Chapter 517: Crossing the Lake in Distress
In just a few words, it breaks the heart defense of a deeply guarded beauty.
Lin An smiled and glanced at Salin, this guy's ability to target weaknesses and hit people's hearts is invincible at any time.
Salin understood what Lin An meant, and raised his eyebrows, as if to say that he was innocent, but the peach blossom eyes that were raised showed his unruliness all the time.
Andre coughed unhappily twice, inserted himself between the two, and asked Lin An if it was smooth on his side.
Lin An informed them of the situation on the ship, and finally said, "...... Amani solved the mage tower by mistake, otherwise we might have been caught off guard by the back island, and maybe there would be trouble. ”
None of the others were surprised, and John nodded steadily:
"I also feel that the action is too smooth lì without any surprises, according to this Cress. Merlin's character, it is impossible for him not to lay out defenses in the most important places. ”
Andrei focused on the other side, "...... So, all of a sudden, he paid the underground auction house tens of millions of gold coins? With such a large amount of money, the wealth on this paradise island is really difficult to achieve, and I am afraid that most of it is concentrated in the back island. ”
Everyone breathed slightly, for the mage, the more wealth, the better, even if Lin An is extremely rich, she can look down on the dozen boxes of gold coins on the dock, but she can't care less about the hundreds of millions of materials on the island, especially the wealth here is more than just gold coins.
Salin knows the importance of wealth best, and looking at the faces of everyone, he mentions:
"Now that Ann has released those spies, and Yokjadan was injured earlier than we expected, those nobles are in a mess, and they shouldn't have thought about the back island so quickly, if we have time, we can scavenge it."
John frowned, he was the only one who was untouched by the gold coins on the island, the wealth that had been piled up with blood and human lives. Every ounce is filthy.
So he was able to keep his sanity and objected:
"But the back island is undamaged, and if something that shouldn't have disappeared disappears, it's easy for someone to find us. What's more, Hou Dao doesn't know how many guards there are, similar to that mage's cunzài, maybe a few. ”
Salin stopped talking.
He knew that this follower was a trusted person by Lin An's side, and it didn't seem to be his competitor at the moment.
For a person with such an identity, even if you can't make friends. He wouldn't be at odds with him, for he was confident that he could convince anyone, but someone like John who kept his faith and was not moved by external objects. But it is the most difficult of all people to convince, and an ordinary topic can easily develop into a dispute with contradictory beliefs.
So he just smiled, "That's right, I didn't think it through." ”
Salin retreated on his own initiative. Of course, John's would not have an argument with him, but he felt that although this person had a lot of personality that he didn't like, he still knew how to prioritize, so he looked at Lin An.
"Well, it's useless to discuss this kind of thing now, let's talk about it then. The purpose of a qiē is to get out of the island, and if you have the opportunity, you can take some of it. But if you're going to take too much risk for it, forget it. ”
Lin An said.
There is not only one way to get money in this world. Although there is a lot of wealth on this island, if you want to take it, there will be a lot of trouble that will follow.
Others have no objection to this either. Mages believe in equivalent exchange, and there is no windfall in the world that does not require risk. Although it is exciting, it will not be indistinguishable from the seriousness.
Only the two sisters of Bedika were very surprised, who are the new masters, and they have thrown aside hundreds of millions of materials lightly and skillfully, with the wealth accumulated on Paradise Island in the past few years, I am afraid that it is enough to buy half of the principality!
Afra secretly thought that the new master was not only bold, but also had the ability and identity to match, and was not greedy.
Such a master is simply falling from the sky, and in the last few years of her life, she can live a stable life under the wings of this master, and her sister has been entrusted with the rest of her life, and she can let go with confidence.
Just as Afra was looking to rise from despair with a glimmer of hope for the future, a puff of smoke rose through the forest, and she and Bedika choked and coughed.
Lin An frowned slightly and applied an invisible shield to the two sisters, and there was a rustling sound in the bushes on the side, and Sheryl, who was in the wind on the periphery, jumped over from the bushes, holding a snow-colored long sword, and her posture was as strong and light as that of a suzuka, which made Afra envious.
