412 The Strange Maze (2/2)
Three minutes later, when Lucien was far away from Contaminated Water, he thought to himself in amusement.
”Every time when I tried to do something, there were always difficulties. I never expected that things would work out so well like this.”
”There are always good things and bad things. I guess I am not that unlucky all the time…”
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In the dark night sky, countless dazzling stars were hanging.
When Branhit approached one of the stars, he found out that it was not a real one, instead, the world he was in was actually an incomplete, very complicated constellation diagram.
Branhit's breath became heavy. He realized that this was the most vicious and strange maze ever.
Although he was not a caster who mastered a lot of spells, Branhit still knew that if he could find the exit of the maze, he would be able to get out earlier. Most mazes were distorted spaces, but this one was different. He had to find the several incomplete constellation diagrams and put them together to find the way out.
For most senior-ranks, this was the most spiteful maze ever! Because most of them were not experts in astrology at all! To get out, one had to either break the maze using power exceeding that of the caster or wait until the maze expired, which usually took three to fifteen minutes.
”Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!”
Two minutes later, Branhit burst out roaring painfully. His eyes were lit up with great anger. His intelligence could not support him to figure out the puzzle pieces!
If Branhit had known that Lucien had already started planning on coming up with more mazes when he reached the eighth or ninth circle, such us Evans' Math Maze, Lucien's Brain Teaser Maze, Evans' Antinomy Maze, Lucien's Riddle Palace, Branhit would have bit his tongue off out of annoyance.
Three minutes later, Branhit desperately watched the star sky breaking into pieces.
He assumed that the Altar must have been ruined already, and the imperial family would not admit what they did for sure.
Branhit knew that even if they had been in a fair fight, there was no chance for him to beat the Murlock, since it had such a powerful magic item.
He wondered if it was the prince who lent the invader the magic items.
Branhit had no idea at all that the invader was in fact not a Murloc but a sorcerer, as he could not see through Lucien's Transfiguration.
When Branhit returned to the cave, he found that the ice was already gone. Except for a few guardians who were injured more seriously by the cold, most of the Murlocs were safe and sound. These Murlocs were looking around with a confused look on their face. Obviously, they were wondering why they were still alive.
”What happened?” Branhit asked himself.
He hurriedly looked back at the Altar, and to his surprise, the Altar remained intact as if nothing had ever happened to it.
Being cautious, Branhit checked the altar carefully but found nothing strange. Now, Branhit was totally lost.
He almost felt that what happened was just his illusion, but the moaning of the few injured Murlocs reminded him that it was not.
The Murloc mage also felt very confused. With some hesitation, he said, ”Maybe… Maybe he found the wrong place.”
Found the wrong place?!
Branhit cast an angry glance at the mage since the explanation just sounded so absurd. However, he could not find a better answer either. The senior-rank Murloc had frozen the entire guardian team and trapped the seventh circle leader, and then he just left without achieving anything… How was that possible?
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After a few days, Lucien had flown back to the port. Through a noble's castle in the Duchy of Calais, he entered Night Highland again and caught a vampire viscount there. Turning himself into the viscount, he used another space joint guarded by a vampire marquis using the excuse of gathering materials and arrived at the Dark Mountain Range. Using Viscount Nour's identity too frequently would attract unnecessary attention, and Lucien could not use the space joint in Rhine's castle anymore since Prince Dracula must be closely watching it.
The tall trees had blocked all the sunlight, and the environment was very damp with a moldy smell. Lucien, who had turned himself into a vampire bat, approached Observer's Castle following Rhine's instruction while carefully avoiding the powerful dark creatures.
Two days later, the castle was visible from the distance.