Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 3074: Chapter 3075: Birthplace Crisis

Angel brought ”Piano Psychology 2” to Luigi, and simulated Jon’s new assignments for the day in the Heart Space.

Initially, Luigi was quite excited, eager to see what today’s test from Jon would entail, so he activated the new Illusionary Realm right in front of Angel.

A quarter of an hour later, Luigi turned his head, pale-faced, to look at Angel: ”It’s still not over?”

Angel: ”This is just the beginning.”

Luigi’s expression instantly froze; yesterday’s assignments lasted barely ten minutes. Today’s seemed to have not only increased in quantity but significantly so?

Not merely increasing, but the most crucial part was that in the first ten minutes, Luigi already felt an overwhelming sense of hostility.

The solutions he had painstakingly organized yesterday couldn’t be employed today, the complexity and variability exceeded his imagination...

”Focus on learning ’Piano Psychology 2’, once you master it, you’ll surely find a way to handle this.” Angel smiled: ”Besides, the so-called Sea of Questions Tactic is meant to be variable, isn’t it? Otherwise, how would you handle Uriel’s Choice?”

”But won’t the difficulty increase too rapidly?”

Angel looked intently at Luigi: ”Aside from the assignments, how do you find Jon’s performance?”

Luigi replied without hesitation: ”Excellent, unprecedented.”

Luigi had no hindrance on this point; Jon’s level of performance was genuinely high. Although Luigi found this assignment arduous, it didn’t hinder his appreciation for art.

Angel continued to ask: ”Then do you think there’s a course like ’Piano Psychology’ outside?”

Luigi: ”No.”

Angel: ”Given that, you should understand that ’Piano Psychology’ is Jon’s original creation, and the music he’s performing now is not only tailored for the assignments of ’Piano Psychology’, but also specially composed.”

Upon saying this, Angel looked at Luigi again: ”Now tell me, ultimately, is it harder for Jon to specially compile the teaching materials and compose the music, or for you who only needs to study?”

Luigi scratched his head: ”...Certainly compiling is harder.”

Angel: ”Since you know compiling is harder, how dare you express any protest? Doesn’t this waste Jon’s painstaking cultivation of you?”

While Luigi realized what Angel said made sense, he felt something was amiss.

If Luigi had visited the Originheart City library, he would understand that Angel’s rhetoric was typical red herring fallacy. Unfortunately, Luigi couldn’t visit the Wilderness of Dreams anytime soon...

Luigi couldn’t figure out anything in the end. But considering it from Jon’s perspective, the effort he put into compiling teaching materials and composing music being so casually disliked did indeed seem ungrateful.

Thinking of this, Luigi’s expression regained determination: ”I understand, I definitely won’t let Jon’s efforts go to waste.”

With that said, Luigi started to seriously listen to Jon’s performance.

No matter how hard the assignments, he was certain he could complete them! Moreover, since Jon assigned today’s tasks, it must mean he recognized Luigi’s ability from yesterday’s work, hence today’s increased difficulty.

Jon believes in him, believes he can complete them today, so how could he resort to self-abandonment?

Angel looked at Luigi’s earnest demeanor, unable to suppress the upward curve of his lips... Indeed, those indulged in art are easy to manipulate.

If Angel knew Luigi’s thoughts at this moment, he would be even more... pleased.

Jon’s assignments this time, although nominally ”daily post-class assignments”, Jon understood this time’s workload was considerable, and told Angel to let Luigi know that if he couldn’t complete it in one day, he could take several days to think it through.

But Angel didn’t say.

Pressure motivates after all, if Luigi hadn’t solved it by tomorrow’s deadline, then it wouldn’t be too late to mention.

Having resolved Luigi’s assignment issue, Angel didn’t immediately return to reality, but instead closed his eyes and connected with the Ability Tree.

Through the Ability Tree, Angel sensed the situation of the Crystal Origin of Dreams.

The full-scale recruitment by the Circus is about to commence.

Angel needed to confirm whether the numbers were sufficient.

Two minutes later, Angel exited the Ability Tree, with an odd expression and slightly furrowed brows, he entered the Crystal Origin of Dreams.

