed to seek more information about Feng and was unsure of how much elental creatures understood about this world, planar fusion, or humans.
But now, they could have a conversation about it.
Because Angel had t Mago, and this Sage knew a lot of information.
Even about the "portal," Mago understood the reason for its existence, though not its exact location.
Now that Demon Fire Midir had asked again, Angel believed it must have learned quite a bit from Mago, so there was no need to conceal anything.
With this reflection, Angel spoke: "To understand the portal of the Tidal World, we must start from the world-ending disaster of the past. For the beings living in the Tidal World, the disaster was indeed catastrophic; But when viewed from the perspective of the entire world, considering the world as a whole, the disaster was actually an opportunity."
Angel then clearly explained how the Tidal World and the Wizards’ Realm had already rged, the reasons for the world’s fusion, and the potential for mass casualties among life forms during the fusion.
Demon Fire Midir had already heard so of this from Mago before and was shocked at that ti. Now that Angel provided more details, its astonishnt could no longer be hidden.
It never expected that what it had assud as a world-ending disaster was actually a chance for the world.
The Savior, who was always ntioned, was indeed a true savior, but his saving wasn’t what Demon Fire Midir initially thought. Instead, he guided external elental forces to breathe new life into the withering world, concealing the planar fusion and keeping the existence of the Tidal World hidden for thousands of years!
The so-called "saving" by the Savior was basically giving the elental creatures ti to proliferate and thrive, avoiding facing plundering humans in their dire state...
After listening to Angel’s description, Demon Fire Midir remained silent for a long ti, the information overload and overturned perceptions left it montarily unable to digest.
After so ti, Demon Fire Midir returned to its senses, gazing at Angel across from it: "Can you tell where the portal is now?"
"It’s not the ti yet," Angel paused: "I understand Your Highness’s eagerness to control the portal, but with the power of wizards, entering the Tidal World doesn’t necessarily require traveling through that passage."
Demon Fire Midir exhaled deeply, speaking solemnly: "I understand. Teacher Mago told , when the two worlds rge into one, such a day is inevitable."
Demon Fire Midir didn’t pursue the "portal" issue further. Its teacher had already asked before and was declined by Angel. So, it didn’t really expect an answer from Angel, only inquired as a trial.
Besides, from Teacher Mago, it had already learned the portal was certain to be in the Region of Fire and had narrowed down a range. Even if Angel didn’t reveal it, it could slowly search and find it on its own.
"Alright, let’s not discuss this further, let’s change the subject." Demon Fire Midir descended from mid-air, sitting on a throne forged from fla gemstones: "Could you tell about humans?"
"Humans is a vast subject, which aspect would Your Highness like to hear about?"
Demon Fire Midir was silent for a mont before finally deciding: "I want to understand it all."
A look of insight flashed in Angel’s eyes, understanding that Demon Fire Midir was beginning to gradually accept and change its perceptions, and his response could likely influence Demon Fire Midir’s future attitudes toward humans.
Therefore, his answer was very important.
Because it was important, Angel knew he couldn’t be overly subjective, nor could he exclusively emphasize humans’ positive traits.
Humanity, with its thriving civilization, is much more complex than elental creatures, and even Angel himself wasn’t entirely confident in claiming he fully comprehended the ’book’ of humanity.
All Angel could do was objectively convey what he had observed about humans.
"To understand humans, the first step is to understand civilization..."
Civilization is an indispensable elent in the lexicon of humanity. It’s likewise a vast topic, with even a rough clarification requiring several days, and a detailed explanation demanding much more ti. Angel didn’t have that much ti, so he could only describe the definition of civilization, then—
Angel spent a few hours crafting a simple play-like shadow box, thed on ’Humans and Civilization,’ expressing the developnt and dense flourishing scenes of human civilization through illusionary imagery. In this shadow box, Angel also included his own understanding of humans.
As for the question Demon Fire Midir was most interested in: human values and morality.
Angel provided an answer, not biased, as it couldn’t be a blanket statent. Good and bad have always been relative, a matter of perspective.
Demon Fire Midir watched for about half an hour, going from astonishnt at how real the illusion appeared to later being gradually overwheld by the grandeur of human civilization.
Demon Fire Midir didn’t finish watching because the information contained within the play-like shadow box was too vast to digest at once. Anyway, Angel had already given it the shadow box, and there would be plenty of ti to watch it in the future. Perhaps then it could share it with Mago and other beings of the Region of Fire, to understand humans, which they will inevitably face in the future.
Demon Fire Midir exhaled a breath of impure air, solemnly placing down the seemingly unremarkable small box, then looked at Angel: "I briefly perused the contents inside; it’s very astonishing."
After pausing, Demon Fire Midir continued: "However, I didn’t see the presence of elental creatures. May I ask, what is the human attitude towards elental creatures? Is it like the Savior, or like you, sir?"
Angel shook his head: "There are those like , and those like Mr. Feng, but none are all-encompassing. To discuss humans’ attitudes towards elental creatures, one has to start with the World of Wizards."
Demon Fire Midir already knew beforehand that the Savior was a powerful wizard. So, upon hearing Angel ntion "wizards," it realized it was surely a key point.
"The situation with wizards is actually quite complex."
Angel briefly spoke about so aspects of wizards, then...
