"This looks quite normal to me." Kaier looked at the woman in the illusion and murmured softly, "Apart from looking like a flamingo, there’s nothing else unusual, right?"
"Just looking like a flamingo isn’t unusual?" Dox quipped casually, and after thinking about it, admitted that Kaier’s description was quite accurate. This woman really did look like a flamingo.
"There are people in the black market dressed even more extravagantly." Kaier said while reminiscing about something that made his cheeks suddenly flush red.
"That’s the black market, mostly filled with wizards. Are you comparing the black market to these ordinary folk?" Dox replied in exasperation, then turned to Mia: "So, is this person from the Hero Squad?"
Mia stared at the illusion that suddenly appeared before her; initially, she was frightened and took a few steps back. When she realized it wasn’t a real person, her eyes flashed with a hint of disgust.
"She’s not from the Hero Squad, she’s from the Flaming Adventure Group, calling herself Miss Red. But like the people from the Hero Squad, she’s not a good person either."
The latter part of Mia’s words clearly carried personal feelings, so everyone ignored it and focused only on the first part she mentioned.
"Not really? Flaming Adventure Group, what a clichéd name."
"Miss Red was previously part of the Flaming Adventure Group, which was wiped out, she was the only survivor. She rebuilt a new adventure group, which is now the Flaming Adventure Group." Mia explained.
"Flaming Adventure Group sounds even more clichéd, but this lady’s path is quite interesting." Dox shrugged, then looked at Angel: "Your turn now. Hopefully, what you found won’t overlap with mine."
Angel shook his head, casually pointed, and the illusion nodes rearranged. A giant of a man, like an iron tower, appeared before them.
He was at least over three meters tall, wearing nearly fully enclosed heavy armor, holding a vertical shield nearly two meters long in one hand and dragging a flail in the other.
This kind of attire wasn’t particularly remarkable in the Wizards’ Realm, but among ordinary people, it was quite eye-catching. Judging from his build, he probably had some giant blood in him. Among common people, he would definitely stand out.
Mia observed for a moment, but kept stepping back, even though it was just an illusion, his towering physique exerted a lot of pressure on her.
Ultimately, Mia shook her head: "I don’t know if he’s from the Hero Squad. I mentioned before, I didn’t see everyone from the Hero Squad. I don’t recognize him either."
"Then let’s rule him out." Angel decisively gave his verdict.
As Mia previously said, the ones from the Hero Squad she didn’t see were mostly in logistics. This tower-like man didn’t look like logistics, but rather the vanguard blocking attacks in the front.
Since Mia hadn’t seen him, he certainly wasn’t a member of the Hero Squad.
Both Angel and Dox struck out, so they had no choice but to continue. However, this time Dox got smart, didn’t force a comparison with Angel, and released fewer Wizard’s Eyes, which relieved some pressure on him. After all, Angel’s scout puppets were plentiful, missing a few Wizard’s Eyes didn’t matter.
In the following time, Angel and Dox both continued their search, presenting Mia with characters they found flamboyant.
But after showing her several, none made Mia nod. Either she hadn’t seen them, or she had but they belonged to other adventure groups.
In the blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed.
Dox opened his eyes again and created an illusionary puzzle of a hunchbacked, gloomy-faced man, leaning on a snake-head cane with two venomous snakes hanging from his neck, giving off a rather creepy vibe.
However, Mia glanced at him and said: "The leader of the Viper Adventure Group, a tough character. His waist pouch is filled with venomous snakes he can control; our leader previously guessed that he, like you, is a Transcendent."
Dox: "He’s not a Transcendent. Controlling snakes is typically through things like snake flutes, uncommon in the Gumman Kingdom but not unheard of for street performers in Wunong Duchy to use this kind of trickery to earn money."
After a brief explanation, Dox sighed: "I thought seeking people would be simple, but it’s proving more difficult than expected."
Dox walked over to Vay and patted his shoulder: "In hindsight, we might as well have you plowing the earth."
Vay silently wrote a line on the ground: "I wasn’t plowing the earth."
Dox: "Close enough."
As soon as he finished speaking, a ghostly chill surrounded Dox, scaring him into retreating. He looked at the slab with the Black Earl’s nose: "No way, I can’t even say that?"
"Hmph, keep babbling, and you’ll be silenced like him." The Black Earl said eerily.
Though he said this, the Black Earl wouldn’t actually do it. He had heard from Vay before that Dox had strong inspiration, and today’s experience further proved that Vay’s words were correct. If he silenced Dox, it would be a great loss to their exploration.
Moreover, the Black Earl wasn’t completely confident he could silence a bloodline-side official wizard, especially since he was just a nose.
"Alright, I won’t mention Earth Wizard anymore." Dox raised his hands, indicating surrender: "I’ll keep looking, keep looking."
At this moment, Angel also opened his eyes. Dox saw this and paused the release of Wizard’s Eyes, curious to see Angel’s current results.
Angel was also feeling quite exhausted from the search, so he didn’t say much and directly constructed his latest character.
This was a woman who looked extremely ordinary. She wore black clothes and pants, had her hair tied up, and carried a short blade, cautiously moving through the ruins.
"This one doesn’t look extravagant at all?" Kaier said softly.
Dox originally wanted to say the same, but after Kaier beat him to it, he changed his words: "You’re only seeing the surface, while Angel sees the deeper layers. You don’t think a Transcendental Wizard could misjudge luxury, do you?"
Kaier thought for a moment, realizing there might be some truth to that.
Dox continued: "Moreover, Mia never specified the standards for ’extravagant.’ Maybe what she considers extravagant is this kind of ordinary disguise?"
Mia glanced at Dox, holding back a sarcastic comment that was on the tip of her tongue: She herself dressed plainly, could she really not distinguish between extravagant and plain?
Mia shook her head at Angel: "No."
Angel said, "Hold on a moment."
After a while, the ordinary woman ducked into a dark corner of the ruins and emerged as a 1.8-meter tall man in a trench coat and boots.
A little while later, she transformed into a young boy in a dark room.
Her multiple disguises let everyone see clearly that she was using makeup and various small props to change her appearance. These were all fine, but the most surprising was that she played her parts so convincingly. The current boy had lively eyes, a shy expression, and an eagerness to try new things shining through.
She completely nailed the expressions and details of these roles.
Even Dox had to admit, if he only used his naked eyes without focusing on her, he might really have been deceived.
"Is she the one?" Angel asked again.