After confirming whose hands the weapon was in, Vay immediately inquired about the current location of Machusa’s husband.
As expected, the person nicknamed "Crow" was currently at the north of the third district, one of the three underground secret tunnels discovered by the Hero Squad. It’s rumored there are gold and various treasures inside, but it’s fraught with perils. Recently, nearly all the combat personnel of the Hero Squad have been stationed there permanently.
After confirming the location, before Angel could speak, the Black Earl directly commanded through the Mind Ribbon: "Vay, get someone from Endless Old Man’s side to lead the way, and you go bring ’Crow’ back."
Naturally, Vay did not dare to defy the Black Earl’s order and immediately began discussing with Endless Old Man.
After a while, Vay responded: "Endless Old Man has agreed, Machusa will go with me. But..."
Pausing for a moment, Vay said weakly: "Lord Chaowei sealed the entrance to the cellar, I can’t break it open."
Angel was silent for a moment, then softly said: "I only set a Magical Energy Array at the entrance to the cellar, do you understand what I mean?"
Vay: "Ah?"
Listening to the confusion from Vay’s side, a cold aura began to emanate from the stone slab embedded with the Black Earl’s nose. Although the Black Earl didn’t say a word, his displeasure with his descendant’s actions was already apparent.
Vay seemed to also sense the abnormal emotions of the Black Earl from the silence in the Mind Ribbon.
Under this oppressive atmosphere, Vay suddenly came to his senses: "I, I understand. I’ll open another exit somewhere else."
As a Wizard Apprentice of the Earth elements, opening an exit should be a simple task for Vay, yet he had gone to the cellar entrance. Such a silly move was no wonder the Black Earl was displeased.
As Vay left the underground, the Black Earl’s emotions gradually became calm.
However, there was still a slight silence in the air.
No one spoke, and no one spoke in the Mind Ribbon either.
After a long while, someone broke the silence: "All of you, have you found any clues? I think I heard something about a desk just now?"
Breaking the silence was Kaier, who was moving in and out of the upstairs room.
"We don’t know if there’s a clue yet, we can only wait until Vay returns." Angel asked, "What about you, have you discovered anything?"
Once this question was asked, Kaier seemed quite excited and began to describe his findings.
However, Kaier’s narration was all about relic culture, architectural styles, mixed with some uncertain personal insights.
And none of this was related to supernatural traces.
Two minutes later, Angel interrupted Kaier: "Besides these, have you found anything unusual or strange?"
Kaier honestly replied: "No."
Angel: "Then continue exploring, contact us if you encounter such situations."
At this moment, Kaier seemed to realize that he was talking about useless contents, a bit embarrassedly said: "Alright, I understand."
After that, Kaier did not speak again.
Although Kaier’s words were mostly irrelevant, due to Kaier’s interruption, the atmosphere now was not as awkward as before.
"Kaier is just like that, he gets excited around relics, his rambling is several times more than usual." Dox spoke: "Back when he came to the black market, discovering it was a huge relic, his excitement was comparable to now. However, he is just interested in relic culture, not so much in the so-called treasures within."
After Dox explained a few words for Kaier, the topic slowly returned to the right track.
Now, there were only two discovered supernatural traces: one at the top, an inscription card that no one wanted; the other was the hollow in front of them.
Unable to find other supernatural traces, they could only wait to see if Vay could bring good news.
Nevertheless, at this moment, they did not just wait for Vay’s return but scattered again, each looking for supernatural traces.
Angel and the Black Earl went upstairs, while Dox stayed at the mantel, researching the hollow.
After a while, Angel and the Black Earl searched the second and third floors, exchanging information, they confirmed neither had found supernatural traces.
Helplessly, Angel could only refocus on Dox.
"Why are you still standing in front of the hollow? Have you made a new discovery?" Angel asked.
Dox shook his head: "I’m thinking, and by the way, waiting for Vay to come back."
Angel: "... So you haven’t considered joining the search for supernatural traces."
Dox lazily replied: "You all went upstairs to search, there’s no shortage of me. Besides, I’m pondering, maybe I can ponder some inspiration."
If it was someone else, Angel might have sarcastically criticized or cared through Illusion Technique.
But Dox’s saying this, Angel could peacefully accept.
No choice, others’ Spiritual sensitivity was undeniably strong. Even he said, thinking might spark inspiration, what could he say?
"Have you thought of anything?" Angel asked.
Dox shrugged, spreading his arms: "If I had thought of something, why would I still be sitting here?"
Angel couldn’t refute, so he simply sighed and conjured a sofa with Illusion Technique, resting against the soft cushion.
Since it would be a while before finding other information, as Dox mentioned, they might as well wait for Vay to return.
On the other hand, seeing Angel seated on the phantom-like sofa, Dox immediately sidled up: "Give me one too."
Angel waved his hand, and a matching sofa fell beside Dox.
Dox immediately reclined on it, even lazily stretching: "So comfortable."
"You said you were thinking; what was your train of thought? Let me help you ponder." Angel decided to start from Dox’s inspiration, so once he sat down, he asked.