Warlock Apprentice

Knowing the correct route this time, Angor dived into Shino Trench and soon found the glowing underwater city ahead.

Lloyds was a very impressive creation indeed, but he didn’t expect that he’d come here again so soon.

After getting inside the water-free zone without trouble, he arrived at the Tower of Peace and took out a small card.

There was a line of characters chiseled on the card using a special method—”Ashen”.

Just a while ago, he thought he’d never use this card for real.

He shook his head and walked into the shadow cast by the giant tower, where the Gully Sector was located.

Like usual, this place was the gathering of human filth. However, this was none of his concern right now. He only had to get to the ruins where the Ashen Traders stayed last time.

Using Infinite Reticence, he arrived at his target without a problem.

“Here.” Angor handed Rossum a piece of note that showed what he was searching for. To be safe, he asked extra portions for each type.

To make zoning crystals, he needed to purchase a large number of void ores, which was still costly in bulks.

Rossum was a bit disappointed when he saw Angor’s list did not have any rare materials. He thought he could at least show Angor the aptitude of their trading association, but that wouldn’t be necessary when they could find everything on the list by spending money.

“There’s not a problem.” Rossum looked up from the note. “I think we have enough of these ready to be delivered from our storage.”

“How long do I need to wait for them?”

Rossum noticed Angor’s impatient look. “If you want it faster, I can tell Beals to come immediately through a plane passageway.”

“Would that be too much of a hassle for him?”

Angor heard it before that creating such passageways was pretty trying. It required a large amount of mana along with many necessary materials as casting mediums. Wizards wouldn’t use this method to travel around unless they were REALLY in a hurry.

“No. He said that he was looking forward to cooperation, right? He’d gladly do it if it’s your request.”

Angor was now fully sure that Rossum was trying to seek association with him just like what Jebra wanted to do. Only that Rossum wasn’t making it too obvious.

He wouldn’t mind. Getting to know wizards who sold good stuff was pretty helpful to him.

“Much appreciated.” Angor nodded. “I’ll cover the expense for the plane passageway later.”

Rossum got the message to Beals in no time, who agreed to bring Angor’s goods as soon as he could. He would still need to take some time to collect them.

Angor decided to spend several days at Lloyds while waiting. In the meantime, Rossum tried to be as friendly and close to Angor as he could, and Angor did not resist his attempts.

Slowly, they began to appear as real friends. At least on the surface.

Angor spent four days fully enjoying every different sight the beautiful city had to offer, and he tried through many nice dishes he would probably never find on the surface.

Even so, he wasn’t actually enjoying anything when Jon’s matter was constantly haunting his mind.

On the evening of the fourth day, Beals finally arrived at Lloyds with everything Angor requested. Probably because Rossum already finished most of the job, Beals simply handed Angor everything without speaking much. Though he did tell Angor to find him again in case of similar situations.

Apart from the goods, Beals also provide a green, apple-like fruit to Angor.

As an alchemist, Angor quickly noticed the fruit as a special ingredient used in a spirit remedy. Obviously, Beals gave him the extra gift because of Eureka.

Angor also knew that Beals meant to give him something to gain an advantage over Eureka. But this was never his plan because Eureka had been rather helpful when treating Jon.

Compared to her, Angor would like to make sure these slave dealers did not hear about Jon’s existence.

After paying Beals for the materials, which was about 50,000 magic crystals, Angor said goodbye and quickly left the city behind.