[Although I'm grateful for being called a bug, I still have to update it in advance to prevent the readers from misunderstanding. I will also try to update it earlier in the future. Since everyone has responded to the update issue, I can't ignore it.]
"Ainphent!" The door of the laboratory was kicked open, and a fully armed soldier rushed in. He pointed his bladed gun at the excited Ainphent and shouted, "What do you have to do with black magicians! Why do you want to harm us! "
Shika took the stick from her back and stood in front of Sarlin, but Nelis hid behind Sarlin.
Si Jia woke up with a start. She looked at the soldier in shock and shouted, "Ken, you're crazy. Put down your weapon!"
The soldier named Ken said angrily, "Sir, he's a spy. Quinn is dead. Those arrows … "
Quinn is dead?!
Si Jia was in a daze. Quinn was the only swordsman under her who was about to break through. In three months at most, he would become an intermediate swordsman. He was the strongest among her nine subordinates. How could such a soldier die first?
"What's wrong with the arrows?" Sarlin asked calmly. He felt something was wrong.
"See for yourself!" Ken took a quiver from her back and threw it over. Shika caught it and took out an arrow from the quiver. But she saw that the metal arrowhead had cracked. She flicked it lightly with her finger. With a crack, the arrowhead was completely broken.
Sarlin immediately understood. In order to speed up, Ainphent used a level-five magic core to process the magic patterns on the arrowheads. This was not something a useless mage without magic strings could control.
If a magic apprentice could make 110,000 arrowheads in a day, what was the use of alchemists?
"Ken, don't panic. How many arrows are broken?" Sarlin didn't suspect Ainphent. Ainphent didn't need to collude with black magicians. If he did, he would have killed him long ago.
Si Jia stood up and put on her armor. She said to Ken, "Where's the baron?"
Since a large number of arrowheads were broken, the walls would definitely not be able to hold. Si Jia could tell that Sarlin wasn't a spy. Otherwise, Sarlin could have easily killed her. Once he was dead, the four of them would be able to take control of the laboratory. With the help of the magic potion, the castle would be able to collapse in one blow.
Ken wanted to kill Ainphent right there and then, but Scarlett didn't give the order. He could only stare at Ainphent and answer, "My lord has brought his men to the tower."
Si Jia put on her helmet and turned to Salin. "Mage Salin, the tower is the castle's last stronghold. Are you going?"
When Salin heard that the city wall had been breached, his heart turned cold. The tower was a dead end, and they could only defend it. There was no way out. If he didn't go, even if Si Jia trusted him, the baron wouldn't.
Kill Si Jia and escape? There were still tens of thousands of black puppets outside.
"Ainphent?" Salin called out softly.
Ainphent's face turned red, and his illness worsened. He coughed heavily and put away the magic potions that he had concocted on the table. He looked at Ken coldly and said, "I'm going to the tower. This was just an accident. If I'm going to die, I'm going to die with you."
"Alright, I'll go too." Salin motioned for Si Jia to lead the way. He carefully followed behind Shika, but didn't get close to Ken. Ken had just lost one of his brothers, and his mental state was extremely unstable. Salin didn't want to die unjustly.
Ainphent sneered and walked in front, not caring about Ken's murderous stares.
This was his mistake. Once the castle was breached, everyone would die. What did he care about?
Neris sensed that something was wrong. She said softly behind Salin, "Master, did the enemy come in? Why don't we escape? " For Neris, escaping was common in the Demonic Plane. There was no need to fight when one could escape.
"If you really can't do it, you can escape by yourself." Salin didn't agree to Neris's request. If he escaped, and the people in the castle were not all dead, he would definitely be thought of as a spy sent by the black magicians. When that happened, no one would listen to his explanation. What place did he have to escape to now?
He couldn't go back to Scochenya. The Tanggulas Empire was the Vatican's nest. Should he go to the Cloud Flow Empire? The Cloud Flow Empire's predecessor was the Fourth Dynasty. They hated the black magicians the most. If he went there, he wouldn't have a good ending either.
Ken suddenly pulled out the short sword from his waist and held it against Ainphent's neck. Ainphent still only sneered and walked towards the tower with his head held high.
Neris followed behind Salin with a bitter face. If she could escape, she would have done so already. She and Salin had a soul contract. If Salin was killed, her ending would only be worse. To the demons, death was not the end.
There was a corridor in the air between the magic lab and the tower. There was no need to go through the ground. Looking down from the wide stone bridge, the scarecrows had already swarmed in and gathered in the direction of the tower.
There were a total of four corridors in the air to reach the tower. If there were enough soldiers in the castle, there was no need to retreat into the tower in such a hurry. There were also four tall buildings around the tower that could be used to defend against intruders. But under the situation of a serious shortage of soldiers, everyone could only concentrate their strength and make a last stand in the tower.