"The fire is coming." Like the sound of ice jade clashing, Afra was stunned.
"It's an east wind blowing today, and the fire is spreading so fast?"
Lin An's face was slightly condensed, the fire points she arranged were mainly in the west and middle of the front island, and the east side was deliberately set aside, after all, she didn't want the nobles of the entire island to be served in a pot, so that the matter would be big, and she might also be fishy.
Salin frowned, and immediately thought of the reason, "I'm afraid it's because of Yokyadan's injury, and no one is in charge of fighting the fire." ”
The place where they gathered was in the pine forest in the east, and the fireworks passed through so quickly, so the fire in the west was probably already connected, probably because of the robbery of Kress and the injury of Yokjadan at the hands of Kress in advance, no one was in charge of the overall situation, and the fire was allowed to spread.
"This guy, it's his bad thing again!" Andre kicked Kress in a coma.
Originally, they expected that those spies were pointed out by Lin An, and they were poisoned, and the poison would slowly spread to death, and they had almost no chance of surviving on this island, and they were already dying in a desperate situation.
It was impossible for them to find Lin An to take revenge, and Yokjadan had the highest status of all people, and was simply the best target for those spies.
With Yokjardan's sensitive identity and the cause of his injury, neither he nor the Dolan Tower behind him will be willing to suffer, and whether he is dead or alive, with him as the center, a huge vortex will be rolled up, shifting the focus of the incident to the past, and they will be able to get out of it.
In this way, even if the worst information came out of Kress in the end, after the various forces on the imperial capital side were distracted by the affairs of Jokjardan, they would be able to calmly escape from Merlin.
This plan is interlocking, but unexpectedly, there was an accident in the most important link, and Yokjadan was injured in advance, and the situation behind the guide was a little troublesome.
Saleen's eyelids jumped, in fact, Yokjardan would be injured, and it was also related to his change of mind on the spot, Andre's words. I don't know if it's intentional or not.
"It's okay, this change doesn't affect the big picture yet, but the message from Kress's move is great news for us, and maybe it's not as bad as we thought."
If the emperor is involved in the matter of Paradise Island, then Kress will not dare to assassinate Yokjadan anyway, and Yorkyrdan will not be on the spot to kill Kress -
Does this mean. Maybe the Emperor and the Secret Law Order and other forces were not involved in Cress's plot against Lin An?
Although Lin An was not present, he also understood the intention of Salin's change of words on the spot for the first time. Although it was a risk, it seems that it was worth the risk, and they tried to find some direction in the fog.
"Yes, at least for now. If Yokjadan and Galileo were not involved in this matter, then the possibility of Master Kodiak being involved is much smaller. Among them, the most pleasing to André is, of course, the second half of the sentence.
Although the Bedika sisters didn't know what they were talking about, they were already terrified when they heard Andre casually call the five princes by their names.
Not to mention that Afra also heard some hints of conspiracy from the previous words. The whole person was numb when they heard it, and Lin An didn't avoid them at all, and didn't seem to worry about what they would leak out.
"Alright. Don't ramble around here, anyway, we'll all get answers from this guy in the end. ”
Lin An glanced at Kress with a cold gaze, "...... Now the smoke is getting louder. I guess those nobles won't be able to stay long in the former island, so let's go and join Amani and them as much as we can. ”
Of course, there is no objection. Sister Bedika also heard the intention of leaving, and immediately stood up.
Afra grabbed the hem of the silk skirt and tore it, and a long hem was immediately torn, revealing the tight leggings inside, revealing the curves of Afra's slender figure, but she stood up without shyness, like a slender and flexible deer.
Johnham glanced at her, knowing that she was well prepared, nodded secretly, and leaned over to pick up Kress.
Shiryl grabbed Bedika nearby, and Bedika struggled a little, "I can run, please take care of Afra!" ”
Sherryl ignored her and carried her on her shoulder, and with a wave of Saleen's staff, a shield appeared, wrapping him and Afra in the middle.
