I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Outside the Tower of Learning.

The square was deserted.

The gas lamp's light was rendered a ghastly white by the river of light overhead, casting distorted shadows on the bluestone ground.

Five figures stood before the bronze gate of the Tower of Learning.

Klaus stood at the very front.

He wore a dark gray shirt, and flashes of blue occasionally appeared on the back of his hands.

He made no attempt to conceal his aura.

Behind him, Rick had already returned to human form.

Short brown hair, a thin face, and a dark uniform.

He had shrunk considerably, now only reaching Klaus's chest, and the damage to the tubing had not yet fully healed.

But he just stood there quietly, expressionless.

Two more figures followed behind.

He was dressed in a Night's Watch robe, with his hood pulled low, obscuring most of his face.

You can't tell their age or their appearance.

All that could be seen were the boots, stained with dried blood, occasionally revealed when the hem of the robe was lifted by the night wind.

They were extremely reserved in their demeanor.

They are so reserved that you would almost ignore their existence if you didn't consciously try to perceive them.

The last figure stood on the far right of everyone.

old.

His hair was completely white.

A black mist enveloped his entire body.

They are protectors.

The five people stood there in front of the bronze gate.

At this moment, the Tower of Learning has been completely sealed off.

The bronze door was tightly closed, but all the inscriptions on its surface were lit up.

The light from the inscriptions swirled across the surface of the door at an extremely fast speed.

Behind the door, one could vaguely sense some enormous power at work.

The entire Tower of Learning was humming.

Klaus looked at the door.

His face was cold.

"I'll give you ten seconds."

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried far in the open square.

"Or you can open the door."

"Or I'll call in."

silence.

There was no response from behind the door.

Klaus didn't wait.

"ten."

He started counting down.

The bone-colored ring on the ring finger of his right hand began to change.

Dark gray bone material spread from the surface of the ring and quickly coalesced along the back of the hand.

It's not the bone blade from last time.

This time, what solidified was a huge cone-shaped bone hammer.

The hammerhead was as big as a human head, with a spiral bone spike at the tip. Its surface was covered with fine cracks, from which a dark red glow seeped out.

"Nine!"

Klaus gripped the bone hammer in his right hand, and the blue light on his arm surged.

Neither the guards nor the others spoke.

No one stopped them.

Clearly, everyone agreed with Klaus's proposal.

"eight!"

At that very moment, Bronze City reacted.

The inscriptions on the city wall, which had gradually stabilized, lit up again.

A deep blue light converged from the city wall, flowing along the conductive veins of the bronze ground towards the Boxue Tower Square.

Light shimmered in the cracks of the stone slabs beneath the five people's feet, forming a faintly visible array of inscriptions.

That's the suppression formation of Bronze City.

The target is Klaus and his group.

Clearly, while suppressing the eerie aura, it also suppressed the eerie and extraordinary Klaus.

But Klaus showed no sign of backing down.

"seven!"

The dark red glow on the bone hammer grew brighter and brighter, and the air around the hammerhead began to distort.

The suppressing runes beneath his feet touched his aura, emitting a piercing hissing sound, like hot oil being poured onto ice.

"six!"

It was at this moment that...

Sounds came from inside the Tower of Learning.

The sound of the mechanism turning.

The sound of gears meshing.

The heavy metal components made a moving sound.

creak...creak...

The light from the inscriptions on the bronze door suddenly dimmed, shifting from a blinding blue to a faint glow.

The door started moving.

The massive bronze doors slowly slid open to both sides, emitting a deep rumble.

The light shining through the crack in the door was a warm yellow, contrasting sharply with the night outside.

Three figures emerged from behind the door.

Leading the way was a man in his fifties or sixties.

He had a dignified demeanor and exuded an aura of authority that commanded respect without anger.

Cameron, Vice Dean of the Bo Xue Tower.

The one who was so frightened by the guards at the entrance of the alchemy workshop last time that he fled in panic.

Two people followed behind him.

On the left is Calvin Morton.

He was in his forties, with a gloomy face, deep-set eyes, and a monocle that reflected a cold light in the light coming through the doorway.

Department Supervisor of Alchemy.

The mentor who made things difficult for Laurina back then.

There is a woman on the right.

He was in his early thirties, with a stern face, and a badge pinned to the collar of his dark blue robe.

Judging from his attire, he should be a professor in some department.

The moment Cameron stepped out the door, her gaze swept over the five people outside.

I saw Klaus first.

His face was cold, he held a bone hammer, and his aura was so powerful that even the suppression runes of the Bronze City could not stop him.

Then I saw Lake, a complete stranger.

Further on.

Two hooded watchmen.

You can't see their faces.

But Cameron could sense that the aura emanating from those two people was like two bottomless ancient wells.

It was quiet and still, without any ripples.

The more this is the case, the more terrifying it becomes.

At last.

Guardians.

His hair was completely white, and he exuded an aura of darkness.

Cameron's eye twitched involuntarily.

Especially when recalling the scene of the Guardians taking action above the inner city, one person cleared away the ghouls from the entire sky, as if wiping away some dust.

If that power were directed at the Tower of Erudition...

A chill ran down Carme's spine.

