Chapter 160: Divide
The so-called "Blue House" is the nickname given to the apprentices in the Grey Tower for a room with a special role in the tower. In fact, the real name of this room is "The Hall of the Sky". As for why the good Sky Hall is called the Blue House, there is naturally a reason for this. However, in short, the role of the Sky Hall in the Gray Tower is like a special communication system, according to the Lord of the Gray Tower, as long as it is something under the sky, you can get a glimpse of its form through this room, and as long as it is a gray robe walking under the sky, then you can communicate from the Gray Tower through this room.
However, having said that, the actual usage rate of the Sky Hall is actually not high, and the reason is more important than the cold relationship between the apprentices of the Gray Tower
"You know, I'm very uncomfortable every time I come here, very, very uncomfortable!" Cheese said on all fours on the floor of the Sky Hall.
But he wasn't to blame, in fact, most of the Grey Tower apprentices didn't react much better than Si when they came to this room. The reason is also very simple, because the entire Sky Hall is really in the sky! Perhaps to put it more accurately, this room called the "Sky Hall", except for the door when entering the door and the workbench placed in the center of the room, there is no so-called floor or roof in the whole room, and of course, there are no walls. If you look around and you see the sky gradually changing from a reassuring azure to a deep black, and looking up at the rooftops, the countless stars and the sun and moon that are always at each end of the room will completely overturn the worldview of most creatures living on the ground.
To be sure, Cheese wasn't afraid of heights, and he could ride Migo through an entire mortal realm above the clouds without having to stop to rest, which was already the standard for most soldiers who were billed as air cavalry. But this is not the same as in the Hall of the Sky, when the mage flies on the dragon, his trust in the dragon leads Cheese to believe that he does have the assurance that he can safely travel through the air. However, in this damn room, you don't have any trusty mounts or magic to sit down. And everything in the room is so real that people can't help but wonder if they will fall from this high sky in the next moment.
"Okay, I'm not going to make fun of you, come over quickly. Ah Fu, you go and help him. Ann Lina stood at the workbench in the center of the room, preparing the equipment to contact the curse crow, although she had used this room many times, but her back unconsciously spread her blood-red bat wings.
Cheese has maliciously guessed more than once that the reason why An Lina can appear so calm in the Sky Hall is largely because she herself has the ability to fly, and as a blood clan with the talent of transformation, it is also inevitable to transform into a flying creature, if he loses those wings, the mage believes that his senior sister will not perform much better than himself here.
The blue energy creature had no fear of the sky, and Ah Fu floated silently to Cheese's side after hearing An Lina's instructions, and helped the young master up. Cheese, who was forcibly pulled up from the ground, grabbed Ah Fu's body tightly with both hands, as if he was afraid that the butler would suddenly let go of himself.
When Ah Fu finally helped Cheese to the workbench in the center of the room, a huge black cloud had drifted from one end of the floor to the other. And the lightning that flickers from time to time in this black cloud also invisibly increases the difficulty of the blue butler's work.
"How's it going?, can you work?" After arranging the last circle in her hand, An Lina asked the pale cheese beside her.
The mage nodded, the feeling of vomit churning in his stomach made him afraid to open his mouth to respond to Senpai's question. But at the same time, Cheese also knows that he can only leave this room that he hates if he completes his contact with the Raven as soon as possible.
"Okay, then I'll get started. "I'm worried about whether Cheese will be able to communicate with the crows like this, but to be honest, Ann Lina herself is uncomfortable with the bad taste of the room's design. So after pouring her magic into the circle on the workbench, she stopped speaking to bother Cheese.
Seeing that the magic array on the workbench began to operate due to the infusion of magic power, Cheese forced down the discomfort in his throat and began to adjust the complex mana operation trajectory on the table, locking the search range of the Sky Hall to the vicinity of the Iron Castle. According to the mage's calculations, the Cursed Ravens should not be out of range of the Hammer Realm yet, so this positioning accuracy is enough to find his location. However, while searching for the cursed crow, Cheese noticed the abnormality of the Iron Castle, and the entire Iron Castle seemed to be covered by a thick barrier of magical power.
This made Cheese feel that something bad had happened to the Iron Castle, and while the power of the Sky Hall would allow Cheese to see through the barrier, it would greatly reduce the time it would take to use the Sky Hall. Therefore, the mage who chose to contact the Cursed Raven first gave up his plan to investigate the changes in the Iron Keep through the Hall of the Sky for the time being. Soon, the Hall of the Sky found the magic reaction of the Cursed Crow, a small town southeast of the Iron Castle.
