Warlock Apprentice

Chapter 2843: Chapter 2844: Margaret Gold

As for resolving Angel’s wish, it’s quite simple.

The Alchemy Golem reached out to take the copper mirror floating in front of Olao, an action that visibly caught Olao off guard, his expression still with astonishment.

But soon, Olao lowered his head and stayed silent. Then, his body slowly turned transparent and finally disappeared into the copper mirror.

After Olao and the copper mirror had become one, the Alchemy Golem tossed the mirror towards Angel.

Angel instinctively reached out to catch the copper mirror.

At the moment Angel touched the copper mirror, his body suddenly stiffened, even the action of retracting his hand became slow, jerky, like a mechanical arm.

This isn’t to say there’s something wrong with the copper mirror... no, the copper mirror has big problems. Not that the copper mirror itself has negative issues, but it itself has big issues...

Angel’s thoughts were chaotic at this time, all tangled up.

But no matter how chaotic his thoughts, Angel understood Augustine’s intention.

This was a direct and naked temptation!

Angel looked up at the Alchemy Golem beside him, the Golem still smilingly watching him. That smile was like an old fox that had set bait, waiting for the fish to bite!

The expression of an Alchemy Golem being so profound shows that if his true body were here, it would certainly be even more scheming than this Alchemy Golem!

Angel’s inner complaint couldn’t be heard by Augustine. After all, no matter how powerful, he was merely a strand of consciousness attached to the Alchemy Golem.

However, seeing Angel’s "complex" expression, along with his stiff movements, Augustine knew Angel had fallen for it.

The temptations for an Alchemist are none other than three things: extremely rare materials, a prototype with immense potential to develop in countless directions, and a trace of mysterious true essence.

Now, these three temptations converged within the copper mirror.

The main material used to make the copper mirror is identical to that of the "Twinborn Mirror," which can reach the extreme due to its vital connection with the main material.

And this main material originates from something incredibly mysterious. Augustine can ascertain that the entire Wizards’ Realm wouldn’t have a second piece of this material.

When Augustine refers to the Wizards’ Realm, it includes not just the Southern Domain, but also the Eastern Realm, Southern Domain, Western Lands, Northern Territory, and the Origin World.

Furthermore, none of the worlds Augustine visited over the years, including worlds similar to the Wizards’ Realm in high energy, had similar materials.

So, the main material alone is the ultimate temptation for Alchemists.

Augustine personally polished the prototype without damaging the traits of the main material, making it more capable of accommodating other materials or other types of energy: such as inscriptions, enchantments, secret ceremonies, soul patterns, and even as a core of mechanical alchemy.

A rare prototype that can be fully developed according to an Alchemist’s ideas!

The two items above were already the dreams of Alchemists, and the most precious part of the copper mirror was still Olao itself.

Olao wasn’t actually a mirror spirit; he and Adigu were born from the mystical main material as spirits. Augustine shaped the prototype into a mirror form, thus it became a mirror spirit. But this prototype could be further refined, and if there’s a way to shape it into a "Door," Olao could also become a door spirit.

Everything depends on the polisher’s will.

Typically spirits can’t transform so freely, but Olao could because it contained mysterious true essence within him.

Mysterious true essence is a term Augustine created himself.

In simple terms, it’s a mysterious seed. With a mysterious seed, Olao can ascend to become a Mysterious Spirit.

If Angel is the most potential-laden human Augustine has seen, then Olao is the most potential-laden spirit.

Potential is only a generic term for expectations of the future, but it doesn’t mean it’s an empty promise.

In Augustine’s words, everyone has potential, but the potential stocks that caught his eye are currently only Angel.

...

It’s undeniable, Augustine’s strategy is simply too captivating.

Angel felt something unusual when holding the copper mirror.

However, Angel is someone who’s experienced, no matter how unusual, it wouldn’t leave him so stiff that his movements became jerky. Back then, when he saw the Origin of Chaos at the boiling gentleman’s place, Angel was able to maintain composure.

This time why he couldn’t hold it was because, at the moment he touched the copper mirror, his chest suddenly felt slightly warm.

And what’s on his chest?

—The Eye of the Sky!

Angel always carried the Eye of the Sky with him, so when it underwent a change, Angel sensed it immediately.

The Eye of the Sky is the "culprit" that brought Jon to the Wizards’ Realm, extremely mysterious. To Angel, it might even be a projection of some grand, intricate entity from high dimensions in the Reality Realm.

It usually appears insignificant, and no one can detect its anomaly, not even Legendary Wizards like Frost or Observer.

But is it really ordinary? No!

Could an Eye of the Sky that feeds on "plane fusion" and "world convergence" be ordinary?

Angel has experienced two instances of plane fusion, both disrupted or ’devoured’ by the Eye of the Sky. One instance even transpired within the Abyss, through a channel connecting to the Wizards’ Realm, across a world, the Eye of the Sky swallowed the plane fusion.

Could an ordinary object achieve this?

Undoubtedly, the Eye of the Sky is not ordinary. But apart from plane fusion, nothing else could trigger its anomaly.

Now, this rule has been altered.

Although the Eye of the Sky merely warmed slightly, without further anomalies, this peculiarity was enough for Angel to take it seriously.

Angel didn’t know which part of the copper mirror invoked the Eye of the Sky, but this already indirectly indicated the copper mirror’s extraordinary nature.

Angel cautiously observed everyone, especially the Alchemy Golem’s emotions, ensuring no one noticed the anomaly of the Eye of the Sky, only then did he turn his gaze to the copper mirror for closer inspection.

A while later, Angel raised his head in bewilderment.

He could vaguely sense the copper mirror was an extremely excellent prototype, and could guess Olao’s significance, but he simply couldn’t discern what material the copper mirror was made of... no, it couldn’t even be called a ’copper’ mirror now, it could only be termed as a mirror made from unknown material.

