"Is our expedition related to the Noah Clan? Do you an that the Black Earl already knew about this, which is why he let Vay join us... but that’s not right, I invited Vay. Could it be that the Black Earl sensed sothing temporarily?"
Dox mumbled to himself for a while, only to end up confused.
"Whether the Black Earl knows about the connection with the Noah Clan behind the door, or if it’s a spur-of-the-mont decision, I don’t speculate. I’m just reminding you of this; even though Vay is your friend, don’t trust him too much in this expedition."
Dox nodded solemnly: "I understand."
After all, Vay is still a mber of the Noah Clan, and he carries the nose of the Black Earl, his actions will inevitably be influenced by the Black Earl. Therefore, Angel’s warning is very necessary.
"Since you know it might be related to the Noah Clan, you still decided to let Vay co along?" Dox was sowhat puzzled. If it were him, he would cancel this operation directly.
Angel: "Why not? After all, there might be a need for Vay at what could potentially be Noah Clan territory."
Angel provided a reason, but Dox still felt the risk was a bit high.
It’s not without cause for Dox to worry, but what he doesn’t know is that Angel has his own trump card. Just Earl Mi alone can suppress the Black Earl’s nose. As long as the Black Earl doesn’t co personally, there won’t be any major issues.
Even if the Black Earl cos personally, Angel still has the Wilderness of Dreams as a backup support, so he doesn’t care about this risk.
Besides, Angel is genuinely more interested in the wall in Nightmare Abyss City than in the ’treasure’ or ’interest’ behind the wall in reality.
Although reality may hold so nice items, Angel believes that the most precious treasure is certainly in the Nightmare Realm.
It’s precisely because of his restraint against desires, only treating research as the the of this exploration, he won’t care about other things.
"Then... I’ll go back and tell Vay the news, bring him over to et you." Dox contemplated for a mont and chose to trust Angel.
Angel replied nonchalantly: "We can et upon departure; or are you ready to leave now?"
Dox: "I’ve done the necessary preparations, and Kaier is almost ready too."
Angel glanced at the clock on the table and calculated his ditation ti: "Then let’s set out in three hours."
Dox nodded, turned, and walked towards the door.
As he was about to leave, Dox spoke in a low voice: "I’ll find a chance to test if Vay knows the destination is related to the Noah Clan."
Angel: "Do as you wish, but the Black Earl’s nose is more sensitive than you think, he might scent your intentions."
Dox chuckled lightly: "Don’t underestimate . While my macro plans may be a step behind you wizards, I handle these little things better, ensuring no traces."
Angel smiled without speaking, watching Dox’s figure slowly disappear in the distance.
After Dox left, Kaier ca in slowly, looking tentative.
"We’re departing in three hours. If you’re not ready, it’s best to prepare now," Angel’s voice reached Kaier’s ears.
Kaier quickly answered: "Lord Dox has already inford , I’m ready."
"Then you ca in, is there sothing you need?" Angel finally raised his head, looking at Kaier.
Kaier hesitated for a mont before saying: "Sir, this ruins exploration ca abruptly. I wonder if you can give ... so advice."
Angel looked deeply at Kaier. Kaier has far more experience exploring ruins than he does, yet he’s seeking advice from him, obviously looking for guidance on how to position himself in this process.
After all, in the entire team besides Kaier, everyone is either an Official Wizard, or an apprentice with Wizard-level abilities.
Looking at the anticipation in Kaier’s eyes, Angel paused for a mont and said: "You only need to do one thing: restraint."
"Restr...aint?" Kaier pondered the word.
"Both in physical actions and psychological impulses, restrain."
"And, if you want to gain benefits, it’s best not to touch other stakeholders. Especially Vay, his backing is unusual, and his motive might not be simple."
After all, both the diagrams and refining materials were provided by Kaier, Angel thought for a mont and slightly revealed so information to him.
