After crossing the street in front, and then turning, there was the newly built Earl's Mansion. Efei walked back to the opposite direction, walked to an ordinary-looking house, and knocked on the courtyard door.
Utter's movements of knocking on the door were very rhythmic. An Fei, who was experienced in this area, knew without thinking that Utter was sending a secret signal.
The person who opened the door was an old man in his sixties. Seeing An Fei behind Utter, his eyes showed a surprised look, but he quickly calmed down and slowly made way for An Fei to follow Utter. When we arrived at the courtyard, the courtyard door had quietly closed, and a wave of magic came from the old man. Dozens of figures appeared in front of and on the left and right like ghosts. Some were holding long swords, and some were drawing long bows. , the targets are all pointing to An Fei.
An Fei raised his brows. Although he believed in Utter and knew that these people were his own, the feeling of being targeted at close range by seven or eight arrows was not very pleasant, especially when the other party's expression was extremely nervous. If he had been for a moment, If you make some moves, the arrow might fly out.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Count Anfei." Utter said softly, and then turned to Anfei: "Sir, don't worry, although I have sent out the code, they are afraid that I will be hijacked by others, so they behave I'm a little nervous, haha, I've never brought anyone here before."
"It doesn't matter." An Fei nodded.
The swordsmen and archers looked at each other, put down their weapons almost at the same time, and knelt down on one knee to An Fei.
"Okay, you have nothing to do here." Utter waved his hand, and the swordsmen and archers retreated neatly and orderly, and then disappeared into the dark night, but An Fei could see clearly. They didn't leave. Still hidden in every corner.
Stepping into the door, An Fei coughed lightly: "Erte, are they also the people you recruited?" The movements of those swordsmen and archers appeared to be well-trained, and their cooperation with each other was also very skilled. An Fei did not believe that Erte Such soldiers can be trained in a short period of time.
"No, they turned out to be Lord Aroben's bodyguards. The Lord said that after you come back, he will submit his resignation to you in person. There is no point in keeping these bodyguards. So he gave them to me."
"Personal guards? Then when the Shansha Empire occupied Violet City..."
"At that time, Lord Aroben had already received news of the invasion of the Shansha Empire, but he said that anyone could leave, but he could not. The Lord had been loyal to the empire all his life, and he did not want to bear the blame when he was about to leave office. , becoming people's laughing stock." Utter said as he pushed open the door to the inner room: "These personal guards have been with you for many years. You don't want their sacrifice to be in vain, so you gave a temporary order. Ask them to send a cipher message. Go to Blacknia City. In fact, the secret message is another order, asking them to help defend the city in Blacknia. By the time they know that the situation is not good, Blacknia City has been surrounded by the Sand Empire's troops."
"How many people are there in total among these guards?" An Fei sighed softly.
"There are more than forty people left."
"Anything left? You mean..."
"It turned out that there were more than eighty people. Some of them stayed in Violet City. Those who stayed sacrificed their lives to protect you, and many of those who left died in Blacknia City." Utter said softly: "Sir, Although their ranks are not high, they have rich combat experience. In this defense battle of Blacknia City, almost all of them made military exploits."
"Letting them guard this place is overkill."
"I can't help it. I can't find anyone else I can trust." Utter walked to the bed and stretched out his hand to push. The double bed in the inner room was pushed open, revealing a big black hole. There was also a looming step: "Sir, please come with me." After Utt finished speaking, he stepped in first.
The tunnel was very narrow, just enough for a person to walk, but the height was high enough to avoid the pain of bending down. Erte stretched out his hand and touched the cave wall a few times, and a faint firelight appeared: "Sir, I can use it We can’t afford the magic lamp, so we can only set up a simple lighting magic circle. You should be careful."
"My eyesight is much better than you think." An Fei smiled and said, "Utter, does this lead all the way to the maze?"
"That was my original plan." Utter shook his head: "But the four walls of the maze are made of pieces of steel rock. Steel rock has good integration with elements, and is a good material for carving magic arrays. Moreover, it is very tough and difficult to break through. Once the movement became too loud and the patrol team above noticed it. They sent people to call the police and dug several pits. They buried the large vats in the pits. , listening to the sounds coming from the underground. I had no choice but to explain to them, so I had to change the direction and dig the tunnel into the basement of the Earl's Mansion."
