Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 4005 Frog Creation
Lila: "I don't know where you heard about the special-grade monsters, but this kind of fashionable monster is very difficult for humans to subdue."

“Unless you can be the pioneer.”

Angel: "Pathfinder?"

"Yes." As far as Lila knew, even in the City of Desire, only a few magicians standing at the top of the pyramid possessed special-grade monsters.

These magicians all possess unique qualities. Each of them is a pioneer of art and a fashion trendsetter.

For example, there is a painter who is proficient in the art of painting. He created a terrifying and profound painting style, becoming a pioneer in this artistic path, thus attracting the attention of special-level monsters.

So, the pioneer is one of the prerequisites.

But it doesn't mean that the path-blazer will definitely attract top-level monsters.

There are also many art pioneers who have shocked the ancient and modern times, but have not attracted special-grade monsters. Therefore, whether the pioneers can attract special-grade monsters is more of a speculation in the magic circle.

There might be precedents of people other than the path-breakers attracting top-class monsters, but Lila had never heard of it.

In short, opening the way is a threshold.

But even if there is a threshold, it does not mean that you can cross it.

Special-level monsters will also give you challenging tasks, and their tasks are very, very difficult.

Very few people passed.

This is also an important reason why there are so few magicians with special-grade monsters. Even if you get noticed, you may not be able to pass the challenge mission.

"So, it's not that I don't want to help you realize your dream, it's that this dream is too difficult." Lila sighed.

Lila herself doesn't have a special-grade monster, so how can she help Angel find one...

However, Lila still gave some encouragement: "Although it is difficult to obtain the puzzle pieces of special-grade monsters, the fact that you have such a dream is enough to show that you have great ambitions."

"I believe that with the help of the Hermit Society, you will be able to find your own way. Special-grade monsters will not just be an unattainable dream."

Angel nodded without comment.

The puzzle pieces of a special-grade monster were not an "unreachable dream" for him.

If he really wanted to obtain a special-grade monster, he could have easily completed the mission on the Planet of Sorrow with the help of the Lucky Scroll. However, considering all the possible consequences, he gave up.

"A special-grade monster... I'll never have one in my lifetime." The little witch sighed in frustration as she listened to the conversation between Angel and Lila.

She is different from others, her talent allows her to obtain rarer fashion magic, but the price is that her challenge tasks are much more difficult than others.

She failed more often than she succeeded in challenging missions against ordinary monsters.

Not to mention the special-grade monsters whose missions are already extremely difficult.

Even if she encounters special-grade monsters in the future, it will be difficult for her to overcome the challenging tasks they give her.

Lila also heard the little witch's muttering. She was silent for a moment and whispered to comfort her: "It's not completely impossible. As long as we can go..."

Because Angel was present, Lila couldn't speak directly, so she stopped halfway through. But the little witch understood and pouted:
"That method is also very difficult, and there is a high risk of death. Anyway, I don't want to die. At least challenging the space can guarantee that I will not die..."

Lila didn't say anything else, but changed the subject and asked Angel if he had any other dreams.

Angel responded casually, but in his mind he was thinking about the ambiguous conversation between the little witch and Lila.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, Angel roughly guessed that the place Lila was talking about should be... a dark corner.

As long as you go to a dark corner, there may be a way to subdue the fashion monster without going through a challenging mission.

It's like a "fashion cage".

The Fashion Cage can indeed capture fashion monsters in dark corners, but this thing is just like a Poké Ball. You have to first conquer the fashion monster and make it follow you willingly.

As for how to convince someone? Either through personal charm or through force.

According to the nature of special-grade monsters, if one wants to conquer the other party with personal charm, he or she must at least have the skills of a "pathfinder".

This is almost impossible for Ingres.

He really doesn't have much talent for fashion art, let alone paving the way.

As for conquering by force, that is even more impossible.

If he went to the dark corner, he could only use this weak body to face a special-grade monster with almost conceptual abilities. Want to conquer it by force? Forget it.

