"So, you are still a blessing in disguise?" Doakes looked at Vai in disbelief.
Vai nodded, with a look of astonishment on his face.
Doakes was speechless: "I thought you were going to die just now, but my tears were all in vain."
After a pause, Doakes suddenly patted his head and said with an epiphany look on his face: "Ah, I almost forgot, it wasn't me who was crying, I wasn't crying at all. After all, your death is also a relief for me.
At least, no one will come to my pub to drink."
Vai looked at Doakes suspiciously: "That's not what you said just now. What did you say about the path to truth..."
Doakes touched his chin and said with a serious face: "Those words are true. After all, this road is endless, and it is indeed boring to travel alone. Having a companion who can have fun can relieve the boredom.
"
Vai: "..."
Doakes: "Of course, the premise of this is that you are alive. If you die, then..."
Vai: "What is that?"
Doakes glanced at Angel who was aside, stepped forward, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Then I can only have fun with your idol."
Facing the shameless Doakes, Vai tried not to roll his eyes: "You can only say this now. It won't take long. Maybe within ten years, you won't even be able to catch up with the adults, and you still want to use them for fun."
, are you worthy?"
Doakes wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he really couldn't find the right words to refute.
Angel has only been a wizard for a few years, and he has already reached the threshold of true knowledge. What's more, Angel has a background, resources, and connections. If nothing unexpected happens, there is a high probability that Vai's words will come true.
When Doakes was silent, Vai said again: "Besides, my master also said before that he doesn't think you have a chance to embark on that road...I, I trust your judgment!"
After Vai finished speaking, he looked at the Black Earl floating in the air and asked cautiously: "Right, sir?"
The Black Earl snorted coldly: "You don't believe in my judgment. You want to ask me why I judge like this?"
Vai and Doakes are at odds with each other, but when it comes to this core issue, they both actually care about each other very much.
Doakes himself didn't even pay attention to what the Black Count said just now, but Vai not only remembered it in his heart, but also roundly asked his master why. What does it mean to love and kill each other? This is to love and kill each other.
Doakes looked deeply at Vai, while Vai's eyes were wandering.
The Black Earl sneered: "Why do I think Doakes has no chance to embark on the path of pursuing truth? The reason is also very simple...isn't he pursuing freedom?"
Vai frowned: "Is it wrong to pursue freedom?"
Black Earl: "That's right, but truth cannot be obtained through freedom alone."
Doakes didn't speak, and his expression didn't care at all, because they had differences on the issue of "freedom" before. No matter what outsiders said, Doakes would implement the freedom he pursued.
Black Earl: "The road to truth depends on talent, but it also requires the support of foundation. Doakes has no background, so where will he find the foundation? Just rely on his own research? Then the detour he will take will be enough to
His life span is exhausted."
"Is it close to the Cross Headquarters? There is indeed something about the Cross Headquarters, but it is actually a big sieve. It is said to be the headquarters of wandering wizards, but it is actually a trial ground infiltrated by major wizard organizations. There is some information there, but
Compared with real large organizations, it is still less. Even if the Cross Headquarters opens up all the details to him, he may not be able to embark on the path of truth."
Vai: "...So it's still because of the wandering wizard?"
Black Earl: "Yes, at least in the Southern Region."
After a pause, the Black Earl continued: "If it is in the source world, it may still be possible, but if you want to pursue the so-called freedom in the Southern Territory, then forget it and simply give up the pursuit of truth."
Doakes, who had been silent since the topic began to discuss freedom, finally couldn't help but speak: "Why do you say the source world is still possible?"
Black Earl: "There are also wandering wizards in the source world. However, wandering wizards in the source world can join some forces or work for some forces. As for the work remuneration, as long as you are capable enough, it is not that you cannot get the inheritance of your heritage. This is also what I
Why do we say that the wandering wizards from the origin world still have a chance?"
Doakes frowned tightly: "Join a force? Work for the force? Is this still a wandering wizard?"
