(There are many people in the car on the National Day, so everyone should travel cautiously and pay attention to safety.) Happy holidays to all of you a day in advance. ps, friends who have passed by ask for collections and recommendations, your support is my biggest motivation)

"Huh?" In the bedroom behind her, Catherine and Vivien let out an exclamation of surprise almost simultaneously, followed by the sound of the two muttering something about something. Pannis looked back a little strangely, raised his voice and asked, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Vivien seemed to be hiding something, and she was a little flustered to cover up, and suddenly let out a sharp exclamation: "Ahhh......h

Pannis immediately rushed back to the bedroom, and saw Vivian standing in front of the open dark compartment, waving a stack of materials in her hand excitedly, and making all kinds of strange sounds that she couldn't understand.

"What's spurring on her?" Pannis asked Catherine in confusion, "There's already one out there, why is this one like this?"

Catherine looked at Pannis helplessly, and spread her hands with a wry smile. Fortunately, Vivian quickly returned to normal, although she was still waving her hands excitedly, but at least she could speak normally: "You can never imagine what this is, hahahahaha." ”

"Could it be the recipe for the Life Force Mixture?" Pennis speculated tentatively.

"Yes, there's the recipe. Vivien said happily.

Pannis nodded: "In other words, with this formula, you can copy the Life Force Mixture?"

"That can't be. Unexpectedly, Vivien immediately denied Pannis's speculation: "In the ingredients of the formula, there are two plants and one animal that are extinct and completely impossible to obtain, so it is impossible to copy the mixture." ”

"Then why are you so happy?" Pannis couldn't understand why Vivien was still so elated, "Isn't it really because it's not normal to be hit too hard?"

"You're crazy. Vivien rolled her eyes, so excited that she didn't care: "You don't understand, the least important thing is the formula." The point is that there are all the data of the experiments here, the effects of the various materials used in each experiment in different proportions, and the analysis of the reasons for the effects, which every alchemist of pharmacy will regard as priceless, and there are records of various experiments of other schools here. See, there are large-scale experiments with thermostatic arrays in the science of magic circles, in which there is an analysis of the causes of failure and a comparison of the effects of using different materials for engraving. Look at this, this is a material science study of the artificial magic transmission pipeline structure, although there are mature results now, but if you want to replicate this experiment, it is impossible without the investment of millions of gold coins. You must know that the results of the research are important to the researcher himself, but for other mages who are not the researcher, the failed data and analysis are the most valuable things. With this information, several of my studies could have been completed at least a few years earlier. That director is really an insider, and he hid the most important things so secretly that he almost missed it. Oh yes, I found this too. ”

"It's ...... The key?" Pannis took what Vivien handed him and found that it was exactly the same as the hedron key he had found earlier, "Isn't it the one just now?"

"Yes, the key, too. You've noticed it, it's exactly the same as the one just now. Vivien took out another key from her backpack that she had just put away, and the two were exactly the same size: "And the chaotic crystal energy stored in it is also exactly the same, these two should be the same key." ”

"Well, that's interesting. Panismo rubbed his chin and muttered, "Two keys, one is hidden by the director in the most secret compartment, and the other is carried by the person who is responsible for the rescue. I'm afraid that the place to which this key is directed can be regarded as the most important location in this research institute. Vivien, what's most important about a mage tower?"

"The control room, the energy pool, and the storage room, and often the core area is made up of these three locations. Vivien clenched the key in her hand: "If that's the case, then this key is really the most important thing in the institute, and it makes sense that the leader of the rescue team came in with the key." Let's hurry up, hurry to the location of the core area and see if our guess is correct. ”

"Then you have to convince Lina first, when I went out just now, I saw that she had already laid out two stacks of books taller than her, and she looked like she was going to take them all with her. Pannis shrugged and said, "I don't dare stop her." ”

"Ha, this is simple, just leave it to me. Vivien confidently patted her flat chest and walked out of the bedroom through the illusion at the door: "Look at me." ”

Pannis looked around the bedroom and followed Catherine out of the bedroom. When he returned to the study, he found that Vivian was already standing beside Lina, and had already woken Lina from her frenzy, and was whispering what to say, and as soon as he entered the study, he heard Lina ask in disbelief, "Really?"

