Chapter 56: Anomaly
Tulum Town is located in the northwest of Erenor City, about three days away, in order to avoid startling the snakes, the group of four did not choose to use the teleportation circle. Liu Li, Teresa and Lin all have the strength of low-level martial artists, and the squirrel is well versed in Kevin's true biography, and naturally has its own uniqueness in stealth tracking, and the speed is not much better than the three of them, so a few people didn't even use the wildebeest, but chose to move forward on foot.
It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Landolia finally gave Liu Li a thing he had always dreamed of - the magic storage item: the black ring. As a high-level mage, Landolia naturally has the ability to craft storage equipment, but it is not so easy to make one. Materials that can withstand the nature of space are scarce, not to mention that if you want to make a storage equipment that can be used by others, you will have to permanently cut off a part of your spiritual power and turn it into an ownerless spiritual imprint.
It's been decades since Landoria was promoted to the highest rank, and there's only one storage piece of equipment she has made. Considering that several children need to maintain speed and concealment during this operation, she decided to hand over the black ring to Liu Li, who is the captain. In fact, when the black ring was made, it was only because Landoria wanted to prove her ability, after all, this thing was of little use to her, and the caster could open up her own storage space at the third order, so naturally she didn't need this kind of thing with duplicate functions.
The black ring is a ring, which can hold items with a total volume of about eight cubic meters, and when you use it, you only need to put your hand into the ring to create a black hole, and you can take out the contents of it by imagining the need to take out the items in your mind, and the same is true when storing. If the user forgets what they have put inside, they can also choose to empty the ring.
Of course, there are some limitations to the use of black rings. One is that it is impossible to contain living things, or that living things will die because they cannot adapt to the spatial state in the black ring. Landolia once experimented with a sawtooth mouse in a black ring, and when it was taken out again, the mouse was unharmed, but its spirit was completely lost. Another limitation is that it takes a few seconds to prepare for both storage and removal, which means that the Black Ring can only be used as a simple storage piece of equipment, which is difficult to use in combat. Unlike the space bracelet that Wells gave to Liu Li, that bracelet is not so much a storage piece of equipment as a special weapon box for "returning", which is characterized by the fact that it can be completed with only a thought and a single thought, whether it is stored or removed.
"Lynn, let's talk more about the anomaly you found earlier. "It was getting dark, and the four men who had camped by a creek were surrounding a campfire, using the dry rations they were carrying...... And squirrels collect nuts to fill hungry bellies. Although everyone who had been walking for a day was tired, hearing Liu Li's words, Teresa and the squirrel also quickly cheered up and focused their attention on Lin's answer. The two of them, one concerned about the safety of his own young lady, and the other was in charge of the most important intelligence work in this operation, so naturally they would not miss such a critical issue.
"Well, that happened five days ago...... Lynn recalled, recounting her previous experience, "I only went back to Tulum Town when I received a letter from home saying that my father had an argument with someone in the tavern and was slightly injured," and several people listened quietly to Lynn'......s account of discovering the anomaly.
The town of Tulum is located not far northwest of the city of Erenor, in the plains, and even the largest beasts are rarely seen. Not even caravans heading to Elenor City would stop in the town, using it as a temporary base for overnight stays. In addition, the town is only three days away from the city of Erenor, which is estimated at the speed of a slower freight carriage, so close to the town of Tulun can not form a relatively large market, profit-seeking merchants will choose to start their own business in the city of Erenor, how can they take care of such a town.
The only inn and tavern in the town is run by Lynn's family. In a quiet and peaceful town, the townspeople are doing well. The town is within the radius of Alenor City, and security has never been a problem, although there are often fresh faces in the town, but it is extremely rare to stay here for too long. She was so surprised when she received a letter saying that her father had an argument with someone and was even injured because of it. She knew that her father's character had always been known for his good temper, and that it was not the locals of the town who could argue with him, and the letter said that the guy had been in the town for several days, and that some of his companions had also stayed in the town for a long time.
Lin is a smart Lori, she didn't reveal her identity as a warrior when she returned to the town, and Eleno City was originally famous in the empire for its magic academy, and the residents of the town didn't know that this familiar girl was still a warrior who was about to break through the middle level, and they just thought that she was born with far more than ordinary strength to make a living in Eleno City. The townsfolk occasionally made their way to Eleonor, but Lin was only a student of Kuhn and did not belong to the city guard system, so she was never seen by acquaintances.