During the conversation, the two people had walked through the nearly 100-meter-long tunnel. A wall appeared in front of them, and the tunnel also made a ninety-degree turn in front of the wall. Erte stood in front of the wall and stretched out his hand. After a bounce, the wall made a crisp sound: "Sir, look, this is Steel Rock."
An Fei walked closer and observed carefully for a moment: "Steel rock is a very rare material, right?"
"I can't say it's rare, but it's true that it's expensive." Utter smiled and said, "Sir, after digging a tunnel for a few days, I have a new idea."
"what idea?"
"We cannot let another tragedy happen
Acted, so I plan to dig a tunnel leading to the outside of the city. If there is a crisis, I can escape from the tunnel. "Utter looked a little uncomfortable: "I know this idea is too selfish. The civilians in the city have no chance to use the tunnels. They don't even know the existence of the tunnels, but..."
"Don't bother me. In fact, Violet City will have its own magic teleportation array soon."
"Really?" Utter looked surprised and delighted: "Will the cabinet approve it?"
"They don't need their approval. The magic crystals we use are our own. Besides, there are teachers working on it, who will stop it?" An Fei said with a smile.
"That's great." Utter paused: "But... Sir, the tunnel also needs to be repaired. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. Besides, we still have more than 600 prisoners of war, so it's okay to keep them." It’s useless, it’s just a waste of food.”
"This tunnel was also built by prisoners of war?"
"Yes." Utter said slowly: "Sir, I know what you are thinking. The fate of those prisoners of war has been determined after they come down. No one of them can get out alive. I can guarantee that this secret will not be leaked. "
"Well, I can trust you to do your job." This was the second time An Fei made this comment to Utter.
At this moment, Utter stood next to a crystal ball, stretched out his hand and waved it above the crystal ball, and the crystal ball lit up. A panoramic view of a room appeared inside, but the light was very bad, and the room looked eerie.
Utter looked at it and stretched out his hand to push open the stone door in front: "Sir, this is your basement. It has just been completed and the area is a bit small. Let's deal with it for a while and expand it in the future."
An Fei followed and walked out. It turns out that this basement is the room that appeared in the crystal ball: "Eye of the Sky Magic Array?"
"Well, it's just the simplest and roughest."
"Do you come out here often?"
"It's not that often. I'm considered a big shot now. If I come in and out here too frequently, it will attract some people's attention." Utter said with a smile.
"Wouldn't the patrol outside be surprised to see you suddenly appear?"
"When I first became the Sheriff, I repeatedly warned them not to ask things they shouldn't ask, and don't look at things they shouldn't look at, otherwise it will bring disaster to themselves." Utter said lightly.
"Before, they suspected that someone was doing something underground. Now you always appear suddenly. Smarter people should be able to guess it."
"Just guess it." Utter shrugged: "I can guarantee that they will not reveal any secrets."
"This tunnel is almost a hundred meters long, right? I've only been away for a long time. It's really good that you can build such a tunnel." An Fei praised.
"This..." After hearing An Fei's praise, Utter's expression became strange. He looked at An Fei with a cautious look: "Sir, it's not that I don't do my best. In order to keep the secret, I can't use all my resources. Manpower. If your Excellency can send more people to help, even if I build a tunnel to the outside of the city, it will only take me ten days at most."
"Ten days?" An Fei was stunned, and suddenly remembered the most fundamental difference between this world and his: "You mean using magic?"
"If you don't use magic, how can you dig it with human hands?" Utter couldn't laugh or cry: "If I relied solely on those prisoners of war, I wouldn't be able to dig such a tunnel if I gave it half a year."
"I understand." An Fei felt ashamed for a while, then changed the subject: "Where does the basement lead to?"
"This is your future study, please come with me."
Go through another stone door. Outside there is a starry night view. The entire main building has not been roofed yet, and the so-called study room is also leaking air from all sides.
"Sir, how are you? It's majestic, isn't it? There are only a few in the entire Violet City..." Before Utter could finish his words, the sky suddenly brightened up, and the stars in the sky disappeared without a trace in an instant, and in the sky, The bright spots like small suns gradually formed an image, which was a huge angel. The lightsaber in his hand stretched across the sky, and the wings of light stretching out to the north and south exceeded the limit of human vision. It faintly stretched below the horizon, and Erte was stunned. Several patrols who were walking over were stunned, and the slaves working in the field were also stunned, with a look of fear on everyone's face.
"What is that?" An Fei's expression tightened. He was extremely sensitive to angels now.
"The Undead War...has broken out!" Utter said in a sleepy voice.