Lin An carefully looked at the map route, looked up and saw that everyone was ready, nodded slightly, said "Behind the Andre's Palace", and then started first.
A quarter of an hour later, they came to a sandy beach.
The beach is full of reefs, which are perennially impacted by the lake, varying in height and craggy, until it stretches into the depths of the lake, like a tongue spitting out.
"This is the back island?!"
Two female voices rang out at the same time, it was none other than Sister Bedika.
They had heard the name of Houdao for a long time, but it was the first time they had seen its true face, and they looked at the other side in amazement, and Afra murmured: "It turns out that Houdao is like this, no wonder few people have seen it, how can we inquire...... That's how it ......."
She looked a little lost, the goal she had been thinking about day and night was right in front of her, and the place that they imagined was like a demon city, and it didn't look much different from the former island.
Lin An and the others all heard what she meant, obviously although this girl enjoyed aristocratic training and living standards on the island, she had never given up looking for a way to leave, and she still had companions.
This made Lin An slightly change her mind about her decision to leave them without hesitation and not think of any of her companions who had the same fate as her:
Although she didn't intercede for any of her companions, she seemed indifferent, but perhaps because she saw that it was impossible for them to take away anyone except their sisters, not to mention that what Lin An and the others did was all secret, and once they let other companions know, they might be affected.
The girl's determination and wisdom were admirable, and from the "we" she referred to, she was not without affection for her companions.
Andrei didn't pay so much attention to Afra's mood, he had a special love for beauty, but he only looked at Afra twice when he saw her, and didn't seem to care much about her existence at other times.
"This is the back island? It's clearly two islands! ”
"No, it's really an island," Lin Andao said, "and when the tide is low, the lake will overflow, and the reefs between the front and back islands will be exposed." ”
Not visible from the front of the eye, but clear on the map:
The whole paradise island is in the shape of a gourd that is slightly flattened from east to west. The front and rear islands are each oblate, with the rear island slightly smaller, and the narrow junction between the front and rear islands is connected from the bottom, and is flooded by the swollen lake during the day, and only revealed at low tide.
Due to the topography and the aquatic plants at the bottom, it is mostly filled with white fog and reefs, which can be said to be a natural moat.
If it weren't for the strong wind today, the flames on the island would have been raging, and the smoke would have dispelled the mist. When Lin An and his entourage came here, they wouldn't see the back island on the other side so clearly - even Afra, who lived in the Red Fort all year round, was only the first time he had seen the true face of the back island.
There are several small boats moored on the shore. It can seat up to 10 people.
The thin bottom is basically impossible to sail out of this lake, and once it touches the reef, it is the fate of running aground and sinking.
And in the waters of this calm lake, which are full of reefs, only those who are familiar with waterways are the only ones. In order to be able to cross the boat along the lì manoeuvre.
Now there is no one on the boat, and no one in Lin An and the others can understand the waters here and know how to operate the boat, of course, they can't go by boat, only by flying.
Andrei sighed: "It seems that we may not be able to hide our whereabouts." ”
If one person is fine, but so many people fly by, it is impossible not to be detected. Moreover, they had already seen the watchtowers on both shores.
"That's what Kress wants, if people can casually land on the back island from the front island, there's no need to arrange escape routes on the back island." Lin An said lightly.
Between words. Shiryl and Johnham had already returned, with a faint smell of blood on their bodies, but they dispersed as soon as they were blown by the wind, and only Lin An had a keen sense of smell that he could smell a little.
And the direction they went before. Naturally, it's a watchtower on the shore here.
Shiryl said lightly: "The previous ones have been solved by Amani, and we have met two." ”
Lin An nodded. "Looks like Amani has been sneaking here before."
As she said this, there was a faint uneasiness in her heart, which was fleeting, very faint, and did not seem to be enough to threaten her safety.
Lin An had a similar intuition before.
Such a faint feeling usually means that there is a hidden crisis around her, she looked at the calm lake in front of her, and did not decide to cross the lake for a long time, and everyone looked at her a little strangely.
