Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2933: Chapter 2934: Realmwide Summons

”Next up is the reward for the Black Cat Challenger...” The host’s tone was slightly odd when mentioning ”reward.” Perhaps they realized the inconsistency, hence paused briefly to adjust their breath before continuing:

”The reward is divided into two categories, let’s take a look at the first category.”

The host turned to the stage, where a table was displayed in the center once again.

The rewards were on this table, however, they were somewhat different from what everyone imagined. They previously thought that scores below 15 points would only have one prize, and it would certainly be a puppet costume. But this time it was different, as there were two plates on the table. This meant there were two rewards.

Previously, Laplace had only one reward with 13 points, while Angel only scored 9 points yet had two rewards, which was what everyone found unexpected.

At this moment, the host spoke again, and what they said cleared everyone’s confusion.

”Originally, scores below 10 do not include a puppet costume reward, but the leader felt that 9 and 10 points didn’t have much difference, and the performance of the Black Cat Challenger deserved more than 10 points. So, the leader let me put the 9-point and 10-point rewards here for the Black Cat Challenger to choose from.”

In other words, although Angel’s rewards were a choice between two, his reward quality did not reach the level of 15 points or higher.

Simply put, the Circus leader opened the backdoor, adding an extra puppet costume reward for Angel.

Although the reward wasn’t great, at least there was a choice.

On the left plate, there was a black cat puppet costume. The effects were similar to other puppet costumes, it could grant some of the black cat’s talents when worn.

On the right plate, there was a conical firework tube.

The host focused on introducing the firework tube. According to the host, this firework tube was called the ”Sunshine Salute,” and using it could fix an entrance for entering and exiting the Sunshine Circus, lasting for a month.

This was similar to the effect of a Special Dreamland Door. As long as the entrance was fixed, within the one-month duration, the special dreamland of the Sunshine Circus would be here, always waiting for challengers.

For Angel, this Sunshine Salute... was basically useless.

He wasn’t obsessed with achieving a 100% exploration degree, so why open an entrance for a month, just to repeatedly challenge and find hassle?

Moreover, Angel looked around and didn’t see anyone else interested in brushing exploration degree.

Angel focused his gaze on Laplace, using his eyes to inquire if Laplace wanted to brush this special dreamland’s exploration degree.

Laplace, who previously showed a perfectionist style, simply turned her head away. She might try brushing the exploration degree for other special dreamlands, but not for the Sunshine Circus, which requires performing.

From this, it can be seen that the Sunshine Salute was unappreciated, very much a chicken rib, befitting a reward below 10 points.

Host: ”Does the Black Cat Challenger need to think about what to choose?”

Angel casually pointed at the black cat puppet costume: ”This one, but can it be made smaller?”

The host was stunned: ”Huh? Made smaller?”

Angel nodded and made a gesture with his hand: ”About palm-sized, roughly the size of an ordinary small bird.”

To Angel, the black cat puppet costume was not very useful, and he wasn’t planning to wear it, but it could be a gift for Toby. After all, Toby liked wearing various quirky costumes, so this black cat puppet costume was very fitting.

The host hesitated for a moment, then nodded: ”Yes, it can. Does the Black Cat Challenger want to change the color of the puppet costume?”

Angel imagined Toby wearing different colored puppet costumes and finally said, ”Hmm... gold.”

Toby’s feathers were gray-black, with bright colors on the tail feathers, but if its mood was calm, they weren’t conspicuous. Such dark tones paired well with gold and red, but Toby had too many red dresses, so choosing gold was more suitable.

Soon, the host adjusted the puppet costume’s color and size according to Angel’s request and handed it to him.

After receiving the golden cat puppet costume, Angel fiddled with it a bit and then put it into the Fairyland Space.

Notably, Angel found that the Fairyland Tool’s inherent space... was indeed within the Fairyland. But it was deeper in the Immortal Realm, not in the same zone as those Crystal Creations.

Angel sensed the approximate location and stopped bothering with it.

The host continued: ”That was the first type of reward for the Black Cat Challenger, the second type of reward is my private gift, which is not convenient to display.”

