OBS Chapter 4458 Pointed Hat Magic Workshop
Chapter 4458 Pointed Hat Magic Workshop
Chapter 4458 Pointed Hat Magic Workshop
A few minutes later, Angell arrived near the north gate.
At the intersection of a street called Rivet Street, he saw Luigi waving wildly at him.
"Angol, over here!"
After reuniting, Luigi led Angor toward their destination while simultaneously launching into a tirade of吐槽 (tu cao, a form of humorous commentary/criticism) about the two previous explorations of the anomalous coordinates.
Although Luigi had already made these comments telepathically before, he seemed to feel that making comments face-to-face, accompanied by gestures, was more powerful.
The moment their rant ended, they arrived at their destination.
“This is it,” Luigi said, pointing ahead.
Angell looked in the direction he was pointing and found that the place he was pointing to was a small bookstore with no sign. There was only a wrinkled cloth curtain with the words "Tonggus Bookstore" written on it.
Through the open door, you can see that the interior is also messy, and there is even a bed that has not been made. It looks like a small bookstore or workshop converted from a private residence.
Stepping inside, the feeling of a makeshift operation disappeared somewhat.
Although the store was messy and cramped, the books themselves were well organized, and apart from a bed that took up a little space, the owner had placed books in every other available spot.
It's clear that the shop owner is a book lover, but he himself lives a very frugal life.
And in this small house filled with books, there is something very eye-catching—
A light blue pointed hat.
It just floats on a bookshelf. From the outside, it looks like a decorative piece, but once you go inside, you'll find that it's not touching the shelf at all; it's completely suspended.
"Is this the outlier?"
“Hmm.” Luigi nodded. “Try touching it.”
Angell stepped forward and gently touched the pointed hat.
The next second, Angell felt a notification from the text box.
"You have discovered the Dawn Shop: Pointed Hat Magic Workshop."
"Enter?"
"whether"
Without hesitation, Angell chose "yes".
With the help of a siphon and a halo effect, Angor was frozen for only two seconds. When his limbs could move again, he had already arrived in a new space.
This was a strange space; there was no ground, and he stood directly in mid-air.
There was nothing beneath my feet, yet I felt a sense of solidity, as if I were truly standing on the ground.
The surrounding area is a starry sky, with a deep blue-black base. The starlight is not the usual regular points of light, but rather like... the flowing oil paint in Van Gogh's paintings, with rolling blocks of color, twisted lines, and swirling waves of starlight, even the air is filled with the heavy feeling of oil paint.
At the very center of this oil painting-like starry sky stands a building workshop about forty meters high, constructed of brass and laminated iron sheets, its overall outline resembling a wizard's pointed hat.
On the limited brim of the hat, several chimneys continuously spewed out white smoke, mixed with thick steam.
On the tin wall below the chimney, there are several round windows of various sizes, letting out warm yellow light, which stands out in this fantastical starry scene.
"This is..."
"Pointy Hat Magic Workshop".
The first sentence was murmured by Ingres, and the second sentence came from Luigi, who followed immediately after him.
"How about that? Pretty impressive, right?"
Angel nodded slightly. The scene, with its oil painting of a starry sky as a backdrop and the magic workshop as its central focus, was set in an alternate dimension. The initial impression was indeed breathtaking.
Of course, the awe-inspiring feeling here is relative to the dream of dawn...
Dawn of Dreams is a human city where extraordinary beings are almost nowhere to be seen. Hidden within this ordinary city are wondrous magic workshops, which is quite awe-inspiring in comparison.
Luigi: "If the Pointed Hat Magic Workshop is so fantastical and magnificent, I wonder if the other two anomalies will be even more beautiful... Sigh, it's just a little bit short."
"Almost? What?" Angell asked, puzzled.
“Inspiration,” Luigi sighed casually. “When I came here and saw such a breathtaking scene, I felt inspiration flying everywhere, and poetry was welling up in my throat. I was just a little bit away from being able to compose a poem on the spot.”
"It might have created an immortal epic, but unfortunately, it was just a little bit short."
“But it doesn’t matter. Maybe the other two anomalies can help me fill in the missing inspiration. Then, hehe…” Luigi glanced at Angor: “Just wait and see my epic masterpiece.”
