Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 2685 The Position
"My lord, do you want to go here again?"

It was Kael who asked the question, and the place he was pointing to was a piece of ruins.However, they had already searched once before, and found no clues at that time.

According to the usual practice, the places they searched should not be searched a second time.But since Angel has already decided not to go to the third floor, and is sure that the wood spirit is on the second floor, in Kael's mind, maybe he needs to search the second floor carefully again.

However, when they passed the ruins, Angel had no intention of searching any further, so Kael asked suspiciously.

Angel: "No need, those who have already searched, there is no need to go again."

Kael: "Then don't you look for wood spirits?"

"Look for it. Aren't we looking for it?" In order to make his words more believable, Angel even looked around deliberately, pretending to be searching carefully.

It's just that there is a gloomy void all around, which makes people feel... perfunctory.

Seeing this, Kael didn't ask anymore. In his opinion, Angel didn't plan to look for it anymore.

Probably, is it annoying?
Kael couldn't say much, so he could only pin his hopes on Doakes and Wai in the next group.

……

"Are you really not going to look for it again?"

Everyone else had given up trying to dissuade Angel, and even Doakes had begun to gear up, looking as if he was ready to appear at any time.At this time, the wise ruler, who hadn't planned to speak out, couldn't help but speak up.

Angel's answer remained unchanged: "I'm looking for it."

"If you restrain your lazy expression, maybe I will believe that you are looking for it." The wise master raised his eyebrows.

Angel: "Really? I think, no matter what I do, the wise ruler will not believe it, right?"

The wise man ruled: "It is impossible to see the bottom of the turbid water, let alone know whether the shadow at the bottom is a crocodile or a stone."

Angel chuckled: "Even if the water is clear to the bottom, the wise master will probably doubt whether the stone under the water is a real stone or a fake stone with a mechanism hidden inside."

What the wise man wants to express is that Angel's body is full of mist, like muddy water, and only when it is cleared up can people be convinced.

What Angel expresses is that conspiracy theorists will only see conspiracy forever, and wise men who are too suspicious cannot really trust other people, especially outsiders like them.

It is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong.Their words are all expressed from their own standpoint, and they naturally tend to be self-interested.

It is quite difficult to reach a consensus on the issue of position.

Unless one party completely bows to the other, agreeing to all the terms on the other side, it is possible that the position will be agreed.However, it is impossible for Angor and the wise master to succumb to each other.

Needless to say, the wise ruler, his position is there, and he is still in his own home field, so how could he succumb to Angel.

As for Angel, he didn't really care whether he surrendered or not.Just like Jon once warned Angel when he left the Old Land, in a world where the weak prey on the strong, self-esteem is the least necessary.Because self-esteem is the easiest to be trampled on, if you enshrine self-esteem as a god card, you will only get out of it after being trampled on.Moreover, self-esteem can easily invite death.

There is often a kind of plot in storybook novels. The strong will admire the protagonist when he sees that he would rather die than submit, and he will admire him secretly in his heart, and finally let him go.But this kind of plot is only exclusive to the protagonist. More often than not, what one would rather die than surrender is not respect, but anger. The anger of the strong can only be calmed down by death.

Therefore, Jon warned Angel that self-esteem can be had, but more often than not, one must be aware of current affairs, make false claims, and reach an agreement with the other party in order to live longer.

Angel is a very pragmatic person.When I first met Sanders, if he acted as a person who would rather die than surrender, he would go to White Coral Floating Island Academy. With Sanders' character, his end is probably death.

Therefore, Angor didn't care so much about whether to give in or not.

But when faced with the domination of a wise man, he could not yield.The reason is also very simple, the wise master is not a person who will agree with you once you give in.

Conspiracy theorists see only conspiracy, as Angell expressed it.

When you are covered in fog, he will doubt your identity; if you reveal your identity, he will doubt your purpose; if you reveal your purpose, he will doubt your motive...