Kaier thoughtfully nodded: "I understand, my greatest interest in exploring ruins is research. It’s good if I gain sothing; if not, I won’t force it."
"It’s best if you think that way," Angel affird.
Kaier roughly understood what he should do. He bowed to Angel: "Then I’ll take my leave."
Just then, Angel coughed, and Kaier looked over in confusion.
Angel pointed to the short sword on the table.
Kaier suddenly understood: "It’s better in your hands, Sir. If I take it, I’m afraid I’ll lose it."
Having said that, Kaier jokingly winked, showing he understood Angel’s implication, that he would be careful of Vay.
Angel retorted: "Who told you that? I’m saying the refining task is over, shouldn’t you express sothing? Didn’t your ntor ntion the protocol in the letter?"
Kaier was taken aback, rembered his ntor’s instructions in the letter, and nodded quickly: "I understand, I’ll go find the ntor’s handbook now."
Angel initially didn’t understand why Kaier would use ’find’ until he saw Kaier walking to a corner of the Earth Cavern, a pile he thought was trash. He finally understood.
Kaier began rummaging through the clutter as if he were searching for the Skinner box.
Various items were tossed flying everywhere.
Angel quietly watched this scene, adding another label to Kaier: ssy.
anwhile, Dangross excitedly observed the flying tools, wishing to find a bottle of quenching liquid, which would be fantastic.
Unfortunately, there was no quenching liquid, but Dangross grabbed a fiery red gem.
Angel glanced at it, initially thinking it was a fla gem, a common item in the Region of Fire in the Tidal World, likely held by Dangross for nostalgia.
But upon closer inspection, it turned out that the fiery red gem was actually a crystal of a plane breeding fragnt.
A plane breeding fragnt is a material from the Space Series. It usually appears in abundance when a subsidiary plane is ford and can occasionally be obtained when a plane corridor is opened. It’s commonly involved in most space-related alchemy and is generally not considered precious, often available for sale in Official Wizard alchemy shops.
However, what’s ntioned here is the plane breeding crystal, which is different.
Usually, it takes five breeding fragnts to condense into one crystal. Judging by the size of this crystal, it must have involved at least ten or more fragnts.
Although the effects are similar, the value is vastly different because condensing fragnts is a special technique only mastered by Space Mages.
This crystal could even be auctioned in the early sessions of common auctions, showing that its value is indeed significant.
Dangross seed to like this gem very much, constantly rubbing it with its face—its palm, that is—looking just like a human obsessed with petting a cat.
However, no matter how much Dangross liked it, it couldn’t just take it as its own.
This item is not as low in value as quenching liquid and can’t be casually taken.
Angel was about to severely criticize Dangross, making it realize its mistake, when Kaier ca over, curiously looking at Dangross: "Do you like this?"
Dangross eagerly nodded its head while holding the gem.
Kaier smiled carelessly and said, "If you like it, then I’ll give it to you."
Angel, ignoring how excited Dangross was, quickly said, "The plane breeding crystal is useless to it; you should put it away."
Kaier quickly waved his hand: "No need, no need."
Seeing Kaier’s insistence, Angel frowned and sighed, "Then let buy it at market price."
The reason for not wanting to take Kaier’s gift for free is simple: to outsiders, Dangross is Angel’s elental partner, which ans it’s Angel’s property. Giving sothing to Dangross for free is essentially giving it to Angel, just more tactfully. This amounts to Angel owing a favor.
Angel likes others to owe him favors but doesn’t like owing favors to others. Besides, it’s not like he can’t afford to buy the plane breeding crystal.
Kaier didn’t understand the twists and turns in Angel’s heart and quickly said when Angel offered Magic Crystals, "It’s alright, this is a discarded crystal. When ntor synthesized it, he got distracted, made a mistake, and it beca unusable."
"Because it was discarded, it’s not valuable," Kaier said, embarrassedly scratching his head, "I originally brought it to the shop to deceive so people who don’t know better."