”Please follow me to the backstage, Black Cat Challenger.”

The host said as they walked toward the back of the stage.

Everyone understood this was likely what the Fairyland prompt mentioned earlier: ”Rewards privately gifted by the host will not be publicly announced.”

Angel, without saying much, stood up and followed the host’s steps into the backstage.

Everyone thought Angel was just going to pick up a reward, which shouldn’t take long, but he did not return for a long time.

Until half an hour later, the surrounding environment suddenly became ethereal. Simultaneously, everyone received a Fairyland prompt in their minds.

”All challengers’ rewards have been settled.”

”You will leave the special dreamland in three seconds.”

”3, 2, 1.”

Upon receiving the Fairyland prompt, everyone knew Angel’s other type of reward was likely settled. It seemed that once the rewards were settled, they would directly be kicked out of the special dreamland without other concluding rituals.

If nothing unexpected happened, Angel should have left the special dreamland along with them by now.

When everyone reappeared on the Crystal Origin, just as expected, they saw Angel standing aside. However, Angel didn’t speak, his gaze quietly fixed behind them.

Following his line of sight, everyone turned to see that Angel was looking at the rabbit ear headband, which had tricked the Rabbit Girl and all of them before.

Perhaps because everyone had cleared the Sunshine Circus, the rabbit ear headband was now floating in mid-air, gradually becoming ethereal and seemed about to conceal into the Void.

Seeing the rabbit ear headband’s concealed state, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, disappearing at just the right time; they didn’t want to see this thing again.

However, what they didn’t know was that Angel wasn’t seeing the rabbit ear headband’s concealed form. Instead, he was seeing a large flow of information gathering around it...

This was much like the situation after Laplace exited Helen’s Dream, where Helen’s Dream showed linkage transformation.

It’s just that this time the information flow is much more complex, containing the rules of Wonderland Authority.

Even though Angel could investigate, judging by the intensity of this information flow, he would definitely be overwhelmed by it. He might not be out for long, but fainting in front of everyone would be quite embarrassing.

Therefore, Angel did not interrupt the information flow.

Moreover, based on the past experience with ”Helen’s Dream,” Angel could roughly guess that since this information flow had gathered here, as passers of the gate, they were likely to receive a streamlined version of the information soon.

So, there was no need to explore the content of the information flow now.

Sure enough, as the bunny ear headband completely disappeared, a series of ”Fairyland Prompts” appeared in everyone’s minds simultaneously.

”Special Dreamland—Sunshine Circus, Relay Score of 79, Exploration Degree of 79%.”

”Because the relay score exceeded 75, the Special Dreamland ’Sunshine Circus’ will enter challenge mode.”

”Challenge mode is fixed for a relay race, every Monday, five human-like creatures are randomly selected from the outside world for the challenge.”

”Whenever a team of challengers completes the relay race, the track and the rules will be changed.”

”Those who have already passed can choose to become spectators or choose to ignore it.”

”If there are fewer than five non-passing human-like creatures from the outside world, they can be recruited from passing challengers.”

”If all human-like creatures from the outside world are fewer than five, a continuous recruitment will occur.”

”Challenge mode will be suspended once the exploration degree reaches 100%.”

After reading this series of information, everyone fell silent...

After a long while, Angel finally sighed softly: ”Have we opened Pandora’s box? It’s actually a full-zone random recruitment...”

Although most people didn’t know what Pandora’s box was, they could roughly understand Angel’s emotions, as they shared the same sentiment.

”Is this endless?” Laplace couldn’t help but speak.

”It’s fine. We are passers, and we can become spectators to watch others perform, which isn’t bad at all. We might even get to score them,” said Luigi, being the only one who didn’t hate the Sunshine Circus, he didn’t mind the weekly full-zone recruitment and even looked a bit forward to it.

However, as soon as Luigi finished speaking, Glaipnir’s voice eerily echoed behind him: ”If it were a single-player event, Luigi, you can play it if you like, but this is a relay race. Even if you score perfectly by yourself, it won’t matter...”

