Peaceful, empty and lonely, even the air smells cold and isolated.

This is the upwind trail! The land here is extremely barren...... There are hardly any ordinary human inhabitants, and no plants can grow in this cursed land, not even insects are willing to use it as their nest.

Yes, only the bare mountains.

Carlin stood on a cyan stone slab, peering ahead at the mage tower.

It was an old tower, and the whole tower was made of heavy black stone slabs, strong and towering, and it looked like it was reaching into the sky. In fact, the tower does stand out from the crowd, including the mountains.

That's the Tower of Medivan – Karazhan?

Carlin took a deep breath of the murky air of the upwind trail and walked towards the tower.

……

The entrance to the main entrance, which looks a little gloomy, is also very large; Carlin even doubted that a heavily armed 59 could drive through this entrance! And directly above the entrance, there is a wide balcony of stone.

Carlin hesitated for a moment, then knocked lightly on the grim door.

The location of the balcony seems to have a hint of flickering...... Carlin sensed that he had just seen a figure appear on the balcony, but was quickly back inside the tower.

"Squeak......" The sharp sound of the door opening.

Then a gloomy voice came from behind the door, and the voice was a little old: "Excuse me, are you the new assistant?" ”

Even though he had been mentally prepared, but suddenly hearing such an eerie voice, Carlin couldn't help but be a little scared.

He took a few seconds to adjust slightly.

"Yes!" Carlin nodded slightly calmly.

A cricket, emaciated figure stepped out from behind the door...... At first glance, he looked like a skeleton.

At the same time, as if he hadn't heard Carlin's words at all, he continued to ask coldly, "Excuse me, are you the new assistant?" ”

For some reason, Carlin felt that the other party's voice was very, very strange.

"Yes, Karin-Sunrage!" Instead of getting irritable, Karin patiently raised his voice and introduced again, "I am a mage from Dalaran, and my homeland is Quel'Salas!" ”

As he spoke, Carlin pulled out a purple envelope...... It contained Medivan's invitation and a reply from Archmage Antonidas.

He handed the letter to the figure in front of him.

Only then did Carlin see the true face of the hunchbacked figure in front of him.

A human dressed as a servant, dressed in a black worsted squire uniform, was about fifty or sixty years old, or more precisely, like the steward of the tower...... The old man's face was covered with a black thing, which looked like ...... Blindfold?

The old man slowly took off his blindfold and glanced up and down at Carlin.

Carlin looked at him calmly...... The butler didn't exude any arcane energy, he wasn't a mage, that's what Carlin was sure of...... And the identity of the other party seems to be about to come out:

"Moros!" The old man replied a little coldly, and at the same time took the purple letter in Carlin's hand: "The steward of this tower, serving Lord Medivan......"

"Kenrito sent me to assist Master Medivan, supposedly to help him clean the shelves of the Karazhan Library......," Carlin asked, tentatively.

"I know that!" Moros carefully slipped the letter into the pocket of his suit: "Come with me, the astral mage should be free now!" ”

The moment Carlin stepped into the tower with one foot, he suddenly had a strange feeling...... A taste of arcane! He felt that the entire tower was filled with arcane energy, and it was pure and intense! It was a comforting feeling, and Carlin was wary at the same time.

Moros suddenly stopped him:

"Blindfold, do you need it?"

Only then did Carlin realize that the head of Karazan was holding a large stack of black blindfolds in his right hand.

"This, I don't think it's needed now!" Carlin only felt a little inexplicable, but he quickly added: "But when I need to, I will definitely look for you!" ”

Moros ignored him and waved his hand for him to follow.

This old man, who seemed to be very thin, did not look tired at all when he climbed the stairs.

……

Carlin felt the need to take advantage of the moment to find out what was going on inside the castle.

Striding to keep up with Moros with his backpack on his back, Carlin asked in a loud voice:

"Mr. Moros, are you the only one in the tower?"

"Huh?" Moros didn't seem to understand much of what Carlin meant.

"I mean, isn't there anyone else in the tower?" Carlin explained again.

"And the Astral Mage......" Moros paused and took a few breaths before replying.

"Uh...... Of course I know that Mistress Medivan is in the Tower, and I wouldn't have come if he wasn't there...... I'm asking other than astral mages! Carlin said with a little crying and laughing.

"Now there's you again!" Moros glanced up at Carlin, "Honestly, it's more troublesome to take care of two people than to take care of one, but it's a pity that the astral mage won't take my opinion into account for this......"

It was an unnutritious conversation, but Carlin was vaguely aware of something. The old butler seemed to have not spoken to anyone for a long time, and his communication skills had deteriorated very badly...... Carlin decided to try again!

"Oops......" Carlin suddenly slipped on his feet, as if he was about to fall.

A withered hand grabbed Karlin's arm and pinched him a little painfully......

"Attention, young man, the steps of the tower are very high!"

"I'm sorry, thank you for your help, Lord Moros......" The look on Carlin's face softened a little as he apologized repeatedly.

Moros's hands, which can feel body temperature; Therefore, the other party should not be an undead...... Of course, this could be easily figured out if a "Detect the Undead" was released, but this was Karazan after all, and Carlin didn't feel the need to take that risk.

"I'm not an adult, only an astral mage can be called an adult in Karazan......" Moros said lightly, his voice was very slow: "What you just asked, is there anyone else in the castle besides the two of us and the astral mage?" ”

"Yes!" Carlin nodded repeatedly.

"There's another one, her name is Cook...... She doesn't like to talk much, though, and the food she cooks is hard! ”

"So, Cook is Karazhan's cook?" Carlin thought silently in his heart.

Moros was now halfway up the stairs to the next floor, and Carlin hurriedly followed again.