Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3153: Chapter 3154: Solving the Problem

How Greya makes decisions, Angel will not intervene. He told the story of Honey Badger and Portia to allow Greya to make her own decisions.

Whether Greya wants to communicate with Portia is entirely her choice.

However, what Angel wants to know now is how Greya plans to deal with Honey Badger?

After a moment of silence, Greya replied: ”As for Honey Badger, you don’t need to worry about him for now. I will find time to visit Sky Mechanical City and meet him personally.”

Angel could tell that going to Sky Mechanical City was not only to meet Honey Badger, but perhaps also to meet Shariel and... Portia.

Angel replied with a simple ”Okay,” and said nothing more.

He told Greya to understand her stance, and having seen it himself, that was enough.

On Greya’s side, after ending the communication, she returned to Camilleon’s side.

Camilleon stroked his mutton chops in silence for a long time, finally sighing: ”The Dream Plant Fairy where Moss Baby is located is truly a gifted race. If I want to conduct an analysis, it would take at least a year and a half to produce even a shallow report.

In other words, Moss Baby is completely different from other creatures created before. Wanting him to reach a conclusion in mere tens of minutes is impossible.

Greya: ”What about scoring?”

Camilleon shook his head: ”I won’t score Moss Baby. Previously, I scored because I saw those creatures had shaky foundations with very obvious signs of creation. I was evaluating the level of creation.”

”But Moss Baby... I see no signs of creation in it; it’s nature’s favorite, fused with nature.”

Dream Plant Fairies are born and raised by nature, the darlings of this world; they even have unique energy systems, which for Camilleon, who belongs to the Pantheism faction, is almost a complete life form.

If they not only exist in the Wilderness of Dreams but could cross boundaries into reality, then compared to everything in reality, even humans, there would be no difference.

They are truly complete and aesthetically pleasing transcendent beings.

Such transcendent beings are beyond the limits of scoring.

After some emotions, Camilleon looked expectantly at Greya: ”Can I continue researching Moss Baby?”

Greya nodded: ”You may.”

Camilleon first smiled with joy but soon showed a look of despondency, muttering softly: ”Pity...”

Greya puzzledly asked: ”Pity what?”

Camilleon replied helplessly: ”Pity... I have other tasks at hand, and I can’t stay in the Southern Domain for long. Otherwise, I really want to stay here for a few years, even if just to write the shallowest research report on Dream Plant Fairies, it would give some solace.”

Saying this, Camilleon seemed to remember something, looking towards the distant horizon, grinding his teeth: ”Truly envious of that old fellow, able to come and go freely... The worst part is that although he has the chance to study various novel technologies, he does nothing.”

Greya: ”Old fellow?”

Greya had learned Camilleon’s identity from Ironclad Granny, but she didn’t know who the ”old fellow” was. From Camilleon’s words, is the person also in the Wilderness of Dreams?

Camilleon shook his head: ”You don’t need to worry about who he is. He has his own tasks and currently no identity. Anyway, I just envy him... This old fellow’s luck is always good; couldn’t he have secretly encountered the Star of Hope?”

Camilleon’s voice grew softer and Greya could no longer hear his words.

”Forget it, let’s not talk about him anymore. I need to make the most of my time in the Southern Domain to study Moss Baby well...” Camilleon revitalized his spirit, looking at Moss Baby with a smile: ”Come, Moss Baby, be good, let me slice off a piece for research... Ahem, I mean, just cut off your excess growth for me.”

The three-meter-tall mutton-chop-bearded strongman stood in front of the mountain-like Moss Baby, coaxing sweetly... This picture was too beautiful to behold; Angel glanced at it once more and shook his head, turning off God’s View.

...

After turning off God’s View, Angel looked ahead not far away.

Broy and Guy were still earnestly watching Uriel’s fixed illusion.

Judging by the time, this should be their fifth viewing of it, watching continuously and without interruption, showing they have yet to find any clue.

Angel has let go and left them be, not disturbing them, and continued to hold his interconnector.

