Chapter 2097 Questions <TOC> Chapter 2099 Encounter in the Dream
Translator: SumTLMan
“Is there something you want to tell us through these glasses?” Liana asked doubtfully, holding a monocle and examining it back and forth, muttering softly, “Could this be A Communicator?”
As Liana spoke, she exchanged a knowing glance with Iron Armor Granny. Their eyes conveyed an unspoken mutual understanding.
Liana, often attending tea parties, would bring back new information, spells, and even new subjects she heard about, sharing them with the witches of the Savage Grottoes.
Liana had more than once, during the small tea parties within the Savage Grottoes, complained about Lord Rhine’s aesthetic preferences. In Sky Mechanical City, communicators had evolved into thin crystal cards, yet their communicators were always the most outdated crystal balls.
Moreover, Lord Rhine was particularly stubborn in this respect, imposing his aesthetic preference for crystal balls onto other wizards.
Everyone silently endured it, after all, as the ruler of the Savage Grottoes, Lord Rhine’s will was the direction for their future, and it was not possible to disobey.
After all, communicators were not a strategic tool, so everyone tacitly accepted this.
However, communicators were ultimately very useful, and crystal balls were inconvenient to carry. Liana had once subtly suggested to Lord Rhine to change the standard of communicators, but Rhine pretended not to understand.
Recently, after returning to the Savage Grottoes, Liana told Iron Armor Granny that she had asked Angel to suggest to Lord Rhine to replace the crystal ball communicators.
With Angel’s reputation soaring and being a core figure in setting the future direction within the organization, perhaps his words could influence Lord Rhine.
Now seeing this monocle, Liana immediately thought of this matter. Could it be that Angel had already spoken to Lord Rhine, and Rhine had even agreed, even creating a prototype——the monocle?
Although the monocle was a bit crudely crafted, it was certainly better than a crystal ball! And surely, it could be improved with finer crafting in the future.
But was her guess correct?
Liana couldn’t help but stealthily glance at Lord Rhine, wanting to gauge his expression.
Not just Liana, but Wallace and Nisi, upon hearing her whisper, also had the same thought. After all, not only the witches complained about the crystal ball, but it was also a sore point for the male wizards.
They too looked towards Lord Rhine.
They hoped to see an expression of indifference, but Lord Rhine’s eyes were squinted, his expression subtly complex.
Everyone’s heart skipped a beat.
——The more subtle, the more ominous it seemed.
“…Is this a communicator crafted by Angel?” Lord Rhine’s voice was calm, but everyone felt a tremor. The calmer it seemed, the more terrifying the waves that could follow.
Tree Spirit shrugged: “I don’t know, this is what Angel asked me to bring over.”
After a pause, Tree Spirit smiled and said, “Maybe it is a communicator. After all, Angel didn’t dare to deliver it himself.”
Tree Spirit had anticipated this situation and, therefore, without hesitation, agreed to Angel’s request to deliver these monocles.
After all, what he enjoyed most was lively gossip, and his favorite thing to do was… stirring the pot.
Rhine squinted his eyes, and the look that spilled from the slits was laden with indescribable depth: “If it’s a communicator, then that’s interesting… I’d like to see just what makes this communicator so exceptional.”
After Rhine spoke, he reached out and picked up a monocle from the table.
He neither erupted in anger nor spoke excessively, maintaining a calm demeanor. Yet this calmness somewhat unsettled everyone around.
Upon seeing Rhine take the monocle, Tree Spirit turned to the others: “One of these is for me, the rest of you can divide amongst yourselves.”
Liana already had one in her hand, and both Tree Spirit and Rhine were assured one, leaving only two on the table.
However, three others were present: Iron Armor Granny, Wallace, and Nisi.
Iron Armor Granny’s status and position assured her one, meaning the last monocle’s fate rested between Wallace and Nisi.
Wallace grabbed it without hesitation.
Seeing this, Nisi opened and closed his mouth, not daring to contest. Usual banter was one thing, but in a real confrontation, Wallace was a level above him.
Nisi could only look towards Liana, who was his equal in rank. But before he could speak, Liana quickly put on the monocle and silently mouthed to him: First come, first served. You were just too slow.
With a bitter expression, Nisi turned to see if anyone would speak up for him, but by then, everyone had already donned their monocles…
Tree Spirit did want to say something for Nisi. Originally, when Angel brought out five monocles, Nisi was included. However, he hadn’t expected Liana to be at the Star Pool.
Tree Spirit preferred Nisi to have the monocle over Liana. After all, Liana kept urging him to create a space for tea parties, which somewhat irritated him.
But Liana was quick to act, being the first to grab a monocle. It seemed unreasonable to ask her to give it up now. Nisi just had to accept his fate.
Thinking this, Tree Spirit no longer paid attention to Nisi’s sullen look, and turned to the others: “According to Angel, the first activation requires direct energy input into the monocle. This will record your energy type, making it usable only by you. It’s a kind of alternative ownership recognition.”
“This makes it sound even more like a communicator,” said Nisi, feeling excluded and spitefully stoking the fire.
Though Nisi spoke emotionally, his point wasn’t without merit. This made Rhine’s expression even more serene…
Rhine wasn’t actually angry with Angel, but he felt uncomfortable about the lack of prior consultation regarding the change in communicator style. Why act first without discussing with him?
Of course, even if Angel had suggested it to him, Rhine would have likely refused. After all, the mystique, nobility, tradition, and clarity of a crystal ball suit a wizard’s image, don’t they?
With a critical mindset, Rhine activated the “communicator.”
As energy flowed in, the monocle emitted a faint light, and slowly, a series of characters appeared on the transparent lens.
Upon seeing the characters, Rhine became even more certain it was a communicator. A crystal ball communicator also transmits messages through text.
However, as Rhine looked closer, he found the characters different from what he expected.
A strange series of numbers.
999/999.
Chapter 2097 Questions <TOC> Chapter 2099 Encounter in the Dream