In a room next to Xiao Chen's room, Count Arias paced around the room with his head down and his hands behind his back. The frivolous appearance of weekdays is long gone. Pinto stood by the door without saying a word, his eyes and nose and his nose looking at his heart, not knowing what he was thinking. On the other side of the door was Nina's father, Knight Holmes. The knight was obviously as unable to calm down as the earl, and from time to time he looked at a wall on the left, on the other side of the wall was Xiao Chen's room, the stone wall blocked his view, but there was no way to block his anxious mood.

Master Banderas sat by the window, and on the table in front of him, a crystal ball was placed. The crystal ball was floating, and directly below it was a square tray made of metal, with a magic circle on each of the four corners of the tray, and a hedron at the core of each magic circle. Banderas held a red hair in his hand, his lips quivered slightly, and a cluster of blue fire burst from his fingertips, burning his hair to ashes from the bottom to the top. The ashes emitted a faint golden light and fell towards the crystal ball, and when they touched the edge of the crystal ball, they melted into the ball without any barriers, and floated in the center of the originally transparent and colorless crystal ball.

Master Banderas put his hands on the crystal ball, and the words gradually began to emerge from his mouth, and the crystals on the tray began to glow, and the path of light followed the magic array, and finally merged into one, under the illumination of this light, the ashes in the crystal ball dissipated faintly, and a blurry picture slowly appeared in the middle.

The Count stopped and stared intently at the crystal ball. The picture can vaguely be seen as a red-haired girl carrying a sword and moving forward. She walks in the middle of some strange houses, and every now and then some fast monsters flash around her, attacking her with extremely long arms. The girl tried her best to fight these monsters, but she would occasionally be hit by these monsters. However, the girl was very tenacious, like a rock on the shore, standing tall in waves of attacks.

This picture lasted for more than ten seconds, and as the four magic crystals shattered into powder, the picture in the crystal ball came to an abrupt end.

"It's Selinda, she's fighting in her dreams!What monster keeps attacking her?is that Li Jia's? where is he?Why is Selinda fighting alone?" asked the Count eagerly.

"Pani, you've lost your cool, and that's not what you should be. Master Banderas waved his hand and swiped the crystal ball, and the crystal ball was gone.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Banderas, I just saw her in a bitter fight. ”

"It's just a picture of what she's going through, and as it stands, it's just a dream. Even if you get hurt in your dreams, it won't really bleed. On the contrary, I see good news from here, at least her consciousness is active and she has not fallen into the silence of death. Banderas said.

"However, this involves the Tower of Dreams. The Earl stared at the vanishing location of the crystal ball in a daze, as if he was still recalling the images in his mind, "Tower of Dreams...... Isn't there a terrifying power that turns dreams into reality? What if this is not an ordinary dream, but some kind of test that will hurt lives?"

Master Banderas shook his head and said, "My little Pani, I have never seen you suffer like this since your coming-of-age ceremony. Remember, you can't do anything right now. You should be quiet like your knight and wait. ”

The Count glanced at the Holmes Knight, and the two looked at each other, the Knight lowered his head, and the Count saw that the latter's eyes were bloodshot red.

"Holmes, I made a note of your performance today. The Count said, "Go outside, and let me know if there is any movement." ”

"Yes, sir. Holmes saluted, said nothing, and turned to go out the door.

When the knight went out, the earl was like an actor removing his makeup, revealing his true face, and the whole person fell. He ran his hands through his hair and walked briskly around his room, growling as he went, "You know, Uncle Banderas. Selinda is everything to me. No matter what I've done over the years, I hope I won't get involved. If I finally got to that point, all she needed to do was follow me up to the high platform one day, take my scepter, and sit in that seat. Even if I fail, she can live a prosperous life in the southern city-states. But she, but she's not a person who is content with the ordinary, and will always do this or that, like this time, if she doesn't survive this time!

"Count Carlos, your emotions are out of control, this is not what a lord should be. Master Banderas looked more serious than ever, "I like little Selinda very much, and her magic path was also initiated by me, but even so, I will not associate her with the revival of the Arias family, and these words of yours disappoint me." ”

"No matter how sweet the wine of power is, what is the point of not having a person with whom it is drunk?" asked the Earl, staring at Master Banderas.

"Am I not worthy to drink this wine with you?" said Master Banderas, who slammed his fingers on the table, and pointed at Pinto, "Are you not worthy of these loyal men? Are you fighting only for your own blood? If so, how many people can be gathered under your banner? Wake me up, or go back to the royal capital and continue to be your playboy!"

"Uncle Banderas!" Count Arias was stunned, as if he had awakened something, and he stood for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, I, I lost my temper. ”

He walked up to a wine cabinet and tried to open the door, reaching out to grab it, but it was empty. Pinto quietly followed, opened the wine cabinet, took out a wooden wine barrel, and poured it into a clay cup.

The Count drank the wine from his glass, stood in the wine cabinet for a moment, then turned to Master Banderas and said, "My resolve has not wavered. ”

Master Banderas looked at him silently for a while, and then said slowly: "Even if there is no matter today, you should have this awareness: there is no one who cannot be sacrificed in the face of that great event, your father can, my son can, I can, you can, and your daughter can naturally too." The old gods of the temple of nature have a saying that is still true: if an eagle wants to hunt, it should not be stingy with its feathers. What's more, she asked for trouble this time. ”

The Count nodded. There was silence in the room.

Just when the atmosphere was extremely dull, Pinto suddenly spoke: "Two adults, in fact, although Miss Selinda is a little reckless, what she has done is not without value. ”

Seeing that the other two looked at each other, he continued, "At least this time we tried out more details about those magicians, and knew that they had a lot to do with the Tower of Dreams. And, looking at the way they are treating the young lady, they also value their relationship with us. What I want to say, whatever the original intention, Miss Selinda has taken our relationship with the Wizard a big step forward. ”

"Haven't you always advocated the destruction of these magicians?" said the Earl.

"My mind is always there for you. Since you don't agree with my first plan, then I can only hope that I will go to the best on the current path. Pinto bowed slightly.

"Pinto is your brainchild. Master Banderas suddenly complimented, "What he said made me think of something and make me guess more about the origin of these people. ”

"Is it the treasure that hurt Selinda?"

"Yes, although the other party didn't say exactly what it was, but, according to my guess, it could be a sacred book from the Tower of Dreams. ”

"You originally guessed that Xiao Chen, they have some inheritance of the Tower of Dreams. ”

"Knowing how many spells of the Tower of Dreams and owning the Sacred Texts of the Tower of Dreams are two completely different things. Master Banderas shook his head slightly, "With the Holy Scriptures, it is possible to re-erect the tower." Do you know what that means?"

The Earl, who was not a mage and was not familiar with the affairs of the mage world, asked tentatively, "You mean that he represents a kind of legitimacy?"

"Not to mention orthodoxy, this means that one of the Seven Holy Pagodas may reappear in this world. Banderas looked at the two people in the room and lowered his voice, "You outsiders may not understand the meaning of the Seven Holy Towers, and think that they may be no different from those magic towers now, but their strength is different. However, I want to tell you that the Seven Holy Towers are fundamentally different from other magic towers, and they are not on the same level. ”

"I still don't understand what you're saying. The Earl said.

"In the simplest terms, the Seven Holy Towers are the towers of the divine realm, and the other magic towers are the towers of the human world. ”

"God, but I remember that magicians didn't believe in gods back then?"

They are not gods and do not believe in God, but they can be enemies of God. Think about it, would you consider a monkey your enemy? No matter how weak your enemy is, it must be a human being, right?"

These words stirred up a huge wave in the hearts of the earl and Pingto, they had never realized the secret behind Xiao Chen and his party, which might involve some terrifying truths. The Count's intentions were always earthly, and he never thought that he had anything to do with God's enemies. He couldn't help but think about the stakes in his mind, and the room was eerily quiet again.

However, before a few people could come up with a name, there was a knock at the door. The door opened, and the Knight of Holmes walked in with a happy face: "Lord Earl, Master Xiao Chen has woken up Nina!"

"What about Selinda?" asked the Earl.

"He's still trying, as if Selinda's situation is more complicated than Nina's. However, he seems to be confident. ”

"Even if Nina can survive, Selinda will definitely be able to do too. Pinto said.

"It must be so!" said Holmes, "but they have a request, they need a dog to guard the door downstairs." ”

"Dog?" the Count and Master Banderas looked at each other.

"Ahem, maybe it's the material for spellcasting. Master Banderas said.

"Yes, yes. You go, bring all the watchdogs downstairs, go to the back courtyard, count my two hounds, and bring them all to Master Xiao Chen to choose. ”