Angel initially wanted to chat with Kanter about Qi Li’s situation, but Kanter was offline, so Angel left him a message, telling him the solution to Qi Li’s side.

After leaving a message for Kanter, Angel found his brother Lyon was actually online.

Angel quickly sent a message to catch him.

After chatting with Lyon for a while, Angel learned that during this time, Lyon had been climbing the Sky Tower, accumulating actual combat experience.

Not only that, his life was quite rich; he also joined a gathering called the Erd Bloodline Development Group, where he learned a lot about bloodline development techniques, as well as combat skills.

Every day, apart from developing his bloodline in reality, he also fights with Sir Sabel in the Wilderness of Dreams.

Initially, Sir Sabel could defeat Lyon using only battle skills, but now, Sir Sabel has to unleash all his power with the Sin Force Life to swiftly defeat Lyon.

Besides fighting Sir Sabel, Lyon also acts as a teacher, teaching Ollie, the maid, combat methods.

Ollie used to be a maid at Pat Manor, but now she joins the Sin Hunting Group and matches the Flying Type No. 013 Sin Force Life Old Covenant Soto, and now she possesses strong combat power.

However, Ollie has had no prior exposure to combat; even if she mastered the Sin Force Life, she was somewhat like a baby holding a knife, not only unable to wield combat power but potentially harming herself.

So Lyon also takes the time to guide the maid Ollie, preventing her from stumbling into pitfalls.

In teaching others, Lyon quickly reflects on many of his combat techniques, which not only doesn’t slow his progress but helps him spot and remedy many past unnoticed flaws and issues.

With these experiences, Lyon’s growth rate during this period has been exceedingly rapid.

Sky Tower’s win rate has changed from losing nine out of ten to an even split.

Angel, upon understanding Lyon’s current situation, could not help but sigh. Truly, the Bloodline Wizards grow rapidly only through combat.

Although Sky Mechanical City has many shortcomings, just the widespread presence of Sky Tower is a great fortune for the Southern Domain, especially for Bloodline Wizards; it is the fastest growth trial ground.

Angel contacted Lyon not only to chat about recent times but mainly to give a reminder.

The distant task, though a bit out of Lyon’s reach, since Lyon’s practicing at Sky Tower, if he gets excited and undertakes a task, it won’t end well.

”Distant task? I’ve heard of it, but I’m not eligible to undertake it... It seems only the top 100 from the New Star competition can take it.”

Lyon’s reply gave Angel some relief.

However, the next second, Angel’s heart was once again on edge.

”However, it seems that the person who takes the task can bring a few assistants with them. Someone from the Erd Bloodline Development Group I joined has taken this task.”

Angel: ”Remember, never join in the fun.”

Lyon: ”Don’t worry, I’m just a bottom-tier unknown figure in the Erd Bloodline Development Group; no one would want to invite me as an assistant. Besides, as far as I know, the three people who took the task have already filled their assistant slots.”

In short, Lyon wanted to express that, although he lingered on the edge of the long-distance task, he wasn’t qualified to take it.

However, Angel thought of Dong Liz. She had a way of knowing that his emblem could increase their survival rate. If others also knew this, would they invite Lyon?

Lyon being his brother wasn’t a secret if someone investigated carefully.

If someone thought that fooling Lyon could pave a path to Angel and deliberately picked him as an assistant, it was possible.

Therefore, to be safe, Angel specifically reminded him not to be impulsive.

He also told Lyon to inform Serum, David, and others not to take the long-distance task. This task, even with the Seed of Hardship, has a high death rate. It’s not a path they must walk unless in a dire situation.

After issuing this warning to Lyon, Angel talked about some everyday things with him.

It’s undeniable that Dong La’s declaration at the Sky Mechanical City spread widely and quickly.

While chatting with Angel, Lyon couldn’t avoid this topic and worriedly asked Angel for strategies.

At this, Angel was a bit speechless: ”... Do you want to think about where you are standing now?”

It took Lyon a while to understand Angel’s point: Right, he was standing in the Wilderness of Dreams; with it in place, why worry about Dong La’s provocation?

Lyon awkwardly changed the subject...

