Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3132: Chapter 3133: Olao’s Observations

”By the way, now that you are no longer bound by a contract, you should be able to enter the real Mirror Domain, right?” Angel shifted the topic and asked.

Olao hesitated for a moment, ”I should... be able to.”

The hesitation mainly came because, after Olao’s awakening, he hadn’t tried to enter the Mirror Domain.

He and the Mirror Lady are very similar. Although both can harness the power of the Mirror Domain, they prefer the Wizards’ Realm over the Mirror Domain. After all, they were born in the Wizards’ Realm, and the Mirror Domain is an Otherworld to them.

Angel: ”So, shall we take a look inside?”

Olao nodded in agreement. He understood that Angel meant to take him to see the Heart Space. He was also very curious about the mirror space derived from the Indestructible Heart Mirror, so naturally, he did not refuse.

Soon, they smoothly stepped into the spatial passage.

Olao was not repelled, meaning the constraints of the contract had indeed dissipated. In the future, he would be able to freely enter and exit the Mirror Domain and reality.

Not long after, Olao found himself standing on the Heart Wall of the Heart Space.

Olao’s first impression of the Heart Space was... an island above fleeting light and shadow.

Because the heart walls around were transparent, it was clear to see the fleeting lights of memory in the surrounding Sea of Void Mirror. The Heart Space, amidst the floating and sinking lights, was like an island.

The Illusion Technique Hut was the only oasis on the island.

However, initial impressions are always meant to be broken. Olao’s first impression did not even last five minutes before it was overturned by reality.

At first, he thought the Heart Space was standing atop the Immortal Mirror Sea.

From his understanding, most powers in the Mirror Domain would take root in the Immortal Mirror Sea because it had the densest Aggregation Energy and was the largest production area for Crystalline. Unfortunately, the Immortal Mirror Sea had countless birth and death mirror surfaces inside, extremely dangerous, and very difficult for any space to survive without stability.

The Heart Space’s greatest trait is ”solid,” and wanting to maximize the ”solid” trait, he naturally thought the Heart Space would be placed in the Immortal Mirror Sea.

But reality was completely different from what he imagined.

The Heart Space did indeed play on the ”solid” trait, but it wasn’t on the Immortal Mirror Sea, rather, it was on another ”sea”—the Sea of Void Mirror!

How could Olao not know of the Sea of Void Mirror? His understanding of it even exceeded Angel’s!

In years past, every descendant of Noah exiled by Adanis ended up thrown into the Sea of Void Mirror, eventually transforming into Empty-hearted People.

Olao was not unfamiliar with this; he even used the Cyclops Family’s power to contact the Empty-hearted People multiple times, attempting to find a way to restore their memories.

Although he didn’t find a method in the end, he gathered a lot of relevant information, and his understanding of the Sea of Void Mirror grew day by day.

Precisely because Olao understood the Sea of Void Mirror, he knew very well about its dangers.

It is the most terrifying forbidden zone in the Daylight Mirror Domain!

As far as he knew, apart from Laplace, no other life form could survive in the Sea of Void Mirror for a long time. Even Adanis steers clear of it.

The tides of the Sea of Void Mirror can wash away everything. Memories dissolve, minds obliterate, and even matter annihilates. Its erosive power is an unstoppable spear, also a manifestation of world rules!

To survive in the Sea of Void Mirror, unless you possess an indestructible shield. Currently, the only one holding the ”shield” is Laplace.

But after today, Olao saw a second shield—the Heart Space.

The heart wall of the Heart Space looked as thin as a cicada’s wing, soft like a membrane, yet it unexpectedly resisted the boundless erosive power of the Sea of Void Mirror.

The fleeting lights and shadows he previously saw were actually the continuously surging memory images in the Sea of Void Mirror. These memory images constantly dissolve and regenerate amidst the erosive power, which is the source of the light and shadows.

Olao couldn’t help but walk near the heart wall, looking at the sea surface of the Sea of Void Mirror, those memory images from infinite worlds, he was momentarily lost in thought.

Infinite worlds, void planes, reflected memories continuously emerged.

Overlooking the ever-changing sea surface, Olao even had the illusion of a Celestial God overlooking the human world.

