"This incredibly pretentious and lengthy name ’Sugar Cube Girl,’ isn’t she just a tool from your Illusionary Realm? She even has her own kingdom?" Dox suppressed his anger, leaned in front of Angel, and glared at him.
Angel sidestepped Dox and continued walking forward: "Didn’t I tell you? There was a little hiccup. All these ’Sugar Cube Girls’ were products of that hiccup, not something I conjured up in the Illusionary Realm."
"Then how do you know they have their own kingdom?" Dox followed up.
Angel: "Just reasoning. Like just now, you went through the first Zodiac Palace, and from her questions, with your smarts, you should have been able to deduce some information."
"And just now, I had my tester go through it from start to finish, and the information obtained basically confirmed my suspicions."
"The tester you mentioned was that undead just now?" Dox suddenly said. He had already noticed the strange undead before, with its peculiar aura. Also, although that undead’s face was deliberately obscured, it gave him a vague sense of familiarity.
"Your focus shifted quite quickly. You were just asking about their kingdom, and now you’re interested in my underling. What, did you take a liking to my undead?"
After Angel finished speaking, he suddenly showed a bizarre expression: "Could it be that you, like Nis, have a thing for these sorts of creatures?"
Who Nis was, Dox couldn’t recall at the moment. But when Angel mentioned "a thing" and looked at him with disdain, Dox immediately understood what he implied.
Suppressing the urge to retort, Dox said word by word: "I have no interest in the undead, I just thought she looked familiar."
"But she saw you just now and didn’t find anything unusual. So, you probably have the wrong person."
Dox was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Maybe."
Angel didn’t continue on this topic either because he believed Mandhela definitely didn’t know Dox. Dox suddenly saying this was probably just some psychic perception giving him a hint.
Truth be told, it’s a pity this guy became a Wandering Wizard. With his skills, he would probably have great prospects at the Crown Star Church.
Angel shook his head, dismissing the thought.
Soon, they arrived at the second Zodiac Palace.
The first Zodiac Palace was called the Sweet Zodiac Palace, and the second was called the Flavor Zodiac Palace.
The questioners of this Zodiac Palace were two little girls with wings on their backs. These two little girls looked the same, but their skin, clothes, and wings were in two extremes of colors.
The little girl on the left was all in light yellow and called herself Miss Light.
The little girl on the right was all in coffee brown and called herself Miss Dark.
When Dox faced these two Misses Light and Dark, Angel consciously left, clearly going to cheat again.
"Let’s start." Dox didn’t bother with pleasantries, knowing it would be cheating through this as well, they could ask whatever, and he’d answer whatever.
As expected, the questions were "common sense" questions.
Miss Light: "When does Cha Cha like me the most?"
Miss Dark: "When does Cha Cha like me the most?"
Faced with two straightforward questions in succession, Dox was silent for a moment: "Cha Cha doesn’t like either of you."
The familiar exaggerated narrator’s voice sounded in his ear: "Incorrect answer! In the morning, Cha Cha likes Miss Dark; in the evening, she likes Miss Light."
Dox seriously said, "No wrong. I just met Cha Cha, and she said she hated you two the most. Before, when she met with you, it was all an act."
Dox suddenly not following the rules stunned the air.
At the same time, Misses Light and Dark looked at each other in surprise, feeling wronged, and tears started flowing immediately.
And they believed it?!
Dox smacked his lips: "Sure enough, they are children. It feels quite rewarding to trick them."
A faint voice came from behind: "So you have a hobby of bullying children, never judge a book by its cover..."
Dox turned his head sharply to find Angel was already behind him: "You’re done cheating already? So fast?"
Angel stared at Dox grimly: "This Zodiac Palace was simpler, so it was faster. Didn’t expect to catch you getting a sense of achievement. Your source of achievement is really... perverse."
Dox: "...I was just saying."
Angel, however, ignored him and continued walking toward the next Zodiac Palace.
The third, fourth... all the way to the eleventh Zodiac Palace passed quickly with the human cheater present.
But upon reaching the final twelfth Zodiac Palace, Angel suddenly paused.
Seconds later, Angel turned his head toward Dox: "The last Zodiac Palace might not be possible to cheat through."
Dox looked at Angel, puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Angel sighed: "Just now, Cha Cha contacted me. She said my cheating made her existence worthless. If I cheat again, she’ll leave the Magical Energy Array."
"Leave the Magical Energy Array? What do you mean? Isn’t she a tool in your Magical Energy Array?"
Angel shook his head: "No, her existence is quite unique. She’s not a spirit, but because I added some ingredients during refining, she developed some intelligence and logic. If she leaves, this Magical Energy Array will collapse utterly. She will also collapse, of course."
In other words, not only is Cha Cha using the Magical Energy Array, but she’s also threatening with her life. —Assuming she has life.
After listening to Angel, Dox wasn’t fazed by Cha Cha’s threat but caught a particular word: "Refining? Weren’t you setting the Magical Energy Array and Illusionary Realm, what were you refining?"
Angel: "...your focus, really strange."
At the same time, quite accurate.
"There’s no harm in telling you. Anyway, while setting the Magical Energy Array, I incidentally refined a little thing. That’s it." Angel: "If you want to know the details, apply to join the Barbarian Cave."
Dox immediately closed his mouth. A person used to wandering doesn’t want to be constrained by an organization.