It was night, in the quiet pavilion, the light behind the window screen was gradually extinguished, and other book friends were reading: ......

Under the cover of night, Lin An quietly left the room.

The Golden Rose Garden is located in the north of the Shangcheng District, located in a higher horizontal position, from the location of the Golden Rose Garden, you can clearly see the Viscount Fort located in the middle of the Shangcheng District, in the dark night, the Viscount Fort is like a crouching beast, with a forest of minarets on its back, quietly entrenched on the bank of the river.

The Golden Rose Garden is an ancient Pallot-style style, and the overall shape is not symmetrical in the past hundred years that has been popular and loved by the Merlin aristocracy, Lin An is too lazy to find an exit, and plans to add a stealth technique to his body to fly out, passing by a tower with a high spire on the periphery of the courtyard, the sound of air currents when flying seems to alarm people.

A brown-haired warrior silently appeared in the shadows of the tower.

Dressed in a dark black bodysuit and holding the blade of a longbow in his hand, he roamed the garden in the night with his sharp eagle eyes.

The tower he was in was unremarkable, and it wasn't the tallest in the Golden Rose Garden, but it didn't have much obstruction in his view, allowing him to take in most of the garden and the outside of the courtyard.

However, most of his patrol eyes were looking down, and he should not have found Lin An's location exactly, but his ears and eyes were sensitive to what he heard.

Flutter.

A flower bed under the tower churned, and a wild cat crawled out of it, quickly jumped up the low wall on the side, and turned into a black shadow into the night, if it were not for the warrior's ears and eyes, I am afraid that he would not be able to capture the fleeting figure of the wild cat.

The resident bird was alarmed by the wild cat, and in the sound of flapping its wings, Lin An silently rose to a higher place.

Alarmed by the sound of the wind and the birds and small animals, the man looked at the corners of the courtyard in the darkness for a while, and then slowly took a step back, hiding in the shadows of the tower again.

"It seems that Mrs. Adelaide has really set up a lot of defense."

This warrior's fighting spirit is very restrained. However, Lin An's spiritual power could perceive that this archer who only had a silver rank on the surface was actually a gold-rank martial artist, and judging from the inertia of the opponent's walking footsteps, the other party obviously had rich combat experience, and was not comparable to those noble warriors who had piled up with drugs.

Lin An, who flew over the Golden Rose Garden, had already seen similar towers in three places in the Golden Rose Garden.

If there were similar warrior defenses everywhere, the defense force of this Golden Rose Garden was already stricter than that of ordinary Earl Castles, and with the inconspicuous Reed Sword Saint beside Lady Adelaide, ordinary intruders would definitely not be able to invade the vital point of this courtyard.

At least in front of that Reed butler, Lin An would definitely not sneak out by stealth and flying.

Martial artists who have reached the level of Juggernaut through elemental enlightenment, and their five senses and combat experience can allow them to easily capture the wind and grass in their vicinity. Even if the other party can't see through the stealth technique, the abnormal air flow is enough to expose Lin An's location, even if the air flow is simulated. As long as a gaze is detected by the Sword Master, the other party can easily pull out the infiltrator - of course, provided that the other party is awake or maintains a certain level of vigilance.

The martial artist just now was not inferior, although he could not accurately capture the flow of qi in the air, but the golden rank had a similar keen ear and eye. It was the first time Lin An had seen that John of the Elemental Enlightenment Stage was slightly one order higher than him, but he was probably only in the middle of the world in this regard.

This shows the security force of the Golden Rose Garden.

"The identity of that Lady Adelaide is by no means as simple as Fritz said that she was just an unmarried aunt of the maternal family."

When Lin An continued to fly, his speed converged a lot.

In fact, Lin An exaggerated:

There were also people in the other two towers, but only two silver-level warriors. She flew in the direction of Fort Viscount, and Lady Adelaide happened to put the strongest archer in this direction, which surprised her,:. I thought that the other two towers were also martial artists of a similar level......

After all, cultivators who have achieved cultivation are rare, a golden rank like a brown-haired archer is already equivalent to a white-robed mage, and it is even rarer to refine archery skills like him, usually under the command of an earl, he can recruit and cultivate five or six martial artists above the golden rank. It's already average.

As for whether the elements can be civilized, it depends on the talent of the cultivation object, the family wealth, and the accumulation of heritage. For example, if there was a Black Iron Sword Saint left in the previous generation of the family to continue to serve, then his experience would undoubtedly make the newcomers cultivated later have a higher possibility of progress.

Although Lady Adelaide has a special status in the family, there are only three golden ranks assigned to her, and this archer is the strongest one among them.

As for the Reed butler, he followed Mrs. Adelaide for personal reasons, and was not a person cultivated by the Adelaide family, but was only loyal to Mrs. Adelaide herself.

