July 18, 2 p.m

"Recruit, I'll recruit them all" The freckled brown-haired boy covered his cheeks and said, "Don't fight, you guys can just say anything if you want something, I'm just 13 years old"

"Here, get your stuff and leave, I really don't want to see you again" The boy handed them a silver card

"The door is open, waiting for you in the Tower of Stars" Ellie read the words written on the card, "The signatory is silver"

"What's going on?" Lloyd asked, turning his head to look at the boy

"Jonah Secreed, please tell us what's going on, or I'll inform the consortium of what I've found in this underground area B," Tio said coldly

"Alright, alright! Don't use the consortium to oppress people, I just say it" Jonah waved his hand helplessly, "Uncle Silver entrusted me to test you with that letter, if you can find it, I will give you the card, that's it, I don't know anything else"

"Do you know Silver?" Lloyd was surprised

"Almost, he's my employer, and I'm working as an information dealer here at Crossbell, so I get a lot of good information, and he often comes here to buy information from me," Jonah smirked

"Hey, it's against the law," Randy said sternly

"No, because the guide network has not been too popular, there are no relevant laws and regulations," Tio sighed, "Although it will be slowly improved in the future, it is true that he cannot be arrested for the corresponding crime now"

Chong approached his computer, carefully reading the information processed on the screen

"Hey, hey! It's all something you have to pay for! Jonah struggled to block the screen with his little hand

"Take it" Chong casually took out a card from his wallet and gave it to him

"My intelligence is very expensive, and a policeman's salary is a poof!" Jonah almost choked to death after seeing the amount marked on the card, Crossbell has something called Miraka, which is a bank card that can replace cash to pay after marking the amount of the card, and Chong gave him the Miraka card he had just exchanged for at IBC

"Uncle, you can just look at it," Jonah hurriedly put Miraka away and said with a sneer, "You can read the information here."

"Hey, you know how to be sophisticated at such a young age" Randy didn't know who he was talking about

"This is the power of the local tyrant," Tio complained

"You can check any information?" Chong asked, turning his gaze to Jonah

"Of course, except for the border gate, I don't know what I usually do secretly, I can pull out a few of the transaction list of Rubahe," Jonah said confidently, "No one can not be in the Guiding Network, and I can't lose to anyone except two people."

"Then you check it for me," Takashi lowered his head and whispered something in his ear

"No problem, it's a trivial matter" Jonah patted his chest and promised, "Uncle, don't worry, I'll find out everything for you within two days"

"Then the money just now is a deposit, I'll wait" Chong finished speaking and motioned for Lloyd and the others to leave quickly

"That guy is going to be fine if he lives here alone, right?" Lloyd said worriedly as he closed the iron door

"He has enough ability to live independently, and it seems that he came earlier than me" Theo glanced into the iron door with cold eyes, it seemed that she really hated this former colleague, "just leave him alone, if you have too much to do with him, maybe you will suffer in the future, Royd Sand"

"yes, it looks like he orders takeout a lot, so he'll come back and have a few looks" Randy said at night, "Lloyd, you're too nosy."

"Maybe," Lloyd said with a wry smile

"Guys, could the Star Tower mentioned on the card be the Stargazing Tower on the other side of the Ursra Path?" Ellie, who was the only one on business, spoke

"The Tower of Stargazing, it's the ancient tower that has been abandoned for a long time," Lloyd also remembered this, "Well, it seems to be over there, and it seems to be a tower in Crossbell's territory."

"Then let's go check it out first," Randy said without thinking, "I won't suffer anyway."

"Don't be late, just take the bus," Tio tactfully set a reverse flag for them

"Where would it be so unlucky," Lloyd said with a wry smile

———————————————————————————————————— dividing line of the Stargazing Tower

"I'm scared, I thought the bus was going to have a problem again," Ellie let out a sigh of relief as she got off the bus at the interchange

"The bus can't always have problems, and after the last Monster attack, the Traffic Department has also stepped up its efforts to clear the roads, and the guerrillas have been busy with this for the past few days," Lloyd explained, "as long as we don't be late."

"Is that the place, Royd Sang?" Tio said, pointing to a dense forest in the distance

"Well, that's right, the Stargazing Tower is in there" Lloyd nodded "It was originally used as a watchtower, but it was closed due to some accidents, and I heard that it was built at the expense of IBC"

"No, it's the facilities inside that Bell personally supervised the work," Ellie corrected with a smile, "I heard that the Stargazing Tower was built a long time ago."

