Lost time is seven o'clock in the morning. This time was set after observing astronomical phenomena and the movement of the sun during the Great Sage's Tower era. It was changed without considering the time zone issue, so there will be two in the Holy City.
The error is about an hour.
Generally speaking, ten o'clock is noon in the Holy City, and twenty-two o'clock is midnight. Now seven o'clock is almost the busiest time in the morning. And there are still six hours before thirteen o'clock when I have math class.
time. There are still thirteen hours before the second wave of rescue teams for the group of cats set off.
Not far away, there is a castle built on the cliff. It does not occupy a large area, but the buildings in it are very high, whether it is the city wall or the tower in the castle. The last footprints of the female cat are leading to that
Castle, about two days ago.
In fact, it doesn’t take that much time to get from the Gate of the Abyss to this castle. I just followed the traces of the previous cat, took a lot of detours, and spent a lot of time. This still saved a lot of time on the way.
There is a fork in the road to turn back, otherwise it will take more time to find this place.
But when the gray cat Hardy saw the castle, even if he couldn't distinguish the cat's expression, someone could tell that his mood collapsed.
Along the way, there was no other specific smell, and it was the same as Mao Ni. So it can basically be confirmed that the cat walked in on her own and was not held hostage by the devil. And the castle she went to was also quite popular among the cats.
Famous. That is the other side of the Gate of the Abyss, the territory of the demon lord Sabin.
Sabine is not only the most powerful demon near the Gate of the Abyss. The Moth King and the cats on the other side of the gate also have a long history of falling in love and killing each other. The most recent battle took place when Hardy was young.
, it has witnessed it with its own eyes. And now, what happened when Mao Ni took the initiative to run over?
Reminiscent of the female cat's character, there was a terrifying possibility that lingered in Hardy's mind.
At this moment, Lin reached out from behind and rubbed the gray cat's head. This time, Hardy did not escape. Instead, he realized that he had fallen into the clutches of humans after he was caught, and he meowed in dissatisfaction.
. Stretch out your 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, or was it being attacked.
The situation of being caught. So he also guessed that the cat 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 only has one road at the front entrance. If you want to sneak in with a cat, you have to find other ways. The second question 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, he had broken into several noble castles, so he was considered familiar. In this relatively peaceful era? The noble would keep it by his side.
Guard? Loyalty is more important than diversification of abilities. Therefore, it is basically not difficult for someone to build a defensive force in a noble castle.
But this is the castle of demons. Although it is common knowledge that everyone in the world knows how many categories of demons there are? But there is no definite conclusion on what special abilities each demon has. If you are not careful,
Yes, it is not impossible for a boat to capsize in the gutter.
So, should you follow your own routine? But soon, your own idea was overturned. Bringing an arcane eye from home? It's not a big problem. The question is whether doing so will relieve the emergency.
In the passive scanning mode of the Arcane Eye, if the target is like this castle in front of you? It will take more than a day at least? And the most lacking thing now is time. What if it is in the active scanning mode? It can be completed in an instant, but What's the difference between saying "I'm coming!" to the enemy? I've never seen a submarine that uses active sonar and can't be discovered.
So we can only rely on our own detection ability to take one step? Just one step.
The idea of entering through the main entrance? Of course, it was rejected at the first opportunity. The figures on the tower showed that the castle had defensive capabilities. Anyone who entered the open space and prepared to walk towards the castle would have a clear view of it.
However, because the castle is built close to the cliff, there should be a breakthrough there. Most people will not invest too much defense force on this natural barrier, they just need to be careful of some traps.
After thinking about his idea, Lin reminded the gray cat Hardy and let him follow him for a long way, through the forest from a position that could not be seen from the castle, and came to the edge of the cliff. He said: "I am going to use the magic of walking on flat ground." , 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 took the lead and walked to the surface of the cliff. After confirming the function of the magic, Hardy also carefully stretched out his forelimbs and walked. Upper cliff level.
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. Heading towards the castle. It couldn't help but be careless. There was a scalding lava river at the bottom of the cliff. If the cat fell, it would definitely not be saved.
With everything ready, one man and one cat ran towards the castle. Because he was anxious to rescue the missing clan cat, Hardy ran in front of the human magician. He followed him before, but because he could not confirm the direction quickly. Now The destination is right in front of us, so there’s no need to continue following it. It’s good that the humans and cats don’t fall behind.
Just when the gray cat running in front turned around at the cliff below the castle and was about to run up the castle wall, the trap magic was suddenly 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 floating spells, walking on flat ground and other magics. 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, he saw a window sill. Hardy shook his head helplessly and said: "The distance is too far. If there is a foothold in the middle, let me borrow my strength again, it should be there."
You can jump to that window. But it looks 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 devil cat could jump to half the height just by relying on its own physical strength. It should not be underestimated. After a thought, he said
: "Then you stand on my arm, and while I swing it upward, 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 the bet was wrong or not. If he made a mistake, he might have to swim in the magma river.
. nodded and said: "I will trust you again."
Lin raised his arm flat to his side, and added the auxiliary magic of giant strength to himself. After Hardy was ready, he jumped on the human magician's arm. As soon as the arm was thrown forward, the gray cat struggled up
Jumping, he jumped three stories high in an instant.
Although his jumping ability was amazing, he still couldn't hook onto the window sill of his destination. Just when Hardy had 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. He touched his arms with all his limbs and jumped hard again! This time he jumped onto the window sill easily. When he wanted to turn around to confirm the location of the human magician, he found that he had already appeared on the edge of the window, climbing up with one hand.
Then he put his index finger to his lips with his other hand, signaling to be silent. Then he pointed inside.
Hardy looked back and discovered that a humanoid demon was walking past the closed window. At this time, it was motionless and did not make any unnecessary movements to attract the demon'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, he 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 previous demon had left. Hardy, who walked in, turned his head and saw that the demon had just walked around the corner, far away from the man and the cat. Lin then put down his hand.
, said: "Follow me and speak as quietly as possible." After Hardy completely entered, he 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 and 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 covered with stubble, and said: "Looking at the shape of the castle, it looks like a human-like building structure. According to custom, the more noble people live higher up.
Then, the top of the tower is used to lock up nobles, while 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 were beyond words. However, Hardy still replied: "Mao Ni is a little smaller than me. In terms of strength, I have more combat experience than her. But the magic power contains It’s bigger than me, but it’s bigger than me.”
"Understood, wait." Lin Yuandi disappeared. Three breaths later, someone reappeared and said: "There are no creatures locked up in the tower that match the characteristics you mentioned."