While Abulei was running towards the Principality of Laxum, on the other side, Angel had already followed Doakes out of the Sandworm Market.
Looking at the vast yellow sand around him, Angel asked suspiciously: "Didn't you just say that Kael is at the Sandworm Market?"
Doakes said expressionlessly: "According to Mesoemia's regulations, the entire wizard market in the Principality of Laxum, with the market as the center, covers the market area for hundreds of miles."
Angel: "...So, as long as Kael is within a hundred miles, it can be considered as being in the Sandworm Market?"
"Yes."
Angel: "..."
Seeing that Angel was speechless, Doakes suddenly changed the topic: "The above is just an official statement. No one who is really resident at the Sandworm Market would think that the vast desert is part of the market. Moreover, I
There is no need to play tricks with you, Kael is indeed in the Sandworm Market, but the Sandworm Market he is in is a black market secretly controlled by the Nomel family, and it is not far from the Sandworm Market."
When Doakes said this, he suddenly stopped: "Here we are, here is the entrance to the black market."
In front of Doakes, there is a huge stone. Next to the stone is a columnar cactus that is growing well, with a bright red flower blooming on the top.
Angel looked back and saw that this place was indeed not far from the Sandworm Market. It was estimated that the straight-line distance was two hundred meters. From here, he could still see the row upon row of houses in the Sandworm Market in the distance.
"So the hundred-mile radius you told me at the beginning was actually all nonsense?" Angel asked.
Doakes: "No, no, no, I'm just trying to educate you. What I said before about 'Kael is in the Sandworm Market' is correct whether you understand it from a broad perspective or a small perspective."
Angel: "...But it's still nonsense."
Seeing Angel's expressionless rant, Doakes felt choked up. There were many beautiful words brewing in his throat, but he finally suppressed them.
The other party is an official wizard like him.
The other party is most likely not a wandering wizard.
Be patient and don't get into arguments over trivial matters.
Doakes took a deep breath, then turned his head pretending to be nonchalant, and said, "Those are all unimportant matters. Aren't you looking for Kael? Kael is down there."
Angel glanced at the stone and cactus, and indeed felt a faint energy fluctuation.
Doakes: "The way to enter the black market is very simple. Just feed it? Then you can enter the black market."
Doakes points to the cactus.
"Feed? What do you mean? Water it?"
"No, no, no? What it drinks is not water, but blood. Any blood is fine? As long as you can feed it? It will open the door for you." Dox paused: "Friendly reminder, it prefers extraordinary creatures.
If it is the blood of an extraordinary creature, a few drops will be enough. But if it is the blood of a mortal, such as an ordinary person, then at least all the blood from his body needs to be drained before it will be full."
Angel frowned slightly after hearing this. Since Doakes mentioned that the blood of ordinary people can be used to feed cacti, then according to the character of most wizards, they probably use this method. In other words, this plant
The reason why the cactus blooms so brightly is actually because its body is made of bones.
Angel originally didn't feel much about this good-growing cactus before, but now, he feels disgust.
When Angel expressed his distaste for the cactus, Doakes stared at Angel quietly. Has he been stared at for a long time? Angel also looked at Doakes in confusion, and at the same time asked with his eyes: What are you looking at me for?
After looking at each other for about ten seconds, Doakes said: "I have already told you how to enter the black market, just go in."
"Didn't you say you want to feed it?"
Doakes said angrily: "I'm just responsible for guiding you? It's you who are really looking for Kael, why should I feed it?"
Angel understood now. It turned out that Doakes had been waiting motionless just now, just waiting for him to bleed.
But then again? What Doakes said makes sense. After all, Doakes is just leading the way. But if Angel is asked to feed this cactus, although he has extraordinary blood, it is basically precious alchemy.
The materials used here are a bit wasteful.
Angel thought for a while: "Wait for me."
After speaking, Angel turned around and walked back to the sandworm market.