A few minutes later, Angel exited the Crystal Origin of Dreams.

His primary reason for entering the Crystal Origin of Dreams this time was to handle several minor loopholes...

Glaipnir’s progress was promising; over twenty people from Charles Palace had already entered the Crystal Origin of Dreams. Therefore, the full-scale recruitment by the Circus could be managed.

However, due to the newcomers, several unexpected loopholes emerged. Tracing back their origin, they could all be summarized as one issue: random entry leading to random events.

Since Angel hadn’t set positions for outsider entries before, these twenty newcomers from Charles Palace entered the Crystal Origin of Dreams completely randomly.

The Crystal Origin of Dreams is inherently vast, generally not too dangerous, but what if someone’s luck is ”unusual”?

And among these twenty people, there indeed were individuals with genuinely unusual luck.

Moreover, there were no less than three of them.

The first person randomly entered underground. Yes, into the vast underground world of the Crystal Origin of Dreams.

And he was extremely unfortunate, entering into a separate ”Earth Cavern”, which wasn’t connected to the main underground space nor did it have a direct path to the surface, apart from a few small holes leading outside, it was nearly sealed.

Upon going online, Angel immediately sought ways to solve his predicament.

Because among this group of twenty people, all were designated... deceased individuals, meaning they belonged to the permanent new residents of the Crystal Origin of Dreams, destined to live there forever, unable to leave.

Angel couldn’t let him go offline, so couldn’t simply teleport him out, he had to personally dig a passage for him and guide him out of the underground.

The second person’s luck was slightly better than the first. His random position was on the surface of the Crystal Origin of Dreams, but right near his ”birthplace”, coincidentally a Dreamworld Sweeper was present.

Furthermore, this Dreamworld Sweeper had noticed him.

Just as this new resident was about to get taken out by the Sweeper, Angel logged online and quickly transmitted a message to the Rabbit Girl, teleporting her near the new resident to resolve the Sweeper.

Though the entire event ended well, it was undoubtedly tense. Had Angel been a moment too late, the outcome would have been different.

To prevent similar incidents, Angel hurriedly modified the online mechanism to have all future logins placed in a larger underground space.

At the same time, Angel sent messages to the twenty currently residing, advising them to rest in place for a few days, and soon someone would guide them to this underground space.

The choice of underground space was mainly for ease of management and to avoid attacks from those magic creatures.

The third unfortunate person was truly unfortunate.

He didn’t die, but near his birthplace, there was an Immortal Realm.

This Immortal Realm was concealed; Angel didn’t notice it when scanning the Crystal Origin a few days ago. The mechanism that triggers the Immortal Realm is entering within a ten-mile radius of it, which automatically activates.

That unfortunate girl was thus pulled into the Immortal Realm.

Angel perceived the vicinity of the Immortal Realm and confirmed that she wasn’t dead, but... she was quite miserable, trapped in ”Samsara.”

Angel could only send her some hints and explain the rules of the Immortal Realm. Whether she can come out depends on her own fortune.

Because of this unfortunate Indigenous People’s entry into the Immortal Realm, Angel also recalled another matter: many Immortal Realms are concealed, but one isn’t—that is the Crystal Mountain.

The situation inside the Crystal Mountain is unclear even to Angel.

Only by waiting for someone to enter and trigger the follow-up can Angel ascertain the internal situation of the Crystal Mountain.

Of course, finding outsiders is most suitable for triggering the Crystal Mountain. However, even if Angel wants to find outsiders, he won’t let these twenty people try.

The New Residents are essentially Indigenous People of the Crystal Origin of Dreams; if they die, they’re truly gone.

Therefore, even if seeking outsiders to test, he must find those who can go offline.

To prevent future cases of Indigenous People mistakenly entering the Crystal Mountain, Angel did something this time while online; he used Illusion Technique to lock the Crystal Mountain’s passage.

Ensuring that even if someone arrives near the Crystal Mountain, they won’t find the entrance, Angel then rested assured and logged off silently.

