Ticket Booth???
Everyone looked dumbfounded at the box in the puppet’s hand. They initially thought it was some kind of weapon, but it turned out to be a ticket booth?
The originally dark and dangerous style, why did it suddenly start to become absurd?
"How, how can you be sure it’s a ticket seller?" Dox hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
"Simple reasoning." Angel finished speaking and pointed to the stairs behind the alchemy golem: "Don’t be fooled by those stairs, they are actually projections. If you don’t believe me, you can sense it yourself."
"...It is indeed a projection," Dox said after sensing it.
"We’ve already come this far, and suddenly there are projection stairs appearing. Doesn’t that seem strange? Moreover, there’s a puppet holding a box, looking like a ticket seller. Wouldn’t the answer just come to you?"
Dox looked at Angel’s self-assured expression, becoming more baffled: "Did you skip a few billion steps? How did you come to think it was like a ticket seller?"
Dox’s question was also the crowd’s query. They also couldn’t figure out how holding a box made the puppet a ticket seller. This logic clearly has a gap.
Seeing the group couldn’t understand the connection, Angel himself felt perplexed. Isn’t it a very clear logic?
After hesitating for a moment, Angel said: "Haven’t you ever been to Manshi Magic Material Street?"
"Manshi Magic Material Street? Sounds somewhat familiar?" Vay rubbed his chin, wearing a pondering look.
Kaier also felt he had heard it somewhere but couldn’t recall it.
At this point, Black Earl spoke to clear the group’s doubts: "Manshi Magic Material Street is located in Sky Mechanical City. In the Alchemy World, it’s also called Alchemy Road, because it not only sells demonic materials but also covers the vast majority of alchemy works produced by Ashiliye."
"It’s normal for you to feel unfamiliar because that street has its own rules. Without the qualification to enter, you wouldn’t even see the street."
"And so-called qualifications, one is strength, and the other is alchemy capability."
"Beyond this, once you enter the street, it’s not that easy to purchase alchemy works from shops. Each store has its own rules, and you must comply with their rules to be worthy of entering."
"As for the specific rules, basically, each shop’s requirements differ, with no unified standard. However, if you are an alchemist, you can enter almost every shop."
After Black Earl’s explanation, the group recalled Manshi Magic Material Street’s reputation but still couldn’t grasp Angel’s point.
Dox: "What does Manshi Magic Material Street have to do with what you’re talking about?"
Then, Black Earl’s voice rang again: "Probably because most of the shop entrances on Manshi Magic Material Street have alchemy golems. These alchemy golems generally serve as attendants and also act as ticket sellers determining if you have the qualification to enter?"
Angel nodded, showing agreement: "Indeed, Lord Black Earl has experience, that’s exactly what I meant."
Black Earl sighed: "Not everyone has gone to Manshi Magic Material Street."
Angel said hesitantly: "Even if you haven’t been to Manshi Magic Material Street, you should be able to imagine. Other Extraordinary Cities’ alchemy streets should be more or less the same, right?"
Black Earl gave Angel a meaningful look but did not reply.
Instead, Dox spoke in a strange tone: "The only Extraordinary City you’ve been to, wouldn’t it be... Sky Mechanical City?"
Angel froze.
Dox’s strange tone and Black Earl’s insightful gaze both subtly indicated to Angel a fact: other Extraordinary Cities are completely different from Manshi Magic Material Street in Sky Mechanical City.
Angel moved his throat, turning his head to cough twice: "How could that be, I’ve been to quite a few Extraordinary Cities, just rarely visited Alchemy Streets."
Dox squinted: "For example?"
Angel’s eyes moved slightly, and he whispered: "Like Sleepless City."
"Sleepless City in Eternal Night Country, before it was covered by a dome, it was both a large witcher organization and counted as an Extraordinary City." Dox: "You’ve been to Sleepless City, didn’t you tour the Alchemy Street?"
Angel: "When I went... there was already a dome."
The crowd: "..."
Dox: "How did you enter with the dome?"
Angel: "Walked inside."
"...How did you get out? According to rumors, the current Sleepless City is a place of no return. During these years I run the Cross Tavern, I’ve never heard of anyone coming out from inside." Dox looked at Angel with a face full of doubt.
Angel: "How did I get out? Walked out."
Dox: "..."
Angel: "But, back then I wasn’t alone; my mentor Sanders was also there."
Hearing this from Angel, Dox automatically entered a mental simulation, guessing that Sanders brought Angel out.
Dox: "All right, let’s pass over Sleepless City. Besides Sleepless City?"
Angel furrowed his brows, his thoughts quickly revolving... In fact, he hadn’t visited many Extraordinary Cities but had gone to plenty of Wizard Markets.
Though some Wizard Markets could already rival the scale of an Extraordinary City, they ultimately weren’t an Extraordinary City.
After several seconds, Angel said: "There are many others, such as Ashenrock Giantstone, Sky Island, Watchguard Fortress, Lassudral, Cicia... etc."
The names Angel mentioned, they’d heard of the first three, which were frontline strongholds in the Abyss. Though it felt inaccurate to call them Wizard Maps, they seemed not quite to be Extraordinary Cities.
"Considering the first few as Extraordinary Cities, but isn’t Lassudral a Demon City? Also, what the hell is Cicia?"
Angel: "They’re still Extraordinary Cities, why delve into it. Now what’s important is what’s in front, not my experiences. Besides, I don’t need to enlighten you."
After speaking, Angel swiftly changed the topic: "Back to the main point, besides my prior deduction, there’s another critical factor supporting my deduction."
Angel pointed to the floor under the alchemy golem’s feet and the golem’s hand: "Both places have magic patterns that are linked. If you know some magic pattern knowledge, decode them and you’ll understand the alchemy golem’s function."