Chapter 575: Rescuing the Naga (2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Link, do you think he’s really coming to discuss important matters?”
Celine walked up to Link as soon as he returned to the Mage Tower. She stayed at the top level during Link’s eting with Bryant, aiming her big fire gun at the Magician. No matter what Bryant did, she would fire as soon as she felt danger.
She wouldn’t be able to kill Bryant, but she could at least affect his power.
However, she didn’t observe or sense anything abnormal. Bryant seed to have really co to discuss the portal.
Link found it strange too. Prophecies were always a bit iffy. They made nice reminders, but there would be problems if one completely relied on prophecies.
From the interaction, he believed that Bryant was up to sothing. However, he wasn’t sure how he would rescue Katyusha or if he was here for another reason.
After thinking, Link said, “There’s no hurry. He gave the drafts now and will stay in Scorched Ridge for three days. If we wait patiently, he’ll expose himself.”
Celine shrugged, a bit confused. “That’s too troubleso. He’s not your match. Why don’t we just capture him and interrogate him?”
Link shook his head imdiately. “Celine, you’re too confident in . Bryant is still quite powerful. If we fight, I’ll have to kill him. I can’t capture him.”
For soone like him, capturing him alive was 100 tis harder than killing him.
It was easy to kill Bryant. Link could activate Lily and attack, ending Bryant in a few moves. However, if Bryant fought back before he died, the entire Scorched City could be destroyed.
Scorched City was Link’s camp. He couldn’t do sothing so risky.
“Alright. I’ll continue watching him.” Grasping the big fire gun, Celine returned to the Mage Tower’s balcony. She could see the entire city and also had the magic seal for protection. It was the best place for spying.
Link took out Bryant’s draft for the portal matrix and started revising it. Of course, he was only getting rid of so flaws.
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Sewage system under Scorched Ridge
rna swam through the sewage tunnel. In order to avoid having her aura sensed, she used her physical power. All her movents looked like a regular snake.
The sewage system was as complex as a maze, but rna had shocking mory. She also had a great sense of sll. She could sll her own scent even in the dirty water.
These strong points paired with her acute sense of direction helped her reach the outside of the Mage Tower’s foundation after around two hours.
There, she ran into a new problem.
The Mage Tower’s defense was abnormally dense. Even the foundations underground were practically seamless. rna circled it many tis but couldn’t find any flaws.
Even the drainage hole had a very detailed detection matrix. If she swam over, it would be activated imdiately. She stared at it for half an hour without finding any defects. It was so sophisticated that she felt helpless.
The material elsewhere was extrely sturdy too, at Level-9. The critical parts reached Level-11. If she wanted to force her way in, it would cause a big commotion.
Who built this tower? Is he crazy? Would it kill him to leave a crack? rna was frustrated.
Not willing to give up, she swam aimlessly, circling around the tower three tis to no avail. Sneaking in from underground wasn’t going to work.
rna could only backtrack. After returning to the yard, she used the foliage for cover and slithered back to Bryant’s room.
Bryant was lying on a chaise and reading. Two magic puppets stood behind him. One massaged him gently while the other held his drink.
“Stronger, lower, ah yes. Feels good.”
“Let drink again.”
The servant walked over and gently spooned him the drink. All Bryant had to do was slightly move his head. He was in paradise.
Seeing this, rna almost exploded in anger. She’d swum in the disgusting water of human feces for hours and had even accidentally swallowed so of it. But this guy was here enjoying everything. Feeling the difference, anger rose up in rna. She rushed over and bit Bryant’s calf, injecting poison.
Crash! Bryant almost fell from his chair in fright. Stinging pain ca from his calf. Looking down, he saw that it was bruising at a speed visible to the naked eye. There were also two fang marks.
This was extre poison.
Bryant hurriedly drank so Elf Nectar to push the poison down. Then he looked to the two magic puppets. They stared at him, confused, but didn’t do anything abnormal.
He let out a sigh. Feeling rna go inside his robe and wrap around his arm again, he said to the magic puppets, “Okay, I want to rest. Go out.”
They turned and left the room.
Finally, Bryant muttered, “What? What did I do?!”
rna huffed. “I risked my life to investigate the Mage Tower, and I was annoyed to see you like this, so I bit you!”
“Alright, alright... How’s the situation?” Bryant did feel that he’d crossed the line, but Ferde’s magic puppets were really nice. They were beautiful, had soft voices, gentle movents, and served extrely well. If he wasn’t scared of being laughed at, he would take two back to the Isle of Dawn.
“The defense is very dense. I can’t break through by myself. I need your help.” rna sighed. She’d underestimated Ferde.
“That bad?” Bryant was shocked too. He’d personally experienced rna’s espionage skills. If even she was helpless, Ferde’s defense was really sothing.
Thinking, Bryant said, “How about I go out? I can definitely find an apprentice that will take you into the Mage Tower... Of course, you have to change your appearance, like a parrot that can talk or a white rat. Or another animal that people won’t be scared of.”
rna sighed. “Fine. I’ll do as you say.”
The two imdiately started acting.
rna started changing her appearance in a hidden corner while Bryant walked out and wandered down the street. He walked until six at night. When he returned, there was a mouse the size of two fists in the room. The mouse was extrely fluffy and white. It was adorable.
Bryant petted rna, praising, “Perfect.”
Then he sat down and sighed. “rna, my plan won’t work.”
“What now?” rna felt depressed. The two large eyes on the cute mouse face glinted red. She’d spent the entire afternoon transforming, and now Bryant said this. It made her want to go crazy.
Stomping, she yelled, “You’re a Legendary Magician! You’ve lived for almost 400 years, and you can’t fool so 20-year-old apprentice?”
“Of course I can, and he would take you in, but from what I’ve observed, Link has a powerful Tower Spirit in the Mage Tower. She will detect all organisms brought in. If it isn’t verified, the spirit will activate the alarms. So...”
“So none of our plans will work?” rna was about to explode.
“Yes.”
So rna exploded. She jumped around on the table, yelling, “Link is crazy. Is he going to think a cockroach is an invader?! He should just die!”
“Actually, yes. I manipulated a cockroach into climbing in through the door. One second later, it was killed by a Level-0 spell.”
rna was speechless.
After a long while, she said, “Katyusha can survive two more days at most. After that, we will have failed our mission. You must think of sothing.”
Bryant had a headache too. “Don’t worry. We still have two days. Tomorrow, I’ll go out again. I’ll find sothing. I must!”
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