”Besides, where to find five people? Currently, how can the Crystal Origin of Dreams have five human-like creatures?”

According to the circus’s schedule, two days later would be Monday, the next round of full-zone recruitment.

And currently, apart from a few Eliminators, there were only them...

In the Fairyland prompt, there is a line: ”If there are fewer than five non-passing human-like creatures from the outside world, they can be recruited from passing challengers,” meaning if no five human-like creatures enter within two days, they will be recruited again regardless of having passed.

Facing such a situation, Angel felt somewhat troubled.

If it were the Wizards’ Realm, he could just gather some people. But here, in the Crystal Origin of Dreams, recruiting from Wizards’ Realm means drawing them into Wilderness of Dreams, not the Crystal Origin of Dreams.

So to gather numbers, he could only find human-like creatures from the Mirror Domain.

But Angel was not familiar with the ecology of the Mirror Domain at all.

Angel could only look at Laplace: ”There are two days until Monday. How about I give you some Log-in Devices, and you go outside to lure some human-like creatures?”

Laplace also knew Angel’s predicament, Angel was unfamiliar with the Mirror Domain. If they were to lure people, they would need to do it themselves.

However, Laplace didn’t know where to find people to lure inside.

Angel: ”The main body doesn’t necessarily have to be human-like; just like your main body isn’t human-shaped, as long as it can transform into human form and enter the Crystal Origin of Dreams, it’s within Sunshine Circus’s recruitment range.”

Laplace’s eyes subtly shifted upon hearing this; if that were the case, the range narrowed significantly.

Before, she had considered gathering Mirror Grudges to lure into Crystal Origin, but now, the selection range expanded significantly.

She could even say that members of the Cyclops Family could come in... however, considering the relationship between Cyclops Family and the Wise Sovereign, Angel would probably not involve Cyclops Family in the Crystal Origin of Dreams in the short term, at least until he left the Subterranean Ruins, matters related to Crystal Origin of Dreams should be kept separate from those associated with Wise Sovereign.

Angel: ”How about luring people from Ancient Ruins of Tooth Fairy?”

Laplace said flatly, ”If you want those Ancient Tooth Fairies to set up so-called online shops in the Crystal Origin of Dreams, you’d better not mess with them now.”

Angel thought and agreed, Ancient Tooth Fairy had no feelings about the Crystal Origin of Dreams; the future sentiment depends entirely on the first impression. If the first impression were being ”lured inside to be a scapegoat in the relay race,” that would form a negative impression. Even if it could be dispelled later, it would still be a thorn in their hearts.

”Then find those who don’t mind participating in the relay race?” Angel thought and shook his head, ”Even if they don’t mind participating in the relay race, those who could pass would be scarce.”

Because, according to Fairyland Prompts, once a relay race is passed, the track and rules will change. Angel and his team are also in the dark about the new track and rules.

If the track were too difficult, even if there were people who didn’t mind participating in the relay race, if they couldn’t pass, they’d only end up in solitary confinement.

This would certainly undermine others’ confidence.

So, selecting the first batch of Crystal Origin of Dreams guests is indeed tricky...

”Or I could find some people from reality?” Angel said, remembering when he built Originheart City; back then, he couldn’t find people to build it, so he essentially found dying people and brought them into Wilderness of Dreams; those dying people became the first indigenous of Originheart City.

Even now, Frode still brings some dying people into Wilderness of Dreams, though now they are mostly ordinary people terminally ill and incurable, unlike when Angel brought in mostly criminals among ”dying people.”

Thinking of this, Angel added, ”Or perhaps there are those kinds of dying lives within the Mirror Domain we could bring in as well.”

Like Wilderness of Dreams, Crystal Origin of Dreams can accommodate spirit bodies, and such spirit bodies without a flesh can become the first indigenous here.

Upon hearing this, Glaipnir suddenly thought of something and said softly, ”Actually, there are still some humans within the Mirror Domain, and they are... dying.”

After Glaipnir’s words, Laplace seemed to realize something: ”Do you mean... Charles Palace?”