Chapter 406 Wedding Banquet (6)

Chapter 406 Wedding Banquet (6)

In the building behind Han Zu and Xin, the "Siren" had been following them. Because it was following too close and always staring out the window, it was inevitable that she was suspected by some people around her. Just when she was trying to find a way to get away, the explosion occurred. The last carriage that was not thrown out of the building in time exploded and happened to destroy the wall near her.

Taking advantage of the chaos, "Siren" immediately left her current location, took a set of freshly washed clothes from a maid who was not injured but was knocked unconscious by the explosion, ran to a nearby empty room and disguised herself as a high-level housekeeper, then quickly returned to the scene. Through observation, she saw that Han Zu and Xin were ready to leave, so "Siren" immediately changed her route and followed them. Unfortunately, since the direction in front of the two was the main road in the castle, there were no particularly close buildings nearby, and "Siren" could not maintain the best observation distance without being discovered, so she immediately prepared to contact "Rat King".

But the residual energy from the previous explosion interfered with the magic stone that the "Rat King" had given to other people, so she was temporarily unable to contact the "Rat King" who was most suitable for tracking. But she had to think of a way immediately. After all, the two of them were getting farther and farther away. The situation was urgent. The "Siren" took out the knife hidden on her body and cut a small cut on her hand. She dipped her finger in some blood, drew a strange symbol on her arm, and then began to call the "scholar's" name in a low voice.

"Taren, Taren..."

"Whoo~~~"

Almost instantly, the "Siren" heard the sound of wind coming from the gap in the building that was damaged by the explosion. She looked through the gap to the top of the opposite building and immediately saw the figure of "Scholar" Tarun in the shadows. He made a few gestures, indicating that she should follow the Inquisitor and the Archmage in front of her. After the other party confirmed that they had left, the "Siren" also left this place immediately, preparing to go to the next area in advance to meet up with "Scholar" Tarun.

More than ten minutes later, with the new disguise, the "Siren" successfully arrived at another tower and met with the "scholar" Taron in the interconnected hall corridor. Taron was leaning against the wall with some steaming snacks in his hand. He nodded at the "Siren", but his eyes still did not leave a certain place outside the window.

"How was it? Were you discovered?"

"I'm not sure, but judging from their state, even if they found out, they probably wouldn't think I'm that important. What was the explosion before?"

"I'm not sure, but the two of them discovered it in time and saved many people nearby. I was there at the time and happened to be standing to the side of the explosion, so I wasn't affected. What did you find?"

"I went to see Shadow Demon. He said that the narcissistic guy got what we needed and found the suspected location of our target. He is now confirming it with Rat King. Rat King also sent a message saying that Earth Dragon's evacuation tunnel has been almost dug, but the last third has walls made of forbidden magic stone and a gate made of a special metal that only demon territories have. It will take a lot of noise to destroy them. He asked us to find a way to help him attract attention, or we have to wait until the wedding dinner to continue digging. At that time, there will be a fireworks show, which will be loud enough to cover the sound of his digging."

"How about the two of them? The Inquisitor and the Archmage, I mean."

"They are looking for something, maybe someone, probably the guy who caused the explosion, but their behavior is a little strange."

"How to say?"

"I found an opportunity to get close to them before and eavesdropped on their conversation. From their conversation, I think they should have clues about the person who made the bomb, but they seem to be deliberately diverting the attention of the patrolling sentinels and the people assisting in the search to other places, as if they don't want others to find that guy at all."

"What secret mission does the Inquisition have?"

"It's possible, but... I think it's a different situation."

"What do you think?"

"The great wizard said something. She seemed to want to find the items that caused the explosion and then make something. But I didn't hear what it was, and they didn't say it either. I always feel that something is wrong. The inquisitor doesn't seem normal either. Didn't you notice something?"

"What's going on... Wait, why don't we feel anything? We're not that far away from him?!"

"Even I didn't feel anything. If you hadn't felt the power of judgment searching your soul when you approached it before, I would have found it hard to believe that he was an inquisitor. A guy who can actively hide the power of judgment is a rare thing. Even the chief judge of the court of inquiry doesn't have such ability. You know, I have seen that old guy."

