Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

"Stand still."

The green light suddenly changed, and Chu Ming felt as if he was in a green passage, gliding rapidly towards the distance.

Half an hour later, the green light moved slower and slower, and some noisy sounds came from outside the green light ball.

"Drink, have another drink!"

"Hahaha... fill it up for me."

Chu Ming's mind was moved.

"Is this the time?"

After a few seconds, the green light gradually dissipated, and he and Green Lake appeared in a deserted alley.

"Lord Ren, we have arrived at Steen Town. What should we do next?"

Lu Hu looked at Chu Ming and blinked.

"You come with me."

Chu Ming took off the silver-white clan emblem and held it in his hand.

Suddenly, a mysterious guidance appeared in his heart. He walked out of the alley and walked in the direction guided by the clan emblem.

Ten minutes later, the two walked through the streets with few pedestrians and arrived in front of a manor.

Looking inside the manor, it was extremely dark everywhere. Only the villa in the middle was lit with orange lights. It looked like a normal rich manor.

On the surface, this manor was built by a merchant from the City of Sauron after he returned to his hometown, but it was actually a secret stronghold of the Brick family, a stronghold used to monitor the movements of the royal family.

The establishment of this stronghold was not temporary. It has been here for decades and is completely integrated into the town.

"Sure enough, the family does not have no ideas about the royal family."

Judging from the establishment of this secret stronghold, the family has made a lot of preparations secretly.

Thoughts flashed through Chu Ming's mind, and he gently knocked on the door of the manor.

Not long after, an old housekeeper hurried out under the leadership of a servant.

The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead and respectfully asked Chu Ming outside the door: "Excuse me, sir, what do you want?"

Chu Ming smiled slightly and showed the silver-white clan emblem on his hand without leaving any trace.

"I am a guest of your master Nelson, and I accept his invitation to come here."

The old housekeeper caught a glimpse of the bright clan emblem on Chu Ming's hand from the corner of his eye, and he was slightly shocked.

"Sir, please come in. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

As the old man finished speaking, the servant quickly opened the door, bowed and invited him in.

"Thanks."

Chu Ming and Lu Hu followed the old housekeeper into the mansion.

After the door opened, the old butler turned around and said respectfully: "You must be Mr. Renn, Mr. Jerome and others have been waiting for you inside for a long time."

"Please take me there."

"You're welcome, sir. This is my duty."

The old housekeeper led Chu Ming and the two of them into a corridor. They went straight down the stairs and came to a wooden door in the basement.

"My lord, I can go no further."

The old housekeeper bowed respectfully and left the basement door.

After the old man left completely, Chu Ming opened the wooden door of the basement, revealing the familiar silver-white metal wall.

He pressed the silver-white clan emblem against the wall, and the magic pattern caused ripples. The metal wall made a rumbling sound and moved out of the way, revealing the bright silver-white corridor inside.

When the two knights guarding the door saw Chu Ming coming in, they hurriedly saluted and said: "Sir Ren, the clan elder is already waiting for your arrival inside. Please come in."

Chu Ming nodded and led Lu Hu deeper into the corridor. After a while, he came to a hall.

He glanced inside. The crystal chandelier exuded a soft light. The entire hall was paved with dark brown and oily wooden boards. It was extremely empty and contained only a conference table and dozens of seats.

Beside the conference table, the familiar figures of Jerome and several clan elders came into his sight. They were pointing at the structural map of the royal city on the table and discussing plans.

"Yo, Ren."

Jerome broke away from his thoughts and said hello to Chu Ming who arrived.

Alireza, the most prestigious among the clan elders, saw that after Chu and Ming arrived, he smiled kindly and said: "Ren, and this wizard lady, welcome."

When Lu Hu heard this, she didn't show any surprise on her face. She knew that the identity of the wizard was a disguise given to her by Chu Ming.

She bent down slightly and said, "Hello, old sir."

Chu Ming responded to everyone's greetings one by one, came to the conference table, glanced at the map on it, went straight to the point, and asked: "What is the current situation in the royal city?"

Jerome explained: "The royal city has been completely surrounded by strange gray fog. Gray fog monsters will appear from time to time in the gray fog, seriously threatening the safety of citizens."

"The royal family not only blocked the city gates for security reasons, but also prohibited residents from moving on the streets."

"The people we have placed in the royal city do not have the opportunity to move freely, and it is difficult to find out what is going on in the city."

"And it seems that because the magic circle in the royal city has been activated, they have temporarily lost contact with us."

"The only thing we can be sure of at the moment is that there has been no conflict between the royal family and the Evil God's family, and Pedro's identity does not seem to have been exposed."

