Britta followed Juno and his party into the library, watching them walk into the corridor of the side door, pass through the inner garden, and enter the maze of high rose bushes. She followed quickly, and before she had walked a few steps, she heard the sound of conversation coming from the next door. Those people seemed to be meeting someone here. The first person behind the flowers spoke was a voice that was very unfamiliar to her:
"Everyone is late."
"I'm sorry, I met people from the Council of Stars and Moon. I was afraid of arousing suspicion among the mentors."
"Okay, I forgive you this time. How did things go?"
"The game process has been set, and they are guaranteed to face our guys. It's just that the other side made a mistake, and they paid close attention to Ash Lynn's stuff."
Britta quickly covered her mouth. The first part she heard shocked her. Her eyes widened, and her beautiful brown-green eyes suddenly flashed with burning anger.
She subconsciously attributed the other party to someone from the Seven Sorcerers' Family. More than twenty years later, are these people still lingering around Laila? What annoyed her the most was that these people actually attacked the academy competition. Didn't they claim to be fair? Why don't you even give them a chance to prove yourself?
Are they so afraid of the Horfen School? Even the ghost of a theory that has been dead for more than twenty years is afraid of its resurrection from the tomb? It was just something created by a group of their students. There was no great magician behind it, and people had long forgotten the history of its origin. Are the people of the Empire so narrow-minded?
Britta clenched her fists, but stood motionless, with no intention of going out to question. She just wanted to quietly listen to what these people's conspiracy was, so that they could give each other a surprise when they implemented their plan.
Then the voices of both parties were suppressed, and the other party seemed to be giving some instructions. However, there was only a flower stand between the two sides, and Britta could understand it, but the other party was using more and more jargon, such as 'Nightmare Furnace', 'Shadow Man', 'Plan', 'Prototype', 'No. 2' There was also a name in the middle that she had never heard of before - Odyss.
The other party mentioned himself several times - the Rust Foundation, another name he had never heard of before, and someone under the jurisdiction of the Seven Mage Family? she thought to herself.
Juno also answered, mentioning Lila several times, as well as her name, 'that elementalist', and 'Miss Scholar'. Britta was very smart and could guess that she was talking about Luo. Yu and Jita.
However, the girl's hearing was a bit confusing. She knew every word of most of the content, but she couldn't understand it when they were connected together. She could only roughly tell that the other party was executing a plan targeting Laila, her and everyone else. conspiracy.
She only silently remembered the content of the other party's conversation, and only waited until she left here before relaying it to Luo Yu, Jita and others. She was a smart girl who understood that even if she didn't understand, there would always be someone who understood.
She listened for a long time, and remained motionless until the two parties left. It was not until the sounds in the garden gradually faded away, leaving only the low humming of the birds, that the girl gradually relaxed, put down her hands, and breathed a sigh of relief. The opponent was not someone like Oros. She was not sure about the opponent's strength, so she did not dare to expose herself easily.
She had seen similar scenes in the novel, so she naturally understood the meaning of falling short of success, and was extremely vigilant.
These people actually secretly manipulated the academy competition. Britta thought that she must expose this matter and let the entire wizard world, no, it is best to let the outside world know about it.
She couldn't do it, but that didn't mean that no one could do it. There were many mentors in the wizarding world who couldn't deal with the Seven Sorcerers' Family, and some of them had backgrounds that weren't afraid of the Seven Sorcerers' Family at all. But first, she must tell Luo Yu and Jita that they are not from the Empire and are her most trustworthy helpers.
Britta silently sorted out her thoughts, made up her mind, and then turned around to leave.
However, at this moment, a voice came from behind the girl: "Miss Britta is really alert."
Britta felt like her hair stood on end like a cat. She turned around smartly, raised the magic wand in her hand to face the other party, but her body subconsciously hit the flower stand on the other side, but she didn't expect to hit it. A cold wall.
It was magic, her heart sank.
The person opposite couldn't help but applaud, "Bah, bang, bang," the man was wearing a magic robe that usually made it difficult to identify his identity, and his face seemed to have been cast by some kind of spell. He couldn't see his appearance. He praised, "I can't help but admire Miss Britta. It's a pity to stay in the astrology academy with such a sharp wit."
