As Lan Tu said, their mission is only to observe and record some data from the outside, and there is no need to enter it - probably the nobles also know that if they go in, it will be difficult to get out.
"This bounty looks easy." Lu Ning said.
"Ah haha, even so, not everyone can get it." Dorothy said with a proud look, "Lan Tu was able to get this task because of some internal means. After all, it is not difficult as long as it is not too troublesome. , once you do too much, it will be difficult to deal with it.”
"Indeed." Lu Ning nodded.
"But... about that Rudolph." Dorothy suddenly lowered her voice and said to Lu Ning, "That guy is a bounty hunter, you have to be careful."
"What's wrong with the bounty hunter?" Lu Ning glanced at Rudolph walking behind the team and asked in a low voice.
"This is just a name that can be spoken. They are a group of people who do bounty tasks alone. Most of the reason why they are alone is because they can't find teammates. This type of people always have certain problems that prevent them from forming a team. .”
"Yeah." Lu Ning nodded, "We just need to take him to the station."
"It would be nice to be able to get rid of him so easily. Anyway, we don't always have a good impression of bounty hunters." Dorothy's face was not disgusted, but just a little annoyed, as if something had happened to the bounty hunter before.
"Anyway... we have just recorded the Red Rose Garden, and the Black Box Residence is right in front of us. The next stop is the palace?" Lu Ning has already seen the target building, a solemn mansion with black as the main color, which Manden once used. residence, but I don’t know what kind of monsters are locked up here.
Lan Tu, Papi and Aya were the main ones collecting data, while Dorothy and Dan Sheng were helping with the work of moving the instruments, which seemed pretty easy. However, they did not let Lu Ning and others step in to help. They were all members of their own team from beginning to end, and Lu Ning could only watch from a distance.
"Are you really going to the palace?" Rudolph was chatting with Yuan Jie from behind.
"Yes, the palace... Anyway, all the problems come from the king. You have to go to his hometown to see him, right?"
"Hey, this is a big business." Rudolph clapped his hands, "The palace's information must be very valuable. As long as one of the rumored things hidden in it is true, we will make a fortune."
"Brother, you have been in the Tokikan for ten years, right? Do you still remember this?"
"Anyway, nothing seems to have changed outside. No, in a place where time is chaotic, I don't think the outside world has been that long at all. I guess it's at most one or two years. In places like the outer city, nothing will change in a year or two. , intelligence is still valuable.”
"Who do you sell your information to?"
"There are people who specialize in this business. After all, bounty hunters basically act alone. There must be some sources of intelligence. But the team probably won't know. The intelligence business is one-on-one, and the intelligence dealers are well-informed. With a team No one can expect to get any more information from them."
"Why? Isn't it worth selling more?"
Rudolf laughed: "Don't you understand? This is a business rule. There are so many people in the team who can only sell once, but a bounty hunter can only sell once."
"Isn't this... safe?"
"Then it depends on whether the intelligence house is capable. If the intelligence sold to the intelligence house dares to be traded privately, another bounty hunter might break into your house that night." Rudolph made a threatening expression, " In the outer city, killing is only officially prohibited, but there are many underhanded methods."
Lu Ning listened to the two chatting, but the boredom in her heart was still not relieved. She was still worried about Yan Rong. Although she knew that Yan Rong was much stronger than her in terms of force, it was the aspect of force that was most likely to hit a wall in the scene. No matter what Lan Tu said, she was still thinking about whether there was any other way to find Yan Rong. melt.
As for death? She didn't think Yan Rong would die easily.
Soon, Lan Tu and others finished their work, packed up various instruments, and walked over. Lan Tu looked around at everyone and said: "As you know, the next stop is the palace, which is also the most complicated place in our bounty. It doesn't matter if you follow us, but if something happens, don't count on my team. Let me help you solve it, we are just an ordinary bounty team, and we are not that strong to go head-to-head with the monsters that may exist here."