Regarding the Circus’ recruitment afterward... Angel is somewhat curious to see how the recruitment happens, but due to the upcoming appointment with Kanter Wizard, Angel had to leave.

...

After exiting the Indestructible Heart Mirror, Angel logged into the Wilderness of Dreams immediately.

Even before stepping through the Gate of Dreams, Angel had already located Kanter Wizard’s position... Moreover, feedback indicated that Kanter Wizard had been here for nearly fifteen minutes.

There are still five minutes left until the agreed time, meaning Kanter arrived twenty minutes earlier than the agreed time.

Angel thought he arrived quickly, but didn’t expect Kanter to be even faster.

He promptly locked onto Kanter’s location and went to find him.

Kanter’s location was at the beach park in the New City. However, the beach park wasn’t on the ground; it was above an integrated sea zoo.

The sea zoo was a building present in Jon’s original design draft.

Initially, during its construction, Lianna didn’t think the sea zoo would be useful nor did she agree with its function. It was built purely because... it looked nice.

But later, when Sumishe mastered the Membrane of Rhythm... Oh, no, it was Greya who gained the Authority of Membrane of Rhythm.

Greya created a large number of marine creatures.

Although Greya viewed them as ingredients, Lianna discovered many aesthetically pleasing marine magic monsters with potential.

Consequently, the sea zoo, originally of little use, officially got its sign.

However, for now, the creatures in the sea zoo remain within Lianna’s aesthetic standards, focusing primarily on attractive appearances... completely disregarding the ocean’s ecological chain.

A stable ecological environment hasn’t been constructed either.

When Angel arrived at the sea zoo, at first glance, it was colorful and looked good overall. But upon closer inspection, many marine creatures were quite wilted. If not for Wizard Apprentices caring for them, they probably wouldn’t have lasted long.

Angel sighed and sent his suggestions for the sea zoo’s reform to Lianna through a tree network.

Regarding how to reform, Angel couldn’t give specific advice; he merely suggested that Lianna consult some professionals.

After passing through the sea zoo, Angel found Kanter leaning against a palm tree, moon-gazing on the ”Sunshine Beach” at the top.

Angel feigned a shocked expression: ”Kanter Wizard?!”

Though Angel only audibly called out a name, his expression conveyed a series of emotions: surprise, embarrassment, guilt, etc.

As if saying: I didn’t expect you to arrive so early?

Of course, this was deliberate on Angel’s part. He didn’t choose to appear directly in front of Kanter but rather teleported to the sea zoo, just to enact this scene.

After all, as a junior, Angel felt a bit embarrassed arriving late... though he wasn’t actually late.

Upon seeing Angel, Kanter smiled and walked over: ”I wasn’t very early either... But how come in just a few days, you’ve started heading towards Extinguished Torch Academy’s direction, acting out scenes now?”

Angel: ”...”

Kanter: ”Sanders told me that you can locate my position. Yet you deliberately circled around, performing such a scene; you, youngster, have so many tricks up your sleeve!”

Angel’s expression instantly changed; previously holding some surprise, now only full of embarrassment remained.

Sanders, why did you share all these things, such a pit for your apprentice!

Kanter seemed to grasp Angel’s thoughts, continued smiling: ”Though you curse Sanders inwardly, I sympathize. But initially, Sanders didn’t tell me about you... mainly because you’ve stood me up too many times, so Sanders divulged your situation to me.”

Angel blushed and lowered his head: ”That’s not...”

Kanter waved his hand: ”I understand, Ironclad Granny already told me you went on adventures with the Black Earl guy, barely logging in recently.”

”But seriously, how did you get involved with the Black Earl? Didn’t you know, Sanders’ face has been very dark lately, even darker than the Magic Fire Midir.”

The Magic Fire Midir was the first Elemental King Angel encountered in the Tidal World, also the administrator of the Region of Fire.

Angel: ”I just met a descendant of Noah named Vay.”

”Descendant? That would be one of Black Earl’s Avatars? I see...”

Noticing Kanter wanted to inquire more about his situation, Angel quickly interrupted: ”Kanter, Lord... what’s happened to your Wizard Robe?”