Moreover, the flames of the black cat Best were not suitable for Alchemy.
As for the flame dog Loria... judging by the nature of the flame, it did meet his standards, but he didn’t know its Talent, and it was also strictly monitored by the black cat Best, making it difficult to deceive away.
"Mr. Pat, Best’s personality has always been arrogant. Among its peers, aside from Loria, it is cold and alienated from any other elemental creatures," said Fesspan Rui, looking at Angel.
Angel nonchalantly shook his head, showing no interest in Best. He had no masochistic tendencies to intentionally go and tame a haughty cat with flames that were not compatible.
However, he was indeed curious about Best’s situation.
"Best isn’t an Elemental Sprite, right?" Angel asked. Although Best’s physique was even smaller than Loria’s, Angel could sense that its flame energy was extremely restrained, far exceeding the standard for Elemental Sprites, almost on par with Fesspan Rui.
Fesspan Rui: "Yes, Best has already outgrown the sprite phase."
It’s not surprising that it has outgrown the sprite phase. What’s surprising is that despite Best’s tone, it acknowledged Dangross’s message from Kelonkcro.
Could it be that Best is also one of Dangross’s subordinates?
Angel curiously asked Fesspan Rui for proof, and Fesspan Rui nodded: "Yes, Best is now one of Dangross’s subordinates."
Despite having an inkling, Angel was still somewhat surprised by the answer.
In Angel’s view, Dangross’s subordinates were all forcibly recruited. Those who awakened Spirit Intelligence either became adversaries like Duroche or left Dangross’s banner like Fesspan Rui.
Why would a mature elemental creature as intelligent as Best willingly become one of Dangross’s subordinates?
Perhaps noticing Angel’s confusion, Fesspan Rui explained: "Sir may have misunderstood, thinking being one of Dangross’s subordinates is a one-sided unfairness. Actually, it’s not like that, Dangross also provides great benefits to its subordinates."
"Dangross’s flame is very special, even when separated from its body, it can still function. Dangross injects its flame into subordinates, actually giving them a certain self-protection ability."
Fesspan Rui gave a few examples.
When danger approaches, elemental creatures with Dangross’s flame can activate this flame, forming a black shield that guards against external attacks.
Moreover, this black shield can be potent based on the subordinate’s own level.
For instance, if this black shield is used by a mature elemental creature like Best, the defense energy level is based on Best’s strength, making it much more formidable than an Elemental Sprite. Essentially, it’s an additional means of survival.
That’s why being Dangross’s subordinate isn’t without its benefits.
Besides, Dangross rarely asks its subordinates to do anything, equating to pure free-range management, allowing subordinates to simply enjoy the black shield provided by Dangross without having to contribute labor, so naturally, some Elemental Sprites, even after upgrading, have not left Dangross’s banner.
"Best is one such example," Fesspan Rui said. "But Best is a bit different, it has the ability to protect itself. The reason it’s still under Dangross’s wing is mostly due to its relationship with Loria. Their relationship is extremely close, and Best believes that having Loria protected by the black shield is more secure. As long as Loria remains a subordinate of Dangross, it won’t leave."
"I see." Angel nodded in understanding. Previously, during Earl Mi’s battle with Kelonkcro and the battle with Duroche, the black shield appeared. Now looking back, these black shields were indeed Dangross’s life-saving trick for its subordinates.
"Is the black shield Dangross’s talent?" Angel was quite interested in this shield. During Earl Mi’s battle with Duroche, Duroche’s black shield had an extremely high defense intensity, and Earl Mi had to be serious to breach it.
Fesspan Rui: "Sort of, but Dangross has also said that it has other talents. Yet we’ve never seen them, so we don’t know if it’s true."
Angel nodded, musing to himself: This Dangross, although quite troublesome, does have commendable abilities...
After a while, a few more Elemental Sprites arrived outside, so Angel temporarily set aside other thoughts and began to seriously observe these Elemental Sprites.
With no intelligent elemental creatures like Best causing trouble among them, the Elemental Sprites, under Fesspan Rui’s guidance, eagerly displayed their talents.
A day passed, and Angel was dazzled by what he saw.
The vast majority of talents seemed quite promising, just not suitable for him.
Another day went by, now it was Angel’s third day in the ice cave, the day with the highest arrival of Elemental Sprites.
Before nightfall, Angel had observed over a hundred elemental creatures, including two mature ones, the rest were in the sprite phase.
Among them, Angel found one Elemental Sprite to be very promising and extremely to his liking.
That was a Ghostfire Butterfly. Although its flames were somewhat mixed, it could also release high-temperature Pure Fire, and its talent could unleash a Ghostfire Storm and release extreme dark fire to create Magic Mind Illusions, reminiscent of the Heart Illusion style.
It could be said that aside from its slightly mixed flames, this Ghostfire Butterfly was very much to Angel’s liking.
The expectation was over eighty percent, second only to Kelonkcro.
However, Angel still didn’t make a move on this Ghostfire Butterfly, because he learned from Fesspan Rui that the Ghostfire Butterfly’s name was... Youyou Nu.
It was precisely the object of Big Yinba’s affection.
Big Yinba had given it quite a few conveniences, even getting Little Yinba to leave it an earth mark, and it just wasn’t suitable to take away the object of another’s affections now.
Angel decided to temporarily give up on Youyou Nu.
Although he didn’t get Youyou Nu, he still had other options.
That was Kelonkcro.
On the fourth day, Angel saw a few subordinates, all mixed in quality. Some were more outstanding, and if it were in the past, Angel might have considered them. But now, with the emergence of Youyou Nu, Angel’s expectations repeatedly elevated, making these not up to par in comparison.
By noon on the fourth day, almost all the Elemental Sprites had arrived, including the recently recruited Flame Traveling Frog.
It seemed that Dangross’s subordinates were almost all examined.
Still not finding any that caught Angel’s fancy, so Angel finally turned his attention to Kelonkcro.