After Tragedy Writer hung up the video call on his own, Annan didn’t stay at Cinder Barren for long.
After handing over the three new players to Longjing Tea, Annan and Nefertari took the subway back to Sporeggar Mill.
Neither Husky nor Thirteenth Fragrance was an Idol Wizard. Moreover, they had maxed out their experience points. They could advance to the next level as long as they filled up the spell slot in the apprenticeship stage. There was no need for them to seek the Bone Healer.
In the worst-case scenario, they could head to the Black Tower. Although Swamp’s Black Tower was burned down, the knowledge stored in the Wizard Tower was not lost.
They could go to Bone Healer and learn rare spells under his recommendation. They could also go to Swamp’s Black Tower to help transcribe spell books and learn magic. Their choices were flexible.
However, Ah Dian’s situation was different.
Ah Dian’s talent was Idol Magic. It was better for her future to approach Bone Healer, but this choice was somewhat dangerous.
Although Bone Healer had drawn a clear line with Professor Wolf, they were once the same person. Whether to learn spells from him depended on Ah Dian’s choice.
No matter what her choice was, it was her [destiny]. Therefore, it was better for an Idol Wizard to follow her destiny.
Annan didn’t plan to interfere.
When Annan left, he brought along Delicious Wind Goose, the ritualist.
Although Nefertari’s trust in Bone Healer had already suffered a severe blow in this incident, she still owed Annan a favor somehow.
The Man in the Mirror had extended longevity, so Annan didn’t mind.
Nefertari was only a mortal, after all. Annan didn’t want to hold onto her favors for too long… It was better to settle things as soon as possible.
It was common for mortals to turn gratitude into resentment.
Although Nefertari was not a transcender, she could indeed help Annan.
She was a knowledgeable ritualist.
Annan intended to ask Nefertari to teach Delicious Wind Goose.
Xiang Tiange learned a lot of his knowledge about ritualists from Faceless Poet, who disguised himself as an old man, in the dungeon during the time Philip imprisoned him. There he learned some common rituals.
Although he recorded all those rituals through the screenshots and the recording functions, he still lacked the foundation knowledge.
Later, Xiang Tainge bought a few mystic books from the Noah Kingdom’s royal capital. He barely learned something under the guidance of “the false father”.
[TN: Annan’s servant.]
Xiang Tiange could now use more than 20 common rituals, catching up on this fundamental knowledge. He had some understanding of the principles of the rituals. However, he was still far from being able to make minor adjustments to rituals based on specific circumstances or even create his rituals.
However, Nefertari was different.
She claimed to Annan that she possessed 70% of the teacher’s mastery. Nefertari did not seem like a person who liked to boast. She was even cautious. Thus, it was likely that her mastery had shot up to 80% of the ritualist knowledge of Bone Healer.
That was a considerable feat after considering the complexity of the ritual in Gemini’s Nightmare made by Bone Healer.
Nefertari’s ritualist knowledge should be much better than “the false father”.
After all, the ritualist knowledge that the false father knew was accessible to ordinary Winter’s Hand agents.
Although it was profound and more secretive than ordinary ritualist, it was more inclined to the school’s standard. Almost all the rituals he had mastered were express rituals with diminished effects.
Annan thought it was best to use the favor to ask Nefertari to teach Delicious Wind Goose some complex rituals. This process also provided some occult knowledge to Delicious Wind Goose and some ritual materials for him to practice. After all, learning ritualist knowledge required books and experimental learning.
Delicious Wind Goose got to record his screen directly too.
This was tantamount to equipping the players with ritualist knowledge, and Annan could also learn along.
To prevent Delicious Wind Goose from losing too much time, forcing him to level up after falling behind… Annan planned to give Delicious Wind Goose the reputation and experience points of the “Secret Eye” during this process.
After all, there weren’t many competent candidates who could study consistently.
Only Delicious Wind Goose and Longjing Tea had this capability and commitment level among the first two batches of players.
Annan intended to ask Longjing Tea to guide the players who had chosen the wizard profession. Among the third batch of currently logged-in players, quite a few had chosen Wizard Profession. They needed a capable mentor whom they respected.
Longjing Tea was capable of taking on this role.
However, before Delicious Wind Goose started his official “study abroad” career, Annan needed another small favor from Nefertari.
“That should be all there is to it.”
The red-haired girl breathed out, stood by her desk, and patted the newspapers and books on the table, “All the information about ‘Captain of the Stone’ should be here.”
Annan sat on Nefertari’s seat, flipping through these materials intently.
Nieusel, wearing a leather jacket, brought a glass of iced juice to each of them.
Then, he stroked Annan’s smooth, cold white hair in the disguise of an accident.
Annan ignored him and kept looking down at the documents.
“I’m off to work, Nefer.” He casually said to Nephi.
Then, he leaned close to Annan’s side and put his chin on Annan’s shoulder, “Is there anything you want me to bring along, Your Majesty?”
“Call me Your Highness starting from now.”
Annan gently pushed his head away with some disgust, “You smell like smoke. Don’t get so close to me…”
“But I have changed my clothes.”
“Forget it. Every piece of your clothes smells like smoke.”
Annan replied coldly.
He had returned to his original body.
After all, he had already exchanged three secrets with Nefertari. The fact that he was Annan Austere-Winter could no longer be kept secret.
Now that Nefertari already knew about it, it did not make much sense for Annan to continue to hide his identity. Moreover, it might affect the relationship between Nieusel and Nefertari.
Considering that Nieusel was reliable in all aspects except for his cheerful personality, he won’t reveal his friends’ secrets. Also, he should be witty-minded.
So Annan simply told Nieusel the secret.
Annan believed that when he succeeded as the Austere-Winter’s Grand Duke or advanced to Gold Rank, “Ghirlandaio” would be rarely used. Leaking this secret was fine.
As long as the relationship between “Annan Austere-Winter” and “Secret Eye” were not revealed, the problem was not significant. The secrets of “Ghirlandaio” and “Secret Eye” also remained hidden at his point in time.
Nieusel didn’t know that this was a protection for Nefertari and Nieusel.
Nefertari had faintly noticed it. She and Annan had a tacit understanding and didn’t tell Nieusel. Otherwise, he would be worried.
After all, Nefertari was also a student of Bone Healer.
Nefertari was used as bait to lure Annan in because of Bone Healer’s relationship with Professor Wolf. Now she knew more about her mentor. Her safety was jeopardized.
Who knows if Bone Healer would decide to kill her? He might change her fate and put her in a more dangerous situation. He could control Nieusel’s fate to retaliate against or deter her. It was also possible to destroy her wishes in this way.
There were many dangerous possibilities.
So to be cautious, Annan simply stated that he was familiar with these two people.
“Ghirlandaio” was able to conceal the connection of fate.
After Annan showed his true face before Nefertari and Nieusel, the two who “knew Annan’s appearance” formed a fateful connection with him.
Through Annan’s intimidation and Tragedy Writer’s attention to him, it should be able to deter Bone Healer and Professor Wolf.
The so-called safety measures.
Annan believed it was necessary to prevent the tragedy from happening from the very beginning instead of appearing as the savior after the tragedy.
He carried out his wish rightfully before it was too late.
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