Warlock Apprentice

“Understood,” Angor nodded.

They spent some time on the back of Demon Falcon in awkward silence.

“Did you learn alchemy from the apprentice in the market?” Sunders raised another topic.

Angor shook his head. Sunders was probably talking about Prome.

“No, I read books on my own.”

By himself?

Sunders began to admire Angor’s ability to comprehend and deduct. Knowledge in books could be disorientating. Without a proper teacher, this boy had to read a whole lot of books while drawing references from all of them to keep the knowledge together.

Sunders frowned and cast a Dust Removal to remove the lip marks on his feet.

“This old shortie… I haven’t seen him in some years. Whatever is he up to?” Sunders grimaced and asked the maid to lead the way.

Angor followed behind with his gaze fixed on the floor. If he looked up now, his view would be welcomed by the pair of uncovered buttocks of the maid. Also, he really wished to ask a question: Don’t you feel cold like that, ma’am?

The maid opened a door located at the top of the tower and invited cold wind inside.

Angor looked through the door and saw a small bridge which stretched into the middle of a mountain in the distance, where the entrance of a cave could be seen.

“I thought his ‘lab room’ is inside the tower?” Angor thought.

The maid took the lead again. Her apron was now flipping in the mountain wind. Angor really did not wish to imagine what it would look like from her front.

The maid stopped at the end of the bridge. “The Master is inside.”

When reaching the cave, Angor heard someone else greeting them in a respectful tone. “Good day to you, Mister Sunders.”

Angor looked up and grimaced as well.

His prayer of NOT running into Saka had failed. ‘Starsoul’ Saka was standing right in front of the cave in a formal suit. A bashful woman’s soul accompanied him.

Sunders stepped through the entrance, paying no attention to Saka at all.

Saka kept his bowing, seemingly not offended in the least.

Angor followed Sunders with unchanged expression. He did not believe Saka would recognize him since he never revealed his face during the match.

As Angor finally entered the cave, Saka sensed something and looked at Angor’s back in surprise.

He frowned and said something to Silvia while releasing some mana from his hand.

A while later, Saka’s eyes widened in joy. A gentle and happy smile appeared on his handsome face.

“So… you’re Mister Sunders’ student? My… precious.”

Saka spoke in a lover’s tone, causing Silvia to envy a little.

Next, Saka calmed his expression and entered the cave as well.

Inside the cave, Angor saw the vast space occupied by various tools and equipment. Only the center of the place was vacant. A small, gray-haired old man was working on something on his working bench with a knife in his hand.

The corpse of a young girl.

“What brought you to my place, Sunders? I mean, forget it. Good timing. Check out my new invention.” Ness looked up and waved a hand in the air. The wounds on the corpse were quickly sutured up, leaving a smooth and flawless body behind.

Next, Ness stuffed the soul of a… creature, which looked like a woman, into the corpse.

The girl corpse opened her eyes. She noticed Sunders first and began to look at the gentleman with a thirsty look. On the sex level.

A strange scent came from the girl’s body.

She then approached Sunders and began posing seductively at the gentleman.

It was quite obvious that the girl was looking for love. However, Sunders completely disregarded her attempt and pushed her aside with his walking cane.

“The soul of a succubus?” Sunders did not seem affected by the woman. “You joined those people and went to Abyss Plane?”

Ness shook his head. “No, of course. Do I look like someone who would bully youngsters? Saka found the soul for me.”