Surviving the Fourth Calamity

Chapter 2334 Where did the seal come from?
Hill, who was squatting on the top of his magic tower and keeping an eye on this group of undead, finally thought of something...those small magic towers that Drefos once controlled.

In fact, it’s no wonder that he forgot all that… Drifos was completely dead.

How could he care about what would happen to some of Drifos' students who might not even have the eighth ring?

But Hill overlooked the fact that, logically speaking, if Drefus was gone, someone would naturally take over those resources.

The Tower of Koshia was only slightly defeated, but not completely defeated.

How could someone without any ability dare to touch the things under their control?

However, it is impossible for anyone from the Xia Tower to come out and take over those resource mines at this time.

Although they are greedy, they still have brains.

Not to mention that those people from Toril were still there some time ago, even now, the devils would not come out on their own to give experience to the undead.

Then, those guys in the defense tower didn't even dare to come out of the refugee camp... In theory, they don't need to hide anymore, but they have not stopped until now.

Even Ruth could rush in with his men so arrogantly.

This is also related to the fact that those capable guys in the refugee camp dare not show up... Although they have proved that Jos's eyes are dull by previous events, if they can hide it, everyone still doesn't want to provoke the Messenger of Dawn too much.

Of course, these people must be regretting it now, especially after Demogorgon appeared.

Everyone understood that if they had not played tricks on Joss in the first place, the defense tower would definitely not be in ruins now.

But now, they can only choose to remain silent and try to make their presence less noticeable.

Apart from these two parties, the Black Mystery Tower is the only one that is most naturally entitled to take over the small magic towers of Dreyfus.

Especially, the Heinarson family in the Black Mystery Tower.

Not to mention that the most valuable gem mine in Drefos's hands originally belonged to Henarson. Even the other former Mage Tower families that were wiped out by him had some connection with Henarson.

Just like the family that Gilbert's mother came from, if they followed the orthodox law of aristocratic inheritance, Gilbert and Ulrich would be the most qualified people to obtain that territory.

It's useless even if the defense tower wants to fight.

If you want to deprive the legal heir of his rights, you must have the power to make him dare not fight for it.

There is no such thing in the world today.

However, because of recent events, the Heinarson family has isolated themselves in the Black Mystery Tower and has no intention of coming out to regain their lost territory.

This also resulted in the remaining forces in Dreifos remaining where they were and no one moved.

Of course, with the undead running all over the mountains, those who are in the open would definitely not dare to stay.

However, there might be something in those hidden mining areas.

Although the undead have always been good at finding loopholes, this is a place where the Heinarson family had hidden even the defense tower for thousands of years. It would not be easy for the undead to find it without a map.

It will definitely be exposed after a long time, but, at least at this stage, the undead's attention is not on running around and playing on the area map.

The world is indeed a circle.

After figuring this out, Hill couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

He actually ignored all the things related to Drifos because that guy died so easily.

If he had some conspiracy behind this, how could he just go offline like this!

However, Hill overlooked the fact that Derry was the loser and victim of this internal struggle... and the one being controlled.

The one who makes 'them' become his is the ultimate winner.

Although Drefus had no intention of placing his trust in anyone with the same background as himself, he chose followers and students in the Tower of Sea.

But, how could such an outstanding conspirator allow his chess pieces to completely slip out of his hands!

Therefore, the two students that Hill had heard mentioned several times, who were capable but were controlled by Drifos's cronies and were just students in name only, should have problems!

Although Hill had little management experience, he understood one thing... no matter who the deputy came from or how much trust the boss had in him, the main job was still the main job.

As long as he is not caught with serious evidence, he will be invincible.

After all, generally speaking, the full-time employee must be the one among the most capable people and the one who is most valued and trusted by the boss.

No boss would put someone he doesn't trust in such an important position.

On the contrary, the deputy position is the position most likely to have problems.

They can be arrogant and domineering, and can bully others by taking advantage of their power, but they must never be caught doing anything substantial that would endanger the boss's power... even the slightest bit, or even a suspicion of it, is not acceptable.

As a full-time employee, there is no need to tell tales. He can naturally catch the person who made the mistake and take the evidence to see the boss.

Frankly speaking, the fact that the deputy is so trusted yet still cannot be promoted only proves that he simply does not have the ability.

