Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2097: Chapter 2098: Communicator?

”You want to tell us something? Through this monocle?” Lianna curiously looked at the monocle in her hand, flipping it back and forth, and muttered softly, ”Could this be a communicator?”

As Lianna spoke, she exchanged a glance with Ironclad Granny. There was a tacit understanding shared in their eyes.

Lianna often participated in tea parties, so she frequently brought back new rumors, new technologies, and even new topics to share with the witches of the Barbarian Cave.

Lianna had voiced her grievances more than once during the small tea parties held inside the Barbarian Cave regarding Lord Reine’s aesthetics. Sky Mechanical City’s communicators had evolved to thin crystalline cards, yet their communicators were always the outdated crystal balls.

Moreover, Lord Reine was particularly stubborn in this aspect, stubbornly imposing his aesthetic preference for crystal balls on other wizards.

Everyone also endured it in silence. After all, Lord Reine was the Controller of the Barbarian Cave, and his will was the future direction of the Barbarian Cave, so they couldn’t just ignore it.

After all, communicators weren’t a strategic tool, so everyone just accepted it.

But in the end, communicators were still very useful, and carrying crystal balls was too inconvenient. Lianna once indirectly suggested to Lord Reine about changing the communicator’s format, but Reine pretended not to understand.

A few days ago, after returning to the Barbarian Cave, Lianna had mentioned to Ironclad Granny that she had asked Angel to suggest to Reine to replace the crystal ball communicators.

Angel was a core figure within the organization for determining the future direction, and his words might influence Reine.

Now, seeing this monocle, Lianna immediately recalled this matter. Could it be that Angel had spoken with Reine and Reine had agreed, even allowing him to produce this monocle?

Although this monocle was somewhat rough in refinement, it was still better than crystal balls! And it would surely improve with future meticulous refinement.

But is her speculation correct?

Lianna couldn’t help but steal a glance at Lord Reine, wanting to see his expression.

Not only Lianna, but Wallace and Nis also thought of the same thing when hearing Lianna’s muttering. After all, the crystal ball was not just criticized by witches; it was also a grievance for male wizards.

They all looked toward Lord Reine.

They hoped to see a ”nonchalant” expression, but Reine squinted his eyes, his expression very subtle.

Everyone’s heart skipped a beat.

--The more subtle the expression, the more ominous it appears.

”...Is this communicator refined by Angel?” Reine’s voice was calm, but everyone sensed a hint of unease, the calmer the surface, the more terrifying the storm might be when it came.

Tree Spirit shrugged: ”I don’t know, anyway, Angel asked me to bring this over.”

After a pause, Tree Spirit smiled slightly and said, ”Perhaps it is a communicator; after all, Angel didn’t even dare to bring it over himself.”

Tree Spirit had already anticipated such a scenario, which is why he agreed without hesitation when Angel asked him to deliver these monocles.

After all, what Tree Spirit enjoyed the most was the lively gossip, and what he loved to do the most was... to fan the flames.

Reine squinted his eyes, and the expression leaking through his eyes conveyed an indescribable depth: ”If it is a communicator, that would be interesting... I’d like to see what’s so excellent about this communicator.”

After speaking, Reine reached out and picked up a monocle from the table.

He neither lost his temper nor spoke excessively, appearing very composed. But this composure made everyone a little unnerved.

After seeing Reine pick up the monocle, Tree Spirit turned to the others: ”There is one here for me, the rest you can divide among yourselves.”

Lianna already had one in her hand, so Tree Spirit and Reine would certainly each have one, leaving only two on the table.

Among those present were three others: Ironclad Granny, Wallace, and Nis.

With Ironclad Granny’s status, she would surely have one. That meant the last monocle would go either to Wallace or Nis.

Wallace snatched it without hesitation.

Seeing this, Nis opened and closed his mouth but dared not snatch it back. While they might exchange verbal jabs normally, if it came to real action, Wallace’s level was a notch above Nis’s.

Nis could only turn towards Lianna; she was the only one present on the same level as him. But before Nis could speak, Lianna quickly put on the monocle and mouthed silently to him: first come, first served, you were too slow.

Nis turned bitterly to look at the others, hoping someone might speak up for him, but everyone was already wearing the monocle...

Tree Spirit felt like speaking up for Nis. Originally, when Angel brought out five monocles, Nis was included. However, Tree Spirit didn’t expect Lianna to come to the Star Pond.

Compared to Lianna, Tree Spirit preferred Nis to have the monocle. After all, Lianna constantly urged Tree Spirit to open up space for a tea party, leading to Tree Spirit’s rebellious psyche.

But Lianna was quick and was the first to grab a monocle. Asking her to give it up now seemed unreasonable, so Nis would have to do without.

Tree Spirit thought of this and stopped bothering with Nis’s distressed expression, addressing the group instead: ”According to Angel, to activate it for the first time, you need to directly input energy into the inside of the monocle like binding, this way it records your energy signature, and only you can use it afterward.”

”This makes it sound more like a communicator.” Nis, being left out, could only banter from the sidelines.

Though Nis spoke with an emotional undertone, what he said wasn’t without logic. This turned Reine’s expression even calmer...

Reine wasn’t actually angry with Angel, he just felt that if they were to change the style of the communicator, why not communicate with him first instead of acting without prior notice? This made Reine uncomfortable.

Of course, even if Angel suggested it, Reine’s answer would undoubtedly be a refusal. After all, the crystal ball’s mystery, nobility, tradition, and transparency fitted a wizard’s persona!

Reine, carrying a critical mindset, activated the ”communicator.”

With the input of energy, the monocle emitted a faint glow, and simultaneously, a line of text slowly appeared on the transparent lens.

When Reine saw the text on the lens, he became even more convinced it was a communicator. Because, to transmit messages with the crystal ball communicator, one could also do so through text.

However, when Reine looked closely, he found that the text was not what he expected.

It was a string of peculiar numbers.

999/999.