The night on the ice field is not as dark and lightless as people think.

As long as the weather is sunny and the wind and snow are slightly lighter, where there is a glimmer of light, the reflection of the snow will keep the night from reaching out of sight.

The high hard-soled boots trampled on the snow, the light outside the fortress walls shone on the snow, and a hazy shadow was hidden in the shadows of the corner of the wall that the patrol soldiers could not see.

Salin looked up at the towering city wall, and the sudden sound of hiss around him made him tense his body suddenly, almost subconsciously about to burst the spell, and he thought of something in the flash, and his body line was slightly loose.

"Ann?" He asked in a low voice.

"It's me."

Lin An walked out of the dark shadows, her whole body seemed to be composed of a condensed mist, and the pale white mist made her figure a little ethereal, gathering and dispersing like gas, casting a mysterious and hazy beauty on her face.

Lin An looked Salin up and down.

He had turned himself into a shadow, hiding in the shadows of the dark walls, and Salin had narrowly escaped her perception when she had come to the agreed place to roughly search for his whereabouts.

"It seems that after successfully collecting the highest authority of the relics, you have gained a lot." Lin An said softly.

The spells used by Saleen look similar to the effects of the shadow spells in the necromancy, but they do not have the eerie ghosts of the shadow spells, which is obviously very different in nature from the necromantic spells.

Salin smiled without saying a word, allowing Lin An to observe the effect of his spell with a little curiosity, flipped over his hand, and a thing that emitted a pale yellow glow appeared in his hand, and then threw it into Lin An's arms.

Lin An used the mage's hand to hold the thing, and the luminous object drew a perfect downward parabola in the air and was sent to Lin An.

Seeing Lin An using the mage's hand, Salin's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, slightly displeased.

Lin An didn't notice Salin's displeasure, or even if he did, he didn't care:

Saleen didn't know what he had on him. Isolated from her psychic sense. Because of this, she did not personally pick up what Salin threw - I don't know how many mages in history have been unsuspecting to contact things in the hands of relatives and friends, which led to a tragic end.

Lin An is very aware of Salin's reverie about himself, and after getting the ruins and about to worship the Tower of Doran, Salin at this time may have the possibility of ** expansion, and whether it is the Dark Girl or the record in the Warden's book, Lin An is warned:

Prudence is definitely a good quality that a mage can never forget at any time.

"This is a token of the secondary authority of the ruins, after the contract with it. You will be given secondary clearance to the Relics.

In addition, the information we agreed to about the ruins should be found in the ruins. It's all copied and sealed inside, and after you make a contract, you can read it. ”

Salin's gossamer-like voice sounded in Lin An's ears.

Hearing this, Lin An took out a pale yellow scroll with gold trim from the space. The pale red lines on it are tortuous and intricate, like the texture of the blood vessels of the human body.

An identical scroll also appeared in Salin's hand.

As soon as it appeared in the air, the lines on the two scrolls floated and resonated, and a pale red aura reflected a corner of the city wall.

Seeing this, Salin waved his hand. After a few short spell bytes in his mouth, an invisible shadow suddenly shrouded the corner, obscuring the aura of the contract scroll.

Lin An was not distracted. Quickly recite the mantra, and the floating lines of the scroll are intertwined into a blooming manju sawa, bright red flowers, and turquoise stems, lifelike. Exuding bursts of coercion, Rao is Salin, who has seen this kind of scene once when he was in contract. I couldn't help but lose my mind again.

The bright red Manju Sawa dissipated, turning into two rays of light and submerging into the scroll in the hands of the two of them.

The scroll spontaneously combusted without fire, and the flames did not reach the hands of the two men, and finally condensed into two black beads the size of thumbs, and a halo of colorful light also fainted in the shadows.

"This is a good thing, it's called a puppet bead, any lethal attack under the legend, you can stand in for it once - it's a pity, it's only once for each person," Lin An shrugged slightly, "So I'll give it to you, as a thank you for completing the contract without compromising on it." ”

With the endorsement of the contract scroll of the Warden, Lin An was very sure that Salin fully fulfilled the contents of the contract without discount, but because things did not develop according to their expectations, Salin took on most of the pressure in it, and for the sake of fairness, Lin An could only use the puppet beads as compensation - this is not how generous Lin An is, but the mage proverb told her that the fairness of the transaction is the guarantee to maintain the relationship and eliminate dissatisfaction, and Lin An has no need to take advantage of the fact that Salin risked his life.

Salin couldn't help but be moved, not only because of the effect of the puppet beads, but also because of the way the puppet beads were refined, with his vision, it was unheard of at all, it was unimaginable!

He realized that in addition to the ruins of Sky City, Lin An also had many hole cards that he didn't know, and the mature and mysterious alchemy achievements represented by this puppet bead might be just the tip of the iceberg.

"The value of this puppet bead is no less than what I gave you to me."

Salin was telling the truth, with his current situation, the value of life-saving magic items was immeasurable, especially this kind of puppet-type substitute item, maybe it could make him escape a catastrophe of life and death!

