After Angel withdrew his gaze, the look in his eyes as he regarded the Patterns-faced man opposite him became somewhat strange.
A "Door Scar" had actually appeared. Could he be...
All kinds of guesses surfaced in Angel's mind, and before he knew it, he had fallen into deep thought.
It was not until a great commotion arose from the corridor that Angel was jolted awake.
The corridor not far away, previously packed full of Crystal-Eyed Race members, automatically parted, forming a passage barely wide enough for someone to pass through.
Yifuda led a slightly shorter Crystal-Eyed Race member through that human corridor and into the hall.
This Crystal-Eyed Race member was precisely the person Angel had seen by the lake earlier, the one Yifuda had been speaking with.
Barring any surprises, this person should have been Wan Wanta, the scholar deeply versed in linguistics.
Sure enough, as soon as Yifuda entered, Giant City Spirit said, "You've worked hard, Yifuda. You and Wan Wanta, come sit down."
Yifuda smiled and nodded, taking a seat beside Giant City Spirit.
However, "Wan Wanta" did not follow her over to sit. Instead, he fixed his gaze directly upon the Patterns-faced man.
Clearly, Yifuda had already explained the situation to him while they were outside. Wan Wanta also knew that the Patterns-faced man was their target this time.
After thinking for a moment, Wan Wanta spoke several sentences to the Patterns-faced man in the human common tongue.
The Patterns-faced man showed no reaction, and Wan Wanta immediately switched languages, asking him in another strange tongue.
But even after Wan Wanta spoke several languages in succession, the Patterns-faced man gave no response.
Clearly, none of those languages was the Patterns-faced man's native tongue.
Still, Wan Wanta's repeated changes in language let the Patterns-faced man understand his