Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 2550 Smell of Death
Doakes came in front of the black-robed man, and first bowed lightly to the empty seat next to the black-robed man: "Good evening, Your Excellency Earl Hei."

No one answered, but a nose fitted into the slate jumped from the empty seat onto the table and sniffed at Doakes.

Immediately afterwards, the black robe said humanely: "You don't need to be like this, this time I didn't wear adults' ears, so I couldn't hear you."

Doakes also saw that there were noses instead of ears on the slate, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and complained, "If you didn't say it earlier, if I knew I couldn't hear you, I would come directly to you."

"Are you so afraid of my lord?" the man in black said teasingly.

"Aren't you afraid?" Doakes retorted.

The black-robed man smiled softly, but did not reply.

Doakes continued: "Dividing the body into countless parts, and each part has autonomous consciousness, such a monster, anyway, I shudder just listening to it. You dare to take it with you every time you go out, Just tell me the truth, won't you be afraid?"

The man in black drank a glass of wine, and said calmly: "Although my lord came here with a nose this time, he couldn't hear you, but he could smell your malice."

Doakes froze for a moment, and took a few steps back abruptly.

"The nose can still smell malice? Is it true, or are you fooling me?" Doakes said cautiously.

The man in black: "You can think I'm fooling you. But, do you believe it?"

Whether it's true or not, Doakes didn't dare to say more, and purposely circled around and sat in the farthest position from the man in black robe and the nose.

When Doakes sat down, the black-robed man said quietly: "You asked me just now, are you afraid or not? As an apprentice, I can make the majestic Lord Red Sword sit across from you. Do you think I am afraid or not?"

Doakes didn't care about whether the man in black was afraid or not, but what the other party said was right. The reason why Doakes and this apprentice talked on an equal footing, even on an equal footing, was because he carried a part of Lord Black's body.

As long as the "nose" is there, no one would dare to disrespect the man in black.

This is also the reason why the Noah family is famous. There are very few Noah people, but as long as the Noah people walk outside, they all have a part of the Black Earl's body.It is equivalent to saying that every Noah tribe is under the protection of Earl Hei.

Of course, "protection" is only an outsider's understanding, but according to the previous communication between Doakes and this old friend, he faintly sensed that Earl Hei seemed to have other unknown purposes in doing so.And what this purpose is, Doakes doesn't know, but with his powerful spiritual perception, there is always a bad omen.

That's why Doakes asked just now: Aren't you afraid, aren't you afraid?
Although the man in black seems to use rhetorical questions to express that he is not afraid, but is he really not afraid? He has never answered it himself.

"I won't play charades with you anymore, let's talk about business." Doakes glanced at the nose that was still sniffing around, and then turned his gaze to the man in black: "Vai, find a convenient place to talk?"

Vay Noah is exactly the name of the man in black, an old friend of Doakes for many years.

The black-robed man Vai did not move, but closed his eyes for a few seconds. After a while, the nose embedded in the stone slab suddenly took a deep breath, and then exhaled suddenly, a circle appeared around Doakes and Vai. Absolute barrier.

This is a second-level spell, and blocking sound is only its most insignificant effect.The terrifying defensive power in battle is its main purpose.

"Now we can talk." Wai said lightly.

Among the apprentices, using the second-level technique as a sound barrier is probably only the Noah family who can do it.

Doakes was silent for a moment: "You were communicating with Lord Black's nose just now? You didn't speak ill of me, did you?"

Wai rolled his eyes and didn't bother to answer such stupid questions: "I stayed well in Mesomia, what did you find me for?"

Judging from Vay's reaction, Doakes can be sure that he should not speak ill of him to Earl Black.Doakes was relieved before replying, "I'm going to explore the ruins in the near future."

Wai resisted: "Don't call me, I told you before, I hate places without people. I only like to stay in big cities, and the sandworm market makes me feel suffocated."

Vay is a very special person. He is not a very gregarious person. This kind of person is usually very withdrawn, and Vay is indeed withdrawn. At least Doakes has never heard that Vay has other friends besides himself.But although Wai has a withdrawn personality, he especially likes crowded places.Once someone accosted him, he showed resistance and was a very contradictory person.

