In the passage that is so long that it is difficult to see the end, darkness is the eternal theme.
However, it is not always dark here. When someone arrives, a light will light up to guide the way forward.
At this time, there was a burst of soft footsteps in this passage.
As the footsteps deepened, the lights on the wall lit up one by one, illuminating all the way to the end that could be reached by the naked eye.
"Is this the arrangement of the wise master?" Doakes walked to a wall candle and observed it carefully for a moment: "It seems to be very ordinary. The quality of the lamp oil is also average, but the advantage is the large quantity. If you take them all away, it should be It can be sold at a good price.”
"Master Chao Dimension has said that the arrangement mentioned by the wise master is just to guide the way forward through the light of the candle, not to give it to you as a gift." Vai complained speechlessly.
Since being scolded by the Black Earl, Doakes has become even more serious and doesn't even want to let go of these candles. But the background the Black Earl mentioned was not just "magic crystal"!
Doakes: "The wise master didn't prohibit me from taking it, right? As long as he doesn't prohibit it, it's acquiescence."
"That's what I said." Angel turned to look at Doakes: "But do you dare to take it?"
Doakes babbled for a long time, but didn't make a move. You knew that he actually didn't dare to move. After all, this was an underground waterway covered with a large number of magic energy arrays.
But just because he didn't take action doesn't mean he doesn't want it. By saying such a long list, isn't it just to attract Angel's attention?
"As long as you say you can take it, why wouldn't I dare to take it! After all, I have to work hard for you, so you won't refuse to save me, right?" Doakes's tone was still firm at the beginning, but his tone suddenly changed in the second half of the sentence. , simply don’t be too flattering.
When Vai saw this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart.
Before, Doakes looked like a strong man, determined not to lose his freedom; but since he owed Angel a debt and decided to 'sell his labor', he has become a completely different person. People who don't know it think he is... Angel's servants...
Of course, if Doakes really 'sells himself' in the future, he will indeed be regarded as Angel's servant. But from Angel's disgusted eyes, Vai could tell that what Angel needed was Doakes' labor, not his people. The relationship could only be regarded as employer and laborer.
No matter what the final result was, Vai was indeed surprised by Doakes' changes.
"You can take it." After Angel finished speaking, he looked at Doakes.
Doakes did not move, but continued to look at each other with Angel.
After a long while, Angel finally sighed and said the second half of the sentence: "As long as you are not afraid of death, you can take it."
"As I expected, there must be a proviso." Doakes muttered, but he didn't care. He was tricked by Angel a lot along the way. Even without inspiration, he felt that Angel might be tricking him. .
In other words, the calmer and more submissive Angel is, the more unbelievable it seems to Doakes. The reason why I 'submit' is probably because I am holding back bad water.
Angel: "These candles are all connected with the magic energy array, but the connection is relatively weak."
As Angel spoke, he walked to a wall candle and saw that he cut off a few energy flows at will, then took down the wall candle, and there was no abnormality around it.
Angel threw the candle in his hand to Doakes: "Since you want it so much, I will leave it to you as a souvenir. I believe that the wise master will not be reluctant to part with these candles."
Doakes: "I don't want just one. Since it's so simple, I might as well get them all..."
Before Doakes could finish speaking, Angel's smile began to turn kind.
Doakes subconsciously shut up. Whenever Angel showed such a smile, there must be nothing good going on.
"Do you want me to spend a lot of time and magic power to help you break down all these candles?" Angel said with a smile.
Doakes: "I...I, I'm just saying, if you have time."
Angel: "If I use the same time and the same magic power, I should be able to refine an alchemy item that is at least ten times more than the total price of these candles."
Doakes: "..." Listen, listen, is this human speech?
Although Doakes suppressed his inner emotions, the look of envy inadvertently revealed in his eyes revealed his thoughts.
After Angel rejected Doakes' proposal with "tactful" words, he continued to move forward.
Doakes quickly followed: "Since these are not given to us, what is the surprise that the wise master said?"
Angel: "Ask me, who should I ask?"