"Duck, can you hear me?" said Cheese as he poured his magic into the crow's place, silently reciting in his mind.
"You're cheese? You're not dead. Also, don't call me that name!" After a few moments, the voice of the crow came to the mage's mind.
"Yes. I'm fine. I'm talking to you right now in the Blue House and telling me what's going on over there. After receiving the raven's reply, Cheese's spirit was shaken, and the discomfort in his stomach was forgotten due to the high concentration.
"The situation is not optimistic. The voice of the cursed crow was silent for a moment, and then said. Over the next few minutes, the Raven briefly informed Cheese about the sudden and widespread infection in the Iron Castle, the reluctance of the Lord of Wolf to lock down the city, and the fact that they had accidentally rescued Heather outside the Iron Castle.
"How's Heather doing?" Knowing from the raven's account that Elsa and they were all right, Cheese felt a big stone in his heart finally fall to the ground. Then the mage had to think about what Heather's presence meant. You must know that as the leader of the Knights of the Hammer, Heather appeared in such an embarrassed image inside the Hammer Lord, which most likely means that the defense line blocking the western part of the Countdom of Saron has collapsed.
"She's doing okay. We've got some supplies in this town, which hasn't been affected by the plague yet. But according to what she said, this sudden infection did not only occur in the Iron Castle, but also in the western border of Saroon, where the Knights of the Hammer were stationed. The voice of the crow said.
When Cheese heard this, he quickly thought of the so-called "antidote" that "One-Eyed" was asked to resell in the royal capital. And it seems that what "One-Eyed" said about the widespread spread of this plague has indeed come true.
At that moment, Cheese also informed his fellow disciples of the information he had obtained in the Blue Lion King Capital. When he heard about the source of the plague infection disguised as an "antidote" flowing into the entire Blue Lion Kingdom through the black market, the cursed crow said fiercely.
"I knew it was so. Those guys have long buried these seeds in the city. Damn, we didn't even notice it at the time. ”
If it was just the destruction of the Iron Castle, the cursed crow might not have such a big reaction, but if the destruction of the Iron Castle was due to the opponent's plot to secretly display the warehouse under his nose, the sorcerer's pride made him angry. Although he had made the conjecture that the seeds of the plague had been buried in the Iron Castle long before the Iron Castle was sealed, when this conjecture was indeed proved by Cheese, the Cursed Crow did not have the slightest sense of accomplishment.
"Anyway, now it's happened. I received news in the royal capital that both the Hammer Realm and the Black Mountain Realm have been invaded by the plague. And I'm ready to investigate the fake Baron Grey in the royal capital now, if you don't have any other plans, hurry up and bring others to the royal capital to help. Like the Cursed Crow, Cheese's heart burned with anger after hearing what had happened to the Iron Castle. The other party's actions were tantamount to provoking the dignity of the two gray-robed mages, and it also strengthened his determination to investigate the fake pharmacist baron in the royal capital.
"I'll have Jack and them take Heather to the royal capital to find you. "And myself, I'm going to go it alone." ”
"What, what are you going to do alone?" Cheese was puzzled by the crow's intentions.
"Lord Woff told me before the lockdown that I could go and seek the help of the Grand Duke of the Hammer, and I remember that the Grand Duke is not in the royal capital now. So I'm going to him, as the first military force of the Greylion, his help will be crucial to us. Besides, I'm curious about what the hell the barrier plan is for. Raven said.
Cheese was silent for a moment, pondering the feasibility of the method proposed by the crow. Admittedly, the mage didn't think he needed the help of the Cursed Raven to settle the false Baron Gray, and he had already gathered enough power in the royal capital. With the presence of the witch, the power of the darkness in the royal capital will no longer bring resistance to the mage's actions, and the promise of the Count of Montenegro will also make the light of the royal capital fall on the cheese.
So, in this case, is it necessary to send a spellcaster as powerful as a curse crow to find the so-called Hammer Grand Duke?
"Listen, Cheese. I think we've all overlooked a problem. A force that was supposed to play a dominant role in this plague has not yet taken a position. I must find out why, and approaching the Hammer Grand Duke is the best way to go. The voice of the crow said.
"What is a force that doesn't say anything?" Cheese asked rhetorically, stunned by his fellow disciple's words.
"You don't really realize that your country has been made like this. The royal family of the Greylion, what are they doing?"