A look of despair appeared on Sax's face. He had already used all his trump cards, but the other party did not budge at all. It was too late for regrets now.
However, to his surprise, Rob did not seem to have any intention of attacking them. He only released a light prison to lock them together with Flo. Sax quickly guessed the other party's intention, and his expression changed.
After that, a certain someone spoke, which confirmed his guess.
"Don't even think about leaving Ao Grimm. I will put you on the platform of the seventh floor. The light prison will disappear after half a magic hour. Whether you can escape from this tower depends on your own abilities."
Sax smiled bitterly. "It will be dawn in less than half an hour. The guards who are changing shifts will find us. Are you planning to use us as bait?"
"That's right." Rob did not intend to deny it. After being discovered by the guards, Sax and Ghost would definitely not be able to return to the fifteenth floor. If they wanted to live, there was only one way, and that was to escape and kill their way out before the tower sealed them.
"Then why don't you just kill us? That would be more straightforward." Sax shook his head. "It will only take a few minutes to seal the tower. No matter how fast we run, it will be useless. Moreover, there are still Crowell and Pemera here. If either of them comes after us, we will definitely die."
"That's why I will leave him to you." Rob pointed at Flo, who was beside them. The latter was still in a daze, as if he had not realized what had happened.
"It seems that we have no other choice," Sax said after a moment of silence.
There was a reason why Rob left Flo to the two of them. Sax and Ghost obviously would not simply send themselves to death. However, with Flo, everything was different. No matter how idiotic and unpopular this guy was, he was still one of the higher-ups of Ao Grimm, and his background was not simple. It was possible to hold him hostage … No, it should be said that it would definitely make Crowell and Pemera hesitate in taking action, and thus give them hope of escaping from the tower. On the other hand, Flo's existence would definitely attract everyone's attention. In other words, the two of them understood that they had become Rob's bait.
However, since there was a possibility of escape, Sax would still choose to give it a try.
…
By the time Rob arrived at the 16th floor, Lolo had already searched the place thoroughly. In the end, she found that it was just as Pop had said. Other than some miscellaneous items, there was nothing else here. Additionally, Lolo had also specifically checked the walls and some corners that were hard to detect. However, she did not find any mechanisms or secret rooms up there.
"The area of this floor is about the same as the fifteenth floor. We didn't see any irregular additions at the top of the tower when we were under the tower, so it's almost impossible for there to be extra space here. Could it be that Merlin lied? Is Mother Teresa not here?" Lolo wondered.
"No, if that's the case, then the Church wouldn't have been so eager to kill Max when we found him." Rob walked around the sixteenth floor. Just as Lolo said, there were no hidden rooms here.
But for some reason, Your Honor, the future Supreme Magister, had a strange feeling. It wasn't a strong feeling, but it meant that there was something he hadn't noticed before.
Rob rubbed his chin in thought. It was getting closer and closer to sunrise, but the girl did not rush him.
About three minutes later, the future Supreme Magister, Your Honor, finally spoke again. "The height, the height here is wrong."
"What?"
"When I was down there, I estimated that the height of this stone tower should be between 102 to 103 meters. But now the sixteen floors add up to only 98 to 99 meters. It's missing a few meters. Hmm, that means there should be a hidden floor above."
Although this was not the first time Luo Luo had witnessed a certain person's terrifying observational skills, she still could not help but gasp this time. Was this for real? Someone could actually notice such a thing?
The height of the tower was a few meters lower than when it was observed from the outside. Most people would not be able to notice it. First of all, there was a huge difference in the height of the tower with the naked eye. Secondly, there would be a difference in the height of each floor, and when added together, the difference would be even greater. A few meters difference would be easily overlooked. Perhaps only a monster like Rob would be able to discover the secret of this floor.
The future Supreme Magister, Your Honor, looked up and quickly found what looked like a keyhole. Lolo took out the two keys that she found on Max's body. "Looks like we can only try them one by one."
"Hmm, wait a moment." Rob felt that the keyhole was a little too obvious. If this was the case, then there was no need for the Church to send people to spy on Max. Whether he was dead or alive, he would eventually discover the mechanism above his head. Unless … The future Supreme Magister, Your Honor, moved an empty wooden barrel over and stepped on it. She looked at the keyhole up close and said to the girl with certainty, "This is a trap."
"How do you know that?"
"Do you remember our previous analysis? If Grandma Teresa lives above and never shows up, then Max is responsible for delivering her three meals a day. If this is the mechanism to open the seventeenth floor, then there's one thing missing."
"What is it?"
"Scratches. Max has to come in and out of here frequently. Delivering meals is a very mechanical job. In the long run, it's impossible for him to stay focused and accurately insert the key into the keyhole. So there must be scratches around the keyhole."
"I see." Lolo suddenly understood.
Now that the two keys were proven to be a trap, there was only the flute and tobacco left.
The tobacco was undoubtedly the most suspicious because Max did not smoke. But this time, it was Lolo who spoke first. She said with certainty, "The tobacco is also a trap."
"Why?" Rob was a little surprised. He did not see anything wrong with the tobacco.
Lolo pointed at an inconspicuous root. "When lit, it will produce the same smell as tobacco. But when inhaled, it will make people lose their strength. It's a special underground product."
"Oh?" The future Supreme Magister, Your Honor's interest was piqued. He was sure that he had not read about it in any books. It was very likely that it was discovered by the prisoners in Grimm's prison in the past few decades. But now was not the time for research. Rob put the root in a small bottle and kept it close to his body.
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