In fact, as long as he didn't meet with the Reed Butler, it was not impossible for the white-robed mage to avoid the direction of the Golden Rose Garden and sneak in:

Among the third-level spells that are one level higher than the stealth technique, there is a "hidden concealment" that is invisible and silent, so the ordinary white-robed mage wants to be a thief, and the mansion of ordinary nobles cannot be stopped.

However, the capacity of the magic pool of the official mage who has not opened up the magic pool can be about ten to fifteen third-level spells, and the "hidden concealment" plus the "flying technique" that is also a third-level spell will go to about one-fifth, and then considering the magic power that must be retained for detection, dealing with various accidents and achieving the purpose of infiltration, then the remaining magic power for combat preparation is only about half, and the level of one-half is already a rather dangerous watershed.

Therefore, there are generally no official mages who will be thieves in the treasure room, and the risk is not low, and most of the wealth obtained is not required by the spell, and it is very troublesome to sell the stolen goods at that time.

However, the above constraints are of course not for Lin An, who has opened up the demon pool, but she undoubtedly does not need to be a treasure room thief, this world is sometimes like this, those who need it have no ability, and those who have the ability no longer need it.

After learning his lesson, there were no surprises in infiltrating the Viscount Castle, although the Viscount Castle was more heavily guarded than the Golden Rose Garden on the surface. Even after nightfall, the castle's patrols were also very frequent, and the patrols that walked neatly from time to time made the entire castle full of solemn atmosphere, making Lin An feel like he had returned to the frontline fortress of the ice field.

Lin An took out an opal pin to summon Sidney, because although John was also in Viscount Castle, she couldn't contact him now, so she had to find Sidney first.

A moment later, Sidney's voice came from the circle enchanted in the opal.

"Ann?"

"It's me, I'm restored, didn't John's sue you?"

Although not in front of it. But after getting along for a long time, Lin An can already feel some of Sidney's habitual reactions, such as his bland monosyllables. Sometimes it means surprise -

"Let's talk about meeting specifically, where are you?"

Sidney didn't ask, explained his location, and let Lin An know the general situation of the current Viscount Castle.

Fritz and James actually moved all the wounded recipients to Viscount Castle, and this is the only place. It is the most spacious and comfortable, and there are enough rooms to accommodate so many people to live together, in order to allow more than 500 people to move in, the main building on the east side where the owner of the Viscount Castle lives is occupied by the dove.

Sidney and they are on the east wing not far from the main building.

Lin An also learned the news that Viscount Lippi had absconded with his family assets and wife and children.

Because his absconding was so swift and stealthy, that he was not even notified of his local relatives and confidants, when Fritz found out. Lippi has long disappeared, and those close relatives and subordinates who have been in close contact with Lippi have all been arrested and imprisoned in a short time. In the prison in the harbor, Fritz sent soldiers from the ranks of the honorees to guard and interrogate them......

Among the local aristocracy, no one pleaded for these inexplicably implicated criminals.

The aristocracy gave up his land title and fled abroad only after the irretrievable collapse of the country, or the failure of treason. will happen.

The former is unlikely to happen to Merlin at the moment, and even the latter. Since Merlin's gradual rise to establish the status of the first power in the Muse Continent, it has not appeared for nearly five hundred years under the condition of centralized power and stable monarchical rule.

Even if there are nobles who have been guillotined in the past dynasties, but even if the family is ruined and the blood is flowing, there is no Merlin nobles who are willing to give up the territory and title passed down from generation to generation before complete despair, which is the foundation of a noble family and the carrier of the glory of the ancestors, those nobles would rather die under the butcher's knife than give up the glory of the ancestors and the last perseverance of the nobles.

Lippi's behavior was to defy the world, and even if he fled abroad, he could no longer be recognized and accepted by the aristocracy.

And his actions have even more discredited His Majesty of the Golden Palace of Locksena, who has pursued the merits of his ancestors all his life, and that king will never let go of this little nobleman who dares to flee without permission and stain his glorious merit book, and if such a rebellious act is not quickly punished by the means of a thunderbolt, then Merlin is afraid that people's hearts will fluctuate and rumors will be rampant.

Especially on the night when Lippi absconded, the giant octopus was released to destroy the city, and the cardinal of the Holy See even appeared here in person, so that the team of honorees who returned to the country was almost wiped out, and Lippi was completely convicted of treason and collaboratorship, as long as the nobles who had basic responsibilities and belonging to Merlin and their own territory, no one did not want to capture him back and cramp and skin him!

"It's crazy, doesn't he know that he has made it so big, even if he escapes for a while, he will die?" Lin An couldn't help but say, she felt that this situation was not a reasonable choice for Lippi, and it obviously didn't make sense.

"An outcast, as long as he gets on the boat, whether the previous agreement is abolished or implemented is not up to him." Sidney said coldly.

