Dangross said somewhat dissatisfied: "What furball monster, that’s Kelonkcro, he used to be my little brother, now he’s my friend. And, he didn’t self-destruct, that’s his talent, he can explode the energy stored in him, his consciousness won’t be damaged and he can slowly recover in the future."
Angel stroked his chin: "Kelonkcro’s talent is pretty good, if I could recruit him..."
"Recruit for what?" Dangross seemed to hear something, looking at Angel in confusion.
Angel: "Didn’t say anything, you misheard. Aside from Kelonkcro, was that fire giant also your little brother before?"
Speaking of the "fire giant," Dangross was immediately distracted, boasting proudly: "That’s right, Duroche is the most powerful little brother I’ve recruited."
"He doesn’t look like an Elemental Sprite, he seems to be an adult elemental creature, and he’s willing to recognize you as the boss?" Angel looked at Dangross suspiciously. The fire giant was defeated by Earl Mi, but that didn’t mean his strength was weak, just that Earl Mi was stronger.
The fire giant definitely had wizard-level strength. And Dangross, Angel hasn’t explored his strength... but even the advanced Hand of Magic, a second-level trick, he couldn’t break free. Converted to wizard strength, Dangross was at most just a first or second-level apprentice.
A junior apprentice taking an official wizard as a little brother seemed impossible to Angel.
The more Angel doubted, the more Dangross became proud: "I wasn’t lying, Duroche is indeed my little brother, otherwise why would he listen to me earlier and fight that blooming wildcat?"
When Dangross mentioned the "blooming wildcat," he sneaked a peek at Toby sitting on top of Angel’s head.
Toby also looked over at this time, with eyes filled with approval and less vigilance, nodding in agreement. This title "blooming wildcat" was extremely pleasing to him.
Receiving Toby’s praise, Dangross was also excited, his expression even more smug: "Mr. Pat, if you don’t believe me, I’ll call Duroche over."
After saying this, Dangross began whistling towards the lava lake, but after a long time, the surface of the lake remained calm, and the fire giant did not appear.
The calm lake surface made Dangross a bit embarrassed, his heart slightly panicked, feeling he lost face in front of the admiring Toby, so he flushed red and continued to whistle.
In the end, he still couldn’t bring out the fire giant, but rather a "bean sprout" was blown to the edge of the lava lake by Dangross.
"Dangross, are you looking for me or for Duroche?" A slightly aged voice came from the bean sprout’s mouth.
Dangross straightened up immediately: "Teacher Magu!"
"Hmm." The aged voice softly hummed: "You transmitted your flame through my contact, I thought you were looking for me, but how come I heard you calling out for Duroche?"
Dangross unconsciously rubbed his thumb and little finger together: "I was indeed looking for Teacher Magu, because I brought Mr. Pat, and also the descendant of the ancestor Kalomchis... but, I also had something to find my ’little brother’ Duroche."
Dangross emphasized his tone when talking about ’little brother’.
Magu manipulated the bean sprout to look behind Dangross, saying slowly: "Ah, a human..."
"However, I only see one human, where is that so-called descendant of Kalomchis?"
Dangross pointed to Toby: "Over there."
Toby also stood up accordingly, raising his head in a proud manner.
Angel, whose head was aching from being stepped on by Toby, resisted the desire to pull Toby down and greeted Magu: "Mr. Magu, my name is Angel Pat. I came to the Tidal World following in the footsteps of the Savior, introduced by His Majesty the New King, hoping to meet you."
Magu shifted his gaze from Dangross to Angel, remaining silent for a while.
Just when Angel thought Magu wasn’t going to speak, the contact moved again and suddenly opened its mouth and bit the unsuspecting Dangross.
Dangross was startled, suppressing the pain from the bite, quickly jumped away.
After a while, Magu’s voice came again: "Ah, sorry, I accidentally took a nap just now. Although I’m old, my spirit is still fine, that was an accident."
Angel: "..."
Magu laughed heartily: "Where were we again? Ah, never mind, you should come to me and talk. Using the contact to communicate is too tiring... Zzzzz..."
Hearing the snores coming through, Angel was left with a feeling of regret. Somehow, Magu seemed a bit unreliable.
Dangross awkwardly laughed: "Teacher Magu seems to have fallen asleep again... but it doesn’t matter, he has already agreed for us to enter the lake. Shall we go down?"
As soon as the words were spoken, before Dangross could do anything, the bean sprout bit him again.
Dangross shouted furiously: "Why is it me again!"
The bean sprout swayed, and Magu’s voice came again: "Ah, I took another nap. Dangross, what are you talking about? Oh, I remember, you were asking about Duroche?"
"Duroche is resting in the lake, although it was heavily injured before, under the comfort of the World’s Harmony, it has fully recovered. In fact, it has even achieved a new breakthrough," said Magu, clicking his tongue: "It has turned adversity into opportunity, I see that its elemental core has begun to transform, maybe when it awakens, it will give birth to Spirit Intelligence!"
Dangross seemed fine at first, but when Magu finished speaking, Dangross froze: "Giving birth to Spirit Intelligence? Duroche might give birth to Spirit Intelligence?! Teacher Magu, is this true?"
Magu: "Of course it’s true, currently there is a high chance that Duroche will awaken Spirit Intelligence. Speaking of which, once Duroche awakens Spirit Intelligence, your position as the boss will be at risk."
Magu chuckled, with a hint of watching the scene unfold. However, his laughter soon ceased, followed by the return of snores, and the bean sprout bit Dangross again.
This time, Dangross didn’t struggle, despairingly muttering: "Duroche is actually going to awaken Spirit Intelligence, uhuh, how can this be... he’s my number one little brother, noooo!"
Angel looked at Dangross’s despairing eyes, and he basically understood why Duroche, an official wizard, recognized Dangross as the boss: it was entirely because Duroche hadn’t awakened Spirit Intelligence yet.
However, though understanding, Angel still admired Dangross.
Dangross was able to have Duroche as his little brother, even if it was because Duroche hadn’t awakened Spirit Intelligence yet, it’s still a remarkable feat.
Perhaps this is Dangross’s unique talent?