Lin An looked left and right, his eyes fell on Kress lying on the reef, and suddenly walked over and said to John:
"I'll take care of him when he crosses the lake."
After everyone was slightly stunned, Salin quickly reacted and said:
"It's okay, wait a minute, you have to use the flying technique, Andre is in charge of Shiryl and Afra, I am in charge of Johnham and Bedika, Ann you are optimistic about Kress, he is the most important."
Everyone understands it, and there is no difference in this.
Only Salindo glanced at Lin An and Cress, of course he would not think that Lin An suddenly spoke up, just for the importance of Cress.
……
In the watchtower opposite Lin An and the others, a white-robed mage was staring at the crystal ball, and a voice came from a sapphire ring in his hand.
“…… What do you think? The voice in the jewel whirred and seemed to gasp slightly.
The white-robed mage who was questioned looked down at the scene in the crystal ball.
"They seem to be sitting down, and the three mages seem to be meditating, Lord Sandru, did they spot us, and why did they stop suddenly?" The white-robed mage was a little uneasy.
Sapphire was silent for a moment.
"Idiot, what do you want to do so much? You just need to remember one thing, and that is that if Lord Kress does not come back alive, I will not have the Mage Tower, and you will have no antidote! - Let me die all!! ”
As if he could see with his own eyes the stunned expression of the white-robed mage here, after Master Sandru put down the stick, he picked up the sweet dates again, and his voice softened slightly:
"You don't want to think about who provided you with the treatment, supplies and services you enjoy on the island of paradise. Where else can you but Paradise Island...... Can you get this qiē? ”
After saying a paragraph in a row, there were two more gasps over there.
The white-robed mage couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the fact that after coming to this island, surrounded by beautiful women, drunk and dreaming of death, and the extravagance of material resources that he could not imagine before.
Although, he knew that this was all a means used by Kress and Sandru to control them, but under the erosion of this kind of big stick and honey, almost no one around him could resist it, and he was completely addicted to this paradise on earth, and even when he learned of Carson's death today, he just felt that he was a little unlucky and played too much with women.
Let alone. It is not only the beauty substance that Kress uses to control them, but also the poison refined by Sandru, and now, they have sold their lives to Paradise Island, and rescuing Kress is their only way out.
With a ruthless heart, the white-robed mage made a decision, "...... Well, Master Sandru. I'll urge the others, and I'll ask you to be prepared. ”
"Don't worry, as long as you drag it out for a while. When we bring Sapphire over, I'll let Sapphire have a big meal! ”
Master Sandru said viciously, taking a heavy breath.
……
Halfway through the flight, an overwhelming array of magic missiles suddenly flew out from the opposite side, and dozens of missiles comparable to first-level spells roared in.
Fortunately, there is a reminder from Lin An. Andre and Salin were prepared, and the overwhelming array of magic missiles that struck through the bodies of the eight people exploded, and no one even resisted.
The mage on the other side was stunned and flustered: "Why don't they have a defense, could it be that His Excellency Kress also ......?"
At this time, someone noticed that something was wrong, "It's not good. It's an illusion! ”
When the words fell, the images of Lin An's eight people shattered like papier-mâché, and their real bodies appeared more than twenty feet away. There were only a hundred zhang left from the other side, which made those mages shocked!
Of course, Lin An didn't care what they were thinking, and flew quickly, because in the air that didn't touch the ground, they were natural targets!
"Be careful! Keep out of the water. They want to push us down! Lin An reminded loudly.
"Understood!"
Andre also shouted and reminded, "There should be seven mages on the other side. Be on your guard! ”
Magic Missile is an ordinary non-attribute first-level spell, and the group magic missile is only a second-level spell, each group magic missile can send out ten magic missiles, according to the number, Andre can easily calculate the number of enemies.
Magic missiles, on the other hand, have self-guiding properties, and they will still self-guide after they are out of the mage's control, automatically adjusting their flight direction with the direction of the target until they hit the target or the obstacle explodes.
Such an attribute is, of course, a good spell for long-distance casting.
