Warlock Apprentice

For now, Angor decided to keep Greya’s whereabouts to himself without telling Toby. He did not know whether Greya was dead. Telling Toby about it would only put an unnecessary burden on Toby’s mind.

Besides, if Toby learned about Greya’s information and wanted to go looking for her in the Nightmare Realm, then how? Where was Haunt World? And was the plane tunnel toward Nightmare Realm still there? Any attempt would be futile. At least Angor was sure they almost had zero chance of finding Greya even if they teamed up together.

Hiding the information from Toby was the best choice at this moment.

Angor caught some restless sleep, troubled by the decision he just made.

In the daytime, Angor proceeded with his routine and went to challenge the Sky Tower. Apprentices like Dripping River were still rare, and he gained victories easily. Four in the morning, four in the afternoon. Eight wins and 24 match points in total. The matches also earned him 96 merit points. It was not much, but better than nothing.

In the evening, Angor took out the illusion notebook he received from Sunders and finally began to study illusions.

Basic illusions were all about creating deceiving visions. Sunders already told him about how he had to choose the right illusions for proper situations to make them more real, and how to avoid logical mistakes.

He did not expect that Angor would take a flower away instead.

Toby wondered what kind of gift awaited.

…

A moment later, Angor returned from the basement with a flower pot in his hand and saw Toby staring at him with all seriousness. Or rather, Toby was looking at the Echo Flower, fearing that Angor might accidentally damage it.

From a quick look though, the flower was fine.

“Tweet ta tweet!”

Thanks to his max-level bird language skills, Angor quickly understood that Toby was anxious to know where the gift was.

He only gave Toby a mysterious smile and placed the flower on the table. Then he asked Toby to step on the flower’s exposed root.

The flower was an alchemy material used for sound-related products. Toby had been using it as a recording tool.

The bird tilted its head and looked at Angor in doubt. When Angor urged again, Toby finally put a claw on the flower root albeit a little hesitantly.

The pale, violet petals of the flower twitched a little.

Gentle music was then heard from the flower.

Distinctive instruments were played in harmony and brought a peaceful melody. A stringed instrument played in the most outstanding tone of all and it sounded like the peaceful humming of a skilled singer as she seized the senses of her audiences.

This was the second time Angor listened to this piece, and it still raised goosebumps on his entire body because it was simply enjoyable.

City of Sky.

A masterpiece from another civilization.

The divine music held a power that touched the hearts of people.

The Echo Flower was able to record the sound of a large frequency range. Complicated octaves were all recreated perfectly.

The music was played by the Echo Flower flawlessly, filling the hall with an intoxicating atmosphere.

Toby’s small figure was completely frozen. The quartet it had been singing with the flowers felt like random dust on a giant castle when compared to this very song.

Previously, the bird thought he was doing music. Now, it finally realized how real music had rises, falls, and emotions in its melodies. The creator of a music piece had to imprint his or her wills into the music.

As the music reached its last note, Toby quickly pressed the flower root again.

As a low-level plant though, the Echo Flower could only play its recorded sound once. The music was already removed from its memory.

Toby kept trying without hearing the beautiful tone again.

“Pip…” The animal gave Angor a pleading look.

Angor smiled and did not answer Toby’s pleading right away. “The song is called City of Sky. Consider it an apology for tricking you. So how was it? A nice gift, right?”

Toby tweeted quickly, hoping to hear the music once again.

Angor pretended to be hesitating before finally said, “I see. If you give me two Echo Flowers, I can try to make a music box for you. But it’s not for free, mind you.”

Toby revealed a sad look: I don’t have money on me!

“I don’t need money. Just do me a favor.”