Warlock Apprentice

“Let’s not talk about these trivial matters. Tell me, do you have a new research topic?” Rhein turned his head, looking at Sanders with curiosity. At his level, he was probably only more curious about the pursuit of knowledge. But now, the research topics of the vast majority of wizards were so straightforward that he could infer seven or eight parts of them at a glance, hardly sparking any inspiration.

Therefore, he took no interest in ordinary wizards’ topics, but he was very curious about the topics chosen by top wizards like Sanders.

“What topic?” Sanders looked at Rhein with some skepticism.

Rhein said with a beaming smile, “Dreams.”

He didn’t believe that Sanders would perceive the power of dreams for no reason. There must be something fishy going on.

From what little Rhein understood, Dreams and Illusions seemed to share some similarities. Perhaps Sanders had discovered something and intended to combine the two to propose a new topic?

Sanders shook his head with a smile, “No, that’s not it. I perceive the power of dreams simply because I want to learn a few dream-based tricks.”

“Is it really that simple?”

Sanders pondered for a moment, “Speaking of topics, I do have one about Dreams and Illusions. However, this topic wasn’t my idea, it was Angel’s.”

Rhein could sense, when Sanders mentioned Angel, there was a clear sense of pride in his voice.

“So it’s Angel… Well, that’s quite alright. Combining dreams and illusions could potentially lead to some great ideas.” Although Rhein said this, his interest had noticeably waned. He was optimistic about Angel’s potential, but Angel had not yet reached a certain level—the research proposed would definitely be limited by perspective.

Since it was Angel’s research topic, it probably wouldn’t be of much help to Rhein. And Sanders’ interest in learning dream-related tricks was likely to provide practical teaching, to mentor Angel, right?

With that thought, Rhein zipped his mouth.

Sanders could see the change in Rhein’s expression and understood why Rhein would react that way. He shook his head inwardly; if Rhein knew that Angel was working on the Wilderness of Dreams, which could change the entire fabric of the Wizards’ Realm, he probably wouldn’t be so lacking in interest, would he?

However, Sanders did not intend to reveal the matters concerning the Wilderness of Dreams just yet, but as Angel was his Apprentice, he couldn’t help but defend him:

“His research topic may one day surprise you all.”

Rhein shrugged his shoulders, remaining noncommittal, “Well then, I shall wait and see.”

After flying for several hours, they had left the territory of the Dark Ocean Maelstrom and were getting closer to Sky Island.

But as time passed, Sanders’s expression slowly became more serious.

Rhein knew that Sanders was worried about Angel’s situation.

“Since Angel left a message saying he was going to Ice Valley, his safety is temporarily assured. Moreover, the Abyssal Dragon of Ice Valley is rarely rumored to kill humans,” Rhein paused for a moment, the only real uncertainty now is who could have taken Angel away?

The fact that they allowed Angel to leave behind a message indicates that they don’t care if Angel reveals his whereabouts, could it be the presence of someone with great confidence in their own strength?

“We’ll be reaching Sky Island soon, once the message is relayed, we’ll divert to Ice Valley.”

Not long after his words fell, they saw a vast expanse of inland water.

The area covered by the water was extremely wide, surrounded by verdant forests and lush vegetation; such rich natural resources were quite rare in the entire Abyss.

It wasn’t long after they flew along the water that they came upon a Spectacle.

A large expanse of waterfall clusters appeared before their eyes.

The waterfall groups were vast and the water rushed fiercely; the cascading falls shattered like snow, looking magnificent and grand. Such scenery was indeed an eye-opener for common folk, but for Wizards, it was quite normal.

However, what made it a Spectacle was that these waterfalls were flowing upside down.

As if defying gravity, the water at one moment reversed its course, flowing directly from the ground up into the sky, above which was a massive floating island.

This was Sky Island!

Everything around seemed calm and Rhein breathed a sigh of relief, “It seems like the Olaf’s Tentacle Crab hasn’t been eaten yet, misfortune has not spread.”