He seems to simply like to see other people's excitement.

"I didn't ask you to explore with me, but my premonition seems to have failed this time, and I can't perceive good or bad at all. I want you to help me see." Doakes' face was more difficult and a little more serious. .

Wei frowned slightly: "The premonition failed, which means there is a big problem, just don't go."

Doakes: "But... I don't want to."

Not being reconciled is just Doakes' rhetoric, and the real reason is the failure of spiritual perception.He always had a dark feeling, maybe this time the exploration could turn his spiritual perception into a kind of innate skill.

Wai took a deep look at Doakes, and sighed: "I've convinced you, you like to die, I really don't know what's the point of exploring."

"This is the essence of wandering wizards. When you are free, you lose your source of knowledge, and exploration is a way to make up for it."

Wei was silent for a moment, and took out a transparent glass cup from his robe.

"Remember, you owe me another favor." Vai said to Doakes after placing the cup on the table.

Doakes nodded again and again: "I remember, and this time, I owe you five favors at present."

Wai raised his eyebrows: "Six."

Doakes waved his hand proudly: "I paid for all the drinks you spent here today. It's a favor, how about it?"

Wai was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay. Five favors."

Doakes immediately leaned forward happily: "Then let's start."

Doakes had obviously done this with Wai many times, and he was very familiar with the process. When he saw the transparent glass, he stretched out his hand over it.

I meditated in my heart: I am going to the ruins soon.

Then, with a light swipe of the wind blade, a drop of fingertip blood fell into the glass cup, and there was a faint glow in the black-red blood.

Wai glanced at it: "The purity of your blood has improved a lot compared to last time."

Doakes: "I'm not as lazy as you. Staying at the peak of apprenticeship means not advancing."

Wai snorted, did not refute, but stretched out his hand, and a drop of fingertip blood fell into the glass cup.

The color of Wai's blood is very special, with a faint golden light in the bright red.

According to common sense, Doakes is an official wizard, and his blood can definitely suppress Wai's blood.But in fact, when Vay's blood fell into the glass, it was Doakes' blood that was suppressed.

To be precise, it was Vay's blood, like a membrane, that tightly covered Doakes' blood.

"Every time I look at it, I feel amazing. Are you Noahs really human?" Doakes said with emotion.

Wai didn't want to reply meaningless words, but picked up the glass, ready for the last step: smell.

Wai has a very wonderful talent, which Wai named himself: the smell of death.

He could smell death from the blood.

In terms of classification, this kind of talent should probably belong to the prophecy department, because the prophecy department also has the ability to predict death.However, the predicted death of a prophetic wizard is a way of looking for quantification in variables, and this result can be changed.

Wai's sense of death is to make a death prediction based on the existing quantification. Of course, the result can still be changed.

When Doakes was dripping blood, he meditated to remove the remains in his heart, which was a quantitative measure.

What Wai wanted to hear was whether Doakes would smell death when he went to this ruins.

However, just when Way was about to sniff the blood in the glass, his hand suddenly paused, and then he gently put the glass on the table.

Doakes, who knew every step clearly, asked suspiciously: "What's the matter, why did you put it down before smelling it?"

Wai was silent for a few seconds before saying: "My talent is inherited from my lord. Since the lord's nose is here, it may be more accurate to let the lord judge."

It was the first time Doakes had heard that Vay's talent for smelling death was inherited from the Black Earl.

Although he didn't know why Wai asked the black earl to smell it, Doakes nodded after thinking about it.We've come to this point, we can't give up halfway.

Soon, Wai picked up the slate with the nose inlaid and put it in front of the cup.

The Black Earl's nose began to sniff.

As a result, the two drops of blood in the cup kept rolling, but the strange thing was that no matter how they rolled, Vay's blood still tightly covered Doakes' blood.

After a while, Wai put down the slate.

Wai didn't speak immediately, but closed his eyes, as if falling asleep.

