Wang Wang was probably being asked for help by a human for the first time, and at first, it didn’t know how to respond. It was stunned for a while before saying, "What do you need my help with?"
Since Angel had brought it up, he naturally didn’t hold anything back and told Wang Wang everything about his request to traverse a Spatial Tempest.
Wang Wang was initially worried that Angel might ask for something that would be difficult for it, something it couldn’t refuse, leaving it in a dilemma. However, after listening to Angel’s request, it secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If it’s just crossing a Spatial Tempest, that wasn’t too difficult for it.
Thinking of this, Wang Wang replied, "I can help."
Angel was overjoyed, quickly saying, "What kind of repayment do you want? If it’s something I can do, I’ll try my best to meet your demands."
Wang Wang shook its head: "No need for repayment, this isn’t too big of a deal."
Wang Wang was already constrained by the Dalmatian, having to fully cooperate with Angel. Even if Angel made a difficult request, as long as Wang Wang hadn’t left, it had to agree. Moreover, in Wang Wang’s eyes, Angel’s request wasn’t difficult.
"No repayment? So you’re planning to help unconditionally?" Angel’s expression was a bit strange. Are all Void Travelers so selflessly helpful?
Wang Wang was about to nod but seeing Angel’s expression, it changed its mind: "It’s not entirely unconditional, just take care of it for me."
By "it," Wang Wang referred to a fellow Void Traveler it intended to leave with Angel as a helper.
"Additionally, this is also compensation for our previous actions where we observed you from the void."
Hearing Wang Wang’s words, Angel relaxed and accepted it assuredly. After all, for wizards, sometimes the most expensive help is the one given unconditionally because it can lead to an exchange of favors, which could result in severe consequences or even death, as often witnessed in the Wizards’ Realm.
"Thank you then."
Since everything that needed to be discussed was done, and Wang Wang wanted to help quickly and leave, they were ready to solve Angel’s issue immediately.
The large door of the Vine House, closed for nearly an hour, finally opened.
As the creaky sound of the wooden door echoed, the Void Travelers outside remained on high alert, seeing this place as fraught with danger.
Angel and Wang Wang walked out.
Seeing Wang Wang was okay, the Void Travelers relaxed, but they remained wary of Angel.
Angel didn’t mind, as he roughly understood the habits of Void Travelers. Their timidness led to intense paranoia. Although it’s overly sensitive, it’s also their way of survival in the Void. Without caution, the threat of death would be ever-present.
Toby, upon seeing Angel come out, also relaxed, fluttering its wings to land on Angel’s shoulder. It then leaned into Angel’s ear, whispering softly.
Toby was also complaining about the cowardice of these Void Travelers. It had intended to "play music," but every time it touched the Bluebell Chime, the Void Travelers reacted like they were facing an army, leading Toby to stop touching the chime, fearing it would frighten them to death and be hard to explain to Angel.
Angel listened and gave a faint smile, gently smoothing Toby’s feathers for comfort.
"Where did you say the Spatial Tempest is? Shall we go now?" Wang Wang asked.
"Just a moment," Angel replied, his gaze turning toward the floating flower in the Cloudtop Garden.
...
A while later, in the boundless darkness of the void.
Nami Midori, glowing a faint green, gazed at Angel’s side. From its optical feedback, Nami Midori saw no creatures, but when it focused the wood energy into its eyes, it vaguely saw a limp, gooey blob.
And it wasn’t just one, but scattered within a few miles, there were many of these transparent blobs.
However, the one next to Angel was the largest, presumably the sole intelligent one among the Void Travelers Angel mentioned.
"Does it really have the ability to traverse the void and even disregard Spatial Tempests?" Nami Midori asked.
Angel: "It should be fine."
Nami Midori nodded, gazing at Wang Wang, with a golden glint flashing through its snake eyes.
Feeling Nami Midori’s gaze, Wang Wang sensed an inexplicable danger, instinctively becoming tense.
Seeing Nami Midori’s interested eyes and its flicking tongue, Angel seemed to understand its intentions, quickly saying, "Lady Nami Midori, it’s best not to do unnecessary things."
Nami Midori glanced at Angel: "Don’t worry, I only want to test its capabilities."
As soon as it said this, Nami Midori’s lush green serpentine body emitted a luminous glow. Even in the void, behind it began to appear a grand scenery with flowers blooming and petals falling like rain.
The originally beautiful scene only heightened Wang Wang’s alertness. Recalling Nami Midori’s earlier words to Angel, it seemed to understand what it was about to face.
"Let me witness your void traversal," Nami Midori’s voice echoed from the radiant scenery.
Along with the voice came a leisurely drifting pink petal.
The petal also gleamed, tracing an apparent luminous trajectory as it flew toward Wang Wang.
Wang Wang could sense that the petal contained extremely high energy. If touched, it could get severely injured. The petal’s speed was so fast, it reached Wang Wang’s face in the blink of an eye.
With no other choice, Wang Wang instinctively activated void traversal.
Void traversal had no visible special effects, but in the energy vision, it was clear that Wang Wang’s previously semi-transparent body started being engulfed by darkness, and instantly merged completely with the darkness, disappearing from where it stood.
When Wang Wang reappeared, it was not far from behind Nami Midori.
This was Wang Wang’s instinctive reaction; encountering a magical creature in the void, it would first traverse behind the creature, whether for attack or retreat, allowing some reaction time.
As Wang Wang wanted to see the situation with Nami Midori, it suddenly saw a bright rosy light in the distance.
Wang Wang looked at it immediately.
It saw that the pink petal that flew towards it had not gone toward its previous position but was instead caught by a pair of hands.
In other words, even if Wang Wang didn’t traverse, the pink petal wouldn’t have touched it.