An aggressive knock came from the next floor. 「」

The circle painted on the door was triggered, and the two golden bells hanging in the room and attic jingled.

Lin An, who was sitting in the attic on the upper floor, did not interrupt the movement of his hand, and the drawing pen with the magic potion was firmly held in his hand, and he completed the stroke of the last magic circle rune on a piece of metal.

The magic power flowed out from the tip of the pen steadily and steadily, and the runes of the magic circle on the ground lit up with a faint brilliance, and then converged the magic power fluctuations and hid them, if it weren't for Lin An's high spiritual power, he could hardly feel the extremely subtle and restrained magic power fluctuations of the magic circle on the ground.

However, Guanghua only flickered for a moment, and suddenly became unstable, and the metal piece made a soft sound, and Guanghua suddenly dimmed.

The sheet of metal, which had been smooth and uniform a moment ago, was covered with rust, like a piece of copper covered with green rust, and the air in the attic was filled with a faint smell of rust.

Putting down the pen, Lin An's face was slightly gloomy, and he looked at the scrapped white copper essence in his hand again for a while, and threw it into a few pieces of white copper essence that were also scrapped, and the drawing tools and ink and other things were received aside.

Wiping her hands, she got up, walked to the northeast corner of the pavilion, held the copper ring lock, and pulled up a thick beech plank on the ground.

A spiral escalator connects the small pavilion to the rooms on the next floor. 「」

Lin An walked down the middle of the escalator and asked in a loud voice:

"Who is it?"

"Lord Lynn, I'm Carl!"

The voice outside the door was familiar, it was the recruit Carl who had found Lin An and "rescued" her, since Lin An lived in this attic, she had asked him to come over as a soldier who served her exclusively - as a temporary attendant of the few high-level mages in the fortress, his status and treatment were far better than being an ordinary garrison soldier, and it could almost be said that he had risen to the sky in one step. Carl is still in a dream, and he is very grateful to Lin An for giving him this qiē.

This is of course a way for Lin An to repay Carl, and at the same time, he also values Carl's simplicity and the loyalty he generates towards her:

Compared to another more sleek veteran who was sent away by Lin An with gold coins, Lin An believed that Carl's simplicity and loyalty might not bring her much benefit. But at least she won't rely on her identity to fake the tiger. Trouble for her - not uncommon in the forts of the Northern Front, which were mostly veterans.

"What's the matter, Carl?"

Lin An asked. She lived in seclusion, and even the mages of the fortress rarely interacted with her. Carl, who already knew her habits, would not have bothered her if something had happened.

"Sorry to bother you!" Karl outside the door replied, "But Master Pete has sent his attendants. Please take a trip to the main loft. ”

"Did you say anything?"

Lin An was a little surprised. Mage Pete is one of the few high-level mages in the fortress, and his status is equal to Lin An, but this mage has been in the Grant fortress for nearly two years. He is one of the mages who are responsible for assigning mages' daily tasks, and Lin An, a newcomer, cold and withdrawn mage, certainly can't be compared to him.

"It seems that Master Pete has something to discuss with you, and in addition, there are two more mages to accompany you, Master Kalinda and Master Ik,"

Karl replied in a modest manner, and the second half of the sentence revealed a certain lively—or perhaps bold—character of his character,

"Master Pete's squire brought the post. But I took the post and left him below. ”

Don't let that attendant meet Lin An face-to-face. Of course, it is to have room for refusal - although Carl is a little reckless and bold, he still remembers Lin An's order that "no one must be allowed to come up without consent" and has completed it thoroughly.

Lin An bent his lips, although he was an ordinary male face under the cover of "Aegis's illusion", his habit of unconsciously squinting slightly when smiling still showed a little bit of charm. 「」

Fortunately, no one saw it.

Flipping through the post, there is no special content on it, but it failed before, and I need to change my mood.

"You tell that attendant to go back first, and tell a few mages, and say that I will be there later."

has been here for half a month, and he has lived in a simple house before, playing a taciturn and withdrawn male mage, so except for the occasional nodding friend who meets when accepting tasks and getting materials, Lin An has not received any invitations, and he has not integrated into the mage circle of the fortress at all.

"I've been here for more than half a month, and the preliminary investigation is almost over, which may be a signal." Lin Anxin thought.

***

"Guarding the mines?"

A red-hot fire burns in the fireplace, keeping the cold of the wind out of the air. Beside the tall red brick fireplace was a velvet chair that sat around a coffee table, in which four men and women dressed as mages sit, and a few attendant-like figures stood in a corner, as if there were no zài.

Of the three men and one woman dressed by the mage, two older male mages sat on the left side of the fireplace, opposite them a male mage in dark blue robes with a slightly sharpened chin, and in the middle of the three was a rather attractive female mage, directly facing the fireplace. 「」

Lin An, who is known as Lynn, is the younger male mage in a dark blue robe, and he was the one who spoke out just now.