Chu Ming nodded thoughtfully, and he suddenly suggested: "In that case, Green Lake and I will enter the royal city again to investigate the situation."

Albert coughed and said: "The magic circle in the royal city has been opened, and the palace mage is supervising the whole city in the magic circle tower. I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to sneak in."

"Don't worry, it's a trivial matter."

Lu Teng's proud voice suddenly sounded within Lu Hu's body.

Everyone present suddenly became quiet when they heard this unfamiliar voice. They glanced at Green Lake, and their expressions quickly returned to normal, as if they didn't take what happened just now to heart.

After all, he is a wizard, so it is normal to be weird.

Chu Ming glanced at Lu Hu, who looked embarrassed, with the corner of his eyes, and changed the subject: "In short, leave the matter of detecting intelligence to us. Give me the list of spies planted by the family in the royal city, and I will go find them myself."

Ten minutes later, at Chu Ming's request, Jerome took him into a quiet room.

After Jerome left, Lu Teng apologized softly: "Sister, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken."

Green Lake shook his head and said, "It's okay."

Chu Ming smiled and said: "They will only regard you as strange wizards. Don't worry about exposing your identity."

Midori still blamed herself a little: "I'm sorry for turning my sister into a strange person."

Lu Hu chuckled, "Sister is a strange person, and so is Lu Teng, who is one with me."

Chu Ming smiled and shook his head, focusing on the list in his hand. It not only contained the names and portraits of the spies the family had installed in the royal city... but also their contact gathering points. The information was very detailed.

"Green Lake, Green Vine, without further ado, let's set off quickly."

Green Lake came to his senses and nodded, "Well, please, Green Vine."

"Hey, look at me."

Midori took over control of her body, clasped her hands together, and green light poured out from the gaps between her fingers.

Then she spread her hands, and a green bird jumped out from inside.

Lu Teng said excitedly: "Ren, come on, come on, let's go."

Chu Ming nodded and touched Qingque's forehead with his fingers.

Suddenly his perspective shook violently and kept shrinking.

His whole figure seemed to have shrunk countless times and fell onto Qingque's back.

Green Lake and Green Vine had been waiting among the feather bushes for a long time. They flew to Chu Ming's shoulders and sat down safely.

Green Lake asked: "Lord Ren, which way are we going?"

Chu Ming's perspective circled the entire quiet room, his gaze swept across their huge bodies and landed on the door.

"Let's leave Steen Town first. It's difficult to navigate in the basement."

"Okay."

Green Lake waved his hand, and Qingque was wrapped in green light, and disappeared into the quiet room in the next second.

Over the small town of Steen, a green ball of light suddenly appeared. The green bird struggled to fly out, looking down at the dimly lit town below.

After Chu Ming identified the direction, he made Qingque turn into a stream of cyan light and escape towards the royal city.

After a few minutes passed, they returned to the grove where they had stayed when they first explored the royal city.

"Green Vine, Green Bird is too conspicuous, please change its form."

"no problem."

The green vine tapped its fingers, and the green bird was gradually wrapped in black scales, completely blending into the night.

Chu Ming's face showed a bit of surprise, "Your spell level seems to have improved."

He still remembered that when they first sneaked into the royal city, Lu Teng did not seem to be able to change the form of his summoned object so easily, and he even complained about it.

Green Vine snorted: "Of course, I can be the smartest Green Vine Fairy in the world. It's a piece of cake."

Lu Hu chuckled and said: "After the last infiltration trip, Lu Teng has been not good at spells and feels guilty for being discovered. She has been working very hard to practice spells these days."

"Sister, that's not the case."

Lu Teng's little face turned red, and she grabbed Lu Hu with all her teeth and claws, tickling her.

"Hahaha... Green Vine... don't do this."

The two started laughing and playing in mid-air.

Chu Ming smiled and ordered Hei Que to quickly approach the royal city.

It only took a few minutes for them to arrive in front of the wall of the royal city. However, when Chu Ming wanted to get closer to the wall, a strong sense of voyeurism would come to his heart, prompting him to stop.

"The magic circle in this royal city is really difficult to deal with."

Chu Ming frowned and controlled the black bird to land on the grass.

He looked back at Lu Teng, who was panting after the fight, and asked: "Lu Teng, is there any way you can avoid the detection of the magic circle?"

The green vine flew back to Chu Ming's shoulder, and she nodded and pointed to the ground.

"My sister and I tried it. The soil can weaken the perception of the magic circle. At about fifteen meters underground, the soil can completely isolate the magic circle from detection."

"Hmph, we had already guessed that you would want to enter the royal city, so we specially dug a passage nearby."

"aisle?"

"Look at me."

