Throne Steps

The crescent moon is bright and clear, and the halo is scattered among the thin clouds, and from time to time, bright light shines through the gaps between clouds.

The surface of the vast Samir forest is covered with a thin layer of silver, and occasionally there are one or two night crows, which is more quiet and peaceful; The sky is dark and gloomy, and danger is everywhere.The animals that are active during the day curl up and sleep in the shelter, and the darling of the night shuttles and lies quietly in the thick ink.There were groups of black shadows, dead and alive, which made people feel that danger was everywhere.

Swah——

Swish-

When the creatures in the dark heard this unusual movement, they were all startled and raised their ears to distinguish carefully.There were two sounds, but soon, the quieter part in the front disappeared, and the one behind also stopped quickly, leaving some rustling sounds that seemed to be at the end.

A group of well-dressed men stopped in the shadows, and one of them stood in front of the formation.He stepped on the thick dead leaves, cast his eyes into the void, and was actually carefully distinguishing the sounds mixed in the night wind - but he didn't hear anything.Finally, a magician wrapped in a robe walked up among the people who followed, said something close to the man, and then quickly raised his staff.

In a shade not far from them, a man hunched over himself frowned, turned his head and said in a very low voice: "Your Highness..."

The other party patted him with a very small movement, signaling to be quiet.

The magician on the other end had finished reciting the spell, and he threw his staff to the ground, and the dead leaves made a slight clicking sound, and the detection magic started.The magic wave swept across like ripples, and there was a quick reaction.

The people hiding in the dark immediately explode!

Even though the following men were prepared, they were still startled by the sudden explosion of magic and retreated one after another.The man standing next to the magician was obviously the leader here, and immediately drew out his saber and stepped forward to press the formation.Unexpectedly, the young man who burst out with magic also sacrificed a long sword, and the attack momentum was sharp under the magic, and he rushed straight to the leader!

The speed of the two men's actions was extremely fast, and the hand-to-hand combat prevented the others from approaching. They only wrapped around another soldier beside the young man and surrounded them.This leader is quite knowledgeable and skillful, walked nearly a hundred rounds under the young man's hand, vaguely aware that the young man was not very young to walk the blade, but he didn't dare to take it too seriously.The young man came aggressively, but after fighting for a while, he didn't show signs of languishing, which showed that he was very talented.Thinking of this, the leader gradually revealed a gap for others to fill in, and asked people to take turns attacking this stubble.

Although this group of people can't all have the skills of a leader, they are also extremely fierce, and they really live up to the frightening reputation of their organization.In this way, even though the young man was usually able to defeat a hundred enemies, the long-distance raid and arduous resistance were still effective. He was finally surrounded by this group of pursuers, and had to stand back to back in the center with the only remaining guards around him.

A corner of the gloomy forest fell silent for a short while.The youth knows he has made a great strategic mistake, but now is not the time for him to repent.Although his face is calm, in fact his mind is spinning fast, trying to piece together even the slightest possibility of escape.

His fingers inadvertently touched somewhere near his pocket, and he was momentarily taken aback by some kind of hard touch.On the other side, the tip of the magic staff that lit the lamp stone was poked in front of him, taking a full view of his appearance.

This is a young man with brown hair and brown eyes, who seems to be no more than 20 years old.His appearance is very ordinary, only slightly handsome, and there are no features that are easy to remember.He had a cold face and didn't seem flustered. If it wasn't for the heaving of his chest, it would be hard to imagine that he was the one who resisted fiercely just now.

The man looked unremarkable, but a seasoned leader would have wondered if that was who he really was.However, the antidote to the "transfiguration potion" is a precious item that is strictly prohibited from circulation. If you want to be sure, you can only take these two people back first.

The guard behind the young man opened his hands slightly, although he wanted to protect the young man, but now he was powerless.The young man patted him, telling him to be calm, then moved his feet, and put his hand into his pocket grandly.

"I advise you not to move around." The leader's voice was very hoarse, "You should come with us obediently."

The young man didn't answer, he took out the things in his pocket - it was a small transparent square crystal, which he stuffed in before he unconsciously played with it - and threw it hard on the ground!

He deliberately moved it to the bare hard ground before, in order to break this thing when it fell.The small square crystal hit the stone, and the fragments immediately scattered!

- Swish!

A circle of light bounced under the feet of the two young people, and the overflowing fluorescent light rushed into the air, interweaving a bust of a woman and dissipating in an instant.At the same time, a strong whirlwind burst out from the aperture, and the fallen leaves danced wildly and the leaves rustled, making people almost fall over; the clear and complex magic array was now under the two people's feet, and the light was so bright in an instant that it almost blinded the people present !

These seemed to happen in an instant, and after this instant, the young man and his guards had disappeared.

