This was the second time that Rob had met Saxe, but the latter did not seem to be surprised.
Your Honor, the future Supreme Magister, and Lolo walked into the house together. Saxe stood up from the stool and stretched out his hand enthusiastically. "Nice to meet you. Please forgive me for having to invite you in this way. Due to the secrecy of this matter, I have to make sure that no one will notice this meeting, but I can promise you that this trip will be worthwhile."
"Is that so?" Luo Bu declined to comment.
Saxe did not choose to meet them at Nightingale's station, but in an empty house three miles away from the station. He explained the reason, "Nightingale is one of the most powerful forces under Grimm's rule, but no matter what kind of organization it is, as long as there are a lot of people, there will inevitably be some people with ulterior motives. When I took over Nightingale, I had already cleaned them up once, but I can't rule out the possibility that some people might have slipped through the net. If I wait for you at the station and others see me, it is likely to affect our next plan."
"Plan?"
"Yes." Saxe looked at Rob with burning eyes. "I've been preparing for this plan for a long time, but I couldn't find a suitable partner at the last stage until you appeared. Before that, I was still thinking about how to persuade you to cooperate with me, but I didn't expect you to have the same goal as me."
"Are you also eyeing that tower?" Luo Luo asked.
"There is something I want from the eighth to the twelfth floor." Saxe grinned, revealing a row of white teeth. "How about it? Let's cooperate. I don't want anything except that thing. You can choose whatever you want from the tower. Food, medicine, weapons... I don't mind even if you take them all."
"Do you have a way to deal with the traps and mechanisms in the tower?" The girl's eyes lit up.
Saxe smiled. "If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have come to you."
"How can you prove that what you just said is not a trap?" Rob, who was on the other side, was unmoved.
He nodded and said, "I understand your concerns. After all, this is the first time we are working together, and we are not familiar with each other before this. How about this? To show my sincerity, I can reveal some information to you first. You must be curious about how I can deal with those traps and mechanisms, right? This matter actually has something to do with a mutual friend of ours."
"Ugly woman?" Rob thought of something.
"That's right. Do you still remember the name Yvette that I mentioned when we first met?"
"Oh?"
"Miss Yvette probably didn't tell you about her life, especially about her … father," Sax said leisurely.
"Weren't her parents Ao Grimm's prisoners?"
Sax smiled slightly. "That's right, but I'm afraid she won't tell you anything else. Before that, her father was a true Paladin, and he served under Ao Grimm." Sax said word by word, "He was the prison guard here."
This time, even Rob was a little surprised.
"During his service, Yvette's father made a big mistake. He fell in love with a female prisoner here, and the two of them had sex, resulting in the latter's pregnancy. Seeing that the matter could no longer be covered up, Yvette's father wanted to sneak the mother and daughter out of this prison. However, before he could escape, his plan was discovered by his companions. In the end, not only did he fail, but he was also expelled from the Paladin Order. From a prison guard, he became a prisoner. Of course, unlike other prisoners, he was imprisoned in that tower, and a month later, he was executed."
"The Temple used this method to ensure that the safe passage to the lower seven floors would not be leaked, but they didn't expect that Yvette's father still had a trick up his sleeve. He was also worried that this escape would not be successful, so he made preparations in advance. He drew a safe passage from the first to the seventh floor and hid it somewhere. He intended to leave this thing for his unborn daughter. The Church didn't know about the existence of this map, and later, we obtained it by chance."
"We?" Rob raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, there were a total of six people who found this thing. Because we couldn't reach an agreement, we finally chose to tear the map into pieces. Each of us, including me, took a part of the map. It wasn't until I became the leader of Nightingale that I gradually collected the remaining five pieces of the map. However, in the process, this matter was also leaked. I'm not worried about the others, but several powerful forces that are not inferior to Nightingale also knew about this." Sax spread out his hands. "So tonight, I could only use this sneaky method to invite you here tonight."
"Since you've already collected the map, why did you still come to us?" Lolo asked.
"It wasn't until I collected the map that I realized that the seventh floor is different from the previous floors, and there's a group of guards in front of the last staircase." Sax looked a little helpless. "Yvette's father couldn't do anything about this. He used to be a prison guard under Grimm's rule, so he could use this identity to pass directly, but prisoners like us certainly can't."
"What about the strength of the guards?"
"A total of seven seventh-grade Paladins and a priest, divided into two groups, changing shifts every half a day. If we really have to fight them head-on, we're not afraid, but the trouble is that they can call their companions above through the alarm. This is also the reason why I want to cooperate with you. We need to get rid of them as soon as possible."
Luo Luo sucked in a breath of cold air. "Eight Rank Seven professionals?" Even if one of them was a Priest and did not have any direct combat power, this lineup was still very scary. The girl was a little confused. Why did the other party want to cooperate with them? One of them was a half-baked Grade 3 Magician, and the other wasn't even a Professional. There were a lot of people with this level in Oglinzhi.
But Lolo didn't ask this question. Her heart was pounding. She knew that if the two wanted to climb the tower, this was their best chance. At least they should reach the seventh floor first before considering the rest.
Sax seemed to be still worried that they would not cooperate, so he added, "In fact, this operation is quite confident. We have the map, so we don't have to worry about those traps and mechanisms. The four of us move together, and I alone can deal with the two Paladins." Then he pointed to the man in black who stood in the corner without saying a word. "We can also deal with the ghost, and the remaining Paladin or priest will be left to you. What do you think of this arrangement?"
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