Chapter 434: The Great Battle of Wisdom
Merlote's words really startled Xinghan, although it was a secret sneak, but it was impossible to enter the study without being seen by the enemy, even if the area here was large and Merlot's brain was smart, it was completely impossible to do.
"Mr. Xinghan, from now on, follow me, don't touch anything, you know what it means if they find out, right?" Merlo warned before she left the dungeon.
Xing Han thought about it, if she was caught by Maxelle, then even Lan would be involved, that guy had always been suspicious of Lan, but this time he gave her enough chance. If Lan's affairs are exposed, the king will definitely send someone to kill her!
"I see. Xinghan nodded, this was the most crucial night, and he didn't want to mess up the whole thing for his own reasons.
Merlo smiled and walked to the entrance to the dungeon, where she was already familiar with the terrain in the replica villa, but Maxelle must know more about this place than she did, and it was full of her traps, and the consequences of one wrong step would be unimaginable.
"Looks like Maxelle isn't too sure we're in the villa. Merlot refused to leave, and in the dim light she didn't know what was hidden in front of her, and now the villa had completely turned into Maxelle's hunting ground, and it was her goal to catch Merlot and Xinghan with the traps she had set.
"Why?"
"If she was sure, she would have sent someone to arrest us, but there is no human breath outside for the time being. Mr. Xinghan, listen, it's quiet outside, and there is not even the sound of a heartbeat. Merlo motioned for Xinghan to put his ears against the wall, although he could not use magic here, but after being baptized by magic for a long time, the ears of the magicians had already become extremely sharp, and even relying only on this wall could feel the movement in the distance.
Xing Han tried Mei Luo's words sideways, and indeed, it was surprisingly quiet outside, and there was hardly even a fly.
"Does this have any advantage for us?" Xing Han asked, pulling his ears down.
"Well, since Maxelle doesn't know where we are, we're in a state of guessing each other's locations, but Maxtel has her men to help her get information about any corner of the villa even without having to go out. We've lost at this point, but the advantage is that she hasn't fully mastered our position yet. β
"Huh, what do you mean? Isn't that the same as not saying?" Xing Han looked at Merlo in confusion.
"Mr. Xinghan, as the active party, if she doesn't know the position of the passive side, then she has already lost half of it. Merlo walked slowly towards the stairs, it was not optimistic to make any move in this situation, unless there was the study she was going to in front of her, "The game is on, Mr. Hoshihan, save the power to the end, and leave it to me next." β
Xinghan didn't have half a point of suspicion, Merlot was the smartest of the heirs to Judriland's nobility, and this kind of challenge to her was like a game of chess, and it was impossible for her to lose.
Coming to the first floor of the villa, it seems that Maxelle did not place a trap in the dungeon, I am afraid that she is trying to force Merlot into that dead end and catch her, but she never expected that Merlot would choose this place as the entrance.
In the replica villa, the area of the first floor is very large, and the road inside is also winding, and people who are not familiar with this place will get lost in it if they are not careful, for them, this place like a labyrinth is a tomb, and it is impossible to leave here for a lifetime without guidance.
"The trap hasn't moved until now...... Maxelle looked into the forest with her cheeks propped up.
"Lord Maxelle, are you really sure someone has invaded?" asked the guard.
Maxelle said softly, "You can't be wrong, their target is the study, do a little more precautions there, since the trap hasn't been triggered until now, it seems that Lou Feizi is not so naΓ―ve." β
"Lord Maxelle, this is the monitor that his subordinates put down in the villa today, and the location of each trap is arranged, so that you won't follow the wrong target, right?" The guard placed the notebook on the dining table next to Maxelle's eyes, and there were about thirty small screens on the screen, each representing a trap, as he said.
"Hmph, you're well prepared, Eramotte. Maxelle smiled and looked at the screen, where there wasn't a single trap triggered yet, "Looks like they're coming in from that dungeon, Eramotte, take this and catch them, remember, keep in touch with me." β
Eramoth took a pitch-black intercom from Maxelle's hand, saluted, and slowly exited the room.
"Luifiz 61 Lan, your time in the City of Kings has come to an end, and tonight is your time of death. Maxelle put her hand on the dark blue coat of arms on her chest and muttered to herself, "Wait and see, old fellows of the Knights of the Silver Order......
