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Chapter 373: Kasan Fortress

Soon after the basin was retracted, the negative energy fluctuations in the depths of the ice cave gradually decreased. After a few moments, Sidney's iconic hourglass-like footsteps rang out behind him.

Lin An put away the spiritual power that blocked the entrance to the cave and looked back at Sidney.

His expression was calm, his hands were a little bloody, and as he walked, he grabbed a piece of snow from the cave wall and rubbed it on his hands repeatedly, and his hands, which were already as pale as a dead man's hands, were wiped by the cold frost to the bones, and they were even more pale to show a bloodless death white.

This is no accident, as Sidney is exposed to more undead and necromancy, negative energy eats away at his body day and night, and in the long run, Sidney's body will soon become like a cold corpse without a living "sex".

But this is the path Sidney himself has chosen, everyone must pay for their beliefs and goals, even Lin An himself is no exception -

Lin An thought of his friends who had just learned the news and were far away on the Eastern Front, and sighed silently in his heart.

"Did you find your way?" The net does not skip words. Sidney asked.

Sidney nodded, threw away a piece of snow that was already dirty, and grabbed a second one, "That demon mage doesn't have much willpower, I didn't even use soul extraction. ”

Compare the truth of being an ordinary person. The difference between Komert and this demon mage, the latter's willpower is indeed not at the average level, but the demon mage's suzhì is relatively poor, which is also well known-

Because the seeds of the demon race's mage talent are not easy to come by, they are protected by the race, and they are also accustomed to being protected by their strong peers when fighting, and the simple group structure makes them not have complex personnel and social experience like the human race, so their will is becoming weaker and weaker.

Lin An nodded, and took a rudimentary map of thick paper handed by Sidney, the ink on it was still fresh, obviously just drawn, this certainly could not be Sidney's arm.

"What about that guy?" Sidney didn't see the demon clan coming out behind him, and Lin An knew that he was more than lucky, but he was still used to asking about sex.

"I can't even practice the Headless Horseman, so I let Scream eat it." After the demon mage was tortured, he shouted loudly, but the resentment in his soul did not even meet the conditions for refining the Headless Horseman, so Sidney was not disappointed.

The Headless Horseman is a resentful creature, not as high-level as the Undead Knight, who can even retain some instincts and talents, and is about the same level as the Wraith, but his weak aura also has a lot of effect, and Sidney has been thinking about this breed of undead for a long time.

Lin An didn't pay attention to Sidney's grievances, and opened the map to check, the red "colored" route on it was clearly marked, zigzags from the western foot of the Loew River through the north and south, leading to the nearest fortress on the north side of the river.

"Is it credible? Don't fool him. ”

Lin An saw that there was some information marked in the demon language next to the map, which was not very detailed, but there were hints at each key point of the road, and he felt that the demon mage was thinking carefully when drawing the map, but because she was too careful and thoughtful, she couldn't help but be suspicious.

"There can be no mistake,"

Sidney was a little dissatisfied with Lin An's suspicion of his "craftsmanship", thought for a while, and said, "He also confided in 'revealed' an additional piece of information - remember when you were on the black market, did you always suspect that the raw materials collected on the billboard were used to make neutralizers?" "The net doesn't skip words.

"Huh?" Lin An looked away from the map, raised his head, and his dark eyes were momentary, "What does it have to do with the news that he spitted 'dew'?" ”

"The special material for the creation of the undead transformation circle happens to be 'sexual' restraint with one of the ingredients of that neutralizer, so that neutralizer can slow down and contact most of the negative states of the undead transformed by this kind of magic circle."

Lin An's heart froze, "Do you suspect that there are people inside Merlin who are colluding with the demons?" ”

"I don't believe in coincidences." Sidney's face was expressionless.

Lin An closed his eyes and thought for a while:

No, Jacob is inseparable from the black market, but Jacob wants to fight for the throne, and in doing so, he is just cutting himself off from Merlin, and anyone who gets this handle can easily kick him out - no matter how much he can't wait to make a meritorious contribution to the throne, he will not use such a stupid method.

- The most important thing is that if Jacob really had a connection with the demons, then this matter would probably not be hidden from Salin.

Lin An thought for a while:

But it is impossible for the black market to purchase the raw materials of the neutralizer without going through Jacob's hands, so it seems that Jacob may have been deceived, after all, she can detect the matter of the neutralizer, and the people in the MI Department will not be ignorant, once the incident happens, then Jacob-

Thinking of this, Lin An's eyes narrowed, he woke up from his contemplation, and suddenly asked:

"You say, has the matter of neutralizers broken out now?"

"Probably not, this is also a secret in the Demon Race, even this mage only knows this weakness of the Transformation Circle, but he doesn't know that someone will use this weakness to make a fuss in the Human Race." Sidney replied.

Other words. Now that Lin An learned the news in advance, it can be regarded as a time difference.

Otherwise, once the neutralizer affair broke out, even if Jacob's innocence was proved afterwards, the lost reputation and prestige would be irreparable, and at the same time, his ambition would be "exposed" in front of his emperor's father - you know, from the emperor's efforts to train Jacob on the path of mage, it can be seen that the emperor never wanted this son to have any intentions for status.

