"The destination of our expedition is related to the Noah family? You mean, the Black Earl has known about this for a long time, so he asked Vai to join us... That's not right, Vai was invited by me.
Yes. Could it be that the Black Earl temporarily noticed something?"
Doakes talked to himself for a long time, but he made himself confused.
"Whether the Black Earl knows that the door behind the door is related to the Noah family, or whether it was a temporary decision, I don't speculate. I'm just reminding you about this. Even if Vai is your friend, don't do anything during this expedition.
Trust him too much."
Doakes nodded solemnly: "I understand."
After all, Vai is still a member of the Noah clan, and he still has the nose of the Black Earl, so his actions will inevitably be instructed by the Black Earl. Therefore, Angel's reminder is very necessary.
"Now that you know it may be related to the Noah family, you still decided to let Vai go with you?" Doakes asked with some confusion. If it were him, he would directly cancel the operation.
Angel: "Why not? After all, it may be the territory of the Noah family, and maybe there is still a place where Vai is needed."
What Angel said was a good reason, but Doakes still felt that the risk was a bit high.
Doakes' worry was not without reason, but he didn't know that Angel himself also had a trump card. Just being a fan of Earl could stop the Black Earl's nose. As long as the Black Earl didn't come in person, there would be nothing.
Big problem.
Even if the Black Earl comes in person, Angel still has the backup from the Field of Dreams, so Angel doesn't care about this risk.
Besides, Angel is actually only moderately interested in the "treasures" or "benefits" behind the wall in reality. What he cares more about is the wall in Naraku City in the Nightmare Realm.
There may be some good things in reality, but Angel believes that the most precious treasure must still be in the nightmare world.
Precisely because he restrained his desires and only regarded research as the theme of this exploration, he would not care about anything else.
"Then...then I'll go back and tell Vai the news and bring him over to see you." Doakes thought for a moment, but still chose to believe Angel.
Angel said noncommittally: "It's okay to meet again when we leave, or are you ready now and can leave?"
Doakes: "I've made all the preparations I need to make, and Kal-El is almost ready too."
Angel glanced at the clock on the table and calculated the time for his meditation: "Then let's set off in three hours."
Doakes nodded, turned and walked to the door.
When he was about to leave, Doakes said softly: "I will find an opportunity to test whether Vai knows that the destination is related to the Noah family."
Angel: "Whatever you want, but the Black Earl's nose is sharper than you think, and it is very likely that he can smell your purpose."
Doakes chuckled softly: "Don't underestimate me. I may be a little behind wizards like you in the grand scheme of things, but I believe I can handle these small things more beautifully than you, ensuring that there are no traces."
Angel smiled and said nothing, but watched Doakes' figure slowly disappearing into the distance.
After Doakes left, Kael slowly walked in with hesitation.
"We will set off in three hours. If you are not ready yet, you'd better prepare now." Angel's voice reached Kael's ears.
Kael hurriedly said: "Master Doakes has told me, I am ready."
"Then you came in and asked me for help?" Angel then raised his head and looked at Kael.
Kael hesitated for a moment and then said: "Sir, this exploration of the ruins came very suddenly. I wonder if you can give me some... suggestions."
Angel took a deep look at Kael. Kael had much more experience in exploring ruins than he did, but he came to ask him for advice. Obviously, this advice was not related to the exploration of ruins, but his experience in the entire process.
How to deal with it?
After all, except for Kael, the entire team is either a formal wizard or an apprentice with wizard-level abilities.
Looking at Kael's expectant eyes, Angel was silent for a moment and then said: "There is only one thing you need to do, restrain yourself."
"Restraint?" Kael pondered the word.
“Whether it’s physical actions or psychological impulses, we must exercise restraint.”
"Also, if you want to gain benefits, it's best not to touch other stakeholders. Especially Vai, his background is unusual and his purpose may not be simple."
After all, the blueprints and refining materials were provided by Kael. Angel thought about it and revealed a little information to him.
Kael nodded thoughtfully: "I understand this. My biggest interest in exploring the ruins is just research. If I can get something, it's good. If I can't get it, I won't force it."
"That's the best thing you can think of." Angel confirmed.
Kael probably understood what he had to do, and he bowed to Angel: "Then I'll take my leave first."
Angel coughed at this time, and Kael looked at him in confusion.
