Throne Steps

Once every five years, the grace of sunshine comes as promised.

The major cities where the festival is held are packed with people, including Vomalawia, which stands on the edge of the Samir Forest.People who came from nearby were dressed in costumes and crowded around the Buddha City, shoulder to shoulder and bustling.The generous city lord ordered people to pick a large number of white peace flowers for the embroidered white gauze dancers stationed on both sides of the main street to sprinkle.Only two or three days later, small white flowers symbolizing peace covered the roads of the Buddha City.Above, around, and under the feet of those who participate in the grace are the blessings of peace.

At the end of this white road of peace, the Holy See of the Buddha City stands quietly.The golden door was open, but the noisy sound seemed to be isolated from the outside. Only the pious people and the priests in light robes walked back and forth in the white building.As soon as you step here, a warm current will rush into the body and mind, cleansing the soul, as if the sun in winter can shine into the limbs and bones.People walked through the long corridors to the inner hall, and made their wishes before the image of the treasure.The energy of the treasure seems to be able to travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, and gently soothe people's tired hearts.

In the depths of the Holy See, an exquisite and beautiful courtyard lived with honored guests.His blond hair is as bright as the sun, his eyes are as beautiful as silver plates in the night sky, and his smile is as gentle as jewels.The silk-woven robe with silver pattern and gold thread on the white background makes him tall and tall, and the exquisite coat of arms on the neckline and sleeve edge shows his noble status.How many people rushed here just to have a look at him, but apart from the opening ceremony on the first day, he rarely showed his face.

"Missing?"

When he wasn't smiling, his thin lips were cold.Especially in the past few years, no matter externally or internally, he has really joined the battlefield of "fighting".This "fight" is still very secretive now, like the calm before the storm.Someone has already laid many traps on the battlefield, and he wants to use "blood" and "bone" to establish his own strength before this "storm" really comes.

However, now, he has held a "bone" for five years and has been reported missing.

His coercion is the same as his people, no longer as cautious as before, but more willful.The person who knelt in front of him to report was firmly nailed to the ground by this coercion, and couldn't even get down completely.His tone no longer reveals his emotions, but the coercion shows that he is not satisfied with the news.

is very dissatisfied.

His butler was standing beside him, and the kneeling man was dripping with cold sweat, but the butler was not targeted by coercion.The person who has been with him for the longest time is very clear about the significance of this "bone" to him, and Ji Yue interjected and asked: "Did the monitoring person receive the distress signal? Is there any abnormality in the previous communication? What was the last contact? Quickly." Elaborate."

The messenger sorted out his thoughts a little bit, and immediately came up with ten questions.Since the attack on "Dawn" four years ago, Pesa has strictly prohibited students from entering Samir, and the scope of activities of Dawn has also been limited to the periphery.By the end of this dawn, the equipment was already equipped with a battle team and a magic double division. Every two days, when the night just fell, it was necessary to fire flares into the air to confirm the safety of the monitoring teachers in the camp.However, at noon on the fifth day, Li Chen's team suddenly emitted colored tail smoke bombs representing anomalies.When the supporting teachers in the camp arrived at the launch point, and then went deep into Samir according to the traces of their actions, only the body of the teacher leading the team was found successively, and it took only half a day.Other than that, the rescue operation - until the departure debriefing - came to nothing.

"Our people are still searching and rescuing Samir, please allow me to wait for the results of the search before punishing me!"

The butler glanced at the messenger, then turned his head to remind the master who seemed to be distracted: "Your Highness."

Saenz actually heard it clearly, but lost interest in speaking.Twenty students, no one alive or dead, this could simply become the biggest scandal since Pesa was founded.But if even his own people said that there was no news, he would not be able to distinguish for a while, whether his subordinates were too weak, or those students were too dangerous.

"Has been missing for more than ten days?"

"Respond to His Highness's words." The messenger said humanely, "Fifteen days."

Yes, fifteen days.In fact, the people stationed near Samuel sent messages to Saenz every day, but after a long period of silence, Saenz still couldn't help ordering someone to report in person.Even when deciding which city to participate in the Grace of Fuzhao, I decided to come to the closest Buddha city to the "Pesa Camp in Samuel".

Saenz waved his hand and let the messenger leave.

The housekeeper saw that he was still sitting and thinking, and comforted him in a low voice: "He has the means, and he will definitely be able to escape unscathed."

Saenz raised his eyelids and glanced at the other party, but did not answer.The butler was talking about Li Chen, so he naturally knew Li Chen's methods.Not to mention anything else, just the teleportation array hanging around his neck can easily keep Li Chen.But Saenz knew better that the Lichen City Mansion had considered it carefully and would never easily use this lost magic circle in front of everyone; and since he was in a team with no other acquaintances except Xia Luo, he presumably had the intention to protect Xia Luo idea.

What's more—Saenz rubbed his thumb and index finger lightly back and forth twice—this guy fell into someone else's hands on purpose!Originally agreed to him to participate in Shuguang, but felt that although Samuel had been chaotic in recent years, it was not yet the day when there was a big storm.Unexpectedly, as soon as this person left, he actually "encountered a rare hidden mission" as he wished, and he just hit it wherever he wanted!

"Did Yanying get the news?" Saenz asked suddenly.

The butler replied: "It should be done. It's just that there is no movement. Do you need to ask someone to check it carefully?"

"Hmm." Saenz's index finger moved on the armrest, and then stopped, "Let those who follow the lone wolf pay more attention, maybe they can meet the rock eagle's spies."

