Warlock Apprentice

The Black Earl, seeing this result, roughly understood that Angel might have some sideways knowledge about the ruins but didn’t really know the true situation.

He thought for a moment and said, ”Then do you think it is likely related to the Noah Clan?”

Angel nodded this time, ”Yes. It is likely related to the Noah Clan, but it’s just likely, not certain.”

The Truth Spell still had no reaction.

The Black Earl nodded, ”I understand.”

Angel: ”Then can you tell us about the doubts in mine and Dox’s hearts?”

The Black Earl: ”Your doubt is about why I behaved somewhat unusually after entering the Underground Labyrinth? I can tell you, you actually guessed half of it right. There is indeed a summoning, but this summoning was actively sent by me.”

”Or rather, it is a fantasy summoning resulting from the convergence of omens and inspirations.”

Summoning is when an entity calls you in some form; and a so-called fantasy summoning is when you actively seek out an entity yourself, with great enthusiasm. But actually, whether there is such an entity is questionable, purely a fantasy.

It’s a bit like someone who knows nothing, after getting a few pages of entirely incomplete information, sets up a ceremony to send a signal to some unknown entity, hoping to get a response.

This sounds a bit magical, and a normal person would only think it’s a madman’s idea. But coming from the mouth of the Black Earl, it’s different.

Angel: ”Sir, is it because of the promise I asked for earlier that you’re certain it’s related to the Noah Clan? So, as soon as you entered the Underground Labyrinth, you began to actively summon?”

The Black Earl: ”I would do so regardless of the promise. But your promise accelerated this process.”

Angel pondered for a moment, ”Has your active summoning received any response?”

The Black Earl was silent for a long time this time, ”There is no obvious feedback of information, but I vaguely sense that my bloodline seems to resonate with some place.”

”However, whether this is real or a response conjured up in my imagination, I can’t tell. This is a side effect of my use of the fantasy summoning.”

It’s unclear whether Dox was intentional or not, but his Truth Spell was never dismissed. The Black Earl didn’t care at all, ignoring the Truth Spell and spoke these words.

The Truth Spell showed no changes, nor did it have the fluctuations that come with deliberate precautions, meaning that what the Black Earl said was true.

”Whether the resonance your lordship mentioned with your bloodline is real or imagined, for now, we can assume it’s real.”

After all, the Underground Labyrinth is vast, and Angel finds it not too easy to find familiar places. Since the Black Earl has bloodline summoning, let’s follow the direction pointed by the Earl’s summoning. Whether right or wrong, wandering around in the Underground Labyrinth, Angel believes he is bound to encounter familiar places sooner or later.

Moreover, Angel speculates that the official institution the Mirror Demon God’s cultists might have planned to attack back then was really the Hanging Jail Stairway.

If it really is the Hanging Jail Stairway, he should soon find familiar territory.

”In any case, thank you, sir, for clearing our doubts.” Angel bowed to the Black Earl.

The Black Earl snorted lightly, ”You little ones are so suspicious. I said I wouldn’t kill you and would even protect you, but you are still so on guard.”

Angel smiled without speaking, while Dox whispered quietly, ”Life and profit are different.”

Dox’s meaning was simple: Suppose treasures of the Noah Clan are really discovered at the target location. In that case, the Black Earl might keep his promise not to kill them, but surely won’t share the treasure with them.

So, what’s to be guarded against must be steadfastly defended. If he turns on them halfway, even if they don’t die, if the benefits are lost, then this exploration of the ruins would also be fruitless.

”Now should we return to the main topic, sir? Could there really be concealed Demon Gods in the Abyss, hidden from detection?”

The Black Earl: ”Demon Gods propagate belief, generally speaking, there won’t be a disguised and undetected Demon God. But you never know, in the depths of the Abyss, there might be some ancient monsters that are even more powerful than Demon Gods. They have their own designations, but calling them Demon Gods is also possible... After all, they are all monsters of the Abyss.”

”Are you speaking of the Ancient Ones?”