He created a second shadow play box thed "The World of Wizards," detailing the wizards’ situation through an illusionary realm. However, although it was about the ’World of Wizards,’ it actually focused more on the ’unspoken rules of the wizard world.’
Because these unspoken rules are not only a set of guidelines but also the behavioral norms for wizards in their daily lives. These include their attitudes towards the world, ordinary people, and extraordinary beings, including elental creatures.
Of course, their attitudes are both good and bad. After all, wizards are not good people.
In addition, this shadow box also provides a general description of the wizards’ abilities, and Angel even created an illusion of a wizard in battle. This was the only bias Angel allowed in the shadow play box, serving as both a warning to Midir and a reminder.
Wizards are very powerful, and directly opposing them is definitely not a good idea.
Midir had a rough look and understood the warning Angel gave. Midir did not show anger at this because it was sothing it was going to ask about anyway.
After all, elental creatures from the Tidal World would inevitably encounter human wizards, so it’s natural for them to have a general understanding of each other’s strength.
In the illusionary images of "The World of Wizards," what stirred Midir the most was the humans’ coveting of elental creatures.
All official wizards would find ways to capture elental creatures.
When Midir saw the scene of an elental creature being captured in the illusion, the flas on its body surged upwards by several ters.
"Despicable humans!" Midir couldn’t help but roar in anger.
Midir’s aura surged, creating ripples in the air that caused the rocks on the cliff walls to crack.
Under these circumstances, Earl Mi also appeared proactively, guarding by Angel’s side, while Toby, even while soaking in the volcanic magma pool, flew swiftly to Angel’s vicinity, ready for defense.
Fortunately, Midir is not an irrational monarch. It controlled its anger and apologized to Angel.
"I understand Your Highness’s feelings, but I think Your Highness can continue to watch."
Because of their own interests, most wizards would not wantonly kill elental creatures.
Even if elental creatures are forcibly captured, they are not treated harshly. The term "elental partners" is not just talk. The word "partner" is very sacred to wizards, and placing elental creatures in that position shows how much they value them.
The later contents of the shadow box include the wizards’ stance and attitude toward other races and magical creatures.
If using the wizards’ attitude toward elental creatures as a comparison, elental creatures are incredibly fortunate.
So, Angel let Midir continue to watch.
After seeing the later content, Midir did indeed quiet down significantly.
It gradually understood that wizards, based on personal interest, would not easily harm elental creatures unless necessary. But concerning other races and most magical creatures, wizards act with little hesitation.
This comparison strangely relieved Midir.
Like with the first shadow box, Midir did not delve deeply, only taking a general look before putting it aside.
"Even though humans do not annihilate elental creatures completely, their greed and coveting remain a threat to elental beings. In my view, elental creatures are rely pets in disguise for humans."
Angel could still feel a residual discontent toward humans in Midir’s heart, which is understandable from its perspective.
Angel didn’t elaborate much on this matter, stating simply, "No matter how Your Highness perceives it, wizards consider the elental beings that assist in their cultivation as partners."
Angel knew that arguing over this topic at the mont would likely not change Midir’s mind no matter how logical or objective his reasoning might seem. The rational and objective stand of humans is also aligned with human interests, and from the perspective of elental creatures, such supposedly rational and objective speeches might be very offensive. Thus, saying less to make fewer mistakes and avoiding aggravating emotions that could lead to more contrary thoughts is advisable.
Let things cool down and allow Midir to contemplate in the future; this might be the best approach.
Midir understood Angel’s intent as well. After remaining silent for a while, it decided to end the conversation for the day and planned to take the two shadow play boxes to Teacher Magu to seek the Sage’s advice.
By this ti, the external world had also arrived in daylight.
Angel and Midir ca to the Lava Lake together, where Midir prepared to dive into the lake to et with Magu, while Angel, along with Kelonkcro—who had been waiting by the lake—prepared to return to the cave.
Watching Angel and Kelonkcro leave, a flash of insight passed through Midir’s eyes, linking it to the ssage Freespanel had sent earlier.
Coupled with the wizards’ attitude toward elental creatures in "The World of Wizards," it beca clear to Midir what Angel intended.
Midir did not stop them, watching quietly as they disappeared into the distance before it subrged into the long-familiar Lava Lake bed.
...
As daylight faded, Angel returned Kelonkcro to the Lava Lake.
After Kelonkcro subrged into the lake, it was not long before the lake’s surface bubbled with a large number of high-temperature bubbles, and an energy probe, invisible to the naked eye, slowly rose.
"Mr. Pat, may I have a word?" A distant and aged voice was conveyed.
Angel watched the probe, which resembled a bean sprout, and nodded slightly: "Alright."
A while later, inside the classroom within Magu,
Angel sat with Dangross, who yearned for Toby’s affection, beside him, and opposite them were Magu and Midir.
Facing each other for about half a minute, Magu broke the silence first. From under the desk, it took out two boxes and gently placed them on the top: "I have finished viewing the illusions within these. Many things that puzzled before have now been answered."
"I also understand the painstaking efforts of Mr. Feng and Kalomchis." Magu sighed deeply, "In such an irreversible trend, the years Mr. Feng has strived for the survival of our elental tribe is more comndable than saving the world from destruction."
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