At night, the atmosphere around the campfire in the wild camp was not harmonious at all, but rather tit-for-tat.
The young noble son stared angrily at the adventure group hired by his father. The sap in the back of his head still made him feel groggy. However, for those who had seen all kinds of people and encountered all kinds of dangers, this group of experienced adventurers simply ignored the non-threatening gazes.
But not everyone has no complaints about the current situation. The archer stirred the fire and complained: "Didn't I just agree that we would spend the night on a roof? Why did you run out to camp again?"
The warrior leader smiled sarcastically and then said: "I won't be at ease if I'm still living in the magic tower after something like that happened. Whether it's the tower owner or our people."
"Damn it!" the young noble yelled angrily, and said in a ferocious tone: "If you hadn't stopped me just now, I would have captured that vicious magician. It was only a few steps away."
"Oh, it's just a few steps away." The soldier continued to taunt, but he didn't want to start a bigger dispute with the employer's son. Turning towards the deserted forest, he asked: "In your opinion, what are our chances of winning just now? Mai He."
The team's magician is coming out of the forest. As soon as he showed up, he heard the leader's question. He said casually: "The correct question should be, if we had fought just now, how many people would have survived."
"Oh, then Mai He, tell me, if there is a fight, how many of us will survive?"
"According to my original idea, except for me who can escape, you should all die."
"What were your original thoughts?" The warrior leader became curious about the key words he heard. He continued to ask the magician who was already sitting by the campfire: "What do you think now?"
"The current view is that except for the possibility of me escaping, you will all die." Looking at the surprised expressions of his companions, the magician shrugged and continued: "After all, my original plan was that once you guys started to make trouble, , I will definitely run away immediately. Those who don’t run will of course have no chance.”
"Damn it!" It was the young nobleman again, he complained angrily: "If you don't stop me, just let me suppress the opponent and put the magic-breaking blade on that hateful guy's neck, even if he is a Dharma Saint , it’s of no use. He can only go to hell to pay for his sins.”
"Yes, that's right." The magician responded weakly and whispered, "If you can get it on his own neck."
The warrior leader's eyes flashed, and he immediately thought of the key point and asked: "Mahe, what did you see in the core room?"
He tilted his head, thinking about how to organize his words. The magician said: "There are many things that are difficult to describe, but the most shocking thing is the tower owner himself. Well, to be precise, it is not the one we saw. It seems that none of you realized that the one in front of you is just a clone. It’s normal, because I didn’t notice it either.”
The explosive news still shocked the companions around the campfire. But if you think about it carefully, it’s normal. When guests come to visit, the residents of the tower personally greet them as a sign of goodwill, but generally speaking, it is the apprentices who do so.
Unless you are an acquaintance or someone with a high enough status, the magician himself will greet you. Otherwise, the master of the tower will personally greet anyone who comes, then do we still need to conduct magic experiments? Should I interrupt my reading while studying? If the price of being a tower owner is so low, then it’s okay not to do it.
To put it bluntly, this is just a courtesy to express goodwill. The tower master comes forward and negotiates where necessary. After the negotiation, everyone will do whatever they want to do. If the visiting guests couldn't find out that the tower owner was just a clone, there would be no rudeness.
Even if it is really rude, so what? It is common for some masters of magic towers with high enough status to have puppets or ordinary servants come forward to receive them. This does not violate the rules that must be maintained by magician inspectors. law. Furthermore, if you feel unhappy because of the other party's impoliteness, if you can, go up to the tower and drag out the extremely arrogant magician to beat him. If the visiting guests really have such abilities, the tower owner cannot help but ignore them.
Besides, some people in my team also came to visit with bad intentions. I really can't blame the other party for hiding in the core room. However, the well-informed warrior leader was still curious and asked: "What kind of clone magic did he use? Did you understand it? Mai He."
"According to the tower owner, it's called three-dimensional imaging. He gave a rough explanation, but I couldn't understand it. There was only one part that I understood, which was that the magic relied on the magic tower to operate, and it was a trap magic. A kind of magic that cannot be used in other places."
The aristocratic young man who was unwilling to become a supporting role snorted coldly and said: "So what if he deceived us with his clones? He can prevent us from going up to the third floor. Or maybe it just gives us a reason to go up. Right, Captain Haas?" .”
In a world of life and death, failure to see through the deception means death. The adventure group and others wanted to warn the noble young master like this, but they still looked at the man coming out from behind the young young master. The strongest sword in the hands of Earl Sita, the leader of the Thunder and Lightning Legion──Richard Haas, an upright and powerful knight.
Although wars between countries and between nobles were less frequent in this era, it did not mean that there were no threats to the development of civilization. Wild beasts living in nature, even monsters, as well as the uncivilized race of Homo sapiens who are accustomed to plundering others or destroying themselves. These threats are the reasons why lords everywhere maintain armaments.
Some people are afraid that the sharp blade in their hands will turn around and hurt them. But there are also people who let people be talented. As long as their subordinates are really capable, they will turn a blind eye to minor problems and ignore them. Richard Haas's shortcoming is his stubbornness, but he is trustworthy in training and using troops. This created a legion that was famous in the kingdom, and also brought prosperity to the earldom with both fame and fortune.
