223 Changing situations. (1/2)

”That is what you are here for, Irvin. Explain everything you know,” Ozul calmly replied. He was not in a hurry since there was still more than a month and a half worth of time left till the tournament started.

Irvin nodded his head and began to explain all the details that he was aware of, ”... Like all other organizations, many have tried to sneak into that Royal Palace, but not one could succeed. That is only because of the formation that the Silverbird family wouldn't reveal to the world.”

”We don't know how to create that formation, but what we do know is its functions...” Irvin described the history of that formation.

”The most reliable rumor is that the formation alarms the Royal family anytime a body of Mana more powerful than a certain range they have set gets past their walls. And it doesn't even matter if the person has used some artifacts to hide their Mana intensity or not,” Irvin said while slowly shaking his head.

”That is not all... it is said that even if a person who is weaker than the Mana level that they have set tries to sneak in, it would also alarm the family. There has been such an incident before, guards immediately searched everywhere and found that man in a few minutes.”

By now, Irvin could guess what he planned to do, and he hoped that Ozul drops the idea, ”The point is, there is no way a person can get inside without getting noticed by that formation and the moment it detects you, all the other formations are automatically activated.”

The more Ozul heard about the formation, the more his mood dropped. Even if the formation only detected bodies with Mana, it would have been fine since he had none of it.

However, if every big movement across the walls also alarms them, then there was truly no other way than to force his way in whilst dealing with every defense that they have set up.

”What about the people who go through the main entrance?” Ozul remembered that he had entered through the main gate previously at the start of their escort mission.

Irvin shook his head with a sigh as he wasn't aware of every little detail. Even all of this was just conclusions based on what had happened in the past. The Royal family wouldn't just release all the information about their treasured formation.

*Sigh...*

Ozul could not help but release a tired sigh. His last option was always to brute his way through, but he knew that things could go wrong at any time if he did that.

Irvin stayed silent by his side when he noticed that his young master was contemplating his actions. He could only hope that he would drop this suicidal plan.

Raven kept trying to get closer to him with both the daggers in her hands, but Blaze didn't give her any chance at all. Whenever she used spells, he would block them with ice walls, try to attack her, and back away.

Very quickly, both of them were getting exhausted because of them using the spells.

'Just one hit! Only one hit!' Raven shouted in her mind. Her daggers had the ability to steal people's Mana and stamina.

Since the battle had come to a stalemate, a winner would probably be decided on who had more Mana reserves and endurance. Naturally, both of them knew that Blaze was superior in terms of that, so Raven was desperate to get even a single hit on him.

If she did, then the victory would most likely be hers. Just a single cut would reverse the outcome by stealing Blaze's Mana and giving it to Raven. If she got 1 hit in, the rest would get easier.

'She lost...' Ozul muttered as he had been watching their duel as well.

Blaze had many devastating Magical Spells that if he used, would be fatal to Raven. However, he had not used any because that would also give Raven an opening that she was desperately looking for, which he was not willing to after losing a duel once due to this in the past.

Ozul understood that Raven wouldn't be able to even scratch Blaze's hair like this.

'Is it because she is nervous?' Ozul thought since there were many other ways Raven could go on about this fight instead of what she was doing right now.

Putting these thoughts in the back of his head, he looked back at Irvin who was patiently waiting for his orders.

'This is a headache...' Ozul thought with an unamused expression.

”Irvin, use our resources and try to find if you can learn anything more about the formation, but be discreet about all of this. I will hear from you tomorrow,” Ozul said before dismissing him.

Irvin wanted to say something but stopped himself when he remembered his young master saying that he knew what he was doing. Whatever he said would fall on deaf ears, so it was better to just comply with his orders.

He gave a short and respectful bow before taking his leave.

Now only Ozul and Jinx on his lap remained as the spectators of the fight. Though Ozul's mind was occupied with thinking better ways to infiltrate the Royal Palace than charging in without any planning.