"That's it!" In the northwest corner of the warehouse, Xiao Chen finally found a tunnel entrance. Two guards holding spears were guarding the entrance. There was a triangular area under the two crossed spears. This was their chance.
"The gap between these two people is big enough for us to get through." Xiao Chen said after estimating the distance between the two guards.
"The premise is that you don't go astray and I won't hook your clothes." Luo Ling said.
"How about this, I'll walk in front and you'll follow behind, and we'll both move sideways forward. We'd rather walk slower to avoid getting into trouble like that again."
The two men came in front of the guard. Because there was no body to refer to in his field of vision, Xiao Chen gestured for a long time before finding the right angle and walked inside carefully.
Although they were in stealth mode and could not emit any breath, Xiao Chen still held his breath and moved in little by little. Just as he was about to cross the two crossed spears and pass the level successfully, Luo Ling, who was holding his hand from behind, stopped moving.
"What's going on?" Xiao Chen looked back, but of course there was nothing behind him.
"My robe is still snagged..." Luo Ling said.
"Where is the hook?"
Luo Ling touched it carefully, "The man on the left just raised his spear and changed his position, and the spear pressed down a corner of my robe."
Xiao Chen took a closer look and found that the man's spear was indeed slightly higher than the ground, and a small piece of cloth could be vaguely seen below. Invisibility relies on the magic attached to the body and the surface of clothes. The end of the spear was pressed on the robe, which naturally squeezed out the magic on the small piece of cloth.
"Hurry up and think of a way. I'm half squatting now."
"Has it been cut?"
"No, it will make too much noise. And if the magic circle on the robe is cut, it will produce sparks and flashes."
Xiao Chen said: "Then I'll make him move later, and then you run quickly."
After saying that, he condensed his mental power into a thin thread, stretched it through the guard's collar, all the way to his back, and then began to scratch it gently.
But the guard twisted his body, and then his fighting spirit ignited, and his mental thread was immediately bounced away.
"What's going on?" asked another guard.
"My back is itchy. It's inconvenient to scratch it while wearing a breastplate. I'll feel better after using my fighting spirit to scratch it."
Is there such an operation? Xiao Chen was helpless.
Xiao Chen tickled his armpits again, but was also pushed away by the fighting spirit. He then tried the soles of his feet, but the result was the same.
"Hey, this Itchy can run away." The guard exerted force, and the fighting spirit surged all over his body. He was actually a mid-level warrior.
"Why are you having so many problems today? Is someone playing tricks on you?" Another guard looked around vigilantly but found no clues.
Xiao Chen knew that if he continued like this, the other party would really become suspicious, so he got ruthless and pulled the thread thinner and poked it into the guard's ear hole.
"Ouch!" The guard covered his ears and screamed, and the spear in his hand naturally fell to the ground. Luo Ling took the opportunity to jump forward and followed Xiao Chen into the tunnel entrance.
There were about twenty steps in the tunnel. The two ran all the way down to the bottom and then walked forward along a straight road.
"Sure enough, the tunnels here were dug temporarily." Xiao Chen touched the wall. It was very rough and had not been repaired in any way. There were only some traces of soil solidification magic on it.
After walking about twenty meters, a doorway appeared in front of them. There were guards on both sides, but they stood far enough apart that Xiao Chen and the other man could run in easily.
In front of us is a hall that is fifty meters square. It is straight and flat without any patterns. The height of the hall is only about two and a half meters. Compared with its area, it seems very low, giving people a very depressing feeling.
This hall was obviously recently excavated. The construction workers hollowed out the middle part, leaving a circle of more than a dozen pillars around it. They then used solidification magic to turn the ceiling and pillars into hard stones, which then supported the wooden frame.
On the ground and ceiling between the pillars, there is a huge circular magic circle running. Their centers correspond to each other, but the running directions are opposite. The diameter is about 20 meters, just like two huge millstones turning. They emit purple light, making the cave mysterious and strange. In the middle of the magic circle on the ground, there is a white platform the size of an operating table. This platform is different from the simple style of the entire space and looks very delicate and complex. It is covered with crystal nodes and silver magic lines.
Xiao Chen found a place where no one was around, hid behind a pillar, and carefully observed the situation in the hall.
A wizard wearing a robe and hiding his face in his hood was controlling the magic circle. He waved his hand from time to time to inject a certain energy into a node of the magic circle to keep the magic circle running stably. Beside him, there was a slightly fat old man who was concentrating on watching the magic circle run. Behind him, four guards in armor stood solemnly. In addition, there were more than a dozen guards outside the magic circle.
"This scene looks familiar." Xiao Chen poked his head out from behind the pillar and looked around.
"Have you ever seen such a magic circle? I see this magic circle is absorbing the overflowing life energy of those people above." Luo Ling asked.
"No, look at that old man. Isn't he very imposing? His eyes are scrutinizing, his posture is arrogant, and even the guards behind him look arrogant. Doesn't it feel like the boss of Party A is coming to inspect Party B's company?"
"Are you saying that the old man commissioned the wizard to do these things?"
"Although this is a civilian area, to make such a big scene, you must have a powerful promoter. Do you think a wizard with unknown origins can handle such a thing? I don't believe it without the support of local dignitaries. Doesn't this old man look like one? And did you see that white platform? Those energies might be used on it in the end. The person who used it is most likely that old man."
"But I think this wizard is not simple either." Luo Ling said.
"What do you mean?"
"It feels like the energy collected from the crowd outside is too huge. Don't you think that the white stone platform inside is too small compared to the two magic circles?"
"It's hard to say. Let's observe for a while." Xiao Chen said, "However, this magic circle is definitely not a good thing. Look at those characters, aren't they 'life' and 'death'?"
"There are also 'spirit' and 'soul'."
At this time, the imposing old man spoke, "Demian, how long will it take? The situation up there is not good. Even Venegas has been dispatched. He can't guard this place impenetrably by himself."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The charging will soon be completed." The mysterious wizard's voice was clear and sounded very young.
"Your Majesty? This old man is actually the king?" Xiao Chen and Luo Ling were both shocked by the word "Your Majesty".