Although Angel and the Black Earl had communicated with the Wise Master for a period of time before, they only talked about the upcoming itinerary and did not mention any "surprises" at all.
Before leaving, the wise master suddenly said that he had left a surprise on the road ahead, which made Angel confused.
However, compared to the expectant and yearning look in Doakes's eyes, Angel was less optimistic about this so-called surprise.
Surprise can be literal, but it can also be ironic. It all depends on the context and the personality of the person speaking.
If this was said by an academic white wizard, Angel would believe it. But the wise rule... Angel still has to draw a question mark.
Not only Angel thought this, but Vai obviously thought so too: "Maybe it's a surprise but not a surprise."
Doakes: "If it's really a surprise, I'll..."
"What do you think?" Vai looked at Doakes sideways: "Are you... one-sixth?"
As soon as he heard "one-sixth", Doakes wilted again, lowered his head and sighed, and even his walking pace became hollow and weak.
But Doakes had just taken a few steps when he heard a "bang" and his head hit the iron sheet directly.
Doakes covered his head and stepped back, cursing.
After he reached a safe distance, he looked up and found that what he hit was not an 'iron sheet', but an alchemy puppet.
This alchemy puppet is the one possessed by Su Ling. Since becoming possessed, Angel has never let Su Ling exit.
Doakes asked Angel before why, and Angel gave the explanation: Su Ling didn't want to come out.
Probably because Suling has always been in an energy state, it has a body for the first time... Although it is only a body of steel, it is still a very wonderful experience for it.
It was rare that Su Ling asked Angel to continue to experience the alchemy puppet.
Naturally, Angel would not refuse such an insignificant request. Besides, Su Ling's combat power is not the key point in this team, but its ability to sense wind is. The body of the alchemy puppet does not limit Su Ling's perception. On the contrary, due to the embedded magic energy array, Su Ling's ability to perceive the veins of wind is stronger.
Seeing that it was Su Ling who hit Doakes, he could only admit that he was unlucky. It was useless to protest against Su Ling, and he would not pay attention to anyone else except Angel. As for protesting against Angel, because he still owed Due to the debt, Doakes did not have enough confidence and had no choice but to give up.
When Doakes remained silent, Kael walked up to Angel and asked curiously: "Sir, have you discovered anything?"
The reason Doakes hit the alchemy puppet was because Angel suddenly stopped. The alchemy puppet guarding the side naturally stopped, which caused Doakes to accidentally hit the wall.
Angel, who had stopped, was looking around suspiciously, as if he was looking at something.
This was also the reason why Kael stepped forward to ask.
Angel: "It just told me that there are hidden creatures nearby."
While explaining, Angel raised the wall of his cane and made a gesture. This also tells everyone that it was this walking stick that discovered the "hidden creature", that is... the wood spirit.
According to Angel, when they walked nearby, the vines on the cane moved secretly and kept rubbing against Angel's palm.
At first, Angel thought it was the wood spirit "acting coquettishly", but after careful perception, he discovered that the wood spirit was writing words on his palm.
The content is that there are hidden creatures nearby.
Angel has been observing the surroundings, looking for this so-called hidden creature. However, no matter how hard he searched, he found no clues.
He looked at the Black Earl again, and the Black Earl gave the same answer. The Black Earl didn't smell any special smell around him.
"Are they those dog holes?" Vai asked curiously.
Doakes: "Don't you know if it's a dog hole? There are no dog holes around."
Vai ignored Doakes and continued to look at the Black Earl.
The Black Earl did not speak, but descended from mid-air, directly touching the black hole where Vai's nasal cavity was.
After reintegrating into one body, Vai himself could smell the scent around him.
"There's no taste." Vai sighed.
Since even Lord Black Earl couldn't smell it, how could the wood spirit know that there were hidden creatures around? Everyone looked at Angel curiously... If they looked at the wood spirit, the wood spirit would be timid, so they could only use Angel as an intermediary.
Angel didn't answer immediately because the wood spirit's "writing" speed was too slow. Angel wanted it to speak, but the wood spirit didn't pay attention at all and had no choice but to give up.
