This is not a mont to continue hesitating.
Raine’s figure flashed as he imdiately stepped out of the room, gently closing the door behind him, and then quickly turned into a nearby spiral staircase, walking swiftly down the wall.
Soon, he walked out again through the main entrance of the main building.
At this ti, the guards on either side of the main entrance were quite surprised to see Zaryan, the master Raine had transford into, and slightly bowed, saying: "Master Zaryan, has the eting ended?"
"Yes, it’s over. There’s sothing at the forging workshop that I need to go check on quickly," Raine said sowhat vaguely.
Imdiately, he walked quickly toward Zaryan’s residence.
Faintly, he could still hear the guards’ low conversation behind him:
"Master Zaryan is quite busy today."
"Yeah, rushing here and there, it’s been several tis already."
"However, I’ve heard that the Bane family seems to have gone to war with the human empire, and the goddess issued an oracle..."
After rounding a corridor corner, Raine quickly arrived at a guard’s lounge.
Called a lounge, it was actually a changing room primarily for guards to change clothes and store personal items when going on duty. At this ti, all guards were on duty, and there was no one in the room.
He had noticed this detail when he ca in earlier.
Raine quickly grabbed a set of guard attire from the coat rack and changed swiftly, his face rapidly transforming into the appearance of a drow guard who had chatted with him twice at the main building entrance.
The purpose of Raine’s identity change was a precaution in case Zaryan ca out of the main building again, and if his disguise was exposed, he could use his guard identity as camouflage to quickly evacuate the Hernet Family estate.
The reshaping of the Shapeshifter is a transformation of physiological structure, not an Illusion Technique, so the clothing must match the transford subject.
Then, he stood by the window, observing the movent at the main building entrance through the grille gap.
Two drow high-tier priestesses, elegantly dressed in dark purple robes, chatted as they leisurely walked out of the main building door.
’Indeed, the eting is over.’ Raine thought silently.
The guards at the door all bowed respectfully: "Priestess Kiara, Priestess Valentina."
Raine seized this opportunity to carefully observe the details of their attire, especially the crowns on their heads.
’Neither of them.’
He observed one high-tier priestess, whose hair was carefully braided into four symtrical braids, the braid ends pierced with black satin and a silver hair pin.
The other high-tier priestess had silver hair cut short, adorned with a garnet circlet on the forehead.
Neither had a black pearl hair crown.
His gaze shifted, and Raine continued to look further back.
This one wasn’t either. After observing four more, Raine’s pupils contracted slightly as he spotted a high-tier priestess with silver hair held up by a black princess-style hair crown.
It’s her!
The second protection key is with her.
At this mont, Raine also heard clearly what the guards called her.
"Lady Siriel?"
Raine committed this na to mory and observed her direction. He noticed she was heading outside the estate.
Raine initially wanted to follow imdiately, but thought for a mont and looked back at the main building entrance.
Another half minute passed, and Zaryan still hadn’t co out.
’Hmm? What’s happening?’
While pondering, he saw Siriel, the drow high-tier priestess with the pearl hair crown, walking farther away, and Raine decided not to wait any longer, instead choosing to follow her.
However, before leaving the room, he took off the guard attire again, packed it in his hand, and then resud the appearance of Master Zaryan as he walked out.
Although Raine didn’t know the specific strength of the drow high-tier priestess before him, judging from Belendaan Rofnia’s situation, this high-tier priestess, as part of the second largest drow elf family, the Hernet Family, was very likely not just of transcendent middle stage but possibly a transcendent high-stage powerhouse.
Therefore, her Perception would definitely be extrely keen.
Raine’s gaze never lingered on her for more than half a second, each ti quickly glancing away.
Even after leaving the estate gate, Raine deliberately turned into a nearby alley to avoid the priestess realizing he was following her, even for a brief mont out of sight.
As a drow high-tier priestess, Siriel had a striking presence and appearance, and all ordinary drow elves who passed by or saw her would rember her vividly.
So Raine, who had Surface Mind Reading Spell, had no need to take the risk of closely tailing her.
anwhile,
At the central main building of the Hernet Family estate.
The guard captain Narrell and Zaryan chatted as they walked down from the third floor to the main building entrance.
"Zaryan, the output of the forging workshop needs to increase by at least 30%."
"Besides supplying the Bane family, we need to further enhance our own reserves."
"Understood, Lord Narrell."
Seeing Zaryan and the guard captain together, the four elite drow guards stationed at the main building entrance couldn’t help but glance at each other in confusion.
What? What’s the situation?
When did Master Zaryan co back?
The guards’ strange expressions imdiately caught the attention of guard captain Narrell and Zaryan.
Guard captain Narrell frowned slightly, looking at one of the guards, and asked, "What’s the situation?"
"Ah? Nothing, just noticed Master Zaryan seed busy today."
"Zaryan! It seems your hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed by , or by the guards."
"Indeed! Master Zaryan has been repeatedly travelling to the forging workshop, less than an hour apart, truly dedicated." The guards agreed with smiles.
Respect for their superior, the guard captain’s superior, was a given, and the guards imdiately went along with Narrell’s words.
Hmm?
However, hearing the guards’ words, guard captain Narrell was not the only one taken aback—Zaryan also stood frozen!
The two exchanged glances, imdiately sensing sothing was wrong!
"Wait, you just said I kept going to the forging workshop? But I never went," Zaryan said with a serious expression.
...
At the sa ti,
Due to the luxurious and distinctive noble villas, after using the Surface Mind Reading Spell twice on two drow passersby, Raine had precisely locked onto the residence of the drow high-tier priestess, Siriel.
Without changing shape again, Raine instead used a High-tier Invisibility Spell to slip directly into the high-tier priestess’s estate, where guarding was much laxer compared to the family estate.
In the following period,
Raine did not act imdiately but stayed concealed in the courtyard, frequently glancing at the Eye of Ti tower, the most striking structure in central Eres City.
Only when he saw Siriel leaving the main building of her stalagmite-built residence did Raine smile, as it was the drow elves’ alti.
Shrouded in the Invisibility Spell, he quickly infiltrated the main building.
Minutes later,
The door of a luxurious bedroom on the third floor was eerily opened.
Outside the door was empty, as if a light breeze had blown through, unintentionally opening the door.
Inside the room, however, what Raine saw while veiled by the Invisibility Spell left him slightly startled.
From outside the room earlier, he had faintly heard an extrely subtle, sparse noise, and opening the door, he finally realized what was making it.
Clusters of black spiders, about the size of a fingernail, were scurrying rapidly across the floor.
Each cluster contained dozens.
’Are these considered pets?’
This was akin to humans liking cats and dogs—the drow, who worshiped the Spider Goddess Rose, preferred spiders.
’Such tiny spiders would be easy to dispose of, but the issue is whether this would trigger so Guardian Array or warning device, which would be detrintal.’
After hesitating for a mont, Raine chose not to enter for now.
His gaze scanned the room furnishings, and soon focused on the spider silk canopy over the bed.
On either side of the canopy were rings slightly larger than fists, catching Raine’s eye.
’Curtain Rings!’
Raine’s eyes widened with delight.
Based on previous visions from a foresight spell, he was sure the object before him was the Curtain Rings.
’But, is the second treasure vault key inside the ring, or does pulling this ring trigger so hidden door?’
Raine couldn’t help but ponder quickly.
’Also, how should I handle these small spider clusters?’
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