Chapter 302 - Vice’s Visit
Chapter 302: Vice’s Visit
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Angor frowned again when the howling of souls persisted around his ears for two minutes. It did not seem to affect him in any way, but no one would be happy to hear such an eerie noise in his house for such a long time.
“What’s going on? Did I fail?”
Just as he thought about the possibilities, the dark cloud in the sky quickly died off and became a black tornado. The shadows danced and swirled within. In the end, the “tornado” dropped down and disappeared into a small yard at a remote location of the apprentice town.
All apprentices who observed the situation saw it happening. The stand-out yard quickly drew their attention.
“Was it not an alchemy omen? It didn’t come from the cave in the woods? So Master Prome isn’t behind this?” Those who knew alchemy knowledge asked a question.
An alchemy omen was nothing too special. It was still rare, but the Brute Cavern usually witnessed such a thing twice or three times a year. Most apprentices here still remembered something similar happening on the day when Prome created a mid-tiered item.
At the center of the commotion, Angor was the only one in the area oblivious of what just happened outside. He read about alchemy omens from a book before, yet he never saw one with his own eyes. He did not realize that he just caused one.
The boy dragged Nausica— who was looking at the sky with a helpless look— and puffed up his chest.
As a level-3 apprentice, Vice could hear Sailum’s words clearly. Considering that these people were Angor’s acquaintances, he did not say anything about it.
“I’m sorry, Mister Edward. You won’t mind my friends tagging along, right?” Angor gave the man an apologetic look.
Vice smiled back. “I came to visit you with fairness and legitimacy, Mister Padt. People are free to watch.”
“Oh, if that’s the case-”
“If that’s the case, can we join you as well?” Someone interrupted Angor again.
They looked around and saw someone in a shiny purple robe walking down the same path as he waved to Angor happily. He was followed by a young man with a pockmarked face and a pair of large goggles.
“Hello, Master Prome. Of course, for you must know why I’m here,” Vice said.
…
A simple conversation between two men suddenly became a gathering of many.
It was the first time for Angor to have so many visitors in his rented house. He realized he did not have enough glasses to provide them water, so he simply gave them none—they would talk as it was.
Angor and Prome took a sofa, Vice sat across from them, while the remaining people stood somewhere else.
“I wonder where did Mister Edward hear about my name?” Angor asked first.
Vice chuckled, “If I assumed right, there should be a great number of folks who just learned your name after the incident. I’m one of them.”
Incident? What incident? Angor displayed his confusion on his face.
Dave moved closer and whispered to him to explain how the dark cloud covered the town.
Angor was very shocked to know that those “soul howling” created something outside his house as well.
He frowned. If Dave was correct, the omen could be observed by everyone inside apprentice town. Was that why so many people were around his yard?
Vice placed a piece of paper on the table. “This is information that I received from Bartterfly Pub. Pray take a look, Mister Padt.”
Investigations like this were usually done behind people’s backs. Now that Vice told him openly, Angor was actually glad about it given that the man did not hide his “little tricks”.
Angor picked up the paper to read it.
The information contained everything he usually showed to others, such as his professor, his address, an evaluation of his strength. The paper pointed out that he was an alchemist who accepted quests from the questing hall before and completed everything with perfection.
At the end the message, the Bartterfly Pub left an addendum:
[According to speculations, the title used by Angor Padt in Sky Tower was “Baron Milk”.]
[A friendly giveaway: It seems Baron Milk is the culprit behind Red Butterfly and Canine Master’s deaths.]
His title was exposed? Angor put down the paper and shook his head. He somewhat expected this to happen, since thousands of people witnessed the incident caused by him and Toby inside the auction hall.
His later matches in the tower were all managed by Toby too. Anyone who checked his battle record could easily surmise that he was “Baron Milk”.
The embarrassing name itself was not much of an issue. However…
Angor pinched his nose bridge and felt a big headache. To people, the name of “Baron Milk” was beyond evil. It was… noxious.
Considering Parasite Queen’s huge fan base… Angor got the feeling that he was not going to be able to walk around while staying low-profile ever again.