With Sax and Ghost leading the way, all the dangerous traps in the tower seemed to have failed. The four of them passed through the first six floors smoothly. So far, they had gone further than all the prisoners who had broken into the tower before, and they were only one step away from the final destination.
This also proved that Sax did not lie. They had indeed mastered the safe passage that only the jailers knew.
Ghost's figure disappeared on the stairs leading to the seventh floor. Sax stopped and turned to the two. "Okay, the next part is the key. The traps on the seventh floor are very dangerous, so you must be extra careful later. Follow my steps, and don't make any unnecessary movements. Even in battle, don't deviate from the route."
"Even in battle, don't deviate from the route? It's fine if it's a ranged profession, but what about melee ones? "Lolo wondered.
"Not everyone can't move. There are no traps on the small platform that the Temple's prison guards are on, so they can move freely. However, the surrounding area is very open. They will discover us before we get close, so we have to start the battle in advance." Sax paused. "Don't worry about Ghost. His profession is Shadow Stalker, so he can quietly approach those jailers. He will ambush nearby in advance and enter the battlefield as soon as the battle begins."
Sax took off the black longbow on his back as he spoke. He moved his fingers, then pulled out the arrows from the quiver one by one and checked them one by one.
He was very patient because he only had one chance. If he failed this time, the jailers in the tower would definitely realize that the safe passage to the tower had been exposed. Even if they could escape, all the entrances and exits in the tower would be sealed.
Rob noticed that the arrows used by Sax were very special. The arrowheads were not made of iron, but of an unknown animal's bone. They were crescent-shaped and had a spiral pattern on them, which made it easier to pierce through armor.
Ordinary people might think that Sax was forced to use bone arrows instead of iron because of the shortage of materials under the rule of Grimm. However, Rob remembered very clearly that when he first met Sax, he had seen a lot of iron ingots in Nightingale's station, which meant that Sax had mastered a certain degree of smelting technology, so he could at least make an arrow.
That was why Your Honor, the future Supreme Magister, believed that there was a reason why he chose this bone arrow.
Sax did not hide anything. He took out one and handed it to Rob. "I made this arrow myself before I came to Orc Grimm. It's made from the jawbone of the Erdal Flying Squirrel. It's the hardest part of their body and can easily tear through most armour. Unfortunately, there are only seven of them left."
Lolo didn't pay attention to their conversation. She was very conflicted because the battle was about to begin. She didn't know why Sax was so confident in them. From the beginning to the end, he didn't ask them how they planned to deal with the fourth guard. It seemed that he was sure that she had a way. But the truth was that even if Sax asked her, she wouldn't know how to answer.
Lolo hoped that the other party could trust her, but at the same time, she didn't want the other party to trust her so much.
The special environment in the tower determined that unless one had top-notch stealth abilities like the ghost, melee professions couldn't participate in the battle at all. This meant that when the battle started, Rob could only be a spectator. She was left alone. Grade 3 versus Grade 7. Not only did she have to win, but she also had to end the battle before the other party sounded the alarm. This was extremely difficult. The more Lolo thought about it, the more uncertain she became.
Sax had already checked all the arrows in the quiver. He asked the two with his eyes if they could move.
At this time, there was less than one spell left before dawn. They didn't have much time left. When all the prison guards woke up, the tower would become more dangerous, and the space for them to move would become smaller and smaller.
At this point, Lolo could only pray that the team on duty on the roof was the one that included the priest.
The three climbed up the stairs to the seventh floor quietly. The ghost was nowhere to be seen. Even Sax didn't know where he was hiding.
The surrounding stone walls were filled with pitch-black holes, and behind each hole was a fatal mechanism.
The one leading the way was Sax. He had already put the magic lamp back into his backpack, put the bone arrow on the bowstring, and walked in front with his back bent. Rob seemed to see the nervousness in Lolo's heart. He reached out and held her slightly cold hand.
The girl didn't refuse. She really needed someone to rely on. Although he wasn't strong, Lolo didn't know why, as long as he was by her side, she would feel very at ease.
For example, there were dangerous traps and mechanisms all around them. One wrong step could lead to eternal damnation. But when she felt the warmth from the palm of his hand, the nervousness in Lolo's heart faded a lot.
It wasn't until Sax stopped again that the sound of a scabbard colliding with armor came from the front. Luo Bu and Luo Luo looked at each other, knowing that they were very close to the four prison guards.
Sax carefully moved behind a stone pillar, peeked out, and quickly retracted his head. After waiting for half a minute, he peeked out again, and then rolled behind another stone pillar as fast as he could. He pointed to the stone pillar where he was hiding and gestured to the two behind him, indicating for them to hide there.
The future Supreme Magus Your Honor nodded. He also saw that the stone pillar wasn't too thick. Hiding two people was already the limit. It was impossible for three people to hide behind the same stone pillar. This was also the reason why Sax took the risk to move a second time.
After that, Rob and Lolo followed Sax's previous path to the first stone pillar. They quietly looked out and saw four prison guards in front of a square platform. Unlike the motley crew that had just gathered in the Dark Hall, Ao Grimm's prison guards were selected from thousands of people through strict training.
This could be seen from their attitude. For so many years, they had never heard of a prisoner breaking into this place. Even so, they still meticulously performed their duty of guarding. None of them let down their guard. The four of them paid attention to the movements in different directions, and every once in a while, they would exchange positions.
The sound of the scabbard colliding with the armor that Sax heard just now was made when the four of them exchanged positions.
Lolo also poked her head out to take a look. Her expression suddenly changed. Her luck today didn't seem to be too good. There was no trace of a priest among the four of them!
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