If Lin An was in charge of this attack, then she would definitely choose to concentrate fire on Salin or Andre among the three.
This will not only avoid accidentally injuring Kress, but at the same time, Saleen and Andre are both flying with two people, and it is likely that they will not have time to dodge the missile, and even if they are not seriously injured, they will at least consume several enchanted shields on their bodies, which will have a great advantage in the next battle.
But the other party chose to disperse the fire to the three of them, either the organizer of the other party was a stupid idiot, or the other party had other purposes.
After all, in the chase of magic missiles, if you want to get rid of the pursuit of so many missiles, the best place is in the shallow water covered with reefs below.
The seven mages who were ambushed on the opposite side had been in luxury on Paradise Island for a long time, and they were usually mostly alchemists and pharmaceuticals under the guidance of Sandru, and their actual combat abilities had already degraded unconsciously, and at this time, they were shocked when they heard Lin An and Andre shouting out their intentions and actual numbers one by one!
By the time they realized that this was the psychological tactics of Lin An and the others, it was already too late.
The swarm magic missile that three of them tried to cast again in their hands was unconsciously slowed down.
The other four were released, but in a panic, they forgot that the second missile was going to gather fire and fly to Andre, and once again subconsciously divided it into Lin An and Salin, who were aiming for the first time.
Two group magic missiles are nothing, not to mention the repeated trick to use for the second time, it is simply a mistake on top of a mistake!
Lin An realized what level the mages on the other side were, and he didn't bother to detonate the missiles, and after reading the last word in his mouth, he cast another layer of "Reflection Field Damage" outside the shield, and the shield outside his body shook, and the ten magic missiles turned their heads upside down and flew towards the mage who cast them!
However, this move made the distance between the three of them, among which Andre was the fastest, and the group flying technique he used was unique to the master, and the speed was one point faster than the common flying technique!
Before those mages could react, Sheryl rolled and jumped down from a height of more than twenty feet, and pounced on a mage, so frightened that the mage made a mistake in reciting the spell in his mouth, and immediately encountered a spell backlash, and vomited blood!
Shiryl swept by, the snow-colored long sword broke through the shield on his body, and directly wiped his neck, and then pulled out a short dagger in his left hand, and the bell blocked several missiles, and with a step on it, a cold aura of ice clicked against the remaining missiles, and at the same time, the dagger shot, pinning a guard who was chasing Afra ten feet away to the ground, and blood splattered on Afra!
Afra sat down on the ground with a weak foot, saw Andre and Shiryl rushing towards the mages without looking back, shook a little, and subconsciously pulled out the dagger on the man in front of him, screamed twice, and poked two more blood holes.
The guard, who had still a glimmer of life, stared wide-eyed and tilted his head with a groan, and Afra screamed, pulled out the dagger, and ran behind the reef like a rabbit, hiding.
At this time, Salin, John, and Bedica were also just over ten feet from the shore, and they were about to reach the shore.
Behind them, Lin An and Kress, whose momentum had been slightly reduced by the reflected missiles, were still more than sixty feet away, but under the disturbance of Andre's brothers and sisters, the mages in ambush on the shore could no longer cause them trouble.
Just when Lin An thought that this crisis premonition was over, a sense of crisis suddenly took over her brain!
Syllable!
A huge tentacle broke open from the bottom of the water and flew out, carrying countless splashes and sweeping like lightning!
(To be continued)
ps:
Anyway, isn't the recent plot boring?,Everyone's feedback is a little light.,Is the process too slow?
In fact, I also think that the time of this copy seems to be a little longer, but there is no way, from the foreshadowing to the development of the Gao Yu Dynasty, if you want to make it clear, the chapters have to be extended, and the last few chapters happen to be the Gao Yu Dynasty, if it ends hastily, the head is heavy and the tail is light, and it seems that the previous chapters have been wasted...... In addition, although this volume is mainly the imperial capital, it is too monotonous to always write about those people and things in the imperial capital, and about the next volume, it must also be paved here, and it is rare to come out this time to say ~\(\)