"Pedro." The boy replied without thinking. Although his eyes were a little timid, he looked at the surroundings with great curiosity, especially the black sea surface that made him extremely afraid.
Thea continued to ask: "It's a nice name, where do you live?"
She tossed her long hair casually, deliberately exposing the scales on her neck and collarbone...
"Yetsipias Manor, my father is a swordsman and a squadron leader there." The boy's eyes were immediately attracted by Thea's silver scales.
Thea asked him again: "Can you usually play around in the manor?"
"Yes, I have been to every place in this manor." The boy said very proudly.
"Then let me ask you, is there any place where you live that you children are prohibited from going to?" Siya asked with some disbelief.
"There are many, such as... Lord Petunia's room, Captain Galt's office, and the basement in the manor. I heard that there were ghosts there a long time ago, so Lord Petunia had it sealed.
." The child then said.
Speaking of ghosts, the boy looked a little scared.
"So lately...is your place still haunted?"
"Occasionally, you can still hear the wails of evil spirits!" the boy said.
At this time, he touched his arm doubtfully and felt the temperature. Just when he was about to ask, Siya sang a lullaby again. The song was soothing and melodious. The boy's eyelids closed together under the singing.
Thea helped the boy lie down on the bed, then lifted the illusion, turned around and nodded to Suldak.
After walking out of the boy's room and returning to the living room, the three of them sat back on the sofa without lighting the lamp. The dark night had no effect on them at all.
"It seems we have to look for that basement, maybe we can find something!" Suldak said.
Aphrodite also said at this time: "I can feel the breath of black magic. It seems that there is something here that is constantly absorbing the power of souls around me, but that breath is very weak, and very vague, very
Easily ignored!”
Siya asked: "If the Black Magic Research Institute is really hiding in this manor, and they have never been discovered by the garrison and farmers, where do you think they will hide?"
Suldak thought for a while and guessed: "Their residence is most likely Earl Penny's yard, or the basement under the manor is a very large underground building..."
"Actually, when I walked into this manor, I discovered a unique place here. The more I think about it, the more I think it's worth exploring." Siya looked out the window and said firmly.
…
"That's it!"
Siya stood in the shadows of the street, pointing to the fountain in the middle of the square.
It was a very ordinary-looking fountain. In the center of the intersection, there were some rockeries piled up in the center of the fountain. There was even a human sculpture on it. It was a girl holding a water bottle on her shoulders. A stream of clear water flowed from the water bottle.
It gushes out, soaking half of the girl's statue, the clear water hits the rockery, and finally flows into the pool.
This kind of stone statue of a girl holding a water bottle in her hand can often be seen in small towns or manors in the Green Empire, so Surdak didn't even take a second look when he entered the manor.
Thea said to Surdak and Aphrodite: "Have you seen that no matter how much water flows out of the fountain, it does not overflow, and the water spout is clearly the magic pattern array of water gathering.
, which means that this pool must have an overflow, and the waterway is either an underground well or an underground river."
"Since this pool is connected to the underground river, then this underground river is likely to be connected to the basement. Of course, the prerequisite is that the basement is large enough."
She turned to Suldak and said, "Dak, I want to go look for it in the underground river."
"Then you should be careful yourself."
Suldak patted Siya's round shoulder. He now couldn't understand why Siya was so eager to express herself...
Siya nodded and quickly ran out of the shadows while there was no one at the intersection.
When she ran, her steps were very light, as if she was dancing.
Then he jumped into the pool with a perfect leap, and his body became lighter and lighter gradually, gradually blending into the water. He didn't even transform into a mermaid, and there wasn't even the slightest splash of water.
Seeing Thea sneaking into the manor's waterway system, Suldak and Aphrodite also decided to sneak into Count Petunia's house to investigate.
Aphrodite had previously concluded that there was no life in this house. The two sneaked into the courtyard. As expected, the rooms inside were empty. Many rooms did not even have basic furniture. It seemed that no one had lived here for a long time. The ground was covered with litter.
There was dust, and it seemed that no one had cleaned the house in a long time.
After exiting Count Petunia's house, Suldak and Aphrodite returned to the square opposite the fountain at the street corner, where they had agreed to meet Thea.
The alarm bell sounded in the manor, and Surdak and Aphrodite looked at each other. It seemed that the sleeping night warrior in the watchtower had been discovered.
Lights gradually lit up throughout the garrison camp, and not long after, groups of cavalry lined up from the military camp. These cavalrymen held rosin torches in their hands and began to search everywhere in the manor.
