Before leaving, Kanter took an item out of his pocket and gave it to the dazed-eyed Ferro.
"If 03 does anything unusual, crush it immediately," Kanter instructed Ferro.
Ferro looked down and found that what Kanter threw to him was a black crystal cut into a rhombus shape. Through its facets, he could vaguely see inside the crystal where a thick black seemed to be able to flow, and amidst the darkness, some faint starlight points shimmered, as if the crystal held an entire midnight starry sky.
Although Ferro did not know what this black crystal was, since Kanter certainly wouldn’t harm him, he naturally nodded.
After handing the black crystal to Ferro, Angel went with Kanter in the direction of the laboratory.
On the way, Angel asked, "Do you think 03 might do something?"
Kanter nodded, "Although I’m not sure what 03 is up to inside, when she sensed we intended to enter the base laboratory, her aura clearly showed a bit of chaos. I took the opportunity of that chaos to notice that not only did her aura not weaken, but it continued to strengthen."
In such a situation, whether or not 03 will act out, it’s better to stay vigilant.
Kanter’s giving of the black crystal to Ferro was to guard against possible moves from 03. Meanwhile, the crystal could also provide their location, allowing them to transfer out immediately even if there were issues with the laboratory.
Kanter: "However, even if 03 really wants to do something, it’s easy to suppress. What I’m most concerned about is... that person."
Kanter’s conversation with 03 was not like Angel’s need to constantly pretend to be Sanders, leading to many questions not being asked in detail. Kanter himself had powerful strength, so when questioning things, he didn’t avoid them purposely, thus obtaining a lot of hidden information that hadn’t been asked before from 03.
Among them, Kanter tentatively asked 03 about that seemingly legendary figure Ferro encountered.
Finally, combining all sorts of remarks from 03, Kanter could confirm that 03 was unaware of the existence of "that person."
In the minds of Angel and others, although no one said it explicitly, they were speculating that the person might be from the Lacey Association of the Origin World and definitely related to the base laboratory.
But now it turns out that the person actually had nothing to do with the base laboratory, at least in 03’s perception.
Who could this person be then?
What stance do they hold?
Everything remains unknown.
"I hope things go smoothly this time." After expressing his emotions, Kanter couldn’t help but murmur, "Had I known things would be this troublesome, I wouldn’t have come... Damn old man Nis!"
...
When Angel and Kanter returned to the fortress, Nis had almost completed his preparations.
This time, Nis appeared quite the same as before, except that he now had an armored knight holding a bone sword by his side, and Nis’s hat and wizard robe were all replaced by a grayish-white color.
Although the knight was covered in a heavy skeleton armor, it was possible to see through the gaps that it was empty inside. However, the green ghostly fire between the two eyes showed that the inside wasn’t truly hollow; there was indeed a "person" inside, but this "person" had become a spirit.
The armored knight merely stood silently by Nis’s side, producing an invisible intimidation.
Angel and Kanter didn’t feel much, but Reynaud beside them could clearly sense the terrifying imposing manner, not daring to approach the armored knight. He could only hide behind Angel to avoid that fearsome aura.
Kanter wasn’t very attentive to the armored knight; instead, he glanced at Nis’s newly changed robe and hat, then asked, "Ready?"
Nis nodded, excitement flickering in his eyes: "No problem."
Kanter: "Then let’s go in."