'The Night's Watch has so many trump cards...?'

He subconsciously swallowed, then quickly adjusted his expression and forced a smile.

"Haha, it's been a long time, Deputy Chief of Staff Klaus."

Cameron's voice was warm, but the tension in her eyes was unmistakable.

"What are you planning to do at our Tower of Learning so late?"

Klaus did not laugh.

His gaze was like a knife piercing Cameron's face.

"Aren't you going to explain what's in the sky?"

Cameron's smile froze for a moment.

"Don't you know how dangerous that forbidden land is?" Klaus's tone turned cold, each word seeming to be dug from an ice cellar. "The aura of the Sea of ​​Knowledge fell from the sky, and most of the people in Bronze City saw it."

"What on earth are you doing?"

Cameron struggled to maintain her smile.

Calvin's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but Cameron silenced him with a look.

The female instructor remained expressionless and silent.

The silence lasted for a few seconds.

Cameron smiled but did not give a direct answer.

Instead, he turned to the side and gestured "please" with his hand.

"Further words are unnecessary, Deputy Chief of Staff Klaus, please come in."

His tone suddenly became more candid, as if he had dropped some kind of pretense.

"Now that the experiment has been basically successful, I think there's no need to keep it a secret any longer."

"We are all serving the empire, so cooperation is certainly better than mutual suspicion."

Klaus didn't move.

He turned his head and looked behind him.

The guardian stood on the far right, his white hair fluttering gently in the night breeze, a dark aura enveloping his aged body like a thin mist.

The old man did not speak.

Just nodded.

Extremely light.

The amplitude is almost imperceptible.

Klaus looked away.

Release your right hand.

The dark red glow of the bone hammer quickly subsided, and the bone material began to shrink back from the fingertips, along the wrist and the back of the hand, reforming into the shape of the ring.

The whole process took less than two seconds.

"lead the way."

Cameron breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw the guard nod.

As I breathed a sigh of relief, my back was already soaked with cold sweat.

'If a real fight breaks out...'

The image of the guardians striking in the sky above the inner city flashed through his mind again.

They'll all be killed in a minute.

Cameron didn't dare to think too much and turned to walk through the bronze door.

Klaus followed.

Rick followed.

Two hooded watchmen followed silently.

The guardians walked at the very back.

As the aged figure stepped across the threshold, the remaining light of the inscriptions on the bronze door trembled violently.

It's like some kind of instinctive fear.

The group stepped into the Tower of Learning.

The door slowly closed behind them.

Inside the Tower of Learning, all was deathly silent.

The corridor was spacious, with stained glass windows reflecting the night sky. Only the gilded patterns on the walls emitted a faint light, barely illuminating the path beneath our feet.

The few students that could be seen occasionally before are now nowhere to be seen.

The entire tower seemed to have been drained of all life.

Only the footsteps of eight people echoed in the empty corridor.

Cameron led the way, his back straight, but the muscles in the back of his neck were taut.

Klaus's gaze swept across both sides, not missing a single detail.

"Where are the students?" he asked.

"The experiment tonight is quite large, so we evacuated early," Cameron said without turning her head. "Everyone has been moved to the outer dormitory area."

Klaus didn't press the matter.

The group advanced along the corridor toward the main tower.

As they passed through a connecting corridor, Calvin finally couldn't hold back any longer and whispered to Cameron.

"Vice Dean, are we really going to let them all in?"

"Shut up." Came's voice was soft, but enough to make Calvin swallow back everything he was about to say.

The bronze doors at the entrance to the main tower are now open.

Cameron stopped at the door and turned to face Klaus.

"Some areas inside the main tower involve core experiments, and I need to explain this before we go in."

His tone regained some of the composure expected of a vice president.

"Projects authorized by imperial decree shall be subject to full supervision by special inspectors."

He paused.

"The inspector is inside."

Klaus's expression remained unchanged.

"lead the way."

He only said those two words.

Cameron nodded and turned to walk into the main tower.

The group went up the spiral staircase.

Cameron stopped on the third floor.

Before a heavy bronze door stood two instructors dressed in dark blue robes, their faces tense. When they saw the entourage following behind Came, their faces turned deathly pale.

"Open the door," Cameron said.

The two mentors exchanged a glance, and without hesitation, they pushed open the bronze door together.

Behind the door was a huge circular room.

The dome was very high, and the walls were inlaid with a large number of gold patterns, all of which were lit up at the moment, emitting complex multicolored light.

In the very center of the room, there was a huge round table.

The table was covered with drawings, notes, and various instruments.

Behind the round table sat a person.

He had gray hair, a stern face, and wore a well-tailored dark gray robe with a gold badge pinned to his collar.

The badge features a soaring eagle, its talons holding an open book.

The symbol of the Imperial Headquarters, the Tower of Learning.

The man saw Cameron walk in with a group of people and slowly stood up.

His gaze swept over Klaus, lingering for a moment on the Guardian.

Then he spoke.

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an innate air of authority.

"Vice Chief Klaus, Guardian."

He bowed slightly, his movements neither humble nor arrogant.

"I am Arthur Heinz, a special inspector from the Imperial Headquarters."

"I think we really should talk about the experiment with the Tower of Knowledge."