Compared to Ebolden, the sewers of the imperial capital of Golovin are narrower and more complex... It's also darker.

This was Loren's first thought.

Feel the hard and uneven rock wall beneath your feet, and the darkness as far as the eye can see, but the sounds you can hear are complex - torrents of sewage, rats, cockroaches, and all kinds of reptiles, the wind along the pipes......

And, of course, the unbearable stench.

The black-haired wizard squinted, adjusting to the darkness of the sewers, his right hand groping for the uneven walls, tentatively searching for a place to settle in the noisy yet dead silence.

Right above him, nearly a hundred of the Imperial Capital's most elite night watchmen were hunting him down, as well as hundreds of spies, plus countless killers from the Chamber of Commerce, the Old Aristocrats, and the Holy Cross Church.

Half of the imperial capital... No, after the Imperial Trial, everyone should hate themselves to the bone.

They've definitely noticed the "change" in the summer twilight courtyard... It was only natural to send men to hunt them down, and at this point, it was impossible for them to spare themselves, even if it was just to extinguish the night watch.

If it is exposed, the only end is to kill yourself.

Bleak, cold and piercing, silent as night, dark ......

Darkness is everything you can see in this sewer.

It's really similar to "Dream".

In the darkness, Loren couldn't help but chuckle, but he still didn't stop groping forward—in a place like this, any hesitation or turning back would be fatal.

He didn't light the lamp and didn't use the "Firefly Charm"... In such a dark place, the slightest superfluous sound and light source would reveal its location and lure bloodthirsty beasts to the door.

"Smack!"

The bright silver in his right hand slammed lightly against the rock wall, leaving an imperceptible mark, and the Imperial Capital sewers were narrower and cratered than Loren had expected, apparently unrepaired for a long time.

It was difficult to shuttle in the dark, the map given by Edward had long been destroyed by the black-haired wizard himself, even if he had a spiritual hall and a wizard with a memory beyond ordinary people, he could only barely remember the approximate direction and location, of course, it was impossible to be 100% sure.

At every step, Loren walked cautiously, very cautiously.

"Bell!"

The shiny silver blade slammed against the wall a second time, and the heavy rock made a faint crash.

Loren was still expressionless, as if he hadn't noticed his "mistake".

What he had to do now was to get out of Golovin as quickly as possible before the Night's Watch noticed it, and everything else was secondary.

I couldn't feel the time in the darkness, and I could only deduce from the frequency of my steps and the distance I had traveled that it should have been about two quarters of an hour.

I've been walking for two quarters of an hour, in other words... There is not much left to do.

It wasn't far away, and it was almost there.

Before he knew it, Loren had felt his palms slippery and his heartbeat accelerating.

Only the dark eyes, still as calm as at the beginning.

The sound of rushing sewage at the end of the dark tunnel proved that Loren was not going in the wrong direction, and the sound of the water was getting louder and louder, even closer.

The exit is already in sight.

Follow the route on the map, turn back at the next bend, then right, then straight, and finally left......

"Rutt Infinit. ”

As if to scare him on purpose, Asrael suddenly appeared behind Loren, his little head poking over his shoulder.

"Huh?" Loren snorted questioningly, but still walked forward expressionlessly, as if he didn't pay attention to the "burden" he was carrying behind him.

"Dear Loren, your posture doesn't look like you're running away. The boy curled the corners of his mouth, and before the black-haired wizard threw him into the puddle, he leapt down and landed lightly on the ground:

"You're looking for a secret base for the Night's Watch... Even the gentleman, Edward, deliberately reminds you not to do it. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

The black-haired wizard unexpectedly didn't refute, just shrugged his shoulders slightly, and his gaze was already calm and indifferent.

The handsome face of the young man with white and blonde hair showed a hint of cunning, and his scarlet pupils flickered, and he had an expression of enjoying this "game".