"We know." Liu Yunqing nodded.
"Once you enter the palace, you are responsible for your life and death." Papi added, "If you want to die, die as far away as possible. Don't drag others down. If I detect someone running into a crowd with a monster, I will kill him first."
After warning everyone, Lan Tu led the team towards the palace.
The palace—in appearance was somewhat different from what Lu Ning had in mind.
She had seen the photo of the Dark Sage. The photo was also taken in the palace. It can be seen that it is a very traditional Western palace style. The spacious corridor surrounds the courtyard, with less green vegetation and more various decorations. But when she actually arrived at the palace, she realized that it was only a small part of the interior.
First of all, there are no particularly tall walls here. The entire palace is surrounded by normal streets, with only a fence separating the inside and outside. At first glance, the fence is only designed for aesthetic decoration. It cannot prevent anyone at all. Even a child can slip through the gaps.
Secondly, there is the style of the house. The two sides of the main road at the entrance are clearly divided into two types. However, the two styles of the East and West capture the common points between them so that there will be no violent conflict with each other. The cloisters connect each building, stretching Looking back, Lu Ning could only see some buildings in front of him, but he didn't know how vast it was behind.
Before she could take a closer look, Lan Tu pushed open the palace door.
"The prison of the palace..." He took out a map, opened it, took a look at it, and then looked up, "What exactly is this winding place designed to do..."
"When it was still prosperous, the people living in every building here were not of average quality." Of course, Papi's mechanical body did not need to read the map, and it also memorized a lot of information. "So the walls are almost useless. If outsiders want to do something harmful, anyone from any house can solve the problem. Of course, the king will not really let it go. In the past, there were some legionnaires who were responsible for patrolling here. "
"so what?"
"So this place is designed to meet the living needs of these people. The king recruits talents from all over the world. Those closest to him basically don't live in the palace, but the rest, you know, most of them come here for fame and fortune. Being in the palace is a symbol of status.”
"These people are really good at causing trouble..." Lan Tu scratched his hair.
"Maybe the so-called geniuses all have quirks." Ana muttered, holding a lollipop in her mouth. She seemed to have no interest in the palace. Dorothy looked around curiously, and discussed with Dansheng in a low voice where to bury the most amount of explosives.
"I'll lead the way." Papi saw that Lan Tu had a headache when he recognized the way, so he took the initiative to stand up, "This is the benefit of the mechanical brain. You won't forget it after reading it once, so I recommend you to try it."
"Forget it, I don't want to put a few plugs in my head..." Lan Tu waved his hand.
As the sky slowly turned dark, everyone also walked a long way through this complex palace complex. Even Papi did not walk completely smoothly. He only had a map, and he had to study the topography of the palace based on the map. ——This place is not only on the ground, but also underground and undulating terrain.
"So the king back then was never late for work?" Yuan Jie couldn't help but say after walking such a long way.
"Normal buildings can be reached quickly from the main road. The place we are going to is a prison. This kind of place will be relatively remote... Who do you think would put the prison near the gate?" Papi defended.
"Anyway, it just means that the road is more difficult? But if there is any danger in the palace..."
Brush pull.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and Papi also turned on his own lighting system. Hearing movement not far away across a house, everyone immediately tensed up, and the slightly relaxed atmosphere before disappeared immediately.
"Pah, scan." Lan Tu would not let go of any suspicious details.
"We have already searched and found no suspicious targets."
"Well, that's suspicious enough." Lan Tu turned his head, "Ana, what do you smell?"
"Tar..." Ana sniffed hard, "Burning... is approaching!"
Jean launched the purple light shield. The shield flashed suddenly just about two meters away from him, and then exploded. A group of purple spherical objects bounced back, passed through the paths between the buildings, and flew away. , nothing hit.