The lamp stone was still shining brightly, but the people who were supposed to be surrounded in the middle and unable to fly disappeared, and the people present were too shocked to speak.This is obviously a teleportation array, but the last time I saw the word "transportation array" was in legends and epics!They were "fortunate" to witness this miraculous moment, and each of them was stunned for a long time, not knowing what they were thinking.

After a long while, someone hesitated and asked, "Is that just now...the Goddess of Time and Space?"

The campus cultural activities are getting closer and closer, but the president of the melting pot has added some troubles recently.

The script of the stage play has already been released, following the previous theme of "revenge", the dark style is still the same.The script is called "The Tower and the Swan". It tells the story of Rapunzel who was taken away by a necromancer and lived in the depths of the forest. She was lonely and met a princess who came to play in the forest by chance, and the two became good friends.The good times don't last long. After the necromancer noticed it, he locked Rapunzel in the tower, and the princess would turn into a white swan during the day. Only true love can lift the curse.The two girls grew up gradually, and the prince of the neighboring country followed the necromancer when he went hunting in the forest, and climbed up the tower to meet Rapunzel.They soon fell in love and made a vow to be together forever.However, on the eve of the prince's concubine selection, he met the swan princess who had fallen into a daughter by a lake.The princess's beauty and tragic life experience attracted the prince, and he decided to help her by marrying her on the eve of her flight to the south for the winter.The necromancer told Rapunzel about this, and Rapunzel was full of grief and indignation, and under the guidance of the necromancer, he turned into a black swan to take revenge.When the black swan, which looks exactly like the white swan, appeared at the ball, the prince was charmed by her, and without thinking about it, he announced his engagement as the swan princess.When the blocked white swan finally appeared, it was too late.The black swan looked at the remorse and sadness of the two, laughed and left.Even though the swan princess is unwilling in every possible way, she can only turn into a white swan at dawn and fly south with her wings.

Although it was Li Chen who edited and copied it, no one in Pesa had seen it.Since he handed in the script on time, the rehearsal of the furnace and related work began in an orderly manner.Everything was going well, but there was less than a week before the official performance, but something went wrong—the girl who played the role of the Swan Princess broke her leg!

This incident happened too suddenly, the protagonist said it would be gone if he didn't, and he couldn't discount it at all.The president could force his composure at first, but he couldn't sit still when he couldn't find a replacement after turning around in the furnace.

This is not only a little annoying, but quite annoying!

They are just a stage play for campus cultural activities, how could there be any A corner and B corner?The manpower of the furnace was originally used for part-time jobs, repeatedly, and over and over again. Now that we have such a short time, how can we find someone who can memorize the complete script?

Just when the president was getting angry, the girl who originally played "The Swan Princess" came up with an idea.

"Try with Ruisen? He must be very familiar with the script!"

The president thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he was right.This little alchemist is familiar with the script, and his body is not big or thick - even if he is three or five thick, he can be regarded as a hot spot - it is said that he has a talent for acting, who else is more suitable besides him?

Just do it, the president led the team to the laboratory of the furnace.Li Chen had never imagined that there would be so many people in this laboratory, and he was taken aback at first, but after hearing the other party's intention, he immediately understood.

There is only one person who dares to really have something to do, and the others are "threat use" and "background use".

After haggling for half an afternoon, Li Chen reached an agreement with the chairman.On the one hand, the role of "White Swan" was replaced by the original "Black Swan", and Li Chen played "Black Swan"; on the other hand, the originally agreed [-]% was raised to [-]%.As an additional condition, the real identity of the "Black Swan" actors will not be announced to the public.

In fact, the replacement role was changed from "White Swan" to "Black Swan", and Li Chen was able to steal the spotlight from the original heroine.But the new "White Swan" who has switched responsibilities is not dissatisfied. Instead, he said that he can't always grasp the part of the dark charm, and it is a lot more relaxing to hand it over to others.Seeing her faint gloating, Li Chen really held his breath, if "Rapunzel" and "White Swan" hadn't been arranged to become friends, according to the performance tradition, the black and white swan would have to be the same person!Where is there so much trouble!

When things were settled, there were still four days before the official performance.The change of roles requires some costumes and props to be replaced, and the supporting actors have to adapt again.Although Li Chen is familiar with the script, he can't recite all the lines backwards. Everyone needs to cooperate with him at any time.The whole furnace was secretly busy, and Li Chen almost had to stay in that house for board and lodging.

Noah managed to catch Li Chen once, but he just dragged him to have dinner with him after class.

"The two of you are really busy." Noah joked, "Sharo's retreat hasn't come out yet, and Wiggins and Mills have begun to avoid visitors."