This dreamlike scene, Olao never thought he could witness it here.

”No wonder it’s a tool imbued with Mysterious Power...” At this moment, Olao finally understood he was wrong earlier, ”I underestimated its Mighty Power.”

Even if this mystery only manifested in ”solidity,” it had an unreasonably terrifying effect.

It could withstand even the tides of rules displayed by the Sea of Void Mirror, a testament in itself.

As Olao was marveling at the remarkable scene before him, suddenly, a series of urgent harp notes reached his ears.

As he listened carefully, it was like a sudden downpour, or a swarm of bees flying, hundreds of birds flapping their wings, after cascading down the mountain, from fast to slow, as if passing through a thick layer of cloud and rain, transitioning from storm and lightning to light clouds and a bright moon.

The absolute beauty of the Sea of Void Mirror, combined with the music in his ears, not only did not lose any charm, but rather complemented each other.

Olao, immersed, enjoyed the last lingering melody of the harp.

Once the harp’s plucking sound ended, Olao finally turned his head, looking toward the source of the harp sounds—in the Illusion Technique Hut in the distance.

At this moment, Angel was also standing at the window of the Illusion Technique Hut, seemingly talking to someone inside.

Olao thought for a moment and followed suit.

Soon, he arrived at the window, seeing the people inside.

There was a man holding a harp, who smiled slightly at Olao when he saw him, followed by a lively strumming of the harp, seemingly welcoming Olao’s arrival.

On the couch opposite Olao sat an elderly lady, eyes closed, apparently resting.

”He is Luigi, as for the one sleeping, her name is Glaipnir. You’ve probably heard of this name?” Angel introduced.

Olao thought for a moment, then nodded, ”I remember Adanis mentioned before, Glaipnir and Luigi are both temporal bodies of Laplace, Glaipnir is an excellent Diviner, while Luigi is a Bard who can’t compose... Cough, cough, is a very interesting Bard.”

Angel was not deaf, and naturally, he heard what Olao almost said: a Bard who can’t compose poetry.

This evaluation is quite objective.

Since Olao already had a general impression of Luigi, introducing him was naturally much more accessible.

Angel quickly introduced the general situation of Luigi, also mentioning that Luigi had been frantically practicing the harp and searching for scores lately, just to fulfill a challenge in the Fairyland Duplication.

As for what the Fairyland Duplication is, Angel did not provide a deeper explanation, but simply told Olao that it would come to know in due time.

As for Glaipnir, Angel didn’t introduce it much, after all, it hasn’t awakened yet.

Over on Luigi’s side, Angel introduced Olao to him.

Luigi’s understanding of Olao was much deeper than Olao’s understanding of Luigi.

After all, Luigi could perform mental synchronization with Laplace, and Laplace often interacted with the Wise Sovereign, making neither Olao nor Adanis unfamiliar to them.

After making a general understanding, Luigi continued to practice the new score on his own.

Seeing Luigi so diligent, Olao felt embarrassed to disturb him, so he took the initiative to step aside. He even slowed his steps, for fear that loud footsteps would disturb Luigi.

”No need to be so cautious, Luigi when immersed can’t hear external noise. Besides, the Illusion Technique Hut has some soundproofing features,” Angel explained from beside him.

Seeing Olao looking over, Angel continued: ”You should have already seen the general situation in the Heart Space. However, aside from its obvious stability, the Heart Space also has some very detailed features you might not expect.”

While speaking, Angel gestured for Olao to follow.

Under Olao’s puzzled gaze, Angel led him to the other side of the Illusion Technique Hut and pointed to a strange tree planted in a pure white flower bed, ”Do you recognize this tree?”

Olao examined it carefully for a moment and then replied: ”It looks a bit like a Blood Tree from the Wild Realm?”

”That’s right, but in the Wizards’ Realm, we’re more accustomed to calling it a Beast Blood Tree.”

Then, Angel took a stone with patterns from beside the Beast Blood Tree and handed it to Olao: ”Do you recognize this?”

Olao glanced at it and said: ”This is Boiling Stone, also from the Wild Realm.”

Angel nodded, without comment, and proceeded to take out several items from the Wild Realm, all of which Olao recognized successfully.