"Lord Maxelle, I'm already on the first floor. It wasn't long before Illamotte's voice came from Maxelle's intercom, and he could be seen from one of the monitors on the screen, "What now?"
"Very well, let's go to the dungeon, watch for the traps in the middle of the way, just force them under the monitor, and the game is over. Maxelle commanded.
Eramoth nodded at the monitor and continued to walk down the hallway from the kitchen.
Eramoth's back appeared in the next monitor, and he was very careful, and from Maxelle's tone, he could analyze that the enemy he was about to face was very cunning, and it was possible that he would appear the next second he stepped out of the overhead monitor and would never be seen by Maxtel on other screens again.
"Wait!"
Eramoth suddenly stopped, and Maxelle paused for a long time before continuing: "Eramoth, they've been here, chase to the left." β
"On the left?" Ilamot glanced at the surrounding walls, one of which had a slight scratch, and she didn't expect it to be noticed by Maxelle, "but...... Lord Maxelle, they wouldn't have continued in this direction under normal circumstances, would they?"
Indeed, from the trajectory of the scratch, it can be seen that the direction in which Merlot and the others are moving is to the left, and if this scratch is deliberately left to confuse, then the real direction should be to the right.
"Idiot, it's been ten minutes since they started, and the fact that they haven't encountered any traps within five minutes means that the mastermind of this operation won't be that Lou Fei Zi 61 Lan. If it is another adversary, the best way to confuse us is to create a false appearance. β
"Yes, Mistress Maxelle!" Eramotte followed Maxelle's instructions and walked to the corridor on the left, which didn't look like people were passing by, and it was better to choose the path he thought was better, but since it was Maxelle's order, it had to be carried out.
At the end of the corridor, she found a few more potholes on the floor, which was Misselle's way of preventing anyone from sneaking in, but she had laid this kind of floor in this corridor, as if she had known that the intruders would pass through it.
"Mistress Maxelle, exactly as you thought, they walked forward from here. Eramotte's tone suddenly lacked a hint of reverence for Mistelle, and it was only a matter of time before she found her goal.
"Hmph, the rest know what to do, right?" Maxelle looked at Eramotte under the monitor, who had just left the cloister, and that place she had no vision of.
"Yes, my subordinates understand. β
"But I was a little surprised that it hadn't been caught in the trap yet. Hmph, okay, let me appreciate your funny side a little more. Maxelle stared at the image on the small screen, and at that moment, a layer of smoke suddenly rose from the screen in the lower left corner!
"What?!"
"Mistress Maxelle, what's going on?" Ilamot heard Maxelle's exclamation on the intercom, and immediately stopped and stood by in place.
"Damn...... Silence was put on the line!" Maxelle stared at the layer of smoke and ordered loudly, "Eramotte, the location of the storage room, the trap there has been triggered!"
"Understood, Mistress Maxelle!" Eramoth pauses the call for a moment, and quickly runs behind him.
"How can this be...... "Maxelle looked at the screen with her head in her hands, fifteen minutes had passed, and no matter how smart Merlot's head was, it was impossible for her to know exactly where the blind spot of the monitor was!
"How the hell did you get past the monitor......
"Lord Maxelle, the trap here has been triggered, but no one has been hit by the magic on the trap. Ilamot lifted the smoke, and saw that there seemed to be a layer of darkness underneath the floor, and there were a few more holes in the floor, and there were paralysis needles fired from the ceiling, no less.
The smoke in the monitor screen also slowly dissipated, and the black residue on the floor was the activation of the magic, but no one was hit by this trap when it was triggered, and it stands to reason that it was impossible to avoid these unexpected paralyzing needles in the smoke!
"Cut, Lou Fitz 61 Lan, I've got a good helper. Maxelle calmed down, and when the first trap was triggered, she didn't see anyone, which was nothing she had expected, and it was better than she had calculated what had happened all night.
Within five minutes of sensing an intrusion, the trap was not triggered. After nearly twenty minutes, the triggered trap didn't catch anyone's tracks, as if a ghost passed by, which was a little creepy!