Black Earl: "Why not? The practices of these forces are actually no different from the Cross Headquarters that you admire. They accept tasks and obtain benefits. However, the forces in the source world are much purer than the Cross Headquarters."
As for why the power in the source world is said to be purer than that of Cross Headquarters, the reason is actually very simple.
The essence of the two is different.
There are probably two main types of forces in the source world that wandering wizards can join, or they are "confederations" established under the same concept, such as: Lawful Guild, Grindelwald Institute of Magic, Special
Rudy Bloodline Research Institute, Drest Alchemy Guild...etc.
These are forces that are united because of similar ideas. Most of these forces can come and go freely and will not prohibit you from joining other forces. It doesn't even matter if you hold the titles of several forces at the same time.
The other type is a "central city-style" force established by relying on its own strong strength. It is like the City of Truth, with the central city as its core and the satellite cities established by its followers as its territory.
The most representative ones here are: Illusion Tower, Forest Night City, and Cocoroa's Milk Spring Village.
In this case, wandering wizards can also be allowed to accept tasks and be given rewards, but some rigid requirements will be given. For example, there is a rigid rule in Naoquan Village: all wandering wizards named in Naoquan Village are not allowed to give
If any direct or indirect help from the Dark Gourmet is contrary to the oath, the oath will backfire.
Whether it is the "Union" or the "Central City", they actually have powerful wizards sitting there, and there may even be miracle wizards standing behind them. In this case, they are only responsible for their own forces and will never let others
Forces intervene, that's why they are more pure.
The Cross Headquarters is a sieve full of loopholes. You and I would say they are wandering wizards when we meet, but the real wandering wizards may only account for a small part, and most of them are sent by various wizard organizations. They invaded the Cross Headquarters, and more
I just want to share the bonus of the wandering wizard. How can this be pure?
After the Black Earl finished his explanation, he sneered coldly: "In the source world, there is no absolute freedom you are pursuing. I don't know who asked you to pursue this absolute freedom, but the person who taught you must not have told you
, Absolute freedom means absolute chaos. Is this kind of freedom what you want?"
"For a while, wandering wizards liked to talk about pursuing freedom, but in fact, it was just a fig leaf to cover up what they wanted."
After a pause, the Black Count continued: "Vai is a descendant of Noah, so there is no comparison. You might as well ask the little guy next to you what he thinks of the freedom you are pursuing?"
The Black Earl pointed at Kalel.
Kael is also a wandering apprentice. How would he view Doakes's so-called freedom?
Doakes turned to look at Kael. Kael was silent for a moment and scratched his head: "I, I actually don't have any opinion, just... respect it."
The Black Earl did not comment on Kael's answer, but anyone could tell that Kael's answer was already very tactful.
The so-called wandering apprentices all pursue freedom, which is actually wrong in itself.
Seeing that something was wrong with Doakes' expression, Vai quickly coughed twice, breaking the somewhat stiff atmosphere: "Aren't we talking about the truth? Why did we bring up the topic of freedom?"
The Black Earl sneered: "If you can't even meet the basic conditions, how can you talk about the truth?"
The so-called basic conditions, Earl Black has actually said... is the foundation.
Talent, foundation, and opportunity are all basic conditions. Maybe Dox has opportunity and talent, but he really lacks foundation.
The current Doakes is a man who is so poor that he can only treat freedom as a dogma. In the eyes of the Black Earl, it is still unclear whether such a person can advance to true knowledge, let alone talk about the truth.
…
Angel witnessed what is called the destroyer of atmosphere.
At first, Angel thought that Doakes was already one of those who led the atmosphere. He could lead any sensational atmosphere as he wanted. But Angel also understood what Doakes did and regretted what he had done before.
It's too sensational. I found out that Vai is not dead at all, and now I can't stand it any longer. It's a bit arrogant.
It was later discovered that Doakes was just biased, and the real atmosphere destroyer still belonged to the Black Count.
The Black Earl directly destroyed the originally good atmosphere and made the atmosphere of embarrassment continue to spread.
If they were not "close friends", the bond of friendship between Doakes and Vai would probably be severed.
