Chapter 143 142. Escape
The mage left the observation window and went to the warm fireplace.
He and his companions who replaced him complained: "Damn the weather... It's so cold in September. I heard that the kingdom is going to build a city here? I can't imagine who would live in such a ghost place... "
This complaint caused many people in Breeze City to laugh, but some mages also frowned.
Wrapping a blanket to keep warm by the fireplace is unmage-like, and the mage tower didn’t have a constant temperature spell at that time? You should read through the information carefully when you go back...
The mage who leaned close to the observation window frowned and stared carefully at the darkness outside the window where his face was reflected - the gathering place where the light was shining was spreading and extinguished.
"Elke?"
The call of his companions sounded from behind. He continued to stare solemnly at a bonfire in front of the approaching darkness. There were several figures surrounding the bonfire. They seemed to Discovering the anomaly in the distance, he stood up and looked into the spreading darkness. The next moment, the darkness swallowed them and the firelight, and the mage also saw countless moving shadows in an instant.
"Rat tide! Rat tide is coming!!!"
The mage let out a roar that made countless spectators stand on end, knocked over tables and chairs and rushed out of the observation room.
Dang——Dang——Dang——
The rapid bell rang in the sky above the Mage Tower, and a beam of light pierced the night sky, suddenly illuminating the night sky around the Mage Tower.
Countless ratmen surged towards the mage tower like a tumbling tide, causing the theater to burst into frightened screams and chaos. One noble even tried to escape, causing even greater chaos. A wake-up spell before Let him regain his composure.
Olmedo looked at his father at this time, "Father...do you remember three days ago?"
Augusta continued to look at the rat approaching the mage tower on the magic image. Chao: "What do you want to say?"
"I went to my mother's tombstone a few days ago and saw a bouquet of flowers..."
Augusta remained silent, and Olmedo continued to ask: "You still miss her, but why?" ..."
A guard who lowered his head and ran in interrupted him, turning to Augusta next to him vaguely: "My lord, the King of the North's convoy was attacked by ratmen last night..."
Olmedo's eyes shrank.
"I'm sorry, father, I have to leave first."
Olmedo followed the guard out of the seat and came to the exit with the guard.
"There is another news from Pinglin Town..." The guard was worried, "The team that left with Mr. Annan appeared there, and Javier was also there. They said... The master was the murderer who attacked the team, and ..."
Olmedo looked at the front row in surprise, where his father was still sitting quietly, staring at the magical image.
"What else?"
This loyal confidant of Olmedo was trembling with fear, because of his next words: "They found that the underground of Breeze City was eaten by ratmen... ...Master, could it be a misunderstanding?”
But Olmedo thought of the clues he had collected earlier, Annan's wariness of his father, and his father's disappearance last night...
"Tell the Mage Tower and the Scavenger about this, the whole city is under martial law, and ...Block the theater.”
Olmedo looked around the entire theater. The nobles were unaware of what was about to happen, and in the magic image, the tide of rats that flooded into the hall splashed up like a wave. The Rat Man crashed down among the people on the second floor.
The nobles in the magic image fled in panic, but they didn’t know that this scene happened in reality. Will the people here show the same ugly behavior?
……
"...This is the truth I saw."
At the exit of the dungeon, Annan told the rescued companions the truth: "The rat people are hollowing out the underground of Breeze City, and they are very close to success."< br>
Assaulting the King in the North, tampering with the magic circuit of the Mage Tower, and covering the countess to harass Breeze City. These are all baits thrown out to divert human attention away from the excavations that the ratmen are best at and allow the scavengers to work for them. Feeling complacent about seeing through the conspiracy...
But the real disaster lies at everyone's feet.
“We must send the news to the top!” the Guards Captain growled, his pupils filled with betrayal and fear. "How do we get out?" the weak deputy leader of the mercenary group asked, leaning against the rock wall.
Except for the elf mentor, the reckless Renault and the centurion, those companions who died on the night of the rat tide and the injured who died of serious injuries due to transportation and harsh environment were all successfully rescued.
The top of the rock that Annan and the Elf Ranger saw was at least a hundred meters high. They were entangled in the weakness spell and needed to support each other even to walk.
"I have a way to make you leave...you guys are waiting for me here."
Annan walked into the dungeon alone, holding the dragon skin in his pocket, deep in the unknown dungeon Release low-level summoning spells everywhere.
Just like when Augusta Olmedo suppressed Annan's reputation, he would not have thought that he would bring out magical images, nor would he have thought that the low-level summoning spell that can summon the blue dragon can be used as a portal.
But before Annan wants everyone to escape from the rift, he needs to resolve the contract that restrains him from exposing the existence of the blue dragon.
The blue dragon appears on the other side of the rift.
"...Where are you, human." The air drifting from the crack made the blue dragon want to breathe out dragon breath to purify.
"This is the lair of the Rat Man...can you feel my corruption?"
Perhaps the time is still short and the blue dragon cannot sense it. Annan briefly described the current situation, and then asked the blue dragon: "I need to let them return to Pinglin Town safely."
The graceful and majestic dragon head approached the crack and was about to stick out: "You should know , the consequences of the disappearance of the contract..."
Annan raised his head and smiled gently: "True friendship does not need a contract to maintain"
Two minutes later, Annan greeted everyone. The eyes returned: "I entrusted my friends to help. It can let you leave, but I don't want you to expose its existence."
Everyone swore, and Annan led them to a strange door. In front of the irregular portal, on the other side of the crack, a blue dragon is entrenched on a pile of bare rocks.
"Hurry up and summon...the portal can last for about seven minutes."
They all walked through the portal without doubting that he was there. During this period, Annan once again released a low-level summoning spell, and the expanded crack allowed the ogre to squeeze through.
Only a few mages looked weird, they had never seen such a portal...
“After leaving the Haunted Gold Mine, go to Pinglin Town and find Mr. Fast in the Dawn Tavern. He will help you." Annan told them.
"Aren't you with us?" Guido Rona, the scavenger, found that Annan hadn't come yet.
Annan shook his head: "I will stay here."
The Elf Ranger told everyone the cruel truth: "Annan's consciousness has been corrupted and eroded."
The edge of the rift is no longer stable, Annan lets The remaining people quickly penetrated into the crack.
The ogre who finally got out carrying the skeleton suddenly said: "Why are your mage robes and magic rings still there? This is a question worth thinking about."
Annan said to remember, Finally, he looked into those vertical pupils.
"The cost this time -"
"One gold nard, each person." Annan replied.
"...Give it to me with your own hands, human being."
The dim light of the crack was annihilated, and darkness and silence enveloped Annan again.
(End of this chapter)