Facing this kind of person, if you give in again and again, you will only push yourself to the most extreme situation. Even if you put your soul out, the other party will criticize you.

Therefore, when Angel faced the dominance of the wise man, it was impossible for him to give in, no matter his position or his testimony.

But they can't always be so tit-for-tat. According to what Dodolo said, "a wise man is not stupid", if Angel wants to accomplish the goal of this visit, he must reach an agreement with the wise man on the issue of position.

But how can you reach an agreement without intending to give in?
It should be possible to ask for foreign aid to rely on the strength of the barbaric cave, but this is tantamount to completely turning the table. If you want to continue exploring the ruins without worrying about it, this is the worst policy.

Apart from foreign aid, Angel can think of one and only one: common interests.

As long as they are driven by common interests, it may be possible for both parties to take a step back and reach a balance on the issue of positions.Even if you still can't agree with the other party's position, you can be willing to accept that the other party's position has meaning.

Like the Black Earl.

Such a balance was also maintained between Angel and Earl Hei.During this trip, Angel showed many doubts. Earl Hei would ask questions at first, but then he gradually ignored them.Because they have a common interest, driven by this interest, Angel and Earl Hei are both vested interests, there is no need to turn their faces,

The Black Earl can agree, as can the wise man.

However, now there is a question, what common interests exist between him and the wise master?
In fact, there is no answer yet, or rather, it is not clear.

However, the ambiguity is only because the Sovereign did not reveal his "purpose".As long as he knows his purpose and his attitude towards Noah's descendants, Angel believes that they will find common interests.

The reason why they are so sure is because if there is no common interest, how could the wise master have been lingering with them for so long.

As for, how can we know the purpose of the ruler of the wise?

Angel is doing it now.

After completing his so-called bonus conditions and necessary conditions, the wise master has observed enough information about them, and will naturally reveal his purpose.

Also because he knew the nodules behind his back, Angel was not afraid to confront the wise master now.

Moreover, it is necessary to talk only if both sides have expressed their positions.Otherwise, if the position is one-sided, there is no need to talk about it at all, which is tantamount to surrender in disguise.

……

Angel's response that "conspiracy theorists will always be blinded" is tantamount to directly confronting the wise master.

Their four eyes are facing each other... no, five eyes are facing each other.

The five eyes met each other, the atmosphere became stagnant, and the air began to become chill.

Seeing that the wise man's face became more and more gloomy, everyone felt vaguely uneasy in their hearts. They seemed to have reached the point where their swords were on the verge of breaking out.

But what they didn't expect was that the next second, the wise ruler suddenly turned cloudy.

After taking a deep look at Angor, the wise man said softly: "For the time being, let's put aside the issue of the water's turbidity and let's discuss the matter. Are you sure you don't plan to look for the wood spirit?"

"If you decide to give up the mission, then the bonus conditions will be gone."

Angor: "Abandoning the mission will have to wait until I leave the Ladder of Hanging Prison. I'm still 'looking for' now."

At this time, Doakes interjected: "Did you forget me? What do you mean the bonus points are gone? I haven't looked for it yet, maybe I finally found it?"

The wise master glanced at Doakes lightly, and then... continued to look at Angel.

"Then I expect you to 'find' the wood spirit."

This sounded like a response to Doakes, but the wise master stared at Angor. There is no doubt that he still said this to Angor.Doakes, once again ignored.

"An expectation without sincerity." Angel muttered something in a low voice, and then said formally: "Then I will try my best to live up to the expectations of the wise man."

The wise master can naturally hear Angel's muttering, but he doesn't care.Because Angel was telling the truth, his so-called expectations were just empty words.

Among the few people present, Earl Hei was most likely to find the wood spirit.But the Black Earl has already returned home, so there is no hope.

The wise master did not believe that Angel could find the wood spirit.

As for Angel's previous assertion that "the wood spirit is on the second floor", the wise master also completely ignored it, and only regarded it as Angel's last respect.