"Really? Sorry, I don't know much about this," Lloyd laughed with some embarrassment

(Why don't you go over when you have time to gossip here) next time let Lloyd and Randy walk together and see if you can still talk

Twenty minutes later

"Huh?" When they came to the gray-white tower where the branch tower had all collapsed, they found a light armored car parked not far away, and Sergeant Noel, who had been close to them, was standing in front of the tower gate and worrying about something

"Ahh ”

"Long time no see, why is Noel here?" Lloyd stepped forward to say hello before asking

"It's because of this," Noel pointed to the barricade at his feet, "It's a dangerous area, so it's usually blocked.,But when I make regular rounds, I find that this place has been vandalized.,I don't know who entered it.,Now I'm worrying about whether to go in and take a few looks."

"Sure enough"

"The possibility of prank can be ruled out," Randy and Tio nodded sternly

"Huh? What are you talking about? Noel said it was as if he didn't understand anything

"Actually," Lloyd began to explain

"Assassins from the Republic?! Ladies and gentlemen, in that case, I'll let the garrison come to support," Noel said sternly, "The only way out is the main entrance, as long as you block this place with armored vehicles."

"No, the other party is a famous assassin, and he must have found a way out, and besides, there is no need to trouble you in this kind of thing" Lloyd shook his head

"But the memorial festival is almost coming, but there is an assassin lurking in Crossbell, by the way, if you must go in and meet him, would you mind taking me with you?" Noel suddenly thought of a solution: "Although I don't have any strength, I am still confident in my shooting accuracy, and Fran has also been taken care of by you, please let me help!" ”

"Hey, Lloyd, we seem to be talking too much," Randy whispered, "Sonia won't let us go if she gets hurt"

"Okay, then please," but Lloyd thought for a moment and decided to let her go with him

"Yes! Noel. Sergeant Shika will support you with all your might! Noel smiled and gave a military salute

"If I don't let her go with me, I'm afraid it will really attract the guards, and it would be good to dispel Sergeant Noel's uneasiness," Lloyd explained back, "If there was only one person, I guess Silver wouldn't have escaped."

"Well, Lloyd was right," Ellie nodded in agreement

"I agree that it's safer to have one more person," Tio also thought it was okay

"Okay, three to two, Chong and I abstained" I don't know why, I always feel that they already have the demeanor of the United Nations, which doesn't seem to be much different from the Security Council vote, right?

"Days"

"It's so beautiful"

"Is this really a tower?" After pushing open the heavy gate, everyone was shocked by the scenery inside the tower, it was like a starry sky, golden points of light flowed in the air like stardust, and there were strange flowers and plants growing on the ground that was originally made of marble

"It's spectacular, is this really a medieval building," Ellie sighed, I don't know who prescribed it, anyway, anything that has something to do with the Middle Ages will be very shocking

"Wait! Something is coming! Randy suddenly heard the sound of a clockwork being loaded in his ears

"Something!" From the staircase on the side, two huge iron machines suddenly appeared

"Alchemy in antiquity?" Chong looked at them with interest, it's a little interesting, is it a finished product? If so, take some iron and go back to study it after smashing it

"Senpai?!" Puzzled, Noel motioned for him to prepare for battle

"Howling west wind, show absolute cold power in silence," Chong closed his eyes and chanted magic

"Wait! Chongsang don't! Theo hurriedly reminded

"The cold wind has turned these creatures into eternal silence!" I don't understand why I want to stop him, but the magic has already been used, and besides, this thing can't absorb the magic power

“！” Yes, the magic had indeed been used, but nothing had happened at all, and Chong only felt a shock in his brain and vomited blood

"Ahem, ahem!" Chong spitted the blood out of his throat with all his might, and by this time Randy and Lloyd had already set up the huge alchemy machine

(Mana backlash?) All the magic wiring in the body is out of order, is it because of this tower? No, Tio had just told him to stop, what the hell was going on

"I'm sorry, I haven't had time to explain" Theo sighed lightly after activating the guiding magic, "The obsidian on the continent of Semria will repel the magic elements of Western Europe, no one knows why, but if you use the Western system to use the magic magic, it will produce a strange backlash phenomenon, the first few times may have been out of good luck and did not backlash, but the laws of time and space in this have been confused, I'm afraid even the magic elements have been affected"

"Why didn't you have a reminder?"

"It's urgent," Theon's hesitant expression could easily be misunderstood, using magic on his own was the best solution to the situation at that time, right?

What an answer that makes you want to kill you!

postscript

"A small crack can put a team in crisis" "Silver" looks down from the top of the tower at a qiē inside the tower, "Especially when everyone is burdened with their own ideas, if they are all righteous, but if there is some kind of discord mixed in"

"That's just some kind of jealousy" a woman's chuckle came from behind "It's not as mysterious as you say, the human brain is dominated by feelings, as long as you can dominate a person's feelings, then it is equivalent to controlling a person, I think so"

"Really," Silver pondered

"Well, I'll leave it to you anyway," the woman's voice quickly disappeared into the tower, "whatever you like, I'm going to continue to improve something"

"I wish you every success in your upcoming performances (laughs)"