"The map that Mr. Edward gave you......" Asrael's tone rose slightly, his left hand behind his back, and the index finger of his right hand triumphantly cocked to his lips:

"If he already knows that he is being watched, why would he go to such great lengths to carry such an important thing with him?"

"Hmm... Maybe it's because he's still my friend and cares more about my life or death. The black-haired wizard pursed his lips and chatted with Asriel as if he were amusement:

"Providing a friend with an escape route in such a life-and-death situation should be a normal person's thinking, right?"

"Of course not......," Asriel grinned, refuting the black-haired wizard's speculation, "Language is the funniest guessing puzzle ever invented, and even poor Asrael enjoyed it!"

"Mr. Edward, he delivered the map to Loren at the most critical moment, and repeatedly reminded his dear Loren not to trust him, and warned Loren not to let anyone know your escape route, and it was better not to leave the sewers......"

"Why?" the boy raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes shining scarlet:

"He's hinting, dear Loren, he's telling you... He found the secret base of the Night's Watch, right in the sewers of the Imperial Capital!"

"Oh?"

"Honey ~ Loren ......"

Asriel's playful expression, his upturned tone as if he was singing:

"I've never seen you so reckless, Azreel's impression of Loren Turin is not completely sure, he will never take it lightly, and he will never raid the headquarters of the Night's Watch in an exhausted state!"

"Asrael, it seems like a little ...... all of a sudden"

"Are you scared?"

The black-haired wizard's abrupt turn made the young man stunned on the spot, and a trace of fear flashed in the corners of his eyes inadvertently, and he subconsciously avoided the black eyes that were calm to the point of murderous intent.

"I... Family... That one... Asriel wasn't against Loren's revenge, but ......"

"Don't worry, I'm not crazy. ”

Loren grinned, but the smile was really hideous and terrifying in the eyes of the young man, almost crazy.

"On the contrary, I've been thinking about this for a long time... I've been planning this from the moment Edward promised me. There was a smile in Loren's voice, but there was murderous intent in his eyes:

"I'm careful... Because many of the wizards in the Imperial Capital were loyal to the Night's Watch and the Imperial Family, especially in the Heavenly Dome, Albert Tarot's overly cautious attitude made me suspect that there might be wizards there who were good at eavesdropping and mind-reading!"

"Think of such an unreasonable detective-type high-level spell as 'Spiritual Vision'... It's not impossible!"

So, didn't even me notice it...... Asriel opened his mouth, but said nothing.

Over the past few years, he has been hinting, instigating, seducing, and even actively seducing, allowing Loren to reveal the crazy and truly ambitious side of his heart.

But when he actually saw it, it made him feel as if he had done something wrong......

Are you sure?

In just a second, the polite boy re-hooked the corners of his mouth, and his scarlet pupils flickered.

He raised his small white hand and gently grasped the right hand of the black-haired wizard holding the hilt of his sword, politely like the morning dew caressing the stamens of an early morning flower, or the porcelain worth a thousand gold, as thin as a cicada's wings.

This time, the hilt of Bright Silver didn't hit the sewer wall again, but Asriel had already guessed.

"The base you've been looking for all this way, right behind this wall... Right?"

"Probably. ”

"Ready to surprise Rut Infinit?"

"Otherwise?" Loren had never been as unguarded as he had been at this moment, calmly staring at the boy.

"Let me finish what you have to ask next...... I'm not crazy, but I'm not going to just let them go - people like Rut Infinit, he won't give anyone a chance to betray him, so there must be very few people left around him. ”

"I'm going to try to make a strong enough 'impression' on him, I'm going to make him pay, and if I fail... Well, dear Asrael, you're not going to leave me alone, are you?"

As the words fell, Loren's burning gaze fell on the boy, and Asriel slowly summoned that creepy smile, bowed his head, his left hand behind his back, and raised his right hand - the standard aristocratic salute.

"Go early and come back early, have a nice trip. ”