After Sanders left, Angel saw Asaz idling at the bar and asked him to return to reality to pass a message to Dororo.
About a quarter of an hour later, Dororo logged into the Wilderness of Dreams.
Dororo appeared in the location, right on the second floor of the Rosewater Pavilion.
This place had been temporarily transformed into an art gallery, showcasing the paintings by Feng that Angel discovered in White Cloud Village.
Upon seeing Angel, Dororo immediately beamed with a smile and approached him.
"Sir."
Angel waved his hand, indicating no need for formality, then took Dororo over to a corner sofa in the gallery and sat down.
"Sir, that painting..." The first thing Dororo did after sitting down was to point towards the Path of Light before the Void Altar in the Feng painting not far away.
Back then, the scene Dororo saw in the prophecy was precisely the Path of Light, so naturally, he was very curious about it.
"I’ve already visited the place in that painting." Angel did not hide it from Dororo and briefly explained the Void Altar and Feng’s matters.
Others, after hearing about this, were mostly curious about Feng’s avatar in the painting and would ask questions regarding Feng. But Dororo completely disregarded the altar or Feng’s avatar, and once he confirmed Angel was safe, he put aside these irrelevant matters.
"Sir, is there something you need me for?"
"Indeed, there is. I discovered a peculiar Earth Cavern on Revelation Continent, inside which there is a living altar... I hope you can help me with a prophecy to see if any clues can be found."
After returning to the main topic, Angel did not merely give a brief summary but detailed all the information about the Earth Cavern and the intelligence gathered afterward.
To make it more intuitive for Dororo to understand, Angel used Illusion Technique to present the various images of the Earth Cavern. He even recreated the chilling, death-filled atmosphere perfectly.
Since Angel was the one asking for this, Dororo naturally took it very seriously.
With a solemn expression, he walked through the illusion, observing every corner, including the bricks and soil on the ground, the bones in the small caverns, and the shattered bones on the rectangular stone platform...
At each location, Dororo would pause for a long time, seemingly pondering something.
Finally, he stopped at the altar, quietly staring at the empty groove on the altar.
"Originally, there was a slab here with a symbol on it. The nature of the symbol is very special; it cannot be reproduced, memorized, or presented with illusions. According to Ironclad Granny’s guess, it might be a symbol of a force called Stewart Soul Safe Zone in Quest World." Angel also came to the altar and explained the situation of the groove to Dororo: "If you need to see the symbol, I can take you to Nis Wizard who is currently researching it."
Angel did not explain why the symbol couldn’t be replicated, yet Nis could research it. Dororo wasn’t too concerned about it either, nodding his head: "Alright."
Though Nis was in New City, to save time, Angel directly had Dororo log off once, and upon re-login, they were no longer in the art gallery but appeared outside a very narrow wooden pavilion.
"Sir!" A cheerful and sunny voice came from the doorway.
Following the voice, Dororo looked over and saw a young man with a Bull Horn Helmet, left foot like a sickle hook, upper body unclothed, boldly displaying thin muscles.
Beside the young man was a woman in black clothes, who only turned her head away upon seeing Angel and Dororo.
"Tullas and... Mandhela." Angel nodded to them. Since Nis moved from Originheart City to New City, Tullas came along as a messenger; as for Mandhela, where Tullas went, Mandhela followed, so it wasn’t surprising to see them both here.
Tullas waved excitedly, while Mandhela originally didn’t want to speak but was eventually pulled into a reluctant bow by Tullas’ constant tugging at her arm.
Angel also didn’t mind Mandhela’s demeanor, and honestly, Mandhela being willing to bow to him was already a surprise to Angel.
After all, a naïve persona is indeed the best tool against someone with a naturally dark persona.
"Where’s Nis?" Skipping mutual introductions, Angel directly asked. — Since Dororo knew Tullas, introductions were unnecessary. As for Mandhela, Angel didn’t quite know how to introduce her, so he left it aside.
"Nis is upstairs on the second floor and has not left the room for several days..."
"Take us in to see him."
Under Tullas’ guidance, they reached the second floor of the pavilion. The pavilion wasn’t large, and the second floor did not have defined rooms, but as soon as they came up, they saw the floor was piled with various books, some stacked in heaps, some opened randomly, and others just left in disorder.
Behind this "sea of books," Nis was sitting at a table filled with experimental tools and skin scrolls, focusing on the stone slab in the center.
Nis was so engrossed that even the sound of footsteps upstairs didn’t make him look up.
"Tullas? You’re just in time, have Mandhela come up and pass me that thick shell book wrapped in black cowhide from the corner cabinet."
Soon, Nis saw a thick shell book beside him, precisely the one he wanted.
Nis directly took the shell book and began flipping through it, muttering about the new data he had discovered from the stone slab.
About twenty seconds later, Nis suddenly felt something was wrong. Usually, after Mandhela handed over things, she would eagerly leave, but why was she still standing aside this time?
Could it be that his persistent advances finally made Mandhela fall for him? Willing to abandon that big lug Tullas and join him?
"Mandhela, I was going to say..." Nis raised his head, wanted to say something tenderly, but upon seeing the visitors, he paused. The words that had reached his throat were abruptly swallowed down: "Oh, it’s Angel, wh-why are you here?"
Angel gestured for Dororo to observe the stone slab himself, while he raised an eyebrow: "Nis Wizard certainly enjoys, never changing his flirtatious nature anywhere."
Nis blinked his eyes: "With a beauty by my side, it’s naturally more interesting than a silly lug who only knows how to flaunt flesh."
While Nis spoke, Angel glanced at Mandhela behind him and found her expression unwavering, even rolling her eyes, indicating she was now completely immune to Nis’s harassment.
"Should I replace Tullas next time, send a beauty to deliver your stone slab instead?"
"That would be the best." Nis naturally heard the sarcasm from Angel but still shamelessly nodded.
Angel stared at Nis for several seconds, finally defeated by his audacity, muttered "How did Sanders become friends with you," and sat down onto a pile of books nearby.
No more idle talk with Nis, he explained his purpose directly.
After learning that Angel was searching for clues to the altar, Nis became interested, but he was more intrigued by Dororo.
With a tone full of excitement, Nis said, "I went to Starry Sky Island earlier to find Witch Maya and asked her to use Divination to determine which node of the symbol is more useful. Witch Maya failed... She said perhaps Dororo could help."