Warlock Apprentice

He intended to inquire with the Tree Spirit if there had been any changes at the relic during his absence, the progress of the Wilderness of Dreams, and Sanders’ situation.

The city hall was large and spacious, and Angel navigated familiar turns until he reached the room where the Tree Spirit resided.

To Angel’s surprise, the door to the room was not locked, and he saw not only the Tree Spirit but also someone he was very familiar with.

Dororo.

Seeing Angel’s arrival, the Tree Spirit was somewhat surprised, ”Dororo was just asking about you, and here you are, what a coincidence.”

Angel looked at Dororo, who responded with a gentle smile.

”Perhaps it’s not just a coincidence?” Angel walked to Dororo’s side and sat down.

The Tree Spirit paused for a second, seemingly realizing something, and looked at Dororo with complex eyes, ”Could it be you knew Angel would come here, so you came?”

Dororo pondered for a moment, ”I didn’t know; this world almost blocks my divination.”

The Tree Spirit muttered, ”That’s more like it...”

However, before the words were finished, Dororo said: ”I felt a psychic intuition that there might be a gain coming here today, so I came.”

Tree Spirit: ”...” Psychic intuition? How is this different from prophecy?

Tree Spirit looked at Dororo with a palpitating gaze. This guy is truly becoming more and more abnormal, even more so than Maya. Even in this Wilderness of Dreams where prophetic abilities are suppressed to the extreme, he can still manage to pull off some psychic intuition.

Angel observed Tree Spirit’s changing expression for a moment and then turned to look at Dororo beside him: ”Did you have something to discuss?”

Dororo nodded and whispered a few words in Angel’s ear.

After listening, Angel furrowed his brows slightly. After a pause, he nodded to Dororo: ”I understand.”

Having finished speaking, Dororo stood up and bowed slightly to Angel: ”I’ve said all I needed to; I’ll take my leave.”

Angel did not ask him to stay, as the matters he planned to inquire about involved high-level secrets of the Barbarian Cave, which Dororo did not need to be exposed to for the time being; perhaps that’s why Dororo sensed it and took the initiative to leave.

After Dororo departed, Tree Spirit looked at Angel: ”What were you two discussing? Something about the Starry Path?”

Angel chuckled: ”Those aren’t very important matters.”

Though Tree Spirit looked dubious, he refrained from asking further: ”What brings you to me? By the way, I heard from Frode that you’ve returned to the Old Earth Continent?”

...

Angel returned to reality by the next day.

After consulting Earl Mi, he confirmed that no creatures had arrived the whole night.

”No reaction from Fire Element Midir?” Angel felt puzzled and muttered to himself: ”Or is it waiting to respond until I actually abduct the Elemental Sprites?”

Unable to comprehend the situation, Angel temporarily set it aside.

With no Elemental Sprites coming from outside at the moment, Angel sat in the room pondering the events in the Wilderness of Dreams.

He asked Tree Spirit about recent activities at the Barbarian Cave; the advancement plans for the Wilderness of Dreams were proceeding smoothly under secrecy, the main structure of the Tea Party was beginning construction, and although there hadn’t been any overt movements from Seeds, there had been some signs.

The situation at the Barbarian Cave was generally promising, but noteworthy was that Sanders hadn’t logged in for some time; it remains unknown what the issue might be.

Angel made a mental note of this, though he wasn’t overly concerned given Sanders’ prowess, assuming there’d likely be no major issues; perhaps something was occurring on Flora’s side leading to no login.

Despite his confidence in Sanders’ abilities, Angel set a marker as a precaution: Should Sanders enter the Wilderness of Dreams, the Ability Tree would promptly alert him.

Aside from this, what most caught Angel’s attention was what Dororo mentioned to him.

At the time, Dororo whispered in Angel’s ear: ”I have seen that image too.”

”You walk in the darkness, ahead is a glowing path.”

This was the prophecy image Hua Que Que saw previously. Angel hadn’t paid much attention then, due to the random nature of prophecy images, which might not be significant. Hua Que Que’s vision could very well involve him strolling at night and the glowing path might simply be the street lamps illuminating the sidewalk.

Yet now, Dororo informed him that he saw the same image too.