But Angel stretched out his finger and pointed at the dagger on the table.
Kael said with a clear look on his face: "It's better to leave it in your hands. If I hold it, I'm afraid of losing it."
After finishing speaking, Kael thought he was amused and winked, indicating that he understood what Angel meant and would definitely be careful about Vai.
Angel said angrily: "Who told you this? I mean, the refining task is over, shouldn't you say something? Your mentor didn't tell you the rules in the letter?"
Kael was startled, then thought of his mentor's instructions in the letter, and nodded quickly: "I understand, I will go find the mentor's note now."
Angel didn't understand why Kael used "search" at first, until he saw Kael walking towards the corner of the cave, in front of the small pile of rubbish that Angor thought was garbage, and he finally understood.
Just like when he was looking for the Skinner box, Kael began to rummage through the pile of miscellaneous items crazily.
All kinds of things were thrown into the sky by him.
Angel watched the scene in front of him silently, and at the same time added a label to Kael: sloppy.
Dangross, on the other hand, looked excitedly at the various props flying down from the sky. It would be great if he found another bottle of quenching concentrate.
Unfortunately, there was no quenching liquid, but Dangros captured a fiery red gem.
Angel took a look, and at first he thought it was a flame-type gem. Such things can be seen everywhere in the Fire Land of the Tidal Realm. Dangros might be holding it because he missed his hometown.
But upon closer inspection, I realized something was wrong. This fiery red gem was actually the crystallization of a plane-growing fragment.
Plane breeding fragments are materials of the space system. They usually appear in large quantities when the attached plane is generated. Occasionally, when the plane passage is opened, there is a chance to obtain it. It is involved in most space-related alchemy.
Generally speaking, it is not very rare. It is usually sold in alchemy shops opened by official wizards.
But what was mentioned above was plane-growing fragments, and this one is plane-growing crystals, which is different.
Generally, it takes five breeding fragments to condense into one crystal. Judging from the size of this crystal, it takes at least ten crystals to condense.
Although the effects are similar, the value is much different, because condensing fragments is a special technique that only space wizards can master.
This piece of crystal can even be auctioned in the early stages of an ordinary auction, which shows that its value is already quite high.
Dangros seemed to like this gem very much. He kept stroking it with his face, that is, with his palms, just like a human sucking a cat.
However, no matter how much Dangoros likes it, he cannot just take it for himself.
This thing is not as valuable as the quenching liquid, and it is very inappropriate to take it casually.
Angel was about to severely criticize Dangros to make him realize his mistake, but at this moment, Kael came over and looked at Dangros curiously: "Do you like this?"
Dangelos nodded fiercely while holding the gem.
Kael smiled and said nonchalantly: "Since you like it, I'll give it to you."
Angel didn't care how excited Dangros was at this moment, and said quickly: "The plane breeding crystal is useless to it, you should put it away."
Kael quickly waved his hand: "No, no, no."
Seeing Kael's insistence, Angel frowned and sighed: "Then I'd better buy it and give it to you according to the market price."
The reason why he is unwilling to accept Kal-El's things for free is very simple: in the eyes of outsiders, Dangros is Angel's elemental partner, that is, Angel's possessions. Giving Dangros things for free, in other words
, it was given to Angel for free, just to put it mildly. This is equivalent to Angel owed a favor for nothing.
Angel likes others to owe him favors, but he doesn't like to owe others favors. What's more, it's not like he can't afford the crystallization of plane growth.
Kael didn't understand Angel's inner twists and turns. When he saw Angel wanted to give the magic crystal, he quickly said: "It doesn't matter, this is a discarded crystal. The teacher happened to be distracted when he synthesized it, and something went wrong.
It’s no longer useful.”
"It's worthless because it's been discarded." When Kael said this, he touched his head in embarrassment: "I took it here because I wanted to put it in the store to deceive some people who don't know how to do it."
"Anyway, it's just a discarded crystal. If it likes it, it doesn't matter if you give it as a gift." After Kael finished speaking, he added: "If it's valuable, I will definitely take the money."
After hearing what Kael said, Angel once again set his sights on the crystal.
"Show me." Under Dangros's extremely reluctant expression, the crystal reached Angel's hands.
When Angel held it in his hand, he felt a burning sensation, which was obviously different from the touch of plane-growing crystals.
To be continued...