As twilight approached, the glow of the sky turned from crimson to crimson, and gradually faded.

Most of the college city has been lit up by soft lights, and the constantly flickering electronic screens and colorful lights indicate that the city is about to start a noisy and lively nightlife.

– except for the small one in the southeast corner of the city.

It looks as if it was once a remarkable place, with a high and thick wall separating the inner area from the outside.

Yumo and Otilia put the large bags of luggage in their hands on the ground, kicking up a thin layer of dust.

"Ahem, ahem. Where is this? Why have I never heard of it. ”

Otilia looked at the place she had never seen before, confused, and asked Antoneva, who was leading the way.

Rusty iron gates and glaring yellow warning strips cut off their paths, and a metal warning sign with white letters on a red background fell to the ground - restricted area, no entry!

Looking over the railing of the iron gate and into the dark corner behind it, where there was not a trace of light, I could faintly see an abandoned building that seemed to have been subjected to a great disaster and looked dilapidated.

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Otilia could hardly believe that in the midst of a bustling academy city where every inch of land was at a premium, there would be such a deserted land overgrown with weeds and dusty roads, as if it were incompatible with the whole city.

Antoneva crouched down, solemnly rehung the warning sign on the wall next to him, and reached out to brush away the dust, revealing the bottom sign.

"It's ...... The First Research Institute of Nosyuk, part of the personal domain of the Archon of Hiro. However, after an experimental accident at the institute a few years ago, the Archon of Hiro suddenly disappeared, and the institute was left idle. ”

Looking at the institute in front of him with a complicated expression, Antoneva stroked the cold warning sign with his palm and continued.

After that, the members of the management committee also thought about accepting the intention of running the institute. However, because it was impossible to break the spiritual power ban left by Archon Hiro, and most of the facilities in the research institute had been damaged, after adding a layer of warning strips on the periphery, it was ignored. ”

"All in all, if we lived here temporarily, it would have saved us a lot of trouble."

Spiritual power ban?

Yumo, who was resting on her luggage, stood up curiously and tried to take a few steps forward.

Sure enough, as she walked forward, the air around her began to become viscous and heavy, with a faint force pushing her outward.

In exactly the same way that she had been denied entry to the academy's logistics building, she figured out that the most she could do before she reached the gate was the limit.

Yumeng stood at the gate and tried to reach out to reach through the iron gate fence, an invisible air barrier in front of her, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't pass through even a fingertip.

With some hesitation, he looked at the overgrown research institute that looked like a haunted house in disrepair, and Yumeng swallowed and said, "And it looks very unreliable, and I don't know if there is hot water and lights." Why don't we move somewhere? ”

She always felt that this place was not a good choice for a night.

Otilia shook her head and said, "Since even a Venerable Venerable like Lucardo has some concerns, even if we find another place to live, we may soon be monitored and forced away. I think Neva's considerations are justified. ”

After a pause, Otilia frowned, looked at Antonieva in confusion and asked, "But, Lord Neva, if the management committee of the academy city is not in it, how can we get in?" Is there any other way to enter this institute? ”

Antonieva waved his hand and replied with a look of course, "Where else is the passage, of course, it is through the main entrance." ”

As if thinking of something, Antoneva, who had been a little depressed since coming to this place, suddenly became more cheerful, "As for whether there is any energy supply in it, try it and find out." ”

After speaking, she looked left and right, and her spiritual power rolled up a few pieces of broken stone, and the spiritual pressure shook the stone towards the gate.

I see, let's test it before deciding? Sure enough, it was Antoneva, Otilia and Yumeng nodded first, and then couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Well?! Smash...... Smash it over!

The air that had been floating around him suddenly stopped, and then burst out with a dazzling brilliance. A hemispherical shield appeared in the air, and the arc of electricity on the surface of the surface instantly smashed the stones into powder.

A sharp siren sounded in the sky, and a transparent circular curtain wall rose up to trap the trio.

There was a sound of large machinery activating from above, ripples of water ripples appeared in the empty air above, and a huge silver-gray ring made of dozens of railguns slowly revealed its form.

[Intruder, please verify your identity and explain your intention within 5 seconds, otherwise you will be killed on the spot as a provocative archon]

Antoneva looked up wistfully, looked at the hideous war machine above, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned his head to smile happily at the stiff Otilia and Yumo.

"Luckily, the institute's circular energy center should still be normal, and hot water and lights should be available. However, I guess most of the rooms inside will be very cluttered and dusty, so everyone will be busy tonight. Come on in. ”

！！？

Otilia and Yumoe looked at the top of their heads in confusion, and six of the small beam cannons with flashing charge symbols locked firmly on her, and a strong aura of death enveloped the two of them, and the two of them were full of collapse inside.

Dear Sister Antoneva, the key question now is when it comes to struggling with hot water and lights?!

It's going to be killed in five seconds!! And this door is still closed, where do you enter!!

"As for the spiritual power forbidden ......"

Slowly walking to the metal gate of the research institute, Antoneva took a deep breath, stretched out his palm and gently pressed it on the door, and after a moment of silence, a trace of spiritual power spit out from his palm, and said softly.

"Noah, it's me."

[Spiritual power fluctuations detected, voiceprint fluctuations detected, matching...... The identity is confirmed, and the alarm is dismissed. 】

I don't know if it's an illusion, Yumeng seems to hear an emotional tremor in the cold electronic sound.

The six small beam cannons that were accumulating energy immediately stopped charging, and absorbed the huge silver-gray ring above, and then disappeared into the air again in another ripple like a ripple of water.

The closed metal door slid silently to the left and right, and a flickering humanoid blur of light stood inside the door, elegantly bowing.

[Miss, welcome home.] 】