"After all, it’s just a discarded crystal; if it likes it, giving it away is fine," Kaier added, "If it were valuable, I would definitely charge you."
Hearing Kaier explain, Angel turned his attention back to the crystal.
"Let see it." Amidst Dangross’s reluctant expression, the crystal reached Angel’s hand.
Holding it, Angel felt a burning sensation, quite different from the touch of typical plane breeding crystals.
After a careful investigation, Angel discovered that the crystal contained a large amount of intermingled fire elents. In essence, it’s a mixture of fire and space elents.
"Why is there fire elent inside?" Angel asked in confusion.
Kaier responded, "I haven’t learned to synthesize crystals yet, so I don’t know the specifics, but I guess the ntor made a mistake at the step where fire control was required. The fire got in, resulting in this bizarre state."
Angel didn’t know how such a strange thing was created, but he understood why Dangross liked it; the fire elent inside was quite abundant. The flas used by Esos during synthesis must have co from a high-grade fire creature, possibly even a special fire source.
Angel fiddled with it for a mont, unable to think of any use for it, and eventually handed it back to Dangross.
Then, Angel took out a small bag of Magic Crystals and handed it to Kaier.
In Kaier’s eyes, filled with refusal and confusion, Angel said, "The balance between space elents and fire elents is quite unusual. I might be inspired by it for so related research topics when I go back. So, it’s better if I buy it."
Kaier hesitated for a mont but eventually accepted it. Although he thought the crystal was useless, since Angel ntioned it might inspire research topics, it had so aningful value.
Dangross’s excitent over gaining a new favorite crystal was evident from its terrible finger dance.
Feeling embarrassed, Angel picked up Dangross and fixed it on the hooks of the Shadow Sanctuary. Then, he turned his attention to Kaier or, more accurately, to the stack of handbooks in Kaier’s hand.
Upon noticing Angel’s gaze, Kaier quickly handed the handbooks to him.
There were six volus in total, feeling substantial in Angel’s hands. The first three volus were made of parchnt, thick and with frayed edges, showing years of use.
As for the latter three handbooks, they were made of paper pulp, clean and white, leaving Angel a little surprised.
Kaier explained, "The first three volus are my ntor’s apprenticeships, and the last three are mine, including annotations and supplents to the ntor’s handbooks."
Upon checking, Angel indeed saw Kaier’s na on the latter three handbooks.
Angel frowned slightly, feeling a bit conflicted as Kaier’s handbook was not part of the task rewards. However, Kaier ntioned there were so annotations, which intrigued Angel.
Perhaps sensing Angel’s hesitation, Kaier explained, "Although the ntor only ntioned using his handbook as a reward in his letter, your unlocking of the drawings and refining the short sword far exceeded the value of his handbook. I know my handbook isn’t worth much, but I hope it can be a small supplent, and I hope you don’t mind."
Angel said nothing, flipping through Esos’s handbook, then Kaier’s.
Although a cursory glance, Kaier’s detailed and straightforward writing greatly satisfied Angel compared to Esos’s frustratingly brief entries due to the limited parchnt space.
Ultimately, Angel couldn’t bring himself to decline and nodded, saying, "In that case, I’ll accept it."
Kaier bowed deeply: "It is my honor to be of help to you."
Angel thought for a mont, "I also have so knowledge of spatial concepts, although the fundantals are a bit weak. During this ti, if you have any questions, feel free to ask ."
With the knowledge package from the Dalmatian, Angel felt it was ti to put it to use.
Although Kaier knew Angel had knowledge of space, he had no concept of how strong it was, but since Angel offered, he didn’t plan to be polite. He was genuinely obsessed with research, driven by a pure pursuit of knowledge, and his mind was already calculating what questions to ask.
After Kaier left, Angel kept the handbooks and advised Dangross not to overindulge before entering ditation.
It wasn’t until three hours later that Angel opened his eyes.
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