Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 23 Steal
After watching the attendant mage retreat, close the door and leave, the fiery red-haired tower keeper walked to the enchantment table at the side and picked up a magic-sealing rune with flowing lightning from a box.
She hesitated again and again, but ultimately did not activate the communication technique.
The magic casters who were chosen as tower keepers were all members of ancient councillor families that had been passed down for hundreds of years in the Star Council. And in the observatory, where manipulating magic power was as easy as breathing, as long as they were not too dull, they could basically train their mental power to the threshold of legend during their term of office.
On this basis, with a little bit of work in the parliament, one can get a promotion spot to legend and truly be promoted to the legendary realm.
However, even with such favorable conditions, most of the talented young people in the councillors' families were unwilling to come to the Star Lighthouse for training. The threshold was only part of the reason. The key point was that this way of training was too boring and tedious, and once you entered the lighthouse, it meant you were completely disconnected from the world.
Becoming a tower keeper means being a complete part of the operation of the star laws during your term of office, and not bringing any personal emotions or family interests into your work. Not to mention keeping in touch with your family, as a tower keeper you can't even use your own name, you can only call yourself by the code name of the lighthouse itself.
She had volunteered to come to Nakuland, known as the sewer of the empire, to serve as the keeper of the Viper Star Lighthouse in Black Light City in order to break through the legendary realm and keep her family's shaky seat in the parliament. Now that she has successfully been promoted to the legendary realm, the five-year term is almost up. In the remaining month or so, she really doesn't want any trouble to happen in this city again.
Especially in these turbulent times.
God knows why so many things have happened recently. There is the tide of the dead, the appearance of the eighth holy spirit, and the Moon Realm worship group is active...
It was as if some huge change was brewing in this land.
If it weren't for the constraints of her identity as a tower keeper, she really wanted to contact the family far away in the Ring of Law City and find out what the Star Council's current attitude towards Blackwater Province was.
I just hope there won’t be any trouble in Black Light City, at least not within this month.
Thinking of this, she spread out her hands, and a shadow formed on her hands, then squirmed and transformed into a pitch-black bat.
"Go and inform the guards guarding the 'Crazy Box' to raise their security by two levels during this time."
The bat familiar made of shadows flapped its wings and flew away, blending into the night outside the lighthouse.
She looked at the deep night sky outside the lighthouse and breathed a sigh of relief.
If we ignore the Moon Realm worship group outside the fortress area, the only thing that could cause a big mess in this star lighthouse right now is probably the crazy box that seals the Moon Realm monster.
Take good care of the security there, and at least make sure we get through the rest of the month safely.
Apart from this, she had no higher demands for this unfortunate place.
…………
A pub, a pub again.
William held up his collar and followed Prophet Crowfeather into a tavern filled with the smell of cooked potatoes.
Why is it that whenever it comes to matters related to intelligence, the pub is always involved?
William looked around at the terrible environment and couldn't help complaining in his heart.
The owner at the bar was wiping the dirty wine glass in his hand with a dirty rag. I believe that any normal customer would give up the idea of ordering a drink here after seeing this scene.
"Two cups of moonshine."
Prophet Crow Feather sat down at the bar with skill and spoke to the middle-aged man with a dull look in his eyes.
The man turned one eye towards him with difficulty, and William realized that one of the man's eyes was a glass prosthetic eye.
“Snap, snap.”
After a while, two glasses of amber liquid were placed on the bar.
Prophet Crow Feather picked up one of the cups and drank it all. William said nothing, but just sat next to him and fiddled with the cup.
"There is only night, nothing else..."
Prophet Crow Feather lowered his voice and spoke to the boss.
After confirming the incision code, the boss nodded without changing his expression.
He took out a coaster from under the bar and placed it on the table, then moved it to the side of Prophet Crowfeather's hand without making a sound.
"This is the defense map of the outer area of the Star Lighthouse Fortress, as well as the information about the rotation of guards last month. They have been increasing the security level this month, and our familiars dare not explore too deep, so try not to rely too much on the information in this regard."
The boss spoke as if he was talking to himself.
Then he continued:
"If you need our cover, the crows active in this area have already stockpiled a large number of magic explosive stones. You can detonate them on the west wall of the fortress area to attract their attention. Then you can sneak into the shadows from the No. 4 sewer on the east side. We have already removed a hole in the magic barrier over there. After that, you can go to the vicinity of the Star Lighthouse for a more in-depth exploration..."
"Wait a moment……"
Prophet Crow Feather interrupted the other party and turned his gaze to William beside him.
"This time I'm not here to take charge of the exploration mission of the Star Lighthouse like before. This time we plan to go directly and take out the target."
The tavern owner stopped and glanced at William, who was dressed in dusty clothes, and then said to the Crow Feather Prophet:
"Just the two of you? You should remember how many people died the last time we tried to force our way in, right?"
The "last time" he was referring to was fifteen years ago.
At that time, the elite crows came out in full force, including a legendary "Beak" and three master-level "Claws", together with a dozen "Feathers" who instigated the riot in Blacklight City, and directly tried to break into the fortress of the lighthouse.
However, due to a serious miscalculation of the fortress area's defense level against the seal, the operation ended up being an extremely tragic failure.
Not only were all the elite combat forces at that time lost in the tower, but the entire Blacklight City's intelligence system also suffered a devastating blow afterwards. The entire crow flock has not fully recovered from that loss until now.
"Recently, the defense of the Lighthouse Fortress has been completely reduced, and the tower keeper is said to be at a higher level than the one fifteen years ago. Once the alarm is sounded, she can block the magic power of the entire fortress within half a minute."
The tavern owner reminded.
This does not even take into account the consequences of breaking the seal and releasing the "mania" of the demon general.
The tavern owner who said this did not know William's identity.
He was not a Crowman , and had never experienced connecting with the Father of Crows in a dream on a stormy night.
Just as Prophet Crow Feather was about to explain to him, William said first:
"We are not going to snatch the soul fragment, but to steal it."
Upon hearing this, Prophet Crow Feather looked at the Chief Judge with some confusion.
It originally thought that this trip was a simple one where the Chief Judge would use his own might to break into the fortress area, and then directly snatch the soul fragments from the star lighthouse of the Serpent Constellation and evacuate.
But from the sound of his words, it seems that he now wants to sneak in and steal the soul fragments?
So he doesn't plan to exile the demon general named "Mania" and allow the divine-level Moon Realm monster to wreak havoc in this city?
Or does the Chief Judge want to wait for the Star Lighthouse and the Moon Realm, and possibly the Church of Grace, to fight each other until they are all defeated, and then sit back and reap the benefits?
Just as he was thinking about the intention of the judge's plan, the other party suddenly pointed at him and said:
"To be specific, it was you who stole it."