Doakes watched Angel's leaving figure quietly, thinking to himself that another ordinary person in the Sandworm Market was going to be unlucky.
When Doakes sighed softly, Angel moved very quickly and had already returned from the Sandworm Market.
Under Doakes' doubtful gaze, Angel threw out a sandworm larvae about ten centimeters long: "Can it feed this cactus?"
"You went to buy sandworms?" Doakes asked in surprise.
"Why don't you rob it if you don't buy it?" Angel said angrily. After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "I spent another 3 magic crystals, and these still have to be counted on Kael. If Kael doesn't pay
If you want reimbursement, I will go find Mr. Aesos."
Listening to Angel's muttering, Doakes felt speechless in his heart.
Doakes took a deep look at Angel, and then nodded: "That's enough. Although this orange sandworm is a larvae, it is also an extraordinary creature. It only needs about ten drops of blood to feed it.
.”
Without saying anything, Angel cut a small incision on the larvae's tail and dripped blood into the cactus.
Doakes's judgment was extremely accurate. At the tenth drop, the cactus suddenly vibrated, and the flowers on the top of the crown became more colorful. Immediately afterwards, Angel felt that the surrounding energy began to become active. It was probably the cactus that touched it.
A certain mechanism was used to leverage a hidden node.
As the energy nodes changed, the big stone in front of them slowly moved away, revealing a downward passage.
"Let's go, Kael is in the black market."
Doakes walked to the front again and led the way, while Angel slowly followed behind. He was thinking about one thing... How to deal with this sandworm?
The value of sandworm larvae is not high. They are usually bought as food for adult worms. There are no adult worms now, and this sandworm is a little wilted after bleeding. It is estimated that if you feed the adult worms, the adults will find the meat too little.
Angel thought for a while, then turned to look at Dangros, who was looking around over his shoulder.
"Ahem, you have been following me for so long, and I haven't officially given you a gift. I will give you this sandworm." Angel directly threw the sandworm larvae to Dangros.
Dangros couldn't help but roll his eyes at Angel. It's not stupid. Looking at Angel's troubled expression when holding the sandworm just now, he knew that he was thinking about how to deal with the sandworm. Now he just throws it to him, and it's just a good name.
When I say I’m giving a gift, who would believe it?
Dangros thought so, but he still grabbed the sandworm and wrapped it around his fingertips.
Angel was relieved when he saw that Dangelos did not refute. Since Dangelos accepted his gift, he would not have any psychological burden when using its fire when refining the weapon. This is the deal.
!
Angel thought happily, at this time, the stairs had reached the end.
There is no door at the end, and you can see the situation in the black market at a glance.
The black market is actually similar to the previous underground market, but it is much smaller than expected. There is only one street, and the street is winding and winding, causing the shops on both sides to be scattered at random, without any sense of beauty. Ordinary people have been looking at it for a long time.
All will be dizzy.
There are not many people in the black market, and some of the narrow streets are so crowded that people rub shoulders with each other.
However, this does not affect Angel's progress.
Because almost most people on the road automatically moved out of the way after seeing Doakes. Obviously, they knew Doakes's identity.
"Red Sword" Doakes, a first-level wizard, even a wandering wizard, is still an official wizard. In a place full of apprentices, Doakes' existence is at the level of the Great Demon King.
The journey went very smoothly, and Angel even took the time to observe the black market.
His attention was not on the shops on both sides, but on the overall structure of the black market, especially the top.
He thought it was just a cave before, because there was very little flat land, it was crooked everywhere, and there were a lot of sedimentary rocks on the ground.
But when he looked at the top, he discovered that the pitted top occasionally had obvious traces of artificial lines on some corners.
Those lines are magic lines. But they are obviously from a long time ago and have been broken and invalidated. However, judging from the number and distribution of lines on the entire top, if it is a complete magic line, it must be a huge magic energy array.
Many, many years ago, perhaps thousands of years ago, or even earlier, this place might not have been simply a cave.
