The female mage Ada did not take any direct action. She lowered her voice and asked, "But aren't you afraid that they are deliberately asking us to go to the barrier to lead the way for them?"
"That can't be helped. If they are really involved with the Spirit Eye Tower, who knows how many secrets they know. Even without our guidance, will they be unable to find it? Strict defense is more important than anything else." Marco put his mouth close to Ada's ear and said, "You have to know... those guys have bad intentions. They have asked about the control center several times. Nothing is more important than the defense barrier now. This is the most important bargaining chip for the Marquis. If we lose this, what do we have? Those miscellaneous soldiers? They are useless."
"I understand. But... I heard that there is more than one master in the Chinese Tower, and if they really want to destroy it..." Ada hesitated.
"That's none of our business. We have to help the Marquis do this, but we won't risk our lives. Do you understand?"
"Um."
Marco held his chin and thought for a while, then said to Pascoe, "Go to the city gate and tell them not to let anyone in. Let Avali stop now."
"Sir, this is what the Marquis meant," said Pascoe.
Marco snorted coldly, and his sharp aura like a blade shocked Pascoe so much that he staggered and retreated directly against the wall.
"It's not your turn to talk nonsense here. I will naturally talk to the Marquis. Now you go and take care of this matter. If you can't do it well, the Marquis doesn't need to say anything, I will take your heads. From now on, seal the city!" Marco walked out of the house first, mounted his horse and went to the lord's mansion. Ada did not dare to delay and led the other three to another direction. They didn't know that Tasya, Elena and Xiaobai were flying in the air following them.
In the soul conversation, Tasia said, "Follow closely, they seem to have passed through the open space ahead."
"What is that place? It feels a little strange." Elena asked.
"I don't know either. I've never been to this city." Tashia suddenly screamed in her soul, "That's a cemetery. They actually placed the entrance deep underground in the largest mausoleum."
"It looks like this is the mausoleum of an important person. There is a statue on it. It seems to be many years old."
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the rebuilder of this city, Duke Armando Saldanha of the Black Dragon Empire. This city was destroyed once during the founding war of the Black Dragon Empire. The current city walls were all built at that time. This mausoleum and some of the main buildings in the city were also built at that time."
"You humans really have strange habits. I didn't expect that he would hide the passage to the city's defense center in his own tomb."
"No, I think it must not have been like this at the beginning. This passage must have been rearranged by the city lord later in order to cover up the road through the control center."
"That's strange. We elves would never disturb our deceased compatriots like this." Elena said.
"Isn't there anything strange about elves? Humans haven't put themselves in the mad queen of trees." Tasya countered.
"Your queen is almost crazy." Elena said.
Tasya was about to say something, but she heard a sharp and clear dragon roar in her ears. Elena obviously heard it too.
"Xiaobai?" asked Tasia.
There was a short reply from the soul. It was really Xiaobai who cut directly into their conversation. It called again, and the voice was very gentle, as if someone had said a long sentence, but Tasia and Elena actually understood the meaning: the energy leaking from this house is very strong, we have found the right place.
"Is this the dragon language? How magical." said Tasya.
"This is not dragon language. The dragon language generally refers to the language of the pet dragons of the God of Nature. It is just another variant of the common language similar to Elvish. But what Xiaobai said is something completely different. I don't know how to describe it. It's like a superimposed magic rune, and it can directly affect the mind." Elena explained with difficulty.
"Let's not talk about it for now, they are going to open the mausoleum." said Tasya.
Ada and the others had indeed dismounted. They came to the north of the mausoleum. Ada took out a small stone and pressed it into a groove on the back wall of the mausoleum. As a magic circle was lit up, a door quietly opened on the back wall, revealing a staircase leading down.
Ada and the others walked in one after another. Tashia and Elaina hurriedly landed on the ground, but just as the door was about to close, Xiaobai rushed over and stuck to one of the doors. The magic pattern on this door was obviously darker, and the closing speed was much slower. When the other door was completely closed to the center line, this door was still halfway closed. Tashia and Elaina seized this opportunity and hurriedly slipped in.
Xiaobai then flew away from the stone gate and followed them into the mausoleum through the last tiny gap.
After coming in, they discovered that this passage was actually separated from the mausoleum itself. It did not lead to the mausoleum, but turned downward and led deep underground.
After walking down about a hundred steps, they came to the bottom of the passage, which was a wider entrance to the underground palace. Here, there was an entrance hall. At the back of the hall, there was a long passage leading to somewhere unknown.
Here, Ada and her companions encountered a dozen guards blocking the door. These guards were obviously very elite masters.
"Sir Ada, haven't you been guarding the Marquis all the time? Why are you here?" said the man who looked like the leader of the guards. This man looked very impressive, and the sense of oppression he gave was no less than that of Marco before.
"Lord Hlomel, a very troublesome situation has occurred. Some Chinese experts have sneaked into the city. They left a letter to the Marquis, threatening that if the Marquis does not follow their instructions, they may raid this place." Ada said, "Marco asked me to inform him and he will send more experts over."
The guards present were obviously getting nervous. The leader named Helomel ordered the guards around him, "Activate the defensive array immediately."
He said to Ada, "Besides Marissa and I, there are two high-ranking people here. Even if a general enemy comes, we can resist it with the advantage of our defensive formation. But this will reduce the number of people around the Marquis. I am worried that this may be a conspiracy."
"Marco and Primo will be watching over him, and besides that, there are their people."
Upon hearing this, Tasia couldn't help but say, "That Pascoe really has bad intentions. He actually underreported so many experts."
Elena said, “We can’t just do it directly. It seems the best way is to rely on Xiaobai’s ability.”