After reading it, Greya burst into laughter: “It turns out to be an apology letter from Taros. However, it's an apology without any substantial compensation, typically stingy of him.”
Greya knew of the rift between Angel and “Double-faced Stone Spirit” Taros, and after reading the letter, she understood why Angel was scornful.
“So insincere an apology, are you going to accept it?”
“Why not? After all, Wizard Ivan secretly gave it to me, not just this letter, but also this.” Angel took out a card.
The card was entirely black and bore the emblem of Silent Hill.
Greya glanced at it and instantly realized, “Hmm, a VIP card of the Somber Commerce Guild?”
Many witcher organizations have their own commerce guild or stores, like Storm Gorge's Storm Shop specializing in selling unique demonic materials. The Somber Commerce Guild is similar, backed by Silent Hill, specializing in selling the unique demonic materials from Silent Hill.
This VIP card allows a 50% discount on purchasing demonic materials at the Somber Commerce Guild, except for special materials.
Although Angel didn't like Taros, regardless of his revenge, he ultimately couldn't kill him, as Taros, being a stone spirit, is the gatekeeper of Silent Hill. Killing Taros would mean declaring war on Silent Hill.
Although Taros' apology was insincere, the VIP card supplemented by Wizard Ivan was extremely valuable.
Additionally, since Angel couldn't really kill Taros outright, accepting it aligned with the maximization of benefits.
Besides, accepting the apology did not mean Angel had forgiven Taros.
It merely meant he wouldn't target Taros openly.
Of course, if Taros didn't continue to provoke, Angel wouldn't have the time to deal with him secretly.
As the moon climbed into the sky, the blue canopy turned into a starlit scene.
After studying all day, Angel finally put down the thick book in his hand.
Lit by the bright light of the fluorite, one could see the beautifully cursive title on the book's cover: “Essentials of Shapeshifting Technique.”
Initially, after advancing to a wizard, Angel had mostly studied the “Alchemy Workshop” spell technique.
However, studying tricks could take months, years, or even decades. Now, Angel's focus wasn't on tricks, but a real spell technique–Alchemy Workshop, which presumably would take even more time.
With no progress in Alchemy Workshop, Angel decided to put it aside for the moment and prioritize Shapeshifting Technique.
After all, having confirmed that the Transforming Soft-bodied Insect was his target, adopting its skin would make learning Shapeshifting Technique much simpler than Alchemy Workshop.
Moreover, Angel hadn't forgotten about Tidal World. To enter it, learning Shapeshifting Technique was essential.
Although using the skin of a Transforming Soft-bodied Insect could be a shortcut to rapidly learn Shapeshifting Technique, choosing transplantation surely required auxiliary methods to prevent failure.
Angel spent the whole day organizing the necessary materials for these aids, facilitating future purchasing.
After sorting things out for an entire day, Angel was almost done.
Just as he was stretching and double-checking the material compatibility, the energy shield around the manor showed some disturbances.
Angel stepped onto the balcony to see, although he didn't see exactly what happened, he noticed Greya sitting on the roof across, leisurely enjoying her drink.
When Angel flew over to Greya, she casually handed him a glass of wine.
Angel took the wine but didn't drink it, instead asking, “What happened outside?”
Greya smiled and pointed towards the distance: “The energy of the youth is really vibrant; they can ignite a fierce battle at any time.”
Following Greya's direction, Angel saw under the pitch-black nightfall, two figures, against the backdrop of the massive moon, ceaselessly emanating ripples of energy.