Platinum Throne

The scout circled around the city of Anos, and there was nothing but bones and puppets.

"...There are too many puppets..." Caroline frowned, "The living people may be hiding underground, or have other shielding methods..."

Eva frowned while fiddling with the machine in her hand: "You're right, I'll just add a detection magic circle next time. It doesn't seem enough now."

The two operators immediately fell into discussion.Fortunately, Caroline used her rationality to pull herself away from the fascinating theoretical knowledge, and looked at Norma: "My tutor, do you have any arrangements?"

Norma nodded: "Let's go."

"That's it..." Eva's eyes widened, and her palm drew a half circle on the screen, "Not to mention other ambushes, there are twenty or thirty puppets inside, are you sure you want to go in like this? But a delicate and frail mage!!"

Norma glanced at Eva: "You stay here."

After saying this, she gestured to Caroline and jumped off the vine herself.Caroline hastily added a feather fall technique to herself, and she also slowly floated down.Feather Fall is a spell that imitates the slow fall of feathers, so it is very difficult to control the direction. When she was about to float away from Norma, her arm was grabbed by Norma and brought into Norma's arms.

Caroline wrapped her arms around Norma's waist like a stream, and sighed: "It's such a missed embrace." She raised her head, and Norma's golden eyes flashed, and there seemed to be a little bit of dark light in it, as if The golden sand in the dragon's cave has a charming magic.

"Let's go." Norma held Caroline's shoulder with one hand, turned her around, and pushed her lightly.Caroline subconsciously took two steps forward, she turned her head, and Norma stood behind her, watching her quietly.

"Does the mentor want me to take the lead?" Caroline smiled at Norma.

Norma took a few steps forward and leaned side by side with her. Her brows were tightly frowned, showing obvious dissatisfaction: "Every spell operator is the precious property of the Platinum Tower. I won't lose it easily .”

"Hmm." Caroline shrugged, "You don't own the Platinum Tower alone. Don't worry too much about it."

Caroline saw Norma turn her head to look at her with disapproval and other things in her eyes.This thing is unfamiliar to Caroline. She rarely feels unfamiliar with anything. Just when she was about to say something, the dwarf's dissatisfied voice came from above her head.

"Let's say it first, I don't want to die, I have to go by yourselves!"

Caroline raised her eyebrows and turned her gaze to Norma.Norma still had that quiet and silent expression. She lowered her head and thought for a while, then nodded: "Okay."

Caroline looked coldly at the dwarf jumping on it, and said something like "You are really going to die", she narrowed her eyes, smiled suddenly, stretched out her hand to hook Norma's arm, and leaned against it affectionately. On her: "My mentor, let's go."

"En." Norma responded, and the two walked a few steps. She seemed to have just recovered at this time, and said softly, "Don't worry, I will protect you."

"...Why worry about that?" Caroline paused for a moment before replying with a smile, "You made a promise just now. I believe in your promise."

The figures of the two walked forward slowly, as if they were taking a walk, and gradually disappeared into the distance.

As they walked, the city was already in sight, and the indifferent expressions of the two finally became serious.Different from what you see on the screen, a lot of damage can only be felt by seeing it with your own eyes.The two approached from the west gate, which was not the home ground of the battle, but the slightly scorched city wall, the large stumps at the gate, and the soil were soaked in a large amount of blood, and even turned dark black.There was still an unpleasant smell that lingered in the air for a long time, mixed with the smell of scorched earth and blood.

Caroline folded her arms and frowned.She was patted on the shoulder by Norma, Caroline felt the scorching temperature of the other's palm, and heard a cold voice in her ear: "Don't be afraid."

"I..." Caroline wanted to explain that she was not actually afraid, but she just silently swallowed these words back into her stomach.She saw her mentor narrow her eyes slightly, and Caroline couldn't tell for a moment what kind of emotion was in those eyes. They just stood silently on the scorched earth here.

After a while, Norma cast a detection invisibility and a reverse anti-detection magic on Caroline, and wrapped the wind spell around the tip of Caroline's nose to draw away the unpleasant smell.The two walked into the city together.

Quiet city.

"Is there... no one?" Caroline looked around. She raised her hand, wanting to subconsciously release the living detection magic, but considering that the fluctuation of magic is very likely to attract other people lurking in the dark He didn't pay attention, so he silently put down his hand.

"Where are we going now?" Norma's voice came.