"What are you thinking?" Sidney saw that Lin An was silent for a long time. Asked.

"I'm wondering if it's better to add fuel to the fire, or to contain it in advance." Sidney didn't know about the entanglement between her and Jacob, so Lin An answered vaguely and looked at Sidney inquiringly.

Sidney suddenly knew that Lin An intended to intervene in this turmoil in which the big names were not necessarily willing to intervene, and he was a little shocked by Lin An's boldness, but somewhere in his heart, he felt that this kind of Lin An was in line with his understanding of her.

"Which option is in your favor?" In a certain way, he has been tied to Lin An, and he is both prosperous, so Sidney must consider Lin An.

"Both." Lin An replied.

"Which choice will cost you more?" Sidney continued.

"It's all about the same." Lin An shrugged.

Sidney tilted his head, "So...... Which option is more disadvantageous to your enemies? ”

Lin An glanced at Sidney in surprise, the content of her and Saleen's conversation during this time blocked Sidney, but the process of communication was not deliberately concealed, probably Sidney also knew what they were planning in secret, so Lin An was surprised when he said such a thing, but it was not a surprise.

Sidney has always been a smart man, but he is used to keeping quiet.

"Hmm...... Presumably the former. Lin An smiled and said.

Sidney closed his mouth, his eyes faint, revealing the meaning of "what else are you thinking about?"

Lin An smiled, and was surprised by his accidental soft-heartedness:

It's hard to say what Sidney would do with Joshua if he was "cornered" into a corner, but even if Jacob's conscience finally found out that he would release Joshua, Joshua's outcome would be doomed.

It's just that Lin An thought of the scene when he and Joshua first met at the Tower of Babel, at that time, the two could be said to be chess opponents, no matter up or down, now the time has changed, and the situation of the two is very different due to different encounters, thinking of the situation that Joshua may face, Lin An will inevitably have feelings like hurting him.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is just a crocodile tear that has nothing to do with him, and if Jacob is really destroyed in the end, and Joshua faces his end in advance, then she is undoubtedly one of the contributors.

But since the end is doomed, to die in front of everyone in such a defiled way, perhaps it would be a relief to be killed in an unknown corner as soon as possible, and not let people know the cause of his death.

"Wait for me in a moment, and we'll leave in half an hour."

Lin An closed his eyes and smiled, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes were calm again, nodded to Sidney, and then walked to the cave alone.

Then she set up a shielding barrier, took out a basin of water from the space, filled it with water and stirred it slowly, calling for the person on the other side.

"Salin, I just got a piece of news here......"

……

Ten days later.

To the east of the western foothills of the Loew Mountains, two black dots flew down from an inconspicuous mountainside.

The two black dots fell to the foot of the mountain, and flew far away for more than ten miles, and gradually even the low mountains that undulated all the way to obscure the view disappeared, and as far as the eye could see, the most common endless flatness of the ice field before entering the mountain was restored.

"This time I'm finally on the right track!"

After making sure that they had really walked out of the foothills this time, Lin An felt very kind and greatly relieved that they were accustomed to seeing the scenery in front of him.

The foothills of Loew Mountain deserve to be called the moat, Lin An and the two have no guide, only two or three days into the mountain in the complex and changeable terrain in the "lost" road, several times back still can't find the original road, the two simply identified the direction of due north and forcibly crossed-

That is, a mage who can have the ability to fly at the official mage rank can do such a thing, otherwise if a warrior or an ordinary soldier is "lost" in the foothills of Loew Mountain, not to mention that he can come out in ten days and a half months, and die of hunger without freezing, or be swallowed by a blizzard bear that wakes up in the middle of hibernation in the mountains to replenish, it is already considered very lucky.

But in addition, the oral administration of the two is quite good, there are many small animals hibernating in the mountains, and some of them are stupid and will not escape at all.

For example, some populations of snow rats have the habit of gathering in groups, and once "lost" the way, Lin An accidentally found a snow cave where a group of snow rats hibernated, and suddenly changed his taste, and the snow rat cave suddenly suffered a big disaster.

The two stayed there for half a day, eating roast snow rats for two meals in a row, and the hibernating little things in the snow rat cave group next to them did not wake up at all, if it weren't for Lin An and the two of them were in a hurry, they didn't have time to stop and cook barbecue, maybe this group of snow rats would suffer the tragedy of extermination.

Sidney went to the front to explore the way, Lin An reminisced about the deliciousness of roasted snow rat meat, and felt the need to treat himself, taking out the fresh snow rat meat preserved with ice cubes in the space and the portable alchemy array.

When the rat meat on the alchemy array wafted out of the rich aroma of meat, Sidney also returned.

He put away his wings and stepped forward, took the skewer of barbecue meat handed over by Lin An, and casually reported the situation:

"Fifty miles ahead, there is the Kasan Fortress, the negative energy over there is very heavy, and I smell the undead."

(To be continued) (You are welcome to subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation.) )

Chapter 373: Kasan Fortress

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