While Angel was looking at the black market structure, Doakes said: "We are here."
Angel then withdrew his gaze and looked around.
At this time, there was no one else around, and the nearest store was a hundred meters away, and because of the slope, it was completely invisible.
And here is a deep pit going downwards. The pit is full of gravel and traces of digging.
"It is said that hundreds of years ago, this place was a demon blood mine, which is why it was dug like this. But now, there is no mine anymore, so it is abandoned."
Angel had no interest in the abandoned mine and asked directly: "Where is Kael?"
Doakes pointed to the side of the pit: "There."
Angel walked to the place where Doakes was pointing. From the naked eye, there was nothing here, but from his mental vision, Angel could clearly feel some hidden energy fluctuations around him.
Moreover, this kind of fluctuation is not unfamiliar to him, it is a spatial node.
"Have you sensed it? There are hidden space nodes here, which were set up by Kael. Among these space nodes, only one can be connected to Kael. All other space nodes are pits. As long as they are touched, they will
Being pulled into the rift in space."
Doakes shrugged: "As for which space node is the correct one, I don't know. So I can only take you here. I can accompany you here to wait for Kael to come out. He will come out at least once a week.
According to past circumstances, he will be the day after tomorrow at the latest..."
Before Doakes could finish speaking, he saw Angel touching a space node.
Doakes was startled and quickly wanted to rush over to stop him. Of course, Doakes was not worried about Angel, but because once the space crack formed, he would also suffer.
Although the space cracks arranged by Kael are not too dangerous to official wizards, if you enter the unknown void and cannot find the landmark, you will have to suffer a lot if you want to return to the wizarding world.
However, Doakes still failed to stop him. Because Angel was faster than him and directly touched the space node.
Upon seeing this, Doakes began to retreat frantically, hoping that the violent space cracks would not affect him.
But after retreating dozens of meters, he discovered that there were no spatial cracks in the distance.
Angel, on the other hand, was sitting on a stone leisurely.
He hesitated for a moment and walked over.
"Did you touch a space node just now?"
"Yeah." Angel nodded and admitted.
"But, why..." There is no space crack?
Doakes did not say the unfinished words, because there is only one answer: the wizard opposite named Leon has found the correct space node!
"Are you a space wizard like Mr. Isos?" Doakes hesitated and asked.
Angel: "No, I just do some research on the space system."
Angel has just received a complete set of space knowledge from Dalmatians. In terms of theoretical knowledge, it is comparable to many space wizards. However, from a practical point of view, it is basically zero.
This time's space node is not a practice. With Angel's superior space knowledge, it is not easy to find a unique space node.
Looking at Angel's calm face, Doakes silently guessed his true identity.
The other party probably didn't lie about whether he was a space wizard or not.
A person who is not a wizard of the space system, but has such in-depth research on the space system, will definitely take a lot of time. The other person looks young, I am afraid he is hundreds of years old.
Otherwise, there would be no time for cross-department research.
Even though he is hundreds of years old, he is still the same as him. He is a formal wizard and has not reached the level of true knowledge. It seems that his talent is not too high.
Thinking of this, Doakes instantly gained confidence. He is exactly eighty years old this year. Even though he is a wandering wizard, he is still at the same level as the other person.
He was confident that, given a hundred years, he would be able to find his own way and advance to true knowledge.
With this comparison, Doakes' confidence and sense of superiority began to rise.
So what if Leon knows more than him?
He, Red Sword Dox, is still swollen!
Angel looked at Doakes strangely, always feeling that the other person seemed to have undergone some changes in a short period of time, but when he looked carefully, he didn't find anything different.
Angel secretly shook his head: Forget it, it has nothing to do with me anyway.
Although he touched the correct space node, Kael did not appear immediately. He probably was doing some research or was busy.
It wasn't until half an hour later that a figure with an afro, face covered in black ash, and tattered clothes appeared in front of them.