"Isn't he the Inquisitor? He certainly hasn't used any abilities related to the power of judgment, even during the explosion. But when I passed by him before, I did sense the pure power of judgment, right?"

"Pure? How do you judge?"

"Didn't the Kingdom History say that when the pure power of judgment acts on the soul, it will allow the elf's soul to briefly peek into another world dominated by the power of judgment? At that time, I saw a place that looked like a primitive world, although I only saw it for a moment."

As she spoke, the "Siren" pointed to her ears, which were typical elf-like long pointed ears. The race of the "Siren" could prove that what she said was true, but this information made the "Scholar" Tarun look extremely surprised.

"Regarding the Inquisition, I think there is a secret I should tell you. This should explain our current confusing situation."

"What secret?"

"People with the power of judgment have long existed, but the Inquisition was established 170 years ago. At that time, the founders of the Inquisition were the leaders of the two existing families and another family that had been destroyed and occupied by demons. I have met them, as well as the current Chief Judge. He was still very young at that time. He didn't know that I was an immortal, so we had a good relationship. He accidentally revealed this secret to me, that is, all Inquisitors cannot possess the pure power of judgment. Only beings from that world can have this level of pure power."

"You mean that legend is true?"

"Yes, so I think you are right. The person we are observing is probably not the real Inquisitor. He is just using the identity of the Inquisitor. He is very likely..."

"A creature from another world?!"

"Yes."

The quick-witted "Siren" quickly thought of some scenarios, but perhaps because she was guilty, most of the scenarios she thought of were terrifying scenes of alien invasions. She shook her head, drove these thoughts out of her mind, snatched the plate of snacks from the "scholar" Tarun, and ate big mouthfuls of food to relieve her strange emotions.

"You should leave me two pieces..."

"I've already...finished it, gulp. It's delicious. Where did you find it?"

"It's in the pastry shop down the hallway. If you want to eat, you can go get it yourself, but I really don't think now is a good time to eat too much."

"I.. ugh!"

Something quickly climbed up the trouser leg of the "Siren" and onto her shoulder, which scared her, but she was relieved when she saw that it was a little mouse with green eyes.

"Do you really have to play it this way?!"

"This little mouse is so cute, so furry and chubby, and its little tail is not short."

"That's the problem, okay!"

"Don't you elves have rats too? Have you not adapted to them yet?"

"The mice of the elven tribe will not climb onto humans..."

"Ha! That's because they're about the size of a cat and have very short fur. They're not cute at all."

"Let's get to the point 'Rat King', or do you have nothing else to do?"

"Alright, alright, you guys suck blood... are all immortals so humorless?"

"Tell me something."

"The Candle Merchant and I confirmed the location of the target item on the spot. I also used my little guys to find the entrance to the secret passage and saw what we were looking for with my own eyes."

"Did you get the stuff? If you did, we can go help Earth Dragon now and find a way to leave here."

"Hiss...About this, there's a small problem."

When talking about this, the "Rat King" took a breath and sounded a little conflicted, which was not the emotion he would show when some minor problems arose.

"So what's the big trouble?"

"The target item we saw may have something to do with the Inquisition. The Candle Merchant sensed the pure power of judgment on it, and it seemed to be sealed on an altar. There was a broken statue on the altar, but from the remaining parts, I have never seen the statue anywhere else. We can't confirm whether taking away the items on it will trigger some magic circle or something like that, so we didn't do it. We plan to discuss it with you before making a decision. After all, you... oh, you are knowledgeable."

"I didn't expect you to be a hundred years older than me. Who would have thought? But I am even more fascinated by your beauty, Tarun."

Another voice came from the Siren's shoulder. This voice belonged to the man who had been hiding in the armor before. He was the Candle Merchant, also an elf.

"You, a chatterbox, finally revealed my identity."

"Um... where were we? Oh, the seal."

The "Rat King" was a little embarrassed and wanted to cover up the fact that he had let the cat out of the bag, but of course that was not so easy. Fortunately, the focus of the matter was not on this right now, so Tarun would not pursue the matter for the time being.