"White flames, surging tide." Lan Tu flicked his fingers, and dozens of sparks appeared in front of him. Then he pushed his palm, and the flames expanded instantly. The white flames pressed towards the direction of the sound like a storm, but they still remained Nothing hit.
"There are some ways." He whispered.
"Could it be that the one who was just bounced away is the main body?" Lu Ning asked.
"It's possible." Ana sniffed again, "The smell is dissipating, I can feel it. It should be something like a depression in space."
"No matter what it is, Ana, please pay more attention. Since Papi's investigation can't find it, the danger will exist." Lan Tu lit up the cigarette, "Dorothy, Dan Sheng, you will have to work together when necessary."
"Hey Lan Tu, you allow us to have fun." Dorothy suddenly burst into laughter, "What's going on?"
"Prepare first, then you will hit wherever I point you."
Dorothy nodded immediately, lifted up a corner of her burqa, and a dark barrel protruded from it. Then it quickly bent and deformed with the mechanical parts at the rear, and was placed on Dorothy's shoulders. Dan Sheng took out some parts from his loose clothes, took off his rifle and began to install it on the muzzle.
"What kind of weapon is this?" Yuan Jie was still curious about this.
"You don't need to know this." Lan Tu said lightly, "We don't have any treasures or special skills, so we can only find other ways."
"Sounds like something very dangerous, Mr. Lan Tu." Jean said.
"Don't worry, those things are indeed dangerous, that's why I gave them to Dorothy and Dan Sheng to use - I also don't want to see the need to use them."
Lu Ning pulled out a long sword, flew the blade and circled around everyone to prevent invisible entities from attacking. The others also used their own stronger detection methods, guarding everything from the sky to the ground with almost no blind spots. Possible attack.
Moving on, it became peaceful again. Originally, there was no one living in the palace, and the occasional night wind only slightly blew through the tops of some landscape trees, without making a very special sound. Lu Ning used her electronic eyes to trace the terrain of this area bit by bit, but after all, it was not as convenient as Papi's full mechanical transformation.
Finally, everyone saw a huge palace.
Lu Ning felt that the architectural style of this building was very similar to that of temples in Greece and other places. The entrance was made of twelve white and tall pillars to form a majestic hall. However, it was different when going inward, passing through five side-by-side Through the arched door, you can see that the splendid structure inside still maintains the grandeur of the year. Some altar-like high platforms are neatly arranged on both sides. In the center is a huge statue, which shows several people of different races holding weapons towards each other. The scene of charging forward. Behind the statue, in the deepest part of the palace, there are three rows of seats from low to high. The first row has a minimum of sixteen seats, the second row has four, and the third row has only one.
"This is it." Lan Tu took out the map again and took a look.
"Here?" Yuan Jie raised his head and glanced at the tall pillars again, "This looks like a temple, right?"
"It's not wrong. This is a place that combines prison, execution ground and cemetery." Lan Tu said, "It's probably for convenience. Anyway, the prisoner will be executed outside when he proposes it, and will be sent directly to the temple after the execution. See inside Are those platforms there? They are all used to place ashes."
Everyone was speechless.
"Why would a prisoner look like this..." Liu Yunqing held his forehead, "I believe it if you say this is a place for important sacrifices."
"The prisoners who can be imprisoned in the palace prison are all special, and this is also for special treatment." Lan Tu explained, "But according to the records I obtained, there were about thirty prisoners who were imprisoned here who have not yet been executed. Now The prison has become a forbidden place, we need to find someone to ask."
"People?" Zhu Qinyuan frowned, "Is there anyone else here?"
"Army Shield, one of the four major legions, is stationed here." Lan Tu glanced at Ana, "Ana, try to contact the members of Army Shield. We need to first understand the latest situation in the prison."
Ana took out a whistle and blew it. After waiting for a moment, a whistle seemed to come from the distance.
"Oh... five seconds, Lan Tu, it seems that the commander of the Army Shield has come in person." Anamo counted the time of the whistle and then said.