After a long while, Angel finally finished reading the message written by Mu Ling.
"Because the hiding method used by that hidden creature is of the same type as the wood spirit. Therefore, the wood spirit can sense it."
As for why there are creatures with the same hidden ability as the wood spirit, according to the wood spirit, it should be related to the wise master.
While the wise master was teaching the wood spirit, he was also studying the wood spirit's abilities, and even took away the derivatives shed by the wood spirit.
The Wise Master takes the derivatives, but the Wood Spirit doesn't care. After all, the Wise Lord is its enlightening teacher.
And the wood spirit can smell that there is the smell of its derivatives in the breath of the hidden creature.
"So, the hidden creature is the work of the wise master? Could it be that this is the surprise that the wise master said?" Doakes asked doubtfully.
Angel: "Yes or no, you have to find it first to know."
Doakes: "Since the wood spirit can sense it, let the wood spirit come directly."
Angel originally had this intention, but...
"That hidden creature keeps moving. It's too late to rely on the wood spirit's writing speed alone."
Before, Mu Ling said that the other party was directly in front, but after a while, he changed it again and said that he was in front on the right.
The most important thing is that the wood spirit seems to have a bit of "obsessive-compulsive disorder", and it is very persistent in writing prefixes.
Originally, the direction of the vines could be directly used to indicate the location, but the wood spirit didn't want it, so it had to write it, and every time it started, it started with: "It is at such and such a location."
The previous prefix was unnecessary, but the wood spirit wrote repeatedly, which also made its writing speed unable to compare with the opponent's movement speed. In this case, it is really difficult to rely on the wood spirit to find the hidden creature.
Doakes: "What now?"
Angel thought for a moment, looked at the long corridor ahead, and said slowly: "Hunting."
Hunting is a term for hunters, which refers to the action of encircling and exterminating prey by restricting its movement range.
What Angel said here is not really about "hunting", he is more prominent about "hunting".
Since we can't find the other party now, we might as well limit the range. As long as we keep narrowing the range, we will eventually be able to trap the other party.
Of course, if the other party really wants to run away, he can.
But the other party has the aura of wood spirits, and it may be related to the Wise Lord. Even though Angel said he was not sure, he still thought in his heart that this might be the surprise that the Wise Lord said.
Since it is a surprise, whether it is a surprise or a surprise, or a surprise but not a surprise, you must get in touch with it to know.
If contact is the opponent's purpose, then it will definitely not escape with all its heart. As long as it delimits a range and slowly limits the opponent's movement space, it will find the opponent sooner or later.
This is a stupid idea, but it is a good idea here.
They knew very well how strong the wood spirit's hiding ability was. Angel met the wood spirit by chance.
But this time, another existence with the same concealment ability as the wood spirit appears. There is no more clever way, so we can only rely on stupid methods.
If the stupid method doesn't work in the end and the other party is still unwilling to show up, then... that's it.
As Angel said before, he wasn't expecting any surprises.
It’s good to have surprises and joy, but it’s actually not bad to have no surprises or no joy.
…
Because this is a covered corridor with walls blocking both sides, hunting around it is very simple.
Angel used his feet as the boundary, connected the left and right walls, and circled half of the area.
As for the other half of the range, go forward from Su Ling, find a position beyond the opponent, and draw another boundary.
The process of the speed spirit surpassing the opponent's position will inevitably be discovered by it. If it escapes, then give up everything and pretend that this did not happen.
If the opponent doesn't run away, then the hunt is more than half successful.
The hunting operation officially began. Angel easily established the boundary, while Su Ling controlled the alchemy puppet and rushed forward at an extremely fast speed.
A few seconds later, Mu Ling wrote on Angel's palm: "Exceeded."
Angel waited for a few more seconds, and after confirming that Mu Ling had no intention of modifying it, he finally signaled Su Ling to place the boundary at the other end.
Soon, a "hunting corridor" about two hundred meters long was separated by them.
After doing all this, Angel once again confirmed with Mu Ling whether the other party was within the hunting range.
The final answer: "Yes."