In the early years when he said that the Lone Wolf had information about dragons, Saenz tried to recruit members of the Lone Wolf from time to time.For several years now, this mission has continued almost seamlessly and unnoticed.Li Chen and Saenz had informed Yanying and Lone Wolf that they had a feud before, but they didn't elaborate.Now it is the team led by Yan Ying's deputy head brother who disappeared in Samuel, which really makes people have to think about it.

Saenz was used to it by Li Chen, but any matter related to this "little staff member" always made people unable to help making complicated inferences.He didn't know that he really thought too much this time, at least at the beginning.

In any case, if Li Chen really put himself in danger to "get close to the lone wolf", he would not know how to send a message...

"Your Highness." Someone outside the door interrupted Saenz's divergent thinking, "Master Estor, please see me."

Oh yes, and this guy.

Saenz came back to his senses.Wiggins Estor, the guy he used to cover up the real civilians, in Li Chen's words, is the "flagpole".What an honor it is to attend Sunshine Grace with Saenlich, Saenz originally did not intend to bring Wiggins to participate - at least not so early - but when he decided to come near Samuel, he still brought This little magician.

On the surface, Wiggins seems to have a very good relationship with Riggsella. Although it is a bit far-fetched to come here in the name of his caring friends, it can also be explained as Saenz's "love" for him.Wiggins' ability to "peep where he wants to peek", although still difficult to control, has recently aroused a wave of attention.Taking advantage of the opportunity to use honor and favor to improve his status in the Saenz camp, the "red flag" will soon be able to "raise".

"Let him come." Saenz wasn't at all afraid that Wiggins would see what Riggsella was really doing.Anyway, his half-baked level is good enough to bluff the ignorant masses.It is the "star-making" plan behind the mastermind of Saenz and Li Chen that is attracting attention now.

Anyway, it's all inflated, and it doesn't matter how eye-catching it is.

The big man no longer rejected Li Chen's magic crystal.In other words, Li Chen was no longer allowed to take back the magic crystal that had been hit.

Since the first time he picked up the smashed magic crystal and put it in his pocket in front of Li Chen, Li Chen changed the item of "harassment every day" to "touch once every other day" - this "entertainment activity" After all, there are still some costs.

If it was Li Chen, it might take more time to accept the approach of others.But in this dark mine, everything seems to be premised on survival, and it seems ridiculous to talk about communication and interpersonal relationships.If it weren't for Li Chen's almost certain belief that he could escape, he would definitely not have nothing to do to provoke this big man.

His other classmates have moved to the front one after another.At the end of the mine, there were only him and the big man, whether it was mining or digging into the mine.Sometimes the lone wolf mercenaries on patrol would come here, but they would just light up their torches to confirm the situation of the two of them, then turn around and leave.

As for Li Chen, he has already started preparing to escape.

He decided that once he wanted to escape, he had to do it immediately, and the teleportation array was the only way.Himself, Xia Luo, and maybe the big man, all the magic power needed to teleport will come from the magic crystal.Li Chen buried the larger magic crystal he had mined between him and the big man, in a place where few people walked around, and in front of the big man's "face" - in fact, he had always turned his back to Li Chen.On the one hand, this is preparation, on the other hand, it is also a kind of temptation, testing the personality of the big man within a limited range.

Thanks to the bribes, Li Chen has already received three meal jobs, which is the only one among the students.Because of his "easy to get lost" and "often stepping in the wrong direction", the mercenaries of Lone Wolf inadvertently leaked the layout of the camp in all directions to him.Although it may also be a trap linked to "Xia Luo didn't drink stagnant", Li Chen judged that they were at most in the wrong direction, and the functional classification was estimated to be correct.As far as the eye can see, the materials and orientation of the camp buildings, the layout and shifts that the camp patrols may use, the conspicuous mountains and vegetation around the camp, are all calculated by Li Chen in his mind based on the existing clues.

If it is not difficult to determine how much food is in charge of the kitchen, I am afraid that the number of lone wolves will be estimated.Using stove fires to count people is really the most scientific statistical method currently available.

Since the guards are mainly guarding and patrolling the intersections of various mines, it is not too much to worry about the door openings on the same mine.Xia Luo, who had already switched to the front with the magic crystal, had already asked Li Chen about the route to receive the meal and the surrounding situation, so as to plan his escape route.In the first two times, Li Chen dealt with it casually, but in the third time, he revealed some information truthfully.Of course, there is no detailed data and deduction results, only some situations that can be seen with long eyes.

Charlotte was disappointed by this.Although he doesn't know Li Chen's real brainpower, after several years of getting along and observing him, he can also know that Li Chen's mind is more focused than others.What's more, before Shuguang went out this time, my brother wrote a letter saying that it might be helpful to find Regsella in case of danger!Look now, where is the help?

"Ruisen, it doesn't matter if you don't remember." Although he was dissatisfied, Xia Luo's words were still concerned, "We have preliminarily determined the time. It will be more convenient if you can move forward; if you can't, it doesn't matter, we Won't leave you behind."

Please drop it.Li Chen wanted to roll his eyes, but he just responded in a low voice.Xia Luo probably thought that Li Chen had no idea about the escape plan, so he whispered roughly how everyone planned to act, and then left.Before leaving, he gave Li Chen a wink, telling him not to reveal it to the big man in the corner.

When everyone else is deaf or stupid... Li Chen did it for a while, going through Xia Luo's "impossible mission" in his mind, and then picked up a little magic crystal.

He held the other magic crystal in his other palm, quickly and silently recited the incantation, and the magic power that had been absent for many days flowed in his body.

A magic crystal with wind magic added quickly rushed towards the big man's right shoulder.