This showed that although Olao’s understanding of modern lifestyles was somewhat lacking, his accumulation of knowledge was still very deep.

However, while Olao recognized these items, he didn’t understand why Angel was letting him identify them.

While Olao was full of doubts, Angel took out two more items: ”What about these?”

Olao examined them, one was a teapot with an odd shape, and the other was a small black booklet.

Olao first looked at the booklet, finding it had text, but he couldn’t recognize the text—it seemed somewhat familiar, resembling the script from the Hante World, but the text seemed to be improved and simplified.

As for the teapot, Olao didn’t recognize it, but after opening the lid, he saw a sleeping boy inside.

From years of research on Empty-hearted People, Olao immediately recognized that the boy in the teapot was one.

”Empty-hearted Person?” Olao looked at Angel in confusion, ”Was he pulled from the Sea of Void Mirror?”

Angel nodded: ”Indeed, he’s an Empty-hearted Person from the Hante World, probably called Star Servant. As for this booklet, it also originates from the Hante World, likely the Star Servant’s concretization—a Wish Book.”

”Not only him and the Wish Book, but also the Beast Blood Tree, Boiling Stone... among others, were all fished out from the Sea of Void Mirror.”

Upon hearing this, Olao seemed to understand why Angel would bring him to see these items; corroborating Angel’s previous mention of the more detailed function of the ’Heart Space’, Olao comprehended: ”The Heart Space can capture physical objects from the Sea of Void Mirror? Like the Mirror Sea Scholar?”

Despite not entering the Mirror Domain for years, Olao learned about its developments from Adanis.

Including the division within the Tooth Fairy, the opposition between the Ancient Ruins of Tooth Fairy and Tooth Fairy Paradise, all of which he knew.

Naturally, he also knew that the Mirror Sea Scholar could fish out physical objects from the Sea of Void Mirror.

Angel: ”It’s not capturing, but operating.”

At this point, Angel gestured for Olao to come along.

While Olao watched, Angel activated a glowing point on the Heart Wall, demonstrating the operation of a physical collector derived from Mysterious Concrete Object in front of Olao.

It must be said, Angel’s operating skills were quite mediocre, compared to Glaipnir’s seamless operation, Angel’s execution was a template of a poor student.

He spent quite an effort making the Heart Space gradually stand upright and move sideways for about ten meters.

After demonstrating the ”move”, Angel demonstrated how to fish physical objects from the outside.

However, as there were no physical objects outside at the moment, his performance was essentially a ”non-material performance”.

Because there were no objects, the operation was actually much simpler, taking little time to explain the functionality of the physical collector clearly.

Having finished, Angel stood up and gestured to Olao: ”How about you try operating it?”

Prior to this, Olao was quite engrossed with what he saw, but when Angel invited him to operate, he suddenly felt a touch of doubt: previously when he entered the Heart Space, Angel let him explore on his own, but during the demonstration of the physical collector, the explanation was detailed—the differential attitude was stark.

Moreover, the physical collector seemed very important, was it appropriate for him to operate it just like that?

Could it be... Angel’s main intention was actually to get him to operate the physical collector?

Though Olao harbored some suspicion towards Angel’s intention, he couldn’t directly ask. Besides, even if Angel indeed wanted him to be the operator, it actually wouldn’t be a big deal.

His recent biggest worry was how to cooperate with Angel, or rather, how to show his value before Angel.

After all, Angel’s goal was to refine his essence into a Mysterious Object comparable to Adigu.

If he simply laid back, even he would feel ashamed.

Therefore, he was more hopeful to show his value in front of Angel and progress together with Angel.

Yet, despite racking his brains for days, he hadn’t figured out how to do it.

If Angel indeed needed him to operate the physical collector, Olao would actually gladly accept it—it meant he still had value.

However, if Angel were aware of Olao’s thoughts, he would likely think... Olao was overthinking.

Angel certainly didn’t see Olao as valueless, to him, Margaret Gold’s existence itself was a value.

Having Olao act as the operator was more a whim of Angel’s, mainly because the physical collector was idle, and he felt it wasteful.

His true intended operator wasn’t Olao but rather the teapot-bound young Star Servant.