Angel sighed in his heart and took the initiative to break the silence: "It's not too late to wait until the future to talk about the future."
After speaking, Angel turned to look at Vai: "You just said that your talent can be restored?"
Vai glanced at the Black Earl, then nodded and replied in a low voice: "Well, that's right."
So? This is obviously a vague statement. In this context, vagueness is almost equivalent to negation.
If Vai's talent has not been restored, then where did the talent mentioned before come from? In fact, you don't need to think about this question. There is only one answer. The source of the talent must be the nose of the Black Earl.
In other words, Vai sacrificed his talent for the smell of death, but the Black Earl grafted his talent onto Vai.
However, Vai made it clear in vague words that although he could use the talent, it was not his.
So what the Black Earl did was purely unnecessary?
No, it is impossible for the Black Earl to do useless work, he must have another purpose in doing so.
Combined with what Vai mentioned before, his biological sister Ella also has the same situation. Does that mean that the reason why the Black Earl sent a clone to the descendant is actually to graft his talents onto the descendant?
Angel felt that this possibility was very high, but he didn't know why the Black Earl would do this. It was difficult to guess by relying on speculation alone.
"Since I can recover and the duel is won, everyone is happy." Angel: "We can put aside other things for the time being. What we should focus on right now is the test that 'she' is going to face next..."
After a pause, Angel glanced aside: "And, them."
Everyone followed Angel's gaze and saw Gray Merchant and others on the opposite side of the arena walking towards them.
Obviously, the gray merchants and others still have something to say.
Only when Gray Merchant and others had reached halfway, they heard a loud voice coming from their ears: "The duel is over and we are about to return."
It is the wise master who speaks.
However, he said he was "about to" return, but he didn't give everyone time to react and landed directly on the arena, touching the table with his hands.
In an instant, the arena was like a twisted disk, rapidly rotating in a counterclockwise direction and becoming smaller.
The arena is getting smaller, and everyone is also getting smaller.
But this kind of shrinkage is not a shrinkage at the biological level, but a shift in space. On the spatial level, they are far away from the current void. Using this void as a reference, they are getting smaller. But if we take the material world
As a reference, they have actually remained unchanged.
What changes is the outside world.
After a period of darkness and the feeling of weightlessness, everyone opened their eyes again. At this time, they had left the void full of monsters and returned to the gate of the prison ladder.
When everyone stood still, the voice of the wise master came again: "No one is waiting, you can leave."
The so-called "irrelevant persons" refer to the losers of this duel: Gray Shang and others.
Gray Merchant: "Dear referee, can you give us a little more time? I want to have another talk with the Ermi wizard on the opposite side."
The wise master did not speak, but closed his eyes, which was a kind of acquiescence.
Upon seeing this, the gray merchant bowed lightly to the wise master, and then hurriedly walked in the direction of Angel and others.
The gray merchant had just approached, and before he could speak, he heard a cold snort.
It was Doakes who snorted. He was not in a good mood now, and he felt even worse when he saw Gray Merchant and others coming over.
The gray merchant looked at Doakes and then at the others. Almost everyone's attitude towards them had changed 180 degrees.
Even the wizard Ermi, who seemed the gentlest before, looked at them with obvious alienation.
It goes without saying that the reason is obvious. They didn't bother to guess what the evil woman's intention was when she gave the Eye of Ancient to the Demon Elephant. All they needed to know was that if Vai didn't have the gift of sacrifice to save his life, then he must be dead by now.
Even if there is no murderous intention, but the killing weapon is so powerful and uncontrollable, does the intention still matter at this time?
Not to mention, is there really no intention to kill?
Angel didn’t believe it anyway.
Angel also gave Kael some extraneous means, but one of these means was to save his life and had no ability to attack; the other, although the speed spirit was powerful, its ability was controllable. Unlike the Eye of Gu'ao, once
Sexual consumption is so powerful that once it is released, it becomes uncontrollable.
The reason why they still maintain restraint now is simply because they thought that the gray merchant had taken action to save people before.