It doesn't take long for the castle to respond, and Claire still hasn't returned.
Sitting on the canopy of the tree and staring at the twinkling light in the south, Lu Li called the merchant Anthony and took out the parchment.
"Will Ken, are you still there?"
The inquiry received no response, so Lu Li assumed that he was listening and continued to ask: "The gold coin opened the treasure chest, and there was an eyeball inside."
There was a moment of silence, and Will Ken's intermittent voice sounded in his mind.
"...Maybe that was...originally...I don't know...will...sleep..."
Whispers annihilated by the breeze in the upper canopy.
After rolling up the parchment and giving it to the merchant Anthony, Lu Li asked him to continue looking for a way to restore Will Ken and write a note.
Leaping back from the tree crown to the ground, Lu Li temporarily returned to the empty nursery.
The young gardeners had already gathered in the southern part of the territory, perhaps heading towards the intruders. Their departure eliminated the rotten odor that had pervaded the nursery for a long time.
After entering the cemetery, Lu Li put the note reminding Claire that he was in the woods into the treasure box, paused slightly, and curled up the cloudy eyeball with his tail.
The origin of the melted pupil is no longer identifiable, but its outline, slightly smaller than a gold coin, is clearly not human.
Lu Li took it out of the cemetery, and then met a little gardener at the edge of the nursery who had not yet left or returned.
The situation should have allowed Lu Li to easily bypass the little gardener and return to the dead forest. But when the little gardener stepped out from hiding behind the tombstone, Lu Li saw a thin soul occupying the depths of the abominable body made up of corpses.
Lu Li thought this was the ability of a special little gardener or a certain player, but after observing quietly for a while, he ruled out two possibilities for the insensitive little gardener.
He realized something and lowered his tail with rolled eyes.
Not far away, the shadow of the soul that could be observed gradually faded away, then reappeared when Lu Li touched his eyes.
Can this eye pierce through illusion and point directly to the truth?
Lu Li followed the guidance of the tombstone plant to find the second little gardener left in the nursery. As before, holding the eyeball would allow Lu Li to glimpse into the deep soul of the little gardener.
So the gardener put it in a treasure chest and hid it.
Before more gardeners returned, Lu Li returned to the fluorescent forest.
The forest has not changed because Lu Li has mastered the True Seeing Eye. The trees have no souls, or this is their true form.
Climbing up to the treetops, the area lit by fire on the dark surface was wider and closer than before. They had entered the Viscount's territory.
At this time, the branches that were holding Lu Li fell into the canopy of the tree, and layers of branches surrounded his silhouette, leaving only a glimmer of light peeking inside.
Then, the noisy flying sound came from the distance, getting closer and closer, like a huge swarm of cloudy bats passing over the forest.
When the bat swarm went away, the branches spread out to reveal Lu Li's cat body.
Looking at the direction in which the bat was flying, Lu Li confirmed that the war between the Viscount and humans had begun.
It might take a lot of time for humans to advance into the castle, but Lu Li didn't plan to wait any longer.
Summoning the merchant Anthony again, Lu Li took the invisibility potion and the calming forest, and walked toward the castle with two dry and full eyes and a piece of fluorite.
During this period, after passing through the battlefield where the gardener was eliminated, the mountain of minced meat was still piled in place, with nothing useful left.
When he was about to leave the woods, Lu Li told Ku Lin not to attack humans.
After a slight pause, Lu Li added: "Before they attack."
The garden is protected by dead woods, and lifelike and ferocious stone statues stand in rows on both sides of the decorated flowerbed growth path.
When an enemy appears, the harmless flowerbed will entangle the intruder, and the resurrected stone statue will deliver a vicious blow.
The garden protects the castle. The magnificent, brightly lit castle stands on the ground, and the alchemy tower behind it is hidden in the darkness.
But for Lu Li, when he jumped into the flower garden, it was as if he was walking in his own territory. He hid his sting, lest he hurt their king.
Avoiding the silently standing stone statues, Lu Li approached the putrid moat along the stretches of flower beds.
The moat that no longer flows, floats with suspicious shadows, and exudes filth is the last barrier of the castle. Claire entered it twice, so entering the castle from the air is a good way.
Lu Li returned to the flower garden and pressed a vine with his cat's paw, giving him half of his humanity.
The vines in his perception were like being given consciousness, suddenly clear, silently obeying Lu Li and growing vigorously, turning into giant vines to carry Lu Li across the moat and approaching the second floor window.
As Lu Li jumped onto the windowsill, the vines that had completed their mission withered and curled up, falling into the putrid moat.
Staring at the silt-like dark and quiet moat, Lu Li's eyes returned to the window.
The cramped utility room is filled with items, and the wall lamps connected to slender pipes shine brighter than oil lamps, becoming a member of the castle that never sleeps.
Lu Li placed the businessman's eyes on the window sill. After a short wait, the outline of businessman Anthony appeared on the moat.
"Go into the utility room and open the window for me."
Lu Li looked down from the window sill on the second floor and said.
Businessman Anthony stepped into the shadows and waited for a moment. The silhouette of the businessman wearing a shabby scarf appeared in the utility room and opened the window for Lu Li.
Lu Li went into the utility room, replenished his eyeballs, and hid two more eyeballs in the corner.
After hesitating, Lu Li did not return to his human form. Although that meant he could possess the Doomsday Apocalypse, the black cat's size still had a significant advantage.
Although he successfully infiltrated the castle, it was not easy to find Claire in a complex, three-dimensional castle full of weird servants that was no bigger than a town.
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The familiar chirping of birds suddenly passed by outside the window.
Lu Li jumped up to the window sill, stretched out his cat body and stared at the retreating shadow: "Claire?"
The shadow paused, then quickly returned and rushed into the utility room.
"Close the window quickly!"
While Claire was shouting anxiously, Lu Li's tail pulled the window shut. Soon, the shadow of a bat passed outside the window, breaking into pieces and scattered outside the window, observing the peaceful utility room.
In the blind spot under the window sill, Claire looked frightened and whispered: "Why are you here!?"
"Humans are attacking the manor and have already bordered the territory of the head maid and gardener." Lu Li answered.
"So fast? Could it be that the players have united..." Claire said to herself: "I can't get close to the Viscount. The nasty bats are everywhere, and I can't see your 'sister'."
"What if we give up the Viscount?"
"What?" Claire was slightly startled.
"The gardener who was killed by the maid can be counted among us. The lord will go to the first one. The chef is in the castle. Approach it and kill it. The lord will go to the second one."
Claire thought for a moment and shook her head slightly: "It's not enough. Don't forget that the viscount is more important than all the lords. Unless... we deal with the head maid again."
"Maybe not, the farmer escaped."
The bat that found nothing flew away from the window, and Lu Li's voice sounded.
"Find it, and three of the four lords will go to it."
