The group nodded.
"But Bruiser and Golos definitely came with you to the second level?"
The group nodded again.
While Angel was questioning, he noticed a subtle change in Lady Melo’s expression.
"Did you think of anything?"
Lady Melo pondered, "The apparent reason we were captured is because Golos seems to have a feud with the Princess. But after thinking carefully, even if Golos and the Princess have animosity, they wouldn’t have the guts to target people from the Barbarian Cave, so I suspect the apparent reason might be false, and the truth might actually be something else."
"But now that Golos isn’t here, I’m wondering if the internal reason is true, might the apparent reason actually be true as well."
Angel understood what Lady Melo meant.
She was speculating if Golos was taken away by the Princess.
Angel thought for a moment and said to Lady Melo, "You remember the appearance of Golos and Bruiser, right?"
Lady Melo nodded.
Angel extended his finger and pointed into the air, countless invisible Illusion Nodes emerged around Lady Melo.
"Imagine their appearance in your mind, the more details, the better."
Without hesitation, Lady Melo immediately started recalling as Angel instructed.
As she recalled, everyone was surprised to see two familiar figures slowly appearing before their eyes. It was Golos and Bruiser!
"This is just a thought illusion projection, a small trick of Illusion Techniques, if any of you are from the Illusion Series, you’ll learn it later," Angel casually explained to them.
The details of Golos and Bruiser became more and more detailed and solid.
At this time, Angel could already see the general appearance of these two.
Golos looked like a cheerful, handsome young man, clearly a wealthy boy, but not nobility, as he lacked the unique ’hypocrisy’ characteristic of the nobility.
As for Bruiser, his skin was slightly darkened, probably from being under the sunlight for years, although he was also a handsome youth, his clothes showed obvious patch marks, likely from the lower class.
Seeing Lady Melo awaken, Angel said, "Are you sure there’s no detail missing?"
Lady Melo hesitated for a moment, "There shouldn’t be any."
At this moment, Siber suddenly spoke, "Bruiser’s right hand is wrapped with a roll of gauze."
Lady Melo seemed to recall and nodded, "Yes, Bruiser likes to wrap gauze on his hand and say some weird things."
Actually, what he said were lines from "Demon King". Siber thought but didn’t say aloud, as that extremely childish book actually circulated from her hand. For the sake of her image, she didn’t want to reveal this secret.
However, because she had read "Demon King", whenever Bruiser said those embarrassing lines, Siber inexplicably found it amusing.
Also because of this, her attention to Bruiser surpassed others. She knew more details than anyone else.
Wrapped with gauze, saying bizarre words. Angel squinted, then looked at Siber: adding a cold, indifferent girl... it all felt familiar.
Angel didn’t delve deeper; since he knew their appearances, it was easier now.
He walked directly to the Wandering Wizards.
Because they were always hidden by illusions, this group of Wandering Wizards didn’t realize more people were in the guardroom.
Angel chose a few whose injuries weren’t too severe, and injected a bit of Nightmare Illusion into their brows.
Discreetly inquiring if they had seen Bruiser and Golos.
These few Wandering Apprentices had been in the prison longer than Siber’s group, so they had some impressions of the people coming and going.
Of those questioned, only one hadn’t seen Bruiser and Golos because he slept twenty hours a day.
The others all saw Bruiser and Golos passing by their prison door.
However, yesterday, these two were taken out again.
One Wandering Apprentice living in the same corridor’s prison as them happened to see them being taken away—
Last night, the Princess came to the prison for some unknown reason, wanting to take Golos away.
And Bruiser, living opposite Golos’s prison, watched Golos being taken away and gallantly stood up, swearing at the Princess, claiming himself as some Demon King, demanding the Princess release them immediately, or doomsday would come.
The Princess, insulted like that, couldn’t possibly not be angry. She ordered the guards to take Bruiser out as well; what was initially Golos’s matter now became a matter for two.
After inquiring about the details, Angel quietly withdrew the Nightmare Illusion, not disturbing the Wandering Apprentices’ rest any further, and quietly left.
After sharing the information with Lady Melo, she showed an "as expected" expression: "I didn’t expect the Princess truly took Golos away. What grudges do they have? Alas..."
"Nor did I expect Bruiser to be taken as well."
Siber rubbed her forehead, "Bruiser is such a fool."
"Mind your language." Lady Melo glanced at Siber, even though she internally wanted to say similar things herself.
Bruiser was simply making trouble for no reason.
"What should we do now?" Lady Melo sighed.
"Why don’t we forget about them, we are enough." The one speaking was the blind fatty.
Lady Melo ignored him, as this fatty was as foolish as Bruiser. Saying such things now brought no good except courting trouble for oneself.
Moreover, the Guiding task’s minimum requirement was at least five Talented Ones. Abandoning Bruiser and Golos would leave her task one person short.
Therefore, if they could be found, it was best to find them.
"In that case, let’s go to the Princess Castle." Angel pondered for a moment before deciding.
Initially, he didn’t want to visit the Princess Castle, as he was reluctant to get involved with the Gumman Kingdom’s royal family, but now with two Talented Ones taken by the Princess, he had no choice but to check it out.
However, before going to the Princess Castle, he could chat with Dox.
He had been to the Princess Castle before, and according to him, he seemingly watched an exciting show.
Thinking of this, Angel opened the Mind Ribbon and initiated a conversation with Dox.