Dox came to the black robed man, first bowed gently to the empty seat next to the black robed man: "good evening, Lord Black."
No one answered, but a nose embedded in the slate jumped from the empty seat to the table and sniffed at DOX.
Then, the black robed man said, "you don't have to. I can't hear without adults' ears this time."
Dox also saw that there was a nose rather than an ear on the slate. He was relieved. Some complained, "if you didn't say it earlier, I would have come directly to you."
"Are you so afraid of my adults?" The black robed man's tone was teasing.
"Aren't you afraid?" Asked DOX.
The man in black smiled softly, but did not answer.
Dox continued: "I'm afraid of such a monster who divides the body into countless parts and has independent consciousness in every part. Anyway, I shiver when I just listen. You dare to take it every time you go out. Just tell me the truth, and you're not afraid?"
The man in black drank a glass of wine and said faintly, "although my adult came with his nose this time, I can't hear you, but I can smell your malice."
Dox was stunned and took a few steps backwards.
"Can your nose smell malice? Is it true, or are you fooling me?" Dox said cautiously.
Black robed man: "you can think I'm fooling you. But do you believe it?"
Whether it was true or not, DOX dared not speak more. He made a special circle and sat furthest away from the man in black and the nose.
When DOX sat down, the black robed man said quietly, "did you just ask me if I'm afraid? I'm an apprentice who can make the magnificent red sword Pavilion sit opposite. Do you think I'm afraid or not?"
Whether the black robed man was afraid or not, DOX didn't care at this time, but the other party was right. The reason why DOX talked to the apprentice on an equal footing or even on an equal footing was because he took part of the body of Lord Black count.
As long as the "nose" is there, no one dares to disrespect people in black.
This is also the reason why the Noah family is famous outside. There are few Noah people, but as long as the Noah people walking outside, they all have a part of the black count's body. It means that every Noah is under the protection of count black.
Of course, "protection" is only an outsider's understanding, but according to dox's previous exchanges with this old friend, he faintly realized that the black count seemed to have other unknown purposes. What is this purpose? DOX doesn't know, but with his strong spiritual perception, there is always a bad omen.
That's why DOX just asked: aren't you afraid, aren't you afraid?
Although the man in black seems to express his fear by asking rhetorical questions, is he really not afraid? He never answered himself.
"I won't play charades with you. Let's get down to business." Dox glanced at his nose, which was still sniffing around, and then turned his eyes to the man in Black: "vay, find a place convenient for conversation?"
Wai Noah, that's the name of the man in black, DOX's old friend for many years.
VAI, the black robed man, did not move, but closed his eyes for a few seconds. After a while, the nose embedded in the stone plate suddenly took a deep breath, and then suddenly shouted. An absolute barrier appeared around DOX and VAI.
This is a second level technique. Shielding sound is only its most insignificant effect. Its main use is its terrible defense in battle.
"Now we can talk." VAI said faintly.
Using the secondary technique as a sound barrier, probably the Noah family can do it among the apprentices.
Dox was silent for a moment. "Were you talking to Lord Black's nose just now? Didn't you speak ill of me?"
Wai rolled his eyes and didn't bother to answer this stupid question: "I've been well in Mesopotamia. What did you do when you asked me?"
From vay's reaction, DOX was sure that he should not speak ill of him to the black count. Dox was relieved and replied, "I'm going to explore the ruins in the near future."
Wai resisted: "don't call me. I told you before that I hate places without people. I just like to stay in big cities. I feel suffocated by Sandworm fairs."
Wai is a very special person. In fact, he is not gregarious. This kind of person is usually very lonely, and Wai is really lonely. At least DOX has never heard that Wai has other friends except himself. But although Wai is lonely, he especially likes places with many people. Once someone talks to him, he is very resistant and contradictory.
It seems that he just likes to see the excitement of others.
"I'm not asking you to explore with me, but this exploration. My hunch seems to have failed. I can't feel good or bad. I want you to help me." Dox's face was a little more solemn.
Wai frowned: "the hunch doesn't work. It means there's a big problem. Just don't go."
Dox: "but... I don't want to."
Unwilling, just DOX's words, spiritual perception failure is the real reason. He always has a feeling in the dark. Maybe this exploration can really turn his spiritual perception into a talent skill.
VAI took a deep look at DOX and sighed: "if I convince you, you like to die. I really don't know the significance of exploration."
"This is the essence of wandering wizards. When they are free, they lose their source of knowledge, and exploration is a kind of compensation."
VAI was silent for a moment and took out a transparent glass cup from his robe.
"Remember, you owe me another favor." VAI said to dox after putting the cup on the table.
Dox nodded again and again, "I remember. Plus this time, I owe you five favors."
Wai raised his eyebrows: "six."
Dox waved proudly: "I'll pay for all your wine here today. It's a favor, how about it?"
VAI was silent for a moment and said, "OK. Five favors."
Dox immediately stepped forward with joy: "let's start."
Dox has obviously done this with VAI many times. He is very familiar with the process. When he saw the transparent glass cup, he stretched out his hand.
I'm going to the ruins.
Then, with a gentle stroke of the wind blade, a drop of fingertip blood fell into the glass cup. There was a slight light awn in the black and red blood.
VAI glanced: "your blood purity is much higher than last time."
Dox: "I'm not as lazy as you. I just don't advance at the peak of my apprenticeship."
VAI snorted, did not refute, but stretched out his hand and dropped a drop of fingertip blood into the glass cup.
