In the gloomy old castle, silver hand-shaped candlesticks are inserted on both sides of the corridor. The bright red candles on them exude a strange beauty under the dim light of their own.
Lucien, wearing a black hooded robe, stood quietly outside the basement, carefully studying the defensive array arranged by Count Vlad.
Since ores need to be transported, metals smelted, and slave dwarves need to come in and out, Vlad's castle is not closed "during the day". Only a few magic circles are activated for surveillance. In addition, there are only Vlad in the castle.
Earl, only Lady Tess, the vampire bride, is an intermediate level, so Lucien, the "high-level magician", easily slipped in.
"The defense is indeed very strong." Lucien nodded slightly. As a strong vampire who has lived for thousands of years, Count Vlad has indeed obtained many good magic circles. These twenty-seven dark magic circles
When connected, a powerful defense similar to a mythical lock is formed, which can withstand even the eighth-level divine spell Sun Flame Explosion. "The good news is that Count Vlad is a gifted spellcaster, not an orthodox mage, and the castle is not an alchemical life, otherwise
I want to sneak in, but it’s not that easy.”
In the corridor outside the basement, female blood servants transformed from humans, elves, dwarves and other races came and went like in a normal noble family, but they all turned a blind eye to Lucien, who was standing at the edge of the corridor, and regarded him as nothing.
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Since he had not yet begun to learn the "Group Suggestion Technique" of the Six Ring Magic, Lucien worked hard and suggested all the living creatures in the castle one by one. Even as a high-level mage, he was mentally exhausted after a while.
Just recovered.
"It will take at least two months to crack this mysterious lock-like defensive array system. The most troublesome thing is that once you start to crack it, it will easily disturb Count Vlad who is sleeping inside, and a high-level vampire plus himself
I have almost no chance of defeating the castle, and I am even in danger of falling." Lucien stood at the door of the basement, stroking his chin with his right hand, analyzing various difficulties.
Although Count Vlad is sleeping, he is not the kind of ancient magician in the Dark Mountains who refuses to be exposed to arcane magic. Anyway, he relies on the power of blood to cast spells, and is not afraid of the shaking of his cognitive world. He can easily catch up with the trend and keep pace with the times.
, giving Lucien, the orthodox arcanist of the Magic Council, a headache.
"What excuse did the Vampire Bride use to trick Vlad out?"
"Tess and Galata eloped? What a shame!"
"With their death? No, it will make Vlad alert!"
"It's really troublesome..."
"Perhaps, you can think about it from another angle..."
After a while, Lucien nodded thoughtfully and began to focus on analyzing the structure of the magic array at the core of the defense, the direction of energy flow, and other things that could be directly observed.
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More than ten days later, the castle was operating normally, with the vampire bride, housekeeper, blood servants, and slaves all performing their duties, just like before.
But inside the castle, there was always a strange figure wearing a black robe walking around, occasionally stopping to take out various precious materials and arrange something, appearing busy and as if no one else was around.
But whether it was the vampire bride, the housekeeper, the blood servant, or the slave, they all completely ignored the existence of such a person, even if he was making bursts of noise near the energy well behind them.
"Huh, it's finally done." Lucien squatted at the basement door, clapped his hands, and slowly stood up straight.
The strange and awkward mantra sounded, and the spiritual power spread out. The magic circle at the basement door was activated, and star-like lines became bright one after another, and the energy-flowing rays of light surged in all directions.
The restraint room, summoning room, magic garden, energy well, in addition to the energy room and control center in the basement, all important places in the castle are lit up with different mysterious magic arrays as the brilliant light flows rapidly.
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Soon, they were connected together, making the entire castle shrouded in a hazy and dreamy layer of bright starlight, confusing and vast!
The magic circle's light shield, which seemed to be reflected in the dark night starry sky, shrank suddenly and stuck tightly around the basement, as if it had merged into the original dark defense circle.
After that, there was no more movement in the magic circle arranged by Lucien, and everything returned to quiet.
In such a vast and magnificent scene, the vampires and dwarves continued their original actions, as if this was a normal change in the castle.
And Count Vlad in the basement was still sleeping, not even noticing!
The reason for this is because Lucien didn't try to break his dark defense circle at all, so he naturally wouldn't alert him.
The powerful magic circle that Lucien spent more than ten days to set up has a very single function. It is to add a layer of defense to Count Vlad's basement and add a "lock" to him to make him sleep more "peacefully."
”, more “reassured”.
Of course, this layer of defense does not distinguish between internal and external. It is almost a deadlock. Even if Lucien tries to unlock it, it will take nearly ten months. Moreover, the flow of energy wells and magic gardens to the energy room will pass through this layer.
Magic circle, if Count Vlad wants to come out after he wakes up, the energy space will be restricted to less than half of its capacity. Therefore, even with the assistance of the control center, he does not have five or six years to leave the basement, or even pass the magic circle.