When Lin returned home, she found that her father was fine, and the injury on his arm was only a flesh wound that would not take long to recover. But when she asked her family in detail about her father's injury, she realized that something was wrong. The one who quarreled with his father was a martial artist.,Although his father's strength is not very good.,But anyway, he's also the owner of an inn.,Eyesight is still very good.。 It is said that when the dispute broke out, the other party made a move, but was stopped by his companion. Today, those people still live in their own hotels, but they rarely go out, and even the three meals a day are delivered to their rooms by waiters.
The kidnapping incident had just happened in Erenor City before, and the uproar was known all over the city, and Lynn, as a student of Kuhn, knew that the culprit had not yet been caught. Alert, she stayed at home for a few days, and did not deliberately inquire about the origin of those people, but just took advantage of the opportunity to deliver food, relying on the keen perception of the warrior to secretly pay attention to the other party's actions and conversations.
After three days of observation, Lin learned that the other party would stay in the town for about a week, and it seemed that he was waiting for someone. In the occasional conversation, sensitive words such as "Erenor City", "kidnapping", and "escape" also appear quite a few times. Even in the dead of night, Lin relied on the perception of a warrior to find those people quietly entering and leaving the inn more than once. Not daring to delay any longer, she returned to Erenor the next day to report the matter to Kuhn. However, Kuhn has received countless messages these days, and he really can't spare the energy to pay attention to the information provided by Lynn, just in time for Teresa to ask Landolia for help, and after several tosses, this task finally fell into the hands of Liu Li.
"In that case, we can't rush into the town, even if we have a local like Lin to take care of it, but we will inevitably get out of the way due to our lack of experience. Liu Li thought for a while and began to deploy the next day's tasks, "Lin, you take the squirrel back to the town tomorrow first, and Teresa and I will see if we can find a chance to blend in, and when the time comes, we will use the psychic communication spell to connect, and we should not be detected by the other party." After entering the town, Squirrel, you should first check the situation of the mages stationed in the town, and see if there is any problem with the teleportation circle, Lin, you can go home as usual. ”
"Liu Li, can you let go of my tail when you assign tasks, and don't keep your eyes on my horns. The squirrel's words ruined the solemn atmosphere.
"You don't understand, people are always used to making small movements when they think. The pale argument provoked a chuckle from Tarlyn and Teresa. The squirrel also rolled her eyes helplessly, ignoring Liu Li anymore, it has been half a month since she came to this world, although it has not been a long time, but she also knows that Liu Li's obsession with tails is not something she can stop. And I have to say that Liu Li's smoothing technique is good, at least the squirrel feels very comfortable.
At night, Liu Li, sitting alone in the tent, did not waste time, but sank her consciousness into the meditation space. This mission may encounter irresistible dangers, and who knows if there are any high-level spellcasters among those who come from Baier. As the leader of the squad and the only fighter in the squad with the ability to cast spells, Liu Li has always had a heavy pressure in his heart.
Liu Li knew that every point of improvement in his strength, the probability of success of this operation would increase by one point, and the way to improve his strength, Liu Li was not clueless. There were still a few hours before it was his turn to keep vigil, and Liu Li planned to use this time to study the red rune that appeared at some point in the blue of the meditation space.
Thanks to his previous experience in analyzing the black ancient rune, Liu Li naturally knew that if he wanted to parse this mysterious red rune, he also needed to turn on the "omniscient" state in the process of deep meditation in order to make progress.
The red element is Wells's major element, and unlike Landolia, who specializes in spell wielding, Wells is more inclined to the direction of the spell operator in terms of spell casting, and fights with a variety of different spell combinations. As Wells's only student, Liu Li naturally read the teacher's spell books, although it is limited to the few books that record the beginner spells, but the number of spells recorded on it is more than a hundred, and the "shock" and "flash rush" that Liu Li is good at are naturally included.
Just as the black element in this world has the characteristic of "darkness", the red element also has its own characteristic - "scorching", and the manifestations of red spells are mostly lightning, fire, lava, etc. Liu Li's analysis of the red rune was mainly to try to see if he could reverse another characteristic of the red element through the red rune above the blue sky, the kind of perception in the state of "omniscience", which made him feel manic and riotous.
A few hours later, Liu Li, who broke away from the deep meditation, walked out of the tent and took over Teresa's vigil, and Teresa who went back to rest did not notice the smile that appeared at the corner of Liu Li's mouth, obviously this research on the red rune, Liu Li was not without gains, although it was still far from the complete analysis of the red rune, but at least now, Liu Li had spied a little bit of the mystery. Even if he didn't know how it worked, there was already a trace of that manic, violent power that could be used by him.