VAI's blood color is very special. There is a faint golden light in the bright red.
According to common sense, DOX is an official wizard, and his blood must be able to suppress VAI's blood. But in fact, when VAI's blood fell into the glass cup, DOX's blood was suppressed.
To be exact, it was VAI's blood, like a film, which tightly wrapped DOX's blood.
"It's amazing every time I see it. Are you Noahs really human?" Dox sighed.
VAI didn't want to reply to meaningless words, but picked up the glass cup and prepared for the last step: smell.
VAI has a very wonderful talent. This talent VAI named himself: death smell.
He could smell death in his blood.
In terms of classification, this talent may belong to the prophecy department, because the prophecy department also has the ability to predict death. However, predicting a wizard's predicted death is a way of looking for quantification in variables, and the result is changeable.
Wai's death sense of smell is to make a death prediction for the existing quantitative. Of course, the results can still be changed.
When DOX was dripping blood, he meditated on the ruins. This is a quantitative.
What Wai wants to hear is whether DOX will escape the smell of death when he goes to this relic.
However, just as VAI was about to smell the blood in the glass cup, his hand suddenly paused, and then gently put the glass cup on the table.
Dox, who knew every step very well, wondered, "what's the matter? Why did you put it down before you smelled it?"
VAI was silent for a few seconds before he said, "my talent is inherited from my own adult. Since the adult's nose is here, it may be more accurate for adults to judge."
Dox heard for the first time that vay's death smell talent was inherited from count black.
Although I don't know why VAI wanted the black count's nose to smell, DOX thought and nodded. We have reached this point. We can't give up halfway.
Soon, VAI picked up the slate inlaid with a nose and put it in front of the cup.
The black count's nose began to smell.
The two drops of blood in the cup kept rolling, but strangely, no matter how they rolled, vay's blood still tightly wrapped DOX's blood.
After a while, VAI put down the slate.
VAI didn't speak for the first time, but closed his eyes as if he were asleep.
Dox guessed that VAI was probably communicating with the black count's nose... In fact, he could communicate with the black count. Although the black count had "his consciousness" all over his body, it was still the black count's consciousness.
The communication lasted longer than expected. Wai's eyebrows frowned from time to time, as if arguing with the black count.
Vay didn't open his eyes until DOX drank two full glasses of wine in a row and looked out the window at the blue sky covered by dark clouds and the rain falling.
"What happened? Did Lord Black say anything?"
VAI still didn't speak, but picked up the glass cup again and smelled it again.
After smelling it, Wai looked distracted.
Looking at a series of VAI's actions, DOX was still a little confused: "what's going on?"
After a long time, VAI sighed, "I can't smell anything myself."
No taste does not mean that death will not approach, but that VAI's talent has failed.
"But my adults smell bad luck." Wai continued with a low eyebrow.
Dox: the smell of bad luck, which means I'll die this time
Wai shook his head: "I don't know, but..."
After hesitating again and again, VAI sighed and said, "my Lord asked me to go to the ruins with you. In this way, I'm sure you won't die."
Dox: "that is to say, if I go, there is a great probability that I will die; but as long as you follow me, I won't mean danger?"
"Not dying is different from not being in danger." VAI couldn't help correcting the right way.
Dox: "don't worry about these details. Can I confirm one thing? Are you really going to explore the ruins?"
VAI nodded.
An otaku who never liked to explore relics was going out. Even without DOX's spiritual perception, we can know that something is wrong.
"Do you want to go yourself?"
VAI didn't speak.
As an old friend for many years, DOX immediately understood that this was what count black meant.
"Can I refuse? After all, it's not up to me to decide. There's someone else who leads the relic exploration." Dox tried to use this method to help VAI continue to return to the house man's life.
Vaiming baidox said helplessly, "I remember the taste of your blood."
A sudden sentence, others don't understand what it means, but DOX understands.
Even if DOX refused VAI, VAI would follow through the smell of his blood.
Unless, DOX doesn't explore the ruins.
"Also, don't forget, you owe me five favors." VAI said again, "if I use this favor, let you tell me who is the leader. Won't you refuse?"
Obviously, VAI has considered the situation if DOX doesn't go to the ruins.
The black count's emphasis on letting VAI go to the ruins must be a hunch.
Dox was silent for a moment. "I can't promise you this right away. Give me a day and I'll answer you in a day."
VAI lowered his head, gave a soft "um" sound, and said to dox silently with his lips: I'm sorry.
Dox understood that VAI was apologizing to his friends for his inability to resist the black count.
Dox couldn't say anything. He could only sigh and pat VAI on the shoulder: "don't be like a woman. It's not a big deal."
After a pause, DOX said again, "by the way, after I leave, you might as well continue to ask the black count. If you follow, can our whole adventure team be safe?"
Wai nodded, "OK."
After that, DOX patted his old friend on the shoulder, sighed helplessly in his heart, came to the bar and asked the bartender to take more care of VAI, and then he quietly left the cross bar.
After DOX left the bar, he wandered in the street for a long time, thinking about what the black count was going to do.
And how to help Wai.
However, the black count is a figure standing at the top of the pyramid in the southern region, and DOX is difficult to guess his mind.
With a sigh, DOX finally walked towards the black market outside the Sandworm fair. This time it was his mistake that led to the emergence of Wai. In any case, we should explain and apologize to angel and Kael.
Moreover, with his back against the savage cave, angel also knows about the ruins. Maybe he knows what the black count's intention is?
After all, there is still a big gap between organized and unorganized wizards in core intelligence.