And in the world of mages, strength is power.

For so many years, away from Dreifos's eyes, relying only on various means of communication and meetings from time to time, Dreifos never felt that there was anything wrong with his several subsidiary towers. This proved that the real problem lay with his two students.

Although Dreyfus was not a good guy and his death was not a pity, Hill, who understood all this, couldn't help but feel that this guy was really pitiful.

If what the 'Old Fighting King' said was correct, it meant that the manipulator who led Dreyfus to this fate had been hiding in the big house that she burned to ashes.

By the way, the younger brother who was killed by Dreyfus did have a good relationship with the suspected participant.

This is really... speechless.
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"Felice!" Sitting sideways on the wolverine, the 'Old Fighting King' waved to the little wizard standing in the corner, looking towards the camp, with a leisurely look on his face. "Would you like to go over there with us and take a look?"

"Huh?" Felice was a little surprised. "Where?"

"You are also considered to be Hainerson!" The 'Old Sanda King' said with a smile, "We are going to the most secret corner of your family's land.

Do you want to go and have a look?"

Hearing this, Felice couldn't help but touch his right hand...the purple cat's eye ring on it was shining brightly.

Although what happened at the Tower of Xia is already in the past, the storage rings brought by the returning mages made those who stayed behind very envious.

This is not a good thing, especially since there are several Eighth Ring Mages among those who stayed behind... They may not be dissatisfied with the rings and resources, but the unbalanced feeling of 'others have what I don't' may very likely become a thorn in their hearts when they encounter some setbacks in the future.

After the three masters of the Black Mystery Tower returned, they immediately distributed similar resources to those who stayed behind according to their levels.

The Heinarson family was naturally also listed as those left behind...this needs no explanation.

Moreover, the three tower masters were very considerate and gave them cat's eye rings... although the purple ones were only given to the two official mages, Ulrich and Felice.

Naturally, Felice also heard some past events.

He couldn't help but sigh: "Are you talking about the cat's eye mine?
That place should have been almost completely excavated.

It's a pity that the alchemist of the Heinarson family lost his cloaking magic circle... huh?"

Felice looked at the orange-red rose seal in the palm of the 'Old Sanda King's' open hand in amazement, and Ulrich's sigh at that time emerged in his mind: Our concealment array is really amazing. Not only does it borrow the magic power of the cat's eye itself, but it also links the energy of the attached ore.

It's not like the Defense Tower had not thought about the cat's eye mine before, but all they could think of were the cat's eye itself. They never imagined that the real key would need to resonate with the outer layer of the cat's eye.

The key made by our alchemist master Heinarson looks like an orange-red rose seal with a purple cat's eye as the center.

The value of that thing itself is not precious. Orange-red stone is the most common stone in cat's eye mines. Its only use is to lock up the dissipated energy.

Although purple cat's eyes are extremely rare, there are always a few found in a mine. Besides, how big can the center of a flower be?

However, who would have thought... Such an ordinary seal, which looks like an everyday necessity for the person in charge of managing the mine, is the deepest secret of the Heinarson family.

Unfortunately, the manager had to take the seal to the defense tower... Hehe~
The Tower of Xiya really knows how to find the right opportunity. It takes advantage of the time when the major families are sending resources to the defense tower.

In order not to implicate anyone in his family, that person blew himself up.

The seal also disappeared from then on.

Otherwise, our family wouldn't have escaped so easily.

Anyway, we can’t get into the mine, and those things outside are not as important as our lives.

Felice still remembers Ulrich’s sigh clearly!

He never thought that he would see this seal among the undead one day!

Ulrich always thought that the reason why Drifos and his team were able to find the most secret place of the cat's eye mine was because they did not mine in a planned manner like Heinarson.

Although the core mine is hidden, as long as the nearby ore is blasted open, something wrong can still be found.

How many invaders would cherish the achievements of others?

It's already very good that we can buy them time to reach the Tower of Despair.

"Where did you get this seal?" Felice couldn't help asking, "In the ruins of the Tower of Despair?"

"No~" the 'Old Fighting King' said mysteriously, "It's in the cesspool of the Tower of Despair!"

"Ah?" Felice doubted his ears.

"Don't listen to her nonsense." An undead riding a tiger approached them, "It's actually the enemy's base in the refugee camp."

(End of this chapter)