But Lin An still felt that something was wrong, the cardinal appeared too suddenly, if they had been ready to do a big job, there was no reason why when they met her and John in the underground hall, they turned around and left, in order to avoid the meeting, and changed it to do it directly.

But now the strength involved is too complicated, and the situation is too chaotic, and Lin An can't see the game between the Holy Empire and Merlin's ruling leadership, and the only thing he knows is:

Merlin definitely didn't expect the attack and defection, and the Holy Empire didn't expect the Cardinal's fall, and both sides of the game were probably caught off guard by this outcome. And the Honored One is considered a remnant of the victory, breaking through the Holy Empire's deliberate move, and Merlin did not fall behind when the opponent struck first.

However, from the recipients and cardinals, it is related to Merlin and the Holy Empire, a country that has been hated for generations, and then to the situation of the human race countries on the mainland, and even the victory and defeat of the ice field battlefield and the rise and fall of the human and demon races, in this event that often leads to a great war. The recipients undoubtedly acted as the fuse.

But whether this fire can be burned or not depends on the response of Merlin and the Holy Empire, the recipient is unfortunately stuck at this critical point, and there is a feeling that he can't go up or down, and as one of the original focuses of the team, Lin An also feels that he is in a deep quagmire, and James and Fritz, who must need to deal with and wrap up, should feel even more pressure.

After ending the communication with Sidney, Lin Anxin flew to the aisle on the third floor of the east side building, and it happened that two soldiers were patrolling the aisle. Lin An waited for a while, and the door of the room creaked more than a dozen steps away, and Salin pushed the door out.

He seemed in good spirits. It seems that there were no injuries at all in the battles ahead. Lin An slandered this guy's little strong life in his heart, and saw him go straight downstairs.

Lin An was a little surprised, and then she remembered that, according to Sidney, the first and second floors were the floors where the injured recipients lived. It is more convenient for maids and servants to come and go to serve and move the wounded.

The cardinal's battle killed only six people, which was already a fluke for the recipients, all kinds of minor injuries and serious injuries were inevitable, and six or seven companions were left with severe injuries such as amputated limbs, so all the mages were fully engaged in the treatment after they recovered, and other book friends were watching:. Even Sidney could only take the time to go back once a day to see how she was doing, and after her robes wrapped her to keep anyone from approaching, Sidney simply stopped looking.

Lin An thought of the purpose of Salin's downstairs. I didn't want to follow anymore, but after thinking about it, Salin had already come to the second floor and opened the third room on his left, which happened to be directly below Lin An's location. A low, weak male voice came from the room:

"Who?"

Lin An, the owner of the voice, is very familiar, and Lin An and him used to be the closest people on **.

Then Lin An heard Salin respond familiarly. "It's me, Luther, are you awake? Did I wake you up? ”

"After lying down for a day, my bones are brittle, and I was trying to find someone to talk to, so you came......" Ludwig said something in a low voice, but Lin An didn't hear it clearly, because Saleen closed the door after entering.

Lin An was surprised by the friend-like tone between them.

She was sure that the relationship between the two men was absolutely not familiar with each other before arriving at Sunkin River Harbor, for after recognizing Saleen, John had secretly gathered Saleen's relationships with the people in the fleet, and knew that his circle of contacts was limited to the mage circle of the recipients, and that the others had very limited contact with Saleen at the behest of James and Fritz.

There is no doubt that after clarifying his identity, Saleen has been lifted and acquiesced in by James, and the current situation of the honoree allows Sully to do a lot of things lightly, but in just two or three days, the relationship can become so familiar, and the object happens to be Ludwig, Lin An does not feel that Saleen has no intentions.

Her heart moved, her fingers flicked across her chest, and a condensed mirror appeared in front of her, in which the image of Ludwig's room was clearly printed.

In the picture, Salin checked Ludwig's physical condition, occasionally his lips moved slightly, as if he was talking to Ludwig, and a maid walked out, as if ordered by Salin, and only Salin and Ludwig were left in the room.

Ludwig, who was lying on the bed, covered his abdomen with a long sheet, his neck, head and upper body were bandaged, and he said a few words to Salin, his eyes touched each other, Salin's expression remained unchanged and said two words with a smile, Ludwig's expression relaxed, and he gradually closed his eyes dimly and fell asleep.

Lin An saw that Salin had used some kind of mind control spell, and his face suddenly changed slightly, but at this time, Salin flipped his hand, and a serpentine stone statue like a curved cone was taken out by him and put it at the head of the bed, and the serpentine stone statue swam for a while, climbed to the corner of the four-corner bed, hung it on the wooden frame, and hooked the tent curtain like a hook.

With the freeze of the serpentine hook, the water mirror in front of Lin An snapped to the ground, and a puddle of water accumulated on the ground, reflecting Lin An's uncertain face in the deep night.