Angell glanced at the confident and radiant Luigi, then silently turned away without saying a word.
Is it an epic masterpiece or a savage masterpiece? It's so hard to guess.
"Luigi, you're back? Oh, and Lord Angor too!" At that moment, a voice came from the pointed hat magic workshop.
Angell looked up and saw that the round window on the second floor of the workshop had been pushed open, and warm yellow light was shining out. A figure was leaning against the window and waving.
It's Uriel.
Not only Uriel, but Angel also saw Rigota peeking out through the gap in the window.
Clearly, they had arrived here before Angell.
“Let’s go in first.” Luigi took the lead and walked towards the workshop.
The workshop doors opened automatically, as if welcoming them.
After a short walk down the corridor, Angell and Luigi arrived at the first-floor lobby. The first two floors of the workshop were connected, and the view of the second floor was clearly visible from here.
When they came in, Uriel, Rigota, Gulemo, and Sean were all on the second floor, leaning against the brass-clad iron railing, greeting them.
Although they hadn't gone up to the second floor yet, Angel noticed that it seemed to be set up like a "bar," with many tables and chairs, and Uriel and the others were sitting on the second floor.
The first floor is relatively spacious, with only a counter in front and almost all of them being octagonal cubicles, but these cubicles are currently locked.
Angell went to the counter.
He had noticed before that there seemed to be a short figure standing behind the counter on the first floor, and now that he looked at it up close, it was indeed a person.
It was just a little different from what he had imagined.
It was a small block figure wearing a pointed hat and a silk-textured magic robe.
You can't tell the gender of the block figure just by looking at its face, but you can see its obvious blush and button-like eyes.
“This is the sales assistant from the Pointy Hat Magic Workshop, but…” Luigi introduced in a low voice, but stopped halfway through his sentence.
Just then, Angel greeted the little block figure: "Hello."
However, the little block figure completely ignored Angel.
Luigi chimed in at the opportune moment, "It just doesn't seem to pay much attention to people; it ignores everyone who comes near."
Angell: "..."
Luigi chuckled and leaned closer, saying, "I'm not doing this on purpose to make you laugh. Even though it ignores people, there will be a message notification in the text box after you greet it."
Angell looked in the direction of the sound.
Sure enough, a new message appeared in the text box.
"The Pointed Hat Magic Workshop has not yet met the opening conditions. Please continue exploring."
Luigi: "See? Although we can enter this Dawn Shop, we can't do anything inside... They say we have to meet the opening conditions."
Angel: "...The store hasn't even opened yet, and you've already called us all over?"
Luigi shrugged: "Isn't this about getting everyone involved and pooling our wisdom?"
After a pause, Luigi said in a low voice, "I have a personal guess. When you came in here, did it feel like this place was from... an adventurer's guild?"
Angell shook his head honestly: "No."
“Look, there are reception staff, private rooms, and a bar on the second floor… Isn’t this the standard setup for an adventurers’ guild?” Luigi said, looking very clever.
Angel: "You must have misunderstood something. Facilities like the Adventurers' Guild are primarily for adventurers. The reception staff, cubicles, and bars you mentioned are common in many facilities, such as in inns."
Luigi opened his mouth, unsure how to refute, and stammered, "Atmosphere, I mean atmosphere."
Angor: "...Okay, atmosphere. But I still don't understand, what do you mean by mentioning the Adventurers' Guild?"
Luigi immediately said, "Do you know the registration process for the Adventurers' Guild? First, you have to be an adventurer; then, you have to recruit teammates to form an adventurer party; finally, you can start your own adventure and receive guild rewards."
“Look, the atmosphere here is very similar to the Adventurers’ Guild, and according to the text message, we haven’t met the conditions for opening the Dawn Shop yet… I was wondering if the opening condition is the number of people.”
"Once we have enough people, we can open the Dawn Shop. It's just like the Adventurers' Guild. As long as we have enough people, we can form an adventurer team or even start our own adventure group."
"That's how we got in touch!"
After listening to Luigi's explanation, Angel took a deep breath, remained silent for a long time, and finally said in a low voice, "You mean, the store doesn't sell things to individuals, but requires group purchases?"
