Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 25: Walking in the Shadows
When the tower keeper heard the word "crazy box", his eyes suddenly became sharp.
I had been thinking that as long as there were no problems with the seal in the last month of my term, everything would be fine. But what I worried about turned out to be exactly what I had worried about.
For a moment, she even wanted to directly notify the major leaders of the fortress area to hold a combat meeting.
wrong……
This impulsive thought only lasted for a moment, and the tower guard quickly calmed down.
In order to ensure that the seal of the Crazy Box would not be used by people with ulterior motives, the fact that the demon general "Mania" was sealed under the Star Lighthouse in Black Light City has always been top secret. Even the Rose Palace in Thorn City was unaware of it for so many years.
And now that the word "crazy box" has been heard from the mouth of this special envoy, regardless of whether the "Gift Sect" is trying to break the seal as he said, it at least proves that the secret has been leaked.
"Why do you know this?"
She asked in a serious tone, and even used the magic power in the Star Lighthouse to create pressure while speaking.
The huge amount of magic power turned into invisible pressure and was bestowed upon the man in front of him. Even a strong man in the legendary realm would show an uncomfortable expression, but the man in front of him did not even frown.
"We didn't know about this in advance. We got the news from the documents that the members who defected to the Grace Sect Mage Hall didn't have time to destroy, so we came here to remind you."
The other party replied with a normal expression.
There was indeed nothing wrong with what he said, and she couldn't see any flaws in the other person's expression.
After all, he basically kicked the ball to the "Gift Sect".
As for how the Gift Sect knew about the seal, why they wanted to break the seal, and how they were going to break through the impregnable defenses here...
It was as if he knew nothing about these details and he didn't even mention them.
Anyway, he has nothing to do with it, he just came here to inform everyone about this matter.
Whatever choice Star Lighthouse makes from now on is its own decision and has nothing to do with them.
A little trick...
The tower keeper thought.
Even if the other party can provide evidence, what does it matter? He himself said that they only have written materials to prove this matter, and it is too easy to falsify written materials.
If she really only listened to this person's one-sided story and immediately ordered the fortress area's forces to wipe out the Gift Sect, she would be playing into Thorn City's hands and being used as a gun.
"Then please go back and tell Mr. Vincent that we are very grateful for his reminder. We will continue to increase the security of the Crazy Box Seal and will not give the Gift Sect an opportunity to take advantage of it."
The tower keeper replied.
What this means is that we will continue to concentrate our forces to protect the safety of the seal, and don't count on clearing out the Church of Grace.
Sure enough, after hearing her words, the other person's expression changed for the first time.
"Is this really a good idea? If we just hold back our forces here and don't take the initiative to resolve the hidden dangers, we are just giving the initiative to the other side."
The other party said in a low voice.
In response, the tower keeper, who had seen through his tricks, sneered and said:
"If you knew the strength of our defense against that seal, you would never have such thoughts."
Not to mention the previously unknown Gift Sect, didn’t the mysterious organization “The Crow Group” fail here fifteen years ago?
"No matter how sophisticated the defense is, there will always be loopholes. Only by solving the hidden dangers can we truly solve the problem."
The other party continued to persuade with a sincere expression.
"No need, please tell Mr. Vincent...what happened?!"
Before the tower keeper could finish his words, the door of the observatory suddenly opened and the attendant wizard stumbled in.
He didn't even care that there were outsiders nearby, and walked towards the tower guard with angry eyes.
The first words he said turned the tower keeper's mood from anger to panic.
"Sir, there's news from the Sealing Room that the sacred object that seals the Mad Box has been stolen!"
"What?!"
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Serpent Star Lighthouse, underground tower base.
Prophet Crowfeather walked slowly in the shadows.
In his sight, everything seemed to be shrouded in shadows, blurry and unclear, and he could only see the rough outlines. And as long as he moved, those shadows would be dragged into long afterimages.
All the sounds around him seemed to come from far away, and he had to use all his strength to transmit the extremely weak echoes to his ears.
Dark and lonely.
He seemed to be walking under the projection of this world. Even if he passed by the guards here, they were unable to detect his existence at all.
With his expert level of shadow magic , he would not have been able to walk completely in the shadows like this.
but……
Prophet Crowfeather touched the dark and deep brooch on his chest.
The Crown of Darkness.
The Thieves Guild's sacred weapon was once the identity symbol of the successive presidents of the Thieves Guild. Wearing it will turn the wearer into the embodiment of shadows, walking in the shadows that others cannot see.
But this artifact has disappeared for more than a thousand years. The Thieves Guild even established a branch called "Dark Crown" in order to retrieve it, searching the continent for any news of its possible existence.
I didn't expect it to be in the hands of the presiding judge.
Prophet Crowfeather sighed as he dodged a patrol of Shadow Acolytes and bypassed several ingeniously designed magic traps.
When he was in the shadows, the trigger traps that were originally designed to be hidden seemed as dazzling to him as dragon's blood ink dripping on parchment.
The so-called shadow is a state without light, and light is the creative substance that constitutes everything in the world.
Therefore, shadow represents the unknown and the secret.
It is like the vague state before the creation of the world, which cannot be perceived by any senses.
Shadow magic is a false proposition, because shadow itself represents a state where no magic exists. Among the thirteen spells, only the shadow system is to constantly expel magic to create a temporary secret space.
To him who was walking completely in the shadows, no matter how concealed the traps or alarm devices were, as long as they were powered by magic, they would be as dazzling as a fire in the darkness.
He strolled all the way to the door of the sealing room, waited patiently for a while , and followed the rotating guards in.
Although Prophet Crowfeather had never been here in person, he was very familiar with it.
In the Father of Crows' dreams, the vivid memory of the tragedy fifteen years ago was vivid.
The high-end combat power that the Crows had been building for many years was completely destroyed in that battle, and the subsequent retaliatory attack by the Star Council almost caused the entire organization to fall into collapse. Although the Father of Crows could not respond to them because of his eternal sleep, all Crowmen could feel his sadness in their dreams after that.
Of course, fifteen years have passed, and the layout here has changed a lot compared to before.
Compared to the previous tight defense, the defense in the sealed room is more... lax?
Prophet Crow Feather didn't dare to move for a moment, fearing that this was a trap.
In the memory of the dream, the entire sealed room was full of magic traps, and the statues around were all autonomous puppets that could be awakened at any time. The guards alone were five master-level magic casters, two of whom were at the peak of the master level.
Afterwards, when analyzing the tragic failure, the crows were still extremely puzzled as to why they would guard the seal at such great cost.
You have to know that the resources needed to maintain so many magic traps and magic puppets are not a small number. In addition, placing five master-level magic casters in such a place is a big waste even for the Star Council.
After suffering an invasion, the sealing room, which should have been more vigilant, now has less than one-fifth of the guard strength it had back then.
Prophet Crowfeather had heard from the tavern owner before that the current tower keeper had already increased the defense level of the fortress area several times because he did not want any mistakes to happen at the end of his term.
Even the defense level of the fortress area has been improved, there is no reason why the defense level of the sealing room should not be improved either.
Why is this?
Or is this level of guarding the norm now?
Was that luxurious defense configuration back then because they knew the crows would come?
Has anyone told the Star Council about the actions of the Crows?
