Danmaku once half-jokingly told Sarlayan about a popular saying they had, which was said to come from a philosopher named Nietzsche.
When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you.
The Aqir Emperor Vezakremetia set off almost at the same time as Sarlayan. Sarlayan and Valeera were chased away by the guards in Ahn'Qiraj City on the front foot. Vezakremetia was in a hurry on the back foot. Came back from the front line.
While the two Sarlayans were busy plotting against Visalia with Prius, C'Thun was also giving instructions to Vizakremitia.
C'Thun himself needed to concentrate on dealing with the increasingly ferocious offensive of the Titan Guardian, and finally waited until the intermission to get some free time. It was determined to completely pin down the guy who was causing trouble behind, so as to avoid future troubles forever.
Visalia is the last Xeraki left by C'Thun's side, and will not leave the Holy City of Ahn'Qiraj easily.
In order to catch the little thief of unknown origin, C'Thun called Vezacule Mitia and Visalia, who had returned from their travels, to the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, the temple where the core of his body was located.
"Is there an enemy sneaking into the rear to cause damage?"
Emperor Yaqi, who has been busy with the war recently, looked stunned: "My lord, do you know the origin of the other party?"
"unknown."
C'Thun's voice rang directly in Vizakremitia's mind: "Before you returned to the city, I discovered two flesh-and-blood creatures that were not our creations."
Vizakremitia asked in confusion: "Who dares to sneak into the Holy City of Ahn'Qiraj? Could it be that they are..."
C'Thun: "No, through my observation, those two people should have nothing to do with this matter, and they should have other purposes."
"Hmm..." Vizakremetia pondered: "Unidentified forces have sneaked into the Holy City of Ahn'Qiraj one after another. This is a bad sign."
"Indeed." C'Thun said in a sinister tone: "Emperor, your mission is to thoroughly investigate the entire city with my minion Visalia. I will temporarily grant you the highest authority of the hive network. You must capture this person as soon as possible. Two groups of infiltrators with unknown purposes!”
Vizakremitiya immediately accepted the order solemnly: "Your will!"
After watching Vizakremetia turn around and leave quickly, C'Thun, who was left alone in the temple hall, fell into deep thought.
"Stealing souls and stealing corpses is definitely not the behavior of those sub-Titans who claim to be righteous. Could it be..."
…
Until now, neither Sarlayan nor Prius knew that another demigod under C'Thun had rushed back from the front line.
According to Sarlayan's habit, he originally planned to obtain good information before taking formal action, but Prius rejected his proposal on the grounds that time did not wait for us.
"Time is not on our side. Even if it is true as you said, C'Thun's attention will be distracted by the war that is about to start again, we cannot lurk in high-risk areas behind enemy lines for a long time."
"C'Thun sent a large number of scouts to search the city. With the help of its compound eyes with amazing insight, it was only a matter of time before this shelter was discovered."
Sarlayan frowned and questioned: "Are you planning to force yourself? That's too reckless."
"of course not."
Prius shook his head and said: "Without the two of you joining in, it is indeed impossible to lure Visalia out and kill it in a short time."
"With your help, we can completely divide our forces into two groups."
"When C'Thun is hampered by the war that breaks out again on the front line, I will make another move in the city to lure out Visalia who is staying in the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, and then we will work together to subdue it in the shortest possible time."
Prius came to Ahn'Qiraj earlier than Sharlayan and Valeela. While avoiding C'Thun's surveillance, he inquired about information in the city and drew a simple but complete distribution map of Ahn'Qiraj.
It can be seen from this map that Ahn'Qiraj is made up of nearly square blocks, and there are guards specially responsible for patrolling between the crisscross blocks.
Ever since Prius sneaked into the city of Ahn'Qiraj and started making trouble, under the urging of C'Thun, the originally relatively lazy city guards became more active, and C'Thun also sent many compound eyes to assist them in their work.
This is also the reason why Sarlayan and Valeera were discovered by C'Thun immediately after entering the city. They happened to take the blame for Prius.