Caroline turned her head, and she found that Norma's eyes were still squinted. The other party seemed to be particularly adapted to this environment, and she didn't have the uncomfortable, disgusting and other emotions that many newcomers had when they first entered the battlefield.But the only thing that is the same is probably the same confusion.Caroline thought for a while and replied, "Go to the east gate, there are more clues."

Norma hummed, and didn't have any opinion on Caroline's statement.The two of them walked forward in silence, the shoes under their feet made a small sound from time to time, mixed with the garbage on the ground, sewage, or some stumps that had begun to rot.

In such an empty city, this is definitely not a good feeling.Both body and mind.

"This is a one-sided massacre..." Norma looked around and whispered.

Caroline folded her arms, perhaps because of the low temperature caused by the gradually darkening sky, or maybe because of the surrounding environment, Caroline felt a little cold.She looked indifferently and looked ahead: "This is the world. After all, not every place is a platinum tower..."

The Tower of Platinum forbids the struggle among those who wield the law, and imposes strict surveillance on those with power.But even so, it still can't stop people's intrigue.

"Even in the Platinum Tower, there are conservatives like you and pragmatists like me?" Caroline said, unable to bear a bit of sarcasm.

Unfortunately, Norma never understood sarcasm.Looking at Caroline beside her, she frowned slightly: "Are you cold?"

"A little bit..." Caroline replied indifferently.

Soon, another person's body temperature warmed her.Caroline knew that unlike Norma's cold and indifferent appearance, this woman's body temperature was always higher than that of ordinary people.Just like now, she felt herself warming up all of a sudden, and her blood flowed again, bringing a joyful feeling.But Caroline soon realized something was wrong.

"It seems too cold."

"We've reached the encirclement." Norma replied, taking Caroline and letting her hide behind her. "Look, the temperature is getting lower and lower."

Caroline noticed that her breath was covered with white mist. It was around May, and the temperature would never be so low.Her palm was still held by Norma, which was almost the only warmth she felt outside.Caroline sighed, and clenched her hand a little tighter: "I didn't feel the alarm of detecting magic."

"It's the puppet and the magic circle..." Norma replied, "The people behind the scenes don't seem to plan to show up."

"Being able to accurately judge when to activate the magic circle means that the manipulator is watching us somewhere, and maybe he is nearby."

The two practitioners were discussing in an unusually calm manner. Everything around them was troublesome, but it was by no means hopeless.

Norma looked at Caroline with approval in her eyes, and she issued another invitation: "If you are willing to concentrate on the study of spells..."

"My dear mentor." Caroline interrupted Norma helplessly, "Now is not the time to say these words."

Norma closed her mouth in regret. She took a step back and looked at Caroline with tolerance and assessment: "The known conditions, Anos City covers an area of ​​2.25 square kilometers, and the north and south sides are 1.5 kilometers long. Our current location is about 5 kilometers east of the west gate. It is known that the magic circle has the effects of detection, cold, and slowing down. And the magic circle has no signs of close-range operation by living people. Excuse me, what is the magic circle What is the magic circle, the total area, and the commonly used magic materials?"

Caroline: "..."

Teacher, you are so hardcore, does the person hiding in the dark know?

Caroline rubbed her forehead helplessly: "Teacher, is this really appropriate?" She looked at Norma who was unmoved, and hurriedly stuck it up again, half coquettishly, half warmly said, " I am so cold now. Hypothermia will ease the blood flow, which will cause hallucinations in the brain, inability to think, and even cause serious sequelae. My mentor, you would like to see your promising students, because of answering questions in the magic circle, causing serious problems. Is there an irreversible consequence?"

"You are not my student..." Norma said in a low voice, and then she let out a long sigh. Caroline could hear the regret and sigh in it, "Crisis can make people more rational."

After saying this, Norma waved her hand lightly, and the flames in the air immediately burned fiercely, dispelling the surrounding cold immediately.Caroline was watching Norma, Norma in the flames. She heard the voice of the fire element, whether it was surrender or joy.

"I don't like the cold, and I don't like this environment, so go."

Following Norma's voice, the fire elements cheered up and rushed around.The earth began to flicker, and the hidden magic pattern appeared under the impact of the fire element and shone with subtle light.Just as they guessed before, this place has been engraved with a magic circle, turning it into a huge trap.

And in the depths of the flames, a cold light sounded, and the puppets stood up one by one, making roaring sounds.

"Intruder confirmed!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"