Chapter 675: Traces
Salin walked over to the soldier, and Lin An knew what he was going to do, and shouted to the little Lori on the back of the Shadow Lynx:
"Athena, close your eyes and ears, don't see or hear!"
"People are not children!"
The pursed mouth could hang an oil bottle, but Athena didn't dare to disobey Lin An at all, obediently closed her eyes and covered her ears, and consciously restrained herself with her spiritual power, no longer perceiving the outside world.
The incantation was recited and after a short question-and-answer session, the soldier lay back on the ground with his empty eyes open, foaming at the mouth with saliva pouring from the corners of his mouth.
Saleen rose from the ground, the swirling black hole in his golden eyes gone.
"This soldier is weak-willed, and after only asking a few questions, he becomes an idiot!"
Salin was slightly dissatisfied, "But this soldier doesn't know much, only that someone from above gave an order half a month ago, asking them to secretly keep an eye on a man and a woman, and the women are two black-haired mages." They were just small people at the bottom, and they didn't know who gave the order, but the soldiers guessed that it might have been given by an enshrined mage in the City Lord's Mansion. Because several mage apprentices were the most enthusiastic about the execution of orders, he had recently seen the mage apprentice in his team, and he was summoned by the people of the City Lord's Mansion once. ”
"But why didn't the man in the robe recognize the owner, and another man with a spear needed to remind him." Athena tilted her head, and at some point she had lowered her little hand and opened her eyes.
From the moment they passed through the city gate, the soldiers who were noticed by Lin An and the others had been under their spell surveillance, not missing a word.
"It's been more than ten days, and we haven't shown up, probably they all thought we wouldn't show up." Saleen used to wander around and knew a little bit about the situation.
Orders like this to keep an eye on people are often given among the city guards and the snakes. But there is not always a result, and after a certain period of time, no one will always remember it, unless the person who gave the order from above is very large, or has clearly given the order that must be found.
Lin An could also guess the rules to some extent, "In this way, it seems that it is not our whereabouts that have been exposed, and we have been chased by the imperial capital." "Otherwise, there is no reason to relax after only ten days and half a month.
Saleen nodded. "Probably not from the Mage Tower, otherwise the movement should be bigger and tighter, so to speak, it may be a local."
"We haven't provoked any forces in Dolan City, how can we suddenly be targeted?" Lin An was a little confused, but he was not worried.
It's been a long time in the imperial capital. She is used to subconsciously thinking about the upper forces, and now she speculates that it may be local forces, but there is a sense of freshness.
The two discussed for a moment without a result. didn't pay much attention to it, Salin's eyes fell on Lin An's hand that was grasping Titi, and the hand that was grabbed had lightly sucked the ruffian dry, and the dried corpse was treated by Lin An with corpse water.
Lin An is not a soft-hearted and weak woman, but when there are three inhuman aliens in the team, she deliberately restricts and guides them to establish the concept of being able to live in a human society, at least not to let them deviate too much so that they can't stay by her side in the future.
There was a glimmer in Saleen's eyes, and he didn't deal with the deranged soldier, and the group left.
Return to the hotel you booked earlier. The hotel is located in the city's business district, and the first floor is the main restaurant. There are several taverns around, and there are still people coming and going in the early morning, which is quite lively.
The doorman who rubbed his sleepy eyes opened the door for Lin An and his party, and when he saw the hideous images of Titi and William, he instantly woke up, and looked carefully at what Lin An and Salin were wearing, and was directly frightened and took a step back. He stammered and led the way.
The hotel has a back door staircase, but the doorman still led Lin An and his party directly through the main dining room, where the maid was busy cleaning, and there was not a single guest at the table.
The boss who was wiping the wine glasses behind the counter was shocked when he saw the group of people coming in, and fear appeared almost immediately on his blue and white face, and the doorman grinned at him, and his steps dragged out, wanting to wait for the boss to come out from behind the counter.
The waiters and servants who were busy cleaning in the dining room stopped like clockwork, and they all looked at the tall and strong men who were drinking on the tables in the corner, and everyone was consciously or unintentionally far away from them.
The big men noticed the sudden silence around them, and opened their eyes to the door with drunkenness, greedy and fierce like jackals that had eaten carrion.
Lin An and his entourage ignored the strange appearance after entering the door, and the doorman who was blocking the stairs felt that he was being pushed open by an invisible force, and Lin An and several people continued to go up.
Their steps were light and staggered, and the hem of their robes drew an icy air current, and the doorman who fell on the escalator stood on end, and somehow shivered.
The boss who chased him out from behind the counter saw that Lin An and the others were still a foot away from the doorman, and he didn't even touch anyone, but the doorman suddenly staggered sideways to get out of the way, and his stop was abruptly contained in his throat.
When the men who had been drinking all night and were a little unconscious saw this scene, they also came to their senses instantly, as if they had been doused with ice water, and looked at the doorman suspiciously, as if they were puzzled why he hadn't turned into a corpse yet.
