Lost time, seven o'clock in the morning. This time was set after observing astronomical phenomena and the movement of the sun during the Tower of the Great Sage era. It has been changed without considering the time zone since then, so there will be an error of about two hours in the Holy City.
Generally speaking, ten o'clock is noon in the Holy City, and twenty-two o'clock is midnight. And now it's seven o'clock, which is almost the busiest time in the morning. And there are still six hours left until 13:00 when I have my math class. There are still thirteen hours before the second wave of rescue teams for the group of cats sets off.
Not far away is a castle built on a cliff. The area is not large, but the buildings in it are very tall, whether they are city walls or towers in the castle. The last footprints of the female cat led to the castle, about two days ago.
In fact, it doesn’t take that long to get from the Gate of the Abyss to this castle. I just followed the traces of the previous cat, taking many detours and spending a lot of time. This saves you some detours on the way to make sure you turn back, otherwise it will take more time to find this place.
But when the gray cat Hardy saw the castle, even if someone couldn't quite distinguish the cat's expression, someone could tell that its mood was a little broken.
Along the way, there was no other specific smell, just like Mao Ni. So it can basically be confirmed that the cat walked in on its own and was not held hostage by a demon. The castle she went to was also quite famous among the cats. That is the other side of the Abyss Gate, the territory of the demon lord Sabine.
Sabine is not just the most powerful demon near the Gate of the Abyss. The Moth King and the cats on the other side of the door also have a long history of falling in love and killing each other. The most recent battle happened when Hadi was young, and he witnessed it with his own eyes. And now, what's going on with Mao Ni taking the initiative to come over?
Reminiscent of the female cat's character, there was a terrifying possibility lingering in Hardy's mind.
At this moment, Lin reached out from behind and rubbed the gray cat's head. This time, Hardy didn't dodge. Instead, after being caught, he realized that he had fallen into the clutches of humans and meowed dissatisfiedly. He stretched out his front paws, trying to push someone's hand away.
"Don't think too much. In short, find the person first...find the cat first." Although Lin didn't know the personality of the female cat, he didn't see any companions on the female cat along the way. The situation of catching. So he also guessed that it was the cat that fell into the trap and walked into the castle in front of him. As for the detailed reason, of course he didn't know.
However, the castle in front of us has only one road to the front entrance. If you want to sneak in with a cat, you have to find other ways. The second thing is who is inside? how many people?
If it were an ordinary noble's castle, Lin might have used the flash technique to break in. After all, I have broken into several noble castles, so I can be considered familiar with it. In this relatively peaceful era, the guards placed by nobles around them were more important than diversification of abilities, and loyalty was more important. Therefore, the garrison strength in the noble castle is basically not difficult for someone.
But this is the devil's castle. Although it is common knowledge that demons are divided into several categories, there is no definite conclusion as to what special abilities each demon possesses. If you are not careful, it is not impossible for the boat to capsize in the gutter.
So, follow your own routine? But soon, my own thoughts were overturned by myself. Bringing an arcane eye here from home is not a big problem. The question is whether it will be done in a slow way.
The Arcane Eye's passive scanning mode would take at least more than a day to target a castle like the one in front of us, and the most lacking thing now is time. If the active scanning mode is used, it can be completed in an instant, but what is the difference between saying to the enemy: "I'm coming!" I have never seen a submarine that uses active sonar and can't be discovered.
Therefore, we can only rely on our own detection ability to take one step at a time.
The idea of entering through the main entrance was, of course, rejected at the first opportunity. The figure on the tower shows that the castle has defensive capabilities. Anyone who enters the open space and prepares to walk towards the castle will have a clear view of it.
However, since the castle was built close to the cliff, there should be a breach there. Most people would not invest too much defensive power on this natural barrier, they just need to be careful of some traps.
After figuring out his idea, Lin reminded the gray cat Hardy and asked him to follow him on a long circuit, through the forest from a position that could not be seen from the castle, and to the edge of the cliff. Said: "I am going to use the magic of walking on flat ground to invade the castle from the cliff. Do you know that magic? Or do you want my help?"
"It's like walking on flat ground." The gray cat looked confused. After thinking for a while, he said: "If you want to invade from the outside, the cliff is indeed a good direction. Please add that magic for me."
After agreeing with someone's tactics, Lin neatly added magic to one person and one cat. He himself took the first step and walked to the flat surface of the cliff. After confirming the magic function, Hardy also carefully stretched out his forelimbs and walked onto the cliff surface.
After confirming that the magic was functioning normally, it tried some more movements and found that whether it was running, jumping, or even rolling in the air, it would remain on the plane of the cliff. Only then did Hardy nod towards the human magician and prepare to head towards the castle. This could not help but cause it to be careless. There is a scalding lava river at the bottom of the cliff. If the cat falls, it will definitely not be saved.
Everything was ready, one person and one cat ran towards the castle. Because he was anxious to rescue the missing clan cats, Hardy ran in front of the human magician. The reason I followed him before was because I couldn't confirm the direction quickly. Now that the destination is right in front of us, there is no need to continue to follow, as long as the humans and cats don't fall behind.
But the gray cat running in front turned around at the cliff below the castle and was about to run up the wall of the castle. Suddenly, the trap magic was activated, and the gray cat running on top of the magic circle was completely dispelled by the auxiliary magic. The direction of gravity suddenly returned to normal, and Hardy was caught off guard and fell towards the magma river.
Fortunately, Lin took one step slower and the magic was not released. He was still able to stand firmly on the cliff surface. He caught the fallen gray cat and used himself as a temporary platform to give Hardy a temporary place to stay.
"What just happened?" Hardy asked with lingering fear.
Walking on the cliff plane below the castle, Lin carefully observed the trap magic circle and said: "This should be a dispelling magic circle for magic such as floating spells and walking on flat ground. If you walk on it, some auxiliary effects will be cancelled. But this Only for magic.”
Hardy asked again: "Is there a gap that can be passed through?"
"It seems there is none." Lin looked at a window sill on the castle and asked the gray cat standing on his belly: "Can you jump from this side to that window?"
Looking in the direction pointed by the human magician, I saw a window sill. Hardy shook his head helplessly and said: "The distance is too far. If there is a foothold in the middle and I can use my strength again, I should be able to jump to that window. But it seems like there is no such place here."
"You can get up by jumping twice." Lin visually measured the height. The window sill was at least five stories high. The Demon Cat can jump to half the height just by relying on its own physical strength, which should not be underestimated. As soon as his thoughts changed, he said: "Then you stand on my arm, and while I swing it up, you jump as hard as you can. Jump as high as you can. I have a way to give you a second point of strength. "
Although he didn't quite understand the intention of this human magician, his judgment along the way was not wrong. So Hardy decided to take a gamble, regardless of whether he was wrong or not. If he made a mistake, he might have to swim in the lava river. He nodded and said, "I will trust you again."
Lin raised his arms flat to his sides and added the auxiliary magic of giant strength to himself. When Hardy was ready, he jumped on the human magician's arm. With a flick of his arm, the gray cat jumped up, and in an instant he was three stories high.
Although his jumping ability was amazing, he still couldn't hook onto the ledge at his destination. Just when Hadi finished his upward movement and was about to fall, his hind limbs hit something again.
"Gather your strength and try again!" Lin said from the side.
The gray cat Hardy didn't have time to think about it, his limbs touched his arms and he jumped hard again! This time, he jumped onto the window sill easily. Just when I wanted to turn back to confirm the location of the human magician, I found that he had appeared at the edge of the window, holding it with one hand, and using the other hand to put his index finger on his lips, signaling to be silent. Fu pointed inside again.
Hardy looked back and discovered that a humanoid demon was walking past the closed window. At this time, it remained motionless and did not make any unnecessary movements to attract the devil's attention.
After the corridor inside the window was empty, Hardy began to study how to open the window from the outside. At this time, it suddenly discovered that the human magician had run to the inside of the castle and opened the window to let him in.
Lin still kept the index finger of one hand touching his lips, and pointed in the direction where the demon left before. Hardy, who walked in, turned his head and saw that the demon just walked around the corner, away from the man and the cat. Lin then put down his hand and said, "Follow me and speak as quietly as possible." Then he waited for Hardy to fully enter and then closed the window.
"You can come in directly, why don't you just take me with you?" the gray cat lowered his voice and said with some annoyance.
"I have no way to flash with anything other than myself, unless you have to endure the feeling of dizziness and swollen head to continue the next action. Otherwise, I have overdrawn my power and cannot continue to act."
The gray cat glared at the human magician, but did not ask why. It jumped off the window sill and asked, "Where are we going?"
Looking left and right, Lin rubbed his unshaven chin, which was full of stubble, and said: "Looking at the shape of the castle, it is similar to a human-like building structure. According to custom, the more noble people live higher. Then the roof of the tower is used to lock up nobles, and the prisoners are kept in the dungeon on the bottom floor. How does the size and strength of the female cat you are looking for compare to yours?"
The narration at the beginning and the questions at the end are content that cannot be touched by anything. However, Hardy still replied: "Mao Ni is smaller than me. In terms of strength, I have more combat experience than her. However, the amount of magical power contained in her is greater than mine."
"Understood, wait." Lin disappeared. After three breaths, someone appeared again and said: "There are no creatures locked up in the tower that match the characteristics you mentioned."