The ground entrance of the tower had been sealed by a metal gate. Now if the scarecrows wanted to attack, they had to climb up from the four buildings and cross the stone bridge to enter the tower.
At the end of the stone bridge was a platform with alchemy crossbows. Four alchemy crossbows turned and aimed at the stone bridge. Anyone who wanted to cross the stone bridge would have to pay a heavy price.
Entering the tower, Salin saw Baron Cook covered in blood. He was surrounded by a group of soldiers and sitting on the ground. Obviously, he was injured. There were not many soldiers left in the tower, less than a hundred. They must have lost a lot of people on the city wall. Flamingo's Nut Mercenary Group had lost two people. He and the four mercenaries with Kein's eight-sided sword were also protecting the baron. If the baron died, they would not survive either.
In fact, these soldiers did not collapse completely because of the habit of training. As long as Baron Cook did not die, these soldiers felt that there was still hope.
Entering the tower, Ken kicked Ainphent in the back. Ainphent fell to the ground. Without hesitation, Salin released a spell that he had long prepared — Frost Matrix.
Ken was immediately frozen to the ground. He had fought hard and used up all his sword energy. His resistance to level-one spells was shockingly low. As soon as Salin made his move, the soldiers around Baron Cook panicked. They all raised their weapons and were about to rush over.
"Stop!" Salin shouted and said coldly to Baron Cook, "Baron, we are not criminals. Are your soldiers looking down on the dignity of mages by doing this?"
Salin's usual friendliness was gone. He knew that if he did not control the situation, he and his men would immediately become prisoners. In order to raise morale, Baron Cook did not care whether he was a spy or not. He had to be tough and make Baron Cook worry. That was the only way to turn the situation around.
As he spoke, a white light lit up in his hand. At the same time, he activated three spells on his magic robe — Invisible Shield, Great Strength, and Resistance Ring of Fire. The magic cores embedded in his belt had been replaced with level-five ones, enough for him to squander.
At this time, Shika also forcefully struck the ground with the stick in his hand. With a boom, the dust on the ceiling scattered down and the ground actually cracked.
Si Jia frowned. Baron Cook did not speak. Salin suddenly laughed and said to Ken, who was controlled by the frost spell, "Do you know how stupid you are? Without me, none of you can live. You still think that by guarding the tower, you can wait for reinforcements, right? "
Ken looked at Salin angrily. Salin said to himself, "An adult can only live for seven days without drinking water. If he still wants to fight, he will sweat, his blood will gradually dry up, and he will die even faster. If I were a spy, I would not have followed you. It is only a matter of time before you die. "
Hearing Salin's words, the soldiers who were eager to try changed their expressions and lowered their weapons. Salin was a mage and could make water. It was even said that mages could also make food. If they really killed Salin, there would be nothing to eat in this tower.
"What's more stupid is that you just kicked a member of the Clyde family. If you kill him, as long as the news gets out, no one in your family will survive. If I'm not wrong, you're in the capital, right? "
Ken looked at Salin stubbornly. He could no longer speak. He struggled to use the last bit of his sword energy to resist the freezing effect of the frost spell.
"Maybe the baron will hide the secret for you, but I don't think the Nut Mercenary Group needs to offend the Clyde family for a small soldier like you, right? Are you going to kill everyone here to silence them? "
If Ken was not frozen, he would have been sweating by now. Salin's words finally got to the key point. He could not kill everyone here, which meant that he could not kill Ainphent. If he killed Ainphent, not only would he die, but his family would also be affected.
"What's more stupid is that you actually believe that this is a dead end. Are you desperate? Are you going to give up? Do you think it is okay to offend a small mage like me? "Salin said aggressively, his eyes looking at Baron Cook.
Baron Cook still did not speak. Salin sneered, "I am a mage. Even if I die here, I have a way to make you get what you deserve. Sir Baron, if you don't trust me, you better make your move now. If you wait for me to make the first move, then you are the most stupid person. "
Shika's other hand had already pulled out a boomerang. As long as Salin gave the order, she would immediately cut off a head to let Baron Cook know that Salin was not easy to bully. She was too lazy to care about what Salin and the baron were talking about. Anyway, it was definitely not a good thing for both sides to be at each other's throats.
"What do you want?" Baron Cook asked calmly. He had wanted to control Salin to help him escape, but now it seemed that this little mage was too smart and directly challenged his authority. In this situation, it was obviously not good for him to turn hostile.
"I just want to ask, Sir Baron, do you want to kill me to silence me?"
"Silence me? Mage Salin, you must be joking. " Baron Cook tried to suppress the impulse in his heart. This little mage did not know the gravity of the situation. If he continued to force him, he would not be able to step down.
Salin took two steps forward and helped Ainphent up. "Ainphent is a direct descendant of the Clyde family. Even if he made a mistake, he will not be punished by others. Sir Baron, do you think that he is just an insignificant person? "
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