Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

He said, and soon, the undead puppet came to the door.

"What's the master's order?"

"There's not enough vitality. Luther has been killed, and the 'vitality' he held is definitely gone. Go arrange for someone to bring some 'sacrifices' over. Oh, and be quiet. Buy them from slave traders. Go to West Street and find 'Rat'; he knows where to find those slave traders. Remember to clean up after you're done."

Clean it up and naturally silence them.

Those slave traders are very talkative. If they are not killed, they will be found out sooner or later.

"Yes."

The puppet was about to leave when the man added, "Don't go straight from here. Don't let anyone see you."

At this moment, another puppet came running over, shouting, "Master! Something bad has happened!"

The man frowned, "Be quiet."

The puppet quickly shut up.

The man then asked, "What's wrong? Is it about Ake again?"

"No, that's not it...it's just that there seems to be something wrong with the leyline you asked me to pay attention to...it's starting to repair..."

"Ok??"

The man immediately stood up and stared at the puppet.

"Repaired? What happened? How is it possible—"

Originally, as an insider, he had buried black dead branches in various key magic circles of the fortress - to be honest, he didn't know what those black dead branches were, and it was the first time he had seen a plant that could parasitize directly on the earth veins.

The function of these black dead branches is to destroy and hinder the magic circle. Once the demon general revives, he will immediately attack the city. At that time, he will immediately use the power of the black dead branches to destroy several large formations, catching the city defenders off guard and allowing the demon general to march straight in - that was originally the plan, but the demon general was defeated as soon as he revived, and all these preparations were useless.

Now, he used those dead branches as his backup. Only after destroying the magic circle could he lift the blockade of space magic and leave the city through teleportation.

This is a very important step, but it was sabotaged.

Could he have been discovered? This shouldn't be the case. He hid those black branches so discreetly. His backup plan hadn't been noticed until the Demon General's resurrection, so why was he suddenly discovered now?

Moreover, someone who can directly repair the earth veins...

As far as he knew, there was only one person in the empire who could do this, and that was the Mystic Sage.

The Arcane Sage is back?

Or is it someone else?

Aisha Faris?

Is that person possible?

The man's expression became serious.

"No, we can't just sit there and wait for death—you, take me to see what's going on."

He stood up and quickly left the room.

……

Tricia has completely repaired the magic circle under the lord's mansion.

"I haven't been this tired in a long time..."

Tricia breathed a sigh of relief.

The long-term and intensive use of magic has taken its toll on her body. Although she doesn't feel physically tired, her mental fatigue is real.

After all, the magic circle here is related to the earth vein sealing array below. If you want to repair the magic circle here, you must repair the earth vein. There are many ways to directly interfere with the earth vein with magic, but controlling and utilizing the earth vein is something that only arcane magic can do so far.

Tricia is the highest achiever of contemporary occult magic, so these things are not difficult for her.

But the workload here is too great. The earth veins in such a large area under the entire city are disordered, and even she cannot repair it in one go.

She needed to rest and recharge.

At this moment, she suddenly noticed some fluctuations flashing through the earth veins - it was the spiritual breath of a stranger, as if exploring the earth veins, and she immediately frowned.

Under normal circumstances, she would have used mental magic to extinguish this spiritual aura, but now she was unable to do so.

At the same time, in the dim stone room, the man pulled his hand back from the black dead branch.

“It’s actually been repaired…”

For a moment he was anxious and angry.

The puppet suddenly said, "Master, if this is impossible, I am willing to force my way through the barrier and help you leave. Your strength has been restored, and leaving here is no longer a difficult task."

The man glanced at the puppet impatiently.

"Don't do anything stupid. Everything is subject to my orders. You can't do anything I haven't said. Don't even think about it."

"Yes……"

The puppet bowed its head deeply.

Puppets are the product of soul transformation using necromancy. They are loyal, but a little stupid - there is a plain outside the fortress. He forced his way through the checkpoint and got out. Then what?

Facing the fortress's magical cannon fire with your flesh and blood?

It would be safer inside the fortress.

Besides, that Elsa Faris was still in the fortress, and the horrific scene of Clarence's death was still vivid in his mind. Although he was conceited that he did have a strong vitality, he did not think that his vitality could be stronger than that of the vampires.

Clarence was killed instantly, how could he still come back with something special?

"Don't continue carving the teleportation array, but don't stop detecting the coordinates."

The man sighed and said.

After the Demon General died, he began to prepare an escape plan. Due to the time constraints, he still hadn't determined the teleportation coordinates - teleporting without anchoring the coordinates would be a suicidal act.

In addition, his strength had not yet recovered, so he did not take action.

Now that the three major formations are still there, the teleportation magic that he spent a lot of time and effort on has become scrap before it is ready. The only useful thing left is the coordinates.

"As soon as the coordinates are determined, immediately begin attempting to usurp the teleportation array in the lord's mansion. That's the only spatial magic that can be used in this fortress."

The man hasn't given up yet.

As long as we have the coordinates, everything can be saved. It's just a little more dangerous, but at least there is still a way to survive.

He thought for a moment and said, "But what I lack most is time."

He looked at the puppet.

The puppet immediately said, "Don't worry, Master. Leave this matter to us. We will definitely buy you enough time."

"Yeah." The man was obviously satisfied with the answer. He nodded and asked, "But, just the combined forces of you don't pose any threat to the fortress. So, what are you going to do?"

The man waited for the puppet's answer.

If the puppet's answer was too stupid, he would have to make appropriate supplements or reject it, otherwise it would be easy to let them die in vain.