Doakes guessed that Wai was probably communicating with Earl Black's nose... In fact, he could also be communicating with Earl Black. Although Earl Black has "his consciousness" all over his body, it is still Earl Black's consciousness.

This exchange took longer than expected, and Vay frowned from time to time, as if he was arguing with Earl Hei.

It wasn't until Doakes drank two full glasses of wine in a row, and looked out the window that the blue sky was covered by dark clouds and the rain was falling, did Vai open his eyes.

"How was the result? Did Lord Black say anything?"

Wai still didn't speak, but picked up the glass again and smelled it again himself.

After smelling it, Vai looked absent-minded.

Doakes, who watched Wai's series of actions, was still a little confused: "What's going on?"

After a long time, Wai sighed: "I can't smell anything myself."

The lack of smell does not mean that death will not be approaching, but that Vai's talent has failed.

"However, my lord smelled bad luck." Wai continued with lowered brows.

Doakes: "A smell of doom, meaning, I'm going to die this time?"

Wai shook his head: "I don't know, but..."

After hesitating again and again, Wai still sighed and said, "My lord asked me to go to the ruins with you. In this way, I can be sure that you will not die."

Doakes: "That is to say, if I go, there is a high probability that I will die; but as long as you go with me, I will not be dangerous?"

"Not dying and not being in danger are two different things." Wai couldn't help correcting.

Doakes: "Don't worry about these details, can I confirm one thing, are you really planning to explore the ruins?"

Vay nodded.

An otaku who never liked to explore the ruins, actually wanted to go out.Here, even without Doakes' spiritual perception, one can know that something is definitely wrong.

"Did you want to go by yourself?"

Vay didn't speak.

As an old friend for many years, Doakes immediately understood that this was what the Black Earl meant.

"Then can I refuse? After all, this is not something I can decide. The leader of the exploration of the ruins is someone else." Doakes tried to use this method to help Wai continue to return to the life of an otaku.

Wai understood what Doakes meant, and said helplessly, "I remember the smell of your blood."

A sentence that came out of the blue, others don't understand what it means, but Doakes understands it.

Even if Doakes refuses Wai, Wai will follow him through the smell of his blood.

Unless, Doakes doesn't explore the ruins.

"Also, don't forget, you owe me five favors." Wai said again, "If I use this favor, let you tell me who is in charge. You won't refuse, will you?"

Obviously, Wai has considered the situation if Doakes does not go to the ruins.

Earl Hei must have had a premonition when he emphasized so much on letting Vai go to the ruins.

Doakes was silent for a moment: "I can't promise you this matter immediately, give me a day, and I will give you an answer in a day."

Wai lowered his head, gave a soft "hmm", and at the same time silently said to Doakes with his lips: I'm sorry.

Doakes understood that Vay was apologizing for his inability to resist the Black Earl and hurting his friends.

Doakes couldn't say anything, so he could only sigh and pat Wai on the shoulder: "Don't be like a woman, it's not a big deal."

After a pause, Doakes said again: "By the way, after I leave, you might as well continue to ask Earl Black, if you are with us, will our entire adventure team be safe?"

Vay nodded: "Okay."

After speaking, Doakes patted his old friend on the shoulder again, sighed helplessly in his heart, came to the bar, asked the bartender to take care of Wai, and then he quietly left the Cross Bar.

After Doakes left the bar, he wandered the streets for a long time, thinking about what the Black Earl was going to do.

And, how to help Vai.

But Earl Hei is a figure standing at the top of the pyramid in the southern region, and it is difficult for Doakes to guess his mind.

With a sigh, Doakes finally walked towards the black market outside the Sandworm Bazaar.This time it was his mistake that led to Wai's appearance. No matter what happened, he had to explain and apologize to Angel and Kael.

Moreover, Angel's back was against the barbaric cave, and he also knew something about the ruins. Maybe he knew what Earl Hei's intentions were?
After all, there is still a huge gap in core intelligence between organized and unorganized wizards.

(End of this chapter)