Warlock Apprentice

“Yorkshire is a servant working for my family. This mute man used to serve my parents. After my parents passed away and my former teacher grew ill, he had been helping my teacher.”

Angor proceeded to explain some insignificant details such as how Yorkshire was tortured into a voiceless man by slavers, how Count Padt bought him, and how Yorkshire stayed with the Padt Family ever since.

There wasn’t much to tell about Yorkshire’s plain and uneventful life. The only thing worth mentioning was how Yorkshire was lucky enough to run into Count Padt, and how he enjoyed a relatively peaceful life later.

This voiceless man usually remained quiet and away from public attention. The name almost slipped from Angor’s mind.

“Yorkshire, a mute servant…” Sunders mumbled that name with a strange expression.

“But why did you ask, sir? Wait… is that unknown monster you mentioned called Yorkshire?”

Angor thought so because up till now, there were multiple figures from Padt Manor who showed up as nightmare monsters, such as Fawkes, Froggy, and Auri. It was quite expected to run into someone else at this point.

“It should be,” said Sunders. “I saw a number of possessed folks in the outer city who were performing strange songs, just like how people at Midnight Sovereign did. However, apart from their ‘Queen’, Fox, and Froggy, I heard another name in their song, which is Yorkshire. There was a strange individual who ambushed me earlier. Yorkshire, very likely.”

“Mister Phantom had nothing to do with the start of the storm,” Anglo continued, “but it was him who stopped it.”

The others looked at each other in doubt.

That energy storm might do good to the city by removing the darkness. Why would Sunders stop it?

Naturally, people from Sleepless City, including Payne, appeared the most displeased upon hearing these words.

Anglo shrugged when he saw Payne’s annoyed look. “I don’t know his reason, but I can tell you that it was his student who caused the storm.”

That shocked the others even more.

An apprentice initiated an energy storm strong enough to penetrate that looming darkness? That’s got to be a joke!

Yet Anglo’s serious expression told them otherwise.

“I think Sunders’ student is called Angor Padt. He’s said to be extremely talented in alchemy, and he almost crafted a Mystery item once,” a wizard commented.

“Yup. When it comes to alchemy, that boy’s as famous as his teacher.”

“Did he use some sort of alchemy item to facilitate that energy storm then?”

Away from the discussing wizards, Mara was gazing at the outer city with a grim look.

He’s grown SO much… No matter what’s happening in there, Angor still becomes the center of attention even among wizards, while I’m just a useless old man.

“I wasn’t joking… I did find a ‘monster’ from the Old Earth and brought him here.”

…

Sunders leaped onto a small house and looked at two apprentices below who were dancing madly while their necks jerked into the shape of “Z”.

“Do you know them, professor?” Angor’s voice reached his ears.

“Yes. They’re Wallace’s students. I didn’t know Wallace sent someone here as well.”

Angor slowly descended from the sky and landed beside Sunders. His feet, however, weren’t touching the solid surface.

Sunders glanced at him with a smile. “Your soul looks as real as your body now. Ness will be terrified for good if he sees your current condition.”

Previously, Sunders meant to keep Angor safe by letting him stay inside the gravity garden. But Angor couldn’t stay tight as he had so many things to do, such as killing Hookdick and looking for Nausica, so he came out in his soul form.

He didn’t know whether Nausica was here, but it was very likely when Hookdick was around here somewhere.

However, if he were to show up in the outer city, it might cause another energy storm because his right hand would then begin to absorb nightmare energy on its own. Therefore, Angor found another approach, which was to use his soul instead. The right hand on his soul was still at its normal size, and it would not interact with the nightmare energy around him.

Sunders agreed to the decision. He then left a special spell that could sustain Angor’s body in the gravity garden. By doing so, they could now explore the outer city together.