"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Although he was asking, his voice was a harsh shout, full of threats, ready to fight at any disagreement.
Angel didn’t answer and directly snapped his fingers.
Speedy spun in mid-air, and a breeze blew towards the opposite side. Along with the breeze came a large number of illusion nodes.
The group of over thirty people was instantly surrounded by illusion nodes.
Before they could react, the light in their eyes gradually faded away, as if they became like puppets.
While Mathusa was covering her mouth in surprise, watching the magical scene unfold, Angel directly approached the leader of the Dawn Adventure Group and began questioning him.
Under the influence of the illusion and the coverage of the psychic waves, Angel quickly got the answer he wanted.
"An hour ago, the wandering merchants left from here, heading towards the southwest path."
After getting the answer, Angel looked at Mathusa.
Mathusa hesitated for a moment before understanding Angel’s intention: "If they take the southwest path, that side has hardly any complete roads. Female merchants usually rarely go there first. Male merchants, however, prefer to go there first because there’s only one adventure group in that direction, the Blazing Adventure Group."
"Blazing Adventure Group? Is the leader the one dressed like a flamingo?" Dox questioned.
Previously, while searching for traces of the Hero Squad, both he and Angel scouted the entire area and saw the leader of the Blazing Adventure Group, a lady who called herself Miss Red.
"If the gentleman is referring to Miss Red, she does dress a bit flamboyantly." Mathusa paused: "But she is not a bad person."
"Whose standards decide good and evil?" Dox retorted: "In Mia’s eyes, both you and that flamingo are villains. So, don’t judge good or evil based on your own perspective."
Although Dox’s words had some logic, Angel interjected: "Are you addicted to arguing? Stop talking nonsense. Since Mathusa knows Miss Red, let’s go over there now."
After saying this, Angel prepared to walk away.
Mathusa: "M-master, what about them?"
Mathusa pointed to the members of the Dawn Adventure Group, still in a "puppet" state.
"It won’t take long for them to wake up by themselves. Once awake, they’ll forget what happened before."
As soon as Angel finished speaking, Dox added: "If your Hero Squad has a vendetta with the Dawn Adventure Group, hurry up and take revenge, one knife each, make it lethal, wipe out the entire group, let me see."
Mathusa quickly waved her hands: "No, there is no feud between the adventure groups. It’s just that my lover has a bit of an issue with Dawn."
"Is Crow jealous that Dawn looks more sunshine and mighty than him?" Dox gossiped light-heartedly.
Mathusa smiled awkwardly: "No, I infiltrated the Dawn Adventure Group before, and at that time the leader of Dawn was quite kind to me... So, Crow has some resentment against him."
"But I assure you, the leader of Dawn is not a bad person."
Dox rolled his eyes: "Boring, here we go again. I already said don’t talk about good people or bad people. Forget it, since you don’t want to perform an annihilation, let’s go."
After leaving the Dawn campsite, they flew towards the direction of the Blazing Adventure Group.
Earlier, Mathusa mentioned that this path was very rough, almost impossible for pedestrians, but under the blessing of Speedy’s wind, even Mathusa could leap tens of meters. No matter how bad the road was, under such a terrifying speed boost, it became a smooth path.
Along the way, Dox’s mind was still fixed on gossip.
He first asked Mathusa why male wandering merchants were willing to take a detour to go to the Blazing Adventure Group, wondering if there were special services offered there.
Mathusa chuckled awkwardly: "I don’t know, but Miss Red is a good..."
"Shut up, don’t mention the word good. Since you don’t know this, then let’s switch to something you know. You say you infiltrated many adventure groups, you can disguise as a male and as a female, aside from seducing Dawn, did you have romantic encounters with other people? For instance, sparking romance while disguised as a female with females, and as a male with males?"
This time, not just Mathusa but everyone was a bit speechless.
Although Dox noticed everyone’s gaze, he remained indifferent and said with a smile: "Do you know what’s most important in running a bar? Besides information, it’s those interesting stories."
"Don’t you find Mathusa’s story interesting? If she can use her acting to be popular among men and women, this would be a fascinating talking point."
With Dox’s explanation, except for Mathusa, the others reluctantly accepted.
As for Mathusa, she couldn’t refuse, given the impressive presence of a transcendent being.
However, accepting is one thing, but she absolutely wouldn’t answer such questions.
Mathusa showed a firm stance, so Dox gave up on asking further. Mathusa thought she escaped a crisis but didn’t notice Kaier and Vay shaking their heads helplessly not far away.
Dox had already determined to use Mathusa’s story as a talking point to attract people at the bar, how could he give up halfway?
Since Mathusa didn’t want to talk, he could just make things up!
Moreover, when making things up, he could be completely free, the more outrageous, the more interesting.
As long as Mathusa is a real person, her magical makeup and acting skills are real, and she truly infiltrated other adventure groups, then what happens next doesn’t matter. Dox can create impromptu stories, catering to the guests’ preferences, with a new version every day.
So, Mathusa’s silence instead benefited Dox. If she spoke, under the "reality" effect, Dox might have been cautious about making things up, fearing exposure. But without speaking, the outcome is different.
As Kaier and Vay sympathized with Mathusa, they had already crossed a forest full of needle-leaved trees.
After flying over the forest, a group of people busy transporting goods appeared before them.