"Are you the Chosen One?" With no hope of escape, Britta calmed down and muttered to herself: "How could Prometheus get mixed up with people from the Rust Foundation..."
"Hey, why are you-" The man was startled, then he folded the emblem on his collar with his hand angrily, and said angrily: "I'm really impressed by you, Miss Britta, but that's not important. You don’t think you can pass on the information, do you?”
Britta had already gotten the information she wanted and didn't intend to speak anymore. She just looked at the surrounding environment. She had prepared for the worst, but she still had Xinghui. Which temple would be safer for her to be resurrected? How could she notify others?
But there was a worse possibility, that is, she was taken away by these people. She couldn't help but think about Anette, could it be that the other party also fell into the hands of these people. No, she thought to herself, she had to leave some message for the others.
Thinking of this, she held the magic wand in her hand and said: "This is the Astrology Academy. There are magic alarms outside the academy. You don't think you can take someone away out of thin air. I am a student of the academy."
"I understand what you mean. If we take you away without triggering the alarm, it means someone in the academy is colluding with us," the man said, "but it's not as important as you think. You don't have to delay, Miss Britta. , it makes no sense.”
When Britta saw the other person raising the magic wand in his hand, her expression changed. She subconsciously stepped back and stepped on something, and then tried to cast a protective spell. But it was still a little late. The opponent's spell was cast faster than expected. Before she could react, a dark beam of light had already hit her.
The girl seemed to have been bitten by a poisonous snake, her body stiffened and fell backwards little by little. The last thing she saw in her field of vision was that the other party took out a silver box from under her robe.
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When Luo Yu and others arrived, the scene was already crowded with people.
A college student discovered the girl's cold body in the garden. The frightened former student notified the instructor on duty, thus alarming the entire astrology college. Others only learned of the murder on their way to the library. .
The instructors notified the college's guards, and the patrolling cavalry that arrived sealed off the place on three levels. Even people from the Star and Moon Council came, and several guards protected Warren Fuller, the president of the council. Ask outside what happened.
But Luo Yu didn't know this person either.
Warren Fuller, on the other hand, glanced at Laila twice, looking thoughtful.
It’s just that Laila looked panicked at this moment. She only heard that something happened in the library, but she didn’t know who was killed. But judging from the last news that Britta sent to them from Tuohain, one person A huge uneasiness has gripped her soul.
The girl walked towards the crowd in a daze, pushing aside the people who were blocking her and moving forward. The patrolling cavalry came up and tried to stop them. But they stopped in front of Luo Yu and looked at the latter somewhat unprepared——
These days, no one in the Patrol Cavalry Department knows or knows about these two influential figures in Ayinbrok, or to be precise, they are the people around the Dragon Alchemist. What happened to the former director, they are worried about. Very clear.
The patrolling cavalry did not expect to meet Luo Yu here. They looked at the young man and Jita beside them, and for a moment they did not dare to come forward.
"The people inside may be her friends," Luo Yu replied calmly without any intention of finding superiority in these aborigines.
"Of course," the leader of the patrol cavalry said flatteringly, "Mr. Luo Yu, you can go in."
Luo Yu only nodded.
The scholar lady next to her seemed even more anxious. She looked at Laila's face with a worried expression, and saw the girl walking towards the garden as if she had lost her soul. When Laila saw her former friend's pale face, the huge uneasiness in her heart finally turned into reality.
She shook, almost fainting. Luo Yu hurriedly stepped forward and supported the girl from behind. But Laila broke away from him, rushed over and held Britta's cold hand, "No, Britta, how could..."
Her behavior of destroying the scene fell in the eyes of the patrolling cavalry on the side. Everyone looked at Luo Yu and then at Warren Fuller, who didn't object when they saw that the latter just turned his gaze to the sky and acted as if nothing happened. see.
Luo Yu took a step behind and looked at the palm of his hand, thoughtfully. Then he raised his head, walked over, and put his hand on Britta's forehead. The touch was slightly cold, but the skin was still soft and not stiff.
A ray of light seeped out from his fingertips and penetrated under the girl's pale skin. Laila watched this scene from the side and raised her head to look at him, "Mr. Luo Yu...?" Her voice was full of sadness, Still holding on to the last hope.