"It's just chicken ribs." Lin An disagreed.

The puppet bead can only protect itself and can't fight back, and Lin An, who has a legendary spell seal on his body, of course doesn't pay attention to it-

Golem beads cannot be stacked, a person can only use them once in their lifetime, and they are only used to resist a fatal attack, and they will not react to an unknown attack before that, even if the user is seriously injured or unable to save themselves.

And if you are an enemy of someone who can mortally wound you, why will he only attack you once when he attacks you?

Therefore, this puppet bead can only play the greatest role in relatively evenly matched battles, and is used to prevent the opponent's surprise hole cards or killer features, and if it is a strong player of a higher level, then it is not expected to play a decisive role.

Therefore, Lulu also explained in the books she left behind that this is just an accessory product of the contract scroll, which is something she studied out of boredom, in contrast, the idea and alchemy formula combination she made this scroll are worth learning from Lin An.

"Chicken ribs?" Saleen smiled wryly. "I really want to have as many chicken ribs as possible!"

Even among his ruins, such a thing has never been found - this does not mean that the civilization represented by the ruins is lower than the legendary level, but that Salin has not been found, or the civilization represented by that ruin has not developed into the field of alchemy.

"You want to be beautiful!" Lin An snorted lightly. If the puppet bead can remove the "only once" restriction, it will definitely not be a chicken rib!

"Of course I want to, the situation forces me to think about it!" Salin had no choice but to spread his hands, even if it was a sign of weakness to seek Lin An's sympathy, he would have a good grasp of proportion. It expresses meaning without exaggerating too much.

Although Lin An knew that he might not be able to cope with the situation in front of him, he still inevitably asked more: "They put pressure on you?" ”

"If only it were just pressure." Salin's eyes were slightly cold, as if he thought of something, "One of the two representatives sent has a lot of hostility towards me, if it weren't for me to deal with it. And if they grasp the authority of the relics tightly, they may not have the idea of crossing the river first and then demolishing the bridge! ”

"And what do you do?" Lin An frowned slightly.

The style of the Tower of Dolan is so utilitarian and hypocritical, and it stands to reason that this kind of atmosphere cannot cultivate a mage like Joshua. Lin An still remembers his first encounter with Joshua at the Tower of Babel, and although his later encounters were so unbearable, he still had a lot of character and choices for Joshua. Lin An felt that he did not live up to the name of a disciple of the Hidden Magic Inheritance.

Of course, Lin An mainly got the impression of the hidden inheritance from Andre's brothers and sisters.

But there is more than one hermitage. Of course, there is more than one way of doing things, judging from Joshua's decisive and shrewd character, and his ruthless personality of being scared of others and himself, it is obvious that the hidden inheritance behind André and the Tower of Dolan are not the same way.

Therefore, what Salin said is not impossible, but now Lin An has not been in contact with the other party. Listening to Saleen's side of the story, she wouldn't have jumped to conclusions so early.

Just Saleen's next word. made Lin An's face pale:

"I suspect that the people behind your team, and the people of the Tower of Doran, have nothing to do with the avalanche you encountered this time!"

Lin An's eyes stared at Salin, "To say this, you must have a certificate!" ”

"If I really have a certificate, one of the two, either me or the Tower of Doran, I'm afraid there is no longer a zài in this world now!" Under Salin's words, he didn't think of himself as a person in the Tower of Dolan at all.

Indeed, if Salin had really found the evidence, the Tower of Dolan would have noticed it and would never let him go; And if the Tower of Dolan had been so imtight, it would have been targeted by Merlin a long time ago, and even destroyed.

"But I can't believe the speculation without a reason." Lin An shook his head.

"Don't you think they have exactly that motive? You know, they have formed a mortal enmity with Jacob because of Joshua, and they are very hostile to the royal family.

When Jacob returned to the Winter Palace, he had already gone to Half-Life, and there was a very unpleasant quarrel between the royal family and the Tower of Doran, and even caused the dissatisfaction of some of the well-informed and powerful people in the Merlin mage group......"

As for the outcome of Jacob's departure and Joshua, Salin had only briefly said about it, but not as much detail as it is now. Lin listened quietly to Salin's words, slightly surprised, but thinking about it, it was not surprising that there was such a result.

"Even if there is a motive, it doesn't mean anything," Lin An said softly, "They know about this too late, even if they want to do something, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

Colluding with foreign enemies to commit treason is not as simple as a phone call to meet each other, and whether the two sides can trust each other is a question, let alone cooperate to plot against Merlin.

The future of the entire inheritance is at stake, even if there is a big grievance, the Tower of Dolan should think twice, and will not decide to betray Merlin lightly, or their historical inheritance has long been closely linked to Merlin, and it is okay to oppose the royal family, but if you want to commit treason, or most of the disciples can't accept it.

Even if they were isolated from the world because they were taken to the master since childhood, no matter how weak the kinship is, it is not so easy to cut off after all, and Joshua's encounter and death will cause the anger of the Tower of Dolan, but it will not make them betrayal.