As his physical attributes improved, Lu Xiao's five senses became more and more acute. Even without the blessing of skills, he could still hear subtle movements from deep in the passage.
Eagle Vision could not detect any traces, indicating that the objects making the noise were not living entities.
Atlas Court, as famous as Wandering Sea and Clock Tower, is one of the three headquarters of the Magic Association. Also known as the Giant's Cellar, it is the home of savings and measurement.
Atlas Academy's approach to magic research is completely different from that of the Clock Tower, which is barely open.
This magic academy that studies ancient alchemy will not control the research of the magicians in the academy. It doesn't matter even if someone develops a weapon that can destroy the world.
But Atlas Academy has a unique and absolute commandment - each magician's research results can only be known to himself and are forbidden to be disclosed to any outsiders.
It is said that the Astra Academy has sealed weapons capable of destroying the world seven times, but due to the iron rules of the Academy from beginning to end, no one knows whether this is true.
Compared with the Clock Tower, which values the qualifications of magicians, Astra Academy does not value the number of magic circuits, but instead focuses on the creativity of magicians.
If the Clock Tower advocates achieving great deeds by reaching the source by oneself, the purpose of Atlas Academy is to create magic tools that can also achieve great deeds.
"There is no need to be the strongest being, we just need to create props that can become the strongest thing."
To explain it in layman's terms, the thinking mode of the magicians of Atlas Academy is similar to that of modern scientists.
As long as they can ultimately achieve their goals, they are not limited to achieving it by themselves and can rely on the power of external objects without any scruples.
"Dong~dong~"
About ten seconds after Lu Xiao issued the reminder, Ma Xiu also heard the sound of heavy footsteps coming from the depths of the passage, which could not be emitted by human weight.
"Master! The enemy is attacking, please retreat!"
A huge cross shield appeared out of thin air in Mash's hand, firmly blocking the incompetent Fujimaru Ritsuka behind him.
'oh?'
Lu Xiao did not intend to take action in this mixed soldier battle. He stood beside Da Vinci with his arms folded, observing the shield in Matthew's hand with interest.
The surface of this giant shield was engraved with fairy characters, and the sheath of the holy sword in Lu Xiao's body reacted slightly to the shield.
"King Arthur's Round Table?"
"Bingo~"
Da Vinci deliberately made a naughty response: "That's right, I'm glad you could see it."
Lu Xiao shrugged and said: "There are not too many conceptual weapons that can use elf writing. I was lucky enough to see one of them. It was one of the weapons held by King Arthur. I couldn't help but make the association."
Those who attacked from the passage were all inhuman autonomous dolls arranged by Atlas Academy. The strange alchemy products blocked the passage leading to the exit.
"drink!"
Mashu, known as the Shield Soldier, does not have strong attack power, but with her huge shield, she can suppress the incoming enemies at the exit of the passage.
She can swing the heavy shield with one hand. Most of the autonomous dolls hit by the shield lose their mobility on the spot. These peripheral dolls with weak combat power cannot cause much trouble to the heroic spirit of Mashu.
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Neither Lu Xiao nor Leonardo Da Vinci planned to waste time by going deep into the Atlas Academy.
As one of the three major headquarters of the Magic Association, Atlas Academy's defense should not be so weak.
According to rumors in the magic world, Atlas Academy has always had a custom of being easy to get in and difficult to get out.
It is true that the miscellaneous soldiers on the periphery cannot pose much of a threat to this team, but it is difficult to say if it goes deeper.
What Chaldea and his party need to do now is to first get in touch with Chaldea. They only need to build a position with the help of the Atlas Academy's ley lines. There is no need to go deep into the building for the time being.
"Can you hear me?"
A voice that sounded instinctively unpleasant came from the magic formation constructed by Da Vinci, and Lu Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
'Suggestion of magic? No, this is already similar to some kind of rule.'