In her opinion, after Britta fell, Luo Yu and his team were the last people around her that she could rely on.
"Where is Xinghui?" Luo Yu did not answer Laila immediately, but turned back to ask the patrolling cavalry captain.
"This is the strange thing, sir," the captain replied, "the victim is still a little girl, and the star should be full of stars, but she is here now, and there is no news of anyone being resurrected from the nearby temples. .”
He looked at Laila beside him and hesitated: "In fact, this... er, Miss Britta... the body is here..."
Laila only lowered her head, tears sliding down like pearls and dripping on Britta's pale hands that she held tightly.
"She is not resurrected," Luo Yu announced, "but she is not completely dead either. The starlight is still in her body."
"This is impossible, sir." The captain of the patrol cavalry retorted subconsciously, "Such a thing has never happened in history."
"I have checked. You should know that I come from Kaolin-Ithurion, where there was a big war not long ago. Our opponents are cultists, and enemies from the dark world. They have a method that can Extract the starlight."
Luo Yu replied calmly.
"I've heard of such things," the person who responded turned out to be the Speaker of the Star and Moon Parliament. Warren Fuller walked in from outside the garden and said, "You are saying that there are traces of cultists behind this murder, and they have actually infiltrated into the astrology academy? But you said that the cultists took this little girl away? How could Xinghui still be in her body?"
"The reason is very simple," Luo Yu said, "It's because I personally experienced that war. I believe you all still remember the big trial that happened in Ayin Bullock not long ago. Our regiment leader found out from behind the patrol cavalry headquarters. That scum of the Holy Chosen One’s true identity is a member of the Dragon Worship Cult.”
The captain of the patrol cavalry on the side twisted his body uneasily. Although the incident had little to do with him, it was still a bit embarrassing to be mentioned in person.
But he didn't dare to refute anything. If the other party summoned the Scroll Knights again, who knew what would happen.
Luo Yu looked at the others, "We are actually here to find traces. One of the purposes of going to the empire is to find the whereabouts of the cultists who escaped from Elpaxin. You may not know, Princess Brianne was Also in the north, in order to deal with them, Her Royal Highness the Princess brought back some magic talismans from Alvin Quinn."
He pulled out the necklace from Brianne's collar. There was an owl-shaped pendant hanging on the silver chain. The pendant seemed to have been hit by some magic, and a hole was burned in it.
Luo Yu said: "The purpose of these magic talismans is to protect the spells of the cultists so that the other party's method of extracting the starlight will fail. Miss Britta is just unconscious. She may wake up at any time."
"Dark magic!" The instructors around him were all real magicians. They recognized the true nature of the spell just by looking at the burned holes in the pendant.
Warren Fuller had heard of the name of Her Royal Highness the Princess. Not many people in the empire were famous for Corrin Ithulian, but the heroes of the Battle of Byrne were obviously not among them.
He just seemed a little hesitant and couldn't help but ask: "You said this is all true?"
"Are you telling the truth?" Warren Fuller asked in surprise.
"It's absolutely true," Luo Yu replied, "I am a member of the Seven Seas Brigade, so naturally I cannot make fun of the team's reputation."
The young elementalist immediately said to everyone - most of them knew him, otherwise they would not let an outside magician check Britta's condition here, "Everyone, my suggestion is Immediately send Britta to the nearby church of Lady Mirella and send someone to protect her."
Hearing that Luo Yu turned out to be a teammate of the famous Dragon Alchemist, Warren Fuller couldn't help but take a breath and believed the words, and then gave orders to others: "There is a life nearby. There is a small sanctuary at the goddess’s shrine, take them to that place and protect this young lady’s safety.”
He then looked at the magicians and instructors at the Astrology Academy, "What do you think?"
"Although Britta's body is cold," the instructors said, "there is really no sign of stiffness in her body for such a long time."
Others were convinced of Luo Yu's words after personal inspection, "I don't quite understand what method Mr. Luo Yu used to check, but after checking, I did find that there was still Starlight in Britta's body, but it was somewhat specious. .”
After drawing these two conclusions, the general direction has been determined. Although Britta's condition is a bit strange, as long as the starlight still exists in Aitalia, a person cannot be said to be dead.