No news can be obtained.
As for five or six years from now, Lucien believes that he will not have to worry about the problem of space node exposure at all, and other extremely unlikely accidents will not be considered.
Since your defense is strong, your security is tight, and your vigilance is extremely high, making it difficult for me to crack or assassinate, then I will make your defense more "strong", your security more "tight", and your safety more "guaranteed"!
If you change your mind, there are many ways out. Lucien laughed evilly, so he wouldn't say that he got his inspiration from jokes on earth. If he can't open your lock, I'll give you another one!
"It just hurts a little bit." Lucien rubbed his chin, shook his head and sighed.
Although the main source of magic circle materials was the "well-meaning" Count Vlad's warehouse, Lucien also lost a large amount of materials that he planned to use to deploy defensive magic arrays in critical moments in the future, and Count Vlad's real treasure trove was located in the basement.
Guilty, Lucien was unable to recover his losses and could only "reluctantly comfort himself" by taking a lot of mithril and special metals.
After carefully checking the "Powerful Defense Array" and confirming that there was no problem with it, Lucien set up a hidden array at the basement door to store the simulated voice of Count Vlad.
If someone invites or tries to wake him up, "he" will reply apologetically that he is in a critical period of recovery from his injuries. As long as the "Night Plateau" is not invaded by a powerful enemy and is on the verge of failure, don't bother him.
After doing all this, Lucien left the castle leisurely. A few steps out of the gate, he turned around in a playful manner, pressed his right hand on his chest, and bent down to do a gentlemanly courtesy:
"I wish you sweet dreams, Count Vlad."
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In the underground cave, the dwarves who signed the magic contract found their own steam hammers, iron furnaces, food, paper and other items in other parts of the cave according to their "memory".
"Next, we need to do three things." The great elder Augustus stood in front of the altar and said. Compared with other dwarves, he got three books, one of which is "Basics of Electromagnetic Transformation and Application"
, one was "On the Pope" and the other was "On the Protracted Struggle", which made him extremely excited, as if he had found a treasure book for defeating the enemy.
"First, we must improve the doctrine as soon as possible and quietly develop more kin; second, we must look for food suitable for planting in desolate places underground and on the plateau to solve the problem of hunger as soon as possible; third, we must avoid contact with
There should be no head-on collision with vampires, even within a short period of time. We need sufficient time to master the knowledge given by the Lord, forge more and better machinery, and re-arm ourselves."
"Yes, Great Elder! Steam is supreme!" Harold led the dwarves to raise their arms and shout. The knowledge in the book deeply shocked them, making them absorb the "nutrition" hungrily.
They used to think that they and others had inherited part of the steam civilization, but now they know that they have not even touched the surface, let alone the miraculous civilization of Atlantis!
And the emergence of hope makes them full of motivation.
The great elder watched with satisfaction as the dwarves were busy, then turned around and knelt down in front of the altar.
After reciting the Holy Name, he took out a pen and paper and wrote:
"Apocalypse Apocalypse."
"He came here to tell people that if you gain, you must lose, and if you lose, you must gain. The hardships and pains in life are all training, allowing you to gain wisdom and a stronger soul than others... You must follow the rules of equivalence.
In exchange, my whole body will not fall into hell..."
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After leaving Count Vlad's castle, Lucien went back and observed what the dwarves were doing for a while, and then he headed north with confidence.
There, there are several terrifying vampire princes. It is said that when the most powerful one among them sleeps, his dream can directly turn into a "real" city, appearing on the night plateau, with countless real and illusory humans and dwarves inside.
, elves, and werewolves constantly perform the joys and sorrows.
However, their strength had nothing to do with Lucien for the time being. After sneaking into the north, Lucien quickly changed direction and headed towards a castle that seemed to be forever shrouded in darkness.
This castle is gloomy, dark, and vague. It seems to be just a projection of a powerful castle in the main material world on the night plateau, and it is not a real existence.
It is the "Observer Castle" belonging to Count Rhine of Silver Eyes.
As a de facto vampire prince, Rhine naturally guards a space node leading to the Dark Mountains.
Through the teleportation array located at this node, you can directly reach the outskirts of the "Observer Castle" in the Dark Mountains.
In the dark mist, Lucien walked through the shadowy city walls and walked in the gloomy corridors. Following the spells given by Rhine, he occasionally lifted terrifying and dangerous traps.
Soon, Lucien saw the node teleportation array, stepped on it, chanted the incantation, stimulated the light, and disappeared in place.
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On the Night Plateau, inside a flashy castle in the style of the ancient Kingdom of Syracuse.
A strange man in a black tuxedo was holding a wine glass, shaking the bright red liquid, and said to the butler next to him: "Rhine has been missing for a long time, and the old guy seems to be a little bit ready to make a move."
His crystal-like red eyes narrowed slightly, and it was difficult to tell what attitude he had towards this matter. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)