Lu Xiao knew the origin of this negative sense. It was a special sense only possessed by heroic spirits, and it was related to the hidden true identity of the other party.
Seeing that Mashu was able to control the situation, Fujimaru Ritsuka also came to Da Vinci and communicated with the magic shadow that had just appeared.
"Doctor, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Some special circumstances occurred after entering the Sixth Lostbelt."
"Haha~ I can probably guess it even if you don't tell me."
Romani Aqiman was originally the head of Chaldea's medical department, responsible for managing the physical condition of the Masters in Chaldea.
After Chaldea was attacked and destroyed by the traitor Leif Lenore, and director Olga Marie Animsfia died, Romani took over the responsibility at a critical moment and became the acting director of Chaldea.
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He and Chaldea's staff were mainly responsible for providing intelligence and necessary instructions to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, who were transferring souls into various singularities.
Romani has long orange hair, which is simply tied back by a hairband. From the outside, he does not appear to have any intimidating power as a superior, but looks like a good gentleman who can liven up the atmosphere at any time.
"Da Vinci, I sensed the reaction of a strange heroic spirit beside you and Fujimaru. Is it the helper you found at the singularity?"
"Well, that's right."
Da Vinci glanced at Lu Xiao and received Lu Xiao's formulaic friendly smile.
"This assassin claims to be summoned to this era by the power of inhibition to help us in our actions to save humanity."
"Where's your real name?"
Romani asked curiously: "Did he tell you his real name? I can only detect that his spiritual power is unusually strong."
"If he really intends to help us, he should be of great help to you in the mission of the Sixth Singularity."
Lu Xiao, who was observing the whole process, shrugged noncommittally: "My real name is nothing to hide, so just call me Lu Xiao."
"But I am considered a heroic spirit. You should not be able to find any relevant information about me in Chaldea's records."
"Alaya, the primate integrated suppression power, also forged a spiritual foundation for me? It's quite thoughtful."
"Lu Xiao, a heroic spirit from China?"
There was a series of keyboard tapping sounds on the screen, and Romani was unable to find any records.
"No, there is no valuable record, but his image almost completely overlaps with a Renaissance painting. You should have an impression of Leonardo da Vinci, right?"
"That's the problem."
Da Vinci rubbed his eyebrows with a headache: "I remember the painting, but I have no memory of the characters in the painting."
"According to Assassin, he met me in a parallel world and experienced the Fourth Holy Grail War together in 1994."
"The Fourth Holy Grail War?"
Romani's brows were obviously raised, and he immediately shook his head in denial: "It's impossible, at least not in our timeline."
"The beginning and end of the Fourth Holy Grail War are recorded in Chaldea's data. The Assassin who participated in the war was definitely not him, but one of the Hassan's in the past."
Da Vinci spread his hands and agreed: "That's right. After all, the Fourth Holy Grail War was the one in which the former director of Chaldea, Maris Billy, participated. It is impossible for him to leave wrong records in Chaldea."
Lu Xiao suddenly interrupted at this time: "Leonardo, don't you think it's strange?"
"According to Fujimaru and Mashu, Chaldea has retained most of the details of the Fourth Holy Grail War. Why is it only keeping secret about the caster summoned by Marisbili?"
Lu Xiao, who paid special attention to Romani, noticed that his brows trembled imperceptibly.
"We don't know the exact answer to this question. Now that the former director Maris Billy has passed away, the answer may have to disappear with him."
"Back to business."
Romani changed the topic back to business: "Now that we have established contact, you can use the round table in Matthew's hand to get in touch with me at any time. If you have any questions, feel free to ask."
"As long as you don't stay in the Gods Desert in BC, I will continue to provide you with intelligence support."
Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately raised his hand and spoke: "Doctor, we have a problem now."
"Where should we go next? Do you have any suggestions?"
"About that."
Lu Xiao suddenly interjected: "I have some information to provide you, which may help with the next action plan."