Toby understood Angel’s meaning, nodding and chirping, suggesting it would take care there.
Dangross, however, narrowed his eyes suspiciously, quietly staring at Angel, seemingly pondering something.
Angel entered the location of the Wilderness of Dreams, precisely beside the Ironclad Granny, which was the result of his precise targeting.
"Angel, you’ve come? Want to join me for a cup of tea?" The Ironclad Granny, rather than being angry at Angel’s unannounced arrival, smiled warmly and raised a steaming cup of floral tea towards him.
Angel, feeling a bit apologetic, quickly apologized and then said, "Granny, I have some matters in reality. I came this time to deliver a letter to you."
Angel simulated a letter through an illusion and placed it on the table in front of Ironclad Granny.
"Granny, you can take a look when you have time. It contains information about the Seventy-Seven Red Sox and... the Seed."
After saying this, Angel was about to leave. But before leaving, as if he remembered something, he said to the Ironclad Granny, "By the way, Granny, do you recognize this creature?"
Angel gently tapped the table, and the image of the mist shadow he encountered on the fifth floor appeared before the Ironclad Granny.
The mist dissipated, the shadow condensed, and tiny stars could be seen inside.
Ironclad Granny scrutinized it for a few moments and asked doubtfully, "Are you sure this is a creature?"
Angel nodded, "I’m sure. I know that it can possess a magical creature and replace it."
Ironclad Granny pondered for a moment before shaking her head, "I’ve never heard of it."
Angel said nothing more, thanked Ironclad Granny, and left the Wilderness of Dreams.
Upon returning to reality, he encountered a new wave of law fluctuations, so Angel took a short rest in the study.
While resting, his gaze once again drifted to the letter on the table. The content of the last letter was just as Angel told Ironclad Granny; it contained matters regarding the Seventy-Seven Red Sox and the Seed.
The Seventy-Seven Red Sox is a witcher organization that once acquired a mysterious object called "Hotep’s Fury," also known as... the Arrow of the Defeated.
Later, the Arrow of the Defeated ended up in the hands of the Seed organization.
The letter contains related intelligence, and Angel guessed that No. 03 likely has her network of information about the Southern Domain Wizards’ Realm. Upon learning that the Arrow of the Defeated was aimed at City Lord Rosen of Sky Mechanical City, she made related inquiries to the Flashy Spirit Caravan.
The contents are extensive, including much hidden information about the Seed, which is why Angel promptly handed it over to Ironclad Granny.
With Ironclad Granny’s foresight, she would naturally know how to handle this letter.
Angel is also quite concerned about this letter, as it involves the Seed. But more than the letter, he is currently more intrigued by the identity of the mist shadow.
Although Ironclad Granny may not be omniscient and omnipotent, her research into creatures is profound, even the Tree Spirit has to bow down in this regard.
Yet now, the Ironclad Granny openly admitted she had never seen the mist shadow.
This arouses Angel’s curiosity. What kind of rare existence is the mist shadow?
...
After the wave of laws ended, Angel left the study and headed toward the last unexplored room.
Soon after, he stood in front of a water fountain.
Previously, he saw from the main control node that room No. 03 had a water-filled space and wondered if it would be a swimming pool or a pond. He didn’t expect it to be such an expansive water fountain.
Pipes spraying water surrounded the area, and the air was filled with mist. In the center of the fountain, there were two statues of twin goddesses.
The statues of the twin goddesses were complete replicas of No. 03’s own appearance. This revealed No. 03’s likely narcissistic tendencies.
In the middle of the two goddess statues was a deep well.
Angel’s target was inside the well, where there was a path to the fifth floor’s sub-control node.
After passing through a corridor requiring one to test their foundations in the Magical Energy Array, Angel successfully arrived at the fifth floor’s sub-control node.
As with the other sub-control nodes, there was a hunting sequence awaiting activation, numbered No. 1.
After witnessing the No. 0 hunting sequence, Angel’s desire to explore the other hunting sequences diminished considerably. Without attempting to activate it, he directly approached the Magical Energy Array.
He wanted to use the Magical Energy Array to observe where the mist shadow had gone.
Leveraging the vision of the Authority Eye, Angel conducted a thorough search of the fifth floor. He examined rooms No. 01, No. 02, and No. 03, and even the entire corridor. Unfortunately, the Authority Eye did not capture any trace of the mist shadow.
There are only three possibilities.
First, the mist shadow is in a semi-transparent state, making it unobservable to the Authority Eye.
Second, the mist shadow leaves the fifth floor through the outer corridor.
Third, the mist shadow is in a dead angle unobservable by the Authority Eye.
There’s only one dead angle on the entire fifth floor, which is the hidden space within room No. 01.
Angel hopes it’s the third option. He wants to attempt contact with the mist shadow, even if it doesn’t respond; through certain details, he might obtain some information feedback.
While Angel was in thought, he suddenly heard Toby’s call.
Angel turned to look at Toby, realizing, "Did Wizard Nis summon me?"
Earlier, Nis was engrossed in the data room on the fourth floor, and Angel was researching the main control node, so he had blocked the Mind Ribbon, only letting Toby and Dangross monitor it.
It wasn’t until now that Angel lifted the block on the Mind Ribbon.
Upon reopening the Mind Ribbon, he heard Nis’s voice from the opposite side, "This must be the Night Butterfly Witch’s arm, huh? Tsk tsk, even with only one arm left, it’s still perfect, the skin almost as if it’s made of jelly. No wonder Ferro is so infatuated with her."
"By the way, if Ferro were here, he’d probably cry, wouldn’t he?"
Hearing Nis’s teasing voice, Angel understood that Nis must have left the data room and gone to the exhibition room, where he found the Night Butterfly Witch’s arm.
Angel did not immediately speak but instead connected to the Authority Eye previously given to Wizard Kanter.
Once connected, he looked through the Authority Eye.
As expected, Nis, Kanter, and Reynaud were all gathered around a container filled with liquid, inside which was a lady’s arm marked with black and red patterns.