"Where are you? I'm going with Siren now. Where's Shadow Fiend?"

"He is with the Earth Dragon, digging an evacuation tunnel together. His black magic can block certain sounds. He was the one who proposed to ask you to make the decision. Oh... Oops..."

"So the 'Shadow Demon' also knows my identity?!"

"Well, sort of. There's also the Earth Dragon, but that's not important. When are you coming? We're on the third floor of the fifth tower from the left in the Griffin area. Between the two corridors and the spiral staircase, there's a candlestick with a worn bottom. Turning the worn part of the candlestick will open the entrance to the secret passage. This isn't the main area for the banquet, so there aren't many people there. But there are still maids passing by occasionally, so we still need to be careful."

"Let's go over there now, and then you, think about what to write in the suicide note and where you plan to bury it, big mouth."

"Hey, how can you bear to be so cruel to my little..."

The conversation between the two sides ended with the "scholar" Tarun piercing the rat on the "Siren's" shoulder with his finger and sucking its blood. The "Siren" shrank its neck and fiddled with the flesh on its chin. Its innocent big eyes swung from side to side, looking funny and cute.

"puff."

The effect was indeed good, and it successfully made the "scholar" Tarun, who had been gritting his teeth, laugh.

"You know it doesn't matter where you suck blood, right? Pulling your neck in doesn't do anything, but it's pretty funny."

"You know me, Tarun. I've always been on your side, so... don't suck my blood. I'm not tasty. Really, don't be fooled by my slim figure, but that's because of my elven blood. I eat a lot of different things, and I don't like to exercise, so I'm sure I don't taste good."

“Hahaha… Don’t worry, I won’t really suck the Rat King dry. His blood must stink, but if we beat him up, he won’t be able to run away. Let’s go and meet up with them. Don’t worry, I don’t like sucking the blood of elves. I don’t know why, but you elves always taste like some weird grass, as if you were drinking weed juice. You know, I don’t like eating vegetarian food.”

"Oh...wait, how do you know what an elf smells like?!"

Talen's eyes suddenly turned red, and her slender and lustful tongue stretched out from her mouth full of sharp teeth and licked her lips. The "Siren" froze in place and subconsciously wanted to escape. But that was impossible. Although she was not really like she said, she never exercised, but no matter how much she exercised, she couldn't outrun a vampire who lived longer and became stronger.

As soon as the "Siren" took a step, she found that she was easily picked up by Taron. Seeing Taron's face getting closer and closer to her neck, the "Siren" was almost scared to tears. She shrank her neck desperately, but as before, it was funny and cute, and of no practical use.

"hiss."

However, Tarun did not hurt the "Siren", but just licked her neck. Strangely, although it felt cold and soft to the touch, it was not wet at all.

"Uh... am I being fooled?"

"Now I understand why those men are always easily deceived by elves like you. Even I am a little tempted. Okay, let's stop playing."

Tarun gently put the "Siren" down, touched her chin with his finger, and prepared to go to the target location to meet up with others. The "Siren" also breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to follow, but because she lowered her head while walking, she bumped into Tarun's arms again. In the past, Tarun would often make some jokes, but this time she said nothing.

"Where are the Inquisitor and the Archmage? They were just in my sight."

"Maybe they entered the building? Didn't you say they were looking for someone? Maybe they found something?"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter now. Let's go. The sooner we solve it, the sooner we can leave."

Tarun and Siren quickly left the corridor and headed for the meeting point, but they had no idea that two people were walking up the stairs next to where they were standing.

"Follow them and see? But I don't think they have anything to do with the explosion, at least from the conversation we heard."

"To be honest, after hearing their conversation, I became more interested in that secret place and the altar inside."

"Why don't you look for the materials needed for the signal transmitter first? I thought you and your teammates wanted to leave here immediately."

"We are in a safe position now. It doesn't matter if the rescue arrives earlier or later. Besides, without the threat of the Star Destroyer, it will be the same for you, right? You don't always have the opportunity to learn about the activities of the Hunters."

"alright."

The two kept a safe distance and followed Tarun and the Siren quietly. Perhaps because of nervousness, the two people in front did not realize that they had been followed.