Li Chen knew about Xia Luo.In the second week of school, the magician was crushed by Cervantes in the semi-finals without any suspense, and finally sat in the fourth place in the competitive qualifying competition.In the subsequent trip to Samir, since none of the top [-] in the grade routinely fell, he was naturally also included in the practice team.I don't know what kind of stimulation they encountered in Samuel. There are several students who have retreated since they came back, and there is a faint tendency to advance. One of them is Xia Luo.

However, according to Li Chen's observation, Xia Luo's foundation is not solid enough.Even if there is an opportunity now, I am afraid that this level is not so easy to advance.

"Wiggins and Mills? Why are they closed?" Li Chen was concerned about this.He is too busy recently, some news cannot be updated in time.

"Mills said that he will do special training to consolidate the foundation, and he has been in the laboratory for a long time. As for Wiggins..." Noah smiled, "He said he wanted to work out the method of 'spying' in one go."

Li Chen also laughed.The last time Wiggins succeeded in "snooping" was when "Pesa was attacked in Samir".Talking about working hard now is nothing more than building a car behind closed doors to join in the fun.

This young master is always the first to follow suit, but he never knows the purpose of his actions.

"What about you?" Li Chen looked at Noah, "Aren't you going to retreat?"

"I'm still far away." Noah waved his hand, "Relax and let nature take its course, why rush for quick success."

Li Chen smiled.Noah is right, not everyone can take advantage of the wind.Only by keeping your own pace can you move forward steadily.

After Noah and Li Chen finished their meal, they helped clear the plates, and suddenly asked: "I said, the performance will be the day after tomorrow. Is the furnace going to have a rehearsal tomorrow?"

Li Chen glanced at him: "No visit."

"No way." Noah blinked, "You're the screenwriter, so you can't watch it?"

Li Chen replied: "No outsiders are allowed to visit."

"'Outsiders', oh, okay." Noah spread his hands, "You guys are really strict this time. I thought that if I couldn't get tickets for the official performance, I would watch the rehearsal at least. But everyone entered If you don’t go, you still need to get tickets for the official performance..."

Because the previous year's "Grey and White" was too sensational, last year's "Sleeping and Waking" rehearsal in the auditorium was full.The melting furnace changed corners temporarily this year, and no news has leaked out, which shows that more efforts must be made to keep secrets.

Li Chen knew that Noah had his own ways, so he patted him on the shoulder amusedly: "Come on."

Although it is "No outsiders are allowed to visit", there are still people who should not be here in the rehearsal auditorium.

"Shawn, can you shut up?"

Yes, the graduated witch Xiao En suddenly came to the scene, and no one dared to chase her away, even the current president of the furnace could only turn a blind eye.But Sean didn't just sit down and watch the show. She expressed her views on various plots and performances from time to time, and at the same time, she didn't deliberately lower her voice.The actors are often still immersed in their emotions, and they are distracted by her words.

Li Chen is the only one who can and dares to warn this witch.

Sean didn't buy his account so easily: "Why, can't the audience comment? It's finally your turn to play in person, so I can't talk about it?"

She was taken aback by Li Chen's "Evil and Dark" performance two years ago.Now that this little brat is going to perform "Blackening" in person, how can she not look forward to it!

Li Chen was wearing a long black dress, standing on the stage and squinting at her: "Shut up, or get out."

When he deliberately expresses a certain emotion, no matter how insensitive he is, he will clearly receive the message.Now that he has just rehearsed to the moment when "Rapunzel" transforms into "Black Swan", the solemn signal he expressed still makes Sean's arrogance greatly weakened.

Without the trouble of the witch, the rehearsal continued.Li Chen thought she was here to find something to do with him, but he was so busy at the moment that he didn't have time to take care of her.When I came back to look for her after work, I found that the witch had long since slipped away.

Although he was a little puzzled, Li Chen really didn't have time to continue digging three feet to find her.Night has fallen, and "The Tower and the Swan" has entered the countdown to the performance.Even if nothing happened to Li Chen, he still chose to stay for a while to see the scene being arranged like the other actors.

Sean had no dormitories to live in on the Pesa campus, but she did not return directly to the hotel where she was staying after leaving the auditorium.She finished her dinner on campus, then visited the various activity spots that were being prepared overnight, and finally wrapped up her big cloak as the night deepened, and quietly went to the dormitory area under the cover of night.

She entered a small building with two bedrooms.The owner of this small building has not appeared for a while, and the sporadic lights that are lit every night make outsiders realize that there are only servants who guard the house.The small reception room that Sean entered was a room with no headlights on, and a young man was standing at the window.

Sean saluted honestly: "Your Highness."

The young man turned around, with brown hair and brown eyes, slightly ordinary.Sean was not familiar with this face, but the locked gaze still made her more stressed.

"The status quo is slightly different from the plan..." She had just made a report, and she clearly sensed the other party's faint dissatisfaction, and hurriedly continued, "But I believe you will like this result better."