"Is there a mining field near the fortress, or is it a proven iron-producing bonanza with associated blue iron essence?" Lin An's face was surprised, and his tone unconsciously increased, "Aren't you kidding me!" ”

"How can it be that you have specially invited you here just for a joke?"

Master Kalinda covered her lips and giggled.

As an intermediate mage, this move seems a bit presumptuous, but women have always been the lubricant of social interaction, and when the three high-level mages present are all men on the surface, her actions are naturally tolerated.

Lin An was stunned, smiled slowly, and nodded slightly apologetically to the two older male mages.

"Please forgive me for my gaffes, but the truth is too surprising—"

The previous question was suspected of questioning, but Kalinda happened to neutralize the atmosphere, so Lin An just took the opportunity to step down and apologize, and then his tone changed slightly, and he frowned lightly:

"With all due respect, although I don't know much about it, such a mine is an extremely secret for any fortress, and it's too late to hide it." "Why would you like to sue me, a mage who is new to the city and doesn't fully trust me?"

Lin An grimaced his face and looked at Mage Pete and Mage Ike on the opposite side with a slight question.

Lin An's defensive expression did not displease the three of them, but because of her bluntness, the three of them softened their attitude towards her:

Lin An's appearance is natural, and there is no sneakiness at all. If she's not a natural acting talent. Then this can roughly show that Lin An is not an infiltrator with ulterior motives.

Coupled with the assistance of Lin An's cousin, who lived in a simple place and didn't care about the affairs of the fortress at all, their trust in Lin An, the new mage, added another layer.

Mage Pete and Mage Ike looked at each other. They all saw the recognition of Lin An's series of expressions in each other's eyes.

"In fact, there is not much to hide from the storage of the mine, after all, the minecarts are often in and out. Just pay a little attention—"

The mage Ike spoke, with two delicately trimmed mustaches on his lips, and his words were gentle. The personality is also more careful, and halfway through speaking, I noticed that Lin An was frowning, with a slight look of doubt and memory on his face, and he thought of something, and he was a little forbearing.

Master Kalinda broke his words with a smile, and interjected with a smile on her lips, "Master Lynn...... Have you never noticed the entry and exit of the fortress? ”

Lin An looked a little laughed. I couldn't have another seizure, and shrugged helplessly.

She plays a reclusive mage who is unsociable and fanatical in research. Besides, she really didn't know these things on the route of her activities in the fortress, and if it weren't for such an extreme expression to make people feel suspicious, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to gain trust and get today's invitation.

It's just that such trust and invitation, for her at this time, means good or bad, it is uncertain.

For her now, leaving the fortress is not a good choice, if the situation does not affect her own safety, she will not make the choice to leave lightly, for this reason, she has always been low-key, that is, she does not want to cause trouble, or get involved in the internal struggle of the fortress.

But now that things have finally come to the door, the inside situation is a little unexpected, and Lin An plans to wait and see what happens.

"Master Lynn has just entered the ice field, and he doesn't know some inside information, in fact, such ore sites are not uncommon in the ice field, and there are even many large mineral deposits in the open pit, but such news is generally only spread in a specific circle, and does not flow out......"

The mild-mannered Mage Etter spoke up and explained the situation in the ice field to her.

“…… With the exploration and mining, the mineral output of the ice sheet has gradually increased, and the current annual output has accounted for nearly a quarter of the mineral output of Merlin, and this is only the output of the mineral deposits mined on the large rear front, and does not include the output of the proven but unmined and unproven mineral deposits...... Those merchants and convoys who braved the wind and snow and dangers to enter the ice field also came for this, if it were not for the storage of these minerals, Merlin's national strength would have been dragged down long ago, and the situation on the mainland would not be so stable. ”

Master Ike said, concluding:

“…… In particular, the production of those magical metals provides resources for the cultivation of mages to a large extent, and because many valuable magical attribute metals are often the associated ores of ordinary metal bonanzas, in order to prevent some accidents, the general mining fortresses will keep the magic metals secret, and in the process of transporting them, they will also use ordinary metals as a cover, so that they are rarely known to outsiders. ”

Master Ike's words reminded Lin An of the food delivery team that had fallen in the hands of that demon.

Now that I think about it, if she and Kronos had been accurate in their speculation about the demon's origin, then the destruction of the grain delivery team would seem a little weird, and most of them would have hidden secrets that were similar to what Ike said - I don't know what kind of secrets and things would allow such a strong man to risk exposing his tracks to obtain.

But there is no doubt that if there is no confirmation information and great certainty, that demon clan will not do it lightly.

But this made Lin An have another doubt:

In this case, when they found the grain transport team, the grain transport team had already been wiped out for nearly half a day, but the demon clan did not leave immediately, and was still lingering nearby.

You must know that a strong person like him who has comprehended the teleportation technique should succeed in one blow and immediately flee, and the longer he stays in place, the more dangerous it will be for him.

However, the behavior of that demon is the opposite-what is it for? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the Biquge www.biquge.info (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. )