Chapter Twenty-Three: The Vortex of Faith
Vivien Leigh changed into a hunting suit that was easy to move around, grabbed the holy sword and walked out the door. She hesitated, and instead of disturbing Nancy and Kathryn, she chose the stealth abilities that the bloodline talent gave her, and slipped out of the room under the noses of the castle patrol guards.
This bloodline ability from Alini is particularly powerful, even a powerhouse of Nancy's level didn't realize that Vivien Leigh could rely on this ability to conceal her perception and secretly leave her protection range.
Until now, Vivien Leigh believed that all of this was a conspiracy by some of the nobles in Erossa's court, who might have colluded with the enemy to poison Elbert, and planned to use the riots caused by Elbert to secretly accumulate power in order to plot to overthrow the Clareman family.
She instinctively linked the two things, but she guessed in the wrong direction. Because of this, she is determined to be able to move freely in Savoie Fort with her own strength. After all, no matter how powerful that minister was, it was impossible for him to command the strong men in Savoie Fort who could fight with him.
Nancy is her teacher, Kathryn is her older sister, Evan and Charlotte are her older brothers, and Edie and Claire are once born and died partners. In addition to them, even the captain of the Sava Castle and the legendary leader of the Shadow Guard, Vivien Leigh, are confident that they will win the battle, so what else does she have to worry about in her own castle?
Due to the information asymmetry, she did not realize that the Savoie Fort was far from being as safe as she imagined. Similar to her, Claire, another trespasser, was unaware of the imminent threat.
Charlotte withheld some key information from him, such as suspicion that the Calamity Witch was also very likely hiding in Fort Savoie. But Charlotte withheld this key information out of good intentions, because he knew that once Claire learned the news, she would be obligated to help him out.
But for a top multiverse powerhouse of the level of the Calamity Witch, what is the difference between one more Claire and one less Claire? On the other hand, if the Calamity Witch is not in Sava Fort and the opponent is only Aven, then Claire's entry may intensify the conflict between the two brothers and make things irreparable.
That's why Charlotte even goes so far as to express her concerns to Nancy, but withhold key information from Claire. Because at this time, in the Savoie Castle, the only person who can really contain the Calamity Witch who may be lurking here is Nancy.
Everyone's thoughts and demands are stirred into an inextricable knot in this chaotic whirlpool, when we imagine time as a long river flowing downstream, and then focus our eyes on this time. You will be amazed to find that at this point in time, in the huge churning whirlpool in the long river of time, everyone in the whirlpool actually has a high degree of unanimity!
That is the extreme sense of responsibility for the happiness of relatives and friends, and does not hesitate to sacrifice themselves!
Aven, Charlotte, Vivien Leigh, Claire, and even Rebecca, Lawrence, Nancy, ...... Everyone in the maelstrom sincerely desires the true happiness of those they care about, and they act with a sense of justice, responsibility, and fearless sacrifice, believing that what they do is a noble act that may not be recognized by the majority, but is absolutely right!
But what happens when the incomparably lofty and clear convictions become entangled with each other? No one at this point in time knows.
Claire, he started his action with the sacrificial spirit of being spurned by the Clayderman family, and even forever hated by Vivien Leigh.
He came to the cul-de-sac where he had discovered the anomaly last night, with the realization that if Evan was really hopeless, then I will do it for you.
Claire cast a stealth spell, carefully observing the marks on the stone walls of the alley. Eagle Scepter sensed a strong aura of death, while Lily, who was equally sensitive to breath, shivered and hid in Claire's collar.
Fort Savoy itself has so much magic that it makes some of Claire's detection methods ineffective. He had to look closely at the marks on the walls like a thief to spot the hidden opening mechanisms.
Claire was sure that there must be some secret room hidden here, otherwise it would not be enough to explain the astonishing death.
His hunch was right, and after careful searching, Claire finally found a trace in the inconspicuous corner of the alley.
There was some wall ash on the floor that could be easily overlooked, and it was possible that someone had brought it out when they pulled out the black stone from the wall. He stood at the edge of the trace, his brain doing a series of rapid calculations. From the position of the mark against the wall, and the initial velocity when the man pulled out the black stone, we can roughly estimate the height range of the mechanism.
This mental arithmetic ability is a piece of cake for the master of the eight rings.
Soon, Claire was initially locked onto the target. He struck the three most likely black stones one after the other from top to bottom, and when he reached the third, the sound was a little hollow. He looked closely at where the black stone was embedded, and there was so much room for his fingers to insert it. But this was not difficult for Claire, and he used the hand of the mage, turning the illusory palm that was originally like a raised hand into a large net and inserting it into the gap.
With a click, the blackstone pulled out, revealing the brass-colored pull tab inside.
"If you can open this secret room without leaving a trace, that person must be a great mage too. Eagle Scepter commented, believing that the original opener of the Chamber of Secrets must have used the same method to pry out the Blackstone.
"So, we've found a place. ”
Claire said, and he cast a silence spell into the alley, which would ensure that the sound of the mechanism was effectively suppressed. But he thought about it too much, and when he pulled the pull ring, a half-human-high and one-meter-wide wall silently protruded outward.
After revealing about 50 centimeters of black stone, from the side of the protruding mechanism, a hollow in the shape of a mouth was formed, Claire bent down and turned into the hole, and then glanced at the original wall, a deep secret passage led to the ground, if there was no wind whining upwards, but it was blocked by the fifty centimeter thick stone wall behind her.
It's a brilliant design!
If you retreat to the mouth of the alley and look inside, because of the distance, angle and lighting, the wall you see is only dark, and you can hardly detect anything unusual. The wind in the chamber is also blocked by the fifty centimeters of stone to the right of the zigzag mechanism, and unless you enter a dead end that looks like nothing is curious, you won't even notice that someone has opened one of the traps.
Claire silently praised the ingenious design so that he didn't have to worry about being noticed. He didn't want to close his retreat and enter a secret room where he didn't know what was dangerous.
After retrieving her spell casting materials and spell defenses again, Claire walked down the chamber.