Lin An had already guessed what Saleen was going to do to Ludwig, and just as she was about to go down to teach Saleen a lesson, two more people came out of the corridor at the end of the second floor.

Walking in front of the leader was the maid who took care of Ludwig sent away by Saleen, and the other was Angus, Lin An was stunned, stood still for the time being, and turned into a water mirror in front of him.

The maid led Angus to the door of Ludwig's room and knocked on it.

The two waited for a moment before Salin's voice was heard. The two answered, and then Salin opened the door and walked out.

"Luther has fallen asleep, he has had a hard time sleeping well lately, so let him sleep well first," Salin said to Angus, "Your Excellency, I'm sorry to let you go for nothing." ”

"It's okay, I happened to meet this maid and came here." The blonde-haired young man smiled warmly at all times, "Since His Excellency Ludwig is asleep, I will accompany him for a while." Just take a break, too. ”

Originally, he wanted to send the other party away, but Angus's abrupt behavior made this idea impossible to do, and Saleen was stunned, so he could only get out of the way and let the young man in. A little suspicion flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the maid.

The maid explained in a voice that Angus couldn't hear, "...... When he met His Excellency Angus, he happened to be walking outside that room, and the adults inside, uh, seemed to be talking about the Holy See......"

The funeral of the comrades-in-arms has just ended,:. It was not difficult to guess what the maid was hiding in a hurry, and it was no wonder that the young man said so abruptly that he wanted to stay here, as if to avoid this atmosphere of hatred. Although this atmosphere is not directed at the youth themselves.

The suspicion disappeared in Salin's eyes, nodded and dismissed the maid, and when he turned around, he saw Angus looking at him, so he coughed lightly and said to Angus: "Your Excellency Angus." The Holy See is not representative of everyone, and I think you have been doing it to us these days. Everybody's in mind......"

"I understand."

The blonde youth smiled, obviously not wanting to continue the topic, his gaze wandered around the room a few times, and as he swept somewhere above the bed curtain, his gaze suddenly ingested something that should not be there, and the pupils in the depths of the young man's warm eyes shrank sharply, and then swept over as if he had seen nothing.

Saleen didn't notice the young man's reaction, and after setting up a mute barrier for Ludwig, he talked to the blonde young man for a few words, making sure that the other party would not leave anytime soon, so he had to interrupt his plan.

Taking advantage of the young man's turn to open the window and turn his back on him, Saleen retrieved the stone snake from the bed beam, said goodbye to Angus, and left.

He didn't notice that the blonde-haired young man behind him had a strange glint in his eyes when he noticed the stone snake disappearing.

In the water mirror, seeing that Salin left shortly after Angus entered, Lin An squinted slightly, looked at the ground, became invisible again, flew up to the fourth floor before Salin did not return, and quietly watched him enter the room.

The mirror was not immediately removed, and after a while, the door was opened again, revealing Saleen's alert and calm face.

He was like a fox that noticed the hunter appearing outside the cave, looked around vigilantly, but did not find it, and took two steps forward, came to the position where Lin An was originally standing, crushed under his feet, and suddenly looked down, and at the same time, the dim light of the wind lamp in the aisle suddenly brightened, showing a puddle of wet traces on the ground that had not completely evaporated, which was clearly seen by Salin.

In the summer, the aisle was ventilated, and most of the traces left by the water mirror had been evaporated, leaving only two wet marks slightly larger than a palm.

Salin's face changed, and he was a little surprised, not sure if the wet stain was really what he had imagined, but he didn't do anything more, quietly retreated, and closed the door.

In front of another water mirror, Lin An waved his hand to return the water mirror in front of him into a water element, pursed his mouth, and said to himself silently: "I have lost my memory, but my alertness has not fallen at all, and I am more sensitive than a mouse when I am a little wind and grass!" ”

However, this time it was enough to scare him, with Salin's suspicious character, he should not act rashly until he found out whether someone was spying on him, and at this time, if he came forward to teach him a lesson and let him know that it was her surveillance, it would make him feel confident -

The most terrible enemy is the mysterious and unknown enemy.

Ludwig's situation had already been seen, and now that there was Angus in the room, it was inconvenient to enter it in person, so Lin An gave up this idea.

She quietly found the rooms of several honored people who knew each other, such as Krum and Hemmer, sneaked in without anyone knowing, examined their injuries, and found that there was no serious damage, so she withdrew.

Ludwig's room.

“…… I'm not the only one eyeing you, and it seems that the germination of the seed has to speed up the catalyst."

The white-haired young man looked at the man who was frowning tightly in his sleep, as if he had fallen into a nightmare, and said to himself, "But this time there is no danger, and it is also an unexpected gain." ”

The young man spoke, slowly revealing a warm smile.

(To be continued)

ps：

The wonderful weekend double watch, continue to accumulate character ~ the sad loyal dog Luther continues to lie in the gun ~