This time, in order to protect his eldest son, Count Sita asked the legion commander to take action himself. It was impossible to bring the entire legion, but a squadron was brought along, followed by elite Bai Lai. As for the five-person adventure group, they are the old Jianghu who lead the way and let their sons see the world.
In terms of status, of course the warrior leader cannot command the legion commander who is in charge of more than 3,000 people, but the noble young master can. Although he would not obey all orders, Richard Haas still gained a lot of autonomy from the count, but on the premise of protecting the life of his young master, he would not be so unkind as to refuse any request. obey. Not to mention that from what he heard about the evil deeds of the tower master, he would not refuse if he had the opportunity to punish him.
So when Richard Haas came forward, it meant that he was also seriously considering the possibility of attacking the Magic Tower. This kind of message has to be faced carefully by the adventurous couples.
However, looking at the heavily armored knights with a few white hairs in their prime, the magician said half-sarcastically, half-admonishingly: "The legion commander wouldn't think of a surprise attack on the magic tower. .”
"Did you betray our whereabouts?" His voice was slightly chilly, and Richard Haas stared at this group of hired people.
The magician shrugged his shoulders and denied it. At the same time, he also remembered the situation of the previous meeting with the tower master.
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Maher Lindflesh went up to the core room on the third floor. In addition to seeing the two owners of the Tower of the Great Sage, one of them—the one who followed him—stepped onto the third floor. Disappear like a phantom.
Apart from being shocked, I also saw that the layout of this place was completely different from the core rooms of other magic towers. The biggest difference is that in addition to the energy pool standing upright in mid-air, there are also dozens of images formed by the water mirror technique hanging in front of the console and next to the energy pool.
Most of the things in the picture are unrecognizable to the visiting magician. However, a few of them could tell that they were of the same nature as the surveillance footage they saw on the first floor. But the content is not the scene of dozens of villagers breaking into the tower and being killed as seen before, but the scene of the companions on the first floor leaving the magic tower after a discussion that is not a discussion.
"It seems that your companion is no longer willing to live in my tower." As a prelude, Lin stood up and bowed to his companion, and said: "First meeting, Magician Lindfries. I am the Great Sage. The master of the tower, Guybrash Lin Tripwood."
After shouting haha and returning the gift, Lindflese did not intend to pursue the matter of the clone welcoming guests. Magicians, especially those who have been adventuring outside for a long time, all have a common belief that no etiquette or power is as important as life. The damn rules for magicians to greet people are just to cater to the bullshit reasons of ordinary nobles.
He was actually curious about one of the Water Mirror Techniques, which seemed to show that the map around the Tower of the Great Sage was full of light spots of different colors, large and small, and moving around. "Excuse me, Your Excellency, what are these spots of light?"
"Oh, that's a biological aura." Without waiting for questions, Lin Ye followed his curious colleagues to the map screen and continued: "It's actually my own way of saying it's a biological aura. Because I still do it up to now. It is unclear what the observed things are based on. It may be the magic power of the magician, or the fighting spirit of the warrior, or even the spiritual power emitted by the soul. In short, the size of the light spot can represent the biological The size of the body and the depth of the color can represent the level of his energy essence."
Pointing to a spot of light on the screen, Lindflese continued to ask: "What does that spot of light mean, do you think it represents?"
Lin walked back to the console and started playing with his things. He replied casually: "Maybe it's an army from somewhere. I just don't know what race it is and where it comes from."
"Oh, why would you directly assert that this is an army and not immigrants or gregarious monsters?"
"Even if the immigrants hire powerful mercenaries as guards, they will inevitably include some women or children. Generally speaking, the aura of these two creatures is not strong. As for the aura you are referring to, it does not matter if it is strong. , and very average. So it is unlikely that they are immigrants. As for the gregarious monsters, there will not be large-scale gatherings of herbivorous monsters in the forest. If they are carnivorous monsters, they will also die after a period of time due to insufficient food here. They will leave after wreaking havoc, and will not stay here. Moreover, their behavior pattern should be more dispersed, which is conducive to increasing the range of distribution and hunting more prey that can satisfy their hunger. Being able to gather together so densely Yes, apart from the army established by Homo sapiens, I can’t think of any other possibility.”
"Then you are not worried at all. What is the purpose of this army appearing here?"
"If they wanted to say hello, they would have visited me long ago. If they didn't alert me, it means they have other secret tasks to carry out, and it's hard for me to get involved and say that I have discovered your whereabouts. Anyway, this kind of person, I should just stay for one night and leave the next day to carry out my mission. If you don't leave by tomorrow morning and don't notify me, just treat it as an unfriendly guest and just bomb it. After all, in On the mainland, the military's actions have its own rules. Intruding into other people's territory without authorization is an act of aggression, and you deserve to die. Isn't it?"
Lin smiled kindly. But it made Michael Lindfleck's scalp numb.