After hearing that there was still hope for her friend, Laila also recovered. She cheered up and carried out her friend's cold body with others. For a while, only Luo Yu and Jita were left at the scene.
Jita seemed to want to say something, but Luo Yu shook his head at her. He walked forward and looked at the place where Britta's body was originally.
Just now, there were too many people, and Laila broke in again and disrupted the scene, so in fact, no one carefully explored the scene.
The magicians at the Astrology Academy didn't have that experience. They just detected the escape of elements at the scene and determined that the murderer's spell to kill Britta was probably an ordinary spell such as petrification. The other party is just a magician.
The patrolling cavalry even neglected their duties. In addition, Aitaria's criminal investigation methods were mediocre except for alchemy and magic, and it did not form a complete logical system as rigorous as the other side of the Star Gate.
After Britta was taken away, Luo Yu saw that there was a character 'D' under her left arm. This character should have been drawn by her with the tail of her magic wand, but it was shallow. of a sum.
This text is obviously not an English character, but an imperial text, but there are too many words starting with 'D', including earth, sword, stars and even steel, things related to iron, or the first letter of a person's name.
Miss Scholar asked softly, "Is this what Britta left behind?"
Luo Yu nodded, it was very likely.
Miss Scholar opened the magic book and carefully searched the system for a moment, but there were no possible words and names listed that she could relate to. She gently put her hand on it, and all she saw was a rusty dagger.
A rusty dagger?
Rust?
She raised her head, "I saw a dagger, and the pattern on it looked familiar to me...it was a butterfly."
"Butterfly?" Luo Yu thought of something, "Do you still remember the handwritten notes of the group leader?"
"You mean the pattern on the cover?"
Jita pondered for a moment, frowned and said, "It would be great if the leader was here. He can see further than us."
Luo Yu shook his head, not thinking that this was a correct understanding, "The person who attacked Britta from behind must also be related to Arnett's disappearance. Both of them are members of the Horfen School. There must be seven demons behind this incident." The shadow of the guiding family.”
He paused, "At least we can be sure of one thing now. The Seven Magicians must have contact with the Shadow People and their followers."
He did not say these words publicly, because all parties in the Astrology Academy were closely connected, and most of the magicians had direct or indirect connections with the Seven Magical Families. No one knew which side those people would side with.
Only then did Miss Scholar remember the necklace, "That amulet?"
"The amulets I distributed were imitated by Mr. Anlose," Luo Yu shook his head, "Of course they were not given by the elf princess, but the methods of the Dragon Worshipers are not flawless. Only gods can extract them. Xinghui, they naturally can’t reach that level.”
"Because the method was flawed, the talisman intercepted part of the starlight and anchored that part of the starlight in Britta's body. But for this reason, she was unable to be resurrected in the temple. Britta The situation is not as easy as I said. If there is no way to get her starlight back, she will remain in that state..."
But the starlight can remain, but the body will become weaker day by day.
He sighed slightly, "I distributed the amulets after I noticed that the Shadow People and their followers were related to the Seven Magician Family, but I didn't expect that it was too late. I paid too much attention to Laila , but ignored other people.”
"You've done enough," Jita didn't expect Luo Yu to do so much in private, so she comforted her gently, "Did you say that on purpose to get those people to take the bait?"
Luo Yu nodded.
Miss Scholar was silent for a moment and then asked: "Have you ever thought that Britta decided to go to the library on her own at the last minute? Maybe this was not an inevitable event."
"You mean..."
"Maybe she broke something here?"
"Can you backtrack?"
"I can't do it," Jita shook her head, "There are not many people in Xinta'an who have such ability, and those who have such ability arrived here too late, not to mention those people may not take action for an academy student. "
"Then it's up to us." Luo Yu also agreed with this answer. "The other party is eager to cover up the facts, which means that they are about to reveal their whereabouts. Murdering a student in the astrology academy is not a big deal, but it is enough to cause Ai Yin to Bullock’s upper echelons of attention.”
His expression suddenly changed, he took out the communication crystal from his chest and said, "The leader is out."
A month and a half later, the Winter Solstice Tower opened its door again.
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(End of chapter)
