Surviving The Fourth Calamity

Chapter 1860 - 437: Hill’s Sensitive Nose

Kamente Tower glanced nervously outside.

"If I can’t guarantee that the place I’m in is safe enough, how could I possibly stay?" Rommel chuckled lightly, "Rest assured, neither the Lord of Hell nor the Abyssal Will can see through my double-layered defense."

"What do you mean? Does our Magic Tower’s defense have a second layer?"

"With your skills, really not leaving any traces at all, how is that possible?" Rommel replied flatly, "It’s just that I’ve slightly twisted the words coming through the Internal Magic Array with an Illusion Array.

Plausible and ambiguous, catching a few words, as for what they can deduce... that depends on their own thinking."

Kamente Tower had never heard of such a thing... but he believed that the other party wasn’t able to create such a strong array from the beginning. So in the early years, Rommel was still quite cautious when speaking.

Wait... he couldn’t help but recall in his mind when Rommel started to become relaxed... or rather, when he began to take the main seat?

Kamente Tower initially thought that Rommel’s relaxed demeanor was because most of his earlier apprentices had their own Side Towers, and because this teacher of theirs was always cold and ruthless, he wouldn’t choose to protect them, much less bother with their trivial matters, which is why they seldom wanted to appear before him and pretend to be pitiful.

No, it was likely completed before then.

It should have been around the time Gilbert just entered the Tower of Dark Enigma, right?

"Now, what should we do?" he suddenly recalled another matter, "Ruth might think that I orchestrated this... and I can’t explain right now."

"Ruth, I estimate, is the shrewdest one in the Tower of Dark Enigma." Rommel sneered, "Nicholson might be a bit confused, but Ruth will definitely see the main point."

"You mean..."

"Would that foolish student of yours dare come to you for help because of this?"

Kamente Tower thought carefully: "When he can’t hold on anymore, he’ll come, at least to make others think I might be behind it, to shift Ruth and Nicholson’s focus onto me."

Rommel couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: "Isn’t he afraid you’d kill him first?"

"I would indeed love to kill him." Kamente Tower smiled slightly, "But, in Prutt’s heart, he thinks I’d care about the upper echelons of Sia Tower."

"Hmm?" For once, Rommel seemed a bit surprised, "Outside... what have you been doing?"

"Didn’t you say that the Dragon, capable of posing as an Iron Dragon, and now daring to wear a Black Dragon’s skin, must be a Chromatic Dragon from Styx... and you seem a bit suspicious that it’s an Ancient Red Dragon capable of crushing Fengo directly, right?"

"Yes." Rommel said thoughtfully, "Though I didn’t believe it at first, Fengo came forth, yet not even a dragon scale was collected... heh, it only proves that dragon didn’t dare to appear before Fengo.

They must know each other, and quite well, might have even fought before.

Otherwise, from what I know about Chromatic Dragons, they aren’t ones to just hide unless they believe they couldn’t win at all.

But in that case, that dragon wouldn’t have appeared in this world at all.

A Chromatic Dragon from Hell capable of defying the Hell Prosecutor, yet fearing exposure... heh, I happen to know one."

"Is it someone you knew from your original world?"

"I haven’t met them, but I know." Rommel laughed twice suddenly, "In the world I come from, there’s a group of well-informed guests often wandering the Multiverse."

"Your world... was it also..."

"It was invaded once but has been resolved, and it’s quite fine now. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have left home with ease." Rommel suddenly stood up, "It’s just that my overly beautiful world always has some disgusting fellows lurking.

Really... so annoying!"

"You are very fond of your world!" Kamente Tower sincerely marveled, "Really..."

Then he looked like he remembered something suddenly, saying enviously: "You must have sacrificed a lot to save your world once!

To guard..."

"Not exactly." Rommel chuckled, "Though I don’t want my world destroyed, I’m also a standard Mage!

The difference in top-tier combat power between me and your world isn’t big... at most, I’m a bit stronger.

I’m willing to stay with my world till the end, but to sacrifice my life, no, I’m not willing to sacrifice my interests much less... life, is even more impossible.

Mages, are of one kind.

Not aligning with evil doesn’t mean I’ll lean toward justice."

Kamente Tower was a bit confused, but he quickly reacted, knowing he was flattering the wrong way, so he swiftly changed topics: "Since I know that Dragon is powerful yet unwilling to appear before Fengo, I’d naturally choose to team up with Fengo!

No matter how unpleasant his words, I can pretend not to hear it.

That’s an Ancient Dragon that can contend against a fully-powered Hell Prosecutor, I’d be mad to leave the safe zone to seek death.

My life was something you snatched from the muck... how could I bear to just throw it away?"

Rommel couldn’t help but touch his forehead, "If it really were a muck, I’d just burn it clean."

Kamente Tower awkwardly chuckled twice, "The Devil’s Soul Bottle is quite pretty, a sparkling Crystal Bottle."

Rommel glanced at him and said softly, "As long as Prutt doesn’t come to you first, the Wise Ones will see something’s amiss.

You won’t need to worry about those two coming after you. After all, they might not want to see a different outcome either."

"You mean... Ruth and Nicholson also wish to clear off some burdens before being annexed by Sia Tower?" Kamente Tower blinked continuously, "But how can they determine this?

Just through their secret apprentice experiments?

I think... any official mage would show a big difference after consuming it!"

"Not sure if your soul has been damaged, or if you’re naturally insensitive to these things." Rommel leaned back on the bench, "Tsk, perhaps it’s this world’s Laws that have issues?

Including Ruth, over the years, I’ve only seen Gilbert sensitive enough to the changes in various materials, even in Magic Runes.

Tsk~

Truly, that child, what a pity to fall into Ruth’s hands.

Tsk, indeed, fate can gather such outstanding aptitude.

I really..."

He looked nostalgically at the gray sky, "Always encountering, these precious jewels that never end up in my embrace."

"You could bring him over later?" Kamente Tower couldn’t quite understand Rommel’s sudden sigh, "Ruth hasn’t taught him much. I noticed he’s mainly just a nominal teacher.

If your objective is achieved and Sia Tower is truly destroyed... and the world is saved by your help, Ruth wouldn’t mind a student.

Moreover, I’d wager Gilbert would be quite..."

"If he really turned against his teacher for such reasons, why would I want him?" Rommel raised an eyebrow, "It’s not like I can’t get students.

It’s just that genuinely good kids with decent aptitude and various satisfactory aspects are rare."

Kamente Tower found it hard to continue... the vast difference in worlds indeed created such a huge gap in thinking?

If you like something, isn’t obtaining it enough?

Why see obtaining it as a flaw... someone else’s is the best?

It truly baffled him.

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Hill, squatting in the basement, rubbed his slightly sore nose and tilted his head to look up: Why did he feel someone was grumbling about him?

He touched the silver ring on his ear, adorned with gleaming broken diamonds... If it was someone gossiping about Hilbert, he should feel an itch in his ears, shouldn’t he?

But in this world, who would say anything about his original self?

Could it be there is backup from the Red Dragon?

Hill couldn’t help but press the bridge of his nose, lost in thought: For the Red Dragon to squeeze into this world, it nearly exhausted Styx’s final control over this world, Styx couldn’t possibly create another inter-dimensional portal, even to send a mere rabbit.

Then it must have originally existed in this world.

He pouted slightly... Right, Hill’s arrival was an accident; the Red Dragon’s arrival might not be.

From the way that dragon spoke, Hills’ arrival merely reinforced Styx’s decision."