On the third floor, Lin An was greeted by a room that had been cleaned up and the furniture had changed greatly.
"There were fights here." Saleen swept over the newly pasted wallpaper, the walls behind the cabinets that concealed the traces of repair.
"Where's the female resident here?" Lin An asked the shopkeeper who hesitated to follow and was a foot away, smiling.
“…… Guests, guests, that female guest, she and she left a few days ago! ”
The shopkeeper was supported by the equally panicked doorman, and he was so incoherent that he forgot the correct salutation of the mage, and the two strong men behind him followed tremblingly, standing at the top of the stairs from a distance and looking this way, there were already several people missing.
The doorman looked slightly better, and he stammered in agreement with the shopkeeper as he peeked at the menacing man behind him.
Lin Anxin crossed a trace of murderous intent in his heart.
The coercion on Titi's body was released almost at the same time, but it was wrapped in Lin An's spiritual power, and one hand was still tightly grasped by Lin An, and the shopkeeper and others in the corridor didn't notice it at all, they had just passed by the god of death.
Athena sat on William's back, looking curiously, not knowing why.
"Athena, close your eyes." Lin An said softly.
"Oh." Close your eyes and consciously cover your ears with your little hands.
Salin glanced at Lin An with a smile and raised his finger.
There were two sounds of watermelons cracking, and a smell of blood permeated the corridor.
Behind the doors of the rooms on both sides of the corridor, there was a slight movement, and those light breathing and peeping eyes disappeared in an instant.
Lin An's gaze fell on the doorman, and when the heads of the two big men exploded just now, the gray-haired shopkeeper immediately rolled his eyes and fainted in the doorman's arms without saying a word.
"Now, can you sue me?"
"Yes, twelve days ago, a group of noble private soldiers took the red-haired female guest and they left the city." The doorman's mouth trembled, but his logic was still clear.
"Who's private."
"No...... Unbeknownst to the untouchables, there was no insignia on their armor, and the untouchables had not seen them before. ”
"What's going on with those ruffians?"
"A day after the lady was taken away, the ruffians came to the shop to show us, and stayed down there every day, asking about the warrior's companions."
"Only one day apart?" Lin An raised his eyebrows.
Angelia knew that she had a lot of secrets and her strength was too low, so she took the initiative to ask Lin An for the protection of her memory, and ordinary spiritual spells could not easily break through the protection in Angelia's brain, and she could get a confession so quickly, either the other party's strength was too strong, or Angelia took the initiative to say it.
Judging from the arrangement since entering the city, Lin An couldn't imagine that the master-level powerhouse would be so stupid, that is to say, this was released by Angelia on his own initiative, it seems that the strength of the other party does not pose a threat to Lin An in Angelia's opinion, otherwise with Angelia's character, he would rather die than say it.
Salin also thought of this, "It seems that it may be the children of the nobles of the upper echelons of the principality passing by. ”
In the Principality of Magic, where the real power is controlled by the Mage Tower, only such people can use both mages and noble private soldiers, and they are unscrupulous.
"Since these ruffians are still here, it means that Angelia should still be alive...... I didn't expect that I had been studying divination for so long, and I still had a certain day. I don't know if I can divinate the position of that nobleman this time. The smile on Lin An's face had disappeared, and he said expressionlessly.
"It doesn't matter, those ruffians have already run to the east of the city, and they should be able to find clues, otherwise, the City Lord's Mansion will not be able to escape." Salin didn't control his voice, and the two of them said a word, and they spoke without fear.
The doorman looked at them, and vaguely sensed that the nobleman who had caused them great trouble at the inn was probably in trouble with someone he shouldn't have provoked.
While he was horrified in his heart, he secretly gave birth to a hint of revenge.
Lin An floated up slowly, pulling Titi, the dark shadow of the window flashed twice, and the doorman was shocked to see her and the black-armored warrior and the man and beast next to him, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, only the male mage stood in place, and a jingling money bag was thrown at his feet.
"You're calm and bold, yes, but it's a pity you're too old...... Well, the money makes up for the loss of your hotel. ”
The doorman was surprised and delighted, picked up the money bag, and sank it.
He listened to Salin's words, and seemed to vaguely understand something, and while he was happy, he was secretly a little frustrated in his heart, hesitated, and for some reason suddenly lowered his voice, and said a little vaguely:
"Before the female warrior was caught, those ruffians seemed to have looked for something outside and made a lot of noise."
Salin showed a hint of a smile, nodded lightly, his figure floated, and he also flew out of the window, and before leaving, he looked back and glanced at the doorman who was still holding the shopkeeper, "Who is he?" ”
"My father."
"I see," the golden eyes that always hid indifference in the bottom of their eyes really crossed a trace of gentleness, "I will give you a Jianyi, and leave here as much as possible." ”
(To be continued)
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