……

Continue to walk back, the scene along the way is the same as before, only the drifting ruins will move sideways from time to time.And Angor has no intention of exploring these ruins at all, and even skips the perfunctory action of "finding the wood spirit".

Seeing this scene, the last doubt was also extinguished.Everyone has already decided that Angel has no intention of continuing to look for it.

"Young people, you are impulsive. If you say you don't want to look for it, you won't look for it." Doakes said, "It seems that your hope still depends on me."

As soon as Dokes finished speaking, he heard a cold snort from Wai beside him.

Doakes turned his head, but saw Wai looking at him angrily. When he was wondering what happened to Wai, the voice of the wise master came from his ear.

"Young spirit? Is he younger than you?"

Doakes froze for a moment, and then realized that he seemed to have revealed some information about Angel just now.

Doakes wailed in his heart, but on the surface he said lightly: "Yes, he is younger than me."

"That's it." The wise master whispered to himself: "Your age is about 80 years old. There should not be many official wizards younger than you in the Southern Region. Moreover, from your tone, he is older than yours." His age should be much younger, perhaps under 50 years old. Such a young wizard is also good at illusion and alchemy, and this information should be able to confirm his identity."

Because of the veil of Nightmare, the protection of Earl's fans, and the blessing of the Black Earl's earth wall, the wise master has actually been unable to determine Angel's age.

Before the wise master left the live broadcast illusion, both Doakes and the Black Earl returned to reality and took precautions.Without Angel to host the illusion outside, this directly led to Dox's real body being seen by the wise master.

With the eyesight of a wise man, it is still very simple to discern Doakes' age.So, the Wise Master knew that Doakes was 80 years old, a very young and talented wizard.

Now, Doakes inadvertently exposed that Angel was younger than him, and naturally revealed Angel's age range.

Doakes looked at the wise master with a look of "I believe it", and then seriously analyzed it, which made him a little embarrassed.

He just admitted that the words that Angor was younger than him were actually said on purpose, in order to make the wise man doubt his words, and then become suspicious of Angor's age.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that the wise master actually believed it! !

Didn't Angor say explicitly and secretly before that a wise ruler would not believe in people? Why do you believe him now?
It seems that there is no way to reverse the idea that the wise man dominates.

Doakes turned his head sadly, looked at Angor, and wanted to express his apology.

But after looking at them, they found that Angel did not look at them at all. Instead, he stopped and closed his eyes to perceive, as if he was looking for the wood spirit.

Are you acting again?

At first, Doakes thought that Angor was continuing to be perfunctory, but when he took a closer look, he found that Angor's expression was more serious than ever.

The surrounding energy is also constantly changing according to Angel's perception.

"What's the matter?" Wai was originally angry that Doakes had exposed Angor's information, but now he was also attracted by Angor's movement.

Even the wise master looked at Angel suspiciously at this time, not knowing what he was doing.

When the surrounding energy atmosphere changed to a certain extreme, it stopped abruptly.

At the same time, Angel also opened his eyes.

After taking a long breath, Angel noticed that everyone's eyes were on him.

Facing everyone's gaze, Angel asked unconsciously, "What's wrong?"

"Shouldn't we be asking you that question?" Doakes replied.

"Aren't you guys talking about my age? Don't you talk about it?"

When it comes to age, Doakes's eyes are a little evasive: "Ahem, age... age, it's not very important. We are focusing on you now, aren't we asking you, what are you doing?"

Angel shrugged: "Nothing."

After a pause, Angel continued: "I was just thinking about how to make that little guy hiding in the dark show up on his own initiative."

The little guy in the dark?
Who is this talking about?Is it wood spirit?Angel has already discovered the wood spirit?
While everyone was still in doubt, Angel turned around and looked into the dark depths.

"Hey, there are only two people here, are you really not going to come out?"

(End of this chapter)