"here."
Prius tapped his finger on the block he wrote on East 3: "East 3 is an academic area with a smaller number of permanent guards."
"Aqir scholars are disgusted with the soldiers coming and going disturbing their peaceful research environment. They have applied to the Yaqir Emperor many times, requesting to reduce the number of soldiers stationed in East 3 District and to keep it as silent as possible."
"silent……"
Valeera asked doubtfully: "As far as I know, aqirs don't need to make sounds when communicating with each other, right?"
"Yes." Prius said in agreement: "They have a special spiritual network that can connect the consciousness of all insect people together and communicate with each other without language."
"However, this does not mean that the insect soldiers will not make any sound when they move. That is impossible. The sounds of footsteps, breathing, the collision of weapons and armor, etc. will also cause disturbance to the scholars."
"Before you came, I verified it in advance."
"Eastern District 3 is the weakest defensive district in the entire city of Ahn'Qiraj. It will take at least 5-10 minutes for the guards from other districts to arrive. We will capture Visalia right here!"
The confident look on the Prius made Sarlayan temporarily put aside the uneasiness caused by the lack of information.
"Since you have made the overall plan, it's up to you to give the orders."
Prius nodded solemnly: "The action time is set for the early morning of two days later. Before then, I hope that Titan Creation can really provoke a war again as you said."
Sarlayan said decisively: "Leave the contact to me. You can use these two days to continue to improve the plan. It is best to find out the latest trends in the city."
Prius sighed softly: "Unfortunately, the defense strength of Ahn'Qiraj City is already high enough, and your infiltration has further aggravated C'Thun's tension."
"It is not wise to go out and pry at this time. If you are not careful, you will be discovered by the angry C'Thun."
"Also..." Sarlayan slapped his forehead helplessly: "In short, I will let the Titan Guardians move first to draw away C'Thun's attention, and then I can only act according to the situation."
…
Prius' original soldier is an outstanding strategist and master of strategy. Prius completely inherits the memory and part of the soldier's abilities.
Under the current circumstances, Sarlayan could not find any obvious mistakes or omissions in the plan for the time being.
As Prius said, the city of Ahn'Qiraj is an out-and-out dangerous area behind enemy lines. The longer the time goes on, the greater the variables will be. The ideal situation is to retreat unscathed after one successful attack.
Leaving Prius to continue refining the plan in the main hall of the shelter, Sarlayan and Valeela went to another adjacent cabin to prepare to contact Mimiron.
Valeera used her half-baked space power to locate Mimiron's position, and asked with uneasiness: "Salayan, are you sure you want to follow Prius's plan? I always feel..."
"I can understand your concerns."
Sarlayan smiled bitterly and said: "You are used to my layout style. You always make a decision before taking action. You have never executed such a relatively simple and rough adventure plan."
"Under the current situation, the Prius' plan of close to a straight ball is the most efficient. Due to environmental constraints, we can't ask for too much. After all... this is not a home court we are familiar with."
"Yes." Valeera sighed: "I hope everything goes well. As long as you can get the reward he promised, you can officially fuse the time sand fragments and realize the power of time. We can also follow the beacon in reverse and return to It’s our time.”
Yes, beacon.
During the period of deep understanding of the Time and Sand Shards, Sarlayan unexpectedly discovered that Nozdormu's old silver coin had a time-space coordinate etched into the Time and Sand Shards at some point.
Needless to say, we know that this coordinate is the time node where Sarlayan and Valeera were originally.
All is ready except for the opportunity.
To track this beacon in reverse, Sarlayan must first understand and skillfully use the power of time.
In other words, Nozdormu's test and blessing are actually one. After completely digesting this blessing hidden in the fragments of time and sand, Sarlayan and Valeera can return to their own era. .
After sending the note detailing the whole story to Mimiron, Sarlayan, who was still a little uneasy, sat down cross-legged.
"Beware of arrogance and impetuosity. We have made all the preparations we can. Please be patient and wait for the results."