So, after all the twists and turns, for Angel, if he wants to get the puzzle piece of the special-grade monster, he can only do other people's tasks in the copy.

At least in the copy, he has a lot of power at his disposal.

"...The topic of dreams is still a bit too far away. It always feels a bit unrealistic to talk about it now. Otherwise, let's talk about other topics." Angel: "For example, the two tasks I asked you to do yesterday, I wonder if there is any progress?"

When Angel mentioned the word "mission", the air fell into a brief stagnation. Even Kallain, who was wiping the wine glass, paused for a second.

After a long while, Lila finally spoke up: "Xiaolu and Kalain are in charge of Xidaya's mission."

After saying that, Lila signaled to Karen to talk about the task.

Angel also looked at Karen.

Calan put down the tools in his hands and said slowly, "Since we received the mission instructions from Mr. Angel, Xiaolu and I split up and started investigating Xidaya."

"Let me start with my side. I am investigating the possible organization behind Xidaya."

"Since there aren't many clues at the moment, I can only conduct a vague investigation... If there really is a so-called foreign organization behind Xidaya, based on the clues provided by Mr. Angell, I speculate that Xidaya may have come into contact with this foreign organization about five to ten years before her death, which is around 689 to 699 of the Modern Calendar."

"In order to avoid mistakes, I adjusted the time forward two years, that is, from 687 to 699 in the Modern Calendar." Kallain: "I checked all the foreign organizations that came to Modern City during this period, and finally made a table."

"There are 93 organizations in the table..."

At this point, Karen looked at President Lira and said, "Can I borrow your Mind Printer?"

Lila nodded, waved his hand gently, and created a big-mouthed tin frog swaying from side to side on the table.

Kalain took the big-mouthed frog and shook it gently. The tin frog began to stick out its tongue, and its long, pink tongue directly touched Kalain's forehead.

Karlain closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking in secret.

As he was thinking, the big-mouthed frog began to slowly spit out a piece of printed paper, which was covered with densely written words.

After a moment, Kalain put down the big-mouthed frog and handed the page full of words to Angel.

Ingres did not look at the words on the paper immediately, but looked at the big-mouthed frog on the table curiously.

Perhaps seeing that Angel was curious, Lila handed the frog to Angel.

Angel took it and studied it. At first he thought it was a special form of a fashion monster, but after inspecting it inside and out, he found that this big-mouthed frog did not look like a regular life form. Instead, it was a bit like the welcoming bear teddy bear at the door of the Iron Box Tavern.

“Is this… a creation?”

Leela nodded, "Yes, this is a special doll I made using 'Doll Princess'."

Doll princess?

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be a fashion monster.

During this period, Angel memorized many common monsters in Modern City, but the doll princess was not among them, so this doll princess was probably an imported monster.

Lila and the others came from the City of Desire, so they were most likely monsters unique to the City of Desire.

Angel put the big-mouthed frog back on the table and said, "Is the welcoming bear at the door also a doll made by the Doll Princess?"

"Yes. I heard from Xiaolu before that you are very curious about creation?" Lila looked at Angel with a gleam in her eyes.

Ingres did not deny it, nodded, and imitated Lira's light wave of his hand, and created a similar big-mouthed frog on the table.

What is used is naturally the ability of a "landscape expert".

However, the big-mouthed frog created by Ingres only had an appearance and could not move, nor could it be "printed with thoughts".

Lila picked up the big-mouthed frog made by Angel and looked at it carefully: "You have a very deep understanding of creation."

Although Ingres's big-mouthed frog could not move, he only took a few seconds of observation to perfectly replicate the same frog, with no difference in details. This shows that his creative ability is extremely strong.

Lila had a feeling that in terms of manufacturing speed and precision, Angel might have reached a level similar to hers, or even... higher.

Because Lila himself is a high-level magician and has a lot of experience in creating monsters.

Angel is still a low-level magician at present. He probably doesn't have many monster-making skills and has far less experience than himself.

In this situation, Angel could do so much. Lila couldn't imagine how perverted Angel would be when he became a high-level magician in the future!
Lila suppressed her inner excitement and emotion, and said calmly: "If you have any questions about creation, you can contact me at any time."

Having said this, Lila specifically pointed to the hermit ring on his hand.

The meaning is very clear, using the Hermit Ring to emphasize again the importance of the Hermit Order.

Angel: "Then I may have to trouble the president a lot."

Although he has experience in creation and can even create things out of thin air, this does not mean that he has gone further than Lila in the field of creation.

In order to perfect "Imaginary Alchemy", Ingres needs to absorb more and broader creation experience.

Whether it is disassembling and analyzing the capabilities of the "landscape expert" or learning manufacturing experience from President Lira, these are what he needs to do now.

Therefore, at this moment, Angel and Lila's brain waves matched each other, and the importance he attached to the Hermit Order was definitely much higher than before.

Before, I just used it as a portable Taobao app, but now I can take online classes...

Ingres calmed his wandering thoughts and looked at the paper in his hand.

Not surprisingly, what was printed out by the "mind printer" was exactly the 91 foreign organizations that Calian investigated and had ever visited Modern City.

More than half of these organizations have already declined and closed down.

There are also some organizations that have turned into underground hidden societies and are still struggling to operate in Modern City, but Angel simply ignored them.

Because there is such a sentence in the mission overview of "Hidden Crisis": "Although Xidaya is dead, the secret hidden in her has not been completely solved. Those who left the Modern City in the past may come back at any time."

In other words, if it is really related to an external organization, then the original organization should have left Modern City and has not returned yet.

After this screening, there are still 36 organizations left on the paper.

These organizations came to Modern City in those years and wanted to share this new pie, but later left Modern City for various reasons.

If nothing unexpected happens, the source of the "hidden crisis" may be one of these 36 companies.

But 36 organizations are still too many and need further screening.

Angel told Kalin his idea, and Kalin nodded: "I will do further screening after Xiaolu's intelligence comes in."

Speaking of this, Kalain also reported on Xiaolu's progress.

Kalain investigated external organizations, while Xiaolu went to investigate Xidaya's past traces in person.

At present, Xiaolu has gone to Xitianya’s former residence, and apart from encountering April 1st, there are no other clues.

Next, Xiaolu plans to go to where Xidaya lives in the underground block to see if he can find any clues that can lead to a breakthrough.

After finishing explaining the mission information related to Xidaya, Angel looked at Lila again.

Lila: "The other mission you mentioned yesterday was about the situation in that special space. There is no further progress for the time being. But please rest assured, we have sent many people to participate in this matter, including Bambu who is also working hard on this matter."

When Bambu's name was mentioned, the little witch opened the magic book and let Bambu come out.

Bambu is a fashion monster, a special form of the Starry Butterfly - the Starry Butterfly Spirit. It not only has the ability to process and store information, but also has the ability to analyze big data, integrate intelligence and search.

The biggest contributor to the Hermit Ring's ability to conduct holographic conversations in the Modern City is Bambu.

It can be said that Bambu is the key figure who truly connects the Hermit Order.

After Bambu floated out, he politely saluted Angel and said that he was trying to find relevant information.

Lila also said at this time: "Once we have information, we will tell you as soon as possible, because the corrosive energy in the special space is very likely to be ether energy. This energy is a huge threat to all humans."

Bambu flapped his wings, and powdery scales floated to the tip of Leela's nose.

Lila added: "Of course, etheric energy is a threat not only to humans, but also to any living creature, including fashion monsters. Even etheric energy can cause horrible corrosion and mutation to dead objects, even buildings."

Therefore, this mission is not only about Angel, but a test for everyone living in the modern city.

"But, with all due respect, can I ask where did you get the information about this special space? Does anyone else know?"

(End of this chapter)