Warlock Apprentice

Angor returned to his rented lab in The Tributary.

Greya just proved to him that it was fairly easy for wizards to monitor his conversations and actions. To avoid trouble, Angor decided to finish Greya’s request in The Tributary, which was located in another dimension.

Angor more or less had an idea about what type of illusion he should make before going to Sleepless City with Sunders. Greya only mentioned two things when she made this request. One, the illusion had to have the “atmosphere” of the Nightmare Realm, and secondly, it should look something new and creative.

Angor was mostly concerned about the second requirement. Earlier, he planned to create a “sandbox” world like the Witch’s Town or Nether City while allowing Greya to explore the illusion on her own free will without following a fixed storyline.

But he just got another idea.

He came to an open testing ground near the laboratory, which was mostly empty apart from several striking dummies made of durable materials. This place was meant for wizards to test their spells or alchemy creations. However, Angor had something else in mind.

He wanted to try blending the “Mystery sense” he learned into his illusions. He already tried this once inside Sunders’ Gravity Garden, but he was interrupted by Sunders at that time. When Sunders took him to Pocratee, he never found time for this job again.

That was until today.

Unlike the last time when he was busy “copying” the sense, he was now free to look for what he needed.

There was so much to see. The immeasurable laws of nature alone were mind-blowing enough.

About five seconds later, the Mystery energy suddenly vanished.

Angor was rather shocked when he saw his illusion returning to being a type of simple and plain mist.

But this was something to be expected since he somewhat knew that such Mystery energy meant unconquerable power and wisdom that could not be sustained using his simple illusion. Making it last for five seconds was his limit.

He canceled the illusion and rubbed his forehead, which was beginning to throb.

It was rather draining, but the outcome was good enough.

He would take some rest and try several more times until he got familiarized with it.

…

Something yelped inside the darkness-infested Sleepless City.

“Woof! Woof!”

Spotty stood on the pointy roof of a clock tower and was calling toward the direction of Brute Cavern.

Following its voice, Fox glided past the dark sky and landed beside the puppy. “Ah, I finally found you. The herald of Minister Dim has arrived. Dim will get very angry if you don’t get back to him in time.”

The puppy whined and lowered its head.

“Let us go.” Fox picked the puppy up and disappeared into the dark city.