The puppet said, "We are no match for them in a head-on confrontation, but if the master just needs to buy time, we can still do it. Besides, the plan to destroy the three major formations has been hindered. The original plan cannot be realized, and the arrangement of the three major formations has become empty talk. So why don't we take advantage of the fact that the three major formations have not been fully repaired and partially paralyze them. Damage to such an important thing will definitely cause them a headache. They will definitely send people to repair it, and we only need to harass them in the meantime."

"What kind of harassment?"

"For example, send someone to place an explosive spell. We don't have many magic stones left, but we can still place four or five explosive spells."

"Well, sure, but how are you going to put those things into the magic circle in front of them? Or are you planning to wear them on your body and kill the mages who are repairing the magic circle?"

If that's the case, it won't work.

Because they all need to be inspected by the magic device before entering the underground magic circle, there is no way they can fish in troubled waters. If their identities are exposed, even if they detonate the magic stone, they will only die together with the priest in charge of the inspection.

Not worth it.

He didn't want to kill anyone, or rather, killing just one person would not have any impact on the overall situation - if killing could solve the problem, he would not be in this predicament now.

After all, before the demon general was defeated, no one expected that the so-called immortal demon general Tobias would be so vulnerable in the hands of the nun.

The man shook his head. Seeing the puppet in a dilemma, he said, "You don't have to put them in the magic circle. Your goal isn't to retaliate against them anyway. It's not the right time yet. You just need to slow them down, divert their attention, and make them nervous. You can place a magic circle in places like the streets. As long as there's chaos, they won't sit idly by. By the way, don't let Ake do this."

After all, Ake has been exposed and may be caught at any time. If that happens, wouldn't it be a waste of several magic stones?

Now that he is in this condition, every time he uses the Philosopher's Stone, he will lose one.

……

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249. Come to my room and spend the night

At night, Dammas Fortress implemented a curfew for the first time in a long time. The whole block was immersed in the silent night, and only patrols were seen on the streets.

The investigation came to a temporary halt - Vivian, Filia and Sophia all returned to their rooms, tired after a day's work. Hannah and the investigation team continued their search, taking turns to rest, as if they were determined to find the enemy within a day.

However, it is not convenient to investigate and find people at night. The patrols of the Knights and the City Guards are the main focus, and Hannah and Renee's work is mainly to organize the clues collected during the day.

Meanwhile, Aisha reunited with Tricia.

Tricia is still dressed like an adventurer, but her always calm face now has a hint of fatigue.

It seems that the restoration work is not an easy task. After all, Tricia spent a long time to carve the formation back then, and Tricia now probably does not have as much energy as before.

Elsa glanced at the bow at Tricia's waist and suddenly felt curious.

"Could it be that Tricia is actually also knowledgeable about archery?"

Tricia glanced at Aisha and shook her head: "No, I don't know how to do that - but if it's with the help of magic, it's not difficult to pretend temporarily."

She was quite frank. Elsa thought of the magic that Filia would cast on her arrows during battle. Perhaps Tricia's method was similar? However, Filia's arrows were specially made, and only those arrows could be imbued with magic, while Tricia's quiver contained ordinary arrows.

Elsa didn't dwell on these things, but asked about the situation.

Tricia said, "We were only able to repair a portion today and reinforce it at the same time - this is what we gained today."

She took out two black saplings, both of which emitted an unpleasant smell, but they were wrapped in Tricia's magic and did not emit the miasma.

"These things will erode my magic power, so I can only use wind magic to seal it temporarily."

Tricia explained that Elsa did see a layer of airflow wrapped around Tricia's hand. The magic elements in these airflows had been extracted and they were controlled by magic but had no magic power. As long as they had no magic power, they would not be eroded, just like an insulating layer. This kind of exquisite control technique was probably only Tricia could do it easily.

"Now it's up to you."

Elsa took the branch from Tricia's hand. Tricia observed it carefully. After a while, the black on the branch faded away and the white stood out, just like the moon with a faint white glow.

“No matter how many times I see it, it’s still incredible.”

Tricia sighed.

Aisha handed the branches to Tricia, who examined them carefully before putting them away.

"Speaking of which, shouldn't we keep one or two of these for research?"

Aisha asked and Tricia just smiled.

"It's okay, there's more to come."

"We'll continue tomorrow, right?"

"Of course, only one-third of it is done today."

"Then have a good rest today," Aisha said, looking at Tricia, "Speaking of which, Tricia, stay in my room tonight."

"what?"

Tricia was startled by Aisha's invitation, but she soon realized that she might have been mistaken - after all, she was now in disguise, and the fortress was under curfew at night, so she really had nowhere to go.

Besides, today's exertion made her body extremely tired, and she needed Elsa's help to suppress the curse of the devil.

Sighing inwardly, Tricia nodded slightly.

"Then... excuse me for bothering you."

"You're welcome. It's not our first time, right?"

Elsa smiled, which made Tricia feel as if something was wrong. Then Elsa changed the subject and said, "Come to think of it, what did you think of just now? You looked very surprised."

"it's nothing……"

Tricia looked away, so abruptly.

Aisha smiled and changed the subject. "Rather than that, I plan to take Vivian to see Pittman to check on her mark. I'd like to ask Tricia to come with me. I don't know much about magic, so I'd feel more at ease if you were with me. Is that okay?"

"No problem, that's exactly what I was thinking," Tricia said. "Besides, Vivian is also my friend. You don't have to be so polite, Elsa."