The texture feels similar to metal, but according to the Alchemy Eye, it is not a metal; it’s a completely unknown material.

To what extent is it unknown?

For example, when Angel discovers an unfamiliar material in the Southern Domain, even if he doesn’t know its name, he can use the Alchemy Eye in the Mind Space’s ’server’ to compare it with his understanding—his knowledge base, or ’big data,’ and deduce similar materials and approximate traits.

Although there are many unknowns floating above the server, using known information, one can roughly determine its effects and potential value.

But this mirror truly touched upon Angel’s blind spot of knowledge.

Upon using the Alchemy Eye, all the data in the ’server’ continuously churned, finally spewing out "???" or "Unknown Information."

The only known information is: weight, thickness, width at the broadest point, and length at the longest point.

It can be said that this mirror has set a new record for Angel using the Alchemy Eye.

And it is precisely because of this series of "unknown information" that Angel’s expression appears so bewildered.

This... what material is it made of that there’s no information at all?

Angel looked up at Augustine, who seemed to have anticipated this, smilingly watching Angel, looking like "I’ve been waiting for you to ask."

Seeing Augustine’s expression, Angel wanted to suppress his urge to ask, but the curiosity was like ants crawling inside his heart, growing itchier and more curious.

After much hesitation, Angel still gave in and asked the question that concerned him most: "Sir, this mirror is..."

Augustine interrupted with a smile, saying, "You want to ask what material it’s made of, right?"

Angel held back an eye-roll: You figured it out early on, just waiting for me to ask. And now that I asked, you interrupted. Are you playing with me!

With countless complaints in his mind, he maintained a courteous demeanor: "Yes, I’ve never seen such a material, I’m a bit curious."

Augustine: "Is that so... Actually, I also don’t know what specific material it is."

Angel: "..."

Augustine: "However, I’ve named it: Margaret Gold."

Angel: Ha, easily guessed nature from the name.

Augustine: "This name signifies its uniqueness, just like my love for Margaret, unique."

Angel: No need to explain, that’s obvious nonsense anyone could think of. Get to the point already!

Augustine: "For easier reference, you can simply call it: Mary Gold."

Angel: Mary Gold? So good at naming, why not call it Mary Sue?

Augustine: "As for Mary Gold’s specific traits and effects, I won’t say for now. If you’re genuinely interested, why not research it together with Olao? Over time, you’ll naturally gain understanding."

Angel: This is subtly hoping Angel will accept Olao. After building psychological foundations for Olao, then begin working on him?

However, Angel’s feelings now are different from before. Previously, he could easily refuse, but when this mirror aroused the Eye of the Sky’s reaction, his resolve wavered.

Things that can cause a reaction in the Eye of the Sky are extremely rare. Angel really wants to know what magic this mirror has that makes the Eye of the Sky become ’feverish’ for it?

"You can research other things yourself, but regarding the origin of Mary Gold, I can tell you a bit."

Augustine paused: "Do you know the Wo World?"

Wo World? Angel pondered for a moment, feeling that the name sounded familiar, but couldn’t recall where he’d heard it before.

While Angel was straining to remember, the Black Earl prompted softly: "Extreme Sect."

Angel suddenly looked up: "Sin World? The base of the Extreme Sect, Sin World?"

With the Black Earl’s reminder, Angel remembered that Wo World is actually Sin World, an affiliated world of the Southern Domain.

However, Wo World was the ancient name. After the Extreme Sect occupied Wo World, they renamed it Sin World. It means all sins will be judged in this realm, and all sinners will be exiled in this realm, therefore it’s called Sin World.

According to some rumors—the so-called rumors were actually gossip Angel heard from Mu Ying of Extinguished Torch Academy while traveling to the Abyss by Frosty Wing.

Wo World’s renaming was because the Extreme Sect made a "big move" in Wo World. Mu Ying couldn’t specify what this move was, but speculated it might be a large ceremony.

After this big move, the fertile lands of Wo World began to become barren.

The largest continent in Wo World—Qimei Continent—used to be filled with dense forests, vast prairies, abundant water resources, floating mountains, and hanging waterfalls—its scenery was exotic and beautiful. But after that big move, the prairies vanished, water sources dried up, forests shrunk, and the land turned into a desert overnight.

In the following years, seventy percent of Qimei Continent transformed from fertile prairies into desert.

And Qimei Continent became the base of the Extreme Sect in Wo World.

At this point, since Wo World’s fertile lands no longer existed, it was renamed Sin World.

Of course, all of the above is Mu Ying’s gossip, so Angel has no way of knowing if it’s the truth. However, transforming a fertile continent into a desert is a "defying the heavens" activity, which isn’t much for ordinary people, but for the Extreme Sect, who upholds the World Will flag, doing such a thing is equivalent to going against the World Will.

After all, continent will is also part of the World Will. Qimei Continent has its own continent will, destroying it is akin to taking a bite out of the World Will.

Logically, the Extreme Sect wouldn’t do such a thing.

If they really did, it must have been for a reason, and surely done under the tacit approval of the World Will.

Therefore, in the renaming incident, there must be something fishy, but the truth might not be as straightforward as it appears.

Speaking of which, upon Angel stating Sin World, Augustine pondered for a moment: "It’s called Sin World now? Sounds more imposing than Wo World."

Angel: Is this a matter of being imposing?

Angel doubted whether Augustine’s thought process differed from ordinary people’s. Isn’t a normal person supposed to wonder what upheaval transformed a fertile world into a sinful one? What’s with this notion of imposing!

Augustine continued: "Sin World is Sin World then. I mention Sin World because Mary Gold’s origin has quite a significance related to Sin World."

"It comes from the boundless path opened by Sin World."