Angor was the only one who felt a bit depressed at what he saw. But only briefly.
His moral standard was already lowering especially ever since he came across all kinds of incidents in the wizarding world. He was not sure if he would become one of the merciless killing machines one day.
“You haven’t told me. What brought you here?” Ness looked at Sunders.
Sunders glanced at Ness’ student and his mana quickly covered the area around Saka. Saka was still smiling as if he did not notice anything.
Angor, on the other hand, noticed a faint ripple of illusion around Saka.
“A simple illusion,” Sunders explained. “It’s about Angor, and I don’t want anyone else to know about it.”
Ness nodded in acknowledgment. He already saw that the illusion meant no harm to Saka. It only stopped the sound while making Saka believe that everything was still fine.
Sunders and Ness discussed the condition of Angor’s soul and especially about the “gray fog”. Ness provided his own assumptions while giving Angor strange looks now and then.
A moment later, Ness took out several parchments and began writing something. He probably had a plan in mind.
It took some time, during which Sunders commented on the data Ness was working on. Angor could understand none of what they were talking about, so he kept his attention on Saka.
Or rather, the illusion around Saka.
Angor recognized it as a basic illusion and soon found the magic nodes for deploying it. He calculated something in his mind and reached the conclusion that he could also create the same thing with enough time.
However, the illusion also contained something he knew nothing about. Angor sensed a strange rhythm coming from the illusion as if the pendulum of a clock was moving.
The rhythm was not difficult to understand since it was Melodious Illusion, the basic of Acoustic Illusions. Angor could make something similar with enough effort.
Although… what was the point of the rhythm?
Being able to deploy the Melodious Illusion did not mean that Angor understood its effect on the entire illusion.
He already memorized everything written in Sunders’ notebook, and nothing in the book explained his question.
Angor wished to ask. However, he decided not to when he saw Sunders in a heated discussion with Ness over some kind of formula.
Some minutes later, Sunders came and extracted something from Angor’s blood. He then went back to speak with Ness again.
Angor kept observing the illusion which was simple on the outside, yet difficult to comprehend in many aspects.
If not for the situation, Angor really wished he could try the illusion out himself.
While checking the illusion, Angor also noticed that Saka kept staring at one direction with an affectionate look, as if someone in the illusion really interested him.
From what was seen, Sunders’ illusion had to have given Saka an idea that they were still close to each other in the cave. Considering how Saka had been well-behaving, the illusion probably told him that Ness was still nearby.
So… Saka could see himself, Angor, Sunders and Ness in the illusion… while Saka was staring at someone in an enthusiastic manner. There was no way Saka would look at Sunders or Ness in that way, which meant…
Angor felt a chill on his back.
Saka is staring at ME?
So, did Saka figure out who I am?
“Baron Milk” defeated Saka on the stage. As Angor remembered, when Silvia’s soul spells failed to work, Saka’s previously frenzied expression suddenly turned gentle for some reason.
And he kept mentioning some “precious star” at Baron Milk.
Saka’s current expression was exactly how he looked like on the arena… and it gave Angor goosebumps.
Angor was sure that Saka was not interested in “Baron Milk” since he was fully covered under the robe.
Saka had to have been attracted by his soul.
Angor felt he would never sleep well again when someone was drooling over his soul. That was why he stayed outside Sky Tower during that day so he could find a chance to get rid of this madman. However, he only ran into Chloe Brothers in the end.
Saka’s reaction in the illusion proved Angor’s idea.
This pervert really recognized him.
And this was bad…
Angor even thought about getting rid of Saka right here, when that guy was still trapped in the illusion.
But he could not possibly do this while Ness was still around.
Also, Angor was worrying about whether killing Saka meant the end of it. Saka was a Soul Manipulator after all.
To Soul Manipulators, “Death is only the beginning of all”.
Killing Saka might bring even more troubles. With this in mind, Angor decided to put the matter aside for now.
Besides, Saka was still not on the top of his “enemy list”. The one Angor would kill at all cost now was Hookdick.
Hookdick was also a Soul Manipulator, but that man only joined Brute Cavern half a year ago. Considering how common apprentices usually progressed, Hookdick should only know some basic spells at the moment. Killing his body would end everything.
Angor was not really sure though. As he heard, Hookdick had gone to receive some sort of “soul soil baptism”. Maybe Hookdick could earn something really good from it.
To make sure, Angor decided to go to Cloud Library and look into soul-related spells upon finishing his tower challenges.
…
After making up his mind of disregarding Saka for the moment, Angor began to observe the illusion again.
Several hours later, Ness stood up from his seat.
“Good. I’ve worked out a perfect soul-separation experiment plan according to the data of Angor’s body! Now we only have to get to it!”