Luigi paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "It's not that we need to form a group, it's just that the more people there are, the more profitable Dawn Shop will be, and that's when they'll start selling?"
This time, Angel didn't refute it again. Instead, he planned to use his powers to analyze the "activation conditions" in the text bar.
But just then...
A rustling sound came from outside the door.
Looking back, she saw Blanche and Camillo walking in from outside.
Immediately following was a burst of surprise and admiration.
A few minutes later, the Sun and Moon Wizards arrived at the Pointed Hat Magic Workshop with Juanjuan. However, compared to the others, they remained quite calm about the scene before them.
As legendary wizards, they experienced countless magical scenes, and this pointed hat magic workshop was nothing compared to them.
Now everyone has arrived, and Luigi, eager and full of anticipation, walks toward the pointed-hat block man.
A moment later, Luigi walked up to Angell with a disappointed look on his face.
"My guess was wrong, it wasn't the number of people..."
Angel didn't speak, but simply hummed softly, and went up to the second floor with Luigi, where everyone was gathered.
Everyone looked at Luigi, because Luigi had just said that everyone was present and he was going to check if the Dawn Shop was open.
Luigi rubbed his nose awkwardly.
This action made everyone understand the answer.
However, they didn't care. After all, for them, Luigi finding the shop was already a huge contribution, compared to finding the answer to opening it.
Seeing Luigi's somewhat embarrassed expression, Guleimo comforted him in a low voice: "It's not necessarily not about the number of people. We might need even more, like at least twenty, fifty, or even a hundred people to start. We're definitely not enough right now."
"So your guess might not be wrong."
Luigi scratched his temple. Although he knew Gulemo was trying to comfort him, he couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope.
“What Guleimo said makes some sense, but if it really is about the number of people, we can’t increase it right now, so talking about it is rather pointless… Why don’t we put aside the number of people for now, make some other guesses, and then try them one by one?” Lady Moon then spoke up, suggesting that we use an exhaustive method to conduct the experiment.
Just as everyone was pondering, Angel spoke softly: "No need to guess anymore, I've already got the answer..."
Everyone immediately turned their gaze to Angel, their eyes filled with doubt.
At this moment, the black cat, Juanjuan, spoke softly: "Did you get the answer using some special tool again?"
Although its tone remained unchanged, everyone present could detect a hint of mockery. Because whenever the situation reached a stalemate, Angor would resort to some kind of deus ex machina, and the reason he gave was usually some special artifact.
Angell gave Juan Juan a deep look and nodded: "It's not exactly a prop, but it's close. However, Mr. Sun, Ms. Moon, and Mr. Camillo can also glimpse the answer if they make the necessary preparations."
The Sun and Moon Wizard was momentarily stunned when he was suddenly called out.
After a moment, they seemed to realize what was happening and whispered, "You mean... the Immortal Realm Inscription?"
Angell nodded.
"When the basic inscription of the Immortal Realm is activated, it can summon a portion of the Immortal Realm's power. Under this power, one can open the vision of authority to a certain extent and glimpse some hidden information."
What Angor said was not a lie; basic inscriptions can indeed reveal some secrets. However, the extent to which the enhanced power vision can see, and how much it can see, is another matter.
The Sun and Moon Wizard thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.
The Fairy Tale Inscriptions explicitly state that one can obtain some benefits from Fairy Tale Powers. Since all dungeons in Dream Crystal Plains are constructed based on Fairy Tale Powers, if one obtains benefits through the inscriptions, one can naturally glimpse things that ordinary people cannot see.
Unfortunately, they need a lot of materials to construct the Fairyland Inscription.
They are easy to find in real life.
However, these materials are currently nowhere to be found in the Dream Crystal Plains.
However, as the keeper of the Fairyland Inscriptions, Angell does not need to consume materials when using the inscriptions... Thinking about it this way, it is entirely reasonable that he could see the answer.
"What are the conditions for opening the Pointed Hat Magic Workshop?" Mr. Sun asked curiously.
Angel didn't keep them in suspense and gave the answer directly: "The Pointed Hat Magic Workshop will only officially open when the Dream of Dawn welcomes its tenth dreamer."