Green Vine clicked his fingers, and the black sparrow quickly shrank and turned into a seven-star ladybug and flew towards a nearby stone.

Under Chu Ming's gaze, the seven-star ladybug dived under the stone.

The expected collision did not come. They entered a dark passage and continued to descend.

Green Vine seems to be extremely proficient in the passage, and she can easily fly inside with just a little light.

"Is this the passage you are talking about?"

Chu Ming looked around. The entire underground passage was three centimeters in diameter. The soil was lumpy and there were even ants crawling inside. It was more than enough for the seven-star ladybug to pass through.

Green Lake smiled and said: "Lv Teng spent a whole day digging this with his summons. I didn't help at all."

"No, my sister helped me a lot."

Green Vine wrinkled his nose and retorted while controlling the seven-star ladybug to fly in the winding passage.

Chu Ming couldn't laugh or cry, "Anyway, it's been a great help, Green Lake, Green Vine, thank you."

Green Lake said seriously: "We must not let the bad guys succeed."

Lu Teng nodded, "Destroy all the gray fog monsters and the bad guys."

A minute later, Chu Ming's eyes suddenly lit up. A seven-star ladybug flew out from the gap in the stone bricks and lay on the street lamp.

He observed the surrounding environment - under the street lights, there was a thick fog, and the orange lights gave off a hazy halo, illuminating both sides of the street.

As for the front of the street, one street lamp after another spreads into the distance. Gray fog surges in places where the street lamps cannot shine. No light can be seen in the houses and shops. The whole city is like a dead city.

Chu Ming compared the map of the royal city in his mind and determined that their location was on the main road of the royal city.

Compared with the city gate, the perception of the magic circle here seems to be much weaker, indicating that the attention of the palace mage who controls the magic circle is not here.

Chu Ming breathed a sigh of relief. If every location in the city was monitored, it would be several times more difficult for him to obtain information than it is now. His identity might be exposed as soon as he enters the royal city.

"The first contact gathering point is in the underground black market of Gordon Market, the four major markets in the royal city. Let's go and take a look."

He commanded the seven-star ladybug to hide in the darkness and fly close to the wall of the tall building towards the market.

After flying for a while, Green Lake suddenly reminded: "Sir Ren, someone is coming."

With a thought, Chu Ming controlled the seven-star ladybug to fly into the gap in the wall and lay down motionless.

"Dong dong dong..."

The patrolling knights held torches and walked neatly through the alleys.

On the wall that they didn't notice, a seven-spotted ladybug lay motionless like a stain on the wall.

After the knights left, the seven-star ladybug opened its elytra, flapped its wings and continued to fly towards Gordon Market.

"It's so scary. So many people suddenly appeared in the alley at night."

Midori patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Ming smiled and said: "Shouldn't it be those knights who should be afraid?"

"After all, there are three invisible people hidden in the alley..."

"I'm not……"

Before Lu Teng finished speaking, there was a sudden strange noise in the distance.

"Roar……"

A wild beast-like roar reached Chu Ming's ears. He, Lu Hu and Lu Teng looked at each other and quickly flew towards the direction of the sound without hesitation.

In the Gordon Market, the streets were dimly lit, and a gray fog knight ran wildly on the street and roared. In front of it, several citizens fled in fear, and they saw that they would soon be overtaken by the gray fog knight.

Chu Ming saw this scene as soon as he arrived at the market. He frowned. Just when he was hesitating whether to take action, a strong sense of voyeurism rose in his heart again.

"Did the court mage notice this?"

He quickly controlled the seven-star ladybug to hide in the darkness and observed the situation on the street.

"Roar!"

The Gray Mist Knight seemed to notice the inexplicable peeping, and it roared provocatively.

Just to wait for how long it could become arrogant, a stream of light flew from the center of the royal city, cut through the darkness and gray fog, and landed accurately on its head.

The Gray Mist Knight disappeared without even letting out a scream.

Moreover, the power of this spell seemed to be calculated. After destroying the Gray Mist Knight, it was completely wiped out, and even the dust on the street was not disturbed.

"Such a long-range spell, and the control is so precise."

Chu Ming's face was solemn, "This spell must have been released by the legendary court mage."

"Will you be noticed if you make any noise... It seems you need to be more careful."

When the farce ended, Chu Ming slowly withdrew his gaze.

Just when he was about to leave the place, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure hidden in the darkness. The figure seemed to be alarmed by the farce and came out to investigate the situation. After the incident was over, he was ready to leave.

"This person... seems to be someone on the list Uncle Jerome gave me."

Chu Ming's expression moved, and he controlled the Seven-Star Ladybug to follow him.