Surdak and Aphrodite were sitting in the shadow of a roof opposite the fountain square. The cavalry passed back and forth on the street below the house. No one noticed that there were two pairs of eyes on the roof watching the street below.
.
After waiting for a while, Siya revealed her body from the fountain. While a group of cavalry ran past the street, she quickly passed through the street and got into the shadow, leaving only a trail of water on the stone floor.
stained footprints.
She quickly climbed up to the roof and hid in the shadow next to Suldak, twirling her wet hair and panting softly.
"Have you found any clues?" Surdak asked Siya.
"Um!"
He blinked his big blue eyes, smiled, and then said:
"There is a secret room down there..."
Surdak asked: "How many people are there?"
Siya shook her head and said: "A lot, but I don't know the specific number. I can't explore all the places."
Suldak asked again: "Then have you found the exit from the basement?"
Siya nodded quickly and said: "It's not in this manor. It's on the cliff at the back. Next to it is dense bushes and valleys. It's very hidden."
Surdak said to Thea and Aphrodite: "You two wait for me at the exit, and I will bring the heavy armored infantry regiment over..."
"Are we going to go to war with Count Penny?" Thea asked curiously.
Suldak shook his head and led the two of them outside the manor, saying as they walked:
"Since the garrison here doesn't know the existence of these black magicians, let's wake them all up and let them know that there is a good neighbor hiding under their military camp..."
…
The three of them walked around to the secret exit of the Black Magic Priory Research Institute.
There is a gurgling stream at the exit of the cave, and it seems to be surrounded by barbed wire. According to the sign outside the fence, this is Earl Petunia's private hunting ground. Some ferocious beasts are usually raised in the hunting ground, which is regarded as the area around the manor.
A restricted area.
Thea pointed at a rock at the entrance. Even though Surdak had the 'insight skill', he had to look carefully for a long time before he discovered that there was a magician lurking there. The magic robe on his body seemed to have a layer of camouflage, and it could actually blend in with the environment.
Integrate into one.
"This stream is the source of water upstream, and part of it comes to the fountain of the manor. I followed the stream all the way down to here..."
Thea hid behind Suldak and whispered to him.
Surdak glanced at Aphrodite.
Aphrodite nodded to him, the meaning in her eyes was clearly, 'Don't worry, I will take good care of her...'
Surdak then ducked and ran into the bushes, quickly running towards the camp on the other side of the mountain.
…
Surdak returned to the camp, where the bearded Edgar was still sleeping soundly in the tent.
However, the night watch soldiers at the edge of the camp were very alert and keenly spotted Surdak trying to get closer.
Edgar crawled out of the tent and immediately called all the infantry soldiers to assemble. These soldiers were almost all the remaining elite troops of the Ganbu plane rebels. They followed the bearded Edgar as they walked out of the canyon town and experienced
After going through the Battle of Bansk, the Guarding Battle of Mukuso, and chasing the Hell Legion into the Sairuoman Plateau, it was the Iron Army that had gone through countless battles.
When Suldak led the heavy armored infantry regiment to bypass the blockade of the opposite lord's private army and broke into Count Penny's private hunting ground that had been set up as a restricted area, the sky had already turned bright.
The heavy armored infantry regiment surrounded almost all the woodlands, valleys, and rivers under the mountain cliffs. Only then did the lords' private soldiers guarding the boundary markers realize that this heavy armored infantry regiment had quietly broke into their homes.
territory.
The cavalry were the first to return from the boundary marker. When they heard that Suldak's heavy armored infantry regiment had entered the restricted hunting area, they pursued them this way.
Just when this group of cavalry had just arrived at the edge of the hunting area, they were blocked from the hunting ground by a two-headed ogre covered in heavy black armor.
Almost all of the dozen or so knights who rushed at the front fell off their horses. These knights lay on the ground and howled. Their horses were knocked down by Gulitem with great force, and almost all of their organs were smashed.
He fell to the ground with blood spurting from his mouth and nose. The ogre had already squatted on the edge of the hunting ground to start a fire, preparing to set up a large iron pot to cook horse meat.
Faced with such a disparity in strength, a group of cavalry did not dare to act rashly.
On the other side, Surdak had already led the soldiers of the heavy armored infantry regiment into the Priory Research Institute hidden under the mountain wall.
Since this place is extremely secretive, the garrison and farmers in the manor have no idea that there is such a hidden place under their feet, so there are actually not many black magicians and magic apprentices in this institute.
Under the charm of Aphrodite, the magician guarding the entrance did not even have time to issue a warning, and became a puppet on a string.
Surdak led a group of soldiers to rush into the cave first...