Dawn of the Grey Tower

"What happened?"

The three of Atta ran to the institute and saw Daphne and other mages and apprentices working in the institute gathering in the open space outside the institute.

Between them and the research institute are many broken bricks that fell off the surface of the research institute's explosion. Fortunately, no one was hit, but they looked terrified. Everyone's expressions were full of surprise and fear.

Daphne looked back and saw the female swordsman. To be precise, she saw Russell. Her state suddenly relaxed, as if she saw the solution to the problem, even though Russell could not solve any practical problems.

"It's Mrs. Wynette. She locked herself and the gray robe in the main research room and drove us out. Then it didn't take long to become what we are now. We don't know anything, we can't disobey Madam. the meaning of."

The people in the Fairy Institute have reached links with Mrs. Wynette to varying degrees. Although not everyone can be turned into a microphone at any time, it is still very simple to make them obedient.

Therefore, when the owner of the institute gave an evacuation order, everyone had no choice but to immediately put down their work and leave. They were forced to walk out of the institute without knowing it, and the explosion happened immediately afterwards. The timing was just right.

"Has such a thing happened before?" Ata didn't feel so nervous when she heard that it was related to cheese. She didn't think Grey Robe would fall into any danger that could not be solved.

In other words, if the danger can't be solved even with cheese, then she doesn't think she can deal with it immediately. It would be better to first confirm whether this kind of evacuation is really as serious as it seems, or say that it is just a routine matter of the institute.

"There have been one or two times. When the lady feels that the experiment or spellcasting is too dangerous, she will force everyone to leave the institute. A layer of lead has been added to the walls of the Standard Institute in the City of All Laws. Ash, it can quickly weaken the effects of magic when passing through. So if the explosions we see here can drop the outer wall, the situation in the institute will only get worse."

An older mage explained to Atta and the others that the other party had met with Cheese and the others several times before. As an official mage who worked in the research institute, he basically knew the background and purpose of these people.

"Do you need us to go in and take a look?" The female swordsman felt a little uneasy when she heard this. Although she was asking, whether it was the tightening of the belt or the stepping posture, it showed that she was ready to enter. .

"Wait, Madam’s magic sometimes does not distinguish between objects. The worst case was when she hypnotized everyone in the institute and then connected the dreams together, so that when we woke up, it took a lot of effort. Make sure that you are yourself. If you break in now, you are likely to be affected by magic. The flow of magic power around the institute is still chaotic, so wait for it to calm down."

Daphne stopped Atta and shook her head.

Atta does not have the magical vision of the mages. Her fairy eyes can only see a vague and chaotic halo covering the research institute, covering all the details in it.

But soon, a faint and weird color faintly appeared in the halo of the research institute, which made the female swordsman feel at ease. Because the color that can't be described by the colors in nature, it is the color of cheese that she has seen all the time.

The appearance of the color now at least proves that the gray robe has not been killed in the explosion, and the probability that he is safe and okay will be high. After all, that gray robe was enough to resist most of the deadly attacks for him.

"Your staff looks very confused. Oh, they are back." Just as people outside the institute reacted to the explosion inside the institute, the place where the explosion occurred was the main researcher at the top of the institute. In the room, Cheese is watching the state of the crowd outside along the broken wall.

This is also the reason why Atta could see him, and as she had guessed, the gray robe didn't hurt at all.

"It's okay, they are used to it. Magic itself is like that. When the level is not reached, everything looks incredible. Confusion helps them improve."

In the room, the owner of this institute, Mrs. Wynette, was putting on a pair of silk gloves and frowned slightly at the mess in the room, "Maybe I should ask someone in the library to put them on the shelf. You need a set of spells. It will be quick to pack up like this."

"I advise you not to do this. It's best not to introduce any new items in this research institute for the time being, so that the spell can work perfectly." Cheese's eyes flashed lightly, and said lightly.

"Oh, you're right. At this time, everyone wants to bite off a piece of meat from the other person, but it's a little ignorant to reach out to this research institute."

The female mage seemed to say casually, but the anger in her eyes was not a joke. As the person in charge of a dignified research institute, how could she not know what happened in the city last night?

She just felt that these things had nothing to do with her remote research institute. However, someone released a ghost operation into the institute last night. Regardless of that person's purpose, Mrs. Wynette could not allow this offense. This is her castle.

"However, you will actually give me the task of setting a protective spell here. Isn't it a bit too easy? Did I show any trustworthy behavior?"

The magic in Cheese's eyes gradually faded, he scratched his face, and said embarrassingly. The explosion just now was actually a side effect of spell casting, and the spell he released was the protective spell mentioned in the words.

Mrs. Wynette gently shook the scroll in her hand. That was the fairy text translated by Cheese.

"This is enough to prove that what you say is true. As for trust, no one has ever been worthy of complete trust, but you are indeed a gray robe, which is enough. You and her come from the same place, no matter what Whether it’s hostile or friendly, you have no conflict of interest. Besides, I don’t have a better candidate. One of the promotion ceremonies in the City of Ten Thousand Dharma is to collect samples of the magic power of the promoted. Do you know what this means? Our magic power sample is taken, then all the spells will be countered and destroyed. We will have no power to fight back."

Cheese froze for a moment, "Do you think things are so bad? Your magic sample should be the city's top secret. This is about the life of every spellcaster. How can someone use it for selfish desires? ?"

"It's just the worst guess. A lot of mages died here last night, and many of them have been premonitioned and set up a lot of defenses. But they are still dead. In the means I can imagine, someone took and used their magical samples to deal with it. It’s the most reasonable calculation to get them out of it, isn’t it?"

Mrs. Wynette gave a meaningful smile and said softly.

"Well, enough has been said about the conspiracy, it's time to get people outside to come back to work."