About half an hour later, Angel disconnected the call with Lyon.

But Bloy and Guy had yet to find a perfect solution.

Angel was beginning to suspect whether the two were getting more confused as they debated, rather than finding a better solution individually?

At this time, although the deadline he set was far away, the multi-tribal routine meeting in the Daylight Mirror Domain would start in six hours, and Laplace had reminded him to arrive three hours early.

This meant he would have to head to the Heart Space in three hours.

If Bloy and Guy could provide an answer within three hours, Luigi could look for corresponding scores during the multi-tribal routine meeting according to the plan.

Otherwise, Luigi would have to rely on chance to find musical scores at the meeting.

Although Angel had a mental three-hour threshold, he didn’t impose this pressure on Bloy and Guy and quietly went offline.

He planned to check back into the Wilderness of Dreams in two and a half hours; if Bloy and Guy still hadn’t provided a plan by then, they would have to move on.

After all, knowing that Uriel wants ’thrilling’ scores means simply finding similar ones suffices. As for the refinement of ”thrilling,” that could be addressed later.

...

Angel took out the handbook and continued to record on the Indestructible Heart Mirror while optimizing the corresponding mysterious concrete objects.

Time slowly passed amid the hurried writing at the desk.

Two and a half hours flew by in the blink of an eye.

Angel stretched and re-entered the Wilderness of Dreams.

Upon appearing before Bloy and Guy, Angel was somewhat surprised to find they were no longer arguing. The illusion set for Uriel had also ceased, and a single score rested on the table in front of them.

All other scores were scattered around them.

Seeing this, Angel understood they had likely decided on a final result.

As expected, when Angel asked, Bloy and Guy exchanged glances and simultaneously gave their answer: the single score on the table.

— ”Black Sheep Confession Song.”

Upon seeing the name of this score, Angel was momentarily startled, as it wasn’t one of the three initially selected scores; it was a new one.

Could it be that during his offline period, an extraordinary new score emerged that led to their agreement?

With this doubt, Angel asked directly: ”I remember you were arguing over the scores ’Abyssal Fantasia,’ ’Against the Wind Fury,’ and ’Ugly Little Crow Transformation Tune.’ How did it suddenly become ’Black Sheep Confession Song’?”

’Abyssal Fantasia’ depicts the final battle between two sages overlooking the abyss, corresponding to the thrill in intellectual duels.

’Against the Wind Fury’ is an extremely intense piece, capturing the madness of fighting against the heavens and the waves, representing the exhilaration of breaking through all barriers.

’Ugly Little Crow Transformation Tune’ is a dance-like piece, roughly about an ugly little crow transforming into an elegant night crow, which aligns with the secret enjoyment others envy.

The three scores corresponded to different types of thrill. So, how did it now become ’Black Sheep Confession Song,’ and what thrill does it represent?

Faced with Angel’s inquiry, Bloy and Guy glanced at each other, and finally Bloy looked at Guy: ”You explain it.”

Guy did not refuse the chance to showcase himself before Angel. Pushing up his glasses, he spoke slowly: ”The reason for the score change is that while re-watching Uriel’s illusion, we discovered new clues.”

Guy explained confidently, his voice calm and firm without unnecessary embellishments, clearly describing their findings.

In short, they had previously been focused on the last Chapter of ’Three Chapters of Sbro,’ which was actually a mistake.

Simply focusing on the Chapter Uriel likes doesn’t necessarily mean finding the most suitable score.

They had to uncover why Uriel liked the last Chapter.

After repeatedly reviewing the illusion, they found a clue in the middle section of the first Chapter of ’Three Chapters of Sbro.’

The middle part of the first Chapter included a section with a very typical religious rendition, solemn and resonant, sainthood chants descending.

It tells of the first merchant seeking out the religious Enforcement Squad to bring judgement upon the local tyrant.

But the ultimate result was the religious Enforcement Squad colluding with the local tyrant.

Whether or not Uriel could hear the story within the score, Guy and Bloy distinctly noticed that upon hearing this religious segment, Uriel’s eyes showed agitation.