Warlock Apprentice

Domino didn’t understand what Angor meant… until he heard Tepikkhu moaning.

“What are you doing? Go and protect young master!” the old servant yelled out, and all the guards quickly went to restrain Tepikkhu again.

“Ow… such pain…” Tepikkhu rubbed his temples.

The guards were already moving to pull him away.

“Stop!” Domino ordered his men to back away. He then assisted Tepikkhu to a chair nearby.

“Father?” he asked eagerly.

Tepikkhu opened his eyes and slowly recognized the figure of his son. “Domino? Ugh, my throat… Give me some water, Muwa.”

Before he could check his surroundings again, Sunders’ voice transmission came.

“I sensed your aura. You’re inside Twilight Well now?”

“Yes, professor.”

“The nest of the bugs is right beside the entrance, guarded by the dragonflies. So that you don’t run into them, stay there and don’t move. I’ll go get you.”

Without waiting for an answer, Sunders cut the connection.

Angor looked up at the tri-branch fork road ahead. Guards? He already saw them.

A swarm of shiny, colorful dragonflies was circling around the fork road. Their wings caused a loud buzzing sound.

Not only could he see them, but he could also sense them as well.

“Lord Shava!”

“Good day, Shava, your highness!”

“Oh, Miss Shava! Shiny like the moon, as ever!”

“Enjoy the brilliance of the queen, Shava!”

It seemed the rainbow dragonflies weren’t very intelligent. Angor only sensed childish and simple thoughts. He had to guess a lot to figure out what the emotions actually meant.

About a hundred dragonflies kept praising him. Each time a dragonfly managed to say something brilliant, it would land on Angor’s hair and release its color more brightly.

Angor didn’t felt any fear at all. Rather, he found these insects quite funny.

It wasn’t long before a good number of dragonflies had gathered on his hair while shining brightly. If someone were here to observe, he or she would find a walking human lamp, who was illuminating everything with different colors.

Angor waved the bugs away. The dragonflies remained at a close distance, but Angor didn’t mind them further.

He carefully inspected the environment. The shopfronts near the entrance were always the most expensive to rent. A magic florist nearby had its door wide open, and the interior of the shop was in a complete mess. Another grocery store was locked up; its magic array was still shining away. Further away, the buildings around the fork road were too obscured for Angor to see clearly. But he believed he saw bloodstains and debris on the road.

This place was bustling with people just half a month ago. But now… It wasn’t totally ruined yet. However, everything was too barren and quiet.

He didn’t see any mutants here. They were probably hiding in the buildings. Angor was already used to being left alone now, so he simply wandered into the magic florist shop to check.

The door toward deeper inside was locked, while there was a magic array protecting the stairs, so he could only check the outer room of the first floor.

He thought about taking something he could use from the shop. However, he was disappointed to notice that the plants on the first floor were all untiered cheap stuff such as Echo Flowers. Besides, most of the plants were torn up.

Several intact specimens were mostly used by beginner Apothecary Alchemists, and he had no use for them.

Sunders’ voice came again, “Where are you?”

“The florist shop to the left of the entrance,” Angor quickly replied.

“You encountered the dragonfly guards?”

On the roof of a building several hundred meters away, Sunders watched the scene with his physical form concealed. He saw the dragonfly swarm outside the florist waggling around as if performing some kind of performance.

“Yes,” Angor said as he walked out of the shop. “They didn’t attack me though.”

Next, Sunders saw the shining insects all landed on Angor’s head, turning his young student into a human lamp.

Angor chased them off again. “I think they mistook me for Shava again. I sensed their emotions. They’re singing for her.”

Sunders remained speechless for a while. And he was just worried about the safety of this kid…

“That name again…” Sunders sighed. He was getting frustrated at how Angor’s Nightmare Form contained too many mysteries. Now he really wished to bring Angor to Nightmare Realm again so that the kid could grow stronger at a faster pace.

“Since they’re not hostile to you, try to go to their nest. Our target is right inside,” Sunders said.

“Okay. Where is the nest?”

“Inside a shop called ‘Lady’s Juice’. It’s managed by The Pleasure House. Be very careful. If you sense ANY negative intent, get out immediately, and I’ll assist you from outside. Do you understand? Do NOT do anything reckless!”