Vivien gave a thumbs up and smiled confidently, leaning into Lina's ear and whispering a few words. Lina's chest rose and fell rapidly, unable to hide the excitement in her heart, and she paced back and forth in place for a long time before gritting her teeth and walking to the stacks of books on the ground, gently caressing and comforting each book softly.

"Mission accomplished. Vivien winked at Catherine and Pannis, "It's easy." ”

"How did you do that?" Catherine understood how terrible Lina was in a frenzy, and the more she learned about it, the more incredulous she became: "It's so easy to do." ”

"Confidentiality. Vivien smiled mysteriously, looked left and right to change the subject, and said, "Hey, what about Rachel and that Gastin?" Before she could finish speaking, she heard a short exclamation from Rachel in the living room outside the study, and then there was no more sound.

"Magic fluctuations, it's teleportation magic. Vivien's expression froze, and the staff pinned behind her instantly appeared in her hand, and at the same time, Lina and Catherine also drew their weapons and went into a state of alert.

"There should be no one outside, no breathing and no heartbeat. Be on guard, and I'll go out and see. Pannis listened with a frown, moved his feet, and pressed against the wall of the door leading to the living room, pulling out a small mirror and observing the space outside the door. After observing for a while, he suddenly rolled against the ground, passed through the door and entered the living room at a very fast speed, and rolled behind the furniture that could cover his body for the first time.

"Come out, there's no one outside. Pannis looked at them carefully for a while and said, "Including Rachel and them." ”

The three girls walked out, and Vivien immediately turned to the round conference table in the right corner of the living room, and lifted the corner of the cashmere carpet under the conference table, and a Mithril disc lay quietly on the ground under the carpet, and the magic circle engraved on it was still flickering faintly.

"One-time short-range teleportation circle, portable type, crystal energy activation, how can there be this here?" Vivien lay on the ground and approached the circle to look at it for a while: "No, judging from the residual magic power of the circle, it has been engraved for no more than a day, obviously this is aimed at us." ”

"Could it be the one Gastin?" asked Lina.

"He should have put it here, but it wouldn't have been engraved by him. If he's also a mage, I can feel it unless his realm is too much more than mine. I think someone gave him this circle to deal with us. And Rachel, I'm sure Rachel won't hurt us with him. She exclaimed in surprise just now before disappearing, probably calculated by Gasteen. What are we going to do now? Are we going to find Rachel?"

"Do you know where the circle leads?" asked Catherine.

"It's impossible to find out. Vivien continued to shake her head: "It's a short distance, it's possible within a kilometer. ”

"No need to look for it. Catherine made a decision: "If the other party is targeting Rachel, it's too late for us to look for it." If the other party is targeting us, then as long as we continue to walk, we can always see each other. Let's stop exploring, move forward quickly, and go straight to the core area. ”

"Don't forget, if the other party is really the short man in the white coat who wanted to kill us before, he has been targeting Rachel all along. Pannis said in a calm tone as if he was out of the way.

Catherine sneered, "Pennis, are you testing me? If the other party really just wants to kill Rachel, wouldn't it be good to change to an offensive magic circle? I'm afraid the other party just wants to lure us over quickly." ”

"So you know that the other party may lay a trap for you to pass, but you still have to run headlong into it?" said Pannis.

"Of course. Rachel trusts us to follow us, and we promise her to do our best to keep her safe, so it's our responsibility to fulfill our promises, whether or not we face pitfalls. Catherine's eyes flickered as she stared at Pannis: "Do you think you shouldn't be like this, Pannis?"

"I am employed by you, and I am only accountable to you. Pannis looked away and said, "As for how others are not my business. Even if you had to crash into a trap and die, I wouldn't care. ”

"Really?" Catherine smiled close to Pannis, leaned into his ear and whispered, her snort hitting Pannis's ear lightly, causing a ripple in his frozen heart: "Then why do you turn the corner to remind me that the other party has a trap? You don't want to think about it, even if you can hide it from me, can you hide it from Vivian? Alas, man, your name is duplicity, hehehehe, Lina, Vivian, let's go." ”

Pannis was speechless, looking at Catherine's smiling shoulders and trembling back, and muttered in her mouth: "My love, I miss you more, I have never missed you so much as I do now." You're definitely not going to be like her, absolutely not. ”