The Tree Spirit had originally been sitting with his eyes closed, his thoughts focused on the avatar at the Star Pool ruins. But when he sensed the leaf veins beneath his recliner making a heavy disturbance, the Tree Spirit abruptly opened his eyes.
Not far away, Angel was walking toward him with a man in tow. The man was extraordinarily burly, bare from the waist up, his taut muscles covered in painted totems. A fierce, rugged aura naturally radiated from him.
At first glance, he looked like a savage from some primitive tribe.
"What, you were only gone for a little while, and you've brought another person over? Is he joining that research of yours too?"
Angel nodded. "Yes. He's joining my research too, though it's a different project."
The Tree Spirit raised a brow. "You have many research subjects?"
"Actually, there's only one. They're just responsible for some minor, unimportant research at the foundation of that subject."
"Even the information exchange you mentioned before is minor research?"
"More or less."
Hearing Angel say that, intense curiosity rose in the Tree Spirit's heart. But he could tell that Angel had no intention of explaining, so he tactfully did not ask.
The Tree Spirit turned his head and gestured for Baruba to take out the Bone Card. As he tapped at the air and updated Baruba's task, he said, "From the sound of it, this research of yours should require quite a few people? I can help you recruit some and send them your way."
Angel said, "I do need some hands, but there's no rush for now. We can discuss it in a few days."
Once Angel revealed the matter of the Dream Wilderness, the Tree Spirit would take the initiative to find people to enter it without Angel even