Chapter 772 Sneaking into the Sharp Eye Secret Academy
Sharlayan had already guessed that this trip to Maldraxxus would not go smoothly, but he still did not expect that he would be warmly "welcome" by the locals as soon as he arrived in your place.
While Saray dived down quickly, Onyxia kept staring at the floating city in the sky that was locked for their attack, while Valeela and Stellagosa focused on the surface.
The floating city in the sky is not the only one targeting Sarlayan. At a glance, there are as many as three floating cities in the sky near the Theater of Death, and these floating cities seem to be hostile to each other.
While one of the floating cities was busy attacking Sarlayan, another floating city in the distance turned its guns mercilessly towards it.
"Boom! Boom!"
The cannonballs used in this floating city are different from the previous one. They are not green unknown substances that can explode, but real cannonballs that are materialized.
The floating city that was hit was hit with stone fragments flying, and it immediately gave up attacking Sarlayan and instead aimed its guns at the enemy that threatened the most.
Just as the two floating cities were fighting each other with full firepower, another floating city with a weirder shape also joined the battle.
The long-range firepower of the third floating city was a large ballistae, but the soldiers manipulating the ballistae did not expect the ballistae to break through the enemy's defenses.
Long iron chains were tied to the back ends of these fired crossbow arrows, and several straight iron chains were connected together to form a swaying iron cable bridge.
Undead structures of different shapes climbed onto the cable bridge in an orderly manner and moved quickly towards the enemy's floating city.
Onyxia: "Is this a plan to force a connection with the ship?"
Sarlayan had no time to pay attention to the battle in the air at the moment. The ground around the Theater of Death was also covered with densely packed undead soldiers. Moreover, these soldiers obviously did not belong to the same camp and were engaged in fierce battles with each other.
When he first arrived, Sarlayan couldn't tell which side these undead soldiers belonged to, so he could only avoid the battle as much as possible to avoid being used as a handle when he visited later.
"hold head high!"
The green, corrosive dragon's breath spurted out from Sarlayan's mouth, landing right in the middle of the buffer zone where two groups of undead soldiers from different factions faced off.
The acid dragon's breath with a strong corrosive effect shocked the two sides who were preparing to charge, and Sarlayan took this opportunity to land on the ground.
As soon as he landed, he immediately transformed back into his human form.
"Stella!"
Without too much verbal communication, Stellagosa immediately raised her hand and released the wide-area invisibility spell she had prepared, and the four living people disappeared without a trace in front of the two waves of undead soldiers.
For the five great mysteries of Maldraxxus, which are undergoing a fierce civil war, the intrusion of Sharlayan and others is just a small episode.
As long as it does not affect the overall situation, the elders who are focused on the battlefield have no time to pay attention to them at the moment.
The large-scale invisibility spell could not last long. While the effect of the spell was still there, the four of them spread their legs and ran on the ground at full speed. They finally rushed out of the battlefield before the invisibility spell expired.
"Gan!"
The opening attack into Maldraxxus scared Sharlayan into a cold sweat. After hiding in an unknown cave, he sat down on the ground and gasped for air.
As the driver at the helm, Sarlayan spent most of his energy on finding a way out during his escape, paying almost no attention to the battle taking place in the Theater of Death.
After escaping from the dangerous battlefield, the four of them sat in a circle in the cave and began to review the thrilling encounter not long ago.
Stella Gosa took the lead in guessing: "The first one to attack us should be the floating city of the Withering Academy. The green unknown substance they threw should be the plague medicine studied by the Withering Academy... Fortunately, Sarlayan was able to hide.
quick."
Onyxia, who is mainly responsible for paying attention to the aerial battle situation, added: "I don’t know which secret courtyard the second floating city belongs to, but the third one must be from the Creation Secret Institute. Many undead rushed out of their floating city.
Structure."
According to the information provided by the Winter Queen, the five major secret houses of Maldraxxus each have their own floating cities.
The intelligence collected by the Winter Queen lacked timeliness. Different from what the intelligence described, the Chamber of Secrets, which was thought to stay out of the matter, actually participated in the frontal battlefield.
"The situation has become more complicated..."
Sarlayan rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "In short, we still follow the original plan, bypassing the battlefield and heading to the Sharp Eyes Secret Courtyard, trying to convince the Sharp Eyes Marquis Akalek to shift the focus of the investigation back to Maldrok
Sars.”
The Academy of Sharp Eyes is located directly north of the Theater of Death. The cave where Sharlayan and others are hiding is in a mountain to the west of northern Maldraxxus. It will not take too much time to change direction and reach the area near the Academy of Sharp Eyes.
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Valeela asked uneasily: "Are you sure that the Marquis of Sharp Eyes will be in his lair? What if he also sets out in person to search for the whereabouts of the soldier leader?"
Sarlayan shrugged: "Then we can only tell the news to the baron who stays at the Sharp Eye Secret Courtyard first. There will always be a high-ranking person in charge of their family, right?"
Onyxia frowned and asked: "What if that baron is a young man sent by another secret academy?"
"Well..."
Sarlayan lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "We can only act according to the situation. According to the information provided by the Winter Queen, the two barons of the Sharp Eyes Academy are named Misura and Fertima. I hope her information has not expired."
Unlike the Marquis, who requires a demigod to serve as the supreme leader of the secret chamber, due to the martial ethos of Maldraxxus, the barons of the major secret chambers are consumables.
In the history of Maldraxxus, the baron who served the shortest time only served for a few seconds and died on the battlefield as soon as he was appointed as a marquis.
To put it in barrage terms, the five major secret chambers are all marquises who are strong-willed and watery barons. Sarlayan is not sure whether the baron of the Sharp Eyes Secret Chamber has changed again.
Perhaps it's because the five major mysteries have pushed their main armies to the front lines and are fighting each other in the Theater of Death.
In the process of leading to the Sharp Eyes Secret Courtyard, the four of Sarlayan did not encounter any decent obstacles.
Under the guidance of Valeela, who was experienced in infiltration, the other three people walked through the mountains behind her, and arrived at a hilltop near the city wall outside the Sharp Eyes Secret Courtyard very smoothly.
Once here, it is impossible to sneak in easily.
Continuing forward is the real core area of the Sharp Eye Academy. Sarlayan, who activated the Eagle Eye technique, saw no fewer than ten guards near the city gate, not to mention the secret sentries lurking in the city.
"Let's split up and act according to the plan."
Sarlayan's body twisted and transformed into a large cat with shiny black fur.
The Academy of Sharp Eyes specializes in training scouts and assassins. Stellagosa's invisibility technique can be used to deceive other chambers, but using this technique in the Academy of Sharp Eyes is just a trick.
Little Star and Onyxia, who do not have the ability to sneak, will stay outside to watch. Once the main force of the Sharp-Eyed Chamber returns from the direction of the battlefield, they will light the signal flare according to the situation to alert Sharlayan and Valeera who have sneaked into the city.
[By the way, why don’t you just knock on the door and visit in an open and honest manner? 】
【?Are you serious?】
[This is wartime, so if you think about it, if it were you, would you meet a group of people of unknown origin while the war is going on? 】
[I will definitely not do it. What if it is an assassin sent by the enemy? Be careful to sail the ten thousand year ship. 】
[But will such an aggressive infiltration really not anger the senior officials of the Sharp Eye Academy? 】
[Have you forgotten the rules of Maldraxxus? 】
[I think it's just the opposite. If we can surpass them in the field that the Sharp Eyes Academy is best at, single-minded guys like Maldraxxus will look at Sharlayan and Valeera in a high regard.]
After entering stealth state with Valeera one after another, Sarlayan ignored the barrage messages passing by at high speed, and instead focused on Valeera's vision through the soul link.
After all, Sarlayan is not a full-time thief. He is not as professional as Valeera in infiltration. He can only follow the old driver step by step, not daring to relax for a moment.
The atmosphere inside the Sharp Eyes Academy is relatively deserted... at least on the surface it seems relatively deserted.
Valeera, who was leading the way, could vaguely feel that along the way, there were many skilled colleagues hidden in the darkness of the street, and each step needed to be carefully considered before taking it.
Perhaps due to inertial thinking, the four major secret schools except the Sharp Eyes Secret School are not good at infiltration operations.
Moreover, the war on the front line is currently in full swing, and the secret sentries of the Sharp Eyes Academy have not invested 100% of their energy in guarding against the infiltration of foreign enemies.
To put it simply... there are many secret sentries trying to catch fish, and only a handful of thieves guarding key positions need Valeera's special attention.
"stop!"
Valeela suddenly gave instructions in the soul link, and Sarlayan